Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

Chapter 472 Black-Faced Man

Seeing Zhou Jianguo's actions, Xu Changping instantly understood the deep meaning behind his action - he didn't want anyone else to know that he had awakened.

So, Xu Changping slowly stood up, looked at Zhang Xiaolong and the half-grown child, and said solemnly:

"After my initial diagnosis and treatment, his current condition is indeed much more stable than before, but I don't have the right medicine on hand, and the high fever is only temporarily suppressed. As for when he can wake up, we have to wait until the high fever subsides and then see the situation."

After hearing this, Zhang Xiaolong couldn't help but be stunned. He looked at Xu Changping with confused eyes, then turned his gaze to the half-grown child beside him, his lips slightly opened but he seemed to be hesitant to speak: "Then... I..." Before he could finish his words, they were stuck in his throat.

At this moment, the half-grown child seemed to have seen through Zhang Xiaolong's inner struggles and difficulties. He grinned, showing his big white teeth, and interrupted with a smile:

"Brother Zhang, don't worry! My brother specifically told me before he left that I should leave this person at my house and let him recover from his illness."

Xu Changping thought for a moment and secretly made up his mind to find a way to get Zhang Xiaolong away.

Then, he looked at Zhang Xiaolong and said, "You just came back from driving. You must be exhausted from all the traveling. You should go home and have a rest. Anyway, I know the location here now. I will send some antipyretic medicine later. It shouldn't be a big problem."

Zhang Xiaolong frowned slightly when he heard this, and seemed to be still hesitant. After a moment, he nodded as if he had finally made up his mind, and turned to the half-grown child and said:

"Well, Xiaozheng, you have to be more careful when taking care of this big brother. I will come to visit him tomorrow."

"No problem!" The boy patted his chest hard and agreed without hesitation.

"Then let's go first." Xu Changping looked at everything that had been arranged, turned to Zhang Xiaolong and said.

The two of them left the slightly run-down courtyard. When they stood at the door, Zhang Xiaolong suddenly remembered that Xu Changping would need to run back to deliver the medicine again, and a feeling of guilt suddenly surged in his heart:

"Brother Xu, I'm so sorry to bother you making another trip later."

Xu Changping was about to respond to Zhang Xiaolong's words when he suddenly caught the sound of heavy footsteps in the dilapidated courtyard. This footstep was obviously not from the boy he had just seen.

In an instant, Xu Changping's mind flashed with the image of his elder brother that the boy had mentioned just now in the house.

Since this person was at home, why didn't he show up just now? Thinking of Zhou Jianguo asking him to leave, Xu Changping's heart suddenly tightened and he shuddered.

"Brother Xu? What are you thinking about?" Seeing that Xu Changping didn't reply for a long time, Zhang Xiaolong couldn't help but stretch out his hand and wave it in front of his eyes, trying to get his attention.

Xu Changping was startled by his action, but soon he came to his senses and said, "Ah! Nothing, I just suddenly thought of a patient at noon, and my thoughts drifted away. I didn't even hear you speak. What did you say just now?"

Zhang Xiaolong shook his head helplessly, smiled bitterly and repeated his words: "I'm so sorry to trouble you to make this trip later."

After listening to this, Xu Changping smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It's okay. The patient is not able to move around easily, so it won't be much trouble for me as a doctor to make one more trip."

As he spoke, he no longer paid attention to the slight footsteps coming from the yard, but talked to Zhang Xiaolong calmly.

Zhang Xiaolong scratched his head, smiled, and said directly without being polite to Xu Changping: "Then I'll go home first. I've been running around outside these days and haven't taken a good bath. Now that I'm free, I immediately feel itchy all over."

Seeing this, Xu Changping waved his hand at him unhappily and scolded him with a smile: "Hurry up, you guy, go back and take a good bath and clean yourself up!"

Seeing Zhang Xiaolong turn and leave, Xu Changping listened carefully, but found that there was no sound of footsteps in the yard.

He then got on the bicycle, pedaled, and the bike slowly drove towards the entrance of the alley.

In the dilapidated courtyard, a burly, dark-skinned man was standing quietly beside the bed, staring at Zhou Jianguo on the bed, and asked the half-grown child, "Who is the person Zhang Xiaolong brought back? What did he say?"

"Tsk--" The young man, who had seemed a little unsteady in front of Xu Changping and the others just now, chuckled with contempt.

His face showed obvious disdain, and he said, "He's just a small doctor in the steel mill. He said that the high fever was only temporarily suppressed, and I have to continue taking medicine to completely reduce the fever. Look, he has already hurried home to get medicine."

Hearing this, the dark-faced man standing nearby couldn't help but frown and asked suspiciously, "Young doctor? Didn't Zhang Xiaolong promise to invite a doctor with extremely excellent medical skills? How come he invited such a young boy in the end?"

The dark-faced man originally had a good plan in mind, thinking that the doctor he invited would be really capable, so he could kidnap someone and hide him next door to his house to treat his injured brothers.

After all, the injuries of his men were not suitable for going to the hospital, and it was a bit difficult to find a reliable doctor outside.

"Hmph, how would I know? That man looks less than 20 years old. I don't know what Zhang Xiaolong is thinking." Facing the questioning of the black-faced man, the young boy was also full of resentment. If Xu Changping hadn't seen to be too young, he would have sent a message to the next door to kidnap him.

Then, he sneered and said, "However, Zhang Xiaolong is quite boastful. He even boasted that this person's medical skills are among the best in our huge city of Sijiu!"

After hearing this explanation, the dark-faced man couldn't help but curse: "Damn it! I thought he, Zhang Xiaolong, really knew some great big shot, but I didn't expect him to be just a show-off, good-looking but useless! In my opinion, those hemostatic drugs were probably obtained by his family with great difficulty after spending a lot of money and using connections to find talented people."

After saying that, the dark-faced man glanced at Zhou Jianguo and asked again in a bad mood: "When will this man wake up? Did the doctor tell you?"

"They said we have to wait until the fever goes down before we can see. Anyway, he can't wake up now. You didn't see it just now, but his face is all red." The boy said with a heartless smile.

"Okay, wait for the doctor to come again and send a message to me. Doesn't Zhang Xiaolong brag about his medical skills? We'll know whether it's a mule or a horse when we take it out for a walk." After saying that, the black-faced man gave Zhou Jianguo, who was lying on the bed, a vicious look and turned around and left the room.