"I am not a talented person, but I am an official appointed by the court. If you have anything to say, just tell me."

Luo Yuan walked out of the crowd with a humble attitude and clear words, which made the man stunned for a moment. Then he quickly recovered his gnashing teeth and pointed at Yuan Xi and Doctor Li and shouted, "It's them! They killed my wife and child!"

Luo Yuan frowned and continued to ask, "But I just heard clearly that your daughter-in-law came to ask Doctor Li for help because she was suffering from dystocia. How did it become that they killed her?"

The man pointed at Yuan Xi fiercely and said, "They watched her die without rescuing her! I heard this young man say that he could use golden needles to save her, but Doctor Li was unwilling to use the needles and that's why my wife died. Master, tell me, they watched her die without rescuing her, didn't they kill my wife?"

Luo Yuan cast a soothing glance at the panic-stricken Yuan Xi, and then said to Doctor Li, "Excuse me, Doctor Li, is this young man a doctor in your clinic?"

Doctor Li shook his head with a gloomy face and said, "He is a new apprentice. He is just doing odd jobs in our clinic and has never officially seen patients."

Luo Yuan nodded and asked, "Then may I ask if the golden needle method can really save this woman's life?"

Doctor Li stroked his beard, sighed and shook his head, saying, "The golden needle method is only effective at the beginning of bleeding, but this woman was sent here too late, and there is no possibility of treatment because of excessive bleeding. Forcing her to die with needles will make her die more painfully." He glared at Yuan Xi and said, "You only learned a few superficial things from books and you are talking nonsense now. You have caused a big disaster."

Yuan Xi lowered her head and kept saying sorry, to Doctor Li and to the man. The man was angry when he saw that Luo Yuan was going to resolve the matter with just a few words, and he wanted to continue to pursue the matter. However, Luo Yuan said to the people who were watching the excitement, "May I ask the elders and neighbors here, what did this woman look like when she was sent to Huichun Hall?"

The crowd was silent for a while, and after a while, a young man stood up and said, "She was bleeding all over the floor, and it looks like she's dead." Then, several more people stood up and echoed him. These were all people who had received favors from Doctor Li. The man saw that the people who had sympathized with him just now were on Doctor Li's side, and he knew that it was impossible to pursue the matter. He could only drop his arms helplessly, lower his head in annoyance, grit his teeth and keep crying.

At this time, Luo Yuan took out a silver ingot and handed it to him, saying gently: "Take this silver back and bury your wife properly. Even if you destroy the reputation of this place, your wife will never come back. It is better to let her go in peace." The man wiped his tears, looked at Luo Yuan gratefully, and then walked back with a heavy face, pushing the cold corpse on the wooden cart and hunched over.

After seeing the man leave, everyone dispersed. Yuan Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly walked up to Luo Yuan, bowed to him and said in gratitude: "Young master, I am so sorry for having you here today!" However, Luo Yuan just smiled faintly, opened his mouth to say something, turned around and saw Doctor Li coming up, so he stopped talking.

Doctor Li smiled widely and bowed to Luo Yuan, saying, "Sir, I am very grateful to you for helping me out today. How come you and Xiao Xi know each other?" He saw the conversation between Yuan Xi and Luo Yuan from a distance and knew that they should have known each other for a long time. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, wondering how this seemingly simple girl could know such a person in the government.

Luo Yuan hesitated for a moment, but before he could speak, Yuan Xi rushed to introduce him, saying, "This is my distant cousin."

Luo Yuan smiled and nodded, hiding the disappointment on his face. Doctor Li looked at them suspiciously and asked no more questions. He just asked Luo Yuan to go into the clinic first. When Yuan Xi was walking back, Doctor Li suddenly said in a very low voice beside her: "Actually, what you just said is right."

Yuan Xi was so shocked that she stopped in her tracks and turned around to look at Doctor Li with a puzzled look: If it is right, why not try your best? It's a life at stake.

Doctor Li sighed and said softly, "But this method needs to be performed by a very experienced and famous doctor, and it can only be done with a 20% chance of success. If I don't try, the woman's life or death has nothing to do with me. If I try and fail, you have seen the outcome just now. I also want to save people as much as possible, but I still have to live, and I am just a small clinic, and I can't afford any mistakes."

After saying this, he shook his head helplessly and walked back to the clinic with his hands behind his back. Yuan Xi looked at his slightly sad back and felt mixed emotions. It turned out that ordinary people also have their own helplessness. They are trapped in the daily necessities of life and have no right to talk about any high ideals.

