Chapter 72 - Chapter 72: Father and Son Spat Each Other
Chapter 72: Father and Son Spat Each Other
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After the surgery, complications arose due to the old lady’s numerous underlying diseases. Dr. North assisted in stabilizing her condition, drawing upon the experience accumulated by seasoned surgeons. Gu Ci, on the other hand, found herself flustered and inexperienced when confronted with complications. Given a few more years, she could become a surgeon as authoritative as Dr. North.
The hospital director had been skeptical about the surgery’s success but was taken aback by the outcome.
Dr. North and Gu Ci walked out of the operating room together. The old lady was transferred to the ICU for observation. Dr. North furrowed her brow. “Little girl, you could have been the chief surgeon yourself. Why did you seek my assistance?”
Gu Ci’s voice was cold and calm. “Because… this was my first surgery.” “Impossible!” Doctor Zhang and Doctor Li exclaimed.
Dr. North, too, found it hard to believe.
Gu Ci stated calmly, “Whether you believe me or not is up to you.”
She had spent five years under Dr. North’s tutelage in the hospital. The countryside prison had been chaotic and lacked supervision. Four of them shared a cell, one of whom had a heart condition. Dr. North had been treating that patient, and Gu Ci, being intelligent since a young age, quickly grasped the techniques. Dr. North took her in as a disciple. In the following two years, there was a shortage of doctors in the prison, and knowing that Dr. North and Gu Ci possessed these skills, they would be called upon for treatment. Even the prison warden had a heart condition, and Dr. North served as his attending physician. The warden even prepared an operating theater for Dr. North. Gu Ci had been Dr. North’s assistant until Dr. North crippled her right hand.
“Don’t forget your promise,” Dr. North had said.
“Don’t worry,” Gu Ci assured her.
Gu Ci removed her clothing, disinfected herself, and washed her hands. She added, “Your case will be reopened very soon. If you want to see Little Cherry, you’d better cooperate. Little Cherry has applied to the National Defense Department. If you have a criminal record, it will ruin her future.”
Dr. North froze, and Gu Ci took out her phone to transfer Little Cherry’s information to her.
Dr. North was in tears. “You didn’t lie to me?”
“I never lie.”
Dr. North held Cherry’s photo in her hands, suppressing her emotions. “Little girl, you’re an excellent surgeon. Who is your master?”
“It’s you!”
“I’ve never seen you before!” North examined Gu Ci’s beautiful face. If she had encountered such an arrogant and temperamental girl, she would surely remember.
Gu Ci smiled. “That’s not important, Dr. North. You should think about how to tell Little Cherry that you’re her biological mother.”
After the surgery, Gu Ci felt exhausted and hungry. The hospital director, Doctor Zhang, and Doctor Li’s attitudes toward her had drastically changed, but Gu Ci was not swayed by her newfound reputation.
The hospital director wanted to treat Gu Ci to a meal for further discussion, but Lu Zhiyuan intervened. “She has been the chief surgeon for hours and is already exhausted. She needs rest.”
The dean appeared embarrassed and didn’t dare to challenge Lu Zhiyuan.
Gu Ci said, “Brother, Grandma’s condition is stable. I’ll head home first. If anything comes up, you can inform me.”
“Alright, get some good rest.”
Great-grandfather’s eyes welled up with tears. “Cici, thank you. You saved Grandma’s life.”
Gu Ci smiled and left the hospital with Gu Ziyu and Lu Zhiyuan.
Several hours of intense surgery had drained Gu Ci physically and mentally, but she remained elated. Her first surgery had been a success, and the significance of this achievement was profound to her.
However, despite her excitement, fatigue took over, and Gu Ci fell into a deep sleep. Lu Zhiyuan carried her upstairs, and Gu Ziyu ensured not to disturb her. Lu Zhiyuan sat by her bedside, contemplating. He was perplexed. Having known Gu Ci since childhood, even if they had their falling-outs, they were still childhood sweethearts.
How could Gu Ci be the chief surgeon for a heart surgery? He had just consulted with several renowned cardiologists at the Central Hospital, and they were at a loss.
“Are you Gu Ci?”
He brushed Gu Ci’s hair aside and gazed at her sleeping face, feeling confused for the first time.
“Are you Gu Ci?”
When Gu Ci woke up, it was already eleven in the morning. Gu Ziyu heard the commotion and knew his mother was awake. He fetched the dishes from the kitchen, keeping them warm.
“Mom, eat first.”
Gu Ci stretched and hugged her son, giving him a kiss. “You’re such an obedient baby.”
Gu Ziyu smiled and joined Gu Ci for the meal. “I didn’t know you could wield a scalpel.”
“I learned from Dr. North in prison and served as her assistant for two years. After my hand was crippled, I never mentioned it again,” Gu Ci explained casually.
“Dr. North…” Gu Ziyu raised an eyebrow. “Chen Rushi’s stepmother?”
Gu Ci nodded. “After Chen Geng’s death, wasn’t she killed by Chen Rushi?”
“In prison.”
Gu Ziyu’s gaze shifted. Whenever he reminisced, his heart ached knowing that his mother had spent five years in prison. He had assumed she kept it a secret due to her long illness.
“Daddy seems suspicious of you,” Gu Ziyu remarked, sipping his soup. “Your skills are incredible. I don’t know how to cover for you.”
Gu Ci was speechless.
As Gu Ziyu saw Gu Ci finish her soup, he served her rice and other dishes. “Mom, did you pursue medicine because you remembered it from your previous life?”
“No!” Gu Ci looked at Ziyu with a complex expression. She smiled lightly and replied, “I studied medicine because I wanted to be able to protect you and the baby when Lu Zhiyuan and I needed to.”
She didn’t want to witness their downfall while feeling helpless.
After dinner, Gu Ci retreated to her room to play the violin, as had become her routine. Gu Ziyu remained in the study, checking on Black Hawk. That powerful hacker operated under the code name Black Hawk.
During this period, there had been no news from Black Hawk. It was as if he had vanished into thin air. Gu Ziyu tried to enter the Black Hawk Group and probe around, but there was no intervention from Black Hawk.
Was he dead?
Gu Ziyu narrowed his eyes. He contacted Black Hawk and typed a message.
“Are you still alive? Where did you die? I can collect your corpse.”
He opened a bottle of coke and listened to Gu Ci’s violin playing. A sense of satisfaction filled him.
Gu Ci played the violin for an hour, but there was still no response from the other side.
“Good riddance!” Disappointed, Gu Ziyu logged off. There was no sense of accomplishment at all. No wonder he hadn’t encountered Black Hawk in his previous life—he had died young.
Gu Ziyu woke up from a nap and found a reply on his large screen.
Black Eagle: “Still alive. Sorry to disappoint you.”
Gu Ziyu was left speechless.
There was another message from Black Eagle.
“Gu Ziyu, are you interested in joining the Black Eagle Group?”
Gu Ziyu thought to himself, “Black Eagle and I are irreconcilable enemies. Just you wait!”
Black Hawk: “A defeated opponent, you’re not worth fearing.”
Gu Ziyu, who had always been driven by competition, retorted, “You’re as good as dead.”
No one dared to call him a loser to his face.
Black Hawk: “Anytime..”