The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 1229: 1224: Treatment
Chapter 1229: Chapter 1224: Treatment
Master Jie happened to be at home. When he heard the report from the servant, he was stunned for a long time before he could react.
“What did you say? The second young master has come back?” He could hardly believe it.
The old servant also followed with tears streaming down his face: “Yes, Master, it’s the second young master who has come back, brought back by the second young mistress.”
Master Jie’s body stiffened as he staggered with help from the old servant until he reached the courtyard where Jie Zhonglin used to live.
After learning of his death, this courtyard remained as it was before.
There were few people in the family, and since no one was living there, his courtyard was preserved.
Upon seeing the group of servants bustling about the courtyard, Master Jie finally burst into tears.
He’s come back. If he hadn’t come back, there wouldn’t be so many people coming and going in this courtyard.
Every time he came to this courtyard, it was always quieter than the others, with not a single person in sight.
“What are they all doing?” Master Jie asked in a trembling voice, speaking to the old servant supporting him.
The old servant replied: “The second young master is injured. The second young mistress brought him back, and right now Doctor Gu is treating him.”
“He’s injured?” Master Jie thought of the solitary, mangled arm buried in the Jie family’s tomb area.
That was his arm, because his fingers had been cut off by Du Wanqing in those days, and he always wore a small ring on it. The technique of reconnecting severed fingers was something only Gu Youyou knew, so it couldn’t be wrong that…
His eyes turned cold, and he hurried towards that room.
But when he reached the doorway, he stopped again.
He dared not enter, afraid that he would see his son’s mutilated body, and witness him die before his eyes once more.
In that case, he would rather his son had never come back.
He’d aged, and could no longer bear the grief of an elder sending off one younger for a second time.
“Master!” The servants greeted him and advised: “Doctor Gu is highly skilled in medicine. He’s treating the young master now, and everything will certainly be all right.”
Master Jie took a step back and said: “I’ll still… I’ll wait a little longer before visiting.”
He left the old servant by his side, saying, “You stay here and wait. If anything happens, let someone inform me immediately.”
“Yes, Master!”
He had come stumbling in, and now he left the same way, ultimately not having the courage to look inside.
Inside the room, Gu Youyou and Searcy were desperately trying to save Jie Zhonglin.
His body was robust; he had recovered from many injuries without treatment.
But the wound on his leg kept recurring.
Seeing the ghastly scars on his body, Miss Du stood in the corner and cried her eyes out.
Cuiya stood by her side, also with tears streaming down her face.
Having disliked this son-in-law before, they were now reconciled upon seeing his current miserable state.
He was truly reaping what he had sown, fulfilling the vow he made with Du Wanqing.
Gu Youyou, frowning, administered the anesthetic to him and began to cut away the necrotic flesh.
There was also some misalignment in his leg bones, although not serious. However, after so long, the correction would be very difficult.
Yet, recalling Jie Zhonglin’s remarkable perseverance, Gu Youyou felt that maybe his leg really could be restored to its original state.
“Searcy, apply the medicine to him.”
The surgery lasted over three hours, and Gu Youyou was drenched in sweat by the end of it.
It was an infection in his leg that caused his high fever.
His leg would need a long treatment.
Miss Du had been standing in the corner watching all along, biting her lip tightly to prevent herself from making any noise.
It was only after seeing that Gu Youyou had finished the treatment that she dared to approach.
“How is he? Will he survive?”