After rebirth, I kidnapped the sickly Dugong

When they set out the next day, Wen Baizhi kept this matter in mind.

As for whether there will be a chance to cure Si Jiu's sense of taste in the end, that is secondary.

But you can’t not try at all. If you try hard and then fail, you won’t regret it when you think about it many years later.

When the team stopped to rest at noon, Wen Baizhi went to find Rong Heng.

At that time, Rong Heng was grilling fish with Cuizhi and Ping'an.

When Wen Baizhi arrived, Rong Heng did not forget to greet her: "You came at the right time. This is the fish that Ping An just caught. You can try it later to see how it tastes."

Wen Baizhi was not a very particular person. She did not even ask Cuizhi to help her put a towel under the ground. She just sat down cross-legged.

After sitting down, she found an excuse to send Ping'an and Cuizhi away.

"Cuizhi, this fish is meat, and I'm afraid Du Gong can't eat it. Can you help me think of a way to cook some porridge or something like that? I'll bring it to him when I go back later."

"Okay, miss. I'll go right away." Cuizhi always obeyed Wen Baizhi's instructions immediately.

It would be easier to get rid of it if it's safe.

"Ping An, this is the wild after all. I'm worried that it's not that safe here. I'd like to trouble you to follow Cui Zhi so that if there's any danger, you can be the first to discover it."

Just like that, both of them were sent away by Wen Baizhi.

Now she can come and tell Rong Heng what she wants to say.

"I came to you because I have something to ask you," Wen Baizhi got straight to the point, "It's about Si Jiu's sense of taste."

Hearing this, Rong Heng unconsciously stopped fiddling with the grilled fish.

He looked at Wen Baizhi: "Did Si Jiu ask you to ask me?"

Wen Baizhi shook her head: "If he wanted to ask, he should have asked a few years ago. Why wait until now for me to ask you."

Rong Heng said: "I knew it wouldn't be him. Over the past few years, I thought he no longer wanted to improve his sense of taste."

From what Rong Heng said, it seemed that Si Jiu must have tried hard to find Rong Heng to help him with his lost sense of taste, but maybe he was unsuccessful in the end, or there might be some other reason.

Otherwise Rong Heng wouldn't say such a thing.

"Let's not talk about what happened before. I just want to ask you right now, can Si Jiu's sense of taste be restored now?"

Rong Heng had a somewhat conflicted expression, which was very different from his usual confident demeanor.

Wen Baizhi asked: "Why, there is a way to cure it, right? But this method may not be successful, or in other words, even you are not sure, right?"

Wen Baizhi was very good at reading people's expressions and could guess the whole story. At this moment, she guessed Rong Heng's reaction very accurately.

Rong Heng knew that many things still needed to be explained clearly by him.

"In fact, I have treated him before. Most of the time, a person's sense of taste is sensed by the tongue. My senior brother has also done research on this. As long as silver needles are used to prick a few acupuncture points on the tongue and a decoction is used to clear the previously blocked areas, the sense of taste will naturally recover."

Wen Baizhi: "But your treatment failed that time, right?"

This is not even a question, it is an affirmative sentence.

Otherwise, Si Jiu wouldn’t still have no sense of taste.

"Yes," when he said this, the light around Rong Heng seemed to dim, "It was also my fault at that time. I was obsessed with proving that I could do what my senior brother could do. But when my senior brother was treating someone, he was treating that person's muteness, and I wanted to treat Si Jiu's loss of taste. In fact, I was going in the wrong direction from the beginning.

But I was too conceited and proud at the time. I just thought, if my senior brother can do it, why can't I? I can definitely do it, so I went to Si Jiu and asked him to let me try. But the end result was that I inserted the needle in the wrong place. Not only did Si Jiu not cure his sense of taste, but he even lost his speech for almost a month. I still remember how depressed he was at that time."

This was the first time in such a long time that Rong Heng could recall his mistake in diagnosis and treatment in front of outsiders.

Wen Baizhi could hear the strong self-blame and guilt in his tone.

This means that Rong Heng has been thinking about this failure for such a long time.

"As a doctor, you can't always be successful. If a doctor can always treat patients successfully, then no one in this world will suffer or die from illness. I think you have done a good job. At least Si Jiu's body is so poor, you can slowly mend him. So what if you fail once? That's normal. Besides, the result after that is just a return to the original state. There is no regression, right?"

Wen Baizhi is good at comforting people and also good at enlightening people.

It seemed that after her advice, Rong Heng's previous concern began to fade away.

"But, you have heard what I am telling you now. I may have a way, but I really cannot guarantee the final success. You know the result. Are you still willing to ask me to help Si Jiu treat his sense of taste?" Rong Heng asked unconfidently.

Wen Baizhi said firmly: "I believe in you, Si Jiu also believes in you, now you just need to believe in yourself, in fact, I just said it, didn't I, the worst result is that he can't recover his sense of taste, which is no different from what he has now, he has no loss, but he may succeed."

Rong Heng reminded: "But he may lose his voice and be unable to speak."

Wen Baizhi raised her eyebrows: "Then when he was aphasic last time, wasn't he still able to speak? You have a way to cure him, right?"

Rong Heng stammered, "It's possible, but..."

Wen Baizhi said: "We can't be afraid of bad results and not do this thing. We must have a desire for success, but also be able to accept the results of failure and make up for it. If he is speechless, then he is speechless. Anyway, he doesn't like to talk much. You can just help him take care of it when the time comes."

But Rong Heng still hesitated: "But, sticking a needle on the tongue is also a big test for Yu Sijiu."

Wen Baizhi said casually, "If you can do your part, then Si Jiu can also do what he should do. You should all trust each other. In the past, he was the only one to bear his test, but now it's different. He has me with him. If two people bear the same test, it will definitely be easier than before."

Rong Heng didn't realize that the matter that he had been unable to get over before was actually turned over by Wen Baizhi's words.