Chapter 645: Chapter 648: Ye Xiaobei Gets Jealous
A few minutes quickly passed, and Gu Family’s newly appointed assistant for Yue Yaer, carrying the freshly brewed herbal medicine, walked into the room.
Yue Yaer stood up, took the medicine bowl, tested its temperature, and asked Chi Yu and Chi Zhan, “The medicine is quite bitter, will she be able to drink it?”
Chi Zhan nodded, “Qingqing seems to have lost all her senses, she’ll eat or drink whatever we give her, she won’t resist.”
“That’s good,” Yue Yaer said, “You guys hold her, I’ll help her drink the medicine.”
Chi Yu and Chi Zhan quickly grasped Chi Qing’s arm, one on each side, supporting her.
Chi Qing sat there blankly, not reacting at all.
Yue Yaer carefully poured the medicine into Chi Qing’s mouth.
Chi Qing swallowed the medicine in small sips. Despite the extremely bitter taste, she drank all of it without any change in her expression, still appearing completely numb.
Watching this, Chi Zhan couldn’t help feeling heartbroken, his eyes welling up with tears.
Chi Yu’s countenance was unreadable, his hand gripping Chi Qing’s arm, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.
After forcing the medicine down, and waiting for half an hour, Yue Yaer removed the silver bracelet from her left wrist.
The bracelet was hollow and contained several silver needles.
After disinfecting the silver needles, Yue Yaer started giving Chi Qing acupuncture.
Ye Xingbei stared unblinkingly as Yue Yaer inserted the long, thin silver needles into Chi Qing’s skin, inch by inch, witnessing the magic of traditional Chinese medicine up close for the first time.
Xiao Shumiao’s surprised eyes were wide open, one hand clutching Gu Junzhu’s hand and the other clutching Ye Xingbei’s hand, his face expressing astonishment.
He whispered to Ye Xingbei, “Mommy, it’s so miraculous! Such a thin, soft, long needle can actually be inserted into the human body! And it goes so deep!”
Ye Xingbei also noticed that the silver needles used on Chi Qing were much longer than those normally used in acupuncture.
Although she didn’t know much about traditional Chinese medicine, she had heard that the longer the silver needle, the harder it is to insert it into the human body.
With Yue Yaer’s such a young age, it was no surprise that Chi Yu and Chi Zhan brought Chi Qing to her for treatment.
Half an hour later, Yue Yaer had sweat on her forehead.
Her assistant Wu Siwei stood by her side, dutifully wiping her sweat.
Another half an hour passed, and Yue Yaer’s sweat had soaked her entire body, Wu Siwei’s handkerchief was half wet from wiping her sweat.
Chi Yu and Chi Zhan were very anxious.
They always held Chi Qing, but their eyes couldn’t help glancing at the needle in Yue Yaer’s hand, occasionally looking at Yue Yaer, seeing Yue Yaer’s face pale, and her hair all wet from the sweat, they felt both admiration and gratitude.
Seeing the drained look on Yue Yaer’s face, Ye Xingbei realized for the first time that acupuncture could be so mentally and physically exhausting.
Gu Junzhu leaned into her ear and whispered, “Inserting such a thin and soft needle so deep requires some internal strength to keep the needle straight. This delicate Dr. Yue must know some internal martial arts. Such arts are very mentally exhausting, so the fact that she’s not passed out after this long is already very commendable.”
Ye Xingbei turned her head and raised an eyebrow at him, “Delicate?”
Gu Junzhu paused, then laughed, “The word ‘delicate’ is just a simple adjective here, it’s to describe how frail Dr. Yue looks, it’s completely different from the kind of ‘delicate’ you are in my arms.”
Ye Xingbei scoffed at him, glanced sideways at him, and ignored him.
Gu Junzhu rubbed her head with a smile.
So, Ye Xiaobei was jealous?
This feeling… yes, it’s rather great!