Chapter 82: Life or Death?
Not a single one of the four assassins survived, because Xiao San, the best martial artist, had arrived at the critical moment to provide support.
Xiao Yi remained unconscious.
In the middle of the night, the Minister's Residence summoned every doctor they could. But after all the doctors examined Xiao Yi's wound, they all sighed and said there was nothing they could do, telling them to prepare for his funeral.
Perhaps Xiao Yi might wake up in a final resurgence of life, but even then, he probably wouldn't last long before dying from excessive blood loss.
Or perhaps Xiao Yi would never wake up again.
In Sun Jiaojiao's two lifetimes, no one had ever died for her. She never imagined that Xiao Yi, who argued with her every day, would disregard his own safety and take a blade for her at a critical moment.
Of the four guards, she had once felt that Xiao Yi was the one she disliked the most.
His face was foul.
He was heartless.
He always had "bitch" and "slut" on the tip of his tongue.
He was like the hardest, smelliest stone in a latrine pit.
He shouldn't like her. So why did he take a blade for her?
Even though Xiao Yi was the one who was stabbed, Sun Jiaojiao also felt an intense pain in her own chest, so painful she couldn't breathe, so painful she couldn't even cry.
She realized it belatedly.
He cared about her, didn't he?
Those harsh words, those nasty remarks, those trivial things that Sun Jiaojiao held a grudge over-all of it completely vanished after he blocked that blade.
As long as he could wake up again, he could scold her for being a slut, scold her for being a bitch, scold her for being shameless, or even scold her for being ugly when she cried. Anything was fine. He could scold her however he wanted.
She just wanted him to wake up again...
But the doctors said the chances of him waking up were slim.
The Minister's Residence had no idea how many doctors they had summoned throughout the night. The doctors coming in and out nearly wore down the residence's threshold. Sun Jiaojiao just sat foolishly on the doorstep of the guards' room, refusing to leave no matter who tried to persuade her.
She sat just like that until the latter half of the night. The cold wind blew into her robes. She suddenly remembered someone-Doctor Zhang!
That incredible Doctor Zhang might have a way to save Xiao Yi!
Sun Jiaojiao leaped up from the doorstep and sent someone to find Minister Sun, telling her cheap dad that he absolutely had to invite Doctor Zhang over to save Xiao Yi.
Minister Sun was in a difficult position. He said he would do his best, but Doctor Zhang's whereabouts were uncertain, and he might not even be in the capital.
Sun Jiaojiao didn't care. She wanted Doctor Zhang to save Xiao Yi's life, or else she wouldn't live either.
With his daughter threatening to die, Minister Sun had no choice but to pull some strings and get Doctor Zhang invited over. As luck would have it for Sun Jiaojiao, Doctor Zhang had been preparing to set off for a trip to Jiangnan today. His luggage was already packed. Before leaving, he performed a divination, and the hexagram showed it was not a good day to travel far. The superstitious Doctor Zhang changed his travel date, which is how the Minister's Residence got the chance to find him.
After Doctor Zhang examined Xiao Yi's wound, Sun Jiaojiao said anxiously, "All the other doctors said he's a lost cause. I don't believe it. Doctor Zhang, you have a way, don't you?"
"His situation is indeed beyond saving, unless he encounters a god-like doctor," Doctor Zhang said.
When others heard this, they all worried, thinking Xiao Yi was truly doomed. But Sun Jiaojiao's face lit up with joy. "A god-like doctor, isn't that you, Doctor Zhang? You must save him. I'm willing to pay any price!"
Being praised by her like this, even Doctor Zhang, who rarely showed emotion, couldn't help but reveal a smile. He stroked his chin and agreed, "Since Young Miss is willing to pay a high price, then I shall give it a try... But let me be clear first, if King Yama refuses to release this life, then there's nothing I can do. My medical skills are limited. I can only say I'll do my best!"
In truth, Doctor Zhang was very happy to earn the Minister's Residence's money. Besides, Sun Jiaojiao was not at all pretentious. If she wanted aphrodisiacs, she just asked. She was also very open about her sexual frustrations, completely unlike those overly conservative and affected boudoir women.
Although he felt nothing for Xiao Yi, he was willing to do Sun Jiaojiao a favor and save a life while he was at it.
Doctor Zhang looked at the half-dead man on the sickbed who was about to breathe his last. After a moment of thought, he wrote out a prescription and had Sun Jiaojiao send someone to buy the medicine.
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