Chapter 1854 - 1849: The Treatment Begins

"Coming!"

Wiping her hands, Hu Xiaobei heard soft footsteps.

Hu Xiaobei knew it should be Cao Lingbing coming...

Calmly stepping back a bit, Hu Xiaobei looked ahead.

Hu Xiaobei had guessed right; the one coming now was indeed Cao Lingbing.

Only, she was nervous to the extreme right now.

Before, when she first heard Hu Xiaobei explain the treatment method, she hadn’t been that nervous, but after going back and thinking it over carefully, she got nervous.

Because she knew that when she was getting treated later, Hu Xiaobei might be standing to the side.

Even though she knew Hu Xiaobei was a doctor, she was still really nervous.

To the point that her heart was beating ten times faster than usual...

Saying her heart was cradling a little rabbit was not an exaggeration at all.

...

"What’s going on? Why are the steps getting slower and slower!"

In the room, hearing the footsteps grow more and more sluggish, Hu Xiaobei muttered in bafflement, her face full of surprise!

Very soon, Hu Xiaobei walked out of the room...

After stepping out, Hu Xiaobei saw her, face flushed with shyness, clutching the corner of her own clothes.

Studying her carefully a few times, Hu Xiaobei asked curiously, "What’s up with you? I’m already done preparing here. If you don’t hurry up, the medicinal effect is going to weaken."

"I... I know! I’ll go right away!"

Hearing that shy reply that was barely louder than a mosquito, Hu Xiaobei narrowed her eyes and gave her a very careful look...

Vaguely guessing the reason for her shyness, Hu Xiaobei chuckled softly. "Just go in in a bit, I’ll wait for you outside! If anything happens, call me. If nothing happens, just soak properly. Oh right, keep an eye on the time. For the first soak, don’t go over half an hour, otherwise your body won’t be able to take it."

Exceptionally shy, Cao Lingbing heard what Hu Xiaobei said and quickly lifted her head, face full of surprise. "Xiaobei, you... you’re not going to stay next to me later?"

Seeing how surprised she looked, Hu Xiaobei laughed and immediately teased, "If I really stayed by your side, I’m guessing you wouldn’t even be able to move a step today! Alright, I’ll just stand right here and wait, you hurry on over. Otherwise the medicine really will lose its potency!"

Hu Xiaobei knew she was truly shy...

So he gave up on the idea of standing beside her...

"Mm! Got it!"

After agreeing, Cao Lingbing quickened her pace...

Catching a glimpse of her graceful figure, Hu Xiaobei sat down quietly. After making himself a cup of tea, he gazed off into the distance.

...

Not far away, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit, who had previously been pardoned by Hu Xiaobei, was showing off in front of Hei and Xiaobai...

"You have no idea! Just now, I only put in a tiny bit of effort, and I got Master to completely let go of everything from before! Pretty impressive, right!"

"Really?"

Hei and Xiaobai were both a bit skeptical.

Feeling their doubt, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit snorted loudly and went on, "Of course. I hold a very high status in Master’s heart!"

After bragging, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit thought of its earlier losses and quickly said, "We’re idle anyway, let’s go take a stroll! This place used to be cut off from the world; there are honestly lots of good things here."

"Um... better not!"

Honestly, both Hei and Xiaobai were quite tempted by the Treasure-hunting Rabbit’s proposal!

But even so, they still rejected it right away!

Because they knew the Treasure-hunting Rabbit was extremely stingy. If they went roaming around with it, they’d basically get no benefits at all, so they might as well lie here sunbathing and take a nap.

After being turned down, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit gave them a look and said, "I’ve already said before that I’ll treat you better from now on, so this time no matter what good stuff we find, we’ll split it evenly. That should work, right."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah! You’re not lying to us?"

The two of them, who had been lazily basking in the sun, heard the Treasure-hunting Rabbit’s words and instantly sprang up like they’d been injected with chicken blood.

Seeing them suddenly come alive, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit wiggled its big ears and said, "Of course it’s true. I might lie to others, but I’d never lie to you two, right!"

"Wrong. You’ve tricked us a ton of times before!"

"Yeah!"

Exposed, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit sighed in frustration and spoke helplessly, "Can we still have a proper conversation here? Tearing me down like that is not cool, okay!"

"We’re not tearing you down, we’re just telling the truth!"

"Yeah, the truth!"

"Enough already!"

The Treasure-hunting Rabbit swiftly ended this topic!

Otherwise, it felt like they could go on about it the whole day...

After cutting the topic short, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit glanced at them and said, "I really did go too far before. From now on we’ll let everything go and start over! What do you think?"

The Treasure-hunting Rabbit knew that, just like Hu Xiaobei, they genuinely cared about it, so it really should treat them a bit better too!

"Start over? Sure! We agree!"

They exchanged a look, then quickly voiced what they wanted to say.

"Since you agree, then it’s settled! Now we’ll go wander around together. Whatever we find, we split it evenly!"

"Okay!"

Seeing how excited they were, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit smiled lightly and leapt straight onto Hei’s head.

After settling in, it pointed into the distance. "Head in the ten o’clock direction. I feel like there’s something good over there!"

"No problem!"

Just like that, with all their knots finally untied, they quickly disappeared into the distance...

...

Over here, seeing that Hu Xiaobei had gone to sit outside, Cao Lingbing no longer felt quite so tense.

"I really was being petty just now. He never had those kinds of thoughts at all!"

Glancing at the emerald-colored water, she muttered to herself...

She let out a breath of relief, yet also felt just a tiny bit of disappointment.

As if she didn’t have any charm at all...

"Could it be that I really don’t have any appeal?"

With that thought, she turned to look at her reflection in the mirror.

She saw that she in the mirror was still very pretty, very striking.

"It probably isn’t my problem. It’s just that Xiaobei is too much of a gentleman!"

Murmuring this, she glanced over at Hu Xiaobei in the gazebo, then quietly loosened her sash.

As the silken long dress slid down with a whisper, her figure became even more alluring.

Shyly casting a look at herself in the mirror, she took delicate, measured steps, slowly approaching the wooden tub where the water was at just the right temperature.

Once she drew near, she caught a whiff of a scent that made her feel especially comfortable.

She knew this scent clearly came from the medicinal herbs Hu Xiaobei had added.

"Just smelling it like this already feels so soothing. So they really should be able to save my life!"

Making that judgment, she gathered up her ink-black long hair...

Once she was sure it wouldn’t easily get wet, she quickly lifted her foot...

Those slender, fair feet were swiftly slipped out of the deep-purple clogs...

A few breaths later, she placed her smooth little feet into the water, and after confirming the temperature was perfect, her whole body slid in like a fish...