How The Little Medical Cultivator Saves the Furries – CH56

Chapter 56

The longing in the little fox’s eyes had already given the answer.

So Ye Yumeng looked at Shang Baiqi, who was watching from the side. She quickly picked up a piece of chicken about the size of an adult’s index finger and fed it to the little fox.

Hu Naonao remained lying in Ye Yumeng’s palm as he was fed a piece of tender, fragrant pan-fried chicken.

The smell of oil and meat rushed into his nose, making even more saliva pool in his mouth.

Although his sense of taste had dulled along with everything else, and he still couldn’t really taste anything as he chewed the chicken, the trembling of his excited little body clearly expressed an intense longing.

He practically swallowed the meat whole, and then—

the pain that had eased returned again, this time from his abdomen, strongly conveying discomfort.

The little fox was a little frightened.

Although he had grown dispirited after being bedridden for so long, he did not want to die at all.

A few days ago, Mo Yin had told him that his older brother Hu Yunjin would soon arrive on Medical Planet.

His brother was coming all this way specially to see him! He had been sad before because contact with his family had grown less frequent, but now the situation had completely changed.

He had been looking forward to this meeting so much!

So there was no way he could let anything happen to himself at such a crucial moment…

The little fox suddenly regretted it. He shouldn’t have given in to temptation and eaten the meat. Just as he was panicking in fear, he felt a hand gently press against his belly.

The sudden cramping pain began to ease at once, the ache turning into a kind of warmth that made him feel a little floaty.

Anyway, it felt very good.

The little fox opened his eyes to a narrow slit.

At that angle, because of how he was being held, the only thing he could see was the young man holding him in his palm.

Doctor Ye was looking at him with complete focus. The gentleness in his eyes was still there, but now it had been replaced by a kind of professional confidence, as if everything were under control.

The little fox’s fear and panic immediately vanished without a trace.

He didn’t know how Doctor Ye was doing it, or why just placing a hand on his belly made him feel so much better.

But in his heart, his trust in Ye Yumeng had already deepened.

Soon, the digestion-boosting and fluid-generating technique finished.

The pain in the little fox’s abdomen had completely disappeared, but Ye Yumeng’s treatment was not over yet.

He placed the little fox back on the hospital bed, then formed hand seals with both hands and cast another, more advanced medical technique—

the Nourishing Technique.

This technique consumed five strands of spiritual energy. Just like its name implied, it could gently nourish a patient’s body.

There was no strange, powerful flame-like energy inside the little fox’s body, so Ye Yumeng could afford to be bold and try this medical art on him.

And the result was exactly as he had expected. Not only did the power of the Nourishing Technique cause no rejection, it actually stirred the little fox’s bloodline ability awake, and his body began actively absorbing that pure, balanced energy.

With Aura Sight enhancing his vision, Ye Yumeng could see the changes clearly, and he nodded in satisfaction.

At that moment, he felt the little fox pawing at his hand.

Ye Yumeng looked at him in confusion.

Hu Naonao was already very sleepy now, but he still remembered what Bai Shuo had said.

Doctor Ye liked patting heads.

Since he had accepted treatment, he naturally had to return the favor. Hu Yunsheng wasn’t someone who liked owing people.

“Hu Naonao says you can pat his head!” the little translator Zhang Zhuyu piped up again.

Ye Yumeng understood what the little fox meant. The fox’s awkward little behavior was actually rather cute.

So he reached out and gently patted the little fox on the head.

At last, with his “debt” repaid, the little fox peacefully closed his eyes and let himself fall asleep.

The two doctors watching nearby had already prepared themselves mentally, but when they saw the little fox’s reaction after eating the chicken, they still couldn’t help being shocked.

And now, after Ye Yumeng had made those strange hand gestures and then placed his palm over the little fox’s belly, the fox’s vital signs had stabilized again.

So when Ye Yumeng set the little fox down and formed a second set of hand gestures, the doctors no longer thought it was bizarre. Instead, Ye Yumeng seemed to take on an even more mysterious air.

Neither of them could resist replaying Ye Yumeng’s movements in their minds, secretly copying them with their own hands.

Meanwhile, the little snow ferret, who had previously been laughed at, now puffed himself up proudly again.

See? Hu Naonao already couldn’t take it after just one piece of chicken! I’m still very strong.

The other little animals, seeing that the little fox had stabilized, all let out a quiet sigh of relief. The tension in their hearts eased.

Comparison really did hurt.

Looked at this way, the fact that the little snow ferret could eat three pieces of meat actually counted as pretty amazing.

Bai Lele really is incredible, the little bear cub said with certainty.

The little snow ferret immediately grinned and hopped onto Hanxiong’s bed, cuddling up beside him.

Take it slow. Later on, you’ll definitely be able to eat more and more.

He encouraged his little friend.

At first I could only eat two pieces of meat. Today I could eat three!

And when I first started eating, I couldn’t taste anything, but now it gets tastier the more I eat it.

The bad doctor had said this meant his sense of taste was recovering. Anyway, it was a sign that his body was improving, which was a good thing.

I wonder how many pieces I can eat?

The little white dog swallowed hard, already unable to wait any longer.

I didn’t expect Little Doctor Ye to be this amazing… but why did Hu Naonao fall asleep again? Does getting his head patted by Little Doctor Ye really make him sleep that comfortably?

When it came to sleeping, the silver mouse had the right to speak.

He hurriedly cut in, “I can testify! Ever since Doctor Ye treated me, I sleep super well every day now!”

At that point, Ye Yumeng had just withdrawn his hand.

Only after the silver mouse and the little white dog said this did everyone notice that the little fox on the bed had indeed already fallen fast asleep.

