36. The Placebo Effect (III)
That night, the county warden did not wake up.
On the second day, not long after dawn, the county guard ran to his son's room early, and waited quietly by his side for him to wake up......
"Uh-huh......" With a barely audible murmur, Childe gradually woke up.
Xu hadn't woken up in the daylight for a long time, and now he was extremely unaccustomed to the bright light of the dayβeven though it was only early morning, not yet noon when the sun was at its fullest.
"Hah! Wake up!
In addition to being happy, the county guard did not forget that he wanted to quickly call Gao Ran to see his son's current situation in person.
He hurriedly turned around and shouted eagerly to the subordinate who was guarding the door, "Quick! Go and call Doctor Gao! Just say that my son is awake! Let her come and see!"
"Yes, sir!"
After the subordinate responded, he immediately trotted all the way to find Gao Ran.
Knock knock knock......
A quick knock on the door woke up Gao Ran, who was sleeping soundly.
She asked in a rude voice in displeasure, "Who?!Why is it so lacking in virtue, disturbing people's dreams in the morning?!"
Gao Ran was obviously still confused, and he didn't remember that he was not in his own territory now, but in the county guard's mansion.
"Doctor Gao's atonement!...... The little one just obeyed the master's order, and specially invited Dr. Gao to go and check the pulse of the son. Childe, he's awake now!"
"Huh?!Wake up?"
Gao Ran was a little slow to react and scratched his head half-beat.
It took a while for her to remember something......
"Oh, I'll wash up first, and I'll be over in a moment!" she hurriedly got up from her bed, and shouted out the door as she dressed.
"Yes. β
After the servant answered, he trotted all the way back to his life.
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After a while, Gao Ran finished freshening up and hurried out of the room.
Just as he was about to knock on Gao Xi's door, he opened the door himself and came out.
"Hehe, you woke up early......"
"I slept lightly, and I woke up when the next man came to call you. β
"Oh. Let's go!"
"Hmm. β
With that, the two went to the county guard's room together.
"Let me see. β
After entering the room, Gao Ran walked quickly to the bed.
Seeing that Gao Ran was coming, the county guard quickly got up and gave way to her.
"Hmmm......"
Gao Ran pretended to give Gongzi a pulse for a while, and then deliberately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Phewβhe's fine!"
"Really?!"
"Hmm!"
"Great! Thank you, Doctor Gao! Great! Xing'er, you're alright! Great!" the county guard hurriedly stepped forward and held his son's hand tightly, muttering to himself.
Anyone who sees him knows that he is really excited and happy at the moment.
However, only Gao Ran clearly noticed that the county guard boy named "Xing'er" was not happy at all that he woke up in the daylight......
"That...... Childe, you may not know that your marriage has been canceled! It's the other party's ...... who withdrew," Gao Ran whispered to Childe.
"Huh?!Really?!"
When he asked, Gao Ran clearly saw through his heart from his eyes - he really hoped that this marriage would not work!
"Well, it's true! Otherwise, just listen to your father tell you slowly! Guard, I have something to tell you, you can come out for a while......"
"Oh, good!"
The county guard responded to Gao Ran's words, turned around and glanced at his precious son again, and then reluctantly got up and walked out of the room with Gao Ran.
"County guard, since Ling Gongzi's illness is no longer in trouble. Shouldn't you pay me for the consultation?!"
"Oh, yes! Look at me, when you are happy, you forget about it! What a sin!"
As he spoke, the county guard turned around and called the subordinate who was waiting in the distance, "Go to the treasury and get a hundred taels of silver tickets!"
"Yes, sir. β
After seeing the subordinates walking away, the county guard expressed his gratitude to Gao Ran again, "Thank you so much, Doctor Gao!"
"Alright, I have received your heart. Forget about the consultation fee. However, I still have something to remind you about Ling Gongzi's illness......"
"Doctor Gao, please speak!"
"Ling Gongzi's spirit is relatively fragile, and he should be a quiet person who doesn't like to talk much...... Most of these people are sensitive, and even if they are injured and have something on their minds, they may not really say it......"
