Chapter 90: Your Last Chance

Seeing Madam Bai wear such an unfriendly expression, Gu Changrong could not help frowning.

His face darkened slightly, yet he still thought of the patient lying in the bed. “I am a doctor. What is the patient’s condition now?”

A thought flashed through Madam Bai’s mind, and she suddenly remembered who the man before her was.

She also understood why he had seemed familiar to her ever since a moment ago.

At once, a trace of contempt entered her voice. “You’re the second branch of the Gu family?”

Gu Changrong was momentarily taken aback. He did not recognize the woman before him, though he still nodded. “I am. I came today to—”

Before he could finish, Madam Bai cut him off coldly. “What? Now that you’re afraid, you’ve brought your daughter to apologize?”

That useless second branch of the Gu family had brought Gu Ci here; besides apologizing, what else could it be for?

But they should not think this matter could be brushed aside with a light apology!

“Your daughter made my daughter suffer so much. For Shi Xian’s sake, I’ll spare your lives, but don’t think this will be let go so easily!”

Meng Yueling glared fiercely at Gu Ci, malice flashing in her eyes as her face twisted with rage. “Gu Ci, didn’t you say you were here to apologize? Then I want you to break your own hand bones, and then kneel here with your father and kowtow to me three times. Otherwise, this is far from over!”

Hearing this, Gu Changrong’s face had already darkened completely. He said with force, “Madam, I came to treat your daughter, not to let you insult my daughter!”

Gu Changrong believed that Gu Ci would never crush a person’s hand bones for no reason.

And even if she truly had done so, it must have been because they had first done something far too outrageous!

To be honest, if not for the doctor’s nature within him, Gu Changrong would have turned and left in fury long ago!

At that, Madam Bai gave a mocking smile.

“Gu Changrong, don’t think that because you and Dr. Gu share the same surname, you’re the same as him! A country quack like you wants to treat my daughter? Do you deserve it?”

“Mom, I think he’s just too proud to apologize, and also afraid of offending our family!” Meng Yueling sneered even more contemptuously, saying haughtily, “Gu Changrong, Gu Ci, I advise you to do exactly as my daughter said.”

“This is your last chance. If you miss today, I won’t spare you again just because of Shi Xian’s face!”

These past few days, Madam Bai had been completely tied down by Meng Yueling’s matter and had not been able to spare the effort.

Otherwise, she would already have dealt with Gu Ci!

Just an ant, yet she dared injure her precious daughter. She was simply courting death!

But since the two of them had come to her door of their own accord, she would naturally be generous enough to give them a chance.

Yet if they remained as insensitive and ungrateful as before, she would not mind taking action herself later!

With that thought, Madam Bai’s gaze toward Gu Changrong and Gu Ci grew even more disdainful.

“Ah Ci, let’s go. We’re not treating them anymore!” Gu Changrong also suppressed his anger and, reaching for Gu Ci, was about to leave.

Gu Ci did not move. Instead, she stopped Gu Changrong from leaving.

Her cold eyes fixed steadily on Meng Yueling and Madam Bai. “I’ll give you one last chance as well. Do you want treatment or not?”

Gu Changrong was startled, and in fact understood Gu Ci’s meaning almost instinctively.

He could tell that when Gu Ci said whether they wanted treatment, she was not only speaking of resolving the mutated extraction substance within Meng Yueling’s body, but also of Meng Yueling’s shattered hand bones!

Gu Changrong had thought that when Gu Ci was met with her adversaries’ abuse, she would not even want to bother with the issue of the mutated extraction substance anymore.

But she had not.

Not only that, she was actually giving Meng Yueling a chance to recover her hand bones!

Such breadth of spirit made even Gu Changrong inwardly admire her.

Yet in truth, Gu Changrong had overthought it.

The reason Gu Ci did this was simply because she had never regarded Meng Yueling as an opponent at all.

In Gu Ci’s eyes, Meng Yueling was nothing more than a speck of dust.

Plainly speaking, she was the kind of thing one could ignore outright.

As for offering to treat Meng Yueling’s hand bones—

On one hand, RTC-1 extraction substance had been created by Gu Ci herself, and she was also rather interested in the mutation of RTC-1.

On the other hand, RTC-1 extraction substance had been exploited by Sacred Heart Hospital, and Qingteng Research Institute still bore some responsibility for failing to supervise it properly; this was merely an added compensation.

But Meng Yueling and Madam Bai did not even realize that Gu Ci’s words meant she was offering to treat their hand bones.

Naturally, they also had no idea what kind of chance they had just missed!

At Gu Ci’s absurdly ridiculous words, Madam Bai nearly laughed herself backward.

Meng Yueling even mocked her directly. “Gu Ci, who do you think you are, putting on airs here? Let me tell you, if you don’t break your own hand bones today, kowtow three times, and crawl out of here, once I’m discharged, I’ll never let you off!”

Seeing this, Gu Ci let out a soft laugh, took Gu Changrong by the hand, and left Ward 408.

Watching Gu Ci leave so simply, Meng Yueling’s expression turned rather unpleasant, disbelief layering in her heart. “Mom? They just left like that?”

Madam Bai gave a cold laugh. “Just putting on a brave face!”

“Forget about them for now. The important thing today is seeing Dr. Gu. There will be plenty of time to play with them later!”

However, soon enough, neither of them could laugh anymore.

After waiting quite a while, Madam Bai still had not seen Dr. Gu arrive, and unease began to show on Meng Yueling’s face.

“Mom, where is Dr. Gu? Why hasn’t he come yet?”

Madam Bai also felt an inexplicable uneasiness. “By reason, he should have been here long ago…”

At last, Madam Bai could not help but call someone at the hospital to ask about it.

After hearing what the person on the phone said, Madam Bai’s expression changed at once.

Meng Yueling asked anxiously, “Mom, what is it? Tell me quickly…”

She felt a faint pain beginning again in her wrist.

Damn it!

If she had known Dr. Gu would not come so quickly, she should never have let Gu Ci leave so easily!

Madam Bai lowered her phone, all strength seemingly drained from her in an instant. “He said Dr. Gu has already been here, but then left again!”

“What? How is that possible?” Meng Yueling stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

After thinking it over carefully, Madam Bai’s face suddenly turned extremely ugly. Gritting her teeth, she said bitterly, “It must be that Dr. Gu saw Gu Changrong impersonating him, so he got angry and left!”

Because of Gu Changrong and Gu Ci, her Yueling had lost such a chance to have her hand bones treated!

At the thought, flames seemed nearly to burst from Madam Bai’s eyes, and without hesitation she called Chu Shixian...