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"What, is one month too long for you?" Lao Fan stared at Liu Siqi with impatience and huffed, "Your wife has always been frail, and then she caught a cold after the accident, which has now resulted in severe chills. Managing to treat her within one month is already the limit, and you still think it’s too long? If you want a child, you’ll have to wait even longer, at least half a year before she can conceive. Otherwise, even if she does become pregnant, she will have a miscarriage, and the baby can’t be saved. "

"Cured in one month? Able to conceive after half a year?" Liu Siqi clearly hadn’t recovered from his shock, not that he didn’t believe it, but he was simply afraid to believe that such an old ailment, which no doctor dared to make guarantees about before, could be addressed like this.

"Divine Doctor, Divine Doctor, I beg you, you must cure Ru Yue! I, I’m kowtowing to you!" Overcome with excitement, Liu Siqi fell to the ground with a thud and started kowtowing to Lao Fan.

Lao Fan immediately leaped up from his chair like a cat that had its fur ruffled, "I, I’ve already agreed to treat her. Why, why are you kowtowing to me? You impudent girl, hurry and help him up, help him up!"

Even though Lao Fan was skilled in medicine and known for his eccentric temper, he never stood by idly when faced with a patient in need.

So he couldn’t stand to watch this behavior of treating a doctor like a god and kowtowing at every turn, nor could he bear the responsibility, because he never felt that his helping hand warranted such a grand gesture.

Lin Yuan and the others knew his temperament and quickly helped Liu Siqi to his feet.

Xiao Linshuang, acting like a little adult, patted her second uncle on the shoulder and assured him, "Second Uncle, second Uncle, don’t worry.

If my master said it can be cured, then it definitely can be cured. Have peace of mind."

Once Lao Fan saw they had all calmed down, he sat back down in his chair. This time, however, he deliberately placed some distance from Liu Siqi, afraid that the man would suddenly kneel and start kowtowing to him again.

"According to my pulse diagnosis, your state of frailty should be something you’ve carried since the womb, which is why you were weak after birth and often fell ill.

But actually, being frail doesn’t affect your ability to conceive; at most, it makes you tire more easily than the average person.

As long as you avoid anger and overexertion in the future, old man here guarantees you can live to be eighty. "

Lao Fan stretched out a finger and shaped the number eight with it. Then, no longer caring about his image as the Divine Doctor, he snatched the last piece of Osmanthus Cake that Xiao Linshuang was holding behind him and stuffed it into his mouth.

Before the young girl could protest, Lao Fan continued to speak, "Hmm, however, you must have encountered some accident later on that left you afraid of the cold and damaged your body, causing your prolonged inability to conceive and your health to deteriorate, making you prone to illness."

Upon hearing Lao Fan’s words, Liu Siqi guiltily hung his head, while Jeng Ruyue smiled with relief and patted her husband’s hand.

"That was all in the past; you don’t need to harbor such feelings."

Liu Siqi, however, bit his lip, and looked up, his eyes becoming red. "Yueyue, I, I’m sorry for what happened. If I hadn’t been so reckless back then, neglecting you, you wouldn’t have fallen into the ice hole and stayed there so long."

Lin Yuan realized, so there had been such an incident between them, no wonder her second uncle felt such guilt, and even after so many years, he still insisted on marrying her.

"That’s why I don’t want you to feel obligated because of your guilt..."

"No, Ru Yue, I genuinely like you. I didn’t marry you because I felt guilty and wanted to atone; my feelings for you are sincere."

Fearing that Jeng Ruyue might misunderstand and feel sorrow, Liu Siqi gripped her hand tightly, eagerly explaining.

"I know, I trust you." Jeng Ruyue nodded and smiled. After so many years together, whether he truly loved her or if it was merely guilt, she understood clearly; it was her own barrier she couldn’t surmount, not wanting to hold him back.

Cough cough.

Lao Fan couldn’t stand seeing the couple’s teary display, cleared his throat twice, and knocked on the table, "Goodness, if you two want to be affectionate, wait until you’ve closed the door, would you let an old man finish talking first?"

Liu Siqi and Jeng Ruyue quickly wiped their tears and apologetically said sorry to Lao Fan.

With a twist of his mouth, Lao Fan started to look troubled: "Actually, her condition isn’t difficult to cure, daily acupuncture combined with medicinal soup for conditioning, and at most one month should do it.

The medicinal soup doesn’t even require rare herbs; they can be purchased at any pharmacy. It’s just that..."

"Just what? Divine Doctor, please just say it. I can handle going through fire and water, climbing mountains and crossing seas!"

After looking at Liu Siqi, Lao Fan weakly sniffled, "It’s not a problem with you, but rather, it’s my problem."

Lao Fan’s problem?