That was the box where Gu Youyou kept her Western medical supplies, all of them crafted by artisans in Lingnan and after she arrived in Beijing; they were unique in this world.
Since it was a knife wound, they would presumably be needed.
She quickly went inside to fetch her commonly used medicine box and hastened out.
The doorkeeper had already prepared a carriage for her, but Gu Youyou, with a stern face, said lightly, "Saving lives is a race against time. How long will it take by carriage? I’ll ride a horse instead."
With those words, she seized the horse that the Jie Residence’s house servant had ridden to bring the news, mounted it, and galloped away, leaving everyone staring in amazement.
"Your family’s young Miss can ride a horse?"
"I... I had no idea?"
"Since she has ridden off, just send the carriage back."
"Wait, I’ll need it," Lin Qianqing rushed out in a flurry, the young Miss from the Du Family with her.
Lin Qianqing said, "I know you’re worried, let’s go together."
The young Miss from the Du Family nodded.
Although the Jie Family had no relation to her now, if Concubine Du were driven out of the Jie Residence, in the end, she was still of the Du Family, and she had to give her deceased parents an explanation.
Gu Youyou reached the Jie Residence with utmost speed, where a crowd of servants were already waiting at the door, expecting her to save a life.
Gu Youyou frowned and asked, "What are you all blocking the doorway for? Is your Second Young Master dead or not?"
Her words left the crowd blocking the door dumbfounded.
Doctor Gu was indeed fierce!
They quickly led Gu Youyou inside while spouting, "The Second Young Master is still alive, but his injury is serious, there’s blood everywhere, and a finger was brutally severed."
"Oh? A finger was severed?" Gu Youyou was somewhat surprised.
In the course of the conversation, they had arrived at Second Young Master Jie’s room.
The room was in disarray, blood everywhere; it truly looked like a recent battlefield.
"Doctor Gu, you’re here?" Xie Qinyun greeted her with delight and urgently said, "Please check on my second brother quickly."
Gu Youyou nodded at her, put down the medicine box, and busied herself with examining Second Young Master Jie’s wounds.
He had multiple stab wounds all over his body, his appearance disheveled. It seemed the wound was so painful and the blood loss so extensive that his face had turned pale from the agony, covered in sweat.
Seeing this worthless man in such a state, Gu Youyou felt an inexplicable urge to applaud and felt quite relieved.
Of course, as a doctor with professional ethics, these were merely fleeting thoughts, and her demeanor remained very serious and attentive.
She glanced at the severed finger on the table, then at the base of Second Young Master Jie’s finger that he was pressing down on, and let out a light sigh of relief.
The cut was clean, and the angle and pressure used to stem the bleeding were precise. As the finger had only been separated a short while ago, the chances of reattachment were still very high.
"First, take off your clothes, so I can treat the wounds on your body," she said.
Although the wounds on his body weren’t particularly deep, there were many, and there had been no proper effort to stop the bleeding. If they were not treated soon, he would likely faint from excessive blood loss.
"You are a female doctor, is that alright?" Even in severe pain, Second Young Master Jie’s mind was still lucid.
Gu Youyou replied impatiently, "Choose between your life and your modesty. It’s your call!"
Second Young Master Jie: "..."
Xie Qinyun interrupted, "Good grief, what time do you think it is to still be concerned about shame? Even Miss Gu, a young lady, hasn’t complained, so why your reluctance to undress? Shall I help?"
These shameless words of Xie Qinyun gave Second Young Master Jie quite a shock, "As an unmarried lady, how can you speak so improperly?"
Xie Qinyun shot back directly: "I had no mother to teach me, so this is how I am."