Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife-Chapter 120: It’d Be Strange If You Could See That from Taking a Pulse

Chapter 120: Chapter 120: It’d Be Strange If You Could See That from Taking a Pulse

Su Shuochi saw how anxious Second Brother Gu was. He knew his brother-in-law was still spooked by what had happened at noon, so he patiently reassured him.

"Don’t you worry, Second Brother Gu. I’ll go look for them along the road. He’ll be perfectly safe inside the compound."

"I’ll take one jianbing guozi."

"You got it! Just a moment, it’ll be ready soon!" Second Brother Gu got busy making the jianbing guozi again.

He didn’t forget to wave at Su Shuochi, a hopeful look in his eyes, praying his grandpa hadn’t run into any trouble.

Su Shuochi gave him a reassuring look in return, and Second Brother Gu broke into a wide grin.

He had originally planned to help sell jianbing guozi for a while before heading to the school to pick up his wife when her classes ended.

Now, he had no choice but to go find Grandpa Gu and the others. Su Shuochi’s wheelchair sped down the main road, pedestrians scattering to get out of his way.

Su Shuochi was starting to feel anxious himself. He was almost home, but he still hadn’t seen his grandpa and Uncle Geng.

’Didn’t Second Brother Gu say he left with them? There’s no reason for them to be this slow!’

Su Shuochi had excellent hearing. He heard laughter coming from the house while he was still a long way off, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Since he was already at the door, he decided to go in and let his grandpa know that he and Jiaojiao would be heading to the Xie family’s place later.

"Shuo Ci, you’re back. We have a lot of guests," Eldest Brother Gu said from the courtyard, where he was picking beans.

"Alright, Eldest Brother. I’ll let you get back to it. I’m going to the living room to entertain the guests," Su Shuochi said before heading inside.

"Grandpa, your friends are here?" Su Shuochi asked as he entered the living room, where he saw several elderly men talking and laughing.

Grandpa Gu, in particular, was laughing so hard that the wrinkles on his face resembled a blooming chrysanthemum, and he was absolutely beaming with pride.

"Shuo Ci’s back! Old Guy He, come over here and take a look! Jiaojiao says Shuo Ci will be able to stand within a year!"

If Grandpa Gu had a tail, it would probably be wagging all the way to the heavens.

"Really?" He Shenyi strode over to Su Shuochi, grabbed his hand, and immediately began taking his pulse.

Just a few months ago, he had examined Su Shuochi’s legs and had stated with absolute certainty that it was impossible for him to ever stand again.

He Shenyi’s brow was furrowed so deeply you could have crushed a mosquito in the lines. This was a resounding slap in the face.

But his passion for the medical arts burned even hotter. "Comrade Su... he really might be able to stand again!"

"Doctor Xia, let me tell you, I examined Comrade Su’s legs a few months ago. The muscles had no feeling, the nerves were necrotic, the meridians were severed..."

He Shenyi rattled on and on about Su Shuochi’s medical case, but the others couldn’t understand a word of it.

But Xia Qiuming understood. He had worked with He Shenyi on treating Su Shuochi’s legs and had analyzed them with the most advanced instruments available.

Su Shuochi also understood, because not only had his wife explained it all to him, she had also taken him to get scans.

The machine in his wife’s special space was a large-aperture 3.0T MRI, dozens of times more advanced than the best B-scan ultrasounds of the current era.

It could provide far more accurate and clear images of the bones and meridians in his legs, even creating 3D renderings that were sharp and easy to understand.

He Shenyi’s pulse diagnosis couldn’t possibly be as detailed, so Su Shuochi would fill in the gaps with what he knew.

Xia Qiuming was stunned. "So you’re saying the only thing left is for the fractured bones in your leg to heal? And Jiaojiao learned all of this just by taking your pulse?"

Su Shuochi was speechless.

’As if you could see all that just from a pulse reading!’

"I don’t know how Jiaojiao found out, but she’s the one who told me all this. She told me not to worry and that she would set the bones in my leg after she’s done with her college entrance exams."

"She knows how to perform surgery, too? How could she dare to operate without any diagnostic equipment?"

"Oh, she dares!" Grandpa Gu declared proudly. "She even said she’s going to treat the Song family’s eldest grandson for his heart condition. Said his heart problems are causing his liver’s hematopoietic function to fail."

