287: Chapter 287: Stranger Comes 287: Chapter 287: Stranger Comes He looked at Gu Youyou with a gaze that became tinged with inexplicable feelings.

In the eyes of a doctor, patients are not distinguished by gender.

That’s what they say, but is that really the case?

If it were really indiscriminate, there wouldn’t be such things as taking the pulse through a silk thread.

Especially since Youyou is a female doctor, even if she were to treat illnesses, there are certain diseases she simply shouldn’t treat!

Her perspective is misguided, Yuancheng is still a child so that’s fine, but what if her next patient is an adult male?

Jin Zijin felt a chill at the thought.

Her perspective was dangerously wrong—it had to be corrected!

Seemingly sensing the scrutinizing gaze, Gu Youyou turned her head with traces of puzzlement.

“What you’re doing is not right,” she heard Jin Zijin say earnestly.

Mixed with a restrained anger.

Gu Youyou didn’t understand his cryptic words; just a moment ago, she had argued with Yue Rujing about her prolonged absence from work, so she subconsciously thought he was referring to that matter.

Gu Youyou was always serious about her work.

As the heir to the Gu Family, she never actually shirked her duties, so she felt quite embarrassed when Jin Zijin brought it up.

She said, “I’ll try to be more careful.”

Jin Zijin’s lips curved into a faint smile.

So, she also realized that it was wrong.

But this wasn’t a matter of being careful or not.

She simply couldn’t do it—it was indecent.

“Ah…?” Now Gu Youyou was truly puzzled.

Did he mean that treating her grandfather was left to Qin Changlin, and doing it herself was indecent?

What the heck, isn’t that a nonsensical reason?

Pure lunacy.

Gu Youyou’s face fell as she said, “With Qin Changlin’s limited skills, how can I have peace of mind to let him handle it?”

She still wanted to do it herself?

Jin Zijin’s expression also turned sour.

“Don’t underestimate him.

The people chosen by Doctor Zhou are not bad.

He’s not skilled yet because he hasn’t practiced medicine for long.

Teach him well, and he’ll be able to do a good job.”

Gu Youyou felt that Jin Zijin was being overly meddlesome.

Who believes that?

Did it have anything to do with skill?

She wanted to oversee her grandfather’s care herself to be reassured.

She retorted indignantly, “I’ll handle it.

You naturally wouldn’t worry about my grandfather—this is nonsensical!”

What?

Grandfather?

Jin Zijin’s mind whirled, and he realized they had been talking at cross purposes, not addressing the same issue at all.

Seeing Youyou’s flustered state, he couldn’t help but find it amusing, and said, “I was talking about Yuancheng.”

…Yuancheng?

Gu Youyou now understood what he meant and felt a wave of embarrassment wash over her.

“You know?”

She was inquiring about the matter of treating Yuancheng.

Upon asking, she felt it was an unnecessary question since he had already brought up the topic, meaning he was aware.

She muttered vaguely, “That sort of trivial ailment, I certainly won’t intervene personally in the future.

If Qin Changlin can treat it, then let him.

If not, people would be embarrassed to ask me to treat it, right?

Don’t worry.”

She believed that, given the sensibilities of people in ancient times, there would hardly be many who would feel comfortable asking a woman to treat such ailments.

Jin Zijin was worrying needlessly.

“Dong dong dong…” While they were chatting, a knocking on the firmly closed courtyard gate could be heard.

Gu Youyou’s first thought was that Yue Rujing had returned, perhaps having forgotten something.

However, Abao, who was playing on the side, suddenly pricked up its ears and stared alertly at the gate.

Gu Youyou and Jin Zijin exchanged glances, their brows furrowing slightly.

It wasn’t Yue Rujing who had come back; it was a stranger.