Chapter 62: Chapter 37: The Eight Bone-Setting Techniques (Part 2)

At this moment, the thumb is rotated from the back edge of the ankle bone to the front edge to restore the smoothness of the inner and outer ankle bones.

After repositioning the ankle bone, wrap a bandage starting from the lower end of the tibia and fibula, winding towards the back of the foot, including both ankles, and secure them with a cord.

Next, reduce weight-bearing walking, and recovery can be achieved in less than a month.]

Not sure who said this, it was very detailed, but Lu Xuan was still baffled after hearing it.

Orthopedics is different from diagnosis and treatment, he has learned too little. Even if he follows these steps one by one, he cannot guarantee he can restore the dislocated ankle.

If the technique is not precise, not only will it fail to reposition, but it might also cause further injury to the young woman in front of him, complicating the subsequent treatment.

However, if he lets the opportunity to learn orthopedics slip by, Lu Xuan fears he would regret it enough to slap himself.

“What to do?”

“Should I give it a try?”

Lu Xuan was very conflicted. If it were other conditions, he wouldn’t hesitate, but having never dealt with orthopedics before, he hesitated.

Just as he was hesitating, the red light changed, and the green light came on.

The young woman glanced at the green light, then turned to look at the young man who had just been concerned about her, her ears turning red, and then she started limping toward the other side.

“Ah!”

However, the sudden sharp pain made her instinctively retract her foot, causing her to lose her balance and fall forward.

Noticing the commotion, Lu Xuan came back to his senses and instinctively reached out to catch her, gently embracing that figure.

Both of them breathed a sigh of relief. After supporting her, Lu Xuan thought for a moment and said, “Your ankle seems to be dislocated; don’t push through the pain. If mishandled, even if it gets repositioned, it might be difficult to recover quickly.”

“How… how did you know?”

She blinked her eyes and looked at him.

“Your ankle is swollen and bruised; it’s clearly not just a simple sprain. It’s likely a dislocated ankle bone.” Lu Xuan glanced down at her foot.

“Let me take a look for you.”

After he said this, he looked around and saw an empty spot at the bus stop behind them: “Let me help you over there to take a look.”

With that, regardless of her willingness, he helped her over to the bus stop.

After signaling for her to sit down, Lu Xuan bowed his head and asked, “By the way, my name is Lu Xuan; I don’t know your name yet?”

“Su Kenan.”

“My name is Su Kenan.”

Su Kenan said, her face a little shy and flushed.

“That’s a beautiful name.”

Lu Xuan complimented, then squatted down, preparing to help Su Kenan remove her white sneakers. As soon as his hand touched her pale skin, he quickly withdrew it, embarrassed: “Maybe you should do it yourself.”

“Mm.”

Lu Xuan heard a low murmur like a mosquito.

Su Kenan removed the sneakers and the cartoon socks inside, not daring to look at Lu Xuan, keeping her head down and saying, “Okay… it’s done.”

“Let me take a look; it might hurt a bit.”

“If it hurts, just shout out; don’t hold it in.”

With that, Lu Xuan reached out and pinched Su Kenan’s small foot.

Petite and delicate, her toes are like fresh grass emerging in spring, gentle and elegant; her pale skin is as flawless as jade, crystal clear. It doesn’t look like a foot; it seems more like a piece of fine art. Just a gentle touch makes people fascinated, amazed yet in admiration.

Being good-looking is one thing, but even her feet look like artwork; how can others compete?

Previously, Lu Xuan didn’t believe in foot fetishism in this world.

A smelly foot, what’s there to find enchanting about it?

At this moment, he realized it was his own limited perspective.

Small foot, truly lovely.

“Um… could you rub a bit more gently, it hurts.”

Su Kenan looked at Lu Xuan somewhat helplessly; when Lu Xuan looked over, she timidly averted her gaze.

“Sorry, sorry.”

Lu Xuan promptly apologized.

But instinctively, he lightly touched it again.

The small foot, truly beautiful.

Then, with a serious expression, he explained, “Don’t misunderstand, I’m just checking if it’s a dislocation of the internal or external malleolus.”

Su Kenan looked at his hand.

But clearly, he wasn’t holding the ankle but the small foot.

Her clear eyes filled with confusion.

And at this moment, Lu Xuan confirmed the condition of Su Kenan’s ankle: “It’s an external malleolus dislocation; it needs to be repositioned.”

