Faced with Dong Mingfeng's incessant urging, Ge Shijian weighed his options, but in the end, he resolutely shook his head. "Without my master's permission, I will not reveal the prescription to anyone!"
"What?" Dong Mingfeng was furious. "By what right do you get to monopolize it? Are you trying to keep it all to yourself? You're an old man, how can you be so wicked? Where is your conscience?"
Shen Jiayue also joined the bombardnt. "My sister is your master's wife, yet you dare to refuse her? This is insubordination! Youling, don't just stand there, say sothing!"
Shen Youling shook her head. "I already said, I have absolutely no right to ask for this prescription."
"You foolish girl…" Dong Mingfeng stamped her foot in frustration.
Ignoring her, Shen Youling turned to Ge Shijian and spoke earnestly. "My grandfather urgently needs this Qi-tonifying soup right now. I only ask that you help brew a dose for him!"
"This…" Ge Shijian hesitated.
Sun Siwei frowned slightly. Although he was disdainful of Shen Jiayue and her family's behavior, he adhered to the principle of a doctor's compassion. He also urged Ge Shijian, reminding him that saving a life was the priority.
"Alright then, please wait a mont." Ge Shijian nodded and went to the storeroom alone to gather the herbs. After entering, he even locked the door to prevent anyone from peeking.
Seeing him take such precautions as if they were thieves, Dong Mingfeng and the others were both furious and resentful. They turned on Shen Youling, berating her for being as stupid as a pig.
"Youling, you truly are too naive," Shang Yuenong said, indignant at her lack of fight. If it were her, she would have fought with all her might for her own benefit. What belongs to the husband also belongs to the wife, does it not? Forget a simple quarrel. Even if they had cracked each other's skulls and beco mortal enemies, what was hers to claim, she would claim.
I can't believe I misjudged him so badly. Lin Tang actually possesses sothing this valuable. How can I get a piece of it? Shang Yuenong secretly sched.
Originally, the group of old traditional Chinese dicine doctors had been quite upset by Dong Mingfeng and were planning to leave. However, when they heard Ge Shijian was about to personally brew a dose of the Origin-Returning Qi-Tonifying Soup for Shen Qiushi, they couldn't resist their curiosity and all decided to stay. After all, they had only ever read about this prescription in ancient dical texts and had never seen it verified in practice. Now faced with such a rare opportunity, they naturally wanted to witness its effects firsthand.
When Ge Shijian erged after brewing the dicine, everyone's eyes focused on the bowl of soup in his hands. Visually, it was a dark, viscous liquid with nothing unusual about it. Its aroma was also indistinguishable from the most common traditional dicines.
"May I try a little?"
"I would like to as well…"
"And !"
Ge Shijian was speechless. "There's only one bowl. If every one of you takes a sip, will there be anything left?"
"You could just brew a few more doses!"
"Why don't you just tell to cook a giant pot and serve it for dinner? Alright, alright, stop crowding ." Ge Shijian waved his hand dismissively and passed the bowl to Shen Youling.
Shen Youling took it carefully, feeding it to Shen Qiushi one spoonful at a ti. Everyone stared at Shen Qiushi's face, treating him like a laboratory rat.
"Why is there no reaction yet?"
"And you've practiced dicine your whole life? When has traditional dicine ever taken effect so quickly?"
"What do you an? You can't just dismiss it all, for example…"
"Everyone be quiet! Look, his complexion is improving!"
"It's true! It's absolutely miraculous!"
Shen Qiushi's deathly pale cheeks flushed with a healthy, rosy color, the change visible to the naked eye. When they checked his pulse again, they found that the once-faint beat had quickly beco strong and steady.
Everyone exclaid in astonishnt. Shen Youling and her family also bead with joy.
"Heh heh…" Ge Shijian, feeling a sense of shared honor, grinned from ear to ear.
Sun Siwei sighed. "Not to have witnessed such a marvelous prescription firsthand is truly a lifelong regret!"
"Indeed, indeed!"
"Doctor Ge, you…" The other old doctors, unwilling to give up, were about to try persuading Ge Shijian again.
Just then, one of the doctors suddenly cried out, "Look! Why is the patient's face getting redder and redder? His pulse is also beating faster and faster!"
"Huh? Let see. You're right!"
"His life force is becoming too strong! This is actually dangerous!"
"Is the dicine too potent?"
"This is bad!"
They watched in horror as Shen Qiushi began to bleed from all seven of his orifices, his skin swelling up like a balloon. Sun Siwei and the others imdiately rushed in to perform ergency treatnt.
