Chapter 347: The Monster

The room was dim, and the windows were tightly shut.

A thin, frail young girl lay on the bed, wrapped tightly in a quilt, her eyes wide open and her face full of nervousness.

Chen Shi comforted her softly from the side: "Xiaoman, it's alright, let Divine Doctor Hua take a look at you."

Dachun also spoke up to comfort her: "Xiaoman, Divine Doctor Hua is very skilled, you don't need to be afraid, Daddy and Mommy are both here by your side."

The young girl's gaze turned toward the youth who had come to the bedside.

"It's fine, I'm just going to touch."

Luo Zijun sat down by the bedside, took her hand out from under the quilt, pressed two fingers together, and gently placed them on her wrist.

Two blushes rose on the young girl's cheeks.

"The pulse is fine."

Luo Zijun lifted his fingers, looked at her, and said: "Your father says that when you eat, you always bite your tongue? Could you open your mouth and let me see?"

The young girl blushed, her long eyelashes fluttered a few times, and she shyly opened her small mouth.

"Open it a bit wider..."

"Right, then stick your tongue out, don't be afraid, stick it all the way out..."

"I'm just looking, it's fine."

Luo Zijun comforted her softly.

The young girl shyly closed her eyes, opened her small mouth wide, and stuck out her pink, tender tongue.

It was indeed very long.

Luo Zijun observed it carefully for a moment, then said: "Retract your tongue, and open your mouth a bit wider."

The young girl retracted her tongue and opened her small mouth a bit wider.

Luo Zijun leaned in close, observed it carefully, then extended a finger into her open mouth, touched the teeth on both sides, and then touched the tip and sides of her tongue, asking: "Is it these spots that get bitten often?"

"Mmm..."

The young girl wanted to speak, but couldn't, so she could only nod with a red face.

Luo Zijun observed carefully for a while longer, took his finger out of her mouth, and looked at Dachun and Chen Shi, who were standing nearby looking nervous, saying: "The tongue is indeed longer than an ordinary person's, and the teeth are quite sharp."

There was one more thing he didn't say: inside the young girl's cheeks near her molars, there were some small holes; they didn't look like they were caused by biting, but rather seemed innate, yet they didn't penetrate through the entire cheek, so nothing could be seen from the outside.

"Divine Doctor Hua, what should we do then?"

Dachun asked hurriedly.

Luo Zijun said: "This is innate, I have no way to fix it, I can only have her eat more slowly and carefully from now on."

He thought for a moment, took a thin, long sharpening tool from his sleeve, and added: "How about this, I will help her file down those few sharpest teeth, so that even if she bites her tongue later, it won't be too serious."

Dachun thanked him hurriedly.

"Don't be afraid, it won't hurt."

Seeing the young girl on the bed trembling with fear, Luo Zijun comforted her softly.

The sharpening tool entered her mouth, and he began to gently file the sharp teeth.

"Endure it, don't swallow, it will be very quick."

While filing, Luo Zijun observed the small holes in the young girl's mouth again.

Soon, the few sharpest teeth were filed down.

Chen Shi hurriedly brought clear water, helped the young girl sit up, and let her rinse her mouth.

Luo Zijun went to wash his hands, then came back to the bedside and said: "I heard from your father that these past few days, your feet have been very painful and can only be relieved by soaking them in water. Do they still hurt now?"

The young girl blushed and nodded.

"Then may I take a look?"

Luo Zijun asked.

The young girl shyly lowered her eyes, bit her lip, and dared not speak.

"Divine Doctor Hua, please feel free to look."

Dachun hurriedly walked to the foot of the bed, pulled back the quilt, and exposed the young girl's two small feet.

The young girl shrank back shyly, then did not move again.

In this era, a woman's feet were the most private parts and were not allowed to be seen by others, especially men.

But doctors were the exception.

Luo Zijun sat at the foot of the bed and observed carefully.

The young girl's small feet were slender and exquisite, white and tender, and her ten toes were also pink and tender; they looked perfectly normal.

"May I touch them?"

Luo Zijun asked suddenly.

The room went quiet for a moment.

Xu Ziyin, standing at the doorway, also looked over.

Dachun said hurriedly: "You may, of course you may, Divine Doctor Hua, please feel free to touch."

Luo Zijun explained: "The condition cannot be seen from the outside; it is possible that the bones inside are the problem. I need to palpate the bones to check."

Dachun said immediately: "Divine Doctor Hua, there is no need for taboos. You are a doctor; let alone touching her feet, even if you had to touch other places, we would have no objections. Please feel free to examine her."

The young girl lowered her head shyly, her face burning hot.

Luo Zijun stood on ceremony no longer; he reached out and gently grasped one of her small feet.

The young girl's body trembled, and her small foot shook slightly.

Luo Zijun applied a little pressure, feeling the bones beneath the delicate skin, and finally discovered something strange.

In an ordinary person's foot, the five bones inside are separate, running from the ankle all the way to the toes.

But the bones inside the entire instep and sole of this young girl's foot were actually fused together, or rather, they were a single complete bone with no gaps in between.