Chapter 386: Chapter 145: Genius Medical Officer

"Cough cough cough—"

As she violently coughed, some tea spilled from her hands. She frantically wiped the tea stains off her body, and that always unflappable, effortlessly smiling face finally cracked, coming to life in a rare display.

Lu Tong found this scene much more pleasing to the eye.

Once Pei Yunmeng had tidied up her surroundings, she turned to Lu Tong, incredulously asking, "What are you talking about?"

Despite the fact that healers do not differentiate between men and women, and even though Lu Tong was never associated with being shy or timid, he was after all a young man, and for a young lady to speak so forthrightly about such matters in a room with him was frankly too shocking and unconventional.

Lu Tong found his reaction rather amusing and thus quipped, "Lord Pei doesn’t know? It seems to be quite a secret indeed."

"Of course I don’t know," he said, brushing off the tea leaves from his body in disarray. "How do you know?"

Lu Tong remained silent.

"You..."

"In my daily practice, I use needles," Lu Tong interrupted him, tapping on the medical chest on the table, "noticing one more or one less needle isn’t significant, Lord Pei doesn’t need to wear that expression."

Her words were extremely pointed, as if directed at Jin Xianrong himself, who, if present, would likely have been angered to death, yet she spoke earnestly as if she found nothing ironic in her statement.

Pei Yunmeng leaned his hand against his forehead, "Stop talking..."

Seeing his reaction, Lu Tong found it refreshing. This Commander seemed to handle everything with ease, taking things with levity, but it turned out he couldn’t bear such words. What a waste of a handsome face.

Appearances can be deceiving indeed.

After a moment of silence, Pei Yunmeng spoke again, his expression somewhat complex, "Do you really..."

It wasn’t that he held any prejudice against the practices of Medical Officers, but Jin Xianrong’s moral integrity was questionable, and Lu Tong was not someone to suffer fools. If she implied that Jin took advantage of her, it seemed incongruous.

"Of course it’s not true," Lu Tong said.

Pei Yunmeng was taken aback.

Lu Tong, unaware of his thoughts, continued, "Lord Pei knows that, to me, a man’s body is no different from dead pork; seeing or not seeing doesn’t matter. Besides, although his disease is troublesome, it is not difficult to cure. Lord Pei need not worry overly." She placed the Ni lion Paperweight on the prescription she had just finished writing, "The prescription is here. Lord Pei just needs to follow my instructions for the medication, and I will return in seven days."

Having said that, Lu Tong paused, then silently looked towards Pei Yunmeng.

Noticing her gaze, Pei Yunmeng’s expression faltered, "What is it?"

Lu Tong nodded, her tone matter-of-fact, "Lord Jin’s illness is common among older men. If Lord Pei encounters such a problem in the future and needs help, feel free to seek me. Given our acquaintance, I will keep Lord Pei’s secrets as well."

The room fell silent at her words.

For a moment, Lu Tong thought his handsome face had frozen, as if he was trying hard to maintain a light-hearted façade. After a while, Pei Yunmeng replied calmly, "Thank you, but I don’t need it."

"Is that so?" Lu Tong showed a look of regret, "That’s truly unfortunate."

No sooner had she finished speaking than a cheerful voice came from outside, "What’s so unfortunate—"

Duan Xiaoyan poked his head into the room and was momentarily surprised to see Lu Tong, "Doctor Lu, what are you doing here?"

Lu Tong did not elaborate, simply shouldering her medical chest, she said in a subdued voice, "I’ll be going back now."

With the medical chest on her back, she walked out. Duan Xiaoyan scratched his head as he watched her leave, wondering, "Odd, why do I feel that Doctor Lu is happier today than usual? Did something good happen?"

He turned around, as if just remembering the scene he had witnessed, and pointed excitedly at the chair Lu Tong had been sitting in, "But bro, you actually let her sit in your chair! Don’t you usually not let anyone touch your stuff?"

Pei Yunmeng had a penchant for cleanliness, disliking others touching his belongings, and aside from himself, no one else dared to sit on that chair. Yet today, he seemed to have let Lu Tong take his seat. If he wasn’t mistaken, Lu Tong even used Pei Yunmeng’s paper and pen.

Clink clink clink, he was certainly very tolerant of her.

No one responded for a long time.

Duan Xiaoyan turned his face to see Pei Yunmeng sitting at the desk, hand supporting his forehead, looking like he had a headache.

Fueled by curiosity, the young man leaned in closer and asked, "What were you just talking about? What does Doctor Lu regret?"

Without looking up, Pei Yunmeng just pushed away the encroaching head with his hand, coldly saying, "Shut up."

...

Having left the Palace Marshal’s Mansion, Lu Tong did not visit any other places and headed straight back to the Medical Officer Institute.

In the hall, the Chief Physician Chang Jin was instructing the other medical officers on their duties. Seeing Lu Tong return, he dismissed the others with a few words and approached Lu Tong to ask, "Doctor Lu, have you finished seeing Vice Minister Jin?"

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