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103. Things About Being an Empress, Part 2
Shu Shu and the two children cuddled for a while. Then he remembered that he had not greeted Ian and felt a little embarra.s.sed.
Ian had long known about Shu Shu’s rather special origin as well as his lack of worldly wisdom and was actually accustomed to it, so he just smiled appeasingly.
Upon seeing this, Shu Shu immediately felt relieved. After greeting Ian, he asked Jones whether he wanted to have a checkup.
This hospital was a charity. All the patients who came could not pay for the cost of medical care and medicines, and they basically had serious problems. In the matter of pregnancy . . . every pregnancy checkup in the Beastman Empire was free, so naturally, no one came here. Consequently, Shu Shu had not personally examined other pregnant sub-beastmen except Jones. As for Jones, when he checked Jones before, the egg was still just a soft egg yolk, and he could not see anything inside. But now Jones was about a month away from giving birth, so the child in his belly should have almost developed.
Looking at Jones"s belly, Shu Shu was very curious—he wondered whether Jones would give birth to a beastman or a sub-beastman . . . .
Jones himself was a doctor and had already checked himself with instruments. Checking again with instruments was meaningless, so Shu Shu used spiritual power . . . .
Spiritual power slowly entered Jones" body and stopped over Jones" abdomen, and the situation there began to be seen by Shu Shu . . . .
"It’s a sub-beastman." Shu Shu suddenly stated. Jones still had a few days wait before giving birth. The instruments of the Beastman Empire could not see the child"s situation, but his spiritual power could see it. By looking at the child"s development and comparing it with the medical information, he could see that the child was a sub-beastman.
"Really?" Jones, looking at Shu Shu in astonishment, was pleasantly surprised. The Beastman Empire always had more beastmen and fewer sub-beastmen, and everyone basically wished to give birth to sub-beastmen.
Sub-beastmen were good, ah. Beastmen usually had so-so relationship with their parents. Once they grew up, they would run off to chase after sub-beastmen. What about sub-beastmen? They were always closer to their parents, and when they had a partner in the future . . . then the partner had to please the sub-beastman’s parents well!
Ian was also pleasantly surprised. "It’s actually a sub-beastman!" Heaven knew how much he liked sub-beastman babies. Each and every one of them was absolutely cute, ah! Of course, the little hamster Gary was also not bad.
Shu Shu, on the contrary, was not that strongly attached to sub-beastman babies. As long as he did not give birth to a snake, everything else looked the same to him. However, it was obvious that other people"s way of thinking was very different, and they were all very happy.
Ever since Reynolds knew that Jones had a child, he especially worked hard and worked even harder all day long figuring out how to make money, vowing that he had to make a lot of money to raise the child. Meanwhile, Jones began to read parenting books every day. He and Ian also investigated how to take care of sub-beastmen and tried to test it on Gary . . . .
Gary was totally uncooperative with this. He did not eat any sub-beastman food and ate much more beastman food than beastman babies of the same size. In addition, his development was completely in accordance with that of beastmen.
Sub-beastman babies grew very slowly and needed to be carefully raised like human babies, and they were also susceptible to illness. Gary, however, was different. He grew fast, was particularly robust, and had never fallen ill. He was really nothing like sub-beastmen.
Ian had no choice but to raise Gary like Fred in the end. He even had to look on helplessly as the two children fought . . . . Fred, be careful, ah, don"t hurt your younger brother!
Ian once again hurried the little snake, who was pressing down the little hamster, aside without forgetting to warn him. The little snake nodded obediently and continued to run while being chased by the little hamster everywhere. Compared with his younger brother, he was indeed much stronger. At least his younger brother could not scratch the scales on his body when he tried to catch him with his paws. If he gave his younger brother a paw . . . .
The last time he exerted himself a little bit, he scratched his younger brother"s skin. Since then, the little snake was all the more reluctant to hit the little hamster at will and could only let the little hamster ride on himself to show off his strength.
However, although the little hamster was weaker than the little snake, he was unexpectedly stronger than ordinary beastmen. This was particularly gratifying to Dean, who still thought that he was a child with a birth defect until now.
Although the little prince’s beast form was abnormal, fortunately, his human form was very strong, ah! In the future, he should be able to find a sub-beastman to accompany him for a lifetime!
Edgar worked hard to adapt to the life of the emperor, and Shu Shu worked hard to be a good doctor. When the little snake took the little hamster to play around every day, Shu Shu was once again famous.
Everyone who came to the charity hospital for treatment were all poor people, and the diseases they were treating were critical and serious diseases. Some of the diseases were even impossible to cure and could only be controlled by medications.
However, Shu Shu cured a patient who, according to reason, could not be cured.
After Shu Shu joined the hospital, he was a.s.signed to a sub-beastman patient. This sub-beastman was congenitally weak, and some organs in his body were very bad. All along, he could only control his condition so it would not worsen, and he were unable to recover completely.
