You've already caught the embroidered ball, and you still say it's not my husband?

Back in Huangshi Town, Lu Xuan had treated an old man, but Shen Jinglian didn't pay much attention to it at the time, thinking Lu Xuan was just an ordinary doctor.

But at this moment, she truly witnessed just how...heaven-defying Lu Xuan's medical skills were!

She thought she would need half a month to recover, but in the blink of an eye, Lu Xuan completely healed her injuries with his miraculous abilities!

This is absolutely outrageous!

She was so shocked that her head was buzzing, and her mouth was so wide open that it could fit two eggs, as if she were suffocating.

The level of shock was no less than Lu Xuan's earth-shattering punch atop Huangshi Mountain!

Even worse!

She stared blankly at Lu Xuan, and after a long while, she gradually came to her senses, gasping for breath as she asked, "Lu Xuan, what kind of medical skill is this? How... is it so amazing?"

The Great Heavenly Medical Technique, at its highest level, can cure all diseases in the world. Even missing limbs can be regrown, let alone the minor injury on Shen Jinglian's body.

Lu Xuan shrugged modestly, "It's just a unique secret technique, nothing to mention."

Shen Jinglian: "..."

Her expression became even more strained.

She felt like Lu Xuan was treating her like a fool and trying to fool her!

If Lu Xuan's Great Heavenly Medical Skill is not worth mentioning, then what in the world is worthy of being called a medical skill? Who would dare to call themselves a doctor in front of Lu Xuan? All medical clinics should close down, and all medical books, classics, healing pills, and the like can be thrown into the trash can!

Of course, none of that matters. What matters is...

"Lu Xuan, with such incredible medical skills, why didn't you heal me sooner? You made me suffer for so long!"

Shen Jinglian looked aggrieved and slightly resentful as she playfully tried to punch Lu Xuan's chest.

Lu Xuan grabbed her wrist, his expression somewhat helpless. "Do you even have a brain?"

Shen Jinglian paused for a moment, but of course she was smart and not stupid, and she quickly figured it out.

If Lu Xuan had treated Ling Yunting immediately after defeating her, it would definitely have been detrimental to his later peace talks with the Demon Suppression Bureau...

Nangong Yourong gave her a blood-clotting pill to temporarily stop her injuries. After returning to Bailian Peak, she was busy disbanding the stronghold, so Lu Xuan had to wait until now to treat her.

After figuring out what had happened, the woman chuckled and said, "Okay, thank you, alright?"

"No need, it's nothing." Lu Xuan released her wrist.

The woman seemed to have thought of something again, and her gaze towards Lu Xuan became suspicious and curious.

"What did Commander Nangong whisper to you?" She blinked. "Could it be that Commander Nangong wanted to repay you with his body? And you were so blinded by lust that you agreed to become the Demon-Suppressing Captain?"

When Nangong You Rong saw Lu Xuan's hesitant and repeated rejections, she whispered something in his ear. It wasn't about offering herself to him, but rather...

Lu Xuan's face darkened; he found it difficult to say these words!

"No!!" he immediately denied.

"What did they say?" Shen Jinglian asked again.

"...I forgot."

"You're lying! You're just ashamed to tell anyone, that's why you didn't tell me!"

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Lu Xuan changed the subject, "Miss Shen, what are your plans for the future?"

Shen Jinglian stopped her antics. Looking at the empty mountain stronghold, she couldn't help but feel a little sad. "What else can we do? Let's move to another place and find somewhere else to settle down."

She sighed softly, turned around, picked up the large bundle full of luggage from the ground, and suddenly remembered that Lu Xuan had a storage ring. "It's inconvenient to carry the bundle, can you put it into that magic ring for me?"

Lu Xuan didn't comply; instead, he asked warily, "You want to come back with me?"

"What else?" Shen Jinglian retorted matter-of-factly. "Commander Nangong told me to assist you properly, and since I'll be following you from now on, I'll definitely have to go back to the city with you!"

If a beautiful woman is willing to go home with you, that would be something to be happy about, even proud of, for many people.

But Lu Xuan only felt... a headache!

Because his situation is rather special, he is... a married man!

Even though it's only in name and in law, and they're not actually husband and wife, he should still be mindful of his image to some extent!

If Shen Jinglian goes home with him, will Nangong Yourong once again force a smile and whisper in his ear: "You don't want your wife to know that you're living with a pretty woman, do you?"

