Female Novel
Chapter 234
In the ward, Zhou Lie’s injured right leg was in a plaster cast and he was surrounded by five to sixdoctors, all of whom were performing checks on him with equipment that made him feel uneasy.
After finding out about Zhou Lie’s fall, Chu Feng had quickly rushed back into the house, secured thewound with wooden boards and called 120 to get him hospitalised.
Luckily, he’d only suffered a minor fracture, but this was enough to worry Liu Minglan and Zhou Yingsick.
“I’m not made of dough. Just get the doctor to bandage me up and let me rest for a month or two. Itdoesn’t feel right for Muqing to come all this way, only to spend time in the hospital with me,” he saidsheepishly novelbin
Yun Muqing immediately waved dismissively. “It’s alright, uncle. Don’t worry about anything else. Justfocus on your recovery.”
“Yeah, dad. You’re not going anywhere, so stay in the ward and cooperate with the doctors. Chu Fenghas my job covered anyway, so I can take care of you,” said Zhou Ying. She teared up, her heartaching for her father.
Liu Minglan wiped her tears and huffed, “Damn old man, I can’t catch a break with you! Did you reallyhave to climb on the roof and fix that roof leak in the dead of night? You don’t even know how old youalready are.”
Chu Feng sat on the bed and said, “Dad, I’m back now. You can leave the dangerous stuff to me.”
Zhou Lie lowered his head, then huffed indignantly, “It was just an accident. When I was a reconsoldier, I could scale buildings seven to eight meters tall like it was a game. But now I can’t do thatanymore. I guess age is no joke.” Zhou Lie sighed dejectedly. Chu Feng couldn’t help but feel sadwhen he noticed the wrinkles and silver hair on his adoptive father’s face.
All of a sudden, he’d realized that the same man who was strong as a tower of steel, the man whoused to lift him over his head with ease and protected him as a child, was now old and losing the raceagainst time.
Now the boy you cared for is a grown man who can shoulder the sky itself, so it’s my turn to care foryou and let you lean on me as you go, Chu Feng thought internally but said nothing. Men often kepttheir thoughts and troubles to themselves, and Chu Feng was no exception. “How’s my father, doctor?”he asked, noticing the checkups were over.
The doctor glanced at a CT scan and frowned. “The patient’s right leg suffered a fracture anddislocation during the fall, but that’s not our biggest issue. Problem is, this leg had sustained injuriesbefore and has metal implants that led to chronic rheumatoid arthritis after several decades. Now thatthe leg has suffered additional injuries, it may become crippled if the recovery is botched.”
The doctor’s words sent the family into disarray. Liu Minglan and Zhou Ying started begging the doctorto save Zhou Lie’s leg, who promised to do his best.
Chu Feng was internally beating himself up because Zhou Lie’s old injury was only there because theChamber of the Four Seas took his land deed and broke his leg for daring to protest, and this injurywas the root for much of the old man’s suffering.
Even though Chu Feng had avenged him by asking Ma Sanyuan to break his arm and the legs of thoseresponsible for his injury, then forced him to apologize personally, the wound remained. The sufferingZhou Lie had endured during the past decade could not be erased, and Chu Feng would forever regretthis.
But things were different now. Chu Feng had inherited the Great Dharma Monk’s Collection of MysticalHealing, and it contained countless methods on healing Zhou Lie’s injury.
“Doctor, can the metal implants in his right leg be surgically removed?” Chu Feng asked. Surgeryrequired extensive practical experience and left no room for mistakes. Just to be safe, Chu Feng wouldleave the implant removal to the professionals because so long as the implants were gone, healingZhou Lie using acupuncture and herbal remedies would be no issue.
The doctor frowned. “Yes, but it’s incredibly risky and could end up damaging the patient’s nerveendings, which would permanently cripple him. Please take more time to consider.”
“As long as you can get rid of the implants, I can cure him.” Chu Feng nodded confidently, but thedoctor remained hesitant and looked at Chu Feng uneasily. No matter how he looked at it, this youngman could not be depended upon.
“Doctor, just take my son’s advice and cut me open.” Zhou Lie laughed, then said with complete trust, “Itrust my son. If he says there’s a way, then there must be a way.”