Xue Zhiyi truly is a remarkable figure; it turns out he knows everything.
It’s to be expected—since he frequents the Imperial Palace, he’s surely more aware of palace affairs than they are.
"Did he say anything?" Xiaoxiao asked.
Yang Ming shook his head, "No, he refused to say anything. I only guessed from his reactions."
Xiaoxiao felt a bit disappointed but then understood it all. Not wanting them to know could be a form of protecting them after all; the fewer people who know about such things, the better. "Honey, since he won’t say, let’s not ask further."
"Alright." Yang Ming agreed, fully understanding the intricacies involved.
The two continued to play with their child, but Xiaoxiao was thinking about sothing else. Since Xue Zhiyi already knew about the child, there was no need for her to hide any longer. She would go seek Xue Zhiyi’s help for her infertility problem.
...
The next day, Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming discovered that the brothers in the stockade had caught many animals. Initially, they thought it was for the stockade’s als, but later they learned it was Xue Zhiyi who had brought them in for experintal purposes, to ensure that Little Liufu’s toe amputation wouldn’t leave him any different from ordinary people.
The main experint involved extracting bones from various parts of the animals, then stitching them back up to see if the animals would survive.
There were examples of both failures and successes, which left Xue Zhiyi at a loss.
Actually, Xiaoxiao thought Xue Zhiyi was overthinking it; it should just be a very minor surgery, unlikely to be life-threatening. The key is whether it would look like a normal toe after healing.
But Little Liufu’s toe was growing from a small toe; if cut off and healed, it should be like a normal person’s.
As long as infection is avoided, there shouldn’t be any problem. Seeing Xue Zhiyi so troubled, Xiaoxiao voiced her thoughts.
She ntioned that the tools used had to be clean and sanitary, suggesting cleaning them with alcohol or sterilizing them with fire. After all, he’s a doctor, and he should know the best approach. She also ntioned that the scalpel and stitches should be small since a child’s toe isn’t very large, and emphasized that the wound must be treated to prevent inflammation afterward.
Xue Zhiyi was quite astonished by how much Xiaoxiao knew and decided to give it a try. He went down to the town to get two sets of tools: one for animal experints and another specifically for Little Liufu.
Xue Zhiyi beca increasingly obsessed with such experints as he discovered that this stitching technique could be applied even to large wounds.
It was as if he had discovered a new continent, conducting nurous experints and even starting to perform exploratory surgeries on animals and stitching them back up.
When it ca to dicine, he was an utter fanatic.
It would have been fine if only he was mad, but there was another person just as crazy as him—An’an. He initially thought the young girl would be scared of such bloody scenes. Xue Zhiyi advised An’an to leave, but not only did she refuse, she insisted on watching and even started getting involved.
This left Xue Zhiyi utterly surprised, "An’an, you..."
"Just do what you’re doing. I won’t get in your way," An’an replied nonchalantly.
"..." Is she disrupting his work? But is it really okay for a young girl to be like this?
Xue Zhiyi had no choice. Considering that soone would indeed need to assist when performing surgery on Little Liufu, he let her stay.
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