Chapter 175: Killing with a Borrowed Knife
Xia Qiuming paused, then continued, "Moreover, you should know that it’s rare to see such practical equipment, even in a hospital.
These things might not be exceptionally valuable, but they are very hard to come by. Many of them must be custom-developed.
You rarely see them on the market, but they’re incredibly practical. Major hospitals are unwilling to invest the time and manpower to develop things like this."
Everyone exchanged glances. From their point of view, they couldn’t make sense of a single item, let alone imagine making one themselves.
Su Shuochi had actually modified this medical equipment. He was afraid the high-end gear would startle people.
Xia Qiuming was worldly and knowledgeable; he had a good eye for things. That was why he could see the genius hidden beneath the equipment’s ordinary appearance.
He looked at the group, casually picked up what looked like a normal syringe, and addressed them.
"Don’t underestimate this syringe. During treatment, you must remember not to touch it with any force, and under no circumstances should you remove it.
Otherwise, it could accelerate blood flow, cause nerve paralysis, and even inflict a certain degree of brain damage. It could even be life-threatening!
So you must trust that when these are put to practical use, most common illnesses can be resolved."
After hearing his speech, everyone present looked at him with admiration. What he described was simply beyond their imagination.
Just then, a car horn sounded from outside the courtyard. They all knew it was the people sent from the city hospital to pick up He Shen Yi and Professor Xia.
Uncle Dong drove the two divine doctors to the hospital. Xia Qiuming also consulted Su Shuochi and borrowed some of the special surgical instruments.
Mr. Sheng, however, stayed behind to keep Old Sir Gu, Professor Cheng, and Professor Li company.
The group gave Su Shuochi’s courtyard a thorough tour, looking over every nook and cranny, inside and out.
Grandpa Gu, Mr. Gu, and Geng Ruixian were all carefully studying the renovation blueprints for their rooms.
For the most part, they were all very pleased with the designs, but they each had a few minor personal adjustments, which Su Shuochi noted down one by one.
Mr. Sheng’s eyes were filled with envy. ’If I hadn’t disowned Jiaojiao,’ he thought, ’would there have been a room for me in Su Shuochi’s plans as well?’
His only regret was hurting his adoptive daughter so badly for the sake of his biological one, only for his biological daughter to turn out to be so worthless.
Life can never be perfect, and the inability to get what you want is the greatest regret. He only wished for Jiaojiao to have a happy and fulfilling future.
’Life is but a dream, a fleeting century. After a hundred years, we all turn to dust, so why cling to anything?!’
’Everything in this world, for me, is just something to pass by, to experience, and to appreciate. Nothing truly belongs to me.’
’The rest of my life will probably be just like this. The house is a mess of negativity every day, with no peace to be found.’
’My wife grows thinner by the day, and I’m exhausted myself. I don’t have the capacity to love my family, let alone the spare energy to love anyone else.’
’I just hope to God my daughter will come to her senses. I’d be thankful if she would just stop causing all this trouble.’
Meanwhile, Sheng Yueyue, the very daughter on Mr. Sheng’s mind, appeared on the surface to have been frightened into her senses by Gu Jiaojiao.
She knew now that she couldn’t clash head-on with her parents anymore. She had to go back to acting weak and helpless, just like she did right after she was reborn, in order to gain any advantage.
In the infirmary, as her facial wound was being treated, the pain made Sheng Yueyue grit her teeth so hard they could have shattered.
A thousand vicious curses were about to spill from her lips, but she held them back.
Because Song Dan and Song Qianqian were right beside her, she kept an expression of being terribly wronged on her face.
But inwardly, she was brewing up a malicious plot, thinking of how to mess with Gu Jiaojiao and make her suffer a huge misfortune.
"Dandan, you two should go to class. I’ll feel guilty for holding you back from your studies."
"Aren’t you going to class, Sister-in-law? You’ve already missed several days. The teacher is going to criticize you."
