Doctor Wei held the golden needle in his hand, his expression was serious and his eyes were focused. He already knew how to give the needle, and he inserted the needle very quickly.

Soon, Ling Xiao’s head was covered with golden needles again.

It turned out that Doctor Wei was not joking.

When he said the pain was “unbearable”, it was by no means an exaggeration.

The pain was more acute and unbearable than usual. Ling Xiao cried out in pain, his handsome face was distorted, and cold sweat kept coming out of his forehead.

However, Ling Xiao remembered the instructions of the imperial physician Wei. During the acupuncture process, he must not move without permission. Even if the pain was unbearable, he would stiffen his body and dare not move.

Ling Jingshu saw this and her heart trembled with pain.

If it weren’t for Doctor Wei’s joking reminder and warning before, she would have rushed forward to comfort Ling Xiao by now.

Doctor Wei didn’t turn around. After he had applied all the needles, he suddenly said, “Ling Gongzi has been sweating. Miss Ling, please help Ling Gongzi wipe his sweat.”

Ling Jingshu responded without thinking as if she had received an imperial decree. She quickly walked forward, took out a silk handkerchief, and gently and carefully wiped the sweat off Ling Xiao’s face.

After Dr. Wei finished acupuncture, he naturally sat next to Ling Xiao. Ling Jingshu wiped the sweat off Ling Xiao and inevitably got closer to Dr. Wei.

A faint fragrance drifted into Doctor Wei’s nostrils.

It was not the scent of powder, but the faint body fragrance of a young girl.

As a doctor, observation, smell, questioning, and palpation were the most basic diagnostic skills. Doctor Wei had been practicing medicine for many years, and his sense of smell was much more acute than that of ordinary people. The scent drifted over slowly…

Doctor Wei’s expression flashed with something strange. If he stood up and distanced himself now, it would be too conspicuous.

Therefore, Doctor Wei had no choice but to continue sitting there calmly, continuing to be surrounded by the faint fragrance.

…

Ling Jingshu was so worried about Ling Xiao at the moment that she had no intention of paying attention to these things.

“Ah Xiao, does it hurt?” Ling Jingshu’s eyes were full of pity and heartache.

Ling Xiao was clearly in terrible pain, but he managed a smile: “It’s nothing, just a little bit of pain. I can bear it.”

After just two short sentences, a layer of sweat broke out on his forehead again!

Ling Jingshu’s nose felt sore and her eyes felt a little warm: “Okay, stop talking.” She picked up the handkerchief in her hand and silently wiped the sweat off Ah Xiao.

Those clear, bright eyes were filled with a thin gleam of water as if they would turn into tears and fall at any time, but they were stubborn and never fell.

Distant memories flashed through Doctor Wei’s mind.

“Sister, don’t go to the palace! I don’t want you to leave!” He was only ten years old, holding his elder sister’s hand tightly, choking and crying.

The eldest sister had tears in her eyes. She wiped away his tears with a handkerchief and said softly, “Ah Yan, I can’t bear to leave you. But, I can’t help it… You must take good care of yourself in the future. We two siblings will meet again one day…”

That was the first time in his life that he experienced what it meant to be in excruciating pain and to be helpless.

He could only watch his elder sister, who he depended on for everything, leave.

He had never forgotten the scene of parting for so many years. He would always remember the look in his elder sister’s eyes when she left. She was filled with regret, heartache, pity, and reluctance, tears welled up in her eyes but never fell.

Ling Jingshu was just like the eldest sister back then, seemingly fragile but actually strong and tough.

His heart, which had been as dry as a well and had not moved for many years, began to beat quietly.

Doctor Wei calmed down, suppressed the strange emotion in his heart, and said, “There is still about a quarter of a second left, Ling Gongzi, please bear with it for now. Don’t move around, and don’t talk anymore. The head is the most important part of the body with the most acupuncture points, and it cannot tolerate any negligence or mistakes. Ling Gongzi’s emotions are fluctuating right now, so he should stay calm.”

After a pause, he looked at Ling Jingshu again:

“I understand that Miss Ling feels sorry for her brother, but this little pain is inevitable when curing the eye disease. Miss Ling, there is no need to be so sad.”

The indifferent tone at the beginning was gone, and the voice became gentle and low.

Ling Jingshu didn’t expect that Doctor Wei would actually say something to comfort her. She was slightly startled and looked up subconsciously.

Then she looked into a pair of calm and deep eyes.

Those eyes were like a pool of water, calm on the surface, but actually unfathomable, with undercurrents surging. It was as if there was an invisible magnetic force that firmly attracted her gaze…

When the four eyes looked at each other, their hearts were shaken.

Ling Jingshu’s face felt slightly hot and she quickly looked away.

Doctor Wei also felt a little uncomfortable. He coughed and said, “Miss Ling, please stand aside for now!”

It was not until this moment that Ling Jingshu realized that she and Doctor Wei were very close. Her pretty face, which was originally flushed, turned pale and she walked aside without thinking.

Was she so unwilling to get close to him?

Doctor Wei felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn’t show it. He said to Ling Xiao, “If you feel the pain is unbearable, you might as well think about happy things to distract yourself.”

Ling Xiao hummed, trying hard to ignore the stabbing pain in his head, and then began to think wildly.

Thinking that in a few months, he might be able to see again, thinking that he would be able to study and learn calligraphy like other teenagers, thinking that he would no longer be a burden to Ah Shu…

Ling Xiao grinned, and his mood suddenly became much better.

…

Ling Jingyan and Jiang Shi were exchanging glances.

Tángsǎo, did you see just now that Doctor Wei spoke to Ah Shu in such a gentle tone?

Of course, I saw it. Not only that, Ah Shu also looked at Doctor Wei very intently just now!

So, Ah Shu didn’t have a special liking for His Royal Highness because the person she liked was actually Doctor Wei?

It was hard to say. Ah Shu was meticulous and tight-lipped. Who knew what she was thinking…

Ling Jingshu came back to her senses and turned around to see Ling Jingyan winking at Jiang Shi. She couldn’t help but feel angry and amused. She deliberately walked over lightly and suddenly opened her mouth: “Yan tángjiě, what are you and your tángsǎo doing?”

Ling Jingyan and Jiang Shi were caught off guard and were both startled. They replied in unison, “Nothing.”

Ling Jingshu looked at the two of them suspiciously: “But I saw you two flirting with each other all the time.”

Ling Jingyan looked at Jiang Shi guiltily, asking for help.

Jiang Shi was a few years older than them. After she calmed down a bit, she returned to normal and said with a smile, “Didn’t Doctor Wei just say that Xiao should stay calm and not get emotional? Ah Yan and I didn’t dare to make any noise, so as not to disturb Xiao. She was just making faces just now for fun, to kill time!”

Then, she deliberately joked back, “Look at you. I was just joking with Ah Yan, but you’re so nervous. Are you afraid that Ah Yan and I will say something about you?”

Ling Jingshu: “…”

(End of this chapter)