A quick-witted apprentice in the medical hall, receiving a signal from Lu Cheng's gaze, immediately stepped forward with a beaming smile, pulling and tugging at Qin Yu, who was still somewhat reluctant and wanted to stay and get closer to his Senior Sister, saying:
"Oh my! It's Divine Doctor Luo's own Junior Brother! What a rare guest! Quick, quick, quick!"
"Young Hero Qin, please come this way! The guest room has already been prepared for you!"
"We guarantee you'll stay comfortably! Please rest well first! Get your spirits up! It won't be too late to catch up with Divine Doctor Luo once she's feeling better!"
Qin Yu was caught off guard by this sudden enthusiasm, and he couldn't very well shamelessly stay any longer.
After all, what they said made sense; his Senior Sister had just experienced the pain of losing her master and indeed needed a good rest.
Moreover... this pretty boy named Lu Cheng, although he looked slick and effeminate, his aura was not weak, and he spoke impeccably, leaving Qin Yu no reason to flare up for a moment...
Qin Yu was led by the apprentice to a relatively clean and tidy guest room in the back courtyard of Hui Chun Tang.
He stayed in the room for a while, took a hot bath, and changed into clean clothes that the medical hall's apprentice had prepared for him.
He wanted to rest for a bit, but lying on the bed, he tossed and turned, unable to calm down.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong!
The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt!
That guy surnamed Lu!
He didn't look like a good person at all!
Slick and effeminate! Artful and glib!
He looked like the kind of playboy who specifically deceives innocent young girls!
His Senior Sister was so kind and pure!
She must have been deceived by his hypocritical facade!
No!
I can't just wait around like this!
I have to go and see!
I have to protect my Senior Sister!
I can't let that pretty boy take advantage of her!
The more he thought about it, the more he felt his guess made sense! The more he thought about it, the more urgent it seemed!
Coupled with his impulsive, straightforward, and naive nature!
He immediately decided not to wait any longer and to go find his Senior Sister right away!
He asked around in the small Hui Chun Tang, turning this way and that.
He actually managed to find Luo Qingyan's exclusive lounge!
On normal days, besides Luo Qingyan, almost no one came to this area.
In the corridor outside the room, Qin Yu could even smell a faint, refreshing, and ethereal feminine body fragrance.
Qin Yu walked to the door and found that it was... slightly ajar?
Inside, there seemed to be some faint, intermittent... um... strange sounds?
Like... someone speaking in a low voice?
But to Qin Yu, who was a naive young man with a mind full of heroic rescues, these subtle sounds instantly filled him with infinite room for imagination!
"Could it be... that pretty boy, taking advantage of Senior Sister's sadness and emotional vulnerability, is... plotting something against her?"
His thought of "protecting Senior Sister" grew even stronger at this moment!
He no longer cared about etiquette or propriety!
He gritted his teeth sharply!
He directly reached out and pushed open the slightly ajar door!
At the same time, with a self-righteous sense of justice, he shouted loudly:
"Senior Sister! Are you alright? That guy surnamed Lu..."
However!
His subsequent words, before he could utter them, were abruptly caught in his throat!
The scene before him!
Made him instantly petrified!
His eyes widened even more than brass bells!
Almost popping out of their sockets!
He saw—
Inside the room, top-grade calming sandalwood incense burned in the censer, its wisps of smoke creating an ambiguous atmosphere.
And his pure and untainted, fairy-like Senior Sister—Luo Qingyan!
At this moment, her pretty face was flushed, her eyes hazy, and her breathing slightly hurried... as she was tightly embraced from behind by that damned pretty boy Lu Cheng, in an extremely intimate and ambiguous posture!
The two were almost perfectly pressed against each other!
Lu Cheng's hand was openly holding Luo Qingyan's soft, boneless jade hand!
On the table in front of them, an old-looking... acupuncture chart was spread open?
Lu Cheng's lips were almost touching Luo Qingyan's delicate earlobe, his deliberately lowered voice, with a hint of a husky rasp, full of sexy tension, his warm breath caressing her sensitive ear, seemingly... guiding her on something.
And what about his noble and sacred Senior Sister, Luo Qingyan?
Her usually ethereal and beautiful face was now covered with a captivating and alluring blush!
Her clear, watery eyes, due to some inexpressible emotion, had also become teary, hazy, and charming!
Her body leaned slightly into Lu Cheng's broad and firm chest; where was the graceful, immortal, and worldly-untainted appearance of "Divine Doctor Luo" she usually had?
She was clearly... in the posture of a young woman, immersed in her lover's embrace, deeply moved by affection, and infinitely shy!
This scene, falling into Qin Yu's eyes, caused his brain to short-circuit even more.
"This..."
"What the hell is this?"
"In broad daylight! Under the clear sky!"
"How could they... do such... such shameless and indecent things in Senior Sister's elegant boudoir?"
In Qin Yu's mind, countless unspeakable, mosaic-filled images automatically appeared!
An indescribable feeling of anger! Jealousy! A hundred times stronger than when he saw Senior Sister rush into Lu Cheng's arms earlier!
This was the Senior Sister his master entrusted him to "take care of"!
How could this be?
Although he had never been in love, now... he truly felt the profound shame of being given a brightly colored green hat!
"Ah—!"
Luo Qingyan heard the sound of the door being violently pushed open and Qin Yu's abrupt shout.
She suddenly startled, letting out a short gasp!
She instinctively tried to break free from Lu Cheng's warm embrace.
But due to her guilt, panic, and... the numbness and weakness in her body from the earlier "lesson."
Her movements appeared somewhat... weak and powerless, making it seem more like a coquettish of feigned resistance.
Her cheeks were even redder, as if blood would drip, and even her fair neck and delicate earlobes were tinged with an alluring pink.
Her gaze was shifty, and she dared not look at her dumbfounded, ashen-faced Junior Brother at the door.
And Lu Cheng? He appeared calm and composed, even... with a hint of mischievous amusement, as if his prank had succeeded.
It was as if... the ambiguous "lesson" just now was not something to be hidden at all.
He slowly, and still somewhat reluctantly, released his arm from around Luo Qingyan's slender waist.
But he still maintained a relatively close, possessive distance.
He turned his head and looked at the dumbfounded, ashen-faced Qin Yu at the door, who looked as if his parents had died.
On his face, there was first a hint of displeasure due to his "elegant pastime" being interrupted.
But then, he replaced it with a gentle smile, even with a touch of a senior's tolerance for an ignorant junior.
His tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable composure, as he slowly said:
"Oh? So it's Junior Brother Qin Yu."
"Is there something urgent?"
"Your Senior Sister and I are discussing some... um... rather profound and mysterious acupuncture techniques, and it's not very convenient at the moment."