Chapter 66: Volume 1, Chapter 66: Xiaoyu's Secret

Yun Qiyue and Xiaoyu locked eyes. She thought Xiaoyu would be afraid of her face, but instead, Xiaoyu smiled at her. "Big Sister, are you here to save me?"

Yun Qiyue raised an eyebrow slightly. "Aren't you afraid of my face?"

Xiaoyu was puzzled. "Why would I be afraid? Big Sister is clearly very pretty!"

Yun Qiyue was stunned, then curled her lips into a smile.

It was clear that Xiaoyu's words came from the heart, without any trace of falsehood.

She had always known that children's eyes were pure and saw things without impurities, but this was the first time Yun Qiyue had deeply experienced it.

"Big Sister is here to save you. Close your eyes first." Yun Qiyue answered Xiaoyu's previous question.

Then she told Xiaoyu to close their eyes and took an anesthetic needle from the system. "It will hurt a little. Don't open your eyes, or the medicine won't work."

Xiaoyu said "Mm," and Yun Qiyue administered the anesthetic.

However, after anesthetizing the patient, if Yun Qiyue wanted to exchange for other simple surgical equipment, it would cost sixty points.

But if she spent sixty points, her points would drop to negative one hundred or more.

With negative one hundred points, ten percent of her life value would be deducted, leaving her with less than two percent...

But if she didn't save Xiaoyu, she would die.

Even if she went out now to save ten people to get the life value reward, there wasn't enough time.

Every minute delayed was another minute of danger for Xiaoyu.

Looking at Xiaoyu's pale little face and thinking of those clear, pure eyes, Yun Qiyue finally gritted her teeth and exchanged points with the system for surgical equipment.

Life value was gone, and while it was hard to replenish, it wasn't impossible.

But if Xiaoyu's life was gone, it could never be recovered.

Although she wasn't a good person, there were always some beautiful things in this world that she wanted to hold onto.

Because Yun Qiyue was busy performing surgery on Xiaoyu, she didn't notice that the system hadn't actually deducted her life value.

By the time the surgery was finished, an hour had passed.

Usually, surgeries had a team of top-tier doctors as assistants; today, she had operated alone, so one could imagine how exhausted she was.

Outside, Xiaoman had long been anxious, wanting to rush forward several times, but was blocked by Qingyan.

"Get out of the way, move!" Xiaoman's eyes were bloodshot as he roared at Qingyan, who was holding him back, like a wounded beast.

Qingyan, however, looked at Xiaoman coldly and indifferently, not wavering in the slightest.

She only obeyed the Young Lady's orders.

Just as Xiaoman was about to lose his patience, the dilapidated door was pulled open from the inside, revealing Yun Qiyue's yin-yang face.

This was the first time Yun Qiyue had shown her face in front of everyone, and all the beggars present were stunned.

This face—even if some hadn't seen it, surely some had heard of it.

Was this really the General's Mansion's Young Lady, Yun Qiyue?

To the beggars, the General's Mansion's Young Lady was a fool, an ugly woman, and an existence far beyond their reach.

Seeing her at such close range for the first time, the beggars all felt it was unbelievable.

Yun Qiyue didn't look at the others; her gaze was locked coldly on Xiaoman, icy to the bone.

She hated it when people made noise while she was performing surgery. If not for her steady focus, the surgery would likely have ended in failure.

"Come in."

Dropping those two words, Yun Qiyue turned around.

Xiaoman stood stunned for a long time, then rushed into the dilapidated house, his first reaction to go to the bedside and reach out to check Xiaoyu's breathing...

Yun Qiyue watched Xiaoman's actions and couldn't help but laugh in anger. "What? Afraid I saved her to death? Don't you think it's a bit late to be afraid now?"

For the first time, Xiaoman looked embarrassed, not daring to meet Yun Qiyue's gaze for a moment.

Yun Qiyue just looked at Xiaoman coldly, her expression indifferent.

"Thank you," Xiaoman said softly, then looked up and asked with concern, "Is my... brother okay?"

Yun Qiyue didn't answer, instead asking, "What do you think?"

Xiaoman looked back at Xiaoyu's calm sleeping face, and he already had his answer.

These past few days, Xiaoyu had been complaining of stomach pain, and couldn't even sleep peacefully at night.

He had taken Xiaoyu to see doctors, but when they saw they were beggars, no one was willing to help.

If not for that, he wouldn't have begged Yun Qiyue; after all, no one knew what her capabilities were.

"I... I will repay you in the future."

Saving Xiaoyu was saving him.

It was just that he was only a beggar and had no ability to repay anyone yet, so he could only say "in the future."

But as the words left his mouth, Xiaoman felt very awkward.

This statement sounded like empty talk...

"Since you want to repay me, why not do it now?" Yun Qiyue said calmly, ignoring Xiaoman's embarrassment.

Xiaoman thought Yun Qiyue was teasing him, so he became even more embarrassed, his earlobes turning red.

"I..."

Yun Qiyue didn't want to waste any more time with Xiaoman, so she spoke directly. "Recognize me as your master; consider that your repayment. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoman immediately refused. "No."

Yun Qiyue raised an eyebrow. "So the repayment you spoke of was just lip service?"

Xiaoman looked at Yun Qiyue's mocking expression, turned his head away, and pressed his lips together, not defending himself.

Yun Qiyue didn't want to let Xiaoman go; she had taken a liking to him. How could she let him go? Wouldn't it be a waste for such a unique boy to be a beggar?

So Yun Qiyue walked to the bedside and looked at the sleeping Xiaoyu. "You should know something about intestinal carbuncles, right?"

Xiaoman looked up in surprise.

Did Xiaoyu really have an intestinal carbuncle?

Yun Qiyue pointed to the medical waste bag not far away, which contained a section of a rotten appendix. "That is the intestine I removed from her body."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoman rushed over, and seeing that piece of intestine, his face turned very ugly, his eyes full of heartache.

"Don't worry, your sister will be fine. If this section of intestine hadn't been removed, she would have died; on the contrary, now that it's gone, she'll be perfectly fine." Yun Qiyue knew what Xiaoman was thinking. "It's just that she just had an abdominal surgery, and I'm afraid you won't be able to take good care of her here."

In the last century, some countries removed the appendix at birth to prevent appendicitis, so removing the appendix was actually harmless.

Upon hearing that his sister would be fine, Xiaoman relaxed, but the next moment he looked at Yun Qiyue with great vigilance.

She just said, "sister."

Then Xiaoyu's secret...

"What, you thought your disguise could fool a doctor?" Yun Qiyue scoffed.

You could tell gender just by taking a pulse, couldn't you? Not to mention she had performed surgery on her.

"What exactly do you want?" Xiaoman asked, looking at Yun Qiyue.

Yun Qiyue was very certain that if Xiaoman had thorns on him, they would be standing straight up right now.

It was clear how important Xiaoyu was to him, and... Xiaoyu's identity seemed worth exploring as well.

After all, if it were just the exposure of her identity as a girl, she, a woman, wouldn't necessarily need to be so defensive.

Tsk tsk, she didn't know what kind of luck she was having; she just went out to treat a patient and encountered a pair of siblings with a story... that wasn't quite accurate; the way Xiaoman treated Xiaoyu was not like a brother to a sister.

"I said, recognize me as your master." Yun Qiyue stated her demand again. ===== CHAPTER 67 =====