Chapter 317 - Chapter 317: Chapter 317: Beyond Ones Power l (1/2)

Chapter 317: Chapter 317: Beyond One’s Power l

Zhao Hai was both startled and touched, as he had never encountered a boss like Wei Ruo before, let alone heard of one.

Seeing his stunned expression, Xiemei reminded him, “Stop standing there in shock, let us into your house to take a look, maybe there’s something we can help with.”

Zhao Hai’s response was still somewhat slow, and it took a while for him to get out of Wei Ruo and Xiumei’s way.

“Little… Little Master… I… I have heard that…”

Zhao Hai, who was following behind Wei Ruo, hemmed and hawed, wanting to say something but hesitating to do so.

Xiumei couldn’t help saying, “Mr. Zhao, if you have something to say, say it directly. Your indecisiveness is making my impatient self anxious!”

“Thump–” Suddenly, Zhao Hai knelt down in front of Wei Ruo.

“Why are you kneeling? I was just saying that you were unclear when speaking, I didn’t mean to scold you!” Xiumei hurriedly said, afraid that her words had scared Zhao Hai.

“Young Master, I heard from others that you are a highly skilled doctor, I beg you to save my brother!” Zhao Hai pleaded, and he even started to kowtow to Wei Ruo.

The name Xu Heyou had appeared on the public announcement of the government office, and with a little inquiry, one could learn that Xu Heyou was indeed a very skilled doctor.

“What happened to your brother?” Asked Wei Ruo.

Zhao Hai explained the situation with his brother to Wei Ruo.

There are two brothers in Zhao Hai’s family, Zhao Hai and Zhao Xun.

Unlike Zhao Hai who is a rough and bold farmer, Zhao Xun had a talent for studying from a young age.

Zhao Xun passed the civil service examination at the age of sixteen and had a promising future, he was even supposed to take the imperial examination this fall.

However, recently, he fell ill. Initially, Zhao Xun hid his illness from Zhao Hai, until abnormal symptoms were noticed by Zhao Hai.

Zhao Hai took him to see a doctor, and the doctor diagnosed Zhao Xun with lung disease and prescribed some medication.

Zhao Xun has been drinking medicinal soup all this while, but his condition has not improved, on the contrary, it has become more serious – he can’t even get out of bed anymore.

This is the reason Zhao Hai has been taking leave for the past half a month.

“I understand. Let’s go and see your brother first,” Wei Ruo said.

Zhao Hai hurriedly got up from the ground and led Wei Ruo to his brother Zhao Xun’s room.

As soon as the door was opened, a strong smell of medicine wafted out.

Weiruo approached the bed and saw a thin Zhao Xun lying there, his face pale.

On seeing Wei Ruo, Zhao Xun tried to get up to greet him, but was stopped by Wei Ruo.

“Lie down and don’t move. I’m the doctor your brother called in to see you. Let’s take a look at your illness.”

Zhao Xun nodded and lay back down.

Wei Ruo observed Zhao Xun’s complexion, then asked Zhao Hai to get Zhao Xun’s hand out and rolled up his sleeve.

It was a overly skinny hand, its skin color was also a sickly pale.

But the bone structure was beautiful, with slender fingers, clearly the hand of a scholar.

Wei Ruo placed her fingers on Zhao Xun’s wrist to check his pulse.

During the check, Zhao Xun coughed a few times, spitting out a mouthful of white, dense, frothy sputum.

Wei Ruo frowned, then asked Zhao Xun, “How long has it been since you noticed difficulty breathing, chest distress, shortness of breath, and chest pain?”

“I began to notice difficulty breathing last winter, but it was not serious. Then after this spring, I occasionally suffered from chest pains, but it wasn’t too serious.”