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

"This...sigh..."

Lu Qingqing and Li Du sighed softly. They wanted to say something, but they couldn't bear to speak, for fear of extinguishing Zhao Guang's hope of saving his mentally challenged sister.

"Dr. Lu!"

Zhao Guang clasped his hands tightly together, his head bowed low, and his voice, though that of a dignified eight-foot-tall man, was tinged with a sob. "I... I know my sister's illness is difficult to cure, and this request is rather abrupt and presumptuous, but as her elder brother, I simply cannot bear to see her like this forever..."

With a thud.

Zhao Guang knelt down and begged Lu Xuan, "Please, Doctor Lu, take a look. Even if you cannot cure my sister, I, Zhao Guang, will offer you a reward. I will be eternally grateful!"

Swish!

Lu Qingqing and Li Du immediately panicked.

Zhao Guang was the head constable of the county government and Li Du's direct superior. How could he possibly perform such a grand ceremony for Lu Xuan?

Even if you're asking Lu Xuan to cure your illness, is this really necessary?

Besides, some things... cannot be accomplished by begging on your knees.

"Lord Zhao, you mustn't! Lord Zhao, please rise! Oh dear, you're making me feel so bad..."

Lu Qingqing and Li Du were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, not knowing what to do.

Lu Xuan raised his hand and gently waved it, and an invisible wisp of energy appeared, lifting Zhao Guang up.

"Lord Zhao, there's no need for that," Lu Xuan said calmly. "As a doctor, it's my duty to heal the sick and save lives... I'll give it a try for your sister's illness."

Lu Xuan is a doctor; how could he refuse to treat a patient?

Naturally, it is agreed.

The system order was also triggered.

【Ding! 】

[Saving Order No. 1: Treating Zhao Nier (Blue)]

[Order details: An innocent girl has developed intellectual disability later in life; please intervene and provide treatment.]

It's still a blue order.

As long as Lu Xuan completes the blue order, he will receive 999 cultivation points and a human-level cultivation technique as a reward.

Based on the order details, Zhao Nier is likely Zhao Guang's younger sister, who suffered an accident in her childhood that left her mentally impaired...

"Thank you, Lord Lu! Thank you, Lord Lu..."

Upon seeing that Lu Xuan had agreed to help, Zhao Guang was so excited that his body trembled, and he kept bowing and thanking him.

Ok?

Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow.

Realizing his mistake, Zhao Guangli quickly corrected himself: "Thank you, Dr. Lu! Dr. Lu, you have a compassionate heart and care deeply for the people; you are truly a great doctor!"

Hmm, not bad, that's more like it!

Shen Jinglian, Lu Qingqing, and Li Du looked at Lu Xuan, their faces filled with doubt and surprise.

They've lived for decades and have never heard of a doctor who can cure dementia!

"Little Xuanzi...you really know how to treat people's brains?" Lu Qingqing asked in surprise.

"Let's go take a look first, we'll know after we see it." Lu Xuan smiled and stood up.

He was just being modest.

He possesses the supreme medical skills of the Heavenly Realm, making him the most skilled physician in the world. What kind of illness can't he cure?

Even if a patient has one foot in the grave, Lu Xuan can pull them back to the world of the living!

Even for brain diseases that all doctors fear and are helpless to treat, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Besides, don't blue orders mean... that there's no difficulty at all?

"Lord Zhao, let's go."

Without further ado, Lu Xuan and Zhao Guang got up and went out.

Shen Jinglian hesitated for a moment and did not go.

After all, she didn't know anything about medicine, so she wouldn't be able to help even if she went.

After thinking about it, she decided to stay at Lu Xuan's house to take care of the child, and also asked Lu Qingqing about Lu Xuan and that Miss Su.

Li Du and several other constables were also sent away by Zhao Guang and assigned to patrol the West Street vegetable market...

South of the city, at Zhao Guang's house.

This is an ordinary little courtyard, not very big, about the same size as Lu Xuan's house.

Logically speaking, as the head constable of Qingyang County, Zhao Guang should have a decent salary and be able to make some extra money, so he shouldn't be living in such a plain and shabby place...

There's no other way; treating illnesses is just too expensive.

It's like a bottomless pit!

Over the years, Zhao Guang has spent most of the money he has earned on medical treatment for his sister.

It still doesn't have any effect...

Pushing open the door and walking in, Lu Xuan saw a girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old squatting on the ground... playing in the mud!

