Xiaolan's hydrotherapy

Gu Xiaoyue communicated with Xiao Lan through her thoughts, "Xiao Lan, you said you have a way?"

Xiao Lan, at Young life stage 5, had grown to look like a 6 or 7-year-old human boy.

It smiled and shook the dark blue bead in its hand.

The bead that it had clutched in its small hand when it was born had now grown to the size of a walnut, floating in the area above its hand.

Gu Xiaoyue thought of the—life-bound artifact—from fantasy novels.

At this moment, a trace of guilt rose in Gu Xiaoyue's heart; ever since Xiao Lan was contracted by her, she had never let it out to play.

She had always assumed that Xiao Lan could not leave the sea.

For other pet beasts, even Xiao Lv, she would always think to let them out of the Yu Beast Space to play when she had time.

It wasn't that she hadn't thought about Water Therapy before, but within her range of knowledge, Water Therapy was for healing pet beasts; could Xiao Lan's Water Therapy be used on ordinary people?

Let's give it a try.

Having made up her mind, she waited until night, when Mu Qingning had fallen asleep.

Gu Xiaoyue asked the young couple in the adjacent bed to help her keep watch at the door.

In reality, she mainly didn't want to expose Xiao Lan, and she didn't even want Mu Qingning to know.

Once everything was arranged, Gu Xiaoyue summoned Xiao Lan.

After it came out, Gu Xiaoyue realized she had been overthinking things.

The space around Xiao Lan contained a pool of water, visually estimated to be over half a meter in diameter, just enough for half of Xiao Lan's body to be submerged.

Its silver-white fish tail was bewitching and beautiful under the moonlight.

Xiao Lan reached out its small hand, tugged at Gu Xiaoyue's hand, and revealed a cute smile.

The expression seemed to say, "I have finally touched you."

Gu Xiaoyue affectionately patted Xiao Lan's head, "I am counting on you, Xiao Lan."

Xiao Lan nodded and then began to hum softly.

The singing was like sounds from heaven, sweeping away the tension and annoyance in Gu Xiaoyue's heart.

She saw several rays of white light flowing out from the bead in Xiao Lan's hand.

The light circled the injured area on Mu Qingning a few times, then slowly sank into her body bit by bit.

After finishing, Xiao Lan looked at Gu Xiaoyue with bright eyes, wearing a proud little expression.

Gu Xiaoyue pinched its little face, "Our Xiao Lan has worked hard!"

She took a bag of snacks out of the Yu Beast Space and fed them to Xiao Lan one by one.

Seeing this bright-eyed and white-toothed little boy becoming increasingly happy, it seemed like he was ready to burst into song.

Gu Xiaoyue hurriedly covered its little mouth, coaxing it not to disturb others.

She returned it to the Yu Beast Space.

Gu Yu, having rested for the night, arrived at the hospital ward early.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Gu Xiaoyue, but she had never done much housework at home, and he was afraid she would be exhausted from caring for the patient all night.

To his surprise, Gu Xiaoyue was refreshed and energetic.

How could he know that in her past life, Gu Xiaoyue knew how to do everything; she was not the pampered girl he originally knew at all.

Seeing that Gu Yu had arrived, Gu Xiaoyue suggested taking Mu Qingning for a check-up first.

She was anxious to know whether Xiao Lan's intermediate Water Therapy had actually been effective.

When the check-up results came out, the attending physician pushed up his glasses, "Regarding the patient's condition—"

"What is it? Is it worse?" Gu Yu panicked, his fingers trembling slightly.

He had thought that by returning to the Gu Family, Mu Qingning would have a better life, but he hadn't expected—

"Don't worry. Looking at these scans, the patient's bone fracture—although she has only been recuperating for two days, it seems as if it has been healing for a week. This is a very good situation. Let's continue to observe."

Only then did Gu Xiaoyue and Gu Yu feel relieved.

It seems Water Therapy is indeed useful!

Gu Yu told Gu Xiaoyue to go home and rest, while he and the caregiver would look after Mu Qingning during the day, as there were many check-ups and treatments to be done during the day.

