"It doesn't hurt anymore. This girl has real skill. Should I prescribe two more packets of medicated plasters?"
Auntie, her face beaming, paced back and forth in the consultation room.
"Ding dong, Merit points increased by six, your total score is forty-six."
A Jiu let out a sigh of relief, "That you'll have to ask the proprietress."
Liu Cai'er's gaze finally shifted from A Jiu.
"Auntie, you should still get two packets of plasters. These are made with my father's exclusive secret formula."
Saying this, Liu Cai'er led Yun Jie and his son out, casting another glance back at A Jiu.
After instructing the attendant there, Liu Cai'er quickly walked back in.
"You know medicine?"
A Jiu pursed her lips and nodded, "A little bit. For now, I only know ear acupuncture."
"Ear acupuncture?" Liu Cai'er's steps faltered, almost losing her balance.
"How did you learn it? That ear acupuncture technique has been tried and tested for hundreds of years!"
A Jiu looked bewildered, "Lost for hundreds of years?"
"Yes, Sister A Jiu." Liu Cai'er placed her hands on A Jiu's shoulders, her eyes filled with distress.
"Even my father only had the fortune to learn a little. If you know it, just say so. I'm willing to learn from you."
A Jiu felt somewhat overwhelmed. It was known that Doctor Liu was the chief physician appointed by the court to handle this epidemic.
Such an honor wouldn't be bestowed upon him without exceptional skills.
What did she, Meng Jiu'er, really know? It was just ear needling.
"Sister-in-law, perhaps I can give you the book?" A Jiu asked tentatively.
"You have a book? Good, good, good! Give it to me, I'll learn it myself."
Liu Cai'er was clearly ecstatic.
A Jiu was not stingy at all and immediately entered her space to open a grid.
"Host, all spell books in this system cannot be transferred out."
A voice awakened A Jiu from her dream.
"The book?"
Liu Cai'er impatiently waited for A Jiu to pull it from her embrace.
A Jiu said embarrassedly, "I lost it." This was truly a case of being unable to explain herself clearly.
It was also her own fault for boasting without fully understanding the system.
"Oh... then... it's okay, it's okay."
Liu Cai'er's smile was exceptionally stiff. "You can stay in the clinic for a few more days, and teach me yourself. Of course, sister-in-law won't have you teach for free; I can pay you tuition."
A Jiu was stunned, "No need, I still have something to trouble you with."
"Tell me what it is." Seeing the innocence in the girl's eyes and how she refused money, Liu Cai'er treated her as family.
A Jiu felt a little embarrassed, "I'd like to stay here for a few days. Every morning, I need to go to the yamen to see my parents and grandmother."
A Jiu was speaking the truth.
"What happened? Your Meng family are refugees. At most, you'd be under supervision in the gladiatorial arena. How were you thrown into prison?"
Liu Cai'er had a premonition, "Could it be that because you came from Meng Hua City, they arrested your parents to interrogate them about that strange case?"
"It's not like that, sister-in-law. This is a long story."
A Jiu simply explained her entanglement with Steward Li.
The more Liu Cai'er listened, the more uncomfortable she felt. "Your mother, really, why is she so ignorant of the law? Binding someone. This isn't Meng Hua City in times of war. Naturally, it would be charged as extortion, but... it shouldn't be such a serious crime."
A Jiu had promised her grandmother, so she couldn't tell anyone else about her affairs, and thus didn't mention it.
"Sister-in-law, actually, Jiu'er suspects that Steward Li fanned the flames, leading to this grave offense."
"That makes sense." Liu Cai'er paced back and forth in the consultation room.
"Jiu'er, is there anything you need my help with now? I can make some arrangements, because I'll be going to Nanzhou County tomorrow as well..."
As she said this, the weariness on Liu Cai'er's face deepened. If her Liu family couldn't find the source of the infection, they would be forbidden from practicing medicine for generations.