Chapter 42

Ah, this is incredible.

Sun Zhong's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly got up and ran out. Jiang Li and Du Ruo looked at each other and followed.

A circle of people had gathered in the main hall, and faint crying could be heard.

Sun Zhong hurriedly asked the clerk to disperse the crowd and stepped forward to check.

The child was about 【missing age】 years old, looking white and chubby, with a longevity lock hanging on his chest, but his breathing was rapid, his face was cyanotic, and he couldn't speak, clearly in a very bad situation.

Seeing Sun Zhong come, the child's wet nurse knelt down like grabbing a life-saving straw, crying hysterically: "Doctor, please save our young master! I don't know what our young master ate, he's about to die..."

Before she could finish, a slap landed heavily on her face, causing blood to bleed from the corner of her mouth.

"Shut up!" The young woman holding the child had eyes about to split: "If anything happens to Nan'er, I want you to pay with your life!"

Sun Zhong couldn't care about comforting her and hurriedly started treatment—patting his back, acupuncture, and asking people to prepare soup, but unfortunately, he couldn't feed it to him.

After a busy time, the child not only showed no improvement but even started rolling his eyes.

Seeing this scene, the wet nurse collapsed on the ground, crying and chanting: "It's not my business... it's not me... it's not me..."

The magistrate's wife's voice was shaking violently: "Dr. Sun, Nan'er, he..."

Sun Zhong shook his head helplessly: "A hard object blocked the airway, and it was dragged for too long. I can only do my best."

The implication was that the child was probably beyond saving.

The magistrate's wife's eyes were wide open, filled with terrifying scarlet, as if she couldn't believe what she had just heard.

She suddenly grabbed Sun Zhong's collar and shook him violently, crying in despair: "You are a dignified imperial physician, you even saved the Crown Prince, how can you not save my son? Is it because you're afraid we have no money? Okay, I'll give you the mansion and the shop, and I'll give you my life, just save Nan'er, save him!"

Sun Zhong was old, how could he withstand such tossing? He was almost shaken apart.

Jiang Li hurriedly stepped forward to untangle the old man.

The scene fell into chaos.

Du Ruo, standing in the back, clenched her fists, hesitating in her heart.

What to do, go up or not?

If she goes up, it is highly likely to arouse suspicion. After all, the original owner had never studied medicine; how to explain it? And what if she doesn't save him? The family members might be so sad that they would vent their anger on her, and then the loss would outweigh the gain.

But if she doesn't go up, the child will really die, and Du Ruo's conscience won't let her.

Forget it, human life is at stake!

Just as she was about to lift her feet, a mechanical sound suddenly rang in her mind.

"Ding dong! New task released—saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Please use your life's learning to save the magistrate's son, Li Nan Si. After success, you will receive a reward of seven points! Go, host, it's time for you to show your magical powers!"

Du Ruo's eyes lit up. Saving a person also earns points, so what's there to hesitate about?

She immediately exerted her two-hundred-catty advantage, squeezed forward from behind the crowd, then quickly helped Li Nan Si, who had already fallen into a coma on the bamboo couch, to sit on her right leg, and started implementing the Heimlich maneuver, repeatedly impacting Li Nan Si's abdomen.

For someone choking on a foreign object, this method is the most effective.

Everyone stared at her in a daze.

"What are you doing? Let go of our young master!" The wet nurse rushed over like crazy, hitting Du Ruo's arm hard.

If the young master dies, her life won't be saved either!

The magistrate's wife, however, saw that this woman was saving her son. Although the method was a bit strange, at this point, every method had to be tried. What if it worked?

"Pull her away for me!" She signaled to the servants behind her.

Sun Zhong and Jiang Li also looked at Du Ruo's actions with suspicion. Sun Zhong originally wanted to stop her, but opened his mouth and closed it again.

Du Ruo wasn't a lunatic; there must be a reason for her doing this.

Without external interference, Du Ruo could finally save people with all her heart.

Her body was already weak, and the child was sturdy, so she was soon sweating profusely, but Du Ruo didn't dare to stop. To snatch someone from the hands of the King of Hell, she had to race against time.

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