How The Little Medical Cultivator Saves the Furries – CH43

Chapter 43

Seeing the little snow ferret stiffen up and the flower-pattern silver mouse puff into a trembling furball, Ye Yumeng couldn’t help finding it strange.

What was going on?

He turned his head to look at He Jun and found his face had also gone pale. Faintly visible in his hair was a pair of tiny furry ears.

Had he sensed some kind of danger? How had he even lost control of his ears…

But the moment that question arose in Ye Yumeng’s mind, the little ears snapped right back out of sight, and He Jun’s expression returned to normal.

The speed of his change was so fast that Ye Yumeng almost thought he had imagined it.

Lowering his gaze, he saw the little snow ferret jump out of his palm and stiffly back away a few steps. Only then did the fur on its puffed-up tail slowly settle back down into its usual sleekness.

Then it bounced in place, looking as though it were very happy.

As for the flower-pattern silver mouse, which had puffed itself into a ball, it was still sprawled on the ground like a flat little pancake, trembling all over.

So strange…

Ye Yumeng had indeed sensed some kind of spiritual awareness, but because communication between the two little ones and He Jun also relied on mental power, he couldn’t distinguish the difference.

Naturally, he had no idea how terrifying that mental pressure had just been.

He only knew that once he showed a puzzled expression, that pressure weakened and withdrew, and only then did He Jun and the little snow ferret seem to “come back to life.”

Ye Yumeng looked at the little silver mouse and poked its round little body with a finger. “What’s wrong? What are you afraid of?”

The little silver mouse only shook its head.

Ye Yumeng asked again, “Then besides coming here to eat, did you two have some other reason for coming?”

The little snow ferret nodded lightly.

Ye Yumeng couldn’t understand what it was saying through mental power, so he poked the furry little mouse at his feet again.

By now the little silver mouse had calmed down a little too. Lifting its head, it cautiously looked around, and only after sensing no danger did it say, “Lele came to look for their boss.”

The little snow ferret’s boss? Up in the top-floor ward?

Ye Yumeng thought of Mo Yin, who had taken Bai Shuo away before, and asked, “You mean Ah Mo?”

The question had only just left his mouth when footsteps sounded behind him, followed by Mo Yin’s voice.

“Doctor Ye, what happened?”

The little snow ferret visibly stiffened and instantly turned to flee. But before it could even land after jumping, an invisible force fixed it in midair.

No matter how wildly it flailed its limbs, it couldn’t control its own body, nor could it stop itself from drifting toward Mo Yin.

Only after meeting Mo Yin’s stern gaze did Bai Shuo awkwardly grin, let his four limbs droop, and give up struggling.

‘Ah Yin…’

He called out in a spoiled tone, then quickly added, ‘His Majesty just talked to me and even told me to get off Doctor Ye… I was very obedient, okay!’

‘But now His Majesty isn’t paying attention to me again. Does that mean his condition isn’t very good?’

Mo Yin: “…”

For the moment, he ignored Bai Shuo and instead looked at Ye Yumeng, apologetic. “Doctor Ye, Bai Shuo has disturbed you again. I’ll take them back.”

Ye Yumeng held the little silver mouse and stood up, then shook his head. “It’s nothing. But Lele said he came here looking for his boss. Is that true?”

Mo Yin paused, glanced at the little snow ferret, then said, “Not his boss. It’s Young Master.”

What? So it was actually Little Bunny?

But then again, thinking that they were probably about the same age, Ye Yumeng nodded again.

“Lele seems to really want to see him, so why not let him? Otherwise, if he keeps sneaking out like this, that’s not really a solution either.”

Mo Yin looked at Bai Shuo, who immediately clasped his two little paws together in front of himself and kept bowing.

‘Please, please, Ah Yin, you’re the best! Let me see the boss… I really miss him!’

Bai Shuo was actually already twenty-three years old, but his mental regression was severe, so he was more or less like a seven- or eight-year-old child now.

Just like Doctor Ye had said, if he didn’t get what he wanted, he definitely wouldn’t let it go.

Mo Yin could only give in. “Alright, then.”

‘Wow, Ah Yin, you’re the best!’ The little snow ferret made excited, delighted cooing sounds from deep in its throat, then looked at Ye Yumeng again.

The little silver mouse helpfully translated for him: “Lele says thank you, Caregiver Ye…”

Then it abruptly stopped, looking toward Mo Yin. If it hadn’t heard wrong, Mo Yin had just said “Doctor Ye,” not “Caregiver Ye,” right?