The girl's hands were covered in mud, and her face and clothes were also covered in mud, but she didn't care at all and was having a great time laughing and playing.

The girl's smile was innocent and pure; Lu Xuan often saw the same smile on Tongtong's face. Tongtong also loved playing in the mud. If it weren't for their age difference of more than ten years, they might have become playmates...

Beside the girl was an old woman, a servant whom Zhao Guang had hired to look after his younger sister.

"My lord, you're back." She stood up and bowed when she saw Zhao Guang.

"Hmm." Zhao Guang nodded slightly, then waved his hand. "Go down."

"Yes, I'll take my leave." The old woman bid farewell and left the courtyard.

Only Lu Xuan and his sister Zhao Guang remained in the courtyard.

"Brother... Brother..."

Upon seeing Zhao Guang, the girl's face immediately lit up with a joyful smile. Without even washing her hands, she ran over, grabbed Zhao Guang's arm, and shook it vigorously.

"Brother, brother..."

The girl seemed to only call him "brother" and was only close to this one brother.

Zhao Guang understood what his sister meant; she wanted to play in the mud with him as usual.

"Ni'er..." Zhao Guang smiled gently, his eyes full of affection, letting the girl tug at his sleeve, not caring that his constable uniform was covered in mud.

However, a hint of sadness and melancholy lingered in his eyes, and a pricking pain shot through his heart...

"Has your sister always been like this?" Lu Xuan asked, looking at the girl in front of him whose mentality was clearly inconsistent with her age.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you, Lord Lu." Zhao Guang's smile was forced. "Ni'er... she's been like this since she was two years old."

"Could you please tell me what exactly happened to your sister?"

When doctors examine patients, they usually ask about various aspects of the patient's condition in order to better diagnose the illness, so as to prescribe the right medicine and ensure that nothing goes wrong.

For Lu Xuan, it was more curiosity—curious about how a perfectly normal young girl could have turned out like this.

"certainly."

Zhao Guang nodded and began to explain to Lu Xuan in detail: "To be honest, my father was the previous head constable of the county government. When I was fifteen, I became a constable under my father's guidance and recommendation..."

It turns out that Zhao Guang and his son were both constables!

That year, the father and son cracked a major salt smuggling case.

In ancient times, selling smuggled salt was a serious crime. That group of salt smugglers were all desperate criminals and even had their own armed force. They resisted arrest and fought fiercely, and were killed on the spot by Zhao Guang and his son along with a group of constables...

Unexpectedly, a few escaped the net!

While the father and son were still basking in the joy of solving a major case and becoming careless, the salt smugglers' revenge came.

They found out Zhao Guang's address and kidnapped Zhao Ni'er, who was just two years old at the time!

Zhao Guang trembled, filled with anger and self-reproach. "My father and I are going crazy. We've searched the whole world for Ni'er, but it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. We've searched in vain."

"Just when my father and I were in despair, thinking that Ni'er was doomed and would never come back, they surprisingly and quietly returned her to us!"

"Nier had all her limbs intact and no obvious injuries. She looked perfectly fine... At that time, I naively thought that the bad guys had a change of heart."

"hehe."

Zhao Guang scoffed, his eyes blazing with fury. "I soon realized how terribly wrong I was, how far I underestimated the viciousness of wicked hearts!"

"Those beasts used some unknown means to make Ni'er mentally impaired... My father and I are heartbroken, as if a sharp thorn is forever piercing our hearts. Every time we see or think of Ni'er, the pain is excruciating, and we will live forever in guilt and pain!"

"Even later, when my father and I found those beasts, I personally chopped off their heads, killing my enemies and avenging them..."

"But what good will that do? Will it make Nier better... No, haha, haha."

Zhao Guang gave a bitter laugh, his face filled with pain and self-reproach...

Lu Xuan remained silent for a while after listening.

This is a vicious incident in which salt smugglers retaliated against the family of a police chief!

...In any case, the girl in front of us is innocent, and she should not suffer such harm and torment.

Lu Xuan stepped forward and gently patted the back of the girl's neck with the back of his hand. The girl slowly closed her eyes and fell into a coma.

Immediately, Lu Xuan placed his right index finger on the girl's brow, and a wisp of invisible energy appeared, entering the girl's brow and brain to investigate the situation...

Soon, Lu Xuan calmly uttered four words:

"It's alright, it can be saved."