Chapter 10: Acupuncture Treatment

If she made a single mistake during hands-on practice, she’d get scolded half to death.

She had to take the practical exam more than a dozen times before she finally passed.

Countless times, Gu Jianing wanted to quit, but she couldn’t. Once you started learning, you weren’t allowed to leave until you’d mastered the material and passed the exam.

Fortunately, this forced learning actually worked. Now, as long as it was a case of “cold uterus,” Gu Jianing could treat it with ease.

[Congratulations, Host, you have passed the exam. Reward: 10 points and a set of limited-edition silver acupuncture needles.]

Ten points? That’s a bit stingy. Still, the silver needles came at just the right time—she’d be able to treat her sister-in-law tomorrow.

Compared to the anxiety she felt before learning, Gu Jianing was now full of confidence.

She browsed the system shop, which she’d always been curious about, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it had everything you could imagine—if you could think of it, the shop had it.

As long as you had enough points, you could even buy a rocket.

Of course, there were also super cheap items, like some things she could use right now. For example, meat buns—one point could buy fifty meat buns; three points could get you a bicycle; ten points, a tractor...

“If I bought these things with points and resold them, wouldn’t I make a fortune?” Gu Jianing stared in disbelief.

But she was just saying that—she didn’t actually plan to do it for now.

Her intuition told her she should save her points for things she really needed.

As she kept browsing, Gu Jianing came across something really good.

[Super Body Scanner: Automatically installs in your eyes. Stare for five seconds to scan all conditions of a human or animal body. Once bound, it can be used for a hundred years.]

Gu Jianing read the description carefully and realized this thing was basically a super-upgraded CT scanner. Any problem in the body, no matter how minor, could be detected.

“This is basically a must-have for becoming a miracle doctor.” With just a glance, she could diagnose the problem in seconds without even needing to take a pulse.

Gu Jianing made up her mind to buy it and checked the price.

“It costs 100 points. 100 points isn’t a huge amount, but it’s not a small sum either.”

She only had 10 points now—not enough. But after she treated her sister-in-law, as long as she successfully got pregnant, she’d earn 100 points and be able to buy it then.

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After her sister-in-law agreed to the treatment, Yang Manman was so excited and nervous that she didn’t fall asleep until late at night. The next morning, while making breakfast, she told her mother-in-law about it.

“Alright, after breakfast, I’ll go with you to see how Ningning treats you. Ancestors bless us—let’s hope Ningning can cure your problem and you’ll get pregnant soon and smoothly.” After hearing yesterday that her daughter had this skill, Yao Chunhua had already made up her mind. She didn’t expect her eldest daughter-in-law to be the first to try it, but that was fine too.

Gu Yunting was concerned about his wife’s treatment, but he had to go to work and could only ask about it after he got home.

While Gu Jianing was preparing her silver needles in her room, her mother came in with her sister-in-law.

“Ningning, what are these?”

“These are silver needles, for acupuncture,” Gu Jianing explained, then asked her sister-in-law to sit down. “Sis, let me take your pulse first to check your condition.”

Actually, Gu Jianing already knew her sister-in-law’s situation from the system’s analysis, but she still had to go through the process of taking her pulse.

Besides, she wanted to personally verify the knowledge she’d learned in the miracle doctor’s space.

Yang Manman sat down, nervous and expectant, as her sister-in-law’s slender fingers rested on her wrist. She waited in silence, hope rising in her heart.

“Sis, you have cold in your uterus, right? Every month during your period, you always have pain and a heavy, dragging feeling in your lower abdomen...”

Gu Jianing described Yang Manman’s symptoms one by one, combining what she’d learned with the system’s analysis.

Yang Manman and her mother-in-law exchanged glances. Their initial nerves and skepticism were quickly replaced by excitement and surprise.

“Yes, yes, Ningning, you’re absolutely right!”

Yang Manman had been to the hospital several times. She, her husband, and her mother-in-law all knew her condition, but there was no way her sister-in-law could have known—none of them had ever told her.

Now, her sister-in-law could describe all her symptoms just by taking her pulse, and in even more detail than the hospital doctors. At that moment, both Yao Chunhua and Yang Manman felt reassured.

“Ningning, do you think your sister-in-law’s condition can be cured?”

“Yes, I’m quite confident,” Gu Jianing withdrew her hand. “Starting today, I’ll do acupuncture on her abdomen for half a month, along with herbal baths. That should do it.”

Gu Jianing quickly wrote down a few herbs in her notebook, her handwriting neat and elegant. She tore off the page and handed it to her mother. “Give this prescription to my brother when he comes home for lunch, and have him buy these in town this afternoon.”

“Alright, alright.” Yao Chunhua took the paper carefully, as if it were a treasure.

And it was a treasure—this was her hope of someday holding a grandchild.

“Sis, let’s go to your room. Lie down on the bed and I’ll start the acupuncture.”

“Okay.”

Once Yang Manman lay down, Gu Jianing lifted her shirt to expose her lower abdomen and lit a candle.

Her slender hands held the fine silver needles, passing each one through the candle flame before inserting them into Yang Manman’s belly. Her movements were smooth and graceful, a pleasure to watch.

Yao Chunhua watched her daughter, noticing her focused, meticulous expression. She never hesitated with the needles, as if she was completely confident and had practiced countless times.

At first, Yao Chunhua had worried about the sight of needles going into someone’s body, but now, for some reason, she felt calm and inexplicably trusted her daughter.

“How do you feel, Manman?” Yao Chunhua asked.

Lying on the bed, Yang Manman could see the fine needles in her abdomen out of the corner of her eye—there were already more than a dozen.

But...

“Mom, I feel fine.”

Even with those thin needles inserted into her body, Yang Manman didn’t feel any discomfort or pain. In fact, as time passed and more needles were inserted, her abdomen began to feel warm.

A warmth she’d never felt before slowly spread from her lower abdomen to her limbs and throughout her body.

It felt wonderful—so comfortable and warm that Yang Manman’s eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

When Gu Jianing finished inserting all the needles, Yao Chunhua nudged her, indicating that her sister-in-law had fallen asleep.

“That’s normal, Mom. You can go about your chores. I’ll stay here with her. In about an hour, I’ll take the needles out.”

“Alright.”

When Yang Manman woke up, she was alone in the room. For a moment, she wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination or if the treatment had really worked.

She felt her body, usually so heavy, was much lighter, and her lower abdomen was no longer cold and heavy.

She sat on the bed in a daze for a while, thinking maybe she could trust her sister-in-law this time.

She gently touched her lower abdomen, and as she thought about the possibility of having a child, the frown that had always creased her brow finally began to relax.

She thought, her husband must be hoping for this too."