Old Sir Gu spoke with pride. He had kept this from the Song family, but he wouldn’t hide it from He Shenyi and Xia Qiuming.

Deep down, he had absolute faith in his granddaughter. However, he would feel much more at ease with two titans of both traditional Chinese and Western medicine looking on.

Su Shuochi’s anxiety spiked. His wife was probably planning to anesthetize Song Zijie and move him to the medical facility in her special space to perform the surgery.

’But with his grandpa blurting it all out like this, what were they supposed to do now!’

After hearing what Grandpa Gu said, Xia Qiuming was both in awe of Gu Jiaojiao and thought she was incredibly audacious. More than anything, though, he was thrilled.

"Comrade Su... hehe... Shuo Ci, could you ask Jiaojiao if she’d like to perform the surgery at a major hospital in the Imperial City? I could be her assistant."

Before Xia Qiuming had even finished speaking, He Shenyi jumped to his feet. "Doctor Xia... You... the so-called ’Number One Scalpel in China,’ would willingly lower yourself to be an assistant?"

"What do you mean ’lower yourself’? That girl Jiaojiao is just that good! Old Guy He, you’re the one who diagnosed Old Guy Gu with organ failure and said he didn’t have much time left.

But look at him now—he’s alive and kicking, couldn’t be healthier! And you’re the one who swore Shuo Ci would never stand again for the rest of his life.

Well, he’s about to be up and about again soon, too! How do you explain that? Go on, say something!"

Xia Qiuming hadn’t even said a word before Li An jumped in, pointing at He Shenyi and rattling on. The reason for his outburst was that He Shenyi had also told him he didn’t have much time left, and he was still sore about it.

He Shenyi was speechless.

At a complete loss for words, He Shenyi could only mutter to himself, "How bizarre! Truly bizarre!"

"He Shenyi, the world is a vast place, full of wonders. There’s nothing so strange about this. It’s a simple fact that Jiaojiao’s medical skills are incredible.

You yourself said just now, after taking his pulse, that Shuo Ci has a chance of standing again. That proves Jiaojiao’s skills are superior to ours.

She not only knows traditional Chinese medicine but can also perform surgery. This trip has been more than worth it; we can learn a great deal from Jiaojiao."

Xia Qiuming was incredibly open-minded. When he studied abroad, he had met a medical prodigy who could perform a craniotomy at the age of twelve.

Gu Jiaojiao was already eighteen, so it was perfectly normal for her to know how to wield a scalpel and perform surgery.

Grandpa Gu and Mr. Gu had both studied abroad in different countries, after all. The family clearly had strong genes.

No one in the living room asked how Gu Jiaojiao knew medicine. It was as if they all accepted that she was just supposed to be this incredible.

Su Shuochi glanced around at everyone. ’I need to hurry up and rent that courtyard,’ he thought. ’And the walls will have to be painted a sterile white.’

’Then I can renovate a few rooms to look just like the medical facility in my wife’s special space.’

"There’s no need to go to the Imperial City for the surgery; we’ve already prepared an operating room here. We will definitely go to the Imperial City, though.

Jiaojiao’s goal is to get into Imperial Capital Medical University. She says that when it comes to traditional Chinese medicine, she only has theoretical knowledge and lacks practical experience.

As for surgery, she’s only practiced on wild rabbits and boars. She even successfully performed a heart transplant on a rabbit once."

Su Shuochi spoke with absolute certainty, his dark eyes shining with a firm light that was utterly convincing.

He knew Gu Jiaojiao had ten years of practical surgical experience, though he had no idea if she had actually succeeded at a heart transplant.

But of one thing he was certain: neither of these two "Divine Doctors" was as skilled as his wife.

"I teach at Imperial Capital Medical University! Should I save a spot for Jiaojiao?"

Xia Qiuming asked eagerly. Even though Jiaojiao might be more skilled than him, she had no official credentials as a surgeon.

’If I could take her on as my student, think of the prestige it would bring me!’

"Yes, yes! This old man has a spot to offer, too! Shuo Ci, how about your Grandpa He becomes Jiaojiao’s teacher in name, but privately, he’ll be *her* junior apprentice?"

An image of a master with the transcendent air of an immortal sage was already taking shape in He Shenyi’s mind.