Chapter 583: Chapter 583: It’s Useless Even If an Immortal Comes, Let Alone a Divine Doctor

Gu Jiaojiao had no idea what Zhou Zhenhui and his assistant were thinking. She said goodbye to Zhou Zhenhui’s group and arranged to pick up the medicine pills from Yuetai Restaurant in three days.

Second Brother Gu also shook hands with Zhou Zhenhui to say goodbye. Then, he drove Gu Jiaojiao home before taking his fiancée back to the Li family’s home.

Seeing that it was still early, Gu Jiaojiao got to work preparing the medicine pills for Mr. Zhou’s stomach cancer.

After taking all the medicinal herbs out of her space, she first sorted out the essential herbs for the prescription and set them aside.

Once all the herbs needed for the medicine pills were ready, she ground them into a powder by hand.

She mixed the ground powder evenly with the Space Spirit Spring Water and then began to form the pills.

It didn’t take her long to make the medicine pills for Mr. Zhou. After all, the quantity wasn’t large—she only had to make thirty pills.

In fact, she could have cured him with just three pills; it was merely a matter of adjusting the dosage of the spiritual spring water and a few special herbs.

Gu Jiaojiao finished in just two hours, forming all thirty medicine pills at once.

However, she didn’t stop there. Instead, she took out some nutmeg she had grown in her space and added a few other medicinal herbs.

She was making some pills to treat a weak and cold digestive system.

With a different dosage, the same herbs could be used to create pills that caused hallucinations, unconsciousness, or even death.

The pills she was making now wouldn’t have such a strong effect. She was only making them strong enough to knock someone out.

By the time she finished everything, it was already eleven at night. Gu Jiaojiao entered her space and soaked in the hot spring for a while.

Then, she slept soundly until she woke up naturally. After getting up and making breakfast, she ate and headed to the school for her classes.

She knew Su Shuochi hadn’t had time to call her recently, so there was no need to wait around for his call.

Gu Jiaojiao ran into Frank at the classroom door. "Good morning, Teacher Jiaojiao. I’m going home today."

"So suddenly? You never mentioned it before," Gu Jiaojiao said, very surprised.

"Christmas is almost here. I got a call from my father overseas last night, and he said my aunt isn’t well."

"When are you leaving?" Gu Jiaojiao didn’t feel particularly strongly about it.

After all, Frank was the one who needed to do the learning, and she didn’t have any questions for him at the moment.

"I’m leaving after lunch. Teacher Jiaojiao, how about we grab a meal together?" Frank asked in English.

"Of course," Gu Jiaojiao replied enthusiastically. "I’ll treat you to beef hot pot at Yuetai Restaurant."

In the dead of winter, the Imperial City was exceptionally cold. Gu Jiaojiao could eat hot pot for every meal, and it was always more fun with a bigger group.

Principal Shen, a senior foreign language professor, Frank, Gu Jiaojiao, Xia Qiuming, and several other medical professors all went along.

At the dinner table, Professor Frank complained, "Teacher Jiaojiao, my family has a rule: if you don’t come home for the holidays without a special reason, you’ll be disowned."

"I had already gotten permission from my family to stay this year, telling them I needed to properly study acupuncture with you so I could help my aunt recuperate."

"Honestly, I don’t want to go back at all, but since my aunt is unwell, I have to."

"It’s the holidays. It’s important to reunite with your family. Besides, you’ve learned quite a bit of acupuncture, so now you can go back and show off your skills."

"I feel like I still have a lot to improve on, especially with Chinese medicine. I’ve only just scratched the surface," Frank said with deep regret.

"There’s still plenty of time," Gu Jiaojiao comforted him. "We’ll be heading back to our hometown for the Spring Festival soon anyway. You can come back to the Imperial City next year, and maybe in a year or so, we’ll even come to visit you."

Frank sighed. "I suppose that’s how it has to be. Teacher Jiaojiao, please don’t forget what you promised me."

"Don’t worry. As long as you’re interested in learning, I’ll teach you everything I know. By the way, Frank, how’s your Chinese coming along?"

Frank scratched his head. "It’s so difficult. I only manage to learn two or three characters a day. After all this time, I still can’t form a complete sentence properly."

"But I’m a really fast learner when it comes to medicine. I can remember everything Teacher Jiaojiao teaches me."

"Mm, you’re exceptionally talented. In a few more years, you might just become the greatest doctor in the world."

"I hope your words come true! I’ll redouble my efforts," Frank promised, like an obedient model student. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

At his words, Gu Jiaojiao broke into a radiant smile. "I believe in you, Frank."

"Mm!" Frank nodded, his eyes filled with determination.

During the meal, Xia Qiuming also consulted Frank about a few difficult surgical problems.

Although Gu Jiaojiao could have answered them as well, she didn’t let on, simply focusing on eating her beef.

Principal Shen kept placing cooked beef in front of her, and it was hard to refuse his enthusiastic generosity, so she could only accept everything he offered.

After lunch, Principal Shen and Gu Jiaojiao personally took Frank to the airport, as Xia Qiuming had a surgery to perform.

There was no traffic on the way, so they quickly reached the airport parking lot. Gu Jiaojiao got out of the car and saw Frank to his gate before heading back.

Gu Jiaojiao skipped her afternoon classes. The moment she walked in the door at home, the phone began to ring.

Thinking it was Su Shuochi, she dashed over to answer it.

But it was Grandma Si. She urgently told Gu Jiaojiao that her granddaughter, who was two months pregnant, was on the verge of a miscarriage.

She asked if Gu Jiaojiao had a good prescription to save the pregnancy.

"Grandma Si, which hospital is your granddaughter in? I’ll drive over and take a look right now."

"Jiaojiao, why don’t I have my grandson come and pick you up?"

"Grandma Si, it will be faster if I drive there directly. Sending someone to get me would just waste precious time."

"She’s at Shunyi Community Hospital. Do you know the way?"

"I do." ’Even if I don’t, I can always ask for directions,’ Gu Jiaojiao thought.

After hanging up, Gu Jiaojiao got in her Land Rover and headed toward the community hospital where Grandma Si’s granddaughter was.

In the community hospital, a female doctor was advising Grandma Si’s granddaughter to undergo a D&C. "Have you decided? You’ve been here for a week, and the fetus is showing no signs of life. What is there to hesitate about?"

"It was so hard for us to conceive this child. As long as there’s even a sliver of hope, I don’t want to give up," Grandma Si’s granddaughter insisted, her face pale.

"Where’s the patient’s family? If you don’t decide soon, I’m afraid the mother’s life will be at risk!"

"Yuanyuan, maybe we should let go," her husband pleaded. "I can’t lose you, too. We can have another child."

He couldn’t bear to lose the child, but he couldn’t bear to lose his wife even more.

The obstetrician was even more anxious than Si Yuanyuan and her husband. Si Yuanyuan had been showing signs of a miscarriage from the start.

She had started bleeding before she even arrived at the hospital, and the hemostatic medication the doctor administered had no effect.

With the ongoing blood loss, her blood pressure was steadily dropping. The obstetrician was checking it every few minutes.

If they didn’t perform the D&C soon, the patient’s life would be in grave danger.

"Doctor, please, just give me half an hour more," Si Yuanyuan begged. "My grandma said Divine Doctor Su Gu is on her way."

"..."

’Even an Immortal couldn’t save this situation, let alone some Divine Doctor!’ the obstetrician wanted to retort.