The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter
Chapter 627: Unexplained Fever (3)_1

Chapter 627: Chapter 627: Unexplained Fever (3)_1

Old Master Situ, Old Master Loo, Situ Haoran, and Situ Haotian watched from the sidelines as Xiao Muli argued with the doctor about entering the intensive care unit, yet not one of them stepped forward to intercede. After all, each of them had just enacted the same scene with this doctor and, moreover, none had won the argument and gained entry.

Thus, they didn’t believe Xiao Muli would succeed in persuading the doctor to let him into the intensive care unit. Besides, they were anxious and worried about Situ Xin inside, whose high fever wasn’t subsiding.

"This patient, this intensive care unit, it..." The doctor tried to use the same method that had stopped Old Master Situ and the others to deal with Xiao Muli. But this time, he had miscalculated; Xiao Muli didn’t have the patience to listen to him spouting grand principles.

A voice inside him kept telling him to stay by Situ Xin’s side, and if he didn’t go in today, he would regret it for the rest of his life.

Before the doctor could finish speaking, Xiao Muli simply bypassed him and headed towards the intensive care unit. Seeing Xiao Muli’s actions, the doctor became anxious and subconsciously reached out to stop him.

However, before the doctor’s hand could touch Xiao Muli, Gao Yong, who had just returned from discussing Situ Xin’s condition with his grandfather, saw it and urgently shouted, "Doctor Song, stop, don’t touch this patient." Gao Yong’s heart leaped into his throat when he saw Doctor Song reaching out towards Xiao Muli. He knew full well Xiao Muli’s condition. Just one touch from Doctor Song could mean re-stitching Xiao Muli’s chest wound.

At that moment, the person who could handle Xiao Muli’s condition was lying in the intensive care unit.

When Doctor Song heard the president’s voice, his hand paused, narrowly avoiding Xiao Muli’s chest wound. Xiao Muli felt nothing, but Old Master Xiao, who had followed closely behind and chased after Xiao Muli, watched the near miss in sheer terror.

"President, this..." Doctor Song saw President Gao and looked at him as if he were a lifeline, his face begging for help.

Gao Yong waved his hand at Doctor Song and said, "Doctor Song, this patient has an injury on his chest that hasn’t fully healed." Hearing this, Doctor Song thought of the hand he had just stretched toward Xiao Muli’s chest, and a wave of relief washing over him. He was inwardly grateful that President Gao had arrived just in time, otherwise the consequences could have been dire, "You go take a break. I’ll handle things here."

Gao Yong, seeing Doctor Song still quite shaken, said with rare gentleness.

While Gao Yong was talking to Doctor Song, his eyes never left Xiao Muli. When he saw Xiao Muli’s hand touch the doorknob of the intensive care unit, he stopped him, "Muli, you can go in, but first, you need to be completely disinfected. It’s for the patient’s sake."

The last part, "It’s for the patient’s sake," made Xiao Muli swallow the words he wanted to retort with. The person lying inside was his life’s greatest weakness.

"Let’s go, get fully disinfected," demanded Xiao Muli resolutely.

"Hey, wait a minute, Gao Yong, why can this lad from the Xiao Family go in and we can’t?" Old Master Situ showed his displeasure upon Gao Yong’s concession. Initially, he had disagreed with Gao Yong’s decision to admit Situ Xin to the intensive care unit, but since Gao Yong had insisted it was for the good of their precious child, he had no choice but to suppress his disagreement.

"Old head of state, one at a time. Too many people in the intensive care unit can affect the patient," Gao Yong said as he relented, having just held a brief meeting with his own grandfather about Situ Xin’s current condition.

At that meeting, his grandfather had simply shaken his head at him, not because Situ Xin had an incurable disease, but because they couldn’t determine the nature of Situ Xin’s ailment and had no specific treatment for it. Situ Xin had been sustaining a high fever of 43 degrees Celsius all night, and not only did this seem severe in the eyes of Western medicine, but even Old Master Loo, a national expert, believed that maintaining such a high temperature for that long was a bad omen. The chances of saving her were slim to none.

And even if she were saved, the aftereffects of such a high fever were inevitable.

Therefore, Gao Yong thought it best to let Situ Xin’s family members accompany her one by one. That way, if anything happened to Situ Xin, they might find some solace.

"Then why is this young man from the Xiao Family allowed to go first? Who is he anyway? We haven’t even been inside yet." Old Master Situ was indignant, and more than that, he too wanted to see his precious granddaughter as soon as possible, to speak a few words to her.

Old Master Situ was about to throw a fit, but was silenced by Old Madam Situ, usually very calm and gentle, "Enough, can’t you keep still?" After Old Madam Situ reprimanded Old Master Situ, he instantly fell silent. "President Gao, you go ahead and take Muli in first."

After President Gao had Xiao Muli fully disinfected, he let Xiao Muli enter the intensive care unit alone.

Once inside, Xiao Muli quickly walked to Situ Xin’s bedside. Seeing her furrowed brow, he couldn’t help but reach out with a gentle touch to smooth out her wrinkled forehead. And as soon as his hand touched her brow, he felt the temperature which was significantly higher than normal.

Sensing Situ Xin’s scalding temperature, Xiao Muli’s own brow furrowed, his eyes filled with heartache. Such a temperature, his Baby must be so uncomfortable. In that moment, Xiao Muli wished he could bear the pain for her.

"Xiao Xin, Baby, it’s Brother Muli. I know you can hear me." As Muli gently tidied her slightly messy hair on her forehead, he said, "Baby, Brother Muli knows it’s tough right now, but Brother Muli also knows that our Baby is the bravest. I’ll stay by your side the whole time, so Baby, you have to get better soon, okay?"

As Xiao Muli entered the intensive care room, Situ Xin’s body temperature continued to steadily rise. The sweat on Situ Xin’s body was pouring out like rain. Gradually, Situ Xin felt her breathing becoming more and more difficult.