Li Xingzhou lay prone on the cold ground, half his face buried in the snow, his arm, numb with pain, hanging limply at his sides.

The darkness before his eyes gradually faded, and he did not lose consciousness. In fact, he was unusually clear-headed because of the cold feeling of the snow touching his head.

My bones feel like they've fallen apart; all I feel is pain.

Li Xingzhou stared intently at the young soldier, his voice hoarse, "Why...why did you do this? Why didn't you tell me!"

If he said so, how could I possibly mistakenly believe that the frostbite cream was effective!

The other party and Xu Xinghe are clearly in cahoots!

He had to drag this little soldier down with him!

It was because he changed the medication midway through treatment that he misunderstood the situation, which led him to use the problematic ointment on the people.

Upon closer examination, the junior soldier's mistake was far greater. He concealed the truth and deliberately misled the situation, which led to such a serious error.

The young soldier scratched his head awkwardly, "You didn't ask me... Dr. Li, those two times you came to see me, each time you just said you wanted to take a look, and I took a look at you."

Li Xingzhou almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He endured the pain and continued, "You knew I wanted to see the effectiveness of the frostbite cream, but you hid it from me. If your wound had a problem at the time, why would I have given the cream to someone else?"

The young soldier initially felt a little guilty, realizing he had deliberately kept it a secret. But after hearing what he said, he suddenly realized, "Dr. Li, are you using me as an experiment? That's not what you said at the time. You said you were kind enough to give me medicine because my hands were frostbitten. Later, I met Comrade Xu, and I had heard that her medicine was very effective. Isn't it normal to switch medicines? You never said I had to use your medicine, let alone that you were using me as an experiment!"

They said such nice things, but their actions were anything but good.

The young soldier was not stupid; he understood that this was not out of kindness, but rather an attempt to exploit him.

Regardless of what role Xu Xinghe played or what she considered herself to be, she ultimately healed his hand, which can be considered a favor.

Otherwise, if you really end up like the old man from Xinghua Village, you'll have nowhere to cry!

Not to mention, Xu Xinghe is also so beautiful...

Li Xingzhou was so angry that his vision blurred. "I know, you two... you did it on purpose, you conspired together!"

He suddenly raised his voice, which aggravated the wound on the corner of his mouth, causing him to gasp in pain. He stared at Xu Xinghe with a sinister look in his eyes, "Xu Xinghe, if you hadn't plotted against me, how could it be such a coincidence? I only found him in the entire military to use my ointment, and you just happened to find him and even got him to switch to your medicine!"

I never expected Xu Xinghe to be so clever.

Li Xingzhou drifted off into thought and realized that she had changed ever since she came to Heilongjiang Province... no, it was when she was in Shanghai.

Not only did the three Xu brothers fail to gain favor with her, but she herself did as well.

Wang Zhizhi's whistleblower letter and the seemingly prescient spy plotting against her were all useless; even her plan to steal the frostbite cream failed.

He never really took Xu Xinghe seriously, only thinking that her feelings for him had changed, which was why she seemed more shrewd, but in reality, she was still that empty-headed, spoiled young lady.

Unexpectedly, she really did become smarter.

They even learned to turn a tables on each other, digging such a huge hole for themselves!

He didn't lose because he wasn't smart enough, but because he underestimated Xu Xinghe and failed to make his plan more thorough!

He lost because of greed... He wouldn't have chosen to do this if there weren't so many benefits luring him in.

Furthermore, even God wasn't on his side. The snowstorm was about to end, and time was so tight. How could he possibly plan everything so quickly?

Just finding the medicinal herbs takes a lot of time, and then there's making the ointment and stealing the herbs, which is why he lost so badly!

Seeing that he still acted as if he had nothing to lose, Xu Xinghe spoke coldly again, "Since it's your Li family's prescription, and since I stole your stuff, what else do you need to experiment with? Haven't I already experimented for you?"

"Li Xingzhou, you're trying to confuse the ownership of the frostbite cream just to gain fame and profit, aren't you? If you were an ordinary person, it wouldn't matter, but you're a doctor!"

"You are not saving lives now, but using and deceiving the people to achieve your own goals! You have even harmed an old man because of your pursuit of fame and reputation!"

The veins on Li Xingzhou's forehead throbbed.

Xu Xinghe continued to press, "You're a doctor, and you don't even know what the medicinal ingredients are for making ointments, yet you dare to use them casually. It's no exaggeration to say that you're harming people!"

"I didn't..." Li Xingzhou really wanted to just faint, but his pride wouldn't allow him to do so.

Xu Xinghe's voice suddenly rose, each word clear and distinct.

"Then answer me, what medicinal ingredients are used in your frostbite cream? What is the name of each ingredient?"

"Where did those medicinal herbs come from?"

"And the prescription! Where is this ancestral prescription you keep talking about? Is it a copied manuscript, or is it memorized?"

Each question made Li Xingzhou's face grow paler.

He couldn't answer; it felt like there was a wad of cotton stuck in his throat, and he felt suffocated.

How would he know the names of the medicinal herbs?

How would he know where the medicinal herbs came from?

Even the so-called prescription was a complete fabrication and a lie.

He thought no one could verify it, that Xu Xinghe couldn't prove it, and that she was making concessions in Xinghua Village!

Everything he had was stolen in order to gain credit as quickly as possible!

What is stolen must eventually be returned; it can never truly belong to you!

Xu Xinghe stared coldly at him, her petite frame radiating an undeniable aura of pressure. "Answer my question!"

Li Xingzhou felt the pain in his body intensify, the suffocation in his chest made his breathing heavy, and the scene before him was slowly blurring.

Political Commissar Wang watched from the sidelines, his brows furrowed in dismay. Li Xingzhou wasn't just refusing to answer because he knew the answer; he clearly couldn't answer it!

Now that things have come to this point, anyone who is innocent will do everything they can to prove themselves.

How can someone who can't even name the herbs in their family's ancestral prescription talk about authenticity?

The truth is self-evident.

The villagers of Xinghua Village who were watching also figured out what was going on.

"This quack doctor can't answer at all! What doctor doesn't know what medicine they've prescribed!"

"So he was a liar from beginning to end? I thought he was a good person before!"

"What's that saying again? You can know a person's face but not their heart!"

The man got excited again, "You quack doctor and fraud, you actually dared to use us as pawns! We almost believed your nonsense and helped you harm Comrade Xu! If my father hadn't gotten into trouble today, you might have really succeeded, you dog!"