“Doctor Ye is a specially recruited doctor from the Xihe Federation. He’ll officially take up the post in a few days,” Mo Yin explained.

So that was it!

The little silver mouse quickly corrected itself and obediently said, “Doctor Ye.”

Ye Yumeng couldn’t help rubbing the little silver mouse’s head again. Then he said, “Lele can go see Little Bunny. I’ll take you back first.”

Mo Yin had no objection and even stepped aside on his own initiative to clear the way.

Only after Ye Yumeng had stepped into the elevator did the little snow ferret react, staring wide-eyed at Mo Yin as it asked, ‘Doctor Ye just called His Majesty… Little Bunny?’

Mo Yin: “…”

Ye Yumeng brought the little silver mouse back to the fifth floor.

Because he had sent a message ahead of time, when the elevator doors opened, Gan Xiaoyang and his neighboring coworker Dong Qing were already waiting outside.

Although Dong Qing’s name sounded refined and scholarly, he himself was a burly muscle-bound man.

Gan Xiaoyang looked smaller standing beside him, let alone the slender Ye Yumeng.

It almost seemed that everyone Ye Yumeng met, aside from patients, was bigger and sturdier than he was. But he was used to that—back in the cultivation world, his build had been about the same as now.

As long as he was healthy, that was enough!

He handed the little silver mouse over to Dong Qing, comforted Gan Xiaoyang a bit, then continued riding the elevator amid their endless thanks.

“Doctor Ye said he’s bringing me something tasty later!” The little silver mouse sat in Dong Qing’s broad palm and said happily.

Gan Xiaoyang and Dong Qing both froze.

Dong Qing frowned. He was grateful to Ye Yumeng for helping return the runaway patient, but surely he shouldn’t be saying things like that just to coax a child?

He thought of Bai Shuo, who had spent this entire period making a fuss about wanting to eat normal food, and his head immediately began to ache.

These two little ones had run off together. Ye Yumeng couldn’t have said something similar to Bai Shuo too, could he? That little snow ferret was definitely not easy to handle!

Gan Xiaoyang, however, was focused on something else entirely.

He looked at the little silver mouse and corrected him, “Xiaozhu, the one who brought you back just now was Ye Yumeng the orderly, same as us. He isn’t actually a doctor.”

Dong Qing finally noticed that too and hurriedly added, “Right, right. We need to listen to doctors. Orderlies don’t count.”

“You still can’t eat normal food right now,” he said. “If you do, you’ll get indigestion. In serious cases, it could even cause organ failure.”

Although timid and shy in front of strangers, the little silver mouse was already very familiar with Dong Qing, so he wasn’t frightened by the warning.

“He’s a specially recruited doctor from the Xihe Federation. In a few days he’ll officially take up the position,” the little silver mouse said.

He was a doctor, so of course he wouldn’t lie!

Gan Xiaoyang, meanwhile, was staring with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

What was going on? He hadn’t seen Ye Yumeng for only a few days, and now he had somehow transformed from an orderly into a specially recruited doctor?

Back in Xihe Federation, Ye Yumeng had clearly studied nursing!

But then…

If this was true, then once Gao Hui and the others found out, they’d probably completely lose it.

On the way to get breakfast, He Jun stayed right at Ye Yumeng’s side, matching him step for step.

“What happened to you all just now?” Ye Yumeng asked once they got into the hover car. “Was it because of… Little Bunny?”

He Jun kept his mouth shut.

But now that Ye Yumeng had already guessed it, there was no need for him to answer directly.

Before, when Ye Yumeng had been on the phone with Little Shan Lan in the corridor, Little Bunny had noticed it too. This time had probably been more or less the same.

So he changed the subject. “By the way, how’s Le Fu doing?”

The other man had been bitten by a poisonous insect while hiding in the woods to protect him, and had almost ended up paralyzed. Thankfully, treatment had come in time and the situation had been brought under control.

“He’s still recovering and is already out of danger,” He Jun answered.

After a slight hesitation, Ye Yumeng still sent He Jun a message.

It included the link to the Health Qi Exercise video, asking him to forward it to Le Fu and have him practice with a virtual holographic pod whenever he had time.

“This set of exercises can strengthen the body and improve health. It should help his recovery.”

At present, the completion count on the Health Qi Exercise video was still low, not even into three digits yet. That proved there were very few people actually following along.

Ye Yumeng no longer expected this practice video to make him any money. At this point, if it could help even one person, that was one person helped. Consider it another way of building up merit.

