Chapter 17 Amazing! Amazing!

The crowd automatically parted to make way for Lu Shiyan.
Gu Jinshu glanced at the man, and as if realizing something, her ears flushed slightly.

“Commander Lu, there’s no need for you to cover for Gu Jinshu in this matter,” Gu Moyu still didn’t believe Lu Shiyan’s words. “Acupuncture is not something to be taken lightly.”

“You think I would joke about something like this?” Lu Shiyan’s low voice betrayed no emotion.

The soldiers present naturally believed their commander—Commander Lu making a joke was about as likely as the sun rising in the west! Since the commander valued Dr. Gu so highly, her medical skills must indeed be trustworthy.

“Commander Lu,” Gu Moyu frowned, about to speak again, when the soldier who had just refused acupuncture now seemed willing to let Gu Jinshu try.

“Dr. Gu, my leg hurts no matter what. Just go ahead and stab away.” The man decided to risk it!

“Silver needles only look scary—they don’t actually hurt,” Gu Jinshu said with a hint of amusement at his “facing death with equanimity” expression.

She then half-squatted and inserted the needle—at the moment the man saw it coming, he quickly shut his eyes in fear.

To his surprise, it didn’t hurt—just tickled a little. He bravely opened his eyes.

Good heavens! He almost wished he hadn’t. The silver needle had actually gone straight through his leg, and Gu Jinshu was threading it back and forth between her fingers.

“Hiss—” The sight left everyone around them gaping in shock.

After repeating the process several times on different acupuncture points, she stood up. “Alright, how do you feel now?”

“…,” the man tried moving, walking back and forth. “It doesn’t hurt anymore! My leg even feels a lot lighter.”

“Twice-a-month acupuncture plus one month of herbal medicine, and the problem will be completely cured,” Gu Jinshu said evenly.

“Alright, alright, thank you so much, Dr. Gu.” Treatment for soldiers would be reimbursed by the army.

Gu Moyu froze where he stood. Just like that, it was fixed?

That acupuncture technique definitely wasn’t something learned overnight. Hadn’t she been living in some mountain village all these years? How could she know acupuncture?

Their parents had arranged for her to attend university, yet she had never mentioned knowing this skill. She was deliberately hiding it from them! But why?

Gu Moyu’s head was full of thoughts about Gu Jinshu. He felt no real affection for his younger sister, but blood ties were blood ties. He was angry she had kept it from them—if she’d said so earlier, he wouldn’t have had to lose face now.

“Ha ha, how about that?” Professor Zhang Pingtian, who had been watching the whole time, proudly lifted his chin toward Gu Jinshu. “This is my new student!”

“Not bad! Really not bad! No wonder you kept bringing her up earlier—this girl is indeed exceptional.”

“You’ve already got so many students, why not give me this one instead? I promise to train her well!”

Zhang Pingtian curled his lip in disdain. “Dream on! I could give you every other student I’ve ever had, but this one—don’t even think about it.”

Gu Jinshu was his treasure.

Hearing the professors’ praise, Gu Moyu’s face darkened even more. His fists clenched at his sides, shoulders trembling with suppressed emotion. He took a deep breath.

“Gu Jinshu! You know acupuncture? Why have you never told the family?” His words were an accusation.

Gu Jinshu lifted her eyelids lazily. “When have you ever asked me?”

The Gu family had pretended to bring the original her back from the mountains out of kindness, but they treated her like she was invisible. They had never cared about her life or death—otherwise she wouldn’t have suffered so badly.

“Even if I spoke, when have you ever listened?” she countered, her tone unhurried.

“You—!” Gu Moyu started to argue, but two displeased voices cut him off simultaneously.

“Enough!”
“Gu Moyu!”

When Zhang Pingtian finished speaking, a flicker of dissatisfaction passed through him. Hmph—Lu Shiyan protecting his “treasure” had ulterior motives.

Lu Shiyan, however, had already privately investigated Gu Jinshu and knew exactly what kind of life she had in the Gu household. His gaze darkened.

Gu Moyu’s agitation made his shoulders tremble. “Gu Jinshu, we’ll talk about this later.”

“There’s nothing to talk about later!” Zhang Pingtian snorted coldly. “What’s wrong? Now that you’ve seen how capable your sister is, is the Gu family going to come crawling back to claim her?”

He had intended to spare the Gu family’s dignity before, but they had repeatedly bullied Jinshu, stirring up trouble whenever they could. He wouldn’t even spare Niu Chunli’s face—let alone Gu Moyu’s.

“Gu Moyu, mind your tone when you speak to my student from now on. If I hear you bully her again, don’t blame this old man for going all out against you!”

“And as for what you just said about her education—none of us old men graduated from prestigious universities. From the way you talk, you mean we’re all beneath you?”

Zhang Pingtian gave a disdainful spit. “Pah! And who do you think you are? You’ve only been out of school a few years, and already you’re showing off? How many lives have been lost under your hands?”

In truth, quite a few patients had died since Gu Moyu became a chief surgeon two years ago. But for the hospital’s reputation, such incidents were officially labeled “unexpected complications” rather than medical malpractice, leaving him blameless.

Gu Moyu’s face went pale, then flushed, the muscles in his cheeks twitching. “Professor Zhang, I didn’t mean it that way.”

“A doctor—whether in Chinese medicine or Western medicine—gains nothing from showing off. The only thing that matters is treating patients with diligence.”

Zhang Pingtian’s words earned nods from all the doctors present.

Someone in the crowd began clapping, and soon the place was filled with applause.

Zhang Pingtian waved a hand. “We still have serious work to do today. Let’s continue the consultations.”

Lu Shiyan’s lips moved slightly. “Line up! Continue the consultations.”

He naturally took his place behind Gu Jinshu.

Having made a fool of himself today, Gu Moyu didn’t dare trouble her again. He spent the rest of the morning distracted during consultations.

When the morning session ended, the doctors went to the cafeteria for lunch.

Gu Jinshu had been the star of the day, catching the attention of quite a few male soldiers.

“Hey? This Dr. Gu isn’t just beautiful—her medical skills are amazing. I wonder if she’s taken?”
“Quit dreaming! Someone like her would have high standards.”
“You never know. Maybe she’s into my type?”
“Haha, keep dreaming. In your dreams, anything’s possible.”
“…”

Hearing the joking chatter nearby, Lin Qinghai’s fingers tightened on his chopsticks until the knuckles turned white.

Gu Jinshu—she must have come for him.

Could this woman be trying to ruin his engagement to Chuxue?

The thought made him grit his teeth. He had to find her and set things straight!