Chapter 11

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The crowd voluntarily stepped aside, and a tall and cold man walked over slowly.

“Sir Wu?” Square face looked at the visitor, speechlessly surprised.

After seeing the man, Xue ‘ers eyes finally showed some brilliance.

“Sir Wu?” Yin Yin looked at Square face.

Square face pursed his thick lips, and introduced: “This is Sir Wu, a friend of Divine Doctor Jia.”

“……Fake (Jia) divine doctor? Where is the true divine doctor?”

“……Jia from Jia (merchant; surname).”

Yin Yin exchanged glances with Ling Long in silence. The divine doctor Jia that Square face was talking about must be Jia Qing.

Speaking of this Sir Wu, Square face and some people were actually a bit sceptical about him. He and divine doctor Jia had been going up the mountain for almost a year now, but they have only met him three times in total. They haven’t seen the legendary divine doctor Jia yet.

Sir Wu ignored Square face, but he looked at Yin Yin. “This Miss seems to have a lot of insight on medicine.”

The corner of Yin Yin’s mouth twitched. She smiled dryly. “A little bit. Ha ha.”

In order to pretend to be a doctor, I specially read a lot of medical books. Will I tell you this?

“Sir Wu, Xue’er just really have an illness?” Although this Sir Wu rarely shows up, he will cure many less difficult and miscellaneous diseases every time he appears, so Square face still trusts his medical skills.

He was even more curious about the legendary divine doctor Jia. His friend can even have such medical skills, wouldn’t he be able to bring the dead back to life?

Sir Wu nodded. Actually, this kind of white disease is not without any precedent. It just happened that there was a very peculiar incident in town, and the characteristics of white disease are particularly consistent with ghosts, so the people wanted to burn Xue’er to death.

It’s always better to have a definite person to hate than to be shrouded in fear of the unknown every day.

He heard that the people in the town wanted to burn Xue’er alive so he had hurried down the mountain.

Yin Yin squinted at Square face. “Can you let that girl go now?”

Seeing Square face still hesitating, Yin Yin blinked her eyes and a playful arc formed at the corner of her mouth. “In exchange, we can help you catch ghosts.”

These words made Square face stunned. He looked at Yin Yin, his eyes filled with distrust. “You can catch ghosts?”

Yin Yin’s face was not red and her heart was calm. She nodded. “This girl is not a ghost, even if you burn her to death, the ghosts will still continue to make trouble. Why not let her go and let us help you catch the real ghost? “

The crowd began to whisper. Square face roared to make everyone quiet. He glanced at Yin Yin and said, “Why should I believe you?”

Yin Yin smiled and replied, “When the real ghost is caught, this girl will naturally become innocent.”

Square face pondered about it for a while, and half believing, half doubting, let Xue’er go. But Yin Yin and her party are required not to leave Shigu Town until they caught the ghost.

Xue’er struggled to stand up straight from Du Qianqian’s arms, and walked to Sir Wu with vain steps. “Thank you, Sir Wu for your help.”

Yin Yin’s face twitched. “It seems like we are the one who saved you, right?”

Sang Ze threw Yin Yin a ‘You really don’t understand’ look. “Master, she can’t promise her body to you.”

Yin Yin: “……”

So, in the understanding of the hidden rules, she actually lost to a little kid?

Because of Yin Yin and Sang Ze’s words, Xue’ers milky face turned pink, like peach blossom in March.

However, Sir Wu seemed to not understand, still facing everyone with a cold face.

“Everyone, please follow me to the house to rest first.” Yanyan stepped forward, expressing her gratitude.

Yin Yin smelled a special fragrance on her body. It was light, but it smelled very good.

Is this the perfume of ancient times? Yin Yin had to admit that the scent coming from Yanyan was more than nine blocks away from the modern pungent perfumes.

Several people had no objections and followed Yanyan back to Xue’ers home.

Yanyan was busy pouring some ginseng tea, but Xue’er just sat on the bed with her arms wrapped around her legs.

Yin Yin’s gaze rolled around the room. The owner should be a carpenter, because there were finely crafted wooden products everywhere – many of them semi-finished.

She looked at Yanyan busy at the table – smooth-skinned, gentle and polite. She doesn’t look like an original resident of Shigu Town.

It was more like a lady who was abducted and sold here.

“Miss Yanyan, what’s the relationship between you and Xue’er?” Yin Yin finally couldn’t help but opened her mouth.

“Yanyan was originally an outsider and had no relatives in Shigu Town. Fortunately, Xue’er and her parents took me in and treated me like their own relative.” Yanyan filled the teacup in front of Yin Yin. The tea was just the most inferior green tea, but the fragrance was overflowing.

Yin Yin gave an ‘Oh’. Sang Ze pulled Yin Yin’s sleeve and looked at Xue’er timidly. “Master, what’s the albinism you are talking about? Will you die from it?”

Yin Yin patted Sang Ze on the head and said, “No.”

However, with Xue’ers physical condition, she’s afraid that she won’t live long.

She glanced at a somewhat weak Xue’er, her eyes a little obscure. “White tigers, white snakes, white foxes, white dolphins, these animals had become more precious because of albinism. Only human beings with albinism will be rejected by the same kind.”

These words made everyone present stunned. Ling Long looked at Yin Yin’s eyes with some uncertainty.

Du Qianqian also looked at Yin Yin somewhat surprised. She always felt that after she came back from rebirth, Yin Yin had become a little different from before.

At least the former Yin Yin absolutely wouldn’t say something like that just now.