As long as such a patient had a medical treatment cabin and was given the right medications, there would not be a big problem, and it was unlikely for medical accidents to happen. This was the reason why the hospital would a.s.sign him to Shu Shu. Afterwards, they did not manage this patient anymore, and Shu Shu, he really did his best to help treat this patient.
This kind of patient with most of the organs in his body having problems could not undergo surgery because his body was unable to bear it. And the hole in his heart, which could not be repaired by medical equipment alone, also couldn’t be cured because his body was riddled with problems. However, Shu Shu had spiritual power.
Every day, he used spiritual power to help nourish this patient’s body and also fed him a little bit of spirit gra.s.s brought from Fallen Beast Planet. The man"s various organs started to improve, and then Shu Shu gave him an operation and repaired his heart.
Thinking that this sub-beastman had been cured, Shu Shu discharged him. The sub-beastman was a little stupid at first—how could my body suddenly undergo an operation and still be this strong?
Also, didn’t he use to be prescribed a bunch of medicines? Why wasn’t there any this time?
The sub-beastman looked doubtful but still obediently followed his beastman to go home. Not to mention that his body was not good, he was also an orphan, so he would always get treated in a charity hospital. Now he was twenty years old and had been married to a beastman, who was also an orphan like him, for more than a year.
He could not work. Although his beastman worked hard, all the money he earned was spent on him, so the two had never had any savings. Each time his sickness got serious, they could only rely on the help of a charity hospital. For example, this time he suddenly fainted and was sent to the hospital.
His beastman, seeing him look much better, was very happy. He bought a large amount of food and cooked him a meal. After the meal, the atmosphere was very good. Seeing that he looked pretty healthy, the two men very carefully carried out their second intercourse after marriage.
The first time they did it, they stopped halfway because the beastman did not dare to continue after seeing him uncomfortable. But this time . . . they smoothly did it until the end, and afterwards, the sub-beastman did not feel uncomfortable at all.
His body seemed to be like what the crown princess had said, which was already good more or less!
However, even if it was like this, they still didn’t dare to do it excessively, and later, they did not dare to have intercourse anymore. As a result, after more than a month, this sub-beastman suddenly felt unwell all over and went to the hospital again to check . . . . He was unexpectedly pregnant!
The sub-beastman was immediately stupid. His body basically couldn’t conceive a child, and his womb had not developed at all. How could he become pregnant now?
They did another detailed examination at that general hospital and found that . . . his body could not be regarded as very healthy, but it had no major problems. He could definitely get pregnant and have a job in the future!
He was actually fine?
The sub-beastman was completely stunned, and the hospital personnel were also stunned. Regardless of whether it was a beastman or a sub-beastman, if he had ever been sick, his medical case would be recorded to some extent in his personal information. The hospital could only access it if they had obtained the patient"s consent, and this patient, he had agreed.
The hospital was very puzzled and did not understand why he could still be good with such diseases. You should know that even if this sub-beastman was well-nourished, in the ordinary course of events, he would only live for a few more years.
"It"s the crown princess . . . no, the empress who has cured me." The sub-beastman suddenly said.
Not only could the empress develop a method to help the fallen beasts to restore their beast cores, he could actually cure people with incurable diseases, too!
Although this should be aided by his innate skill, it was still incredible!
This incident immediately circulated on the star network, and at the same time, the news of Jones" geriatric pregnancy also spread. In addition, those who once lived on Fallen Beast Planet and had now returned to the Beastman Empire began to praise Shu Shu.
The empress was really amazing. He could cure patients with incurable diseases and make a sub-beastman who was practically infecund to get pregnant!
Shu Shu was at once famous.
A day later, a patient came to the charity hospital and wished for Shu Shu to treat him.
Two days later, many patients came to the charity hospital, hoping that Shu Shu could treat them.
Three days later, someone donated his belongings and came to the hospital just to seek a little hope of survival.
Shu Shu: ". . ."
After Edgar inherited the throne, Shu Shu was also busy. He asked people to investigate the background of each patient and gave priority to those who had contributed to the Beastman Empire while ignoring those with bad morality and conduct.
But even so, he was still very busy. He thoroughly used up all his spiritual power every day and even had less time to accompany his children and Edgar. However, even if it was already like this, the patients in the hospital were still getting more and more. In addition, as he cured several more terminally ill patients, his fame on the star network became even greater. It was said that even people on the planets on the other side of the capital star had already rushed over to the capital star to seek treatment from him.
How could this be done?
With so many planets in the Beastman Empire, the number of population was staggering, and people who fell ill were also a lot and added up everyday. So many people, even if he worked hard every day to treat them, he would not finish for a lifetime.
Shu Shu was scared.
"Edgar . . ." That night, Shu Shu looked at Edgar pitifully, trying to ask for an idea. As the empress, he wanted to live comfortably. Going to work was interesting, but it totally shouldn’t make him work himself to death at the hospital all day long, right?
