Physician Li laughed heartily, his laughter carrying an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

Everyone became even more curious.

“Grandfather Li, what exactly happened?”

After laughing enough, Physician Li looked toward Qiao Zhao: “Zhao girl, you speak first. How did you associate their condition with rabies?”

Rabies was not a common ailment, and in its early stages, it was extremely easy to misdiagnose as ordinary cold symptoms. Though Zhao’s girl had inherited his medical knowledge, she lacked experience. Being able to associate those people’s condition with rabies was quite remarkable.

Qiao Zhao smiled as she explained: “Not long ago, we rescued several young women. One of them had fever and cold symptoms at the time, but shortly after began going mad and biting people. That’s when I realized she had rabies. Thinking about how these women had escaped from Mingfeng Island, it wasn’t hard to guess.”

Physician Li took a sip of tea and let out a soft exclamation: “Those girls were really saved?”

Qiao Zhao’s heart stirred, and connecting it to Xie Shengxiao’s words, she asked: “Could it be that you were the one who secretly released those women?”

Physician Li nodded.

Yang Houcheng looked at him with admiration: “The physician is truly a good person!”

“I merely gave them a thread of hope. They were the ones who seized the opportunity to escape and were fortunate enough to encounter all of you.” Physician Li said dismissively.

Under those circumstances, he could only open a door for them – he couldn’t do much more than that.

“This junior is somewhat curious – how did Physician Li manage to open the door for those women without anyone knowing?” Shao Mingyuan asked.

Physician Li stroked his beard meaningfully: “Well, that has to do with those people’s mad dog-like symptoms.”

Hearing Physician Li say this, everyone became even more curious, all looking at him expectantly.

But Physician Li leisurely took another sip of tea and smiled: “However, since this involves medical secrets, I can only tell Zhao girl.”

After saying this, he continued drinking tea sip by sip without making another sound.

“You can’t be serious?” Yang Houcheng’s eyes widened.

He had slept with such anticipation, and now this was what he was told?

Chi Can’s face similarly darkened.

Shao Mingyuan stood up: “Shixi, Chongshan, since that’s the case, let’s go outside.”

The two companions remained seated without moving.

They weren’t going outside – they wanted to hear the secret!

“Let’s go.” Though Shao Mingyuan couldn’t see, he could tell from their breathing where the two companions were sitting. Using his fingertips, he grabbed each of their ears and dragged them toward the door.

“Shao Mingyuan, are you looking for death?” Chi Can was furious.

This bastard grabbed his ear? Only his princess mother had done that when he was small!

Yang Houcheng grimaced as he protected his ear: “Let go quickly, let go quickly, it hurts!”

Shao Mingyuan released his grip and looked apologetic: “Sorry, I can’t see.”

He didn’t want to do it this way either. If his hands weren’t injured, he would have simply lifted one in each hand and carried them out. But now he could only use his fingertips, so he had to grab their ears.

Hearing Shao Mingyuan say this, the two companions indeed lost their temper. Chi Can gritted his teeth: “We’ll settle this score when your eyes get better!”

What was so great about being blind? Not only did he get a wife, but he also grabbed their ears!

The hall quickly became quiet. Qiao Zhao watched the doorway with a smile on her lips.

Physician Li waved his hand in front of Qiao Zhao: “Come back to your senses.”

Qiao Zhao’s eyes flickered as she withdrew her gaze.

Physician Li looked at her with a half-smile: “Is that boy so good that you can’t take your eyes off him?”

Qiao Zhao curved her lips in a smile: “I think he’s sometimes full of mischief.”

Physician Li tapped the table leisurely with his finger, saying dismissively: “Being full of mischief doesn’t matter, as long as he doesn’t use it on you. Otherwise, even if I cure his eyes now, I could blind him again.”

Qiao Zhao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Grandfather Li, please hurry and treat his eyes. It’s very inconvenient for him like this.”

This time, in his excitement, he put her in a bathtub – next time, who knew where he might put her.

“What’s the rush? No matter how urgent, you can’t marry him immediately. Don’t forget you haven’t even had your coming-of-age ceremony yet.” Physician Li glanced at Qiao Zhao with a warning tone: “Zhao girl, Grandfather Li must remind you’d better not have children before you turn eighteen.”

The body that the Zhao girl’s soul had returned to was naturally weak and had a delicate frame. If she became pregnant too early, it could be dangerous.

Hmm, when Zhao’s girl married that boy, he would have to have a serious talk with him.

Qiao Zhao’s face reddened.

Though she knew Physician Li was reminding her from a medical perspective, this topic was still somewhat embarrassing.

“Did you hear me?” Physician Li didn’t care whether Qiao Zhao was shy or not, raising his hand to tap her forehead.

“I understand.” Qiao Zhao covered her forehead and replied obediently.

Only then did Physician Li nod with satisfaction.

“Grandfather Li, you still haven’t explained what happened to those people on the island. Why did they all go mad collectively? Could it have nothing to do with rabies?”

“You could say it’s related, or you could say it’s not.”

“Grandfather Li, please don’t keep me in suspense.”

“Zhao girl, you read the medical book I left you before leaving the capital, didn’t you?”

Qiao Zhao nodded.

“What was written in the eighteenth chapter?”

Qiao Zhao thought for a moment: “The eighteenth chapter mentioned a strange method that could use words, actions, etc. to make a person have hallucinations, or think they had become someone else, or perform some incredible behaviors…”

Qiao Zhao recited the contents of that chapter word for word, her expression slightly stunned: “But at the end of that chapter, you mentioned that this strange method was still in the exploratory stage and couldn’t be mastered yet. Could it be that—”

Physician Li smiled: “Actually, I once tried this strange method. At the time, there was a person whose arm had necrosed and needed to be amputated, but I hadn’t yet developed the ancient miraculous anesthetic powder, so I tried this strange method, suggesting to him that he wouldn’t feel pain. It worked…”

Qiao Zhao listened in fascination.

Physician Li’s tone shifted: “However, I was still in the exploratory stage with this method, with a very low success rate, so I only mentioned it briefly in that medical book. A few months ago, when I fell into the pirates’ den, I relied on my medical skills to save my life, but witnessing those beasts’ behavior firsthand, how could I willingly treat them? Until one day, I discovered that a black dog on the island was behaving somewhat abnormally…”

“I injected that black dog’s saliva into several other dogs, and sure enough, those dogs began showing abnormal behavior one after another. After that, it was simple – when those dogs went mad and started biting randomly, many people were bitten without being on guard.”

Qiao Zhao was perceptive and quickly understood after thinking it over: “I understand now. Not all of those people who were bitten by dogs developed rabies. They were under some kind of suggestion from you, weren’t they?”

Physician Li showed an expression of approval: “Correct. After they were bitten by dogs and came to me for bandaging, I took the opportunity to plant suggestions in them, suggesting that they would turn into mad dogs at the appropriate time.”

“But how could you ensure the timing of when they would go mad?” Qiao Zhao murmured.