Chapter 255: Chapter 244: If You Don’t Speak, No One Will Take You for a Fool
Chapter 244
Xiao Lin was taken aback for a moment, listening to Wu Shuang’s somewhat tender voice, thinking that this finally sounded like a girl, he chuckled and said, "The old ailments in your body can’t be cured right away, but don’t worry, I’ll prescribe some medicine for you in the coming days to help slowly restore your health!"
"Thank you!" Wu Shuang said softly.
"When did Special Police Officer Wu become so polite?" Xiao Lin joked. Sometimes, Xiao Lin’s mouth was quite unforgiving.
Wu Shuang rolled her eyes at Xiao Lin and said, "Do you think everyone is as rude as you? Helped you clean up so many loose ends and not a single thank you!"
Xiao Lin was speechless, he lowered his head seriously massaging Wu Shuang’s foot. At this moment, Wu Shuang didn’t feel pain anymore. Watching Xiao Lin’s serious expression, she was a bit distracted and suddenly remarked, "It seems your medical skills are quite good. I had classmates who twisted their ankles before; light ones hurt for several hours, and severe ones for many days, in utter misery!"
"Of course!" Xiao Lin showed a slight smugness. If you praised his martial arts, good looks, or strategies, Xiao Lin would be very humble, but if you praised his medical skills, nothing made him prouder.
"Can’t you stop being so self-assured like this!" Wu Shuang couldn’t help but say a word to Xiao Lin, she just couldn’t stand Xiao Lin being so smug. In her eyes, it was overly arrogant and extremely off-putting.
"I’m the most honest person; if you praise my looks or martial arts, I won’t admit it, but when it comes to medical skills, that’s my profession, I simply cannot be modest!" Xiao Lin replied earnestly.
Wu Shuang helplessly glanced at Xiao Lin, this guy really knows how to praise himself.
Actually, Xiao Lin usually doesn’t talk much. Tonight, he was talking so much because he wanted to distract Wu Shuang’s attention. If she focused only on the pain in her ankle, those pains would accompany her continuously. Of course, those later words might also be because arguing with Wu Shuang felt great or maybe for other reasons. Xiao Lin couldn’t figure out why he had so much to say tonight, estimating he hadn’t spoken as much to Wu Shuang before.
The two were bantering with each other when suddenly the sound of the door opening came,
Four people walked in, the leader was a middle-aged doctor around forty years old, followed by a nurse holding a medical kit. The remaining two were Liang Feng, holding a box of Silver Needles, and a special police officer that Wu Shuang had taken to greet someone earlier. The four of them hurried over.
The doctor walked closer, somewhat surprised to see Xiao Lin, who at this moment was still helping Wu Shuang massage her ankle. From the doctor’s point of view, the ankle was swollen high; what was this young man trying to do by touching it?
Amazingly, the policewoman sitting on the ground wasn’t showing any signs of pain at all as if the freshly swollen ankle was completely healed, chatting and laughing with the young man.
Xiao Lin looked up and saw a doctor had arrived, but he didn’t address him and instead called out to Liang Feng: "Xiao Feng, bring my Silver Needles over!"
The doctor tactfully didn’t get angry at Xiao Lin’s disregard, instead silently watching him without speaking.
Liang Feng handed the box to Xiao Lin and then approached Wu Shuang, asking, "Sister Shuang, how are you feeling now? How could you be so careless?"
"It’s nothing; I accidentally twisted my ankle sparring with Xiao Lin, but it’s much better now!" Wu Shuang replied with a straight face.
"Brother Lin, you’re really something, no matter how you say it, Sister Shuang is a girl. Couldn’t you go easy on her a bit?" Liang Feng complained.
"..." Xiao Lin was speechless, secretly glared at Wu Shuang, then slightly applied a little more pressure.
An ankle that had previously felt no pain now suddenly sent out faint shoot of pain; Wu Shuang naturally knew it was Xiao Lin’s doing, quickly telling Liang Feng: "It’s not Xiao Lin’s fault, I accidentally sprained it myself."
After a small episode, Xiao Lin took a deep breath and solemnly said to Wu Shuang, "In a moment, it may hurt a bit, but to quickly reduce the swelling, you’ll have to bear it!"
With severe ligament sprain, the ankle’s veins become blocked, leading to the current swelling. Although Xiao Lin utilized the Nine Dragons True Qi to reduce Wu Shuang’s pain, the blockage in the veins hadn’t been resolved, and it was necessary to use Silver Needles to inject the Nine Dragons True Qi to unblock the veins, and this process would surely produce some pain.
"Will it hurt as much as earlier?" Wu Shuang asked, slightly worried. The pain earlier was perhaps the worst she had ever felt.
"No!" Xiao Lin assuredly said, "Though it will last fairly longer!"
