Fang Xiyue looked at the old doctor expectantly. She had gained weight these past few days; she must be pregnant.
"Chief, congratulations! You're pregnant! It's been over a month!" The old doctor was also very happy; this child had arrived amidst everyone's anticipation.
"Great! I was thinking of continuing to steal men if I didn't get pregnant, but since I'm pregnant, I'll give up on that idea."
Fang Xiyue happily asked someone to prepare the food and snacks she wanted to eat. Oh dear, she was pregnant and needed to eat well.
"Chief, you should eat in moderation, otherwise the fetus will be too big due to excessive nutrition and it will be difficult to give birth."
Fang Xiyue was just about to eat when the old doctor reminded her, and instantly the chicken leg in her hand lost its appeal.
"You guys eat, I'll eat less."
Fang Xiyue gave all the dishes on the table to her younger brothers; she only ate two pieces of chicken and some vegetables.
The old doctor decided to go back and talk to the cook about the taboos in preparing food for their village chief, so that the chief could avoid eating the wrong things from the start.
"Boss, boss, we just rescued a man who was gathering herbs on the mountain. He lost his footing and fell."
A henchman came to report to Fang Xiyue that if outsiders entered the stronghold, the chief must be informed, and whether or not they were allowed to stay was up to the chief.
"Let the old doctor take a look." Fang Xiyue was bored, so she went over as well, and immediately noticed the unconscious man.
He's so good-looking. If I weren't already pregnant, I would have loved to keep him. But since I'm already pregnant, I can only regretfully let him go.
Why not reserve some for the next child? The child born from this face would definitely be good-looking too. Fang Xiyue was a little conflicted.
After examining the man, the senior doctor determined that he was fine; it was just a broken leg, which the doctor could treat. He said the man would recover after taking some medicine and resting for a while.
The next day, the younger brother came to tell Fang Xiyue that the man had woken up. The man was Ye Ziming, a doctor in town, who had risked coming up the mountain because he was in dire need of a certain medicinal herb.
"Girls, thank you so much for saving me. I will send someone to deliver the silver to you as soon as I get back to town."
Ye Ziming thanked Fang Xiyue, who waved her hand to indicate that it was nothing.
The moment Ye Ziming saw Fang Xiyue, he felt as if the flowers had bloomed. This girl was so beautiful that he didn't want to look away.
He felt he had found the girl he wanted to spend his life with. His grandfather urged him to get married every day, and now he had finally found his destined partner.
“You broke your leg, you’ll probably have to stay in bed for a while,” Fang Xiyue said, pointing to his leg.
"Broken?" Ye Zimo realized that he couldn't move his leg, but he could clearly feel that his leg had been treated very well. The doctor's medical skills were better than his own.
He was already obsessed with studying medicine, and when he encountered a doctor who was more skilled than him, he became even more eager to learn.
"May I meet the doctor who will treat my injuries?" Ye Zimo asked Fang Xiyue expectantly.
"Sure." Fang Xiyue waved her hand and sent someone to fetch the old doctor.
When the old doctor came in, Ye Zimo's eyes widened immediately. This, this is the legendary doctor Mo Lao, how come he is here?
"Please accept my bow, Master Mo." Ye Zimo once wanted to become Master Mo's disciple, but he had never been able to find him. Master Mo had been a wanderer all his life, and it was very difficult to find his whereabouts. He was really too lucky.
"Young man, you're welcome. If you want to thank someone, thank our chieftain for letting you stay."
Old Mo waved his hand dismissively. Saving people was an easy task for him. The reason he stayed in the mountain stronghold was because he felt comfortable here and it was a perfect place to retire.
He wandered all his life, and in his old age, he simply chose a final resting place for himself.
However, he was reluctant to die, because he was the only doctor in the mountain village. If he died, what would happen if the people in the village fell ill?
"Thank you for saving my life, young lady." Ye Ziming thanked Fang Xiyue again.
"No need to be polite. Take good care of your injury. We'll be going now."
Fang Xiyue waved and left, unaware that after she left, Ye Zimo became Mo Lao's disciple.
Mo Lao's condition was that Ye Zimo stay in the mountain stronghold as a doctor and train suitable doctors before he could leave.
Old Mo had also tried to teach the children in the mountain village to medicine, but they just wouldn't get it, so he had to give up.
Ye Ziming agreed in order to learn the medical skills he had always longed for. In his opinion, as long as someone was willing to learn, he would be able to train a suitable doctor in no time.
And so Ye Ziming stayed in the mountain village. He asked the brothers in the village to help deliver the medicine that the town urgently needed to the clinic, and also sent a letter to his grandfather.
The clinic was started by his grandfather, and later his grandfather got old and his son took over. His father was not interested in medicine and instead went into the business of a security escort agency.
Although Ye Ziming cannot walk, he can still see a doctor. Just go to his room and he will take a look.
Master Mo was very satisfied with this apprentice; he was very quick to understand and grasped concepts immediately.
Ye Ziming only discovered Fang Xiyue's pregnancy a month later, because Fang Xiyue had not appeared in front of him since.
He only found out when he heard people chatting and went outside, leaning on a cane made by a carpenter from the village, because he felt he couldn't stay indoors any longer.
I never expected that the chieftain was already married. I had been thinking that if she wasn't married, I would ask her if she would marry me after my leg injury healed. It seems that I have no hope now.
"Brother Zhao, why haven't I seen your chieftain's husband?" Ye Ziming asked Zhao Kuo, who was helping Mo Lao dry the medicinal herbs.
"They're gone. They were taken up the mountain by our chieftain. They only stayed for a month before leaving. Our chieftain is pregnant and has no one to take care of her."
Although they cared about the village chief, they couldn't always take care of him personally, as that would be too presumptuous. So, in order to better care for the village chief, the family members took turns sending someone out each day to look after him.
"Then your chieftain is still unmarried?" In this day and age, being pregnant out of wedlock is a big deal.
"You could say that, since we couldn't register our marriage with the authorities." Zhao Kuo didn't go to the government office for his wedding either. Were they bandits going to the government office to die?
"Ahem, um, may I meet your chieftain?" Ye Ziming was already dawning. Since she was still unmarried, did he have a chance?
"What? You've taken a fancy to our chieftain? Doctor Ye, you have excellent taste. Our chieftain is beautiful and highly skilled in martial arts."
"If I hadn't grown up in a village, my doorstep would be worn down by matchmakers, why would I need to snatch a man to be my husband?"
Zhao Kuo and the others genuinely treat Fang Xiyue like a younger sister; her well-being is everyone's well-being.
"I do like Miss Fang, but I don't know if she would be willing to let me be the father of her child."
Ye Ziming didn't care at all that Fang Xiyue was carrying someone else's child; instead, he felt more sorry for her. He wondered how much pressure a young woman must have to endure to choose to give birth to a child alone.
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