After the turmoil, many more patients came to the clinic. Seeing that Yuan Xi was busy, Luo Yuan did not want to disturb him, so he just sat aside and waited patiently. Fortunately, it was lunch time. After Yuan Xi finished his work, he walked up to Luo Yuan and said with a smile: "Master, you have helped me so much today. I don't know how to thank you. Why don't you stay for dinner?"

Luo Yuan smiled and nodded. He just wanted to have a good chat with her. Yuan Xi usually lived in a vacant room in the backyard of the clinic. She also ate with two other servants. Today, Doctor Li saw that the two had something to talk about, so he took the two servants with him and made room for them.

Yuan Xi invited Luo Yuan to the backyard, rubbed her hands apologetically and said, "There are no dishes prepared in the kitchen, I hope the young master won't mind." What she was embarrassed to say was that she hadn't received her salary yet, and usually she just ate casually with a few waiters, so she couldn't treat him to anything good.

Luo Yuan moved a stool and sat under an elm tree in the yard, saying, "You can eat anything, but I don't know when you will learn to cook."

Yuan Xi's eyes dimmed. She learned to cook for Xiao Du, but the stove in the mansion was different from the stove here, and there was a cook teaching her step by step, so she still didn't know how to cook, and basically just helped others. She shook her head quickly, waving away those inappropriate thoughts, and said with a smile: "Then today is a good time to try my cooking skills."

After saying that, she turned around and went into the kitchen. Luo Yuan sat for a while, looking in the direction she left. Suddenly, she saw a puff of black smoke coming out of the kitchen, and hurried to the door to see. She saw Yuan Xi was busy making a fire. It turned out that the person who made the fire was someone else before. She tried for a long time but couldn't make it work, and she even coughed because of the smoke.

Luo Yuan couldn't help laughing, and hurried over to help her light the fire, and then helped her prepare all the half-picked vegetables. When she heated the oil pan, he threw the vegetables in and let her stir-fry. After the two of them worked for a long time, a few side dishes were finally served. Yuan Xi wiped the sweat from her face, showing an embarrassed expression and said: "I said I would treat you to a meal, but I still want you to help me. I am really useless."

Luo Yuan looked at her, her body was covered in grease, but her face was rosy and moist. With the coarse cloth on her body, she had lost all the elegance of a prime minister's daughter or a marquis' wife, but instead had a homely taste. His thoughts suddenly drifted away. He had never thought that Yuan Xi would live such a life and live it so happily. A long time ago, he had thought that if he was lucky enough to marry her, he would never let her touch any fireworks. Even if he couldn't afford a cook, he would cook for her himself.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Yuan Xi called him nervously. Luo Yuan finally responded and looked at the dishes and said, "It's okay. You've done a great job. Let's see how your cooking is."

Yuan Xi quickly washed the bowls and chopsticks and served him rice. Luo Yuan picked up a dish and put it in his mouth. It was just the simplest home-cooked dish, and Yuan Xi's cooking skills were not superb. But when he ate it, he felt an indescribable sweetness, and couldn't help but savor it again and again. Yuan Xi saw that he didn't show any disgust, so he breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the dish and ate it, and then remembered to ask: "How did you know I was here, young master?"

Luo Yuan said while eating, "I just remember you once said that if you could leave the Prime Minister's Mansion, you wanted to travel around with me and then study medicine. You also said that you wanted to open a world-famous clinic and become a famous doctor who saves the world." He did not tell her that when he remembered this, he took leave and visited almost all the clinics in the capital, and he just happened to "bump into" her today.

Yuan Xi recalled her innocent words that day and felt as if she were in another world. She lowered her head and smiled, "I was really silly at that time. I was just sitting in my little room and daydreaming. In fact, it's not that easy to be a famous doctor. Now I just need to learn a skill and be able to support myself. In fact, it's good to live a simple life like this."

The afternoon sun shone through the leaves, shining on her face in patches, even the fine hairs were clearly visible. Luo Yuan was a little dazed for a moment, and suddenly remembered a sentence in his mind: Plain clothes and rice, a happy life... If I could sit at the same table with her every day, eating the home-cooked dishes made by the two of us, isn't this a scene I have dreamed of thousands of times? He put down his bowl and chopsticks, and couldn't help but blurt out: "Have you really decided not to go back?"

Yuan Xi's smile faded, a trace of sadness flashed across her eyes, and then she shook her head firmly and said, "I'm not going back. He should get married and have children. He still has things he must do, and I also have things I must do. This is good for both of us."

Luo Yuan stared at her for a long time, and some hopes that had long since turned to ashes were rekindled in his heart. At that moment, he made a selfish decision. He did not tell her that he was entrusted by Xiao Du to find her, and he also hid today's encounter from Xiao Du. Perhaps those helpless misses and the throbbing that have nowhere to go can really have a chance to be redeemed...