Chapter 108: Chapter 109: Medical Assistant

No matter what, she had to save the person!

Qi Yue immediately explained to the Prefectural Governor’s wife the stakes involved and had her seal the mansion’s gate, not allowing anyone to approach.

The Prefectural Governor’s wife naturally hoped her husband would survive, and upon hearing Qi Yue say there was a way, she immediately went to make arrangements.

In a moment, the yard was cleared of people, Qi Yue shut the doors and windows, and then blocked the door with a cabinet.

This surgery was going to take a long time, and she couldn’t allow anyone to burst in.

Anesthesia, examination, preparation…

The blood-stained clothes were cut off by Qi Yue and replaced with a surgical drape, but a serious problem lay before her—who would pull out the knife?

Qi Yue looked at Chu Yuntian, who was deep in sleep, frantically thinking of a solution.

She didn’t have much time left.

If it weren’t for the fact that the person who had saved him was responsible and had also taken the Spiritual Spring Water pills she had left behind, Chu Yuntian wouldn’t have lasted until she arrived.

Should she call someone into the space to help?

That was impossible.

It wasn’t that she was worried about her space’s secret being revealed, but mainly because the knife was precisely lodged in Chu Yuntian’s diaphragm, over his heart—any slight deviation would immediately cost him his life.

In other words, the people of this world did not possess the ability to pull out the knife.

Qi Yue suddenly thought of using a mechanical arm to assist in extracting the knife, but after trying it out, she found its precision was too poor, even worse than bringing a person in.

“Precision…”

She suddenly remembered that during an international exchange conference she had attended before, the organizers had gifted the participants a medical robot, also known as a medical assistant.

At the time, she had intended to try it out, but she had been too busy and had since forgotten about it; she didn’t know if it would still be functional.

Qi Yue quickly ran to the medical warehouse and found the medical robot.

With a series of clicking noises, the object that originally looked like an iron box unfolded in an instant and transformed into the likeness of a humanoid robot.

“Dear master, the medical assistant eagerly awaits to serve you.”

The robot had an impressive height, and its voice was pleasant.

But Qi Yue didn’t have much faith in this thing; in her mind, such gadgets were usually impractical and not very useful.

However, she didn’t have high expectations; as long as it could help her pull out the knife, that would suffice.

She led the robot to the operating table and pointed at the knife in Chu Yuntian’s chest.

“Little assistant, are you capable of handling the task of extracting the knife?”

Upon hearing the question, the robot made a series of clicking sounds, twisted its neck to look at Chu Yuntian on the operating table, and said concisely, “The knife is lodged in the diaphragm. Extracting it requires speed and precision, and aside from me, no human can do it.”

Qi Yue gave it a glance, thinking to herself that this robot wasn’t half bad—it could tell just from one look?

However, it got one thing wrong.

She could also pull out the knife but she needed to perform the more crucial tasks of stopping bleeding and suturing.

Considering the critical nature of human life, she specifically found a watermelon, inserted a knife into it, and had the robot pull it out, and it completed the task impressively.

Qi Yue was overjoyed and immediately ordered preparations to begin the surgery.

“Countdown starts in one minute, prepare.”

The robot was indeed precise and fast, the perfect embodiment of both qualities.

Since the preparations were already thoroughly made, the surgery didn’t encounter any accidents.

Although Qi Yue hadn’t performed such a large surgery since arriving here, she was a genius in this field and quickly became proficient in the operation.

The robot’s performance also exceeded her expectations; after extracting the knife, it automatically took on the roles of a nurse and an assistant.

Towards the end, when more arms were needed, two more emerged from its back.

Hemostats, gauze, scalpel…

It provided exactly what Qi Yue needed almost without her having to ask, each time with incredible precision.

Six hours later, the surgery was finally complete.

Chu Yuntian’s life was saved!

After everything was over, Qi Yue was planning to learn more about this robot when she suddenly heard a crackling noise coming from its head. To her astonishment, it turned around completely.

