coobybook Chapter 118 Surgery
Chapter 118 Surgery
Chapter 118 Surgery
Wang Wenzhou picked up the arrowhead from the ground and examined it closely. The arrowhead had barbs and a blood groove, which explained Sheng Lan's excessive blood loss. When the arrow was pulled out, the wound, originally as thick as a thumb, was stretched to the length of an index finger by the barbs. Damn it, the murderer, they tried to kill me!
“Hey… Ruru, you’re a healthcare worker now, you need to focus!” Wang Wenzhou said.
Liu Rushi shook her head gently. She really couldn't do anything about Wang Wenzhou. He was acting like a madman, spouting nonsense.
Wang Wenzhou had been busy for so long that he felt a bit thirsty. There happened to be a jar of wine next to him, so he picked it up and drank it.
Liu Rushi rolled her eyes at Wang Wenzhou. "What kind of wine are you going to drink now?"
Sheng Liang held up his sword and said softly, "Master Liu, please don't be angry. My uncle must have been too heartbroken and acted rashly."
"Sigh..." Liu Rushi sighed softly, her hand trembled, and she inserted the needle in the wrong place.
"Damn it!" Wang Wenzhou cursed, "Ruru, you're so unprofessional! What kind of nurse are you! Don't you know that if you stitch up the wrong stitch, it'll be a scar! Girls love to be beautiful, nobody wants a scar! Is this how you behave?"
"I'm sorry!" Liu Rushi quickly apologized.
"What good is 'sorry'? Because of you medical workers, how many patients have died in vain? And you're always crying and complaining about being wronged? Wronged my ass! Such high salaries, plus commissions from selling medicine. If you go to the hospital for a cold, you have to undergo all sorts of tests. After a round of tests, you're embarrassed to even come to the hospital without spending several thousand yuan!" Wang Wenzhou said, taking a sip of his drink.
"Mrs. Liu, please don't be angry. My uncle was drunk and was just talking nonsense!" Sheng Liang repeatedly apologized on behalf of his uncle.
“I know he’s heartbroken over your aunt’s passing, and I’m letting him rant today,” Liu Rushi said calmly.
Everyone present, except for Wang Wenzhou, thought that Sheng Lan was already dead, and even if she was still breathing, she wouldn't live much longer.
It's not that everyone is cursing Sheng Lan, but mainly it's the difference in medical knowledge between ancient and modern times.
How could people in the Ming Dynasty have known the basics of surgical procedures such as disinfection, blood transfusion, and wound suturing?
Wang Wenzhou gently stroked Sheng Lan's hair. Her face had regained color, no longer as pale as before. He placed one hand on Sheng Lan's wrist, feeling her pulse and sensing the beating of her heart.
Seeing Wang Wenzhou's heartbroken state, Liu Rushi couldn't help but shed tears, and she raised her hand to wipe them away.
"Damn it!" Wang Wenzhou turned around and cursed, "Can you please be more serious about your work? You're a nurse now! It's one thing if you don't wear a pink nurse's uniform and don't show your thighs! But you're not even doing your job properly! Don't you know that if you're not focused, you're likely to cause a medical accident?"
Sheng Liang quickly tried to persuade him, "Brother! Don't be angry!"
Sheng Liang winked at Liu Rushi, "Liu Rushi, please apologize."
Liu Rushi quickly apologized, "I'm sorry! I will definitely be careful!"
Sheng Liang said in a low voice, "Mrs. Liu, please bear with me a little longer. My uncle is really heartbroken. I apologize to you on his behalf!"
"Ah!" Liu Rushi sighed, "It's alright. It breaks my heart to see Wang Wenzhou like this. I never imagined he was so deeply in love with Miss Sheng!"
Wang Wenzhou took a sip of his drink and cursed, "Ruru, can't you concentrate on your work? Chatting online during work hours, do you think you're an ape?! You're not sewing clothes, you're sewing a person!"
