The examination Liu Lanlan’s husband needed was not difficult. The group did not wait long outside before Li Yue Shu emerged.
“A Shu!” Shen Wei was the first to rush over. “The village chief has already gone to the county office.”
Li Yue Shu smiled gently, not sparing any praise. “Wonderful!”
Shen Wei beamed with satisfaction.
“Sister Yue Shu, how is it? Can my husband be treated?” Liu Lanlan asked, her face full of anxiety.
Li Yue Shu turned her head.
She disliked playing coy and stated directly, “He can be treated.”
Her expression was very relaxed, as if it were something extremely easy for her.
Liu Lanlan breathed a sigh of relief, almost weeping with joy. “That’s great, that’s truly great!”
Tears streamed down her face. Suddenly, she seemed to recall something and grabbed Li Yue Shu’s hand. “Does he also need a kidney transplant? I… can I use mine?”
As soon as she said this, Li Yue Shu’s expression visibly darkened.
Liu Lanlan’s heart skipped a beat. “What… what’s wrong?”
Li Yue Shu looked at her deeply and sighed with a hint of helplessness. “You wish to exchange your life for his, but have you considered Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu?”
She knew Liu Lanlan truly loved her husband, but she also genuinely regarded Uncle and Aunt Liu as family. Therefore, she understood how deeply their hearts would be wounded by such a statement.
Liu Lanlan froze for a moment. Thinking of her parents, to whom she had not been able to fulfill her filial duties, she felt ashamed and lowered her head.
Wei Zi Miao, seeing the atmosphere turn somber, spoke to break the silence. “Madam Shen, when you say it can be treated, do you mean a kidney transplant is required?”
Li Yue Shu retracted her gaze and shook her head gently.
Then, as if remembering something, she looked at Ji Mo Bai beside her. “The seven meridians and eight collateral vessels, the five viscera and six bowels of the human body, all have their own patterns. Through specific methods, one can observe…”
Her words contained much academic content. Outsiders might only grasp fragments, but those with knowledge would understand immediately.
Ji Mo Bai, for instance, instantly realized Li Yue Shu was speaking to him.
Though she hadn’t let him witness the examination process, she was willing to convey it to him in another way.
However, she did not specify what the “specific methods” were, and Ji Mo Bai, being clever, did not press further.
He felt that discussing medicine with Li Yue Shu was more beneficial than traveling the world.
After finishing what she wanted to say to Ji Mo Bai, Li Yue Shu finally turned to Liu Lanlan. “Everyone has two kidneys. After surgery, removing one allows them to live like a normal person.”
Liu Lanlan subconsciously looked up, a flicker of light in her eyes. “You mean, removing one of my husband’s kidneys will cure his illness?”
Li Yue Shu nodded, giving her a strong reassurance. “I have over a ninety percent chance of successfully completing this surgery. With proper recuperation, I guarantee he will be like a normal person.”
In that instant, Liu Lanlan felt as if she had been struck by immense joy. Tears welled up and poured out.
“That’s wonderful, wonderful! Thank you… Sister Yue Shu, thank you!”
Li Yue Shu was never good at comforting people. Seeing her weep with joy, she didn’t know what to do.
As if sensing her predicament, Mother Mo, who was beside her, quickly intervened. “Lanlan, this is tremendous news! Don’t cry anymore. Hurry and tell your parents!”
“Parents…” Liu Lanlan blinked, a hint of apprehension appearing in her eyes.
Li Yue Shu saw what she was afraid of at a glance and couldn’t help but sigh. “I’ve already broadly explained your husband’s condition to Uncle and Aunt Liu. They are mentally prepared.”
Liu Lanlan looked up in surprise, her eyes moist as she looked at Li Yue Shu. “Thank you…”
She knew that these two words were insufficient to express Li Yue Shu’s kindness to her, but beyond these words, she truly didn’t know what else to say.
Li Yue Shu shook her head gently and said no more. “When he wakes up, you can bring him to the apothecary, and then…”
Liu Lanlan listened intently to every word she said, afraid of missing anything that would cause this, the only good news she had heard in so many years, to shatter like a dream.
Upon learning that their son-in-law could be cured, Old Man Liu and his wife were also moved to tears of joy.
Aunt Liu, in particular, opened her mouth several times while holding Li Yue Shu’s hand, but couldn’t find words.
Li Yue Shu knew what she wanted to say and patted her hand reassuringly. “Aunt Liu, we are family, so there’s no need for formalities between us.”
Aunt Liu’s eyes reddened. “Yes, family, no formalities!”
Seeing that tears were about to fall, Li Yue Shu quickly found an excuse to leave. “I suddenly remembered something I need to discuss with Young Master Bai. Aunt Liu, please stay with Sister Lanlan!”
With that, she hurried off to find Ji Mo Bai.
In her past life, when the organization sent her for hospital training, she dreaded dealing with grateful family members the most.
Seeing her heading towards Ji Mo Bai, Shen Wei quickly followed, embodying the image of a persistent shadow.
Hearing her sigh of relief, Ji Mo Bai found it somewhat amusing. “Even Madam Shen has moments of being at a loss?”
Facing his teasing, Li Yue Shu rolled her eyes at him.
Ji Mo Bai chuckled softly. “A person as intelligent and elegant as Madam Shen is not suited for eye-rolling.”
Li Yue Shu froze. “You can see?”
Ji Mo Bai smiled faintly and shook his head. “I cannot see, but I can hear.”
He pointed to his ear. “Your breathing just became a little heavier.”
Li Yue Shu: “…”
Well, she was too ordinary.
“A Shu, please sit!” Shen Wei suddenly offered a low stool, his face full of earnestness.
Li Yue Shu accepted without ceremony and habitually patted Shen Wei’s head. “Thank you.”
Then, she sat down, oblivious to the pouting little face beside her.
That was his stool!
He had only gotten up to get his basket, and now…
It was too much bullying for a child!
Man Xing wanted to protest, but Li Yue Shu had already started conversing with Ji Mo Bai, completely ignoring him.
“Young Master Bai, when I perform surgery on Sister Lanlan’s husband, would you like to enter the operating room?”
Li Yue Shu glanced at the white cloth over Ji Mo Bai’s eyes and added, “The scene will be quite bloody, and a child like Man Xing might not be able to handle it. I can be your eyes then.”
Although Ji Mo Bai’s senses were sharper than those of ordinary people, some things required sight, and Man Xing’s role by his side had always been to serve this purpose.
Ji Mo Bai paused.
The words “I can be your eyes” struck his heart like a hammer, blow after blow.
Perhaps he was too vigilant. A benevolent person like Madam Shen should not stray down the path of poisoning others.
Ji Mo Bai’s lips curved into a gentle smile. “Then I will trouble Madam Shen.”
Shen Wei noticed the smile on his lips and then looked at Li Yue Shu beside him, his brow furrowing unconsciously.
Why did he feel that even in the countryside, this woman could attract the attention of other men?
In an instant, a bitter feeling rose in Shen Wei’s heart.
He instinctively reached up to touch his chest, lost in thought.
What was this feeling? He seemed to have never experienced it before.
What Shen Wei failed to notice was that Ji Mo Bai, who had been talking to Li Yue Shu, seemed to sense something and slightly turned his head in Shen Wei’s direction…