Gongsun flipped back to the X-ray of the leg, wanting to directly answer no. But he was Yan Gui Xing’s subordinate; even with his high degree of affection for Mu Mu, his priority was still to obey Yan Gui Xing.
He adjusted his glasses, which hadn’t slipped, and said coldly, “There’s a way to treat it, but as a doctor, I don’t recommend the little madam use this method.”
As he spoke, he separated a section of the screen from his datapad, suspending it between himself and Yan Gui Xing. He pointed to the knotted part of the leg bone, saying,
“The doctor didn’t fix it properly, causing the broken bone to heal crookedly. Now the little madam’s bones are fully grown; to cure this leg, the lower leg bone must be broken, and then repaired using the repair chamber.”
“The pain involved is far beyond what an ordinary person can endure.” Gongsun secretly glanced at Yan Gui Xing’s expression. Seeing his indifferent expression and relaxed posture, he couldn’t get any useful information from his body language and could only use an old case as an example.
“Boss, do you remember the battle twenty years ago in the M6 star region to wipe out the Red Devil pirate group?”
Yan Gui Xing impatiently glanced at Gongsun, “I don’t have Alzheimer’s; how could I forget a mission I personally led? Get to the point, don’t ramble and annoy me!”
Gongsun, who had been scolded, could only maintain a smile and dare not complain, continuing, “A soldier in the Third Battalion broke his leg. A new doctor, having never been on the battlefield, was frightened and didn’t fix his leg properly. When he returned for a follow-up check, the leg was almost healed, and the bone was undoubtedly crooked.”
“My treatment plan at the time was to give up. But he said that according to the military’s regulations, injured and disabled soldiers cannot go to the front lines. He didn’t want to go to the rear services and said he could accept any treatment plan.”
“Even with local anesthesia, when the instrument crushed the leg bone, he still screamed and howled in pain.”
Gongsun concluded, “The little madam isn’t a soldier who needs to return to the battlefield; I don’t think he needs to use this method to treat his leg injury.”
Yan Gui Xing actually remembered who the soldier with the leg injury was when Gongsun mentioned him.
It wasn’t that only he had been injured in that raid. On the contrary, the Red Devil pirate group was the most notorious group of space pirates at the time, ranking first among all space pirate groups.
From the leader to the members, there were a thousand people, including one hundred human-Zerg hybrids.
Although hybrids looked human, they were humanoid. But they exhibited some Zerg characteristics, such as vertical pupils, scales, and tentacles.
Besides their appearance, hybrids were better fighters than ordinary humans, more cunning and treacherous than Zergs, and had violent and bloodthirsty natures.
Hybrids were extremely dangerous to both humans and Zergs.
Therefore, hybrids were the most unwelcome beings in the entire galaxy.
Besides their strong individual combat capabilities, the Red Devil pirates also possessed a current-generation starship and five hundred mechs, almost the combat power of a legion.
Even Yan Gui Xing, who was best at dealing with such ruthless characters, had fought for half a year before completely wiping out the Red Devil pirates.
However, the Fourth Legion also suffered heavy casualties; Yan Gui Xing’s mech, the Earth-Hidden King Bodhisattva, exploded along with the pirate starship.
Yan Gui Xing’s spleen was shattered in the explosion; he only survived because he was sent to the repair chamber in time.
After returning to Liuli Star, Yan Gui Xing arranged for Gongsun to lead a team to conduct follow-up examinations for all the injured and recovering soldiers.
The soldier with the leg injury was on the roster, and Yan Gui Xing naturally knew him.
But Achi’s transfer order, which required Yan Gui Xing’s signature, didn’t include the soldier’s name, and he didn’t think much of it, assuming the man had recovered well.
So, there was this story behind it.
Yan Gui Xing’s fingers tapped rhythmically on his knees. Mu Mu was strong and could endure pain, but as Gongsun said, he really didn’t need to suffer this kind of pain.
Oh well, he had never disliked Mu Mu for being a little lame. He mainly wanted to cure Mu Mu’s ears; it was really troublesome to not be able to hear properly.
“Let’s leave the leg as it is,” Yan Gui Xing tapped his knee forcefully. “The rest will proceed as planned. As for the time, as soon as possible; I don’t want to wait too long.”
Gongsun: “Understood, Boss. I’ll arrange Mu Mu’s treatment as soon as the repair chamber is available.”
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When Gongsun came in the morning, Yan Gui Xing was handling the Fourth Legion’s military affairs. Seeing him enter, he put them aside.
Now that Gongsun had left, Yan Gui Xing missed Mu Mu and wanted to see him immediately, losing all interest in continuing his work.
There wasn’t anything too important; during the General’s term change, the commanders stationed at the military headquarters would temporarily take over the main military affairs of the five generals, leaving only a small amount of insignificant matters to be returned after the election.
