Her mother... also sacrificed herself in pursuit of scientific truth.
"What are your plans for Miss Lu then?"
Madam Lu looked at Miss Lu with a face full of disgust and said, "Regardless, such a matter is hardly honorable. She is already dead to the Lu Residence, just like her contemptible mother, who died unexpectedly from illness. Doctor Gu, since she stubbornly refuses to reveal the formula and insists on seeing you before she’ll talk, then I will leave her disposal up to you."
Gu Youyou raised her eyebrows and looked at Miss Lu.
To speak the truth, people like them, who approach a matter with an almost insane intensity, are both despicable and yet pitifully contradictory beings.
If that intelligent mind were used properly, it would be a good thing. If used in the wrong place, it becomes a pest bringing disaster to the community.
Their ancestors were exterminated years ago; it seems they must have committed plenty of infuriating deeds before that happened.
This young lady, although young, was also smart. It would be a shame if she were killed by Madam Lu, so Gu Youyou had no choice but to take her in.
"Alright, Madam Lu, I will take her with me then. As for your medicine... come and see me in half a month’s time."
"Very well, thank you, Doctor Gu!"
Madam Lu, with loathing, spat at Miss Lu and left the Taoist Temple with two house servants.
Gu Youyou followed Tian Jizi to Qi Mountain, on a day when the Imperial Palace was holding a grand selection.
Regretfully, such an event could not be seen, luckily she wasn’t one of those women participating.
Gu Youyou and Xiang Chun sat in a carriage where Miss Lu lay behind them, and Tian Jizi and Yixi sat in the carriage in front. Jin Zijin had taken a packet of medicine from Gu Youyou and administered it to Tian Jizi to drink and then, taking advantage of his sleep, left Sanqing Temple.
The old man, if he wakes up and finds he is no longer in Sanqing Temple, who knows if he will cause a commotion.
In August, the weather had already turned cool. Gu Youyou was colder than the average person and had long since stopped wearing the thin gauze clothing, instead wearing thick cotton-padded clothes suitable for early autumn. She did look a bit more bloated than the average person!
On the first evening, their party arrived at a town and found an inn to rest for the night.
After eating and washing her hands, Gu Youyou went to check on Miss Lu in her room.
The members of the Lu Family had beaten her severely; it would be tough for her to get out of bed and move around any time soon.
Gu Youyou sat down beside the bed, looked down at her, and sighed, "Your mother’s poison was superbly administered, shocking even to me. It not only changed Madam Lu’s appearance but didn’t harm her body in the slightest, on the contrary, it even had health-enhancing effects. This type of medicine is indeed a good thing if used on men who rely on physical strength."
Miss Lu said proudly, "That’s a great tonic medicine, she should be thanking us. My mother is the most talented junior of the Ghost Doctor family; when everyone else could not escape death, only she managed to get away, so she’s naturally not an average person."
Great, this ignorant girl has been twisted by her deranged mother into abnormality.
And here she is, talking about the extermination of her family as if it were something to be proud of.
Gu Youyou fell silent for a moment, then said to her, "How did you know I would save you? Did your mother teach you before she died?"
She always spoke with a sense of superiority, looking down on Gu Youyou with scorn, and laughed mockingly, "People like you, who wouldn’t be jealous of the Ghost Doctor family’s inherited medical skills? You kept me because I’m the sole heir to the Ghost Doctor, right?"
Gu Youyou: "..." Damn, I didn’t even know what that Ghost Doctor was about.
But seeing the way this girl argued and her tone, she really was quite irksome.