NOVPUBChapter 338: Chapter 338: Conversation Between Grandfather and Grandson
Chapter 338 -338: Conversation Between Grandfather and Grandson
“What’s the matter? Do you have a bad feeling about Doctor Bai?”
Jiang Family’s old master took a sip of his porridge, a bowl of homemade red bean and job’s tears congee, soft and sticky as the old man liked it.
“Doctor Bai is too cunning, a girl at her age acting too steadily in everything she does. Moreover, I sense that she is overly scheming. Such a person, if we help her now, I fear that one day when she gains power, it will be our Jiang Family that she harms. I’m afraid we might be raising a tiger only to court calamity.” He almost said that Bai Xiao was a scourge, a blight upon the nation.
The old master laughed heartily, “Shaoqing, it’s rare for you to judge someone like this. It seems this Doctor Bai Xiao has really offended you! What has she done to rub you the wrong way?” He knew his grandson well; he wasn’t one to gossip idly about others. There must have been something others failed to see that made him wary of someone.
Jiang Shaoqing hesitated. His impression of Bai Xiao and the development of the events were largely based on his own speculation, without any solid evidence. Should he discuss it with the old master?
“I’m not sure what kind of person Doctor Bai is, but I do know that she has her standards and bottom line. As long as they are not crossed, she will remain the most benevolent doctor.”
Jiang Shaoqing sighed, he knew the old man would say something like that. After all, the older generation valued relationships deeply. Bai Xiao had treated his grandfather, and the old man’s opinion of her had taken deep root in his heart.
“Grandfather, maybe Bai Xiao saved you for our Jiang Family’s power and influence? You should know your status and prestige might make many people flock to us. Our family’s over-concern for the help and compensation given to Bai Xiao has me worried that this young lady might become spoiled.”
The old master looked at his grandson seriously this time, not as casually as before, “Shaoqing, my promise to Doctor Bai is because she truly saved your grandfather. But there are more reasons for it, like that report lying on your grandfather’s study desk. Bai Xiao’s actions are worthy of the commitment our Jiang Family has made. Though the Doctor Bai you see may be different from the one I see, I know her core standard is ‘the heart of a healer,’ who, for a little girl everyone else had declared dead, chose to risk losing her job to save her life with the last resort medical treatment. She has never asked for anything in return from anyone she saved.
“That is the Doctor Bai I see, a nineteen-year-old girl who could go to such lengths deserves my respect. Even if the Doctor Bai in your eyes may be ruthless and ready to destroy Shang Kaijie by any means, I still believe she is not a bad person.”
Jiang Shaoqing was shocked by his grandfather’s words, then he felt a sense of release. How could his grandfather be oblivious to matters that affected the family? The old master’s astuteness was second to none. He could command the winds and terrify all directions today, not just because of his ruthless military achievements, but also due to his keen observation. Anyone of interest to the old master was within his watchful gaze.
Thus, his collaboration with Bai Xiao could not have escaped his grandfather’s notice.
“Grandfather! Yet you still think this way? Bai Xiao is now so deranged that she is using her medical skills to kill? This is no longer ‘the heart of a healer’!” Jiang Shaoqing argued, thinking his grandfather was being too subjective.
“First, you don’t know what Bai Xiao has done, nor do you have proof, because I have already been in touch with the doctors at Shang Kaijie’s hospital. Shang Feng, suspecting someone had poisoned his son, sought an authoritative forensic institution, but alas, all their conclusions were the same, Shang Kaijie died of a myocardial infarction.”