Recently, he had been relying on sleeping with Edgar to let Edgar input him with spiritual power to restore his spirit. He really felt sad just thinking about it.
"You’re the empress, and you also treat people free of charge. It doesn’t make sense that you still have to work overtime to help treat people. You’ll work according to working hours in the future." Edgar said.
"Then what?" Shu Shu asked again. Seeing so many patients waiting for him, it was impossible for him to stand aside and do nothing, ah. Now the charity hospital was almost filled to capacity with patients; what should he do then?
"Don"t go to the charity hospital to treat people later on. Change to a place with beautiful scenery and build your own hospital." Edgar added, "If they want to seek treatment from you, they must pay a huge amount of medical fees. You’ll only treat those who have paid a huge amount of medical fee and have never done bad things. Just choose your patients from among them."
"What about the people in the charity hospital then?" Shu Shu asked. Those patients were so pitiful, ah! Also, why should he ask for a huge amount of medical fees? His keeper was the richest man in the Empire.
"The huge medical fees you charge are used for charity and to expand the charity hospital. Also, whether it’s the charity hospital or the hospital you’ll be staying next, you should arrange a spirit gathering formation there." Edgar kissed Shu Shu on the lips.
"Good idea!" Shu Shu"s eyes lit up. After the charity hospital got a lot of money and a spirit gathering formation, the patients there would surely be well taken care of and much more comfortable. On the other side, he would not be tired if he only treated the selected patients.
Shu Shu made such a decision and soon implemented it. And no one thought that this decision was wrong.
The empress was a sub-beastman; in any case, they could not really make him treat people without stopping to sleep or have a rest, right? It was already great that the empress was willing to donate all the money he received from treating people to charity!
Of course, there were also people who argued noisily that the empress was ungenerous by charging so much money for treating people, and that he should treat people free of charge just like before. But such people were quickly scolded back—if you have the ability, then you go work for others without pay, ah! Why make the empress treat people without charging any money?
That’s right, this is indeed a matter of mutual consent. If you resent paying so much money, then don"t come to me to seek treatment, ah. On what basis do you make me treat you for free? Shu Shu read the comments online and snorted, deciding that he had to charge more when he treated people.
As a result . . . after Shu Shu started doing this, he suddenly found that the money he could receive was actually much, much, much, much more than he had imagined!
He used to treat people for free before. But now? The money he received for treating one person was enough to buy a luxury model of a private s.p.a.ceship!
This was really too profitable!
Shu Shu was dumbfounded seeing that huge amount of money.
"With this money, the charity hospital can expand a lot." Edgar said with a smile.
Shu Shu turned his head sharply and looked at Edgar anxiously, "Edgar, I feel bitter about giving out so much money. What should I do?"
Edgar: ". . ."
Shu Shu still donated all the money to charity in the end. After that, Edgar gave him even more money.
He calculated it. The interest from the sum of money Edgar gave him that he had put in deposit was already inexhaustible. Since this was the case, more money was also useless, right?
From then on, Empress Shu Shu began his daily life of going to his own hospital to treat people. In addition to easily earning a fortune, his reputation was also getting better and better . . . .
It was inevitable since opportunities to seek treatment from him were up for auction to the extent that he received a particularly large amount of money every time he treated people, and the amount of money he took out for charity was also particularly large. Who didn’t like such an empress who was committed to charity?
The ordinary people liking him was nothing much. However, the upper layers of the Beastman Empire, whether it was n.o.bles or politicians or military personnel or businessmen, all liked him too.
If they were ill, they certainly had to seek treatment from the empress. Under these circ.u.mstances, no matter who you offended, you could not offend the empress, ah!
Not only could you not offend the empress, but you also had to have a good relationship with the empress! Although seeking a treatment from the empress required you to partic.i.p.ate in an auction to buy the opportunity to see the empress, but in fact, if you had a good relationship with the empress, the empress was willing to help treat people privately, and you did not even need to spend money . . . .
They had to have a good relationship with the empress!
Shu Shu had thus become the most popular person in the entire empire. Many large hotel chains, shopping centers, and luxury goods stores did not charge him when he shopped there, and they even sent him a lot of things for free.
On his birthday, all important people in the Empire would send him gifts.
Nowadays, even if he just posted something on the star network casually, the Empire’s big shots would all forward it to express their support . . . . Supposedly, even if he farted, everyone would say that it was fragrant . . . . Even Edgar, the emperor, had no such treatment, ah!
Shu Shu felt very proud of himself. He was definitely a superstar now, the world’s first superstar who was loved by all.
Edgar absolutely got a really great deal for being able to find him! Shu Shu smugly said to Edgar on a certain night.
Edgar chuckled and gave Shu Shu some nuts from a newly discovered planet.
"Aww! Edgar, you’re great! I’m so happy I could meet you!" Shu Shu rushed over to grab the food and then was conveniently "eaten" by Edgar.
The taste was really good!
TL"s note: Stay safe everyone!