Gu Xiaoyue nodded; she still had a gift to deliver.

Upon returning to the Gu Family, she first asked Chen Butler if the surveillance cameras had all been repaired.

Chen Butler replied: Except for the bedrooms and guest rooms which do not have surveillance, the cameras in the living room and study are all working.

Gu Xiaoyue understood and specifically added that she did not want a situation where an accident occurred later but there was no surveillance footage.

Anyone would think that Gu Xiaoyue was still giving Chen Butler a hard time because she couldn't retrieve the surveillance footage when Mu Qingning had her accident.

Returning to her room, Gu Xiaoyue took out the pinhole camera she had bought yesterday.

She summoned Xiao Mo and told it to place this in a room on the third floor.

That room was the room of Gu Qi and Shen Jiajing.

Xiao Mo let out two soft chirps, took the pinhole camera in its mouth, and then concealed its figure and disappeared.

Gu Xiaoyue opened the door and let it out; just then, a servant was cleaning the rooms one by one.

Presumably, it wouldn't take long for Xiao Mo to complete the task.

She sat on the bed with her eyes closed to rest; the door was not closed tightly, leaving a crack for Xiao Mo.

About an hour later, the door, which had only been slightly ajar, opened a bit wider.

Gu Xiaoyue knew it was Xiao Mo returning, and with a thought, she returned it to the Yu Beast Space.

She opened the link to the pinhole camera and saw that Xiao Mo had placed it on top of Gu Qi's display cabinet.

The display cabinet contained some of Gu Qi's collections, and unless one looked very carefully, it wouldn't be exposed.

Gu Xiaoyue couldn't help but feel a sense of mockery in her heart; the second young master of the Gu Family didn't even have his own collection room.

Some good items could only be kept in his own bedroom.

Of course, Gu Xiaoyue didn't know that twenty years ago, Gu Yu had left home for the sake of Mu Qingning.

The Gu Family's business had been declining day by day; otherwise, Gu Yongze would not have allowed their family of three to return to the Gu Family.

This action was equivalent to slapping his own face.

But Gu Yongze thought, what if Gu Xiaoyue really caught Chu Li's eye, and she married into the Chu Family as the eldest legitimate granddaughter of the Gu Family?

Although it was a stretch, it would still be worthy of Chu Li's status.

More importantly, with the support of the Chu Family, the Gu Family would have an easier time in the business world.

Gu Xiaoyue slept for a while during the day, and at night, she continued to go to the hospital to take shifts with Gu Yu.

Once Mu Qingning fell asleep, she summoned Xiao Lan again to perform Water Therapy for Mu Qingning.

Four days passed in this manner, and Mu Qingning had already shown significant improvement.

Originally, she was supposed to be hospitalized for two months, but the attending physician stated that given the current situation, she could be discharged in just one month.

Over these past few days, Gu Xiaoyue had also paid some attention to housing information, but there was nothing suitable.

So she discussed with Gu Yu that they should let Mu Qingning stay in the hospital until her exams were over.

Gu Yu was also worried about Mu Qingning's recovery, so of course, he agreed.

He wished he could let Mu Qingning stay until she had fully recovered.

Teacher Han called to inform Gu Xiaoyue that it was time to fill out her college applications.

Calculating the days, the college entrance exam was less than a month away.

Gu Xiaoyue returned to school, where the students were chattering, all discussing which school they had a better chance of getting into.

"Teacher, for a top-tier institution last year, like West River University, what are the requirements to get in?" a student asked.

Teacher Han thought for a moment, "I remember the last person admitted was at Young life stage 5, and they already had one advanced skill."

"Wow—" the students were all surprised. Young life stage 5 was not exactly difficult; one could get in by just hitting the threshold.

Having an advanced skill, however, was not easy; it required countless hours of practice.

Teacher Han comforted everyone, "Don't be anxious, everyone. It is said that this year, various universities have expanded their enrollment quotas. You just need to perform at your normal level. I believe everyone has the potential to strive for a top-tier institution. Gu Xiaoyue, come with me to the office—"