One divination a day, a trainee celestial master

At the nurses' station, the short-haired nurse in her early thirties was visibly taken aback after hearing Jiang Shou's words.

"Is her breathing stable?" She looked at the overly clean-looking young man in front of her with some suspicion. As a nurse in the intensive care unit, she knew very well the condition of the old lady in bed number 4. She had a large area of ​​cerebral hemorrhage and could only be kept alive by a ventilator. How could her breathing suddenly be stable?

But out of professional ethics, she immediately stood up and followed Jiang Shou into the intensive care unit.

As soon as she approached bed number 4, the nurse's gaze habitually swept towards the vital signs monitor at the head of the bed.

Upon seeing this, she froze on the spot.

On the screen, the previously weak and irregular heart rate waveform now exhibits a smooth and strong fluctuation. Blood oxygen saturation has also steadily risen from the previous dangerous threshold to above the safe level.

The nurse rubbed her eyes in disbelief, her gaze shifting downwards, and she saw the old woman's withered hand resting on the bed sheet.

The wrinkled little finger was trembling slightly, uncontrollably.

That's a faint sign that the nervous system has regained control!

The nurse's fleeting thoughts about Jiang Shou's good looks vanished instantly. She turned around, gasped, and rushed out of the ward, shouting down the corridor, "Director Liu! Come quick, bed 4! The patient is showing signs of autonomic nervous system activity!"

Less than ten seconds later, a middle-aged male doctor wearing glasses rushed in with two assistants.

"What's going on?" Director Liu asked as he quickly checked the data on the monitor.

"Heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen..." Director Liu stared at the rock-solid data on the screen, his brows furrowing tightly, his voice filled with undisguised surprise, "Vitality signs...how did they suddenly stabilize?"

He quickly took out a small medical flashlight from the pocket of his white coat, bent down, gently opened the old woman's eyelids, and shone the flashlight beam on her.

"The pupillary reflex has returned?" Director Liu straightened up, his face full of disbelief. "That's strange. With such a large amount of bleeding and pressure, how could there be signs of improvement so quickly? This doesn't make sense in medicine!"

"Doctor! She moved her hand!" the nurse next to her exclaimed.

Director Liu immediately realized what was happening, gently patted the old woman's shoulder, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "Grandma Wang? Grandma Wang! Can you hear me?"

The old woman's eyelashes trembled slightly. Although she hadn't opened her eyes yet, she did make a very faint "hmm" sound from her throat.

Director Liu straightened up, turned to the nurse, and decisively gave the order: "The situation has changed. Immediately prepare to move the gurney and take the patient to the first floor for a follow-up brain CT scan! Quickly!"

After arranging the nurses, Director Liu turned to look at Jiang Shou, who was standing to the side in isolation gowns, and frowned as he asked, "Are you a family member?"

Jiang Shou remained calm and nodded repeatedly, shamelessly: "Yes, I'm a family member, I'm her cousin. I'm here taking care of her. Her son and daughter-in-law have had a family emergency and can't come right now. Just tell me if there's anything wrong."

Jiang Shou emphasized the words "it's inconvenient for my daughter-in-law to come over" to prevent the doctor from contacting Wang Xiaoyan without authorization.

"Okay. Then wait here for a bit and don't move around." Dr. Liu instructed, then hurriedly followed the nurse out of the ward to the nurses' station to get an examination order and contact the radiology department to prepare for the green channel.

In the ward, only Jiang Shouhe and the old woman lying in bed remained for the time being.

Jiang Shou walked to the bedside, bent down slightly, and said in a very soft voice, "Grandma, can you hear me?"

The old woman's eyelids twitched a few more times, as if she had gone through an extremely difficult struggle, and her cloudy eyes finally slowly opened a crack.

She was still a little dazed, her eyes unfocused as she stared at the white ceiling. After a while, her gaze slowly focused on the young man's face in front of her.

It was a very clean face, exuding an otherworldly charm.

The old woman stared blankly for a long time before the image of the figure in the green robe standing next to the statue of the Three Pure Ones slowly surfaced in her mind.

"Little Celestial...Little Celestial Master?" The old woman's voice was extremely weak, like a wisp of smoke. "Was it you...who saved me?"

Although the old woman was advanced in years, she was not confused. She remembered falling down the stairs and knew that at her age, she was basically just waiting to die. Now, when she opened her eyes and saw this miraculous abbot of Shouyi Temple, she immediately understood what was going on.

Jiang Shou did not deny it, and nodded slightly.

