Chapter 257: Chapter 257: Mo Yinhe Got Kissed by His Wife Secretly 2
After leaving the great hall, someone led them to a rest room.
Si Mingjing had already prepared the necessary Chinese herbs. She carried a small medicine stove and busied herself decocting the medicine in the rest room.
Mo Yinhe sat lazily in an armchair, watching her bustle about aimlessly.
After lighting the small medicine stove, she sterilized the Silver Needles, as if genuinely preparing for an acupuncture session for the King of Gendaya.
But Mo Yinhe knew this girl didn’t need such lengthy preparations to administer acupuncture.
She’s just making work for herself, trying to appear responsible and busy.
「Forty minutes later.」
A slender, gentle-looking young man entered the rest room.
It was Si Mingjing’s senior brother, Zhang Muguang.
"Junior Sister," Zhang Muguang said affectionately.
Sitting in his armchair, utterly bored, Mo Yinhe suddenly narrowed his dark eyes, fixing them on Zhang Muguang, who was rushing towards Si Mingjing.
Just as Zhang Muguang spread his arms, about to embrace Si Mingjing, Mo Yinhe, swift as an arrow loosed from a bow, abruptly pulled Si Mingjing into his own embrace.
His gaze was deep and warning as he glared at Zhang Muguang.
My woman isn’t for just anyone to embrace!
Zhang Muguang’s arms hung suspended in mid-air, his eyes filled with an ill-concealed excitement, disappointed at the missed embrace.
He said apologetically, "Junior Sister, it’s all my fault. I was too naive about the wickedness of people’s hearts, causing you to worry for me."
"Senior Brother, it’s good that you’re alright."
Si Mingjing pried Mo Yinhe’s confining hands off her and gestured for Zhang Muguang to sit down and talk.
"Senior Brother, you were implicated because of me. I should be the one apologizing. They were targeting me."
Zhang Muguang explained, "Someone came to the clinic requesting a house call. I never imagined that one visit would lead me here."
Unable to help his junior sister and now being a burden to her, Zhang Muguang was filled with shame.
What Zhang Muguang found even more unimaginable was that, besides Atlantis, another undersea kingdom named Gendaya actually existed.
He was both shocked and fearful, only feeling a sense of ease when he finally saw Si Mingjing.
"Junior Sister, they said you’re going to treat the king here and need my assistance?"
"Yes," Si Mingjing nodded.
Zhang Muguang had learned a great deal on his way to the Royal Palace.
"Junior Sister, that king... does he really have a Poisonous Insect in his brain? But I’ve never learned how to draw a Poisonous Insect out of the brain using acupuncture."
With no outsiders present, only the three of them were in the rest room.
Si Mingjing chuckled softly. "I was just bluffing."
Mo Yinhe, chair and all, lifted Si Mingjing entirely, shifted her slightly, and cleared a space for another chair.
Then he brought over an armchair for himself and sat squarely between the two of them.
His presence was intensely dominant.
Si Mingjing rolled her eyes.
Mo Yinhe, however, sat leisurely between them, sipping tea, utterly ignoring the protest in her eyes.
Si Mingjing gave Zhang Muguang a helpless, apologetic smile and explained in a low voice, "There’s no Poisonous Insect in the King of Gendaya’s brain. The reason he’s been troubled by migraines for so many years is due to qi deficiency and blood stasis."
Zhang Muguang understood immediately.
"Then why did you claim there’s a Poisonous Insect in the King of Gendaya’s brain? Junior Sister, when practicing medicine, one mustn’t deceive the patient."
Si Mingjing’s phoenix eyes narrowed slightly as she continued, "Senior Brother, the King of Gendaya’s migraines have persisted for over twenty years. Do you think I’m the only one who could identify the cause? Why hasn’t he been cured in over two decades? Are all the doctors in the world incompetent?"
Zhang Muguang couldn’t answer. He asked, "Junior Sister, why is that?"
"I’ve seen the diagnoses made by other Western doctors for the King of Gendaya. The King has a severe delusional disorder, which triggers his headaches. It’s a psychosomatic condition. Unless the root psychological issue is resolved, the migraines will never truly heal. What we need to do is not only treat the migraines caused by his qi deficiency and blood stasis but also cure his psychological affliction."
She had sifted through the materials Mo Yinhe provided during her recuperation to find those diagnoses.
After being schemed against by Qu Gaoyang and barely escaping with her life, she recuperated in the hospital, spending her days plotting revenge. Mo Yinhe had given her a wealth of information on Gendaya’s royal family. With nothing else to do, she read through it like a storybook. Skilled in medicine, she became very interested in the King of Gendaya’s migraines and researched them extensively. She had also reviewed numerous medical reports, but the King of Gendaya dismissed these diagnoses, preventing his psychological condition from being treated.
She then researched the onset of the King’s migraines, which was shortly after he ascended the throne. Around that time, an epidemic had also broken out in the Royal Palace. Numerous secret palace chronicles had surfaced, one alleging he fell in love with his brother’s woman and killed her when his love was unrequited. The secret chronicles also mentioned that this woman was skilled in the Witch Poisonous Insect Technique.
Synthesizing all this, she deduced the true cause of the King of Gendaya’s intractable migraines: the physical symptoms were secondary; the primary cause was psychological.
To verify this, she had Yang Wanling find a way to stay by the King of Gendaya’s side and report on his diet and daily habits, specifically to determine if the cause was physical or psychological. She gave Yang Wanling a bottle of Melatonin. She’d bought it and then enhanced it herself by adding several Chinese medicinal herbs. This concoction not only aided sleep and calmed the nerves but was also a folk remedy for delusional disorders.
When Yang Wanling told her the medicine greatly benefited her father’s condition, Si Mingjing understood: the King of Gendaya’s migraines were indeed primarily psychological.
Taking the King’s pulse moments ago had further confirmed her suspicions.
Her story about the Poisonous Insect was designed to align with the King’s own beliefs, thereby helping to dismantle his mental blocks and treat his delusional disorder. Only by curing his psychological illness, then using medicine to treat the qi deficiency and blood stasis, could his migraines be completely eradicated.
Zhang Muguang nodded. "Junior Sister, you’re truly remarkable."
Si Mingjing smiled. "Later, I’ll need you to act out a scene with me, Senior Brother."
BANG!
Mo Yinhe slammed his teacup forcefully onto the table.
Do these two think I’m invisible, daring to exchange glances like that!
Mo Yinhe’s eyes warned Si Mingjing not to push her luck. If she continued to exchange flirtatious glances with another man, treating me like air, then she couldn’t blame me for eliminating the rival!
Si Mingjing’s scalp tingled under his glare. At that moment, she profoundly understood: he truly was that jealous Demon King.
Suddenly, Si Mingjing leaned over and planted a quick kiss on Mo Yinhe’s grim-looking cheek.
SMOOCH!
Before the gloom on Mo Yinhe’s face could lift or he could react, Si Mingjing had already stood up. Slinging her medicine chest over her shoulder, she said to Zhang Muguang, "Senior Brother, let’s go. It’s time. Later, just follow my cues."
Zhang Muguang took the medicine chest from Si Mingjing’s shoulder. Feeling acutely like an awkward third wheel, he ducked his head, even more embarrassed than the two people involved. "Mm," he mumbled.
Mo Yinhe remained seated in the armchair, looking as if he’d been struck by a sudden, delightful surprise. He reached up to touch his cheek. He couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from curving up, but still...
Baby, do you really think a little kiss like that is enough to placate me?