novelraw Chapter 223
Chapter 223
Chapter 223: This Sour-Smelling Ambiguous Atmosphere
Just looking at the wooden figure, calling it a human anatomy chart would not be accurate; it should be called an acupuncture point chart instead. After all, who knows who drew it? The heart looks like a pear, the intestines are a tangled line, the kidneys look like apples, and the lungs resemble two leaves… Abstract, very abstract!
Except for the densely packed little black dots representing acupuncture points, which anyone could understand at a glance, other than that, Wei Yu really didn’t want to understand any of it!
How on earth could someone draw such an ugly picture? And yet, they still expect people to understand it.
Ah, it’s only because he’s too smart.
Wei Yu smacked his lips and couldn’t help but ask Doctor Shi, “Did you draw that on the wooden figure?”
Doctor Shi glanced at him, “What’s it to you?”
Tch, why did she suddenly get so irritable out of nowhere?
Wei Yu calmly tried to reason with her, “You can’t say it like that. You drew that on the wooden figure, right? As a doctor wanting to understand the human body’s organs, that’s fine, but you made it so ugly—that's a mistake. What if it scares people to death?”
Doctor Shi sneered coldly, “What’s it to me?” Wei Yu sighed and shook his head, “That’s unreasonable, isn’t it? I’m just giving you a heads-up. Why say it like that? Don’t you want to have a more exquisite painting of the human anatomical structure? Maybe you don’t need it, but your apprentice certainly does!”
Doctor Shi just opened her mouth to reply, but Wei Yu interrupted.
“More ‘What’s it to me?’ right?”
Doctor Shi gave him a cold look.
Wei Yu disapproved and looked at her, “You say you have such an ambitious heart, so why speak so grudgingly? I’m just trying to help you out of goodwill.”
Doctor Shi simply scoffed, “Out of goodwill to help me? Ha, why don’t you just swear on your ancestors to prove if your heart is clear?”
Oh noooo—
That’s not something to joke about. If his ancestors were to be disturbed and come back to life because of this, they’d probably form some kind of Emperor’s chat group and bother him every day…
Ptoo, ptoo, ptoo, the kid is still young, with no taboos!
The new generation of socialist youth absolutely does not believe in superstition!
Wei Yu ultimately didn’t swear.
He looked thoughtfully at her, said nothing more, and instead stood straight to straighten his clothes.
“All right, today’s visit was unlucky. Give me two days, and I’ll come back the day after tomorrow…”
Wei Yu paused suddenly, as if he’d thought of something, then poked his head and quietly asked Fang Sheng beside him, “What’s the Medical Saint’s family name again?”
Fang Sheng: “…Shi, like ‘rock’ in ‘bedrock’.”
Got it.
Wei Yu nodded, immediately turned to Doctor Shi, and said seriously, “Doctor Shi, wait for me two days. I have no other merits except owning many books. Whatever you want, I should have it all. I’ll be back!”
After saying that, Wei Yu turned and left with his guards.
Expressionless, Doctor Shi watched him leave and then spat out a word:
“Crazy!”
Zhu Líng suddenly looked up and seriously replied, “Disciple knows, it’s mental illness. That con man said so himself.”
Doctor Shi: …
Her apprentice seems to have lost his mind as well.
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After leaving the small courtyard, in an empty hallway nearby, Fang Sheng couldn’t help but ask his master.
“Master, do we need to stay here longer?”
Wei Yu nodded sadly, “Yeah, who told Doctor Shi to be so sharp-eyed and clear-headed, impossible to deceive, almost driving me crazy.”
Fang Sheng: …
He silently glanced at the back of his master’s head and didn’t dare ask directly: does His Highness actually know that he himself is working in a con job?
So it should be expected that the clever one wouldn’t be fooled, right?!
Having followed his master for so long, his personality had changed from introverted to secretly sarcastic.
Wei Yu didn’t know what Fang Sheng was thinking because he had already begun to flip through various human anatomy charts and knowledge about bodily systems on his tablet.
Just from seeing Doctor Shi’s courtyard earlier, he could tell what she was seriously studying.
Although Wei Yu couldn’t give her guidance, he could at least draw pictures and copy books!
He refused to believe that once he was fully prepared, Doctor Shi would still reject him…
Leaving Medical Valley, Wei Yu ordered his guards to go to the nearest County City to find an inn to stay, then to buy brushes and ink from a nearby bookstore.
Once everything was ready, he began drawing and writing frantically in his room, shortening even his sleeping time as much as possible, except for eating and other necessities!
All just to get the work he wanted done as soon as possible.
While Wei Yu was working hard on his drawings and writings, on the other side, Tan Lin was also heading straight to Medical Valley to meet the Medical Saint.
This time, Tan Lin’s meeting with Doctor Shi was nothing like Wei Yu’s last visit that made her irritable.
Although everyone came to ask Doctor Shi to leave the valley, the young man had admired her ever since hearing about her deeds, so no matter how cold her attitude was, Tan Lin’s admiration remained steadfast.
Even though at first Doctor Shi didn’t look kindly on him and occasionally snapped cold remarks despite his Imperial Court official status, Tan Lin was still very good-tempered and endured it.
Not only did he endure it, he followed Doctor Shi around like nothing, chattering about medical theories, disaster victims, the inheritance of medical knowledge… He was more persistent than even monks chanting sutras.
Doctor Shi, though a cold beauty, was short-tempered.
Normally, someone like Tan Lin pestering her like that would have been kicked out of Medical Valley by her in no time, but the opposite happened.
Despite the cold words, Doctor Shi didn’t say a single word about kicking Tan Lin out!
Even the officials accompanying Tan Lin were disliked by the disciples of Medical Valley, but no one said anything to Tan Lin.
Is that fair?
Not fair at all!
After working hard for two days and finally bringing his materials, Wei Yu was really frustrated when he saw Doctor Shi’s gentle attitude toward Tan Lin.
If he had known Doctor Shi was so susceptible to charms like that, why bother wasting all that effort and energy?
Two whole days wasted!
In Medical Valley, Wei Yu sat with his leg crossed under a tree together with Zhu Líng, expressionless, watching a man and a woman in the medicinal herb fields opposite them.
He asked the young apprentice boy drying herbs nearby, “Why did your master choose Tan Lin? Tell me, has your master never liked anyone else after all these years? Look at Tan Lin—not exactly a handsome guy…”
At best, his features were just neat, his temperament a little refined, and his nature somewhat mild.
Zhu Líng looked up and glared at him with his eyes, “You judge people by appearances, your mind is full of romantic fantasies! My master is no vulgar person like you. Doctor Tan is skilled medically. My master and Doctor Tan have a gentlemanly friendship; what they discuss is medicine, all for improving medical science and promoting the path of medicine!”
Wei Yu, filled with romantic fantasies: ???
He stared at the serious, earnest Zhu Líng a couple of times, then wordlessly nodded.
“Yeah, yeah, you’re young, you’re right. I won’t argue with you.”
Such a little kid. What does he understand about the magnetic field between men and women!
Even an internet surfer who’s never been in love but with any emotional intelligence could see all the subtle tricks between men and women at a glance!!
Damn it.
Wei Yu looked resentfully at the backs of Doctor Shi and Tan Lin.
“A gentlemanly friendship,” he thought, “This sour-smelling ambiguous atmosphere wasted my two days of hard work…”