He Yanxiu’s skin color could be considered to be very fair among men, and the same went for his back.

Originally, with just the right amount of muscular definition and smooth lines, his back was presented as straight and rigid before everyone’s eyes, surrounded by the brocade and green silk flowing down. Even without a soft light filter at this moment, it already resembled a breathtaking painting.

Four words instantly appeared in Su Yujin’s mind.

A feast of beauty.

However, no matter how beautiful this scene was…

It was so scary that the Second Young Master suddenly behaved like this.

“What are you doing…?” Su Yujin calmly took half a step back.

Her eyes never moved away.

“Aren’t you going to perform acupuncture?” He Yanxiu raised his head slightly from his pillow, his face full of surprise.

“It requires acupuncture.” Su Yujin nodded and answered seriously, “But it only needs to be applied to the back of the head, neck, and wrist.”

It was not on the back.

There was no need to take off your clothes so cleanly.

“So the Second Young Master only needs to sit on the stool and sit upright.”

He Yanxiu, “…”

He misunderstood!

He stood up from the bed almost as fast as lightning, put on his clothes and belt, and in the blink of an eye, He Yanxiu was fully dressed and sitting on the stool.

Sat upright.

Su Yujin coughed lightly, sterilized the silver needle with fire rinsed with alcohol, and then inserted it accurately into several of He Yanxiu’s acupuncture points.

One needle, two needles, three needles…

Su Yujin held her breath, and after a cup of tea, she inserted the last silver needle and let out a long sigh of relief.

Applying acupuncture was an extremely labor-intensive task. Su Yujin’s face was a little pale at this time, but her physical strength could still support her. She just sat at the table and drank tea in big gulps.

“Don’t move around, just keep it like this for half an hour and then I will pull out the needle.”

Su Yujin rested for a moment, took a pen and paper, and wrote down the prescription, “I will tell people to get the medicine right now.”

If you simmer it now, it should be ready to drink shortly after dinner.

He Yanxiu nodded and saw that Su Yujin looked tired, “You go and have a rest. I’ll ask Xing’an to call you when the time comes.”

“It’s better for bìzi¹ to watch. This is the first time the Second Young Master is receiving acupuncture. I don’t know what will happen. If the Second Young Master feels any discomfort after the acupuncture, he should let me know promptly.”

“However, after the acupuncture, it is inevitable that you will feel some heat and soreness in the back of the head, and occasionally feel numb. It’s a normal phenomenon, Second Young Master, don’t worry.”

Su Yujin picked up the tea snack prepared on the table, took a bite, and said, “Bìzi is here, Second Young Master, don’t worry. I’m healthy and strong, not that fragile.”

Seeing Su Yujin’s response, He Yanxiu followed her lead and didn’t push further.

It was just…

Su Yujin was eating snacks and drinking tea at first, and then gradually turned into holding her chin with one hand and eating melon seeds, which gradually turned into resting her head on her arms on the table, and playing with two pumpkin seeds. In the end, she just leaned over the table.

Her subtle snoring could still be vaguely heard.

He Yanxiu, “…”

It was true that she was strong and not weak, but she was also a little sleepy.

There was really nothing wrong with the rest.

But at this time of the twelfth lunar month in the cold winter, even with the underfloor heating and the charcoal brazier burning inside the house, Su Yujin sleeping on the table like this was still susceptible to catching a cold.

He Yanxiu wanted to help Su Yujin get a cloak, but he had silver needles on his wrists at the moment and couldn’t use any force, so he had to walk to the door and call Xing’an to come in.

As soon as Xing’an came in, he was shocked when he saw the needles on the back of the Second Young Master’s head, neck, and wrist, “Second Young Master, what’s wrong with you?”

Why did he become a hedgehog?

“I wasn’t feeling well, so Miss Su gave me a few needles.” He Yanxiu replied briefly, “Miss Su was too tired and fell asleep. There is a cloak on the hanger next to you. You can put one on her.”

“Yes.” Xing’an He took the sky-blue cloak that was hanging on the shelf next to him and gently put it on Su Yujin.

But he still looked at He Yanxiu with some uneasiness, “If the Second Young Master is not feeling well, why not go see a doctor?”

Miss Su’s medical skills had never been heard of before, so he thought it should be average.

“Miss Su has superb medical skills and can cure the disease.” He Yanxiu said.

Before buying Su Yujin from Wanhualou, He Yanxiu had someone check her details, and there was nothing wrong with her.

Now that Su Yujin was his concubine and the contract of sale was in his hands, she naturally had no reason and dared not take the initiative to do something that she shouldn’t do and bring trouble to herself.

Seeing that He Yanxiu was so sure, Xing’an stopped talking, just added more hot tea to the teacup on the table, and then retreated.

Less than half an hour later, Su Yujin woke up.

She noticed that she was wearing a cloak and looked at He Yanxiu who was still sitting upright. He was quite embarrassed and said, “Bìzi was tired just now and it was warm in this room, so she fell asleep for a while. Don’t be surprised, Second Young Master.”

“It doesn’t matter.” He Yanxiu said, “You are too tired. You should take a nap.”

“Is it almost time?”

Su Yujin calculated the time and decided that it was almost time. Remove the silver needles on the back of the head, neck, and wrists one by one, rinse them with alcohol, wipe them clean, and put them away carefully.

“How do you feel, Second Young Master?”

“I don’t feel much at this point. After the acupuncture, I felt itchy for a while, then a little sore, but nothing else.” He Yanxiu answered truthfully.

Su Yujin took He Yanxiu’s pulse again, and then nodded slightly, “I guess it will take two or three times before there is a major reaction. This disease is not easy to cure, so don’t be too impatient.”

“Yes.”

The disease came like a mountain. On the contrary, he knew that illness went away like threads.²

The snow outside had stopped at this time.

There was some snow on the ground, and everything in the world was covered in silver.

After staying in the house for a long time, sitting like that was a bit tiring, so He Yanxiu went to the corridor to watch the snow scene and stretch his muscles.

Su Yujin lit the charcoal stove for He Yanxiu, made ginger tea, and then went to take a look at the medicine being brewed and the meals to be prepared for the evening.

During He Yanxiu’s treatment, he should eat a light diet, especially more fruits and vegetables, and supplement with a certain amount of vitamins B1 and B2, to help the body recover.

Su Yujin thought about it, and in addition to the stewed quail soup that He Yanxiu originally wanted to eat, she also made fried pork liver with celery, spinach egg rolls, braised chicken with yam, and mushroom and mustard hearts.

All were light and delicious dishes.

He didn’t know whether it was because he drank ginger tea all afternoon, which made most of the coldness in his body go away, or because of the influence of the acupuncture, or because the dishes Su Yujin cooked were so delicious…

In short, He Yanxiu had a good appetite in the evening, and among these four dishes, he actually drank most of the soup.

After drinking the decoction and reading for a while in the evening, He Yanxiu felt tired.

Su Yujin wisely withdrew and prepared to go to the guest room to sleep.

“You can sleep here tonight.” He Yanxiu said.

Su Yujin, “!!!!”

Su Yujin, “Don’t come over!”

(End of this chapter)

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Footnote

1. This maidservant, a formal way to refer oneself when the person is a slave.
2. It basically means disease comes fast and goes away slowly.

A/N There are only two updates today. Let the author spend the weekend and add more next week~