"Where is the child now? Take me to see him quickly," Leng Ruoli asked, her red lips pursed slightly.
"Consort, they are currently staying on the third floor of the medical hall. We planned to have the child examined after your return," Chu Miaoling replied gravely.
"Alright, I will go up to the third floor now."
With that, Leng Ruoli led the few people away from the lounge. Jun Mohan followed closely behind Leng Ruoli to the third floor of the Anji Tang.
There were fewer patients on the third floor of the Anji Tang, making it quieter. This was why Chu Miaoling had arranged for the elderly couple and the child to stay on the third floor.
The elderly couple and the child were in the second ward on the third floor.
Leng Ruoli raised her hand and knocked on the ward door before pushing it open and entering.
The elderly couple was slightly taken aback by the sudden entrance of the man and woman with outstanding appearances.
The chubby baby they were caring for was already asleep on a nearby hospital bed, and was indeed as plump and fair as Chu Miaoling had said.
The elderly couple wore clothes with countless patches, but the swaddling clothes for the child were newly made.
"Are you all doctors?" the old woman asked, looking at Leng Ruoli and the others with a hint of fear.
"Yes, Auntie, we are all doctors. Don't be afraid, we are here to see the child."
Leng Ruoli spoke to the elderly couple in a gentle and soft tone.
Seeing that Leng Ruoli and the others meant no harm, the elderly couple immediately relaxed their guard.
"The child just fell asleep after we coaxed him. Should I wake him up?"
The old woman glanced at the sleeping child on the bed and said with some hesitation.
"No need, Auntie, I just need to do a simple examination," Leng Ruoli replied with a light smile.
"Alright, you may proceed with the examination." The old woman was also very accommodating.
Afterward, Leng Ruoli asked Chu Miaoling to assist her, while she sent everyone else to the ward entrance.
Chu Miaoling carefully undressed the child, and Leng Ruoli lowered her gaze to examine the child's private parts.
As a result, the child was indeed an intersex infant. She wondered about its internal organs.
Leng Ruoli pondered for a moment, then said to Chu Miaoling and the elderly couple, "Please step out for a moment. I want to conduct a more thorough examination of the child to see if I can change its sex through surgery."
"Okay!"
Chu Miaoling nodded. She didn't ask Leng Ruoli for the reason, as she was accustomed to Leng Ruoli's mysterious examination methods. However, the elderly couple in the room was confused. They were afraid that Leng Ruoli might harm the child.
"Doctor, why do we need to leave when you are examining the child?" the old woman asked, frowning and looking very puzzled.
"Oh, it's like this. When I examine the child, I need a quiet environment to concentrate and perform an accurate examination. If I am disturbed during the process, it could potentially harm the child's health."
Leng Ruoli fabricated an excuse to persuade the elderly couple to leave quickly.
After a brief discussion, the elderly couple followed Chu Miaoling out of the ward. Chu Miaoling then closed the ward door behind Leng Ruoli.
Once Leng Ruoli was alone in the room with the child, she immediately moved the child into her personal space and took two pictures.
She discovered that the child's internal organs were more inclined towards those of a girl, as a complete set of female organs was present. If her sex were to be changed through surgery, the success rate of making her a healthy baby girl would be very high. However, this would still require the consent of the elderly couple.
After Leng Ruoli had ascertained the child's physical condition, she sent the child out of her space and returned to the ward.
She placed the child back on the bed and called out loudly towards the door, "Miaoling, you can all come in now."
Immediately, Chu Miaoling opened the ward door, and the elderly couple rushed in before Chu Miaoling.
"Doctor, how is it? Can our child be treated?" the old woman asked anxiously.
"Yes, but I need to understand a few things from you first. You must answer me truthfully," Leng Ruoli said, looking at the elderly couple before her.
"Doctor, please ask. We will answer truthfully," the elderly couple replied readily.
"This child is not yours, is it?" Leng Ruoli asked them directly.
Upon hearing this, the elderly couple's expressions immediately changed.
"Doctor, if you are going to save the child, why do you need to ask these questions?" the elderly couple said with displeasure.
"Because I need blood to save the child. If you are not the child's relatives, your blood cannot be used."
Leng Ruoli deliberately tried to frighten the elderly couple.
"Is that so!"
"What should we do, old man!"
"What can we do? We can only tell the doctor the truth."
Hearing Leng Ruoli's words, the elderly couple became anxious and started to pace.
Later, they revealed the truth to Leng Ruoli.
"Doctor, we will tell you the truth. This child was adopted by us. Two years ago, our son was bitten by a wild beast while hunting in the mountains and died soon after. My wife and I were heartbroken and almost couldn't go on."
"But a while ago, a distant relative brought us an abandoned child. At that moment, a new ray of hope arose in our hearts."
"However, when we changed the child's clothes later, we discovered that this child was a monster, a child of indeterminate sex. This immediately chilled our hearts. If we abandoned it, we couldn't bear to do so, as it was a life. But if we kept it, we didn't know whether to raise it as a girl or a boy. This made us hesitate for several days. In the end, we decided to keep it and raise it as our own grandchild."
"However, two days ago, while chatting with some women from the village, I heard them mention that there was a medical hall called Anji Tang in the capital, and that there was a divine doctor there with exceptional medical skills. So, my husband and I decided to bring the child here to try our luck."
The old woman wiped away a tear as she spoke slowly.
"Do you know where your distant relative got the child?" Chu Miaoling suddenly interjected.
She was certain that the child adopted by the elderly couple was the intersex infant born to Leng Ruoshuang.
"Alas... he said it was a child abandoned by a wealthy family... At the same time, he also guaranteed that no one would ask for it back when the child grew up, which is why we decided to raise it. We never expected that this child would turn out to be a problematic child," the elderly couple sighed and said.
"Doctor, you've asked us so many questions, but you haven't told us how to treat this child yet?"
The old woman's husband suddenly became agitated.