The Devil Doctor's Spicy Love

Chapter 507: Bittersweet aftertaste

"What took you so long?" She frowned."How about sleep? It’s a human being’s basic requirement."

She scoffed. "Don’t suddenly start acting like a human who has human needs."

"But Spicy is a human," Mingshen grimaced. "Why the hell are you crying over her first thing in the morning?"

She cried. "Because Jia goes on early morning jogs!"

"So?"

"I had decided to join her too," she pouted. "To spend some quality time with my daughter-in-law."

"I think you didn’t get the memo yet that Spicy lives with us. Under the same roof."

"But I didn’t find her!" She cried. "She was supposed to be already up. But she is not answering at all. Is she okay? Has someone kidnapped her?" She gasped.

Oh damn, Jia bit her tongue. I completely forgot about the morning jog.

Mingshen’s brow twitched. "Abduct her from the Yang mansion? Our house?"

She sniffled and nodded.

"That too, Jia of all people?"

"She is so beautiful and delicate! What if someone makes her smell something shady?"

"Bye."

Yang Bingqing jammed her foot to prevent him from closing the door. "Where is Jia! I won’t rest until I find her!"

"She already left."

"Huh? No way! My Jia won’t leave without me."

"She did."

"No, she didn’t! Let me wake up Cheng right away! We need to find her!"

Mingshen closed his eyes and breathed out. He stepped outside and closed the door behind him.

"From now on, you will only whisper, got it? She is with me."

She blinked. Then her gaze darkened. "Are you bullying my Jia? What did you do with her?"

"Sex."

"..."

"Quite a passionate night it was."

She gasped tremblingly.

"I already told you about our first time. This shouldn’t come as so shocking."

"O-Oh my God..." her hands flew to her mouth. "This didn’t occur to me at all...S-She is in your room right now?" She pointed at the door, her voice even lower.

"I am not inviting you inside to make you believe. She already got enough trauma when you started knocking out of nowhere. We were in the middle of it," he said dryly.

"Oh my."

"It’s quite alright. She did enjoy the thrill," he smirked. "But don’t do it again or I will disown you. She was this close to ending it halfway. I would have lost it."

Yang Bingqing burst into tears. "Does that mean I could hear good news soon?"

"No."

"Did you use protection?" She clicked her tongue.

"That’s enough of discussing your son’s sex life. Bye."

He went inside and closed the door in her face.

Jia peeked from her covers. "What did you tell her?"

"That you were asleep and it was a bother for you to wait that long."

Her jaw dropped. "Hey! Did you really use that tone? Don’t you dare hurt Aunt using my name? Ugh, I should really go and meet her-"

He pushed her back in bed and placed a finger on her lips. "I have handled it now. She won’t come bothering us. Sleep."

"It’s already close to six."

"You would still look at the time after how the night had gone?" he smirked, and forced the blanket over her.

—

It was three hours later that Jia woke up with a nice, long stretch. She hadn’t expected to get any sleep at all, but the three-hour long nap had seemed to rejuvenate her spirits and body - especially her body.

"You are already awake?" Mingshen popped back into the room, blinking. Morning."

"Morning," she released a soft yawn.

His gaze softened upon seeing the color return to her face. "Feeling better?"

She stretched once more before cautiously moving her shoulders back and forth. "Much better. I don’t feel like my muscles are protesting anymore."

"I’ll consider that a compliment."

"You shouldn’t."

He chuckled and walked over, placing a tray on the bedside table. Jia’s attention immediately landed on a bowl.

A steaming, dark brown liquid squeezed her brows into a furrow. Her instincts already screamed of a bad taste in her mouth.

"...What is that?"

"Medicine."

She frowned. "Medicine for what?"

"For you."

"I am perfectly healthy."

"You are now, aren’t you?" He picked up the bowl and held it out. "Drink."

Jia eyed it suspiciously as though it contained poison.

"Just to be clear...I confessed to you last night."

"Yup."

"And the feelings are mutual."

"Obviously."

"So this cannot be poison, right?"

He simply smiled at that.

"Your silence is not helping here."

"Just drink."

She took a whiff and her brows tightened further. "...Why does it smell like tree bark?"

"Because herbs generally come from plants."

"That wasn’t my question."

"It will help your body recover."

She accepted the bowl reluctantly and sniffed it again. "...You are trying to kill me."

"The only way I like to kill you is with sex."

"..."

She took the tiniest sip. The bitterness exploded across her tongue. Her entire face twisted and she coughed hard.

"Mingshen! This tastes absolutely horrible!"

"Mm. Which means it’s authentic."

She glared at him. "I refuse."

"Not accepted."

"You are abusing your medical license."

"I don’t even need my license to tell you to finish one bowl of herbal medicine."

Jia sighed before pinching her nose and taking several one-shot gulps. Each swallow felt increasingly painful. When she finally emptied the bowl, she looked like she had lost the will to live.

"There," she grumbled. "Satisfied?"

"Almost."

He took out a small wrapped candy and peeled it open towards her.

She blinked. "...You prepared candy too?"

"I know you were going to complain."

She snorted, but accepted it.

"A little better now."

"Good."

She looked down at the now-empty bowl.

"...So," she asked cautiously, "what exactly was in this?"

"A few herbs."

"Mingshen."

"And ingredients that reduce the chances of...surprises."

Her chewing slowed. "...Surprises?"

He shrugged. "I am a responsible boyfriend and doctor."

Realization dawned upon her, and she couldn’t help but choke. "O-Oh...Y-You could have warned me before making me drink it. I would have mentally prepared myself."

He chuckled quietly before sitting beside her.

She coughed. "But next time..."

"Hm?"

"Mix some sugar into that medicine."

Mingshen’s lips curved. "Not use prot-"

Her palm slapped upon his lips. "You don’t have to be so direct always!"

His lips placed a kiss instead. "As you wish."