"With this injury on my face, I’m too embarrassed to go to the classroom. Even though what happened today wasn’t my fault, it started because of me. So I don’t have the face to see the teacher today."
Sheng Yueyue feigned tears, putting on an act of being heartbroken and full of self-blame, which left her two young sisters-in-law at a loss.
"Then... then I’ll go to class first," Song Qianqian said, looking uncomfortable.
"So stubborn. Suit yourself. If you want to stand out here, then go ahead. I’m not the one getting tired."
With that, Song Dan turned and walked away without a single glance back.
"Go on, you two," Sheng Yueyue said, her voice choked with sobs.
’I diligently studied all those subjects in my past life,’ she thought. ’So in this life, I have no desire to attend those dry, boring classes.’
Of course Sheng Yueyue had no intention of just standing outside. Once Song Dan and Song Qianqian were gone, she walked out of the school gates as well.
She wandered bored along the tree-lined boulevard of the residential compound, then happened to look up and see Aunt Dong up ahead.
"Well now! Sheng Yueyue! What happened to your face? It’s all swollen!" Aunt Dong, who was in a foul mood herself, yelled out.
’If this were the old Sheng Yueyue,’ she thought, ’I’d definitely march right up to Aunt Dong and start a fight. *What happened? Your son beat me up, that’s what!*’
Her eyes darted around as a plan formed in her mind. "SOB... Second Sister-in-law, I spent half of yesterday arguing with your family.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt I’d wronged them, so I went to Gu Jiaojiao today to ask her to let your brother go, and... she beat me for it."
Aunt Dong was left speechless.
She hadn’t expected Sheng Yueyue to even talk to her. Sheng Yueyue’s mother and her own step-mother-in-law were mortal enemies.
Usually, Sheng Yueyue was just like her mother, looking down her nose at them and paying them no mind.
But today, not only had she answered, she had also dropped this huge piece of information. Aunt Dong was a bit overwhelmed by the unexpected attention.
"What right does Gu Jiaojiao have to let my brother go?"
"Second Sister-in-law, surely you know? Your brother only ended up in jail because he tried to accost Gu Jiaojiao that day, got beaten up by Su the disabled, and was thrown in a cell."
Sheng Yueyue’s eyes were cold and filled with a hatred so intense she looked like a vengeful spirit that had clawed its way back from hell, making the hair on the back of Aunt Dong’s neck stand on end.
But if there was even a sliver of hope for her brother, she wouldn’t let it pass. She was currently giving her husband the cold shoulder, so it wasn’t a good time for her to get involved directly.
’So, if I pass this news on to my family,’ she thought, ’my mother probably has a way to get Gu Jiaojiao’s forgiveness.’
Sheng Yueyue saw right through her little scheme and decided to add more fuel to the fire.
"Don’t you believe me, Second Sister-in-law? This is what my third brother told my father. I heard it with my own two ears, you know~"
"And look at my face! Gu Jiaojiao did this! She accused me of being a busybody, called me an ungrateful wretch, and then she hit me~"
Sheng Yueyue’s words stirred Aunt Dong up again. The hand hanging by the side of her trousers clenched into a fist.
Forget Aunt Dong being moved; if Gu Jiaojiao had been there, even she wouldn’t have been able to resist applauding Sheng Yueyue. She was truly the founding mother of all manipulators!
Sheng Yueyue truly, deeply hated Gu Jiaojiao. The persona she had so painstakingly built after her rebirth had been utterly destroyed.
’It was all because of that bitch Gu Jiaojiao! She made me lose my composure, and that’s why everyone thought I’d gone mad!’
’Now I have to go back to playing the innocent damsel, manipulating others from the shadows to do my dirty work.
This is exactly how I used to control those two idiots...’ Sheng Yueyue’s thoughts rambled on.
Knowing that Aunt Dong had taken the bait, she turned and left without a backward glance.
She left Aunt Dong standing alone under the scorching sun, trying to sort through her jumbled thoughts.