481 Waking Up
Jin Qi only told Zhou Zhi what Su Xiaolu had prepared, but Zhou Zhi couldn’t help but smile.
He took the cup and drank all the bitter medicine.
Then he said, “I need to wash up. Don’t tell her that I’m awake yet. Think of a way to delay her.”
He woke up, but he smelled of medicine. He still wanted to wash up before meeting Su Xiaolu.
“Yes.”
Jin Qi accepted the order.
Therefore, when Su Xiaolu estimated the time and was about to come over to check on Zhou Zhi, she saw Jin Qi with his shoulders hunched. His face was pale and he was sweating, but he still stood firmly outside the door.
Su Xiaolu asked with concern, “Jin Qi, what’s wrong? Why is your arm dislocated?”
Jin Qi broke out in cold sweat. He said with difficulty, “Thank you for your concern, Miss Su. I suffered from Qi Deviation when I was channeling Qi just now.”
He really did not know how to stall Su Xiaolu, so he could only use self-torture to attract her attention.
“Qi Deviation? Then why are you still standing here? He’ll be fine if you don’t watch over him for a while. Why aren’t you going to see a doctor… Wait, I’m just a doctor. Come, let me take a look.”
Su Xiaolu asked Jin Qi to see a doctor, but she remembered that she was a doctor herself and felt dizzy for a moment. She did not go in to see Zhou Zhi but asked Jin Qi to go to the side room.
Jin Qi was not the only guard beside Zhou Zhi. Moreover, there were secret guards in the dark.
Su Xiaolu was kind. Jin Qi had made the right bet.
He felt a little guilty.
Su Xiaolu asked Jin Qi to sit down and took his pulse first.
His pulse was a little chaotic, and his meridians were slightly damaged. It was not a big problem. He would be fine after taking some medicine.
Su Xiaolu took out the silver needles and said, “It looks like your arm is more serious. I’ll seal it with the needles, but it’s still going to be very painful. Bear with it.”
Jin Qi nodded without looking into Su Xiaolu’s eyes.
Su Xiaolu started.
After sealing the acupuncture point with silver needles, Su Xiaolu grabbed Jin Qi’s wrist and pushed his internal energy in. She then gently turned his arm and reset it forcefully.
With a click, the dislocated arm was restored, and Jin Qi’s arm could move freely.
After some delay, an hour had passed.
After dealing with Jin Qi’s injuries, Su Xiaolu went to see Zhou Zhi.
Zhou Zhi had already washed up. He was dressed in plain gray clothes and only had a few strands of his hair tied with a cloth strap. Dishes had been prepared on the table and he was waiting for Su Xiaolu.
“You’re awake.”
Su Xiaolu smiled and naturally sat down. She reached out and held Zhou Zhi’s wrist. She took his pulse first. His pulse was stable and normal. His body was slightly weak, but he was still in a controlled state.
“Good. The next step is to eat well and recuperate. After half a year, we’ll carry out the second detoxification. However, based on the time, the second detoxification will be in winter. The weather would be cold, so I’m afraid your body won’t be able to withstand it. Therefore, the second detoxification location has to be a place with a hot spring. I think this won’t be difficult for you.”
Su Xiaolu retracted her hand and smiled at Zhou Zhi.
Zhou Zhi nodded. “There’s a hot spring at Fengpo Platform.”
The two of them ate together. Zhou Zhi picked up some food for Su Xiaolu. The two of them did not speak and ate quietly.
Zhou Zhi didn’t eat much. It was light soup and rice. The side dishes were also refreshing.
Because of that accident, Su Xiaoling was no longer helping to make medicinal cuisine. Su Xiaolu’s medicinal cuisine remained the same as before.
After Zhou Zhi finished the soup and rice, an hour later, Su Xiaolu came with the medicinal cuisine.
The black paste whirred, emitting a thick medicinal fragrance mixed with a burnt smell.
Su Xiaolu hid a smile and said, “Good medicine is bitter. Eat it quickly.”
Zhou Zhi also pursed his lips and smiled. He nodded. “Thank you, Xiaolu.”
Zhou Zhi slowly ate the medicinal cuisine and did not even speak.
Su Xiaolu watched from the side with a complicated expression because she felt that this medicinal cuisine ointment was comparable to glue. Zhou Zhi took a big bite and had to chew for a long time before he could swallow it.
Many times, Su Xiaolu could not help but wonder if his mouth was stuck. Otherwise, why did he not move for a long time?
After Zhou Zhi finished the bowl of medicinal cuisine, he did not speak for a long time.
Su Xiaolu took his pulse again. Although the medicinal cuisine tasted bad, there was no problem at all. After eating the medicinal cuisine, Zhou Zhi’s body was obviously better.
Zhou Zhi heaved a sigh of relief and drank a cup of water to get rid of the bitterness in his mouth. Then, he said, “Xiaolu, let me give you a gift.”
As Zhou Zhi spoke, he turned the wooden wheelchair and entered the inner room. He quickly brought a box and handed it to Su Xiaolu. He smiled gently. “Xiaolu, open it and take a look. You’ll definitely like it.”
Su Xiaolu glanced at Zhou Zhi and opened the box.
Inside the box was an eyeball. Su Xiaolu looked at this human eye and then at Zhou Zhi.
There was a smile in Zhou Zhi’s eyes. He said softly, “This is carved from warm jade and is to be placed in the eye socket. It won’t be cold. Just by looking at it, it’s no different from a real eye. If you don’t look carefully, you won’t be able to tell.”
Su Xiaolu was touched. She looked at Zhou Zhi and smiled. “Thank you.”
She could not help but take out her eyes from the box to take a look. Be it the color or anything else, they were exactly the same as a real eye. There were even tiny blood vessels on the eyeball.
She had always wanted to make an artificial eye for Su Sanlang, but the materials were not easy to find.
This was warm jade. It was very expensive and rare.
Carving artificial eyes was not simple either. No matter how one looked at it, it was the best.
She could not refuse this gift.
Zhou Zhi smiled gently. “I hope Uncle will like it too.”
Su Xiaolu smiled and said, “My father will like it very much.”
An incomplete body would never recover, but if he could use other things to temporarily repair it, at least outsiders would not be able to tell. That was enough.
Humans needed dignity, and nothing could compare to a healthy body.
Both humans and animals craved to be complete.
Su Xiaolu carefully put away her things. In two days, it would be Chen Daniu’s wedding day. She had to go back.
After dinner, Su Xiaolu pushed Zhou Zhi into the courtyard.
After accompanying Zhou Zhi for a while, Su Xiaolu said, “Then I’ll go home first.”
Zhou Zhi nodded. “Alright, I’ll have to trouble you for a long time.”
The process of him detoxifying the poison would take many years. He and Su Xiaolu would meet many more times.
Su Xiaolu smiled and nodded. “As long as you listen to me, I guarantee that you’ll live to be a hundred years old.”
Su Xiaolu decided that she would save Zhou Zhi and cure him so that he could live to an old age in peace.
Zhou Zhi smiled faintly.
Su Xiaolu packed her things, carefully placed the box containing the eyes, and left the residence to go home.
It was Jin Si who sent her off.
When she returned to the Su residence, she saw that the Chen residence had already hung up red silk and was preparing for Chen Daniu’s wedding.
The Niu family’s Niu Dagui and Madam Yan entered the capital in late May and bought a house in the outer district of the capital. There can never be too much real estate.
