Chapter 241 - 241 Hercules
241 Hercules
“Shortly after, my mother fell ill too,” the little boy’s tears flowed down his cheeks as she spoke. Then he wiped them away with the back of his hand.
Su Binglan could not bear to see the little boy upset, so she patted his head and hurriedly said, “Your mother is okay and will wake up before you know it.”
When Doctor Wu heard her words, he looked at her with adoration again. ‘As expected of the miracle doctor. There’s nothing she can’t cure.’
“Miss Su, do you have a way to cure the woman?”
Su Binglan nodded. “Yes, I’ll prescribe medicine and give her acupuncture. She’ll be all right.”
Doctor Wu was surprised. “So, it’s not the plague?”
“It is a plague and can spread, but it’s man-made,” Su Binglan said.
Doctor Wu was still puzzled. “The little boy has been living with his mother, but he’s fine.”
“He should be well protected, and perhaps some children aren’t affected by the epidemic,” as Su Binglan spoke, she took a piece of paper and wrote down the prescription.
“Grab the medicine according to this prescription. The woman will feel better after taking it.” Doctor Wu hurriedly handed the paper to his student and told him to grab the medicine.
He was utterly shocked. He initially thought his medical skills were exceptional but would always doubt whether or not he was good at medicine whenever he saw Su Binglan treating someone.
However, that did not necessarily mean Doctor Wu had mediocre medical skills. He needed to find a source of the woman’s condition to prescribe an antidote, which required a lot of time, but Su Binglan’s ability was special.
She only needed to check the woman’s pulse to know what to do. Hence she could quickly choose a suitable antidote.
At that time, Su Wenxiu finally arrived as Su Binglan looked at him, saying, “I’ll treat the woman with acupuncture soon. You should watch and learn.”
Su Wenxiu excitedly nodded. “Yes, Little Sister. I’ll study hard.”
Doctor Wu envied Su Wenxiu because he also wanted a sister like Su Binglan, who could teach him these things. After all, it would be good for him to have a master like her.
However, he knew Miss Su would not accept such a capable disciple like him, so he asked softly, “M-Miss Su, can I watch too?”
He was afraid Su Binglan would reject, so he hurriedly added, “I promise not to make a sound and not to disturb your acupuncture process, Miss Su.”
It was a lost acupuncture technique Doctor Wu had longed to learn about. It would be great even if he just learned a little.
Su Binglan said, “You can watch and look more carefully over here. I’ll explain the acupuncture points in a while.”
Doctor Wu felt extremely touched when he heard Su Binglan’s words. He did not expect Miss Su to allow him to learn medicine from her. Most knew that doctors with excellent medical skills were stingy with their knowledge unless they were teaching their apprentices.
Still, some doctors would not teach every detail to their apprentices because they did not want their apprentices to surpass them. Of course, they would also test their apprentices’ temperament.
If the apprentice had good characteristics, their master would teach them everything. Nonetheless, it would also depend on one’s talent and comprehension, or it would be impossible for one’s master to explain everything clearly.
Su Binglan always explained things in great detail whenever she taught others her medical skills because she was afraid they would not understand her.
Therefore, Doctor Wu felt touched and stared at Su Binglan as she carried out her procedures, afraid he would miss a crucial detail.
Since the patient was a woman, Su Binglan could not undress her. She only injected her acupuncture needles into the woman’s head and hands, explaining everything in the process.
Doctor Wu and Su Wenxiu listened attentively. Soon after the acupuncture treatment, the woman slowly opened her eyes and saw Su Binglan. She was slightly absent-minded as if he had seen an old friend.
“Roubing?” The woman asked.
Su Binglan trembled when she heard the woman calling her “Roubing.” It was a strange feeling because it sounded familiar as if someone had called her that before.
She calmed down and asked, “Thank goodness you’re awake.”
Suddenly, a name flashed through Su Binglan’s mind. It was Lan Roubing. She remembered someone telling her that Lan Roubing was Princess Lan’s name. Did the woman on the bed know Princess Lan?
At that moment, the little boy saw that his mother had awoken, so he excitedly went to hold her hand. “Mother, you’re awake! You’re okay!”
The woman returned to her senses when she heard her son’s voice. She reached out to touch her son’s head, saying, “Don’t worry. I’m okay now.”
She noticed her son’s red eyes and knew he must have cried. She weakly reached out and wiped the tears her son did not have time to wipe away. The mother and son depended on each other. The woman might not have held on if it were not for her son. They had narrowly escaped their journey.
The duo comforted each other, and the little boy said to his mother, “This beautiful lady saved you, Mother.”
The woman looked at Su Binglan and became absent-minded again. Su Binglan looked into the woman’s eyes and felt that the woman was looking at someone else through her.
“Thank you for saving me, miss. I thought you were someone else just now,” as she spoke, the woman clapped her hands hard and tried to prop herself up on the table next to her.
Crack!
However, a loud sound echoed, and the table smashed apart. The woman awkwardly retracted her hand, saying, “I’m sorry, I didn’t control my strength.”
Su Binglan raised her eyebrows. When she brought Su Wenxiu back from the capital, she had heard rumors that General Baili’s eldest daughter was as strong as Hercules.
However, after General Baili died, his eldest daughter died in a fire shortly after. One would say this young lady did not have good characteristics and only knew how to wield a gun.
Su Binglan also heard that the young lady and Princess Lan were good friends and that the young lady had a child out of wedlock, canceling her engagement with her future husband.
Thinking of these rumors and looking at the burn marks on the woman’s face, Su Binglan roughly guessed the woman’s identity. Even so, she knew this young lady was a good person, and someone had slandered her reputation.
Su Binglan looked at Baili Jinghua and said, “It’s all right. That table is not sturdy enough, to begin with.”
Baili Jinghua looked at Su Binglan with gratitude. She did not expect this young girl to be so understanding, just like her good friend, Lan Roubing.
Baili Jinghua could not help but reminisce. In the past, she was a woman who wielded a knife and brandished a gun. Most laughed at her, but only Lan Roubing encouraged her.
Others thought she was too strong and did not want to play with her, but Baili Jinghua’s good friend supported and accompanied her. Sadly, her good friend had passed away.
Baili Jinghua was not without sadness, but she was a general’s daughter who could not wear her heart on her sleeve. She had to suppress her pain and sadness. Still, her good friend, Princess Lan, had told her to live a good life, so she had to fulfill her friend’s wishes.