A club was swung down.
It didn't hurt much, he barely felt anything.
But why did he inexplicably kick forward?
Qin Xiao looked at Chu Qianli, his face full of astonishment.
Chu Qianli smiled, "This is a nerve reflex... well, it means your meridians are fine, there are no problems at all."
Qin Xiao still didn't understand.
Chu Qianli took out a box from her pocket.
Qin Xiao was still a bit confused. Such a large box, hidden in her pocket, how did he not notice it earlier?
Perhaps he was too disheartened and hadn't noticed anything.
However, what Chu Qianli took out was not just a box.
It was also a medical kit.
"This thing, it's a steel plate I polished myself, to fix your leg."
"Actually, your leg can walk, but you limp because the bone fracture wasn't repaired properly."
Qin Xiao didn't speak. In fact, he didn't quite understand what she was saying.
But she hadn't thought of a solution yesterday.
And when she said she couldn't treat him for the time being, Qin Xiao had already given up.
Like other doctors, she was also helpless.
Chu Qianli smiled, "Your giving up is too soon. I said I couldn't treat you for the time being because my things weren't ready."
"But now, I'm ready."
She gently tapped the steel plate, "Look, as long as a few steel plates are nailed onto your leg bone..."
"Miss Chu, are you joking with me?" Qin Xiao's face darkened.
To nail such a hard thing onto his leg bone?
How was that possible?
"I'm serious, I'm just afraid you won't dare."
Her eyes conveyed the word "serious."
Qin Xiao looked at her, his initial anger gradually turning into hesitation.
"Really?" Nailing plates onto bones, unheard of, unseen!
"Really, I just want to ask if you dare?"
Qin Xiao didn't answer the question.
It wasn't a matter of daring or not, but whether it was even possible, as it was unheard of.
"Fifty percent chance." She said this to everyone, never coaxing him just because he was a patient.
"But I don't know..."
"The entire process is to cut open your flesh, fix the steel plates, let the steel plates replace your leg bone, and then you can slowly walk freely."
"Bones have regenerative abilities. After a period of time... this period can be as short as a few months, or as long as several years, depending on your own recovery ability."
"After some time, when your bone has completely healed, your flesh will be cut open again to remove the steel plates."
Chu Qianli stood up and looked down at his handsome, sun-tanned face.
"It all depends on whether you dare."
"I dare!" As long as there was a fifty percent chance, he was willing to endure it!
"Aren't you afraid of your flesh being cut open? Nailing into the bone, that's something ordinary people can't bear. Are you really not afraid?"
Chu Qianli's casual gaze contrasted sharply with her words.
Nailing into the bone... just thinking about it made one's scalp tingle.
"If it's successful..."
"In a few months or a year or two, you'll be like an ordinary person." Chu Qianli nodded, her tone firm.
He had no reason to believe a young girl.
Moreover, it was such an unbelievable treatment method.
But for some reason, just like when they were on Phoenix Mountain, he was willing to believe her.
"Alright."
Qin Xiao slowly clenched his fists, his palms tightening.
"I can endure it."
"Then let's not delay, I'll prepare for the surgery now."
...
It was rumored that a divine doctor was treating the Third Young Master.
Everyone in the General's mansion who cared about the Third Young Master was extremely anxious.
They wondered if that young girl was reliable.
"She's very young, looks only fifteen or sixteen years old."
"Isn't she that Seventh Miss from the Duke's mansion, whose reputation was terrible before?"
"The Seventh Miss from the Duke's mansion?"
"Now, she seems to be the Fifth Miss... Oh dear, their Duke's mansion seems so messy. I don't know if it's the Seventh Miss or the Fifth Miss, but her past reputation was extremely poor anyway."
"Are there any rumors?"
"The Seventh Miss from the Duke's mansion? You don't know? It's that one... who set up the Peach Blossom formation, designed Prince Xuan, and after having... ahem, that kind of relationship with the Prince, she married into the Xuan Prince's mansion as the former Xuan Princess."
"The Xuan Princess?"
"But I heard Steward Qi call her Miss Li'er. She's already married, so why is she still called Miss?"
"Saying 'former' means she isn't now."
"She was abandoned by Prince Xuan..."
"Alas, for such a woman to treat our Third Young Master, is the Master... is the Master insane?"
"I think it's probably unreliable. You few, be careful with your work. The Third Young Master might throw a tantrum tonight, so serve him with caution."
"Yes!"
Outside, there was a lot of discussion.
Once the door was closed, it had nothing to do with them.
Chu Qianli looked at the man lying on the bed, holding a scalpel, with various instruments placed on the bedside cabinet.
"Are you scared?"
Qin Xiao didn't speak, he just looked at her, clenching his fists tightly.
To say he wasn't scared would be a lie. Cutting open flesh and nailing into bone, who wouldn't be nervous?
"Don't be afraid, it won't hurt."
"Won't hurt? What a joke!"
Even if she was trying to comfort him, it shouldn't be so exaggerated, right?
"It really won't hurt... Oh, it might hurt a little when I give you the injection, slightly more painful than a mosquito bite."
Chu Qianli walked to his leg.
"I'm going to give you an injection, don't move around, understand?"
Qin Xiao remained silent.
He knew what an injection meant. He had seen her give injections to patients in Tuoxi Village before.
It seemed quite miraculous.
A slight prick on his leg, and indeed, as she said, it was only a little more painful than a mosquito bite.
But for a general, this little pain was insignificant.
However, Qin Xiao soon discovered that his leg was becoming increasingly numb and unresponsive!
"Miss Chu, Miss Chu!"
He was terrified and wanted to get up, but Chu Qianli pressed him back down.
"You patient, you're too disobedient. It seems I'll have to tie you up."
"No, no, no! Miss Chu, something's wrong with me, I... my leg... my leg can't move!"
Qin Xiao was almost in tears.
Although he had been limping before, he could at least move.
Now, why was there no sensation at all?
"Miss Chu..."
"I've given you anesthetic, so you won't feel any pain when I cut open your flesh."
Chu Qianli did indeed tie him up this time.
"The anesthetic will wear off after a few hours. Once it wears off, you will... be in a lot of pain."
She applied disinfectant to his leg, thoroughly sterilized it, and then, holding the scalpel, she looked down at his eyes, which couldn't hide his unease.
"I'm going to start, General Qin, please show the spirit of a man... don't be scared and cry."