Chapter 402: 204 Slapping the Face (Second Update)_2
“Big brother!” Seeing Gu Changqing, Gu Jinyu felt as though she had spotted another lifeline. With tears streaming down her face, she ran towards him.
However, Gu Changqing didn’t notice her; he instead rode past her and halted near Gu Jiao. He dismounted his horse and hurried towards her anxiously, “Are you all right?”
Gu Jiao was changing dressings for a patient whose injuries were so severe that the bandages were instantly soaked with blood.
As an adult male, witnessing such a scene made Gu Changqing feel strange. He reached out his hand, “Give it to me.”
Gu Jiao shook her head, “There are a few more patients over there; you help move them first.”
“To the Medical Hall?” Gu Changqing asked.
“Yes.” Gu Jiao nodded.
Gu Changqing immediately commanded his men to use wooden boards to carry the patients out.
There was a patient who had a sprained ankle and minor external injuries. Gu Changqing carried him straight on his back.
After carrying the person for a few steps, he suddenly felt a couple of hard-to-ignore gazes falling on him. He turned and saw a carriage parked at the back door.
While he was pondering, a rumbling sound came from the ruins.
Gu Changqing’s brow furrowed.
At that moment, the blacksmith cried out in alarm: “No good! The stove is about to blow again!”
The fire had not been controlled and had reached the stove in another boiler room, causing it to be on the verge of exploding.
The color drained from Gu Jinyu’s face, and she ran without a second thought!
She forgot all about the critically injured patients. All she cared about was her own safety.
Gu Jiao picked up the patient in front of her and quickly left the scene.
Unfortunately, she was a step too late. As she started to run, the stove exploded with a loud bang!
In the blink of an eye, a wave of fire swept through. Gu Changqing jumped behind her and used his body as a shield to block the flaming tongues for her.
Flames covered Gu Changqing’s body.
Gu Jiao turned to him, “Roll!”
Everyone gasped in shock. The district captain had just saved you, and now you’re telling him to roll away?
Gu Jiao said again, “Roll, quick!”
Gu Changqing rolled on the ground, and the fire on his body was quickly extinguished.
All the spectators breathed a sigh of relief but were slightly dumbfounded: So her “roll” really was meant in the literal sense…
Gu Changqing put out the fire quickly and didn’t suffer any severe burns, yet Gu Jiao still took him along with the other patients back to the Medical Hall.
A lot of Medical Halls arrived to treat the injured, including the previous haunt of the second intra-family rival—Huichun Hall.
Huichun Hall was one of the top Medical Halls in the Capital City. They brought six doctors, but they treated less than half the number of patients that Mysterious Hand Hall did.
What’s more, many of the injured asked to be transferred to Mysterious Hand Hall for continued treatment.
“Shopkeeper He, don’t you think that girl looks a little familiar?” An older doctor asked.
Shopkeeper He watched Gu Jiao’s retreating figure.
He didn’t get a clear look at her face, but he was very familiar with that basket she was carrying.
Wasn’t she the little medical student who accompanied their rival to the Villa?
How did she get here?
The doctor said, “I heard that after our rival left the Hu Family, he opened up a new Medical Hall in the Capital City. Apparently, it’s the Mysterious Hand Hall. Could it be the same one as we just saw?”
Shopkeeper He said, “Impossible, right? The doctors at Mysterious Hand Hall are more skilled than ours. Where did he get such capable doctors from?”
Shopkeeper He found it unlikely. However, Mysterious Hand Hall was indeed stealing business from Huichun Hall. He planned to report to his boss and keep an eye on Mysterious Hand Hall!
The patients at the scene had only received preliminary treatment. Once they got back to the Medical Hall, surgeries would be performed and treatments given where necessary. Gu Jiao was busy and didn’t have time to deal with Gu Jinyu.
After Gu Jinyu fled from the scene, she haphazardly got onto a carriage, falling down in the process.
“Miss…” The servant girl was frightened by her disheveled appearance.
Gu Jinyu’s face was white as a sheet, “Quick… Go find father!”
Mr. Gu was not at the Ministry of Works today. He had been dispatched to conduct a water conservation survey in the western suburbs of Capital City the previous night and wouldn’t return until three days later.
He was unaware of the disaster at the Ministry of Works building.
Because of Gu Jinyu’s significant achievement, he also rose through the ranks, becoming a prominent figure in the Ministry of Works. Everyone wanted to… well, not kill him, but please him!
He was happily surrounded by colleagues singing his praises, when suddenly a guard announced, “The lady is here!”
Mr. Gu went to personally greet his daughter, “My sweet child, why are you here today? Did you specially come to visit your father— Ah!”
He was shocked by Gu Jinyu’s pighead-like face!