The Wild Doctor and the Fair Beauty

"Alright. I'll tell you everything I know, without holding anything back."

Su Yanyun came over, her body still a little unsteady.

She had, after all, already downed two glasses of strong erguotou—a considerable amount of alcohol.

Jiang Xinghai stepped forward to steady her. "Would you like some tea or coffee?"

"You don't think I've had too much to drink, do you?"

Su Yanyun's eyes narrowed. She plopped onto the sofa and pulled Jiang Xinghai down beside her. "Aren't you a doctor?" she added. "And an expert in acupuncture and massage? You can sober me up with your techniques."

"Then you'll have to excuse me."

Jiang Xinghai extended one hand, pointing toward a spot on Su Yanyun's torso.

"Wait!"

Although Su Yanyun was tipsy, she was still clear-headed enough to grab his outstretched finger. "You aren't planning on taking advantage of me, are you?"

The direction of his finger was clear, aimed at the spot right below her breasts.

"You've misunderstood, Miss Su."

Jiang Xinghai smiled and shook his head. "I was aiming for your Pishu point. That acupoint is located below the spinous process of the thoracic vertebrae, 1.5 cun to the side."

His meaning was clear: he was simply looking for an acupoint to help her sober up.

He had suggested tea or coffee earlier for the very reason of avoiding this awkward situation.

"Is that so?"

Su Yanyun gave a faint smile. "Then tell me, besides this Pishu point, what other acupoints can be used for sobering up?"

"The Guanchong, Weishu, Zusanli, and Fenglong points..."

"Alright, alright, I won't understand any of it even if you list more. Just go ahead." It wasn't that Su Yanyun didn't trust Jiang Xinghai.

After all, when Jiang Xinghai had massaged her before, working his way down from her head, he had been a perfect gentleman and hadn't tried anything inappropriate.

'At first, she'd even wondered if it was because she wasn't attractive enough.'

Later, she realized that Jiang Xinghai simply wasn't the type to take advantage of someone in a vulnerable state.

"Hiss..."

The moment Jiang Xinghai's finger touched the acupoint, a tingling, aching sensation flooded her.

"Phew... that actually feels good."

She gazed at the composed Jiang Xinghai and forced a calm smile of her own. "How about we have another drink, then?"

"Well..."

Jiang Xinghai shook his head with a smile. "Let's not. We'll save drinking till we drop for another time."

"Fine. Just focus on the massage. I'll tell you everything I know now."

Su Yanyun decided against another drink. Instead, she lit a cigarette and began to speak slowly. "On a rainy night a few days ago, while I was still in the Provincial City, my path was blocked by a breathtakingly beautiful woman in traditional clothing."

"A breathtakingly beautiful woman in traditional clothing?" Jiang Xinghai's eyes narrowed.

"Yes. She said she was from the Imperial City."

"Funnily enough, she claimed I was a distant cousin of hers. She gave me three traditional medicinal formulas right then and there, saying each one was priceless. She told me to return to Jizhou and start a cosmetics company."

Su Yanyun couldn't hide her excitement. "But before she left, she also gave me a card. I was shocked when I checked the balance later—it had five hundred million on it!"

"Anything else?" Jiang Xinghai asked, a thought seeming to strike him.

Su Yanyun continued, "I pressed her for her name, but she just said that the less I knew, the better. She also specifically told me that if I returned to Jizhou, I would definitely meet a man with the surname Jiang who was an expert in Chinese medicine, and that I absolutely had to maintain a close relationship with him."

"This...!"

Jiang Xinghai was dumbfounded.

'A man surnamed Jiang who's an expert in Chinese medicine... isn't that obviously me, Jiang Xinghai?'

"I never imagined that just three days after coming back, I'd hear about you from Lingxue. It's true what they say—truth is stranger than fiction," Su Yanyun said with a sigh.

"Heh heh heh."

Suddenly, Jiang Xinghai's lips curled into a smile. "That's no coincidence. I'm willing to bet that the woman in traditional clothing you met was my Senior Sister."

'His Senior Sister, Chu Lingyun, loves to wear traditional clothing. What's more, she controls the Black Gold Consortium, one of the three largest international consortiums!'

"Your Senior Sister?"

This time, it was Su Yanyun's turn to be shocked speechless.

"Otherwise, what are the odds?"

Jiang Xinghai was certain. "Miss Su, if you trust me, you can show me the three medicinal formulas and the card she gave you. I'll be able to tell you right away if she's my Senior Sister."

"Well..."

Su Yanyun was starting to believe him, but... 'one should always be on guard.'

"Of course, you don't have to show me the formulas. You wouldn't want me to steal them," he added.

Jiang Xinghai realized his request was a bit excessive. "But I'm guessing the card she gave you is jet black, covered in a golden, dragon-scale pattern, and has the character 'Ling' carved on it. Am I right?"

"You...!"

Su Yanyun was completely stunned by his words!

He was right!

His description was perfect!

"You! Don't tell me you stole my card!"

Su Yanyun shot up from the sofa reflexively, putting a safe distance between herself and Jiang Xinghai.

And her eyes darted subconsciously toward the safe.