While speaking, the Silver Needle in Xiao Lin’s hand had steadily entered Wu Shuang’s ankle. Wu Shuang only felt like it was a mosquito bite, hardly any pain. Instead, she felt the needle’s heat, as if it was coursing through her veins, expressing a sense of indescribable comfort.
However, what Wu Shuang didn’t expect was that from the second needle onwards, with each insertion, the pain intensified a little, and it was constant, though not as severe as before.
But as time went on, Wu Shuang finally understood why Xiao Lin had warned her before. It indeed required a lot of endurance. Fortunately, Wu Shuang’s endurance was quite strong, and as long as it wasn’t the piercing temporary pain like before, she managed to endure it without crying out, though her facial expression seemed a bit pained.
It wasn’t particularly painful, but it was continuous, aching to the point where the nerves in her entire left foot could feel it, and at one point, Wu Shuang could even sense the blood flowing in her veins.
At first, Wu Shuang could still watch how Xiao Lin used the Silver Needle, but in the end, she could only close her eyes and endure such pain.
The people around were dumbfounded. Wasn’t Wu Shuang fine when she came in? How did the whole person change once the Silver Needle went in?
The doctor wanted to intervene but was stopped by Liang Feng.
"This... She was fine just now, why does it seem a bit off now?" The middle-aged doctor frowned and said, looking at Liang Feng.
"Brother Lin already mentioned it would be painful before the acupuncture, and now Sister Shuang has no intention of stopping it. We better just stand by and watch!" Liang Feng replied, showing great admiration for Xiao Lin’s medical skills. Considering the severe injury she had earlier tonight, if it were anyone else, being able to move freely in ten or fifteen days would be a miracle. After Xiao Lin’s treatment, not only can she move freely now, but her strength has also recovered by three or four tenths, which is a miracle among miracles.
These people said no more, after all, Liang Feng made a point, the patient didn’t intend to stop it, so why should they meddle?
"Hey, it doesn’t seem as swollen as before?" the Nurse suddenly exclaimed.
"What?" The middle-aged doctor looked at the Nurse in astonishment.
"Dr. Lu, look, isn’t the ankle not as swollen as before?" the Nurse looked at Wu Shuang’s ankle with amazement, as if it was visibly reducing in swelling.
Dr. Lu finally understood what the Nurse was saying, glanced at Wu Shuang’s injured ankle, and it did seem to have subsided slightly. He could hardly believe his eyes, rubbed his eyes, and when he looked again, it seemed to have reduced a bit more.
"This..." Dr. Lu’s mind went blank for a moment; this was beyond his understanding. As the accompanying doctor of the Yanjing Special Police team, he had seen various medical techniques in the country, especially trauma treatment methods, but he had never heard of merely a few needles that could reduce swelling so quickly on a sprained ankle.
The Special Police team indeed had special medicines for reducing swelling and pain, far better than those on the market, but for an injury like Wu Shuang’s, even with their special medicine, it would take at least twenty-four hours to reduce the swelling, not like now, seemingly decreasing before their eyes.
As the swelling reduced, Wu Shuang felt much relieved, and the pain in her ankle gradually diminished, no longer having to endure such pain.
The few people next to her were dumbfounded, watching as Wu Shuang’s ankle swelling reduced; after just ten minutes, the swelling had decreased by at least a third.
Afterwards, Xiao Lin pulled out the Silver Needle one by one, then said: "That’s about it, try twisting your ankle a little! Until you feel substantial pain."
Hearing this, Wu Shuang followed Xiao Lin’s instructions to move her ankle. Even in such a swollen state, Wu Shuang could twist her ankle nearly forty-five degrees, only stopping when more twisting brought the pain back because Wu Shuang had no tendency for self-abuse.
"Seems much better than I expected!" Xiao Lin looked at Wu Shuang’s twisting angle, which proved Wu Shuang’s physique was far better than the average person. If it were someone else, whether they could endure Xiao Lin’s treatment was uncertain, as the pain earlier could make an ordinary person faint.
"Alright, I’m fine, you can go do your things!" Wu Shuang caught her breath and addressed the three people behind Liang Feng.
Dr. Lu hesitated a bit, mainly wanting to learn from Xiao Lin, to understand the principle behind his treatment of Wu Shuang’s ankle. However, the special police officer behind him gave no reason to stay; since the boss had spoken, how dare he disobey? So he dragged Dr. Lu away.
"Xiao Feng, help me up!" After the three left, Wu Shuang said to Liang Feng, who naturally bent down to help Wu Shuang up.
"Sister Shuang, where are we going now?"
"Of course, to treat the patient!" After speaking, she glanced at Xiao Lin.
Xiao Lin hesitated a bit, then said: "What about here?"
"If you keep silent, no one will think you’re stupid!" Wu Shuang rolled her eyes at Xiao Lin. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)