Listening to Han Xiao say that, Qin Jiang spoke bluntly: “Entering a meditative state? Looks to me like you’re entering a sleep state.”
“That thing under your eyes isn’t an ‘eye-rolling silkworm’ – it’s just eye bags.”
“You go to bed around two or three in the morning every night, and then you get up around eleven, am I right?”
Han Xiao was startled. She never expected Qin Jiang to be so precise about what time she went to bed and what time she got up.
Are traditional Chinese medicine doctors this amazing these days?
Lu Ping frowned as he looked at Han Xiao.
His family is a big, traditional one, and he grew up with a conventional education.
One characteristic of a big family is that they greatly respect doctors, especially TCM practitioners.
Lu Ping has never been out fooling around since he was a child. Unless there were special circumstances, he would never stay up late. He always goes to bed before eleven every night.
And precisely because he’s developed this habit, Lu Ping hopes that his significant other can share a similar daily routine.
Otherwise, when he’s ready to sleep, she’s still up late scrolling through her phone – that would be quite torturous for both of them.
“Xiao Xiao, is what Dr. Qin said true?”
Seeing Lu Ping ask her so seriously, Han Xiao immediately felt a bit guilty.
“He… what he said isn’t entirely correct either.”
“You know, as a girl, sometimes my best friend calls me for long chats on the phone.”
“She often fights with her boyfriend, and sometimes they break up, so I have to comfort her. I can’t just stop in the middle of a conversation and say I need to go to bed on time – that would be too insensitive.”
Han Xiao’s reasoning sounded solid, as if she was being forced to stay up late.
Qin Jiang took a sip of tea and added fuel to the fire from the sidelines.
“Does your best friend go through a breakup every single night? Or do you have so many close friends that whenever they get their hearts broken, they all come running to you?”
With Qin Jiang’s reminder, Lu Ping suddenly snapped out of it.
What Qin Jiang just said was that Han Xiao stays up until two or three every night – not just occasionally.
That means even at this point, Han Xiao was still trying to downplay the key issue, almost letting this slide completely!
Seeing Lu Ping’s grim expression, Han Xiao panicked and pointed at the area around her eyes, saying:
“I’m warning you! You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t just say whatever you want!”
“Look around my eyes – this isn’t dark circles! It’s eyeshadow, alright!”
“And even if I do have dark circles, they’re much lighter than other people’s. There’s no way that’s from staying up every single night!”
Han Xiao was frantic.
All she wanted now was to prove that her daily routine was healthy.
The live stream viewers were all very puzzled.
“Isn’t this just about staying up late and having dark circles? Why’s this girl getting so worked up?”
“Dude, can’t you see it yet? She’s so nervous because she’s afraid of getting dumped. This guy’s status definitely isn’t ordinary – he’s probably rich.”
“Yeah, just from his clothes and the way he carries himself, he’s not someone ordinary people can compare with. And his family runs an import-export business – definitely wealthy.”
With the netizens analyzing it this way, everyone found it reasonable.
For a woman wanting to marry into a wealthy family, whether something is a big deal or not simply can’t be judged by common sense.
For example, there was once a woman lucky enough to marry into wealth, and the key factor was that her mother-in-law was a Buddhist.
So the woman originally knew nothing about Buddhist scriptures.
But to get married into the family, she forced herself to kneel before a Buddha statue every morning, reciting scriptures for four hours to pray for the family’s blessings.
For ordinary people, such actions are meaningless, but her mother-in-law was delighted.
And so, naturally, she got her wish and married in.
Same principle.
Lu Ping’s whole family sleeps early and wakes early.
They don’t talk while eating, and they don’t speak while lying down.
If Han Xiao can’t sync up with them in these aspects, marrying into that family would be nothing more than a pipe dream.
At this moment, Han Xiao wished she could pull Qin Jiang aside, secretly slip him some money, and get him to say a few good things on her behalf.
But Qin Jiang completely missed Han Xiao’s hint and remained blunt as ever:
“The reason your dark circles are lighter than most people’s is probably because you’re using some kind of high-end cosmetic, like eye cream.”
“Although these high-end cosmetics can hide your dark circles temporarily, they come with serious side effects, and the rebound can be quite terrible.”
“Also, haven’t you been feeling dizzy and nauseous recently? Poor rest will cause those kinds of problems.”
Han Xiao was furious.
Can’t this doctor let it go? Is he really determined to make her admit she stays up late?
Realizing she couldn’t win against Qin Jiang, Han Xiao simply clung to Lu Ping’s arm and started acting cute.
“Honey, I really don’t stay up late every single night. And after we get married, with you taking care of me, I’ll definitely fix my habits!”
“I’ve always listened to you – you know that.”
Though Lu Ping clearly knew Han Xiao was lying, he figured staying up late wasn’t such a big deal, so he said to Qin Jiang:
“Dr. Qin, can you check why she’s feeling dizzy and nauseous? I’ll help her break the late-night habit later.”
Since Lu Ping said that, Qin Jiang naturally dropped the issue about staying up late.
He said to Han Xiao, “Stretch out your hand. Let me take your pulse.”
Han Xiao looked reluctant.
“Take my pulse? So you’ll have to touch my hand?”
“No way. Only my dear can touch my hand. No other man can.”
“Don’t you TCM doctors have that ‘diagnosis by silk thread’ method? Why don’t you do that for me?”
Qin Jiang was so amused by Han Xiao’s remark that he almost laughed in exasperation.
Diagnosis by silk thread? Wake up, it’s the 21st century – do you really think you’re an imperial concubine?
“Take it or leave it. Next patient, out the door and turn right.”
Han Xiao didn’t want Qin Jiang to continue treating her anyway.
Hearing him say that, she immediately tried to drag Lu Ping out.
But Lu Ping held her back and said with a frown:
“Don’t be stubborn. Cooperate with Dr. Qin properly.”
Han Xiao still looked reluctant.
“Then can you have him bring in a female doctor? I really don’t want any contact with him.”
Lu Ping didn’t say a word, just stared at her silently.
Seeing Lu Ping’s unpleasant expression, Han Xiao immediately backed down and reluctantly held out her hand, placing it on the pulse pillow.
Qin Jiang placed his fingers on her wrist and immediately furrowed his brow.
“Why are you also suffering from kidney deficiency? And it’s this severe?”
Hearing Qin Jiang say that, Han Xiao suddenly became flustered.
“Do-don’t just spout nonsense! What kidney deficiency? I’m young – how could I possibly have kidney deficiency?”
Qin Jiang said calmly, “It’s obviously kidney deficiency caused by excessive indulgence.”
Ex-excessive indulgence?
Lu Ping’s face turned ashen.
Han Xiao slammed her hand on the table and stood right up.
“Slander! This is pure slander from you!”
“I’ve never even held a man’s hand! How could I possibly be indulging excessively?”
“Honey, don’t listen to his lies. I’ve even saved my first time for you. If you don’t believe me, we can go to the hospital for proof!”