“Understood. I’ll make sure he practices diligently!” He Jun said solemnly.

He immediately forwarded the video link into the guard team’s group chat, tagged everyone, and ordered them to practice it every single day.

At first the others were still confused, but once they clicked in and saw the person in the video doing the movements, they realized it was Doctor Ye.

They instantly replied “Received” and then hurried off to leave comments under the video.

Le Fu even went straight to the virtual holographic room and logged into the star network to start practicing, because this time he’d managed to go down before even encountering the enemy. It had been genuinely humiliating.

Now he had to work hard and prove himself—he absolutely couldn’t become a laughingstock again. (T^T)

When they reached the cafeteria, Ye Yumeng picked up breakfast and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a clear little birdcall.

“Chirp chirp! Chirp chirp chirp!”

Along with that birdcall, coming closer and closer, a tiny fluffy thing flapped over and landed on Ye Yumeng’s shoulder.

“Chirp chirp chirp! Chirp chirp chirp!”

The little sparrow hopped and bounced on Ye Yumeng’s shoulder. It was so light it felt like a jumping cotton ball, and its soft downy feathers rippled beautifully with the motion. It was unbearably cute.

“Du Weiyu?”

Ye Yumeng turned his head to look at the little plump chirper. He Jun, who had been wary a moment ago, relaxed once he clearly saw the little mountain sparrow.

“Did you run away again?”

Ye Yumeng held out his hand, and the little sparrow immediately hopped onto his finger, chirping excitedly and looking delighted.

“Chaochao!”

At that moment, the man they had seen before outside the core inpatient building finally came hurrying after it.

Behind him followed the little sparrow’s orderly.

When he saw the little mountain sparrow perched on Ye Yumeng’s finger, the well-dressed man in a suit visibly relaxed.

Then, when he noticed Ye Yumeng and He Jun, he recognized them and brightened. “It’s you! I still haven’t properly thanked you for last time.”

He straightened his suit and his hair, then handed business cards to both of them.

“I’m Chaochao’s older brother, Du Zhenghang.”

Ye Yumeng took the card and looked at it. On the front there was only the name and communicator number. On the back was a photo of the little mountain sparrow, with a line written underneath:

If you find this little mountain sparrow, please be sure to contact me!

Rather than a business card, it looked more like a missing bird notice.

Du Zhenghang noticed what Ye Yumeng was looking at and smiled awkwardly. “Chaochao is clever and loves running around. He gets lost all the time. I really had no choice…”

And because the little sparrow’s innate ability was special and could even destroy locator chips, once he ran off, getting him back really took enormous effort.

Ye Yumeng nodded sympathetically.

“Last time, it really was thanks to you. I never thought Chaochao would fly all the way to a place like Lakeheart Park and even cut his claw on a fishing line.”

At that, Du Zhenghang’s face was full of heartache.

The little sparrow turned to look at him, tilted its head, and chirped again and again, as though perhaps trying to comfort its older brother.

Still…

“Is Chaochao his nickname?” Ye Yumeng asked curiously.

His given name was clearly Du Weiyu, so was his nickname really Chaochao?

Du Zhenghang nodded. “Yep. This little chatterbox never stops chirping all day long.”

Though he said that, his face was clearly full of indulgent fondness.

The little sparrow understood him and instantly got annoyed, flying to his shoulder and pecking at his face with its tiny beak.

Only after Du Zhenghang surrendered did it finally stop. Then it flapped its wings and flew to Ye Yumeng’s hand, circling around it.

Ye Yumeng lifted his hand and spread out his palm.

The little sparrow landed in it, but soon tilted its head in puzzlement.

“Chirp chirp! Chirp chirp chirp!”

Ye Yumeng knew what it was looking for, and he smiled slightly, then cast a Minor Rejuvenation Technique.

Almost at once, the little sparrow sensed the difference. Its tiny bead-like eyes widened in surprise.

“Chirp chirp!”

It chirped happily, stretched its little claws, shook out its feathers, then settled itself down in the middle of his palm and refused to move.

“Chaochao?”

Seeing the little sparrow close its eyes, Du Zhenghang frowned worriedly.

“Chirp…”

The little sparrow gave a sleepy little cry, its eyelids lifting a bit as though to say it was so sleepy, then completely shut its eyes and fell asleep.

“He says he’s sleepy and wants to sleep.”

He Jun knew that Ye Yumeng had no mental power, so he quietly translated from the side.

Du Zhenghang and the little sparrow’s orderly were both stunned.

