Ke Teng, far away in Shangcheng, had also been having an unpleasant time recently.
After being forcibly brought back, Ke Jingyu arranged a private butler who stayed with him twenty-four hours a day, driving him nearly insane.
The butler was a woman, a female doctor.
She acted like a tomboy every day, her hair tied up in an old-fashioned bun, wearing minimal makeup and either an all-black or all-white suit.
Besides forcing him to do things, she wouldn't say a word.
And when she forced him to do things, she did so with a completely expressionless face.
Not only did she lack any femininity, she was practically a robot.
The day he returned, Ke Teng woke up to find the doors and windows locked, and surveillance cameras installed all over the house.
He was placed under house arrest like a prisoner, and his resistance was fierce.
However, with his current leg injury, the most powerful resistance he could muster, besides yelling, was to go on a hunger strike.
At dinnertime, the female doctor brought a plate of meticulously balanced meat and vegetables for him to eat.
Ke Teng refused.
"Get lost, go as far as you can. I don't want to see anyone right now."
The woman stood before him expressionlessly, "Your physical condition is not good right now. Not eating is detrimental to wound recovery, Mr. Ke said..."
"Did you hear me tell you to get lost? Whether it's good or not is your problem, not mine. My body, my decision. What business is it of yours? Get out!"
The woman didn't leave, staring at him fixedly.
"Mr. Ke's task for me is to take good care of you and ensure you recover as quickly as possible. If you don't eat, I can't account for it to him."
Ke Teng was furious.
"Am I not making myself clear? Whether you can account for it is your issue, what does it have to do with me?"
"I don't want to see you. One last time, get lost!"
The woman was persistent.
"Mr. Ke said that entrusting you to me was a sign of his trust in me, and that he believed in my professional competence."
"Therefore, if you are completely uncooperative, I am authorized to exercise my own judgment based on the circumstances."
"What do you mean? If I really refuse to eat, are you planning to force-feed me?"
Ke Teng sneered.
"Although my legs are inconvenient now, my arms are still fine! With your frail physique..."
"It seems Young Master Ke is prepared for a physical confrontation with me. In that case, let us begin."
The female doctor wasted no more words, walked to the door in her high heels, and pressed a button to enter a code.
Soon, two burly bodyguards entered from outside.
She closed the door, gesturing for them to approach Ke Teng, and then began to put on gloves.
"You two hold down his hands and feet, and I will feed him."
After saying this, she poured the dinner into a blender, pressed the button, and after a few whirs, it became a liquid. She then began to draw it into a large syringe.
"Apologies, Young Master Ke. Please open your mouth, this will be inserted into your stomach."
Ke Teng was going mad.
In all his life, this was the first time anyone dared to treat him like this!
They were going to insert such a long object into his stomach to force-feed him!
This was not a woman, but a demon!
"Let me go. If you dare touch me, I'll call my dad right now and have you fired!"
"Certainly. Feel free to call. Voice call or video call? I'll dial for you."
The woman was not intimidated at all. She systematically drew the food into the syringe while answering his questions.
Ke Teng, held down by the two bodyguards, couldn't move, shouting.
"What's your name? Don't think I won't! You think you're so important just because you're carrying out orders? I'll have you fired tomorrow!"
Dr. Jian: "You still haven't answered my question, voice call or video call? I'll dial for you."
"Video! Video! Call me now!"
Soon, the call was connected.
The woman held the phone up to Ke Teng, who was still pinned down by the two bodyguards, his face flushed red with anger.
He yelled at Ke Jingyu, complaining about this bizarre situation, how they were trying to force-feed him with a massive syringe, and demanded they all be fired.
To his surprise, Ke Jingyu on the other end was completely unmoved.
"If you were willing to open your mouth and eat obediently, would they need to go to such lengths?"
"Don't you know who the real problem is?"
"I will not indulge you anymore. Do as Dr. Jian tells you. If you don't listen, she has plenty of ways to deal with you. Calling me won't help."
With that, Ke Jingyu hung up the phone.
Jian Fei approached him with the syringe.
"There's still a portion of food that hasn't been blended. If you change your mind now, I'll have someone bring it up immediately."
"Eating a meal, Young Master Ke, truly doesn't require such elaborate measures."
Cornered, Ke Teng had no choice but to open his mouth and eat.
He swallowed the entire plate of food, which tasted like chewing on wax.
Ke Teng looked at Jian Fei with disgust.
"I'm done eating, you can report back now, can you get out?"
"No. Because you just woke up, and there are many things you don't know yet. I'm allowed to introduce myself first."
"My name is Jian Fei, I am 28 years old, a doctoral student in neurology at Shangcheng Medical University. Because I was interning at the hospital, your father saw me, and I was specially hired by your family."
"I promised him that I would help you make a full recovery within a month. Therefore, to ensure there are no unforeseen circumstances, I will be accompanying you twenty-four hours a day for the next month."
"If you need anything, please tell me. I will provide you with the highest quality service immediately."
After listening, Ke Teng eyed her.
"You? You, looking like this, are a doctoral student at a medical university? With so many doctors at your hospital, why did my father not choose anyone else, but specifically you?"
"Did you put in a lot of effort to please my father? And now you want to get closer to him by trying to win me over?"
Jian Fei stood tall and looked at him indifferently.
After he finished speaking, she raised her wrist and checked her watch.
"It is now 06:40 in the afternoon. There is one hour and twenty minutes left until your scheduled bedtime."
"During this hour and twenty minutes, you need to shower, wash your face, brush your teeth, and you can also play on your phone for a while. Young Master Ke, what would you like to do first?"
Ke Teng sneered.
"Why aren't you answering my question? Why change the subject? Have I seen through you, and it's too difficult to answer?"
"I thought my father was so noble, that he would remain devoted to my mother his entire life. But now, he's brought in a female doctor, using the guise of taking care of me to flirt. You two are quite something."
Jian Fei maintained the same expression, waiting for him to finish.
"You have one hour and nineteen minutes left. If you don't make a choice, I'll make it for you."
"Let's start with a shower."
Is this woman some kind of lunatic?
Ke Teng had said such outrageous things, yet she didn't explain, resist, or get angry!
Is she a real person or a robot?
It was like punching cotton; completely uninteresting.
Ke Teng closed his eyes.
"If it's a shower first, then a shower first. Will you help me wash?"
"Your wounds cannot get wet, so I will only help you wash the upper part of your body. Shall we begin then?"