Chapter 56 Youth
Luo Jin had been with him for more than a month. Suddenly, she was reluctant to part. She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is your injury healed?"
"It's healed." Shui Yingchen nodded. "After the poison is removed, it heals quickly and will not crack again."
He took out a token from his arms and handed it to Luo Jin. "Seeing this token is like seeing me in person. If you encounter trouble... come to Jiyuan to find me."
He glanced at the cat in Si Tuan's arms, "If you come to Jiyuan, bring my cat to me."
It was already evening. Luo Jin accepted the token and saw that the token was golden and heavy, as if it was made of gold. She put away the token and looked up at him.
Shui Yingchen was initially tall. The setting sun lengthened his shadow, covering Luo Jin. She could only see his dark gray eyes, which were a little more energetic than when they first met.
Luo Jin suddenly stretched out her arms and hugged Shui Yingchen's waist. Though his shoulders were broad, his waist was thin. Through the thick clothes, she felt his body tense for a moment.
While Shui Yingchen was stunned, she whispered, "Next time we meet, if you recover your memory... can you not hit me?"
Shui Yingchen: "..."
Feeling helpless, he smiled bitterly, stretched out his hand, and patted Luo Jin's back. He whispered, "Okay."
After a pause, he stated, "I will never hurt you in my life."
"Keep your word!"
"The emperor's words are to be taken seriously!"
Shui Yingchen jumped on the horse and nodded slightly to Luo Jin, "Go! I'll watch you enter."
Luo Jin looked back at him before finally turning around and got on the carriage.
Then the driver whipped the horse carriage and drove it toward the border guards.
[It seems... I like him a little bit. ]
[The emperor gives people a sense of security. When I leave him, I instantly feel insecure. ]
[Just noticed he has a good figure...]
[His waist is thinner than mine. I'm jealous. ]
[This token must be valuable? Such a big piece of gold! ]
Shui Yingchen: "..."
Looking at the carriage disappearing in the city, a faint smile appeared on his lips and he turned around and left.
...
The carriages and horses access in Dongyuan were much more convenient. After another three days of driving, they finally arrived in Wei City.
Jie Gui had already settled the dwarf slaves and invited many doctors to treat them. However, the medical skills of these doctors were limited. Some of the dying dwarf slaves held on with medicine but couldn't be treated.
As soon as Si Tuan appeared, all the doctors immediately surrounded him.
"It's the Divine Doctor Si Tuan! It’s actually possible to invite him out of retirement!"
"I've wanted to visit Divine Doctor Si Tuan for a long time, but I never had the chance. It would be a great honor if I could get some advice from him!"
"Divine Doctor, please take a look at this little girl. She's almost out of breath!"
Si Tuan walked through the crowd and came to Xiao Lian.
Xiao Lian had been in a coma for a month. The doctor can only use some medicine to barely keep her alive, but at this time her face was pale and her breathing was weak. She was already dying.
Si Tuan squatted down and felt Xiao Lian's pulse.
Then he said in a deep voice: "Open the skull and take out the dirty thing in the brain."
The doctors immediately exploded.
"Open the skull? Are you kidding?"
"How is that possible? The person will die!"
"Are you trying to treat a dead horse like it’s alive? Anyway, the girl isn't going to survive."
Si Tuan turned around and glared at the doctor who said ‘treat a dead horse like it’s alive’ and said coldly: "Since I am treating her, I will definitely cure her. If I can't cure her, I won't take action. Because you can't do it doesn't mean that others can't do it!"
Luo Jin was terrified when she heard this. She stepped forward and said: "Don't worry, people won't die if their skulls are opened. There have been successful precedents in the past. It's not impossible."
Several doctors looked at each other.
"Really? Has someone succeeded?"
"It’s unheard of!"
"I, a doctor, have never heard of it. How can you, an outsider, have heard of it?"
Luo Jin swore, "I heard of it, I swear!"
Of course she had heard of it. Her dad was a surgeon. One of his colleagues was a brain surgeon. Performing craniotomy to remove tumors was a daily job.
But in the context of ancient times, it sounded a bit incredible. Si Tuan, an ancient era man, actually knew craniotomy. As expected, he had the ability.
Si Tuan turned his head and said to Luo Jin with a cold face, "Come and help!"
Luo Jin hurriedly followed, "What tools and herbs do you need? I'll prepare them now!"
"No, I have them." Si Tuan said, "Find a quiet room and help me pass the tools. Get some liquor and hot water and put them in a clean basin."
"Okay, I'll tell someone to prepare them now!"
Not long after, the liquor and hot water were ready and placed on the table for use. Luo Jin also ordered people to keep boiling water ready for use at any time.
The room was also ready, with a large table inside, covered with clean oil paper, used as an operating table. Luo Jin walked into the room and asked: "Do you need a blood transfusion? I have type O blood."
Si Tuan was stunned, "What is type O blood?"
"It's... it's..." Luo Jin thought for a while, "Forget it, this body isn't necessarily type O. It's hard to explain."
