Ultimate Village Doctor

Upon examination, the injury indeed appeared to be the result of a fall.

It was quite severe.

The extent was even worse than that of Liu Yufeng, whom Long Xiaoshan had treated a few days earlier.

After all, Liu Yufeng had already received many treatments, even being sent abroad, so the bone injury had mostly healed; it was just the nerve damage that was the issue.

Teacher Xu Manqing.

The injury hadn\'t been long ago, and the county hospital had treated it quite crudely.

Many fragments of bone were left inside the body, completely unhealed.

Fortunately, it hadn\'t reached the vital areas— he still had Bone-Regeneration Powder and Nerve Repair Fluid on hand, which should be able to save her.

But now, he still had doubts.

How had Teacher Xu Manqing gotten injured?

So he asked.

When Xu Manqing heard Long Xiaoshan\'s question, a flash of fear and shame passed through her eyes, but she hid it, and forced a smile: "I was careless, fell down from upstairs."

"Really?" Long Xiaoshan caught Teacher Xu\'s flash of shame and fear.

He felt that there was more to it than that.

But now was not the time to question further.

Since Teacher Xu was unwilling to speak, there must be a reason; with so many people around, he did not press on.

Instead, he said, "Teacher Xu, don\'t worry, I can treat your injury."

Xu Manqing looked up at Long Xiaoshan with doubt, and said with a bitter smile, "Xiaoshan, you don\'t know my condition, thank you for your goodwill."

"No, Teacher Xu, I really can treat it," Long Xiaoshan said with some urgency, seeing Xu Manqing\'s disbelief.

"Long Xiaoshan, when did you become a doctor? Weren\'t you just farming at home?" Li Zhijun said.

"Exactly, Long Xiaoshan, what nonsense are you spouting? Teacher Xu is miserable enough; don\'t make jokes about her condition."

For a moment.

The classmates who had come started to blame Long Xiaoshan.

Even Hong Xiaofei couldn\'t help back him up this time, because he too thought this was not reliable.

Long Xiaoshan had been in prison.

How could he possibly treat illnesses?

Even if he hadn\'t been in prison, but had been studying medicine all this time, he wouldn\'t dare to make such a claim before even examining Teacher Xu\'s condition; after all, her injury was clearly the sort that resulted in paralysis.

Long Xiaoshan ignored them.

He looked into Teacher Xu Manqing\'s eyes and said, "Teacher Xu, I remember all the kindness you showed me back then. Do you think I would joke about your illness? Believe in me, at least let me try."

Xu Manqing looked into Long Xiaoshan\'s sincere eyes.

She recalled the times when Long Xiaoshan was her eager student.

Teacher Xu had always had a special affection for her favorite student, treating him like a younger brother.

Seeing him so eager to help, despite still not believing, she didn\'t have the heart to let Long Xiaoshan down and said, "Alright, then let me let you try."

"Teacher, how can you just let anyone treat you?"

"Yes, Teacher, you\'re being too indulgent with Long Xiaoshan\'s recklessness."

A few students protested.

Long Xiaoshan understood that Teacher Xu surely still didn\'t believe in him.

Her willingness to let him try was solely due to her kind nature.

Thinking of Teacher Xu, who was so kind and approachable, yet suffering such torment, Long Xiaoshan swore he would cure her and restore her to a healthy and happy person.

"Teacher Xu, I don\'t have any medicine on hand right now, so let me give you a few needles first to ease your pain."

Long Xiaoshan pulled out the Skeleton Golden Needle from his middle finger.

Elder Chang had given him this needle, which had a name, the Life-and-Death Needle, because it was nine inches long, and each inch added an inch of danger. Such a needle could not be used without superb acupuncture skills. Life and death hinge upon a thought, and precisely because this needle was more dangerous than ordinary needles, once one could manipulate it freely, it would possess a far superior power compared to the average Golden Needle.

One needle down, life and death at my command!

Long Xiaoshan lifted the blanket.

He rolled up the leg of Teacher Xu Manqing\'s trousers a bit, revealing her leg, which still had many bruises and swelling, looking somewhat horrifying and allowing one to feel the pain Xu Manqing was enduring.

She didn\'t show it.

But in reality, her body ached unbearably everywhere.

Long Xiaoshan stuck a needle in.

Channeling his True Qi, he began the treatment.

Suddenly, a stern shout came, "Hold on, what are you doing?"

A doctor wearing glasses entered through the door and hurriedly tried to stop what he saw.

Long Xiaoshan glanced at his badge and said, "Doctor Hu, I want to give my teacher an acupuncture treatment."

"Ridiculous," the doctor said sternly as he walked over, staring at Long Xiaoshan, "Who are you to be giving the patient acupuncture at will? Do you even know her condition?"

"I know."

"You know, yet you still act recklessly. Xu Manqing, your injury is extremely severe; you are paralyzed and classified as quadriplegic. What you need now is rest, not treatment."

"Doctor Hu, since I\'m already in this state, let my student give it a try."

"If you want to try, do it at home. Who will be responsible if something goes wrong here? It\'s because of people like you that don\'t listen to the doctors and cause troubles, then blame us when things go wrong. If you don\'t listen, then why bother coming to the hospital and needing a doctor?" Doctor Hu said forcefully.

Xu Manqing\'s face turned a bit pale and said, "I\'m sorry, Doctor Hu."

"Why are you yelling at my teacher? If something goes wrong, I\'ll be responsible," Long Xiaoshan grew angry.

What kind of doctor was this, speaking to a paralyzed patient with such a tone?

"You!" Doctor Hu pointed at Long Xiaoshan.

"What \'you\'? Point at me again and try," Long Xiaoshan\'s eyes emitted a cold gleam.

Doctor Hu was scared by that cold gleam.

When Long Xiaoshan became fierce, he wasn\'t someone ordinary people could withstand. Even Black Wolf, the boss of the underworld, broke out in a cold sweat, let alone a doctor.

"Fine, fine, I can\'t argue with you, but don\'t come looking for me if something goes wrong."

Doctor Hu said with a facade of bravery but inner feebleness, and walked out.

"Long Xiaoshan, why did you have to argue with the doctor?"

"That was so irrational. The doctor was going to treat Teacher Xu, and now look what you\'ve done, you drove him away. You can just walk away, but what about Teacher Xu?"

"Yeah, with what happened, Teacher Xu might even get retaliated against by the doctor now, getting treated poorly on purpose."

Several classmates accused him with various complaints.

"Let it be, you all stop scolding Xiaoshan. I understand my own situation, and I never intended to continue treatment. I was planning to be discharged in a couple of days anyway," Xu Manqing defended.

Long Xiaoshan ignored those classmates and continued to treat Xu Manqing\'s leg with the needle.

At that moment, waves of warmth rose from her leg.

Her whole leg felt as if it were soaking in a hot spring, with the pain greatly diminishing. .net

Xu Manqing watched Long Xiaoshan in amazement.

Long Xiaoshan\'s needle technique was ethereal, constantly poking at the acupoints on Xu Manqing\'s leg. Hong Xiaofei called out, "Look, the bruises on the teacher\'s leg seem to be fading."

The few who had been criticizing now looked over.

And they saw the swelling on Xu Manqing\'s leg shrinking at a visible rate.