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Liu Hongmei hesitated completely.

Her reason was frantically tugging at her nerves, telling her: she absolutely shouldn't believe a girl who was only twenty years old and had never even been to a proper clinic! This was pure fantasy!

But... her emotions, her heart as a mother, tormented by pain day and night, compelled her to believe, as if grasping at the last straw!

Even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance? Even if it's just a folk remedy? She'd still want to try!

That was her son! A twenty-five-year-old battalion commander, such an outstanding soldier, his promising life just beginning, and he was crippled like that. How could she, as his mother, swallow this insult? How could she let it go?!

Qiao Xinxin didn't miss the countless moments of struggle, hope, and agonizing that flashed across Liu Hongmei's face in that single second.

She dared to ask for it because she had the confidence to do so.

Not only because she was an outstanding medical student in her previous life—although majoring in ophthalmology, she possessed a solid foundation in both Western surgical medicine and traditional Chinese medicine meridian theory. More importantly, she was a transmigrator with a cheat-like advantage!

With the top-grade spiritual spring water in the space, plus the advanced medical equipment and special medicines in the space mall that are decades ahead of this era, she is at least 70% confident that she can repair her damaged bones and nerves!

I didn't speak too definitively simply because of the meticulousness of a doctor.

Liu Hongmei's eyes welled up with tears, which slid down her cheeks as she stared blankly at the girl in front of her, who stood ramrod straight and had an astonishingly bright gaze.

For some reason, looking at the girl's calm and composed demeanor, she felt a strong urge to trust her.

Her chapped lips opened and closed several times. Finally, Liu Hongmei wiped away her tears and gritted her teeth, saying, "Okay...!"

"Girl, Auntie believes you're not the kind of person who talks nonsense! However, this is a serious matter involving bones, so I need to go back and discuss it with my husband and Li Guang..."

Qiao Xinxin's brows relaxed, and she smiled generously, "Of course, such an important matter should be discussed properly. I await your confirmation."

……

An hour later, at the Zhou family's residence.

The torrential rain outside the window was still raging, but the atmosphere inside the house was even more oppressive and heavy than the weather outside.

"Nonsense! Absolutely nonsense!"

Zhou Zejun slammed his hand on the table, making the teacups on it jump.

He suppressed his anger, unwilling to argue with a little girl, but he absolutely could not tolerate anyone making fun of his son's injury!

"Hongmei, Hongmei, are you grasping at straws in your desperation? Have you lost your mind?! What does a little girl like her know? This is a serious matter; how can she joke about it?!"

Zhou Zejun understands his son.

From a 15-year-old boy who joined the army to a battalion commander with a bright future and numerous meritorious achievements, how much hardship and blood did his son endure?!

But at the very moment when he should have been making great strides, he broke his leg while covering his comrades...

At this thought, Zhou Zejun's eyes suddenly welled up with tears. Even this tough man couldn't control his emotions, and his voice choked with sobs: "Those veteran military doctors from the military region are all helpless, and that little girl from the Qiao family, who hasn't even grown up yet and was just brought back from the countryside, actually dares to boast that she can cure him?! It's an absolute joke!"

After being yelled at by her husband, Liu Hongmei sat on the sofa, nervously twisting the hem of her clothes with both hands, hesitant and undecided.

"Old Zhou, don't get angry yet. Actually... I think that since that girl dared to ask, she might actually have some kind of ancestral remedy or skill?"

Liu Hongmei's eyes were red, and her voice grew softer and softer, "Yes, I can't believe that a twenty-year-old girl could cure Li Guang. But Lao Zhou, you didn't see that girl... The way she looked at me, so steady! She didn't seem to be lying at all! My heart has been pounding ever since I heard her words, and there's always a voice in my ear telling me to try, just try..."

Looking at his wife's haggard face, her eyes full of pleading, Zhou Zejun's anger instantly turned into a deep sense of powerlessness.

He let out a long sigh, looking as if he had aged ten years, and slumped back in his chair.

"Hongmei, that child was able to find a job at a state-run pharmacy at this critical juncture without relying on the Qiao family, and she was also able to prescribe these medicines so precisely to your condition. She might indeed be a little clever and capable..."

Zhou Zejun's voice gradually lowered, revealing the most vulnerable side of a desperate father, "But no matter how capable she is, she's just a twenty-year-old girl! She didn't graduate from a regular military medical university! How could she... even the director of the military hospital couldn't cure her..."

"Let her give it a try."

Just as the elderly couple stood silently facing each other, shedding tears, a hoarse yet unusually calm male voice came from the bedroom doorway.

Zhou Zejun and Liu Hongmei turned their heads abruptly.

Zhou Liguang was seen gripping the armrests of his wheelchair with both hands, his knuckles turning slightly white from the effort.

His handsome face was still sickly pale, and the cold sweat on his forehead had not yet dried, but his deep, cold eyes shone with an astonishing brightness.

Hearing this news brought back by my mother, it would be a lie to say I wasn't excited!

His leg... what if it could really be cured? Even if there's only the slightest chance he can return to the army!

Even if Qiao Xinxin handed him a cup of poisoned wine laced with honey, as long as it would allow him to stand up, he would gladly drink it all in one gulp!

His fervent patriotism has not yet been shed on the frontier, and his ambition to serve his country has not yet been realized. How could he be content to be a useless person who needs to be waited on hand and foot?!

Moreover, Zhou Liguang couldn't help but recall the scene of the annulment at the Qiao family's house that day.

That seemingly gentle and delicate girl with a sweet and obedient face, with just a few words and a few actions, effortlessly made the old foxes of the Qiao family suffer a huge, silent loss!

They even easily exposed Qiao Mingzhu's vicious scheme!

I have to admit, that girl acted so well back then.

Would a girl like that be a fool who talks nonsense?

Absolutely not.

Zhou Liguang turned his wheelchair and came to his parents, his tone unusually calm and resolute: "Dad, Mom. My eyes aren't blind. I can tell that Qiao Xinxin is definitely not an ordinary girl."

He stared into his father's eyes and analyzed the situation clearly: "Think about it, if she loses, or if she really is a clueless liar, then she has offended our Zhou family to the core! She wouldn't take such a big risk to play us."