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The old doctor went to write the prescription himself and called in an elder lady doctor, saying that she was his wife, to treat Jiang Ning’s wounds.

Although the lady doctor was old, she was neat and efficient. She comforted Jiang Ning a few words, then took out water, gauze, and medicine to treat her wounds.

As her wound was being cleaned, Jiang Ning couldn’t help trembling in pain, and the baby in her belly kept fidgeting.

Li Hongyuan, standing nearby, saw her left hand tightly gripping the bedsheet, and her lower lip bitten to whiteness.

He hesitated for a moment, and patted her left hand, “Why are you shaking?”

Jiang Ning glared at him and unceremoniously grabbed his hand.

Her sharp nails painfully scraped the back of his hand.

Li Hongyuan furrowed his brows but endured it without pulling his hand back.

To divert her attention, Jiang Ning held his hand and asked with a smile through clenched teeth, “Why couldn’t the doctor just now bandage me?”

“Men and women should not touch,” the lady doctor gently replied with a smile.

“Do doctors also differentiate between men and women?”

The lady doctor looked at her with some surprise and smiled, “In a doctor’s eyes, there is no difference of course, but in the eyes of the patients and their families, there is.”

Jiang Ning nodded, “I understand.”

After all, it was ancient times, and even the most enlightened customs could not tolerate a strange man touching a woman’s body.

Medicine-seeking trouble could occur in any moment.

Because of this, many women would rather endure their illness than seek medical treatment. Some medical clinics simply refused to treat women’s external injuries or gynecological diseases.

There was no other choice.

Some men would rather let their wives suffer or die from the illness than allow a male doctor to treat them.

Others caused a scene and tried to extort after the treatment, accusing the clinic’s doctor of disgraceful behavior towards their family’s women.

In short, when the woods are big enough, there are all kinds of birds.

Presumably, this Medical Clinic had suffered from such troubles before as well.

Jiang Ning expressed her understanding.

“It will hurt a bit, just try to bear with it,” the lady doctor said gently, and she quickly applied medicine to the cleaned wound and wrapped it in gauze.

Jiang Ning clenched Li Hongyuan’s hand tightly in pain.

Li Hongyuan frowned, but remained silent.

He looked at Jiang Ning’s belly and suddenly noticed a small bump in one area.

Huh.

He was a bit surprised and instinctively extended his hand to poke the bump gently.

The small bump immediately disappeared.

Jiang Ning glared at him, “What are you doing?”

“Ahem.” Li Hongyuan looked away, “Your belly just moved.”

“It’s my son kicking my belly! Stop acting so surprised!”

“Is his strength that great?” Li Hongyuan was extremely curious.

“What did you think?”

Li Hongyuan silently watched her belly, imagining a tiny person inside, waving little hands and feet, poking in one place and kicking in another.

Her belly must be very painful, right?

No wonder she was always irritable, always wanting to do something, to make a fuss.

If it were him, he would be even more bothered by such a naughty and mischievous thing in his belly.

After the wound was treated, a medical clinic apprentice brought a bowl of freshly decocted medicine, saying that it not only helped the healing of the wound but also nourished the fetus.

After drinking the warm concoction, her wound really felt less painful.

At that moment, Huang Ying hurried in, holding a set of brand-new clothes.

“When did you go buy clothes?” Jiang Ning looked at her.

“The Prince ordered Chashan to take me back to the mansion to fetch them; I couldn’t let you go home in such dirty and sullied clothes.” Huang Ying panted, “Are you alright, Miss?”

“It’s just a flesh wound, no big deal. I’ll be fine after a few days of rest.”

“Amitabha, that’s good, that’s good. You really scared my soul away.” Huang Ying patted her chest, thanked the lady doctor, and asked Li Hongyuan to step aside..”