"You're not allowed to go. The man is injured. What exactly are you going to look at?" Gong Mochen reached out to pull Qin Sheng.
"He was injured because of me. He almost lost his life, I can't just ignore him." Qin Sheng threw Gong Mochen's hand away and walked towards Li Ang to push him to his room.
Li Ang's lips curled into a victorious smile. He looked at Gong Mochen provocatively as he was pushed away by Qin Sheng.
Yin Yin stood up and quickly caught up with Li Ang. She followed behind Li Ang like a tail that could not be shaken off.
***
In the room, Li Ang was lying on the bed while Sikong Jue performed the most basic check-up on him.
Although he wasn't a real doctor, he had medical skills, especially when it came to external injuries. He was no worse than any other surgeon. After all, when he was young, the cruel training he went through meant that he had to treat his own injuries on a daily basis.
His eyebrows gradually sank, and the more they sank, the tighter they became. His eyes darted around Yin Yin's face.
Qin Sheng walked over and asked, "How is it? Is his fracture okay? Do you need to go to the hospital to reconnect his bones?"
She thought about how Yin Yin would bandage Li Ang's wound deep in the mountains. She was afraid that Li Ang's bones weren't properly connected.
Sikong Jue pursed his lips. "There's no need. His bones are well connected and he's recovering well. Get someone to go to my pharmacy and ask Shen Tong to make an ointment. It'll heal faster if you stick to it."
Qin Sheng was finally relieved. "That's great. Give me the prescription."
Sikong Jue took out a pen and paper from his medicine box and wrote down a prescription. He handed it to Qin Sheng.
Qin Sheng took the prescription and went out, looking for someone to go to Sikong Jue's pharmacy to get the medicine.
In the room, only Sikong Jue, Li Ang, and Yin Yin were left.
Only then did Li Ang ask, "When will my leg be healed?"
"It's almost healed. You can just practice walking now. Why don't you let me tell Qin Sheng?" Sikong Jue asked.
"I don't want Gong Mochen to know," Li Ang said.
Sikong Jue was confused. "You plan to pretend to be sick to gain Qin Sheng's sympathy?"
"Am I that weak? Do I need to pretend to be sick to gain sympathy? Gong Mochen isn't as simple as he looks. He's been lying to Qin Sheng. I want Qin Sheng to see his true colors!" Li Ang said.
"He has been lying to Qin Sheng?" Sikong Jue was a little surprised.
"Yes, he has been using Qin Sheng all this time just to take over Qin Sheng's family's property! And this time, you won't believe it. He knocked me out and threw me down the mountain, causing me to have multiple fractures!" Li Ang punched the bed. Even if he broke all of Gong Mochen's bones now, he wouldn't be able to calm down!
"What? Gong Mochen? Wasn't he the one who brought Qin Sheng to save you?" Sikong Jue asked.
"Then it must be an illusion that he wants to show Qin Sheng! My injuries are almost healed. You must not tell anyone!" Li Ang instructed Sikong Jue.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." Sikong Jue frowned. He didn't expect this result. "By the way, who treated your injury?"
"It was Yin Yin. She saved my life," said Li Ang.
Sikong Jue's eyes were focused. "What about the medicine that she applied on you? Was that made by her?"
He looked at Yin Yin in confusion. He had to admit that the bone graft was very good. It was so good that he thought it was made by a professional surgeon. Moreover, Li Ang recovered in such a short time, which meant that the medicine given to him was also right. Could it be that this mute woman knew medical skills?
Li Ang nodded. "She made it. Is there a problem?"
"There's no problem," Sikong Jue said in a deep voice. He took out a few croton beans from his medicine box and handed them to Yin Yin. "Brew this in hot water for Li Ang. It will be good for his injuries."
Yin Yin took the croton beans and went to brew the water. She brought it over to Li Ang obediently.
Li Ang didn't look at the contents of the cup. He took it and was about to drink it when Sikong Jue pressed his arm down.
"Don't drink it. Look at the things inside," Sikong Jue said.
Li Ang looked at the contents of the drink. "Eh! Sikong Jue, do you want to hurt me? You gave me some croton to drink?"
Sikong Jue took the cup from Li Ang's hand. "You know croton, right? Yin Yin clearly doesn't know what it is, but she was able to collect herbs to treat your fractures."
He had suspected that this might have been the case. Yin Yin was just a young woman who looked to be in her twenties. How could she have such experienced bone-setting skills? And how was she even able to make herbs to treat illnesses?
However, Yin Yin not knowing about croton proved that she didn't know much about medicine.
Li Ang frowned. "Yin Yin, you don't have any medical skills? But how did you treat me?"
He had never suspected that the girl who had saved his life was just like Sikong Jue had said. If she didn't have any medical skills, how did she treat him?
In the deep mountains, he had only seen Yin Yin. He had never seen anyone else!
Yin Yin's pupils suddenly constricted. Her face was tense.
In the next moment, she patted her legs and arms and made a few movements that looked like she was wrapping bandages around them.
Li Ang immediately understood. "You're saying that your legs and arms were broken before? Someone treated your injuries and used those medicines, so you remembered from that?"
Yin Yin nodded and took a deep breath.
Li Ang nodded and said to Sikong Jue, "Someone treated her fractures before, so she remembered from that. That's how she was able to know which herbs to use. It's possible that she doesn't know any other herbs."
Sikong Jue's brows didn't relax. It seemed to make sense, but how could he explain the bone-setting technique?
"Was the bone-setting technique taught to you by the person who treated your injuries?" he asked.
Yin Yin nodded.
"Who was that person? He saw you in the mountains and only treated your injuries, but he didn't take you away from there?" Sikong Jue continued to ask.
If the person was so kind to treat a homeless child's fracture, why would he let her stay in the mountains?
The questions popped up in his mind.
His words seemed to have touched Yin Yin. Her eyes filled with tears and she turned around and ran out of the suite.
Li Ang glared at Sikong Jue. "What exactly are you suspecting? Do you think a mute woman could harm me? Is it strange that someone helped her treat her fracture and then left?
"Don't forget, if she wanted to harm me, she wouldn't have saved me. If she didn't care about me, I would have died long ago!"
He scolded Sikong Jue. Sikong Jue was the one who had caused Yin Yin to run away in sadness. No one liked to be suspected, and he believed that Yin Yin was no exception.
Sikong Jue didn't know what to say in response to Li Ang's question. Indeed, if Yin Yin wanted to harm Li Ang, she really didn't need to go through so much trouble for him. If she didn't care about him, he would have definitely died!
"I didn't mean anything by it. I'm just reminding you to be careful. I'll go find Chu Xia," he said as he left Li Ang's room.
***
Qin Sheng ordered her people to go to Sikong Jue's pharmacy to get the medicine and then went to watch Ming Tai's filming. When she passed by the lake, she saw a figure walking on its icy surface.
The ice was getting thinner and was cracking under the woman's feet.
Qin Sheng was so scared that she ran to the lakeside. "Yin Yin, it's dangerous! Come back quickly!"