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Having said that, he went straight to undress him.

Master Jie felt both anger and regret, his father had entrusted his sister to his care, yet he had spent all these years focused on Concubine Du. It was all because he had been too foolish to devote more care to his sister, which led to her becoming what she was now.

If only he had married a wife capable of managing a household, his sister would not have turned out to be so ill-mannered.

No, that wasn’t right, he did have a good wife, he just blamed himself for being blind and not cherishing her properly.

The medicine box Gu Youyou brought had hemostatic emergency medicine, sterilized gauze, and everything else needed.

By the time Lin Qianqing and Miss Du arrived with their toolkit, she had already dressed all of Jie Zhonglin’s wounds, except for his hand.

The water and clean room that had just been ordered to be prepared by the servants were ready.

Gu Youyou, carrying Master Jie’s severed finger, led him into a room that had been prepared separately.

This room was a small chamber for storing silks and satins, always kept very clean. Once the door was closed, the glazed tiles on the ceiling let through a bright light, shining right on the operating table she had had prepared.

Master Jie truly lived up to his status as a Grade-One Minister of the Imperial Court, to have been awarded pieces of glazed tile.

The room was lit with the brightest candles, making it exceptionally well-lit.

Gu Youyou sat across from Master Jie’s son and said, "The meridians in your finger are very fine, reattaching it will be very difficult, and it might take a long time. During the process, you must not move! If you need to relieve yourself, do so quickly. If there are no issues, then we can begin."

Master Jie looked at her with surprise and asked, "Can a severed finger really be reattached?"

Gu Youyou replied, "I can’t guarantee it, I can only tell you that, barring accidents, there’s a good chance of survival. I’m the only one in this world daring to reattach a finger under these conditions, so whether you want to proceed is up to you."

Master Jie paused for a moment, then clenched his teeth and said, "Reattach it, thank you Doctor Gu."

Gu Youyou nodded and said, "Place your hand properly, we’re starting now."

She indeed was not one hundred percent certain, she could only first attach it and see, watching closely at all times.

There were many things that were lacking here, so she had to rely on her own skills to do this.

The bone-setting process was long and would be very painful. She had initially planned to have anesthetic, but Gu Youyou decided not to use it, preferring to let this scum man feel the full pain.

The man across from her furrowed his brows tightly, beads of sweat on his forehead falling in large drops, but he didn’t make a sound.

After waiting outside for a while and seeing that Gu Youyou and the others had not come out, Miss Du said to Xie Qinyun, "I want to go see Du Wanqing."

Xie Qinyun’s cold eyebrows hardened, and she said unhappily, "Why would you want to see her? She dared to try to kill Brother, let father deal with her when he comes back."

However, Miss Du said, "She was driven out of the Jie Family, which makes her a person of the Du Family. Even if she’s dead, I need to tell it to my parents’ graves."

Xie Qinyun rolled her eyes in speechlessness, saying, "Fine, go see her if you want. Seeing her in her miserable state might make you feel better."

Having said that, she called an old maid to lead Miss Du to the woodshed to see Concubine Du.

Less than two months after leaving the Jie Household, Miss Du revisited familiar ground but felt a strange sense of alienation.

She had lived in the Jie Family’s inner courtyards for seven years, having been Zhonglin’s wife for five, yet she had rarely paid serious attention to this courtyard.

To her, the seven years had been like a dream within a bubble.

A dream filled with endless bitterness.

Had it not been for the old maid leading the way, she might not have been able to find the woodshed at all.