CH 23

Chapter 23: He Will Accept Any Kind Of Punishment!

The old doctor in the medical shop has been practicing medicine for more than 30 years. He had just finished taking the pulse of the last patient when he was suddenly frightened by Qi Ci, who rushed in with a woman on his back, scaring him.

“Sa-sa-save….” Qi Ci was out of breath.

“H-he-her….” Xiao-Yu followed behind breathlessly as well.

They said one word each, but it was enough for the doctor to understand.

“Put the patient down and lay her flat.” The old doctor, who had been practicing medicine for many years, quickly stopped the bleeding with acupuncture and a bowl of medicinal soup. This allowed the poor girl to temporarily hang on.

Qi Ci calmed his breath, and when he was about to ask about her situation, the old doctor suddenly turned around. His heavy hand swung to Qi Ci as he said: “How could you wait until now to bring your wife here when she’s in this terrible state? If you brought her later, she would’ve died! She would be dead!”

Qi Ci, who was slapped several times, was dumbfounded.

Xiao-Yu reacted quickly and stopped the doctor: “Doctor! There’s a misunderstanding! This Gongzi is just helping!”

The old doctor snorted and asked: “Then where’s her husband?”

At that, Xiao-Yu paused. Suddenly, the woman coughed a mouthful of blood, and the old doctor hurriedly continued the treatment without asking more questions.

Qi Ci rubbed his shoulder, which had been slapped several times, and asked Xiao-Yu softly: “Yeah, where’s her husband?”

Xiao-Yu’s eyes reddened again as she whispered: “Qi Gongzi, we are maidservants. How can we marry?”

“Then how did she…..”

Xiao-Yu cried with sadness. As she sobbed incessantly, she whispered with embarrassment: “She was ‘bullied’ by bad men….. One night she came back late, but she didn’t expect…. didn’t expect to be…. We don’t know who that man is, and we don’t dare to say anything. The Prince’s Residence will soon finish getting renovated, and it’s also the time to dismiss people. She and I were both sold into the Prince’s Residence by our families, if we’re driven out of the Prince’s Residence, we won’t be able to live ….”

Two young women. One was crying with eyes swollen like peach pits. While the other was lying on the bed, dying.

They were obviously at the age of being pure and lively, when they should smile beautifully and charmingly. But they ended up having an ill-fate.

“Don’t cry.” Qi Ci felt a pain in his chest. He then took out the salary he was just given this month and handed it to Xiao-Yu. “Take this. It should be enough to last you both until her body recovers.”

Xiao-Yu quickly waved her hands: “We can’t take this! Gongzi, you’ve helped us a lot already, we can’t take more money from you.”

Qi Ci’s words weren’t ambiguous, but when he saw that Xiao-Yu refused to accepit, he simply gave all the silver to the doctor: “I’ll pay the doctor for the girl’s medine in advance.”

The doctor took a look at Qi Ci, patted him on the shoulder, and accepted it.

Seeing this, Xiao-Yu almost knelt down to Qi Ci. After suffering for so many years, this young woman was suddenly treated with such warmth that she didn’t even know how to thank him properly, except for kneeling down to him.

Qi Ci didn’t want to see her suffer, so after stopping Xiao-Yu from kneeling, he comforted her.

The doctor was able to save the young woman’s life. Once her life wasn’t in danger anymore, the old doctor prescribed several medicines one after the other, including those for external use to stop bleeding and relieve pain, as well as the ones for internal use to nourish the body. The list was very complete. 

Xiao-Yu received a large bag of medicine, Qi Ci picked up the girl, and they walked back home.

After a lot of trouble, it was already the middle of the night. Qi Ci was afraid of upsetting the girl on his back, so he tried to walk steadily and carefully. At this, the girl gradually woke up and kept thanking Qi Ci over and over again.

When they arrived at the entrance of Prince Chongfeng’s Residence, Qi Ci and Xiao-Yu were stunned at the door.

The gates of the Prince’s Residence were closed. The moon was hidden behind dark clouds, and the two lions crouched proudly at the door looked down at them, coldly and mercilessly.

It was expected. But it was beyond reason.

“Gongzi…. This….” Xiao-Yu didn’t know what to say.

Qi Ci thought for a moment and then said: “Knock the door.”

“But….”

“It’s alright. You just knock on the doors.”

Xiao-Yu summoned up her courage, went forward, and knocked the door several times with her palm as she shouted: “Is anyone there? Open the door!”

While they waited for the doors of the Residence to open, Qi Ci tossed all kinds of words inside his mind as he thought to himself: ‘If the guards at the door are determined to not let us enter, then I’ll say that I’m Bian Zhonghua’s good friend! Bian Zhonghua is a Demon Slayer, if I say his name they’ll have to make an exception.’

Qi Ci doesn’t care much, after all, the girl on his back is in urgent need of rest. After sending the patient to her room, he’ll accept any kind of punishment!

At that moment, the door of the Residence was finally opened. Qi Ci was preparing himself to give a long speech, but when he saw the person opening the door, he stood frozen in place without being able to utter a single word.