"Why did you turn her into a doll?"
Lu Yuan gently stroked Zhang Baobao's little head. Liu Yuan watched in horror from the side.
Although Lu Yuan had a smiling expression on his face, if Zhang Baobao failed to provide a reasonable explanation, things would likely take a turn for the worse...
Liu Yuan glanced at the heavy truck parked at the Medical Academy entrance, noticing the two Dragon Eagle Kings tied to it, their four enormous, sturdy claws completely shattered!
Lu Yuan had snapped them with just his bare hands!
And now, the hands that had cracked the Dragon Eagle Kings' claws were gently caressing the head of a five-year-old girl.
"Because that granny tricked me into going out to eat..."
Zhang Baobao hugged Lu Yuan's leg, looking up at him with wide eyes as she spoke in a sweet, childish voice.
"I see, so she deserved what she got!"
Lu Yuan bent down and gingerly placed the doll on the ground. By the time he stood up, the doll had transformed back into the old woman's original form.
"Doctor Lu!"
"Doctor Lu, this brat caused trouble in your territory. She, she tried to kill me!"
As soon as the old woman regained her form, she shrieked at Lu Yuan. Meanwhile, seeing that Lu Yuan could turn her doll back into its original state, Zhang Baobao seemed to have found a kindred spirit. She blinked her big eyes and clung even tighter to Lu Yuan's leg.
Only when Lu Yuan patted her little hands did she obediently withdraw them and clasp them behind her back, appearing extremely cute and obedient.
Lu Yuan said nothing more. He walked over to the old woman and deeply inhaled.
Instantly, the old woman convulsed as if struck by lightning!
She began taking small steps backward, not even daring to glance at Lu Yuan again!
"These past few years, you've secretly been eating people's hearts again, haven't you?"
Lu Yuan's light words struck the old woman's heart like a sledgehammer. Her legs went limp and she collapsed on the ground!
"Doctor Lu! I didn't, I didn't!"
"Doctor Lu, you're falsely accusing me, falsely accusing me!"
Lu Yuan advanced toward the old woman one step at a time, a tinge of morbidity creeping into the smile on his face. "It's understandable for the dead to disregard humanity after losing their own."
"I could overlook you ignoring my warnings elsewhere, but for you to dare come here today to harm my patients..."
As Lu Yuan spoke, the smile on his face chilled the old woman to the bone!
"Granny, what have you done to me, your doctor?"
Paralyzed on the ground and trembling all over, the old woman could not utter a word. She could only feebly lift her arm to point at the cart nearby.
The old woman had intended to eat the dead woman's heart, but right now, she was far too terrified to speak due to Lu Yuan's intense intimidation.
Behind them, Zhang Baobao tilted her little head in confusion, unable to understand why the kindly, benevolent big brother frightened the granny so much.
Lu Yuan glanced at the cart and the woman's corpse atop it. Smiling, he said, "So you admit you tried to harm my patient?"
At Lu Yuan's words, the old woman's arms went limp.
Lu Yuan looked back at Liu Yuan and lightly instructed, "Put her in operating room number three."
Pointing at the woman's corpse on the cart, he added, "And that one in operating room number five."
With those simple instructions, Liu Yuan nodded and went forward.
Just then, two heavy trucks drove onto the Medical Academy square. A man jumped down from one truck and eyed the old woman collapsed before Lu Yuan peculiarly. "Boss, where do you want me to put your goods?"
Lu Yuan casually pointed at the empty space next to the square. "Just put it anywhere, thanks for the trouble."
The man nodded. "You got it!"
Suddenly, while Lu Yuan was conversing with the man, the old woman who had been paralyzed on the ground a second ago seemed to instantly regain infinite vitality. She scrambled up, grabbed her cane, and bolted away!
Lu Yuan merely glanced at Liu Yuan, and the young nurse leisurely followed after the old woman.
The deliverymen in the trucks acted as if nothing had happened. Those in their line of work had transported many bizarre objects before and knew the wisdom of knowing less and living longer.
The trucks on the square began unloading before Lu Yuan. The man who had spoken to him earlier approached holding a document and handed it to Lu Yuan with a smile. "Boss, the transportation fee totals thirty-six thousand."
Lu Yuan nodded and transferred the money without another word.
However, upon seeing the amount deposited, the man was taken aback.
"Boss, f-fifty thousand? You sent too much..."
Lu Yuan slapped the man's shoulder and laughed. "No, I didn't."
The man understood Lu Yuan's implication in the next moment. Staring at the two massive dragon claws, he swallowed and carefully said, "Boss, I know this is hush money, but it's not easy to accept this sum.
When we get back, people will definitely ask questions. How do you want us to respond?"
Lu Yuan pointed at the two giant dragon corpses. "I spent a fortune to hire a mercenary team to hunt them for me. As for which mercenary team..."
Lu Yuan paused. Aside from Black Fire, he really couldn't think of any other mercenaries, so he just made something up.
"A mercenary organization with only the two letters LY."
The deliveryman immediately nodded. "Boss, leave it to me! I guarantee this secret stays in my stomach!"
Lu Yuan nodded. If people knew a small general surgeon like himself had managed to kill two Tiger Eagle Kings and haul them back alone, he feared his peaceful days would be over.
The simple, unambitious Lu Yuan only wished to get through each day seeing patients, performing surgeries, cutting open bodies, and unclogging sewers. Such was the tranquil life he desired.
Twenty minutes later, the two massive Tiger Eagle King corpses were unloaded onto the square, along with thirteen juvenile eagles just over seven inches long tied together, and a household artificial intelligence robot.
With the delivery completed, the two heavy trucks left. Just after exiting the Medical Academy gates, the deliveryman who had spoken to Lu Yuan saw Liu Yuan dragging the escaped old woman down the side road toward them.
Blood trailed down the moonlit highway.
The deliveryman shuddered. "This damn freaky place..." he muttered.
After the delivery trucks departed, Liu Yuan returned dragging the old woman while Zhang Baobao hugged Lu Yuan's leg again. In her sweet voice, the five-year-old girl asked, "Big brother, can you treat my mommy now?"
Lu Yuan rubbed the little girl's head and smiled. "Of course, we'll start right away."
Lu Yuan then seized the household AI robot and entered some information into it with his phone. A cold glint flashed as he cleaved the robot's head open with a single slash.
Reaching inside and rummaging around, Lu Yuan removed the core processor chip from the robot's brain.
That night, the lights in Lu Yuan Clinic's operating room number five remained lit until morning.
Meanwhile, Zhang Baobao, the five-year-old girl, scraped at the door, waiting dryly in the hallway all night.
Liu Yuan had prepared a patient room for Zhang Baobao to rest in, but the stubborn little girl simply shook her head, insisting on waiting right here.
A little past six in the morning, the lights in operating room number five switched off.
The door opened and Lu Yuan stepped out, clapping his surgical gown. Behind him stood a pale, dazed-looking woman.