“What is a white dolphin?” Sang Ze looked at Yin Yin curiously.

“Uh, an animal in the sea.”

“Oh.” Sang Ze nodded his head not really understanding. “Then, is this disease contagious?”

“No. This is a genetic disease.”

Xue’er raised her head when she heard this, her voice a little hoarse, “Neither of my parents’ had this disease.”

“It means you are not your parents’ child.” Sang Ze got it very fast.

Everyone: “.…..”

Yin Yin coughed twice and said, “This is normal. Both of them may have had a history of albinism in their family and become recessive genes, which then manifested into you.”

Sir Wu’s eyebrows moved, and Xue’er looked at Yin Yin dubiously.

“Don’t understand?” Yin Yin mused about it. “It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, you don’t have to take the college entrance examination anyway.”

College entrance examination?

She was even more puzzled.

“This Miss, can you elaborate more about what you had just said?” Sir Wu suddenly opened his mouth with a look of seeking knowledge.

“Well……” Yin Yin mulled about it and said, “This disease is passed on in an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. This means a child has to get two copies of the gene that causes albinism – one from each parent, to have the condition. If two parents carry the gene, there is a one in a four chance that their child will have albinism and a one in a two chance that their child will be a carrier. Carriers do not have albinism but can pass on the gene. Do you understand what I say?”

Sir Wu frowned and pondered for a while, then nodded slowly.

Damn. You understand that?

Yin Yin felt that her failure to become a ‘people’s teacher’ was really a great loss to the country.

“I don’t know what to call this Miss?” Sir Wu’s cold eyes looked at Yin Yin. She instantly felt her body temperature dropped several degrees.

“Yin Yin.”

The name Yin Yin made Yanyan’s eyes change. Sir Wu also looked at Yin Yin with a somehow understanding expression.

No one spoke for a while.

Yin Yin felt a lot of pressure. Just when she was about to blurt out ‘I am a local tyrant. Come and make friends with me’, Sir Wu finally said, “Aren’t you the eldest lady of Yin Jiazhuang?”

Yin Yin put on a ‘Yes, that local tyrant’ expression and reverently nodded.

“No wonder you are quite insightful about medicine.”

Huh?

Is there a certain relationship between the two? It seems that there is no medical hall under Yin Jiazhuang, right?

“I remember that there was an imperial doctor who came out of the palace before, and he seemed to be called Fengfa. I heard that he was Miss Yin’s teacher.”

“Fengfa?” Yin Yin quickly went over the plot of <<All for Prosperity>> in her mind, and then looked at Sir Wu doubtfully, “I don’t know this person.”

“Is it because I remembered it wrong?” Sir Wu’s expression was a bit distressed. “I think he was called Zhu Fengfa? Or Zhu Fafeng?”

The corner of Yin Yin’s mouth twitched. “If I heard such a distinctive name as Crazy Pig (Zhu Fafeng; written differently), I definitely would remember it.”

Du Qianqian exclaimed, “I got it. It’s Ding Fengli – Doctor Ding.”

Yin Yin: “……”

Damn, you only got one word right! How free of worldly cares ah!

“Ding Fengli?” Sir Wu looked puzzled. “When did he change his name?”

Yin Yin: “……”

This was really a new level of shamelessness.

Sitting on the bedside, Xue’er seemed to be quite familiar with this. “Sir Wu is not good at remembering other people’s names. It took him three months to remember mine.”

Yin Yin: “.…..”

Is the word Xue’er that difficult? Shouldn’t be too hard, right?

She was a little uncertain.

“Every time Sir Wu went down the mountain, he would visit Xue’er and treat her illness, so they had become familiar with each other.” Yanyan explained.

Yin Yin’s brows wrinkled. “There is no cure for this disease.”

Yanyan’s expression stiffened, but Xue’er doesn’t have much reaction.

Sir Wu looked up at Yin Yin and asked, “Miss Yin is so sure?”

Of course I’m sure! Unless you can do gene therapy to improve her genes!

Although she was spitting that inside her mind, Yin Yin was not stupid enough to tell them out loud. “Sir Wu should also be clear about it, ba.”

Sir Wu’s brows moved, and his eyes looked a little gloomy.

Although he was unwilling to say it, he had to admit that he was really helpless with this white disease.

“Can’t Divine Doctor Jia cure it?” Yanyan looked at Sir Wu anxiously, refusing to give up a glimmer of hope.

Sir Wu pursed his lips and shook his head.

Yanyan’s whole person darkened.

Yin Yin comforted: “Although it can’t be cured, it’s not a terminal illness, so it won’t be fatal. As long as you take good care of your body, your life span is no different from a normal person.”

“Normal person?” Yanyan gave a bleak smile. “Do you think she can still be a normal person?”

Yin Yin’s brows subconsciously furrowed. What’s really fatal was not the incurable illness, but the eyes of other people.

How can someone ‘Different’ like Xue’er live in this ‘Normal’ world?

The atmosphere in the room turned a little oppressive. Ling Long looked up at the sky, and then called out, “Faintly.”

“Here!” Yin Yin took a step forward, with a foolishly fawning expression.

Du Qianqian frowned when she heard how Ling Long addressed Yin Yin and bit her lower lip.

Ling Long asked, “How are you going to catch ghosts?”

Yin Yin thought about it and replied, “Stand back and wait for the rabbit.” (to wait idly for opportunities)

Robbin’s note: I’ve taken some liberty and changed the parts about albinism. The author had used inbreeding to explain how the disease was inherited. Though incest could increase the likelihood of offspring’s having the disorder but it is not the cause.

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