Especially Du Zhenghang.

What kind of magic did this Caregiver Ye have? Last time too, Chaochao had fallen asleep in his palm!

You had to know, because of his illness, Chaochao had abnormally high energy and practically could not stay still even for a moment. Du Zhenghang had suffered greatly because of it.

A situation like this, where he played and played and then suddenly stopped to sleep, had literally never happened before…

Ye Yumeng completed a full Minor Rejuvenation Technique. Seeing the little mountain sparrow breathing softly and sound asleep again, he used aura-reading once more to check on him.

Aside from a tiny bit of black qi on his claw, a strong blue-yellow aura wrapped around the little bird.

That meant he was sick, and malnourished too.

And yet the liveliness and energy he displayed really did not look like sickness or weakness at all. You could tell as much from the fact that he’d managed to fly from being lost all the way to the low mountain in Lakeheart Park in less than half a day.

How strange…

“Caregiver Ye, I heard you’re working in the core inpatient ward?”

At that moment, Ye Yumeng heard Du Zhenghang ask. Looking up, he found Du Zhenghang gazing at him eagerly.

“I don’t know whether you’d be willing to come to Chaochao’s ward and be his dedicated orderly?”

Du Zhenghang’s eyes were bright and earnest. “He clearly likes you very much. If you come take care of Chaochao, all you need to do is play with him. Nothing else is required!”

The orderly surnamed Wang, who had been standing behind Du Zhenghang the whole time, changed expression when he heard that.

And He Jun also immediately stepped forward.

He gently lifted the little sparrow away—probably because he had saved him before and carried him wrapped in his coat the whole way back, the little sparrow was already familiar with his scent and didn’t wake up.

He Jun placed the little sparrow back in Du Zhenghang’s hands, then pulled Ye Yumeng behind him.

“Sorry, Nurse—Doctor—Ye is already caring for my young master.”

You’ve got to be kidding. Trying to steal him away from His Majesty?

After saying that politely, He Jun turned to Ye Yumeng and said with equally bright eyes, “Doctor Ye, shall we head back?”

Ye Yumeng: “…”

Alright. Even though he was curious what illness the little mountain sparrow had, he still nodded and didn’t ask further.

After all, He Jun had been sent by Little Bunny’s family to protect him, and he had already accepted employment from Little Bunny’s household. It wouldn’t look very good to stand there in front of the current employer and chat too much with someone trying to poach him.

“I go to the activity room sometimes. If we happen to meet in the future, we can play together.”

“Oh, alright, alright.”

Ye Yumeng waved to Du Zhenghang, then was escorted away by He Jun.

Behind them, Du Zhenghang smiled brightly while watching them leave. But once they were farther away, his smile vanished at once.

“Xiao Wang, do you know what the procedure is for applying for an exclusive orderly at Royal Sanatorium?”

Orderly Wang hesitated. “But didn’t that one just say Caregiver Ye is already taking care of his young master?”

Du Zhenghang held the little sparrow in one hand and tugged at his collar with the other, lifting his chin slightly.

“If I remember correctly, in Royal Sanatorium, people of higher rank have priority when choosing orderlies, right?” He curved his lips.

“There can’t be many families with higher rank than the Du family, can there?”

Du Zhenghang’s father, Du Li, was an honorary noble of the Yaojin Empire. He had earned great military merit during the Empire’s conflict against the foreign Nebular forces and was rewarded with a noble title.

Although in the interstellar era noble ranks no longer carried real governing power, in certain aspects they still came with privileges.

And he was only trying to apply for one dedicated orderly for his sick younger brother.

Du Zhenghang felt he was merely following proper procedures and had done nothing underhanded. As long as Chaochao liked it, he would find a way to pluck down stars from the sky for him if necessary!

One little orderly? That surely wouldn’t be a problem.

“Come on, let’s go handle the paperwork.”

Du Zhenghang turned to leave with the little sparrow in his arms, but Orderly Wang reminded him, “Mr. Du, aren’t we eating first?”

He stopped in his tracks, then said, “Pack it up and take it back!”

“Don’t worry. I’m not leaving Little Bunny.”

On the way back to the core inpatient ward, seeing that He Jun still looked tense, Ye Yumeng finally had to speak up and reassure him.

Little Bunny was delicate and sensitive because of his illness. If he heard about this, he’d probably feel hurt and sad.

Better to stop trouble before it even started.

“Doctor Ye, this may be a bit presumptuous, but please, you absolutely must cure Young Master!” He Jun said earnestly.

