At that moment, the other maids were arranging the scene, and the beautiful doctor cradled her lofty bosom, pausing before she said,
"Child, don't think the fee is too high; your father's illness is quite special. It's a complication from long-term exposure to erosive pollution. I need to consume a large amount of spirit-invoking items and continuously bless him for about three days to completely remove all the filth. The expenditure is enormous, not to mention it also constitutes a great physical drain on me, so I hope you understand..."
"Doctor Gu, you misunderstand," Xu Shu interjected softly and politely, "As long as my father is cured, any amount of money will do."
The over two million he had obtained from the Gu family ultimately went back into the hands of another member of the Gu family. Of course, Xu Shu felt the pinch, but as long as it could save his foster father, that sum of money was negligible.
