Qin Changlin had clearly been frightened by Gu Youyou’s words.
She sighed and said, "Forget it, can I even reason with you? I just want to check on Yuancheng’s condition. If you are a doctor without medical ethics, then pretend I didn’t say anything."
Qin Changlin snapped out of his shock, swallowed his saliva, his face full of distress.
"Sister, you’ve put such a huge hat on me by saying I have no medical ethics, how could I not help? Just tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Gu Youyou felt delighted inside, glanced outside the door, and lowered her voice, "Just persuade him, say I want to treat him."
Ancient people felt ashamed quite easily, especially with this kind of condition. If Gu Youyou were to say it, it might drive someone to jump off a building.
Qin Changlin’s face showed his dilemma; he understood men all too well, uh... well, Yuancheng wasn’t quite a man yet.
But everyone understood the principle that boys and girls shouldn’t sit together after the age of seven, and although peasants weren’t so picky, Yuancheng was after all a ten-year-old boy with quite a strong sense of pride. To let her treat him would be a surprise.
After pondering for a moment, Qin Changlin said to Gu Youyou with difficulty, "To say... I think it’s better to forget it. You might not see it, but Yuancheng has a very strong sense of pride. Only Master and I in Jisheng Hall know about his condition. If he knew you were aware, he would be so anxious he might jump off a building to commit suicide!"
Gu Youyou nodded her head, thinking, That’s exactly what I thought!
"Then what’s your plan?"
Qin Changlin paced back and forth, at one point he went to the front hall, then came back, holding a packet of something in his hand, looking confident.
He said slyly, "Use this, I’ll apply a Knockout Drug on him. I guarantee everything will go smoothly and unnoticed."
Gu Youyou gave him a thumbs up, thinking to herself: Qin Changlin really isn’t cut out to be a doctor, such wasted talent.
"When do you plan to use it?"
"There’s no time like the present, let’s do it today."
"Today? I still need to take Doctor Zhou as my master. Let’s wait until I’ve done that."
"My master... sigh!" Qin Changlin sighed and said, "My master didn’t come back last night. It seems the journey was far and it got late, so he probably rested at an inn on the way. He’s getting old, too; he can’t endure traveling all night."
Gu Youyou felt quite disappointed since she hadn’t managed to meet Doctor Zhou several times.
She thought to herself that good things take time and didn’t mind too much.
"Alright, then shall we... administer the drug to Yuancheng first?"
Considering this crafty plan, Qin Changlin’s eyes gleamed, "Done, you go wait in the backyard, and I’ll call you once I’ve laid him down."
Gu Youyou thought: He’s really cut out to be a villain!
Jisheng Hall’s backyard was quite spacious, it was Doctor Zhou’s residence. For some reason, she never saw any of Doctor Zhou’s family members in the back house; instead, Qin Changlin, his apprentice, managed Jisheng Hall and lived there as if he were his son.
Of course, it did not exclude the possibility that Doctor Zhou was an elderly bachelor, but she wondered what made him stay unmarried for life.
Qin Changlin moved quickly and tricked Yuancheng into taking the Knockout Drug. As soon as the drug took effect, the boy fainted.
Qin Changlin carried Yuancheng to the backyard, while Gu Youyou stood in the yard looking at a twisted pine tree.
He called out to Gu Youyou, "Sister Youyou, it’s done, come quick!"
There were many empty rooms in the backyard. Yuancheng, the poor boy that Doctor Zhou had picked up, naturally lived with him, and his room was right next to Qin Changlin’s.