Lu Xuan felt a chill run down his spine just thinking about it!

Also, how will he explain if his older sister, Lu Qingqing, sees him?

No matter how he explains it, it sounds like he's keeping a mistress!

"No, no, absolutely not!"

Lu Xuan shook his head vigorously, unwilling to let Shen Jinglian go home with him.

"Don't worry, I know you have a wife..." Shen Jinglian seemed to see Lu Xuan's worry and smiled with a wink, "But I just want to go back to Qingyang County with you. Once we get to the city, I can choose to stay at an inn or rent a small courtyard... I can stay however I want, it won't bother you."

Lu Xuan was skeptical. "Really?"

A ruler's word is his bond!

"...Alright!" Seeing that Shen Jinglian spoke with such conviction, Lu Xuan agreed to let her return to the city together.

Then, Lu Xuan reached out and gently touched the package. With a thought, he put the large package full of luggage into his storage ring.

"How amazing!"

Shen Jinglian, like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world, exclaimed in envy.

She also made up her mind that once she had accumulated enough merit points, she would go to the Demon Suppression Division to exchange them for a storage ring to wear...

The two rode donkeys down the mountain and took a side path back to the county town.

As soon as they arrived in the city, Shen Jinglian said she was hungry and wanted to eat something.

Lu Xuan had no choice but to take her to eat dumplings, ordering a bowl of pork and chive dumplings and a bowl of mutton and carrot dumplings.

Shen Jinglian ate two bowls but was still not full. She had used up a lot of energy today, so it was normal for her to eat more.

Lu Xuan saw that there were roasted goose legs for sale by the roadside, priced at 16 coins each, which was a bit expensive.

The stall owner patted his chest and claimed that the goose leg came from a goose he had raised for three years, roasted using his own secret recipe. He said if it wasn't delicious, he would pay nothing!

Lu Xuan bought two.

Shen Jinglian opened her mouth and took a bite. The "goose leg" had crispy skin and tender meat, and the aroma of cumin filled the air. The combination of caramel, salt, and spiciness made her exclaim how delicious it was.

"Is it really that delicious?"

Lu Xuan also took a bite, and the taste was indeed quite good...

However, the meat is not firm enough, the flavor is not rich enough, and it doesn't have the fatty texture of goose meat...

This isn't a goose leg at all, it's a duck leg!

He's so easily fooled!

Lu Xuan turned and walked back to the stall, approaching the vendor with a forced smile, and said, "Boss, you don't want your act of passing off duck legs as goose legs to be exposed, do you?"

The vendor panicked instantly, breaking out in a cold sweat, but still stubbornly insisted, "I...I didn't! I run an honest business, I only sell goose legs, not duck legs!"

"Oh? Is that so?" Lu Xuan smiled knowingly. "Then I'll go and notify the authorities right away. Have them send someone to investigate. If it's confirmed that you're selling duck legs as goose legs, that's fraud... and you'll be going to jail!"

The vendor immediately broke out in a cold sweat and knelt down before Lu Xuan. "Please, sir, please don't report me to the authorities! My small business hasn't made much money, and I have three people to support at home: an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child..."

"Alright, alright, stop playing the victim with me." Lu Xuan raised his hand to interrupt him. "I'll only ask you one question: will you dare to pass off inferior goods as superior ones and engage in this kind of fraudulent behavior again?"

"I won't do it again! I'll never do it again! Please, sir, don't report me. I don't want to go to jail, sob sob." The vendor cried and begged for mercy.

"I can choose not to report you." Lu Xuan didn't want to push him to the brink, so he smiled and held up five fingers. "But you have to compensate me..."

Go, go, go.

Shen Jinglian hadn't even finished eating the big "goose leg" in her hand when she saw Lu Xuan bring back five more, and her eyes lit up immediately.

"So many goose legs! You bought so many again!"

Lu Xuan shook the duck leg in his hand and laughed, "I didn't buy it. The owner thought I was a nice person and gave it to me for free."

"A gift?" Shen Jinglian was a little puzzled, but too lazy to think, she simply stretched out her hand to ask for it, "Lu Xuan, I want more, give me two more goose legs!"

"Okay, here you go." Lu Xuan generously gave her two more "goose legs".

However, his gaze was somewhat like he was looking at an idiot...