Chapter 413 — Changing Tactics
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Qiu Lingshan gritted her teeth. She didn't think Wei Zhao was putting on airs on purpose; Doctor Yang had already described the situation, and the hospital had no solution at present. If Wei Zhao had a way, it certainly wouldn't be simple.
"I—I'm begging you, brain-dead girl and all—won't that do?" Qiu Lingshan clenched her jaw and forced the words out. She had Wei Zhao pegged now: coax him, don't coerce him. The nickname "brain-dead girl" made her want to die—and to drag Wei Zhao down with her—but to get him to act, Qiu Lingshan endured it. In her heart she swore an oath: one day, if Wei Zhao ever fell into her hands, she would absolutely not let him off easy!
"Heh. I'll give it a try." Wei Zhao was somewhat helpless; with Qiu Lingshan putting it that way, he really couldn't refuse. "But my medical skills aren't up to much right now. I can only wake him up—how long he'll live after that, I can't guarantee. There are too many things wrong with his body."
"You mean you can still hope to cure him—not just wake him briefly?" Qiu Lingshan had caught the implication in Wei Zhao's words.
"I can't—but my old man can, more or less," Wei Zhao said. "Only he won't be coming. So if you want him dead, I'll wake him up for you right now. If you want him alive, then don't touch him for the time being. Let him lie there."
"That..." Qiu Lingshan was caught in a dilemma. It was true that she wanted to find a lead as quickly as possible, but if Wei Zhao had a hope of healing Liu Bojia's injuries, she would rather forgo that lead for now.
Before, there had been no way around it—getting Liu Bojia to say a few words had already been quite good. But now that Wei Zhao had a way, she could not let an innocent person be sacrificed for nothing.
"Think it over, then call me. I need to get back." Wei Zhao knew what Qiu Lingshan was thinking, and smiled. "The lunch break won't last forever."
"No need to think it over. Treat him once you've found a way." Qiu Lingshan shook her head.
"Oh?" Wei Zhao was rather surprised. He had not expected Qiu Lingshan to be so decisive; he had underestimated her before. Her sense of justice and responsibility was quite strong. "All right, I'll do my best and get back to you as soon as I can."
Now it was Qiu Lingshan's turn to be surprised. She had not expected Wei Zhao to say such a thing. Whenever she had sought him out before, he had either made excuses or found every reason to refuse. But this time, he had volunteered to do his best—and as soon as possible, no less!
For a moment Qiu Lingshan could not adjust. Wasn't this change too sudden? Could it be the effect of her own soft approach earlier? It must be—so he really did respond to softness and not force!
"Then the brain-dead girl will wait for your call..." Though Qiu Lingshan found the words awkward and humiliating to say, it was just as well that her subordinates were all outside and no one had seen or heard; she could treat it as a private whisper between herself and Wei Zhao. So long as the boy really was willing to help, a little brainlessness on her part did not matter. Who told him to actually be more capable than she was?
Wei Zhao looked at Qiu Lingshan as though he did not recognize her. In that short while she had called herself a brain-dead girl three times already. To beg someone for help, she was even willing to insult herself?
Still, it would do her some good to have her pride taken down a notch, so Wei Zhao made no effort to correct her. "All right, I'm off."