"So, what should I do?!"
The county guard didn't expect Gao Ran to know so well what his son had always looked like before he got sick, and he didn't feel more convinced of her words.
Actually, if Ling Gongzi's personality is to change, I'm afraid it's unlikely...... However, you still have the opportunity to get to know him better than you do now! As long as you are more patient with him, talk to him more about everything, especially those related to him! If you can, it is better to fully respect his wishes and not force him. Lord Gunshou, I think that Ling Gongzi's life should be more important than the others, right?!"
Gao Ran knew that the county guard was really nervous about his son, so he specially mentioned the "son's life" that he cared about the most, so as to remind him that in the future, everything related to his son should be thought twice as much as possible!
"I know! Doctor Gao, I listen to you completely! You are right, there is nothing more important to me than my son's life! In the future, I will let him decide all his own affairs!"
"Well, if you can do that, it would be great! However, you had better tell him in person! My medicine is just a palliative treatment for him to wake up when it's time to wake up...... In fact, Ling Gongzi's heart disease is because he has too little communication with you on weekdays and doesn't know each other well enough, which is why he is depressed and sick......"
"That's right......"
The county guard thought in silence for a moment, and then reacted again.
He respectfully bowed to Gao Ran, "Thank you Doctor Gao for mentioning it!"
"Hehe, no thanks!" Gao Ran hurriedly returned the salute politely.
"Alright, it's getting late. Since Childe's illness is no longer in trouble, then we will leave here. β
After Gao Ran accepted the silver ticket sent by his subordinates, he politely said goodbye to the county guard.
"Okay, I'll get you out of the house. β
"No need! Let's just go by ourselves! You better go and see Ling Gongzi! I believe you should have a lot to talk about......"
"Well, it's okay! Then I'll not send it far! Doctor Gao walks slowly!"
"Hmm!"
After the two saluted each other again, the county guard turned and left.
"Hey, let's go!"
"Hmm. β
Gao Xi answered, and followed Gao Ran thoughtfully and walked slowly.
"What's wrong?!Don't you usually walk next to me?!"
Gao Xi thought about it and decided to ask directly!
"Didn't you call me 'Gao Xi' yesterday? I thought you would call me that way in the future......
"Huh, huh?"
After Gao Xi's reminder, Gao Ran remembered that there seemed to be such a thing!
"Oh, maybe I was concentrating on solving the problem...... However, when I'm relaxed, I'll still call you 'Xi'! Hehe, what's wrong? You shouldn't be making a fuss just because of this little thing?!"
As she spoke, Gao Ran showed an evil smile at Gao Xi - she did it on purpose!
Seeing that Gao Ran actually made fun of herself, Gao Xi's face sank, and she no longer paid attention to her, and went straight out of the house first.
"Wait for me, why are you so stingy!"
Gao Ran saw that he seemed to have gone too far, so he hurriedly chased after him, for fear that Gao Xi would be angry, so he left her alone!
Who made their current relationship actually between a master and a servant and a friend?!
To say that you don't care about Gao Xi's feelings, that is definitely a lie!
Fortunately, after she ran out of the mansion, what she saw was Gao Xi who had been waiting for her on a horse for a long time.
"I'm glad you didn't leave me alone...... I was wrong! I won't joke with you anymore! If you mind if I change my name...... Then I promise that I will only call you 'Xi' in the future! I will not change my words! Okay? Don't be angry!"
"I'm not angry. β
Although he knew that his identity should not be treated like this by Gao Ran, he was still very happy to be nervous and coaxed by her like now.
"Really?!"
"Really, don't be verbose! Get on the horse, we're going back to the inn to meet them!"
"Oh, yes. Hehe. β
After that, Gao Ran also hurriedly got on the horse.
Then, the two rode back to the inn one after the other.
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When I entered the inn, I happened to see Qiao'er and Zhao Yi eating breakfast in the hall on the first floor.
Gollum......
I was woken up early in the morning, but I haven't eaten anything yet......
