With a straight nose and thin lips, he exudes a commanding presence.

Xianglan stared, her eyes wide with amazement.

Shen Qiyin sat to the side taking Huo Chenzhou's pulse. Huo Wanqing lowered her voice and explained to her, "Five years ago, my brother accidentally injured his right arm on the battlefield."

His tendons were severed; he can't even hold a pen, let alone a gun.

He could no longer wield the Huo family spear with the same graceful dance moves.

That was hailed as the world's finest marksmanship.

The 64-8-8-12 ...

His marksmanship was unpredictable and infinitely magical, and was admired by all under heaven.

Before Huo Chenzhou's right hand was crippled, he would practice shooting every morning, and Huo Wanqing would always watch from the side, observing how he held the spear shaft, how long he thrust the spear, and how he used feints and real attacks.

It advances with sharpness, retreats with speed; its momentum is perilous, its timing is swift; it remains as immovable as a mountain, and moves like thunder.

“My brother is a chosen one of heaven, so he naturally wouldn’t easily admit defeat to fate. That’s why he later practiced holding the sword with his left hand.” Huo Wanqing’s eyes were shining as she said this.

"Qiyin, do you know how powerful he is? In just three years, he's already back in armor and ready to fight again!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyin paused in her examination of Huo Chenzhou's arms.

Soon, Huo Wanqing's voice fell silent again: "What a pity..."

“A year ago, his left hand was also rendered useless.”

As Huo Wanqing spoke, tears welled up in her eyes: "Everyone says that God is merciful, but look at what he has actually done."

Shen Qiyin: "What did the imperial physician say?"

"The imperial physician said it was because my elder brother was too eager for quick success and practiced swordsmanship too much, which injured his tendons and bones."

Chen Xiyin's ability to diagnose illnesses suggests he's not entirely useless.

But then Huo Wanqing continued, "But they all say that my brother's injury has reached its root and cannot be cured."

Shen Qiyin then wanted to retract her earlier idea.

It's still somewhat useless.

After answering Shen Qiyin's question, Huo Wanqing didn't speak again. She didn't ask Shen Qiyin if she could cure Huo Chenzhou's arm, not because she didn't care, but because she was afraid of being disappointed.

Looking at her worried expression, Shen Qiyin said to her directly, "Your right hand is useless, but your left hand can be cured."

"Really?!" Huo Wanqing covered her mouth, almost bursting into tears of joy.

"Um."

"Then, after you're healed, will you still be able to use a sword, brother?"

"Can."

Having seen so many doctors, this was the first time she had received such a definite answer, rather than ambiguous statements, and Huo Wanqing was extremely excited.

Xianglan watched silently from the side, wanting to tell her that if she didn't know how to express her joy and excitement, she should just go up and give her young lady a bite.

Then, she will have a sweet, soft, and shy little lady.

Shen Qiyin told Huo Wanqing that treating Huo Chenzhou's injuries required acupuncture, medicinal baths, and massage; all three were indispensable.

Although the medicinal materials needed were not rare items like ginseng and lingzhi, they were not common herbs either. It would take two or three days to prepare them, so she went back first.

Once the herbs were prepared, she would visit Huo Chenzhou again to administer acupuncture.

With the recent freezing weather, many people have fallen ill, and Shen Qiyin and the others have been extremely busy.

I finally got to rest at home on the day before the Lunar New Year.

At dinner time, Chen Qiyin went to Zhuijin Hall for a meal.

Jiang Wan was busy from morning till night, preparing a large table of food. Although it wasn't particularly lavish, even a skilled cook can't cook without rice. Given the Shen family's current situation, it was quite an achievement to have both meat and vegetables.

Even Li Zhenzhu didn't say anything.

But after taking only one bite, Old Madam Shen slammed down her chopsticks, her face falling as she complained, "What is this? Is this food for humans?"

Jiang Wan immediately looked embarrassed.

Madam Shen ignored all that and continued as if nothing had happened: "We haven't had anything good to eat these days. We were hoping to have a change of pace for the Little New Year, but it's still the same old stuff!"

"It has no flavor at all, who could eat it!"

She rummaged through the plate with her chopsticks, spilling half of the already meager dish: "Look at this, look at this, it's all watery and bland, even a beggar wouldn't want it."

Upon hearing this, Shen Cang realized that Old Madam Shen's expression wasn't just directed at Jiang Wan, but also at him, so he couldn't help but darken his own face.

"This is all the money we have at home. We're lucky if we can even eat our fill. You're dreaming if you expect us to have lavish meals like before."

Madam Shen was displeased: "If you don't have money, then go out and earn it!"

"Mother makes it sound so easy, it's not that simple!"

Seeing that she couldn't reason with Shen Cang, Old Madam Shen turned her attention to Shen Qiyin, saying, "Second daughter, you haven't brought any money home these past few months."

"You kept all those consultation fees for yourself, didn't you?"

Shen Qiyin put down her chopsticks and smiled sweetly: "Father always says in private that Grandmother is senile, but look at her, isn't she very perceptive? She even guessed that I was hiding money."

"Why don't you guess where I hid the silver?"

These words greatly angered Madam Shen.

But it wasn't just for Chen Xiyin.

She turned and glared at Chen Cang, questioning, "Are you saying I'm senile?"

Shen Cang pursed his lips and explained palely, "...That's not true, you don't believe her nonsense."

Madam Shen withdrew her gaze with a gloomy expression, and said with "never forgetting her original intention": "Second girl, the family was well-off before, and we didn't need your little bit of money. I turned a blind eye to you not bringing back the consultation fee."

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