Yan Aohan gave Zhu Yanyi a very domineering attitude.
Zhu Yanyi nodded with a smile. She was never the type to fear trouble.
On Thursday morning, the meeting place was the reception hall outside the East Wing wards of the Capital Hospital. Zhu Yanyi met Duke Peter, who had been in Huaxia for some time but had focused only on diplomacy and refused to meet her until now.
She had jet-black hair, green eyes, and a handsome face, combined with the unique gentlemanly aura of Y Country. She was indeed a rare talent.
But in Zhu Yanyi’s eyes, she was clearly a hypocrite.
"Hello, Your Grace, Duke Peter," Zhu Yanyi greeted first.
"Hello, Little Divine Doctor," Duke Peter replied quickly. she knew the Huaxia Little Divine Doctor was young, but upon meeting her, she found she was even younger than she had imagined.
After exchanging greetings, they sat on the sofas in the reception hall. Duke Peter looked at Zhu Yanyi. "Little Divine Doctor, I wonder when Princess Elise can be treated."
"Since Your Grace speaks directly about Princess Elise’s condition, I will not hide anything," Zhu Yanyi said with a slight smile.
"Princess Elise has been cursed with a spell. In our Huaxia, we call it a witch doctor’s curse. This spell has a nice name: the Sleeping Curse.
People under this curse love to sleep, but their bodies are healthy. At first, they sleep for a few hours, then ten or more hours. Finally, they might not wake up once a year. Sleeping is fine, but without absorbing nutrients, problems arise. In the end, they starve to death in their sleep. That is the result of the Sleeping Curse."
"Little Divine Doctor, you are joking, right? How can such fantasy things exist? Oh, my God." Duke Peter did not believe it. He called out to God and made the sign of the cross, as if this would protect him.
"Your Grace, I am a doctor. Doctors do not hide patients’ conditions. Princess Elise’s situation is still okay. She wakes up every few days, so she is still in the early stage," Zhu Yanyi said seriously.
"Can it be cured?" Peter asked, caring deeply. As Elise’s fiancé, he naturally wanted his fiancée to wake up and live a healthy, happy life.
"Of course, but on one condition: you must sign a Witch Doctor Curse Removal Agreement," Zhu Yanyi said, looking at her seriously.
"Of course, I can sign it right now," Peter said hurriedly.
"Your Grace," Zhu Yanyi said with a serious face. "Please listen to all my words before deciding whether to agree."
Zhu Yanyi’s serious expression made Peter pause slightly. "What? Is there a problem with this agreement?"
"The Witch Doctor Removal Agreement is not simple. In the East, witch doctors are a type of traditional Chinese healer, but they use more mysterious methods. This agreement is to let the witch doctor who cast the curse know that the family has commissioned a doctor to remove the patient’s illness.
Of course, this means that once removed, if the witch doctor is unwilling and causes trouble, they will target the patient’s family, not the doctor. In other words, by signing the agreement, all backlash from the witch doctor’s curse will be received by the patient’s relatives or lovers."
Zhu Yanyi looked at Peter, a slight smile on her face. "This is why I needed to talk to someone who can make decisions. Once the Sleeping Curse is removed, there will be backlash. This backlash will hit the patient’s relatives, lovers, or people they care about. I do not know who it will be, nor what the backlash will look like. It might be just a small cold, or it could be life-threatening."
Zhu Yanyi paused. "So this agreement is very important and requires careful consideration. Your Grace, are you sure you want to sign it?"
"Can’t we treat her without signing this agreement?" Peter asked.
"No," Zhu Yanyi replied directly. "If I treat her without the agreement, the backlash will fall on me, or my lover and relatives. Your Grace, I am a doctor, not a savior, nor your God. I do not have the broad-mindedness to gamble with my life, or that of my relatives and lover, in an unknown gamble. So I would rather not act."
After speaking, Zhu Yanyi stood up. "Your Grace can consider it carefully. If you decide to sign the Witch Doctor Curse Removal Agreement, then come find me. If you cannot agree, you can take Princess Elise back, because I will not treat her."
Zhu Yanyi finished speaking and nodded slightly to Duke Peter cleanly. "That is all I have to say. Your Grace, please consider it well. Goodbye." She turned and left decisively.
She had said what needed to be said. Whether to treat or not was not her concern now. She turned to do her own things.
Gu Jingtian learned the content of their conversation from Zhu Yanyi and immediately gave her a thumbs-up. "You are really straightforward."
"It is simple. I have said what I needed to say. Whether to treat or not has nothing to do with me anymore. The choice is not mine, so I have no need to drag it out."
Zhu Yanyi did not necessarily have to treat Princess Elise. To her, witch doctors, regardless of their current character, were best avoided for now.
Of course, as a doctor, she had her principles. If Duke Peter met her requirements and signed the agreement, she could act. It would just be like treating another difficult disease.
Zhu Yanyi was not in a hurry, but Peter was anxious. She wanted her fiancée to be healthy, but she needed to think about the cost. After thinking, she called Wu Han again. "Sir, the Little Divine Doctor requires signing an agreement."
"An agreement to remove the witch doctor’s curse? That is very normal," Wu Han said, his eyes lighting up when he heard Peter’s words. He knew he had finally waited for this moment.
"But the Little Divine Doctor said that once this agreement is signed, it might bring danger to me or Elise’s other relatives," Peter said seriously.
"You must know, the Little Divine Doctor is a doctor, not a god. You are patients seeking medical help. The fact that the Little Divine Doctor is willing to help is already very good. Besides, when people undergo surgery, families must sign responsibility forms. This is not much different from that."