029: Love Multiplied Fifty Thousandfold, Doctor, Please Give Me One More Chance!

It is actually a good thing for a father to take his son out to broaden his horizons. However, Ram was a shy boy in his youth, and by skipping steps 1 through 99 and jumping straight to maximum intensity, it is true that he might have inadvertently caused more harm than good.

Li Cha sold "Ram's Shadow" to the system. 50 copper coins were credited. This item must have contained the memories of that day; otherwise, it wouldn't be worth so much.

"Ding-dong."
Notification: Transaction successful, your experience +1%.

Li Cha: ɿ(｡･ɜ･)ɾ What?

Up until now, apart from gathering quests, he had never received experience directly from the system. 1% is not much, but if there is 1%, then there could be 2%, 3%, 4%... it all depends on Li Cha's exploration.

He continued reading.
[Ram's Love for his Better Half]: Value 10 copper coins.
[Lisa's Love for her Better Half]: Value 0.0001 copper coins.

"..."
Mrs. Lisa didn't lie. She truly, deeply had no feelings for her husband. This would never do. Li Cha had already taken the money, so if the love wasn't there, he would force it into existence! He cut the difference, giving each half. What he wanted was fairness and justice.

The final items:
[Ram's Physique]: Value 8 copper coins.
[Lisa's Physique]: Value 5 copper coins.

This was also the opposite of the Randolph family. Li Cha recalled, "Ram doesn't smoke or drink, and he has always lived a clean life; it makes sense that his physique is not bad." As for the receding hairline, that was more likely a genetic trait. Looking at Mrs. Lisa, with her slender arms and legs, it was easy to guess she hadn't suffered much throughout her life. After she married, Ram pampered her in every way, so a mediocre physique was also perfectly reasonable. He decided not to change those.

With that, the second couple's "surgery" was basically complete. For the next few dozen minutes, Li Cha tested the transactions for the items worth 0. Selling them resulted in 0, and buying them back was still 0—nothing more to say there. These trades did not grant Doctor Li any experience points.

The work of uncovering the system's mechanics was a long and arduous journey.

...

On the examination bed in the clinic, Lisa, Ram’s wife, was the first to wake up. She looked a bit dazed, as if she were unclear why she had fallen asleep. Glancing at Li Cha standing not far away, memories flooded back, and Lisa suddenly remembered how she had been flirting with this Doctor Li.

"I? ...How could I have said such things?" Lisa was incredulous. "I am a married woman; my husband is right beside me!..."

Blushing and hesitant, Lisa looked at her husband, who was still fast asleep, and reached out to touch his cheek. "I'm sorry, Ram, it was all my fault before."

With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Lisa climbed off the bed and dropped to her knees with a thud. "Doctor, I regret it. I was wanton, I was shameless, please give me another chance!"

During the last treatment of the Randolph couple, on the surface, other than becoming more affectionate, they didn't seem to have changed much. But Lisa’s love for her husband had skyrocketed 50,000 times compared to before, and under this impact, she even considered ending her life to atone for her sins.

"Madam, please get up. Mr. Ram is about to wake up, and it wouldn't be good for him to see this," Li Cha said.

Lisa shook her head repeatedly. "No, Doctor Li. Ram is a kind man, but I am not. Being able to marry Ram is a gift from the Goddess of Light. I don't want to be separated from him. I promise to treat him twice as well from now on, so please, do not tell him what just happened."

A married woman actively seducing her husband's doctor and saying such things—it was truly as bad as it could get.

Li Cha asked, "What about before this?"

Lisa raised three fingers. "I swear to the Goddess, my body has never betrayed Ram. It was just that some nights were truly lonely, and I did some... I sent ambiguous signals to a few men, but that was all. I promise never to see them again, and if I happen to run into them, I will walk the other way!..."

A believer of the Goddess. In the Redwood Empire, even under heavy suppression, the Goddess of Light remained the primary faith of the masses. Therefore, what Lisa said carried a certain degree of credibility. Of course, from Li Cha's perspective, Mrs. Lisa could now be single-minded, and her love for her husband was genuine. If they still couldn't make it work, that might just be the Goddess's arrangement, beyond human intervention.

Seeing him remain silent, Lisa thought Li Cha didn't believe her. She lunged forward and grabbed Li Cha’s leg. "Doctor, please, you must believe me. I truly love Ram! If... if... you are willing to keep my secret, I... I could come over every week to accompany..."

Li Cha: "Eh, wait, wait!" He hurriedly pulled her up. "Madam, I believe you. I also wish you and Mr. Ram the best. When the Ram family has a baby in the future, I will come by to offer my blessings to the little angel as well."

...

The "treatment" for the Ram family was over. Within a few minutes, Mr. Ram from the Adventurers' Guild woke up leisurely. He could feel that he had become stronger—and in a very powerful way. At the same time, his wife seemed to have changed as well.

In the past, when they went out, Lisa would always keep her distance. She would say it was too hot and that standing close would make them sweat, or she would claim it was social etiquette—a wife's respect for her husband. But now, his wife took the initiative to approach him and held his hand—a scene that hadn't even happened when they were dating years ago.

Before leaving, Li Cha stopped Ram, saying he had a few more words for him. Lisa felt incredibly anxious during those five minutes. However, after Ram came back out, he said, "Oh, it's nothing. I still owed a balance for the treatment. I was just so happy earlier that I forgot."

Only then did Lisa feel relieved.

...

Charlie's Psychological Clinic.
Doctor Li watched them walk away. What he said to Ram was certainly not about any balance. First, Li Cha returned 5 silver coins to Ram, saying, "This is what Mrs. Lisa gave me earlier."

Ram accepted the money readily. Then, he took 10 silver coins from his pocket and gave them to Li Cha, saying only two words: "Thank you."

Others might not know, but Li Cha had to know exactly when Ram woke up. He heard every word of his conversation with Lisa, including her heart-to-heart confession, while lying on the bed. Honestly, Li Cha had already earned enough money for the day. However, since Ram insisted on paying, there was nothing he could do.

Out of responsibility to his client, Li Cha took out a slip of paper with the names of several men on it—Ram's colleague, the Baron's distant nephew, the merchant's eldest son, and so on.

Ram wanted to pay more, but this time, Li Cha firmly refused. "Mr. Ram, I wish your family a new addition soon. There will be many places where you need money in the future. I am a doctor, not a greedy merchant blinded by coin. Please, give your wife another chance."

Ram nodded. He had already reflected on his behavior over the past few years and realized that being overly good to a woman was just being a "simp." Lisa was his wife, and he was naturally willing to give it another go. However, as for the men on the slip of paper, Ram would not let his wife have any chance to see them again.

And as for this Doctor Li—he had helped him; he was his benefactor and his friend. Ram would treat this benefactor and friend with sincerity. But as for Lisa, that was unnecessary.