“Don’t worry. I will.”

The six guards with He Jun were probably not working so hard simply because, as Mo Yin had said, they needed to help him pass probation. More likely, it was because Little Bunny’s family had once shown them kindness, and this was their way of repaying that debt.

Now that he understood that, Ye Yumeng no longer found their somewhat fervent eyes hard to handle.

People who repaid kindness were good people.

Ye Yumeng liked dealing with good people.

Soon, carrying breakfast, he returned to the core inpatient ward—but he did not hurry straight back to the top-floor room. Instead, he had He Jun deliver Mo Yin’s breakfast while he himself went to the tenth floor.

But as he stepped out of the elevator, he thought for a moment and still sent Mo Yin a message.

Top-floor ward, Room 1011.

Yan Xueyun and her husband had been sent out of the room. At this moment, Yan Jin was alone inside.

Half-sitting up in bed, he weakly watched the sunlight coming in through the window.

Then a light screen popped up before him. It was a video call request from his grandson, Yan Xinglan.

Yan Jin accepted.

“Grandpa, Aunt told me you’ve been settled in properly. How are you feeling now?”

Outside, Yan Xinglan was arrogant and even somewhat rude, but in front of his grandfather he was very obedient and gentle, almost like a child who had never grown up.

Yan Jin looked at him, but instead of talking about his condition, he spoke softly.

“Xiao Xing, if this is the last time we ever speak, then you must remember what I’m about to say.”

Yan Xinglan froze. Though he could not hold back his sadness, he still forced himself to nod. “Go ahead.”

“You must never betray the imperial family, and you must never become a fence-sitter who plays both sides.”

At those words, Yan Xinglan frowned in confusion.

He had never thought of betraying His Majesty. On that point his grandfather should know him well. As long as His Majesty remained alive, he would keep the lion clan disciplined and law-abiding. But…

The imperial family was not the same thing as His Majesty.

If His Majesty died, the Yaojin Empire would inevitably descend into chaos. In that case, did his grandfather mean the lion clan should still obey the imperial family, and… not fight for anything?

To make him stay beneath another person all his life—especially if that person was Lu Yuanqing? Yan Xinglan refused.

The sharp look in Yan Jin’s eyes seemed to see straight through all of his thoughts.

He continued, “No matter what happens, you must never do anything that betrays the imperial family. More than that—you must lead the lion clan to help the imperial family suppress any rebellion.”

Yan Xinglan was even more confused.

His grandfather had never been some rigid royalist. He had always supported him before, so why had he changed so drastically all of a sudden?

“Did you discover something? Why are you suddenly…?” Yan Xinglan tested carefully.

Hearing that, Yan Jin thought of that translucent, unreal figure and could not help sighing heavily.

Why?

Because the imperial family had already dug the pit, and they were simply waiting for them to jump in.

Ever since arriving at Royal Sanatorium, Yan Jin had kept thinking it over, and the more he thought, the more certain he became that he had guessed correctly.

The decade-plus war against the insect race had pushed Lu Nanzhou’s prestige to its peak, but at the same time, a number of families had also risen to prominence.

Those families had gained power and fame, and with that had come ambition.

The emperor had clearly used his own injury as bait in order to filter out the ambitious families whose loyalty to the imperial family was false. The method was ruthless, but undeniably effective.

At the very least, his own son and this grandson he valued so highly had already stepped right into the trap, hadn’t they?

By the time the imperial family reeled in the net, the whole empire would probably face a bloodbath. If the lion clan did not start restraining itself now, they would be among the first to suffer.

And yet…

“I can’t tell you.”

Yan Jin shook his head and sighed. “But Xiao Xing, your grandfather would never harm you. You must remember what I just said.”

Just as Yan Xinglan was about to keep pressing him, there suddenly came a knock at the door. The ward door seemed to open, and someone entered the room.

A figure appeared at Yan Jin’s side.

“Elder Yan, how are you feeling today?”

The voice was very young, and even the partial reflection visible on the screen looked far too youthful, like someone just over twenty.

Yan Xinglan heard his grandfather address him as “Doctor Ye,” and then the call was cut off.

With an outsider present, naturally they couldn’t continue the topic they had just been discussing…

Yan Xinglan thought back to the image he had just seen. His already furrowed brows drew together even more.

So this was that Doctor Ye, the one supposedly so highly skilled, and possibly already treating His Majesty?

Wasn’t he a bit too young?

Had he even turned twenty-five yet?

Why did he look almost underage?

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