He looked at the old woman, his expression turning serious. Without beating around the bush, he lowered his voice and asked directly, "Grandma, listen carefully, this is very important. When you fell from the stairs, did you miss a step, or... were you pushed?"

Upon hearing this, the old woman's pupils contracted sharply.

As if recalling the terrifying scene before she fell, the old woman's breathing, which had just calmed down, instantly became rapid. Her chest heaved violently, and the monitor next to her even emitted two sharp alarm beeps.

Seeing this, Jiang Shou quickly reached out and gently placed his hand on her shoulder, his voice gentle yet reassuring: "Grandma, don't worry, take it slow, take a deep breath. It's alright, I'm here, no one can hurt you anymore."

With Jiang Shou's reassurance, the old woman's emotions stabilized somewhat.

Tears slowly welled in her cloudy eyes, sliding down her cheeks and onto the white pillow. She bit her bloodless lips, and with all her remaining strength, uttered a sentence that sent chills down Jiang Shou's spine:

My daughter-in-law...pushed me downstairs!

Although Jiang Shou had already deduced Wang Xiaoyan's murderous intent based on the feng shui arrangement, he still felt a chill run down his spine when he heard the victim's accusations firsthand.

The most poisonous thing in the world is indeed a woman's heart.

Just then, the double doors to the intensive care unit were pushed open.

Two nurses pushed in a mobile hospital bed, preparing to transfer the elderly woman there for a follow-up CT scan.

Jiang Shou consciously stepped aside to make room for the nurse.

He took a deep breath, took out his phone from his pocket, found Xia Qiu's number, and dialed it.

The phone was answered after only a few rings.

"Hello, Jiang Shou?" Xia Qiu's voice came through, and in the background there seemed to be the rustling sound of turning over paper files.

"Captain Xia, it's me." Jiang Shou glanced at the old woman being carried onto the stretcher and calmly dropped a bombshell, "The old woman is awake."

"Clatter".

The phone made a crisp sound as it hit the floor through the receiver.

"..."

Jiang Shou held his phone, listening to the commotion on the other end, and his lips twitched involuntarily. "Holy crap, such a big reaction? Is this detective captain going to smash his phone screen? I hope he doesn't take it out on me later."

Three or four seconds passed before the rustling sound of someone picking up their phone came through the phone again.

"Are you still in the hospital?!" Xia Qiu's voice came through again, slightly shaky from the urgency, clearly indicating she was deeply shocked. "Did she say anything?!"

"I'm still here. The old lady just confirmed it with me." Jiang Shou covered his mouth and said in a low voice, "She said it herself, that Wang Xiaoyan pushed her downstairs. The nurse is taking her to the radiology department for a follow-up CT scan now, and I didn't dare let the doctor notify her daughter-in-law to come over."

"Very good! Well done!"

Xia Qiu's voice was decisive and efficient: "I'll take men there immediately!"

After a second, Xia Qiu, seemingly afraid that Jiang Shou would run away, immediately added in an almost commanding tone:

"You...you don't go! Wait for me there!"

Jiang Shou paused for a moment while holding his phone.

"Holy crap..."

He inwardly groaned. Just then, the old woman miraculously woke up and accused the real culprit. Once Wang Daqiang was released from detention in two days, the truth of the case would be revealed.

According to the script of cultivation novels, the mastermind behind this should now have accomplished his task and left, concealing his merits and fame, leaving the world with an extremely majestic and mysterious figure.

Xia Da… the captain is now deliberately instructing me to stay, which doesn’t seem like a good thing at all. When she gets to the hospital and sees the old woman’s recovery, which is completely contrary to medical common sense, she will definitely interrogate her for a while, explaining why a dying old lady woke up lively and energetic after she “visited” her for a while in the intensive care unit.

……

Jiang Shou really wanted to slip away.

But then, the image of Wang Daqiang crying his heart out in the detention center and the old woman's desperate look flashed through his mind.

"..."

"Sigh... The old man is right. Once you're involved in this karma, you have to see it through to the end."

If that vicious woman Wang Xiaoyan knew the old lady wasn't dead, who knows what heinous things she might do. This hospital is crowded and noisy; having only two nurses accompany her for the checkup is really unsafe.

Jiang Shou sighed, resignedly put his phone back in his pocket, and started walking, chasing after the elevator in the direction the nurse had pushed the hospital bed away.

"Nurse, wait for me, I'll help you push the gurney." Jiang Shou strode out and casually put his hand on the back of the gurney.