"You're insane!" Liu Rushi muttered under her breath.
Wang Wenzhou frowned. He realized they needed to train some "modern doctors." While Wang Wenzhou wasn't against traditional Chinese medicine, he acknowledged its shortcomings in surgical procedures. For example, traditional Chinese medicine didn't have many effective treatments for knife and sword wounds. Before antibiotics, the mortality rate among wounded soldiers was very high, almost entirely due to wound infections.
Thinking of this, Wang Wenzhou's expression changed. Damn it! What if Sheng Lan's wound gets infected?
"Get out, all of you!" Wang Wenzhou said, pointing at the few "spectators" in the room.
Old Wu, the yamen runner, spread his arms and said, "Everyone, please go out first!"
Wang Wenzhou chased all the irrelevant people out, then, carrying a wine jar, he poured the wine around the room.
"Hey!" Liu Rushi couldn't stand it any longer and said, "Wang Wenzhou, I've put up with you for too long! Stop pretending to be crazy and acting like a drunkard!"
"Pfft..." Wang Wenzhou was annoyed. This guy was disinfecting! Killing the bacteria that could cause wound infection.
“Ruru, come find me whenever you have free time. I’ll give you lessons and teach you some modern medical knowledge to train you to become a modern doctor,” Wang Wenzhou said.
"Hmph! Dream on!" Liu Rushi's expression changed, and she cursed inwardly, "Shameless, lecherous man!"
"Modern medical knowledge"—Liu Rushi truly didn't understand this term. She recalled Zhao Fengmin mentioning that Wang Wenzhou liked to study "physiological and hygiene knowledge." Liu Rushi didn't understand, so she asked Zhao Fengmin what exactly "physiological and hygiene knowledge" meant. After receiving the answer, Liu Rushi blushed to her neck.
At this moment, Old Wu, a constable, rushed in and said, "Reporting to Your Excellency, Mr. Cheng has learned that his wife was assassinated. An old friend of his has specially offered a miraculous medicine to heal her wounds."
"Go to hell! Tell Lao Cheng to stay away from those damn swindlers! What kind of miraculous healing medicine is this, and what kind of black jade heartbreak ointment is this?!" Wang Wenzhou cursed.
"Ah..." Old Cheng was dumbfounded. What's wrong with Lord Wang today?
Wang Wenzhou said irritably, "Get out! You have so many germs on you, what if Lan Lan's wound gets infected? You stand guard outside, and no one is allowed to enter the house without my permission!"
"Your subordinate obeys!" Old Wu clasped his hands in a fist salute and withdrew.
Old Wu came out, clasped his hands in a fist and explained to Cheng Benqing, "Mr. Cheng, I did what you asked me to do. I was scolded by Lord Wang, and he also asked me to tell you not to be fooled by swindlers."
"We offered medicine out of kindness, but Lord Wang called us swindlers?" Sun Bing said irritably.
"Don't be so rude!" Wang Chengen glared at Sun Bing.
Sun Bing quickly clasped his hands in apology.
"In that case, Brother Cheng, I have some matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave!" Wang Chengen said, cupping his hands in farewell.
"We'll meet again another day!" Cheng Benqing said, cupping his hands in greeting.
“Master, Wang Wenzhou is biting the hand that feeds him! We gave him the secret healing medicine made by the Eastern Depot, and he actually called us swindlers! Otherwise, should I show him my identification and then give him the medicine?” Sun Bing felt that Wang Chengen valued Wang Wenzhou highly, so he asked Wang Chengen whether he should reveal his identity.
"No need! I don't want Wang Wenzhou to know my identity. Besides, she's just a courtesan. It would be ridiculous for Wang Wenzhou to marry her. It's fine if she dies, but if the people of the Xinjian Earl's Mansion find out that it was my medicine that saved her, they'd curse me to death!" Wang Chengen said with a wry smile.
“What you say is very true, sir!” Sun Bing nodded.