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Chapter 1441: The Grand Finale (27)
Tang Sili stood with his arms folded in front of the light board holding the CT reports, his expression at this moment seeming even more inscrutable.
"Professor?" Ou Yanan spoke up. He kept feeling that Tang Sili must have realized something.
Gu Sheng, who had been restrained by the others but hadn’t made a single move or shown any expression, turned his head, the darkness in his eyes falling on Tang Sili.
Catching his gaze, the corner of Tang Sili’s lips hooked up, a colder arc lifting as he said to his student, "Let him go. It’s useless."
"Professor, what are you saying?" Ou Yanan hurriedly walked toward Tang Sili.
Xiao Yebai narrowed his eyes into slits, staring hard at Old Five’s face.
Tang Sili took off the glasses on his nose and pinched the bridge of it. Seeing that things had come to this point, if he didn’t say anything, his own boss probably wouldn’t let him off either. So he lazily weighed the glasses in his hand and said to his student, "Haven’t I told you before? Everyone who wants to become a doctor must have some special reason."
"Yes, you did say that." Ou Yanan replied, but he still couldn’t grasp the subtext in Tang Sili’s words. That sentence—what did it have to do with this man?
"He said he wanted to become a doctor because he himself was sick and couldn’t afford treatment. I believe that’s part of the reason. But weren’t you always unable to surpass him before? Now there’s finally a chance you might gradually catch up. You know very well what the reason is."
With that little bit of guidance from Tang Sili, some clarity emerged in Ou Yanan’s thoughts. He said, "It was because I didn’t have enough drive to study medicine before."
Yes. If he wasn’t now desperately trying to save his own family—be it Ou Chunhua or Gu Nuan—then he wouldn’t have had such a sudden leap in knowledge in such a short time. Motivation is often the key factor in whether a person succeeds. If you reason along these lines, if Gu Sheng has already cured his own illness, what special reason makes him so obsessively fixated on medicine?
Tang Sili said, "So, do you even need to ask? That kind of crazed behavior of his, the way he pursues pharmacology—doesn’t it just prove one thing—"
"Don’t say it!"
Just as the answer was about to be revealed, Gu Nuan’s voice cut across and interrupted Tang Sili. Everyone’s expression changed. Ou Yanan froze: so this was the truth?
Tang Sili turned and saw Gu Nuan’s angered face, which made him twitch his brows as if a little intimidated, then he continued, "Mrs. Xiao, I know you’re smart. Maybe you don’t know exactly what I’m saying, but you’ve already guessed what the answer is. However, you should understand that it isn’t about whether you forgive him or not; the crux is that he doesn’t forgive himself."
Seeing that his words only made her even angrier, Tang Sili had no choice but to say, "Mrs. Xiao, if you get any more agitated, your current condition really can’t take it. I’ll have to give you some medication."
Ou Yanan looked at his professor, then at Gu Nuan lying on the bed, then turned and saw Gu Sheng, who was practically dragging his body as he left the doorway.
Gu Sheng walked over to the bench opposite the doorway. Now that the truth was about to come out, he no longer even had a reason to run.
Father Gu couldn’t understand a word of what they were saying. Off to the side, he stammered as he asked his son-in-law, "What’s going on, Yebai? They said—said Nuannuan has what illness again?"
Xiao Yebai first soothed his father-in-law, "Dad, go sit over there. Let me handle this." After signaling Zang Xiaolian to take Father Gu away, he walked over to Old Five alone, knelt down, and said, "It’s my fault. I didn’t manage to catch Mu. But you have to tell me what’s going on. Is everything Tang Sili said true?"