Si Tuan said: "Sometimes patients bleed heavily and can indeed use other people's blood to supplement. But this method isn't easy to use. People often die. Basically no one will use it."
Luo Jin thought that people with different blood types would die if they randomly transfused blood.
She said: "I heard a doctor say that putting the blood of two people in an airtight space to see if the blood will coagulate. If it coagulates, blood transfusion cannot be done. If it does not coagulate, it can be done."
This was what she read in a novel and didn't know if it was useful.
Si Tuan's eyes lit up, "Which doctor said that? It sounds reasonable and worth a try. But let's open Xiao Lian's skull first. She won't bleed much, so there's no need to replenish blood. Take off her clothes and wipe her body. Here's a razor. You have to shave all her hair."
Luo Jin followed the instructions, wiped Xiao Lian's body with warm water, and shaved all her hair. Xiao Lian was small and looked pitiful without her hair.
Si Tuan disinfected the knife with liquor and cut toward Xiao Lian's head.
Luo Jin turned away. She wasn't so mentally strong and still couldn't look directly at the bloody operation. She thought to herself that if her dad was here, he would be curious about how the ancient era Divine Doctor performed the craniotomy and would definitely watch it intently, right?
"Needle and thread!" Si Tuan ordered after a long time.
Luo Jin handed him the needle and thread, still not daring to look directly at Xiao Lian.
After a while, Si Tuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's done!" Though his voice was tired, it was still full of joy.
Luo Jin turned her head and looked at Xiao Lian lying on the stage.
She had lost a lot of blood. The blood had slid down the oil paper to the ground. Her little face was still pale, but her chest could be clearly seen rising and falling.
She was still alive.
Luo Jin walked up to Xiao Lian, wiped the blood off her body, wrapped her small body with a clean blanket, carefully carried her to the next room, put her on the bed, and covered her with a quilt.
When she walked out of the room, she saw a group of doctors outside the door, all gathered at the door and discussing something nervously.
Si Tuan didn't remain idle and went to see the next critically ill dwarf slave.
On the third day of the operation, Xiao Lian finally opened her eyes.
She looked at Luo Jin weakly and called softly, "Elder Sister Luo..."
Luo Jin smiled, "En, are you hungry? I asked someone to prepare congee."
Xiao Lian touched her bald head, "Elder Sister Luo, where is my hair?"
Luo Jin maintained her smile, "It will grow back. Don't touch your head, the wound on it hasn’t healed yet."
Xiao Lian responded obediently, "Okay."
Luo Jin walked out of the room and deliberately yelled, "Where is the congee? Xiao Lian wants to drink congee. Bring it over!"
This holler instantly attracted everyone's attention.
The busy doctors clustered over at once.
"She's awake!"
"Really? She's alive?"
"As expected of Divine Doctor Si Tuan. So amazing!"
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I must ask him how to open the skull. Maybe it will be useful in the future."
"Amazing, no wonder he is a Divine Doctor."
...
Si Tuan was taking the pulse of a dwarf slave. Hearing this, he glanced sideways and continued to work.
These days, Si Tuan was researching a new drug that could make dwarf slaves grow taller. Although they couldn't be like normal people, it was good to narrow the gap.
Hearing that he could grow taller, little Xiaoyu had been following Si Tuan diligently these days, helping to pass things and run errands.
Si Tuan shook his head helplessly, "You are too old. The growth will be limited. It's useless to cling to me."
Although Little Xiaoyu was small, he was already in his twenties. He scratched his head and asked in a low voice: "Then can I...recover my fertility ability in the future?"
He blushed, "Although I am short, I also...want to find a wife."
Si Tuan laughed, "It’s possible. Only the growth is bad. You’re not missing organs. You can still give it a try."
Little Xiaoyu's face turned redder, "Then...thank you, doctor! And...and will it...affect..."
Si Tuan said, "It won't affect the child. You can give birth to a normal child, don't worry."
"Uh..." Little Xiaoyu turned and ran away, "I'll go buy some snacks for...Divine Doctor."
It took more than a month for Si Tuan to treat all the dwarf slaves who needed treatment and wrote treatment plans for each of them. Only sleeping three hours a day and spending all his time on treatment, he lost a lot of weight.
Luo Jin felt a little embarrassed. She bought a lot of supplements for him out of her own pocket and got people to prepare exquisite meals for him every day. But Si Tuan didn't care about eating when he was busy. The food had to be heated a few times before he finally had a bite.
"Thank you so much, Divine Doctor Situan. I didn't expect you to be such a workaholic." Luo Jin handed over a wet towel, "Wipe your hands and eat. It's fresh out of the pot."
"Actually... I should thank you." Si Tuan took the wet towel, wiped his hands a few times, sat down at the table beside him, and picked up the chopsticks.
Luo Jin blinked and sat next to him, "Actually, I'm curious, why did you suddenly stop practicing medicine? Did something happen? For example... doctor-patient conflict or something?"
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