The Martial Doctor-Chapter 102 - 100: Who Will Yield First

"Miss Xia Zhu, why have you been coming over these past few days? Where is your master?" Qin Yanran brought a cup of hot drink over, blinking her bright eyes, and asked warmly.

Xia Zhu glanced at Qin Yanran, always feeling that this beautiful Qin Tower owner was excessively concerned about Mr. Lin. She didn’t even ask about her master’s injury first.

Instead, the first thing she asked was why Mr. Lin didn’t come?

Why does she so eagerly wish for Mr. Lin to come over?

Mr. Lin is so young, and this woman runs Qin Tower; could she have such intentions...?

"Mr. Lin is busy with the renovation of the Convenient Medical Diagnosis Point, so naturally, small tasks like changing dressing fall to me, the disciple." Xia Zhu replied coldly, "Does Mrs. Qin have any message you would like me to convey?"

"Mr. Lin hasn’t come for several days, I worry about my master’s arm injury..." Qin Yanran looked concerned.

"Don’t trust me?"

"It’s not that, Miss Xia Zhu, I just feel that, as the primary physician, he should come and take a look."

"I can pass on your message, but whether Mr. Lin will come is not for me to decide." Xia Zhu packed up the medicine chest and left without touching the hot drink.

"Master, if he doesn’t come, what should I do?" Qin Yanran asked Long Po, who was lying on the couch with her arm bandaged and re-casted.

"Then just go find him, girl. I must say, you’re even worse than I was back then." Long Po chuckled, "But this lad is quite something, to keep you hanging like this, making you unable to resist looking for him. If he’s not naturally hard-hearted, then it’s deliberate."

"Deliberate?"

"The battle between men and women is nothing more than who lowers their guard and concedes first." Long Po said, "Being the first to seek him out means you’ve already lost one round. Continuing to seek him out means surrendering to him. Though it doesn’t mean you’ll have to submit to him forever, you’ll have to be below him from now on. Otherwise, resolve to break ties with him, girl; have you thought it through?"

"Pfft, I’ve barely begun to play!" Qin Yanran said defiantly.

"That’s the right mindset. If you catch real feelings, then it becomes a big problem." Long Po nodded, "For women who practice our Charming Girl Skill, while we may need a whetstone, we absolutely cannot develop feelings; otherwise, it’s a path to ruin."

"Master, did you catch feelings for that old monk back then?"

"I did, and it was nearly unbearable." Long Po honestly admitted, a trace of indescribable pain flashing in her eyes as she recalled the past, "Girl, don’t learn from me, absolutely don’t fall in love. Men are like clothes for women—once worn out, just replace them with new ones. It’s not a big deal."

While Qin Yanran agreed verbally, internally she didn’t take it to heart; she often heard the opposite. It depends on how things develop in the future; the age gap is quite large. Perhaps, she’ll be the one abandoned?

Maybe, she won’t even have to make that choice.

But for now, having just tasted the sweetness, how could she give up so easily?

If you don’t come looking for me, doesn’t mean I can’t come looking for you.

I’m still a blossoming young woman, no way will this end quietly. Not a chance.

...

At night, around the time of Hai.

Lin Miao turned off the lights and was about to go to bed.

Suddenly he sensed a fragrant breeze hit his face, that familiar scent, a warm body slipped into the covers, snuggling close.

"I’ve got all the doors and windows locked tight, how did you get in?" Lin Miao remained calm; since he couldn’t resist, he might as well be at ease. After all, he wasn’t the one at a disadvantage.

This kind of good thing—countless men in this world would die for it.

Qin Yanran, this femme fatale, enchantress, crazy beauty, he had absolutely no resistance to her. God forbid she might kill him and throw him into the pond behind Huaye Tower to accompany that dead Ding San’er. That would be a real tragedy.

It’s just sacrificing a bit of masculinity, not risking his life.

"What do you think? Why haven’t you come to see me these past few days?" Qin Yanran’s hands restlessly wandered down from his chest.

"Don’t move around." Lin Miao reached out to restrain the unruly hand.

"You didn’t come to find me, obviously wanting me to come to you. Now I’m here, and you’re still telling me not to move. You’re so bad!"

"Cut it out, Qin Yanran. What do you really want?" Lin Miao asked sternly.

In the darkness, those lips were so close, radiating a burning allure, stirring the initial desires within. (Alright, can’t write more.)

"Qin Yanran, you’re going too far; I’m still a child!"

"Hehe, you’re still a child, yet you’ve managed to handle me..." Indeed, after breaking the ice, the conversation flowed unchecked.

"Wasn’t it you who handled me?"

"Even if it was big sis who made the first move, wasn’t it you who benefited? You little thing, benefiting and still playing coy, big sis likes that cheeky attitude!"

"You’re the cheeky one, wearing so little and running to a man’s room in the middle of the night to seduce him!" 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Depends if that man is worth big sis seducing!"

"Don’t move. Last time it was you, now it’s my turn to..."

...

When he woke up the next day, besides the lingering scent beside his pillow, she was nowhere to be seen, as if last night’s entanglement was just a spring dream.

Seeing the long hairs left on the bed, Lin Miao hurriedly grabbed tweezers to collect each strand.

If these were discovered by senior sister, there would be no hiding it.

Senior sister is so skilled at identifying medicinal herbs, and the scent of Qin Yanran in the room won’t dissipate for a while...

Headache!

Forget it, find an opportunity to confess.

Does this count as being forced into being a scumbag?

Sometimes, when people think of someone, they can show up unexpectedly. Lin Miao was just thinking about his senior sister Sun Youwei, and footsteps sounded outside the door.

