Chapter 69: A Self-Delivered Master

After finishing her call with her senior brother, Xu Xu gazed out the window, her thoughts involuntarily drifting back ten years...

"Hey, old man, I saved your life, why are you repaying kindness with enmity?"

A teenage Xu Xu glared at the middle-aged man in the Zhongshan suit standing before her, looking thoroughly indignant.

She had found him by the river, dragged him ashore out of kindness, and even performed CPR on him.

And the result?

As soon as he recovered, he ambushed her after school, dragged her to this small wooden cabin, and forced her to study medical texts!

Not only did she have to read the books, but she also had to identify all sorts of herbs—it was exhausting.

"You little girl, isn't this me repaying your kindness?" The middle-aged man smiled beamingly. "Do you have any idea? These medical texts of mine are priceless treasures outside, impossible to buy even for a thousand pieces of gold."

Young Xu Xu still wore a disgruntled expression.

"Other people would beg to learn medicine from me, and I wouldn't even give them the time of day." The middle-aged man let out a rather haughty, soft snort.

"That's other people, not me! You are simply repaying kindness with enmity. Do you know how much homework I have every day? When would I ever have time to study medicine with you?"

The middle-aged man: "..."

Never could he have imagined that he, a dignified divine doctor, would actually be cornered by a little brat today.

In the end, to make Xu Xu willingly study medicine, the divine doctor went to enormous lengths, using both snack temptations and recreational rewards.

It wasn't until Xu Xu genuinely grew to love studying medicine that the divine doctor finally sighed in relief, feeling that this little girl was no longer tormenting him.

Recalling these past moments with her master, Xu Xu couldn't help but smile.

The time spent with her master was the happiest memory of her childhood.

Yet later on... her master met with an accidental death.

Naturally, in her youth, she was unwilling to let it go. She wanted to investigate the cause of her master's death, but just at that time, a crisis struck the Xu family, forcing her to temporarily put the investigation aside for the sake of the family.

But now...

"Since I no longer have any ties to the Xu family, it's time to resume the investigation."

Xu Xu murmured to herself.

As she thought of this, Xu Xu suddenly remembered that before her master passed away, he seemed to have mentioned a name.

"The name... what was it again?"

Too much time had passed, and her memory had grown somewhat hazy.

However, Xu Xu remembered recording all the relevant information in a small notebook at the time.

So, she hurriedly got up, walked into her bedroom, and found the suitcase she had used when she left the Xu family.

Opening the suitcase, she found a black notebook tucked inside the inner lining.

Xu Xu took out the notebook, flipped through it, and quickly found the name.

And when she searched for it online...

"A University professor?" Xu Xu's eyes flickered slightly. "A prominent figure in the medical field..."

It seemed she would have to find some time to visit A University later.

But after going there, how could she approach this person?

Back then, although she had applied to A University, she never actually enrolled, and she didn't know a single soul there.

Or perhaps, should she try approaching this person through the medical field?

Yet she didn't know anyone in the medical community either...

Just as Xu Xu was feeling troubled, her phone, resting beside the computer, suddenly rang.

Glancing at the phone—which was ringing for the nth time today—Xu Xu wondered why so many people were looking for her today as she answered the call.

"Ms. Xu, I apologize for disturbing you."

It was the hospital director.

Xu Xu was slightly surprised. "Director, you're calling me... Could something have happened to Uncle Su's condition?"

"No, no, Mr. Su's condition is very stable," the director hurriedly denied. "It's just that I have some personal matters of my own."

Personal matters?

Xu Xu grew even more perplexed.

She wasn't particularly close to the hospital director; what personal matters could they possibly have?

"It's somewhat embarrassing to bring up, but actually, I have a close friend who would like to meet you..."