“Help me out, hold your heel from the outside with both hands, and use both hands to keep a relative pull state.”

“Like this?”

“Yes, together with the thenar eminence.”

“Hold it steady, don’t move.”

Lu Xuan gave a brief instruction and began to realign Su Kenan’s displaced ankle bone according to the methods he remembered.

Since it was his first time performing a bone realignment, Lu Xuan was a bit nervous, and his technique seemed clumsy.

This performance naturally prompted some murmured commentary from the depth of his thoughts:

[It seems Dr. Lu does understand a bit about bone realignment. The position and everything are fine; it’s just that the technique is lacking. He must have learned it but hasn’t actually done it for anyone before, so he lacks experience.]

[Lack of experience? He’s an absolute novice!]

[Fortunately, the steps are correct. Otherwise, I’d be sweating on behalf of this young girl.]

[Although bone realignment is just a minor branch of traditional Chinese medicine, it’s still quite an academic discipline. It’s specialized and rarely do expert practitioners also excel in bone realignment.]

[There used to be more, but now they’re scarce.]

Being critiqued didn’t make Lu Xuan angry; instead, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although his technique was a bit awkward, at least the steps and positions were correct. That way, he could safely resume realigning her little foot… or the ankle bone, rather.

“Plantarflex… then dorsiflex.”

Lu Xuan lowered his head and gave a gentle reminder, but found there was no response for a long time.

So, he slightly lifted his gaze.

He discovered Su Kenan was blinking her eyes while looking at him, her face blushing with embarrassment, wanting to speak but holding back.

“What’s wrong?”

Su Kenan glanced away: “Well… I… I don’t understand.”

Only then did Lu Xuan realize, and quickly explained, “Plantarflex means to point your toes, and dorsiflex means to flex them back. If you’re not in the medical field, you typically wouldn’t know that.”

Su Kenan turned back to look at Lu Xuan seriously and said, “I am in the medical field.”

“…..”

Lu Xuan didn’t know what to say, so he awkwardly replied, “Some in the medical field may not know either, unless they specifically study traditional Chinese bone setting or Western orthopedics.”

“Let’s not worry about that for now, let’s start.”

“Mm.”

Su Kenan nodded and obediently pointed her toes, then flexed them back.

Lu Xuan shifted his gaze away from her little foot, placed his thumb on the back edge of the ankle bone, and pushed forward.

“Ugh~”

The sudden sharp pain made Su Kenan bite her lip tightly, and a sheen of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Lu Xuan knew that this step would be painful, but he didn’t hesitate and used the quickest speed to restore Su Kenan’s ankle bone to its original position.

After touching it again to confirm the realignment was complete, he finally let out a breath of relief.

“All done.”

“But it would be best to wrap it with some gauze.”

“I didn’t bring any with me. How about you come with me to the Health Center across the street, I’ll take care of it for you, then you can leave.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a roll of gauze appeared in front of him.

Looking up, he saw it was handed over by Su Kenan.

Lu Xuan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, “You really are in the medical field!”

Su Kenan tilted her head with a puzzled expression.

Without saying more, Lu Xuan took the gauze and wrapped it according to what he had remembered.

Two minutes later, everything was finished. Lu Xuan handed back the remaining gauze to Su Kenan and advised, “Your ankle bone has just been repositioned, so it needs rest for a while. Avoid walking for the next week, otherwise, it could dislocate again.

If it fully recovers, it should take about a month.”

Lu Xuan stood up and glanced around, “I noticed you changed to the 135 bus midway before; your foot probably isn’t suitable for bus rides now. Let me call a cab for you.”

“What’s your home address?”

“Huh?”

Su Kenan was taken aback, shaking her head like a bell: “No… it’s not necessary.”

“It’s no trouble.”

“Let me add you as a contact, you send me the address.”

Unable to argue, Su Kenan took out her phone and exchanged contact details with Lu Xuan.

However, she didn’t let Lu Xuan call a cab for her.

“You go ahead with your work, I can call a cab myself.”

“Are you sure?”

“Mm.”

Lu Xuan checked the time and realized there wasn’t much time before work started, so he nodded and said, “Alright, take care of yourself.”

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

After saying that, Lu Xuan headed straight toward the Health Center.

But as Lu Xuan turned to leave, Su Kenan’s gaze shifted to the distance, where a little red car was driving toward her.

She remembered that it was her aunt’s car.

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