Zhu Yanyi looked at Old Master Yao with clear displeasure.
Old Master Yao quickly raised his hands in surrender. "Okay, okay. That person was a true hero. I couldn’t just watch him die. I was wrong, alright?"
Zhu Yanyi remained unhappy. She only let out a soft "hmph" and said nothing else. She opened the medical box nearby and took out a small bottle. It was exactly the same as the one she had given Old Master Yao last time. Then, she picked up a glass bottle of about five hundred milliliters. She poured cool boiled water into it. Next, she opened the small bottle and dropped one drop of Spirit Spring water into the glass. She shook it gently. Then, she took a small wine cup, about one liang in size, and poured the diluted water into it. She handed the cup to Old Master Yao.
"I have diluted it for you," she said. "Drink one cup like this every day. After you finish it, your body will recover to the health of a man in her forties. But I tell you, if you dare to give my medicine to anyone else again, I will quit being your disciple. Hmph."
Even saying she would quit her apprenticeship showed how angry Zhu Yanyi was this time.
"Okay, okay. I was wrong. I promise I will drink this alone. I will absolutely not give it to anyone else."
Old Master Yao drank the liquid in the cup in one gulp. He wore a pleasing expression on his face. It was the first time he had seen his little disciple so angry. However, his heart felt warm.
Seeing Old Master Yao like this, Zhu Yanyi sighed. She admired her actions but also felt helpless. "Actually, I am doing this for your own good. I know you want to save more patients. You want to give them good news. But you must know, if your body is not well, it is like taking away hope from your patients. For that person you mentioned, you could have sent a telegram to me. Or even if you gave the medicine to her, you could have told me in time. Why did you hide it from me like this? If I hadn’t found out, I don’t know how long you would have kept it secret. Think about it. You are exhausted after just thirty minutes of acupuncture. What would you do if you had to perform surgery for hours? If you don’t take care of your own body, how can you care for others? That is nonsense. I don’t want any tragic stories about sacrificing yourself on the operating table to happen to you."
Zhu Yanyi was truly angry. In her view, saving people was a good thing. But the premise was that the savior must be safe and stable, causing no trouble to others. Clearly, Old Master Yao had not considered this. Her intention was good. She wanted to use good medicine to save lives. But she forgot she was seventy-one years old. As the ancients said, twenty is young, thirty is established, forty is confused, fifty knows destiny, sixty is a cycle, seventy is rare, and eighty is very old. A man in her seventies is already considered long-lived. If she did not cherish her health, she could report to the gates of death at any moment.
Seeing Zhu Yanyi angry, Old Master Yao did not get mad. Instead, she felt very happy inside. "Good Ani, Grandpa Yao was wrong this time. Grandpa Yao promises she will never do this again."
Zhu Yanyi glared at Old Master Yao. "Don’t let it happen again."
Although she was angry, she could not stay angry for long. After all, Old Master Yao was trying to save lives. Zhu Yanyi mainly wanted her to realize her mistake. Now that she knew she was wrong, she would not hold onto this issue.
Gu Jingtian, standing nearby, was also angry that her master ignored her health. So, she watched Zhu Yanyi scold Old Master Yao with a cold eye. She wanted to see if Old Master Yao would dare to do it again. To be honest, only Zhu Yanyi could scold Old Master Yao like this without making her angry. If their other senior disciples said such things, Old Master Yao would definitely blame them back. But this showed that Old Master Yao’s feelings for Zhu Yanyi were truly closer than for the others.