The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1018

Chapter 1018: 485 Grandparent-Grandchild Reunion (First Update)

Gu Chengfeng felt that the remnants of the fallen dynasty and the massive Chen army must have had their brains waterlogged from the rain to actually lock someone up in the Wine Cellar!

What in the world!

Gu Jiao wanted to enter the room.

He raised his hand to stop Gu Jiao, "Wait, I’ll go in first."

After realizing he had nearly delivered a gift of death, Gu Chengfeng became especially vigilant. He left Gu Jiao outside and carefully inspected the Wine Cellar first to ensure there were no hidden mechanisms or dangers. Only then did he say to Gu Jiao, "Come in."

Gu Jiao entered the room and closed the door behind her.

The Wine Cellar had no windows, and as soon as the door was shut, the room was so dark that one couldn’t see their own hand in front of their face.

Gu Chengfeng took out a match, struck it to life, and knelt on the cold ground in front of the old marquis, reaching out to support him.

"Hold on."

This time, it was Gu Jiao who stopped Gu Chengfeng’s hand.

The old marquis’s breathing was very faint and shallow, which seemed abnormal.

As a physician, Gu Jiao had an almost instinctive intuition about such conditions. She set down the Red-Tasseled Spear that had been on her back onto the ground. Then she crouched down on one knee beside Gu Chengfeng, using the light from the match to get a clear view of the old marquis’s condition.

To describe him as covered in wounds would be an understatement; he clearly had been brutally tortured, with bloodstains all over his body.

"Bring the match closer," Gu Jiao told Gu Chengfeng.

Gu Chengfeng moved the match closer.

Firelight cast onto a person’s face can actually hide some of the complexion, yet even so, the old marquis’s pallor was still unmistakable.

Gu Chengfeng’s heart clenched, his throat moved as he whispered, holding back, "Grandfather, Grandfather."

The old marquis did not respond to him.

Gu Chengfeng’s heart clenched tighter. _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}

Gu Jiao’s expression remained unchanged, as she calmly and composedly began to undo the old marquis’s clothes, examining his injuries one by one.

Having trained to his current level of skill, Gu Chengfeng naturally had his fair share of injuries and had seen others injured, but seeing his own grandfather wounded like this, he couldn’t bear to look any longer.

He wondered how this girl could remain so calm.

Well, of course, she isn’t the real Gu Jiao, after all, to her, his grandfather was merely a common patient.

The match couldn’t last for long, and the light was also insufficient, so Gu Jiao opened the first-aid kit and took out a small emergency flashlight. She turned it on and handed it to Gu Chengfeng, "Shine it here."

Gu Chengfeng had gotten used to her producing all sorts of strange things; it was basically a Night Light Pearl, wasn’t it? Only that the light it emitted was longer and brighter.

Gu Chengfeng extinguished the match and held the flashlight for Gu Jiao, "Grandfather’s injuries, are they severe?"

"Severe," Gu Jiao said, her movements gentle yet missing not a single bone, "There are internal and external injuries, with multiple fractures and shattered bones throughout his body."

Gu Chengfeng was alarmed, "Shattered, shattered into powder?"

Gu Jiao sighed, "If broken into three or more pieces, it’s called a comminuted fracture."

She didn’t say they were shattered into powder.

It’s not a bone crushing machine, after all.

Apart from the fractures, there were many lash wounds all over the body; the bloodstains were from these wounds.

Though these lash wounds looked frightening, they were not actually the primary cause of the old marquis losing consciousness.

Gu Jiao then took out a sphygmomanometer and measured the old marquis’s blood pressure.

"Strange, why is the blood pressure so low?"

The reason the old marquis had lost consciousness was found: hemorrhagic shock.

However, the lash wounds on the old marquis were superficial, and though the bloodstains were varied, the total amount of bleeding was not significant.

"Internal bleeding?" Gu Jiao murmured, her eyes focusing intently.

Gu Chengfeng did not understand a word she said, and even if he had, he suspected it might not mean what he thought it did.

Gu Jiao took out a pair of gloves from the first-aid kit and put them on, then retrieved a long puncture needle.

Gu Chengfeng’s brow twitched—what was this girl going to do now!

After watching Gu Jiao perform surgery on Gu Chenglin, Gu Chengfeng hadn’t been able to eat any meat for half a year, and the psychological shadow was just beginning to heal; he couldn’t let this girl harm his fragile heart again!

He determinedly turned his face away!

"Hey," Gu Jiao called to him.

"I’m not scared!" he declared defiantly!

"The flashlight is aimed wrong," Gu Jiao reminded.

"Aimed wrong, where?" Gu Chengfeng dared not turn back to look.