Normally they only saw her with a veil or a human-skin mask on; they’d never actually seen her real wounds.

What kind of face was this, really? It was downright terrifying—half the flesh was gone, the bones were clearly exposed. That Mu Huarong was really vicious enough.

"Strange, with Cousin-sister-in-law’s face like this, how come it doesn’t sink in when she wears a mask?" Qi Yunqiao had learned quite a bit from her father; asking this now was definitely not out of contempt, but from a physician’s perspective.

"There’s filling under the mask." Baili Han said, "In this situation, you shouldn’t wear a mask anymore. With the mask pressing on the flesh, how is it supposed to grow back?"

"Then in your opinion, can Hua’en’s injury be cured?" This was what Ye Haoyang cared about the most.

Baili Han slanted a glance at Mu Huaen and snorted. "You’re lucky you married Yangyang, otherwise you’d have to spend your whole life with this face."

He wouldn’t casually agree to fix such a complicated face.

Hearing this, Ye Haoyang realized it meant it could be cured. He hurriedly pulled Hua’en and said, "Quick, thank Little Uncle. Little Uncle can fix your face."

Mu Huaen was still a bit dazed, more than that she couldn’t quite believe it. After all, her father and brother had both been helpless.

But she still reacted quickly and knocked her head to the floor in a sincere bow to Baili Han. "Thank you, Little Uncle."

Seeing her perform such a formal kowtow with genuine attitude, Baili Han’s tone eased considerably. "Get up first. Tomorrow I’ll prescribe some medicine for you to apply. After three days, all the spoiled flesh has to be gouged out, then we’ll apply medicine again and let new flesh grow."

"You still have to gouge it out?" Ye Haoyang felt uneasy just hearing it. How painful would that be?

Qi Yunqiao knew he felt sorry for Mu Huaen, so she said, "Doesn’t the Mu Family have narcotics? It won’t hurt that much."

But Baili Han shook his head. "You’d better be mentally prepared. When gouging out rotten flesh, you can’t use any other medicine."

"Ah..." Now Qi Yunqiao also felt sorry for this cousin-sister-in-law.

Ye Haoyang thought for a moment and then discussed it with Mu Huaen. "Why don’t we forget it? It’s not that bad like this anyway."

The others didn’t comment. Matters between the young couple were for them to decide.

"It’s fine, pain is just pain." Mu Huaen was determined to be treated.

If there had been no chance, so be it. But with a chance right in front of her, how could she give it up?

"But..."

"Damn, how are you even more fussy than your wife? She’s not afraid of the pain, what are you worrying about? No matter how much gouging flesh hurts, it can’t hurt more than when her face was first ruined."

Baili Han really couldn’t stand his way of carrying on.

A grown man fussing this much over a woman.

"Yes, Little Uncle is right." Mu Huaen also felt that there was no pain more unbearable and hopeless than being disfigured.

"Alright, it’s settled then." Baili Han stood up and headed out.

Just then someone came from Yang Chuxia’s side to say that dinner was ready.

Everyone went to the dining hall.

The next day, Baili Han went over to the Mu Family, got quite a few medicinal ingredients from Mu Shaoling, and made an ointment himself to give to Mu Huaen. Mu Shaoling had originally been unwilling to give them, but when he heard it was to treat Mu Huaen’s face, his attitude changed immediately.

He even enthusiastically asked Baili Han if he needed help.

After the ointment had been applied for three full days, Baili Han began the procedure on Mu Huaen’s face.

Strictly speaking, calling it "gouging flesh" was less accurate than calling it "scraping bone." The flesh on her face had already been almost completely destroyed, leaving only a thin layer covering the bone.

That day, several people from the Mu Residence all came over to accompany Mu Huaen through the treatment.