"How could this be happening?" Shen Youling swayed, on the verge of collapse, utterly drained by the constant twists and turns of fate.
Shen Xin was also panicked and at a complete loss.
"This shouldn't be happening. How could it?" Ge Shijian muttered to himself. When Li Weihai took this dicine, he had been bursting with vitality, with no side effects at all. Why had it turned out like this for Shen Qiushi?
"It was you! You must have done sothing!" Dong Mingfeng pointed an accusing finger at Ge Shijian. "It's because we demanded the prescription that you held a grudge! You went and concocted so random poison to fool us! You're a doctor! How can you be so vile?"
"Nonsense! I followed my master's prescription to the letter when I gathered the herbs. There were no mistakes whatsoever…" Ge Shijian quickly shook his head.
"You were hiding in there alone. Who can prove you didn't make a mistake?" Dong Mingfeng interrupted him with a cold laugh.
"I…" Ge Shijian opened his mouth but could not find the words to rebut her. All he could do was repeat that he had not gathered the wrong herbs. He held no deep grudge against them, so why would he take such an enormous risk to harm soone over a minor squabble?
"Then the prescription itself must be flawed!" Shen Jiayue declared. "I told you! How could a country bumpkin like Lin Tang just stumble upon such a precious recipe? He must have made it up to deceive people!"
"That's impossible!" Ge Shijian flatly denied it, stating that Li Weihai had also taken the dicine.
Shen Jiayue was stunned for a mont. The Li Family was no less powerful than the Wang Family. She had to grovel before Wang Shouzhen, so how could she dare to offend soone from the Li Family? Had Lin Tang really beco the Li Family's benefactor? Wouldn't that make him unbelievably arrogant?
"Just because you say he saved soone doesn't make it true. Who knows if you're making it up," Shen Jiayue questioned.
Shen Youling, barely pulling herself together, spoke in a complex tone. "It's true. I saw Lee Encai with my own eyes, and she said Lin Tang saved her father."
She really wanted to slap herself. She had seen it with her own eyes and completely ignored it. In the end, it was all because of her prejudice against Lin Tang. She had never truly respected him.
"Regardless, there's a problem with one of you, master or apprentice, and we won't let this go! If anything happens to my husband, you, Ge, will pay with your life!" Dong Mingfeng said belligerently, her hands on her hips.
Damn it… Ge Shijian was filled with regret. Had he known this would happen, he would have rather died than brew that dicine. She was biting the hand that fed her.
The other traditional doctors took turns trying to treat Shen Qiushi, but none of them could manage his symptoms. It was Sun Siwei, whose skills were a cut above the rest, who managed to barely pull him back from the brink of death. Just as he had previously expelled the toxins from his body, he was now able to force out the dicinal properties of the Origin-Returning Qi-Tonifying Soup.
Even so, Shen Qiushi was left in a state indistinguishable from a vegetative one.
"Unless a miracle occurs, the patient… probably won't wake up again," Sun Siwei said with regret, shaking his head.
"Ah—" Shen Youling's vision went dark, her heart aching so much she couldn't breathe.
Shen Xin was also grief-stricken.
Dong Mingfeng and Shen Jiayue grabbed Ge Shijian as if he were a criminal, demanding he take full responsibility. Lu Zizheng, his fat jiggling, shouted that they should smash the clinic to pieces to see if he would dare harm anyone ever again.
"You are all going too far!"
"You're the ones who begged for it! Doctor Ge didn't want to prescribe the dicine, but you forced him! And now you have the gall to bla him!"
"Is there no justice in this world?"
Many of the old doctors spoke up righteously, taking Ge Shijian's side. A few, however, tried to fish in troubled waters, urging Ge Shijian to reveal the prescription. With the wisdom of the crowd, they could surely determine whether it was beneficial or harmful.
"Old Ge, it has co to this. Are you still going to keep it to yourself?"
Naturally, Ge Shijian wouldn't fall for it. "We may not be able to cure this patient, but my master definitely can!" he stated firmly. "As long as we can get my master here, all of this will be solved with ease!"
He still had absolute confidence in Lin Tang's dical skills and refused to believe the prescription was flawed. He hadn't wanted to trouble Wei Shanhe again, but the situation was desperate, and he couldn't afford to worry about such things now. He anxiously called Wei Shanhe to see if he could contact Lin Tang.
But…
"Why isn't President Wei answering his phone either?!"
Hearing the dial tone indicating the phone was off, Ge Shijian fell into despair.
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