Too familiar, no need to distinguish, it had to be senior sister Sun Youwei.

"Junior brother, are you up?" Ever since Sun Youwei’s health improved, she slept and woke up early, even more regularly than Lin Miao.

She had now become Lin Miao’s regular alarm clock.

If he were to observe mourning for his master, his and his senior sister’s marriage should be arranged, but that wouldn’t work as his master wouldn’t agree...

Anyway, good things take time.

"I’m up, senior sister."

"Junior brother, then I’m coming in." Sun Youwei came in carrying hot water for washing, sniffed and said, "Junior brother, what’s that smell in your room?"

Lin Miao quickly reached out to take the basin of hot water, placing it on the shelf: "Senior sister, in the future, let Yuzhu or someone else do this kind of rough work. You don’t need to."

"I’m your senior sister and your betrothed. Serving you is what I should do." Sun Youwei said shyly.

"Actually, I can take care of these things myself, no need for anyone to serve me. We’ve lived this way since we were kids. Now that we have a bit of money, we shouldn’t be reckless." Lin Miao quickly replied, "Besides, how can I let you, senior sister, serve me?"

"Junior brother, I know. In the future, I’ll do my best to take care of my own tasks."

"My dear senior sister, I’m not telling you off, I’m talking about myself. You should continue as you are. Right now, what’s most important is to get better, and once the mourning period for our master is over, I will marry you as my wife." Lin Miao said while brushing his teeth with a homemade toothbrush and tooth powder.

"Junior brother, I..."

"Don’t worry, senior sister. If our first child is a boy, he will take the Sun Family name to continue the family line." Lin Miao understood Sun Youwei’s concerns very well. He was originally a live-in son-in-law for the Sun Family, and now that he has capabilities, he was the decision-maker, but he could not forget the Sun Family’s kindness or the promises he made.

Leaving a descendant for the Sun Family is something he can certainly accomplish.

Sun Youwei’s face blossomed with a smile.

This matter was very important to her. Her father, in his dying moments, was forever worried about whether the Sun Family would have descendants.

Given her past health, even if she married, she might not have been able to get pregnant or have children. But now things are different. She could feel her health improving, especially since this winter started; she hardly coughed at all and slept excellently at night.

In past years, she could only stay at home, unable to even go out due to the cold and the wind outside, which she could not withstand.

Whenever she caught a chill, she’d be bedridden for ten days or half a month. If it weren’t for her father being a physician, she might have died young.

Now, under junior brother’s care, not only had she recovered gradually, but she also became like a normal person. Now, even if it was cold outside, as long as she kept warm, she could return home as if nothing had happened.

She felt like she had been reborn, and it was junior brother Lin Miao who had given her this new life, which she would depend on for the rest of her life.

In the future, she might really be able to give birth to a child for her junior brother and for the Sun Family. In doing so, she would feel at peace with her deceased father.

"Senior sister, there is something I haven’t been entirely honest about." Since Lin Miao had decided to tell Sun Youwei, he intended to be straightforward.

Deceit and concealment might bring temporary peace, but once the truth breaks out later, the consequences would be harder to bear.

"Junior brother, tell me." Sun Youwei felt a sudden tremble in her heart, as though something bad was about to happen.

"It started with the injury of Mr. Su’s mother, Bai Feng, who was staying at our house..." Lin Miao explained the whole situation of Qin Yanran coming to find him.

Bai Feng had been convalescing at home for more than twenty days, and even if he hadn’t tried to pry information, he’d gotten quite a bit from Su Chen’s mouth.

It was none other than Qin Yanran’s master, Long Po, who hurt Bai Feng.

And both sides were probably searching for each other, initially not realizing the enemy was just separated by a wall and both were being treated by the same person.

Now, Qin Yanran must know, Long Po might not, but Bai Feng and Su Chen were still in the dark. Su Chen hadn’t been to Huaye Tower and didn’t know Qin Yanran’s identity.

But Qin Yanran could see the happenings at the Lin residence daily, and Long Po could deduce her opponent’s identity from martial arts skills, and seeing Su Chen appear in her house, how could she not understand?

However, they were very clear. Although Long Po was less injured than Bai Feng, she was immobile. Even if she teamed up with Qin Yanran, they might not be able to defeat everyone at the Lin residence.

And based on the information Lin Miao gleaned from Su Chen and Bai Feng, he gathered a rough understanding of Qin Yanran and Long Po’s identities.

They were actually experts of the sect labeled as the "Moon Worship Sect" by others.

Typically active along the southeastern coast, how come they hid their identities and set up a Qin Tower here in Dongshan City in the northwest?

Obviously, they had ulterior motives.

Long Po was a protector-level expert in the sect, having broken through the Meridian Passage Realm over twenty years ago.

Without a Tian Yuan, the Meridian Passage Realm reigns supreme!

The Meridian Passage Realm represents the pinnacle amongst experts today, and Bai Feng, who could injure such an expert, must also be at the Meridian Passage Realm. With almost a generation difference, one can imagine Bai Feng’s martial talent and rank within the Snow Mountain Sect.

Such a genius should be internalized; how was she allowed to marry out to the Su Family? There must be a story behind that.

Long Po and Bai Feng fought due to some old grudge and were both severely injured, ending up being treated by him.

More humorously, the two ended up convalescing next to each other for half a month.

He shouldn’t have told his senior sister about these things, but by not saying anything, the potential harm down the line would be greater. And confessing isn’t necessarily a bad thing; it’s just hard to accept at first, but with time, acceptance will come naturally.