She saw its front and back arms flailing, its head swiveling from side to side, looking like a giant spider ready to pounce, which nearly scared Qi Yue out of her wits.

She hastily grabbed the manual to check and confirmed that it had no aggressive intentions or human emotions; it was simply a sophisticated AI. Only then did she feel reassured.

“Little Helper, retract your back arms, and unless it’s needed for surgery, do not rotate your head from front to back,” she said.

“Yes, Master,” the robot complied.

There was another round of crackling noises, and the contraption finally returned to normal. However, it spoke up again quite soon.

“Master, this patient is very strange. With such severe injuries, he should not have been able to hold on for so long.”

Qi Yue raised an eyebrow.

Was this robot really just a robot? Its observational skills were quite strong!

“Because he took a life-extending medicine.”

“Oh, what a powerful medicine.”

The robot finally fell silent and automatically went to the corner of the room to charge.

Qi Yue also felt a wave of relief. If it weren’t for the fact that she had left some Spiritual Spring Water pills behind, and Chu Yuntian had obediently taken them, she would not have been able to save him, no matter how quickly she had hurried.

Seeing that all of Chu Yuntian’s post-surgery data were fine, Qi Yue then moved him out of the space.

For the sake of quiet, she had shut off her external awareness; now, as she had just arrived in the room, she heard crying and shouting outside.

“Mother, how is father really doing? Why hasn’t the doctor come out yet?”

“Xiǎo Huá, your father will be fine. It will be okay in a little while,” replied the lady.

“How long has it been already? Does this doctor really know how to cure?”

“Of course, she is your father’s adopted daughter and the eldest disciple of Elder Huang, she’s very capable!”

“It’s that Qi Yue? Father said he would give her ten thousand silver to open a medicine shop, is it true?”

“That is a matter for your father, and as a daughter who has married out, you should mind your own business.”

“How can this be considered nosing into other’s affairs? I am my father’s biological daughter…”

Listening to the content of this conversation, Qi Yue guessed the situation.

This woman must be Chu Yuntian’s eldest daughter, Chu Xiaohua. It was said that she had married into the neighboring Dengzhou, her husband was some minor official in the Dengzhou Governor’s Office, and she was, after all, the wife of an official.

From Dengzhou to Longnan County Government, she could arrive in a day or two on a fast horse. Yet she had been outstripped by Qi Yue who was far away in Northern Ridge; indeed, what a ‘good’ daughter she was!

Qi Yue frowned as she listened for a while. Chu Xiaohua seemed more and more like a bad shoot in a clump of otherwise fine bamboo.

Utterly deplorable.

Her own father had been stabbed in the chest, his life in the balance, and here she was, still concerned about that ten thousand silver! How infuriating.

Qi Yue pulled open the cabinet and abruptly swung the room door open. Immediately, everyone outside fell silent.

As soon as they saw her emerge, Madame Chu hurried forward to inquire about the situation.

“Yueyue, how is your foster father?” she asked anxiously.

“He’s been saved. Madam, you can go in to see him now,” Qi Yue replied.

Madame Chu, overcome with joy, began to tear up again and hurried into the room to check.

Chu Xiaohua, probably realizing her words had been overheard by Qi Yue, looked a bit embarrassed and scurried into the room as well.

Soon cries could be heard from the mother and daughter inside the room.

Let them cry. After all, the patient was still under anesthesia and couldn’t hear anything. Qi Yue curved her lips slightly and, noticing several guards outside, went to ask about the situation.

Upon learning that they were the ones who had brought Chu Yuntian back, she immediately took note of them and instructed that they guard diligently. If there was any trouble, they should rush to Lotus Fragrance Courtyard to alert her.

Anticipating that Qi Yunzhang would remain unconscious for a few more hours, she realized she needed to catch up on some sleep herself.

For the past few days, she had been riding almost non-stop, day and night. Anyone else would have collapsed by now, but she had managed to keep going and even perform surgery.