When Gao Ran saw the two of them eating so deliciously, he couldn't help but have a great appetite, and even his stomach, which usually doesn't sound much even when he was hungry, actually started to drum!
"Master, I'm back! Xiao Er, give us two more bowls of rice porridge and a plate of pickles!"
Gao Ran strode towards Zhao Yi's table, and hurriedly shouted at Xiao Er to hurry up and add some more food to them.
As soon as Gao Ran sat down, Gao Xi followed closely and came to the table and sat down beside her very consciously.
"Master, do you want me to report to you the results of my practice now?!"
"How much?"
When questioned, Zhao Yi didn't even raise his eyes. It's just that while biting the steamed bun in his hand, he also stuffs pickles into his mouth from time to time.
Look at his eating face......
Gao Ran was sure, it turned out that no matter what he ate, he ate like this!
The thought of him ruining a curry rabbit she had worked so hard to bake...... She's so distressed!
"One hundred taels, Master, you're too snobbish, aren't you?! I don't care about the results of your apprenticeship's practice, but I care about how much money I have paid......
"Nonsense! If you don't cure people, can you get the consultation fee?! Also, your master and I don't have any money in our pockets! If you want to stay in a hotel or something along the way, then you have to point to your coils! You say, is it important that you get a consultation fee?!"
"What?!Master, you don't have any money?!"
"Well, the old man has always been accustomed to the life of the rivers and lakes covered by the sky and the earth, why do you want money? If I hadn't taken you with me, I wouldn't have to stay in any inn! I would have found a roof and the night would have passed!"
"Uh......"
Hearing this, Gao Ran was so speechless that he couldn't say a word......
Although she shouts "to be free" every day, if she really wants her to live a free life like Zhao Yi......
She asked herself, she really can't do it!
"Ahem......"
After coming back to his senses, Gao Ran deliberately changed the subject, "Master, you better listen to my report!
"Hmm...... Well, then you can tell me about it!"
Seeing that Zhao Yi was finally willing to listen, Gao Ran immediately told him a good story, and gave him a complete account of the cause and effect of the whole thing.
"In other words, the prescription you prescribed to him is actually a sleeping pill to help him sleep?!, but you don't tell them the truth?!"
When he asked this, a flash of light suddenly appeared in Zhao Yi's eyes.
"Hmm!" Gao Ran nodded proudly.
"Tell me why!"
"Master, don't you know?! This is called the 'placebo effect'!"
Speaking of this, Gao Ran immediately realized that Zhao Yi should not have heard of this word!
So, she quickly went on to explain, "Oh, this 'placebo effect' is the name I gave myself! Because the biggest effect of my prescription is nothing more than to make the patient, or his family, feel at ease! Therefore, it is not wrong to name its therapeutic purpose 'comfort'!"
"Hmm...... In other words, you're just letting that kid get enough sleep at once, and then he'll wake up the next day?!"
"Well, because he is normal, there is nothing wrong with his body! Moreover, his avoidance is not so strong as to make himself completely unconscious. He just reverses his daily routine! Therefore, if he sleeps too much, even if he doesn't want to wake up, his body will force him to get up and move! And his so-called super night vision ability is just that when he comes out at night, he walks more at night, and his eyesight is slowly trained...... Actually, the night wasn't completely dark! Isn't there a moon and stars shining in the sky?"
"Hahahaha, yes! I can't see it, you're quite perceptive! I've rarely encountered cases like this myself! I didn't expect you to be so clever...... Okay!good!hahaha......"
"Hehe, that's all Master's discernment!"
"Hahaha, discerning talents?!Hahahaha, that's a good point! Although I know that this girl of yours must be making me happy again, I love to hear it!"
As he spoke, Zhao Yi stroked Gao Ran's head quite dotingly.
Then he got up and planned to go out for a walk and eat as he pleased.
"I'll go out and walk around, and I'll be back in an hour. You should also hurry up and clean up after eating! Enough rest, we should also go!" Before leaving, he did not forget to explain this.