Therefore, many generals chose to take vacations during this period, not even doing the insignificant work.
Although Yan Gui Xing had the worst temperament among the five generals, he was among the most dedicated. At the very least, he was one of the few generals willing to work during this period.
But now Yan Gui Xing decided to slack off. He stood up, stretched, put his hands behind his back, and leisurely walked out of the study, initiating “find the little fool” mode.
Actually, it was easy for Yan Gui Xing to find Mu Mu; there were nano-cameras in every corner of his house. He could simply open his datapad, search, and find Mu Mu on the high-definition screen.
Yan Gui Xing wasn’t looking for Mu Mu for anything urgent; he was too lazy to check the surveillance.
Besides, he enjoyed the thrill of the search, attributing this perverse pleasure to the unevolved instinct of a wild animal hunting.
Yan Gui Xing went back to the bedroom first. The bed, which had been rumpled when he left, was now neatly made, and the little fool inside was unsurprisingly gone.
He circled the room, picking up Mimi the black cat’s plush toy that had fallen on the carpet and placing it on the sofa before leaving.
Next was the multimedia room, Mu Mu’s favorite. Yan Gui Xing remembered that it was the update time for Star Baby these two days; he bet a star coin that the little fool would be in the multimedia room.
He grasped the metal rods on both sides with his hands, pulled them back, and the door opened. The huge multimedia room was dimly lit and quiet, with neither Mu Mu’s focused figure nor the lively sounds of the animation.
Yan Gui Xing, who had been confident before opening the door, unusually raised his eyebrows. He propped his chin on one hand, slightly squinting at the dimly lit room.
After a while, he turned and went downstairs.
There was no sound of Mu Mu in the living room; not only was no one there, but also Xiao Ting, the robot, was absent. The difficulty of the search had increased. Yan Gui Xing, far from running out of patience, showed a playful expression.
Interesting. He wanted to see where he could find the little fool.
Thinking this, Yan Gui Xing was about to turn when he inadvertently looked up, seeing the child he hadn’t found in two places, carrying a fruit basket and chatting and laughing with Xiao Ting, who was wearing a maroon shirt, through the floor-to-ceiling window next to the sofa.
The tall Oliver was carrying two fruit baskets, five steps behind them.
Mu Mu had gone out? The smile on Yan Gui Xing’s face vanished instantly, replaced by a deep furrow between his brows and tightly pursed lips.
He only had to think of Mu Mu leaving his side without his permission for anger to rise in his chest.
No, his little fool was so well-behaved; he wouldn’t or couldn’t leave the villa without his company.
That meant someone had taken him out.
His sinister and terrifying gaze fell on Oliver behind Mu Mu. Yan Gui Xing, without trial, judged Oliver guilty.
Poor Oliver felt a chill down his neck and shivered.
Looking at Mu Mu, who was carrying a large fruit basket and swaying, about to fall, his heart was beating twice as fast as usual.
To understand how things turned out this way, we need to go back two hours.
Achi received a communication from the old butler of the Yan family’s main branch in the morning. The butler said that the fruit trees on the Yan family’s estate in the suburbs of Capital Star had borne fruit, and the head of the family, thinking of the General, had specially sent five large fruit baskets to Liuli Star. The arrival time was imminent.
Achi was speechless when he heard that the communication from the Yan family was about five fruit baskets. Liuli Star was rich in produce; they certainly didn’t lack fresh fruit.
But the head of the Yan family, Yan Gui Xing’s father, was as shrewd as a sieve; Achi couldn’t determine whether the fruit baskets contained other information that couldn’t be easily transmitted via datapad.
He didn’t dare to decide for Yan Gui Xing, only saying that the General was busy and would need to be consulted before deciding whether to accept the fruit baskets.
Unfortunately, the old butler wouldn’t listen, saying that he knew Liuli Star’s air routes were closed and that the ship was waiting at nearby D5 Star, asking Achi to send someone to retrieve them.
After speaking, before Achi could say anything, the other party hung up.
Since becoming Yan Gui Xing’s adjutant, Achi had never been hung up on; he was so angry that the veins on his hand holding the datapad bulged, and he slammed his chopsticks on the table.
Sha Xia, who was eating at the same table as Achi, heard everything the old butler said and understood the situation.
He held his milk cup, smiling at Achi, “What’s the big deal? Getting angry like this? It’s just picking up a few fruit baskets from D5 Star; it’ll only take an hour round trip.”
“You mean accepting that junk?” Achi’s face turned so dark it could stop a child from crying at night.
Sha Xia exclaimed, “How is it junk? You don’t know how expensive fruit is on other planets.”
Achi rolled his eyes at Sha Xia, who continued, “The Yan family went to the trouble of sending them, so we should just accept them. Besides, if we don’t accept them, the Yan family’s shrew of a matriarch will gossip about our boss again; it’s better to avoid trouble.”
