Chapter 173: Did Gu Jianing Kill Someone with Her Medicine?!

Almost every day, he would come to the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, and whenever he had time, he would try to teach Gu Jianing everything he knew.

Naturally, Gu Jianing was more than happy to learn.

Of course, at work, the most important thing was still seeing patients.

Today, there were quite a few people waiting to see her, so for the time being, Gu Jianing didn’t have a chance to study.

She had just finished seeing a patient when suddenly, she heard a commotion outside.

At that moment, Dr. Zhou suddenly rushed in, his face full of panic.

“Dr. Zhou, is something wrong?” Gu Jianing asked.

“Dr. Gu, Old Chen is looking for you. Come with me.”

“Huh? But I’m in the middle of a consultation.” Gu Jianing frowned, feeling that Dr. Zhou was lying.

Normally, if her mentor wanted to see her, he would come directly. Why would he send Dr. Zhou to fetch her?

“Oh, Dr. Gu, don’t ask so many questions. Just come with me, it’s urgent!”

As he spoke, Dr. Zhou reached out as if to pull Gu Jianing away.

“Sorry, Dr. Gu has an urgent matter today. Please go see Dr. Lu in the next room for your consultation,” he said to the waiting patients.

Gu Jianing found Dr. Zhou’s behavior extremely odd. He wasn’t usually like this, and he would never try to grab her hand, even through her sleeve.

But...

Just as Gu Jianing was about to follow Dr. Zhou, curious about what he was up to—

Suddenly, someone shouted loudly.

“There she is! That’s Dr. Gu!”

Were they calling her?

Gu Jianing turned around and saw a group of people heading straight for her.

She frowned. What was going on?

Dr. Zhou, standing beside her, immediately looked defeated and muttered, “It’s over, it’s over…”

[Alert! Alert! Someone’s hostility value has exceeded 90%. Host, please be careful!]

Huh?

Someone else’s hostility value toward her was over 90%?

She remembered that the last time this happened in the military district, it was Li Shuyao.

But Li Shuyao wasn’t here now.

Could it be someone else?

Thanks to the system’s warning and marking, Gu Jianing quickly spotted the person in the crowd.

It was a woman in her thirties, still wearing a white coat.

A doctor?

Thinking for a moment, and relying on her now-photographic memory, she recalled who this was.

Wasn’t this Dr. Lu Yanli from Internal Medicine?

“Make way!” someone in the crowd called out.

Immediately, a path opened up.

Gu Jianing saw someone carrying a stretcher, covered with a white sheet. Under the sheet, it looked like there was a person.

Wasn’t this the kind of scene you only saw when someone had died?

Could someone have died?

Then, Gu Jianing noticed someone standing by the stretcher—it was Liu Xiwang, whom she’d seen just a few days ago.

At this moment, Liu Xiwang’s eyes were red and brimming with tears, her gaze full of sorrow as she looked at the stretcher.

Wait, could the person on the stretcher be...

“It’s her! This woman is the one who killed Aunt Liu!”

“Quack doctor! She’s a quack!”

“She must pay with her life!”

Everyone in the hospital was drawn over by the commotion.

Gu Jianing was quickly surrounded.

Dr. Zhou was on the verge of tears. “It’s over, it’s over. How do I tell Old Chen? I hope he gets here soon…”

“Dr. Zhou, what’s going on?” Gu Jianing could clearly sense that all these people were targeting her.

She had her suspicions, but she still didn’t fully understand.

Dr. Zhou opened his mouth to speak, but before he could say anything, Lu Yanli stepped forward.

“Dr. Gu, you killed my aunt. Don’t you have anything to say for yourself?”

Gu Jianing frowned. “I killed your aunt? Sorry, I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

Lu Yanli’s face was full of grief. “Dr. Gu, are you still going to deny it?”

“My aunt was your patient. She died because of the medicine you prescribed.”

Gu Jianing: “Your aunt? You mean Aunt Liu? Is that her on the stretcher? She’s dead? How is that possible!”

Gu Jianing couldn’t believe it.

Wasn’t Aunt Liu’s condition almost cured?

How could she be dead?

She stepped forward, about to lift the white sheet on the stretcher.

But Lu Yanli blocked her. “My aunt died because of you, and you still won’t admit it? Just because you’re Old Chen’s disciple, you think you can do whatever you want?”

“No, that can’t be. Old Chen must have been fooled by you too.”

“Move!” Gu Jianing snapped.

Lu Yanli looked heartbroken on the surface, but there was no real sadness in her eyes.

This made Gu Jianing very uncomfortable, especially after the system’s hostility alert.

She suspected this was a setup against her.

But first, she needed to confirm Aunt Liu’s condition.

Could she really be dead?

Gu Jianing pushed past Lu Yanli and approached the stretcher.

Liu Xiwang, eyes red, looked at Gu Jianing and then at her belly, her gaze full of grief. She choked out, “Dr. Gu, my mother… she’s dead…”

Gu Jianing pressed her lips together and lifted the white sheet, revealing the face beneath.

It was indeed Aunt Liu.

Gu Jianing’s pupils contracted slightly.

Just yesterday, Aunt Liu had come for a follow-up and picked up her medicine. Gu Jianing had even scanned her body, and she was recovering quickly.

“How could this be!”

Now, Aunt Liu lay silent and still on the stretcher.

“What’s impossible about it? You don’t know how to treat people, yet you recklessly prescribe medicine and killed my aunt. Give her back her life!” Lu Yanli shouted angrily.

She glanced at a middle-aged woman in the crowd.

That woman immediately stepped forward, reaching out to push Gu Jianing.

But Gu Jianing was four months pregnant with twins. If she were pushed over, the consequences would be unthinkable.

“What are you doing?” Luckily, Dr. Zhou saw and quickly stepped in, blocking the woman and grabbing her hand.

“Let go! This quack killed Shufen. I was her best friend, and I want justice!” the woman shouted righteously, trying to break free.

But Dr. Zhou seemed to sense her intentions and held on tightly.

At that moment, someone shouted, “Old Chen is here!”

“Old Chen, please stand up for Sister Liu!”

“Old Chen, you’ve been fooled by Gu Jianing. She’s a quack! She killed Aunt Liu!”

Gu Jianing wanted to check on Aunt Liu, but she was blocked and couldn’t get close.

But that was fine—Gu Jianing knew she had already bound Aunt Liu as a patient and could monitor her condition in real time.

She could check.

She immediately opened the patient panel in her system space and quickly saw Aunt Liu’s current status...

Old Chen had been notified that his only disciple had killed someone, and the patient’s family was making a scene at the hospital. Even though he didn’t believe it, he rushed over immediately.

Seeing the noisy crowd and the silent old lady on the stretcher, Old Chen immediately suspected something.

A setup. It was definitely a setup.

He was certain that Gu Jianing couldn’t have killed anyone.

This had to be a plot against her. But how should he resolve it?

“Gu Jianing, you must pay for my aunt’s life!” Lu Yanli shouted again.

Her words incited the crowd, and they all began to chant, “Pay with your life! Pay with your life!”

Just as Old Chen was about to speak, Gu Jianing, her pregnant belly prominent, stepped forward with a calm face and said, “I won’t pay with my life, because…”

“Aunt Liu isn’t dead at all!”"