Just listening to his breathing, they could tell how deeply and sweetly he was sleeping. For this group of little animals who had long been tortured by illness and unable to sleep properly, the sight made them deeply envious.

So if their heads were patted one or two times, they really would fall asleep?

Everyone decided to wait and see what happened with the remaining companions.

After all, the little snow ferret and the silver mouse had also had their heads patted, but neither of them had fallen asleep.

Hearing the silver mouse’s words, Ye Yumeng couldn’t help asking, “Xiaoyu, did you practice the exercise today?”

“Yes, yes.”

The little silver mouse nodded obediently. After waking up that morning, he had started learning the health exercise and had practiced all morning.

“It’s just that I’m still not very skilled…”

“That’s fine. Take it slowly.”

Ye Yumeng smiled and patted his head. “If you keep at it every day, you’ll get better and better.”

Hearing this, Shang Baiqi and Li Ke couldn’t help being curious. Practice? What kind of treatment plan was that?

The two exchanged a glance and decided they would ask Huai Yebai about it later.

By now, Ye Yumeng had already shifted his attention, his gaze moving back and forth between the little bear cub and the little white dog.

The remaining three little animals were still trying to hold onto some dignity, but those two in particular could barely contain the hope and longing in their eyes. The little white dog was wagging his tail so hard it had turned into a blur.

Even though he couldn’t speak, it felt as though every cell in his body was shouting: Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!

In the end, Ye Yumeng looked at the little bear cub first.

He still remembered that sweet, simple little bear. Since the first time Ye Yumeng had come to the activity room, the little bear had been very friendly to him.

Even when he had misspoken and annoyed the other little ones, the bear cub had not gotten angry.

And besides, Ye Yumeng had already once used the Minor Rejuvenation Technique on him before, so they could be counted as familiar with each other now.

Having learned from the little fox, Ye Yumeng first added the Minor Rejuvenation Technique to his palm, then picked up the little bear cub.

Seeing this, the little white dog drooped his tail in disappointment and lowered his lifted head back onto his paws, letting out two tiny, aggrieved whines as he watched Ye Yumeng treat the bear.

The stuffed toy paw resting on his bed floated up again and patted the little dog on the head.

Soothed by it, the little white dog rolled his eyes toward the lion cat beside him. Meeting the gentle, comforting look in his little friend’s eyes, he immediately forgot his grievance.

Little Moon, pat me!

Hearing his spoiled little plea, the lion cat controlled the toy paw to pat the little white dog’s head again, until the puppy happily began wagging his tail all over again.

Standing outside the small room, watching through the glass, Yan Xinglan: “……”

Damn it. Which one of us is actually the brother here?

Commander Jiang, please come control your son!

The little bear cub’s injuries were severe, about the same as the little fox’s. After one bite of chicken, he too exceeded the limit of what his body could bear.

Ye Yumeng treated him exactly the same way he had treated the little fox.

Then, looking at the little bear struggling to keep his eyes open, he reached out and tentatively patted his head.

After being patted, the little bear cub also peacefully closed his eyes and began snoring away.

Ye Yumeng smiled and shook his head.

Why did all these little cuties like getting their heads patted so much? But once they recovered later and their fur all grew back, petting them would definitely feel even better!

Ye Yumeng found himself looking forward to that day.

The digestion-boosting and fluid-generating technique, the liver-soothing and spleen-strengthening technique, the Minor Rejuvenation Technique, and the Nourishing Technique—one full treatment cycle cost eighteen strands of spiritual energy.

The two little ones had already used thirty-six. If he treated all of them with the same full process, then even at his fullest state, he could handle at most six little animals.

His cultivation was still too low…

Ye Yumeng muttered this to himself. After finishing treatment on the little bear cub, he finally turned to the little white dog.

“Awoo! Awoo!” the little white dog yipped excitedly twice.

Ye Yumeng tilted his head. Dogs were supposed to bark woof woof, right? Could this little guy actually be a wolf?

But looking at the puppy’s folded ears, Ye Yumeng didn’t think that was very likely. Whether in the cultivation world or in the original host’s memories, there had never been any such thing as a folded-ear wolf.

Ye Yumeng didn’t dwell on it. Whether wolf or dog, he was going to treat him the same way.

Very quickly, Jiang Yufei understood why Hu Naonao and Hanxiong had both grown drowsy the moment they were in Little Doctor Ye’s hands.

When Ye Yumeng came over to pick him up, the puppy had instinctively tensed in nervousness. But the moment those pale hands touched him, he felt all the pain in his body begin to fade until it disappeared.

Once he was lifted up, not only did he stop hurting, he even yawned from comfort.

Of course, reason still reminded him that he had to stay alert. The little white dog had a very strong conviction—

no matter what, he was going to eat meat today!

“Go ahead.”

As the chicken was placed in his mouth, it really was just as Bai Shuo had said—he couldn’t taste much at all. But the little white dog still felt so happy he might cry.

It was probably a kind of emotional satisfaction.

At last, he had eaten normal food just like a normal person. Even if the hope of recovery was still distant, at least… he was changing.

Seeing the little white dog’s tears, big as beans, roll from his eyes, Ye Yumeng couldn’t help softening further, and the hand on his belly became even gentler.

It’s just that the lights in here are too bright!

Jiang Yufei cried while simultaneously denying that he was crying.

No one watching exposed him. At this point, they were all too busy being jealous.

Especially when Ye Yumeng placed the little white dog back on the hospital bed, and the puppy rubbed his head against Ye Yumeng’s hand before peacefully falling asleep.

It was true—just one or two pats on the head and they really fell asleep!

Ye Yumeng smiled and stroked the little tuft of white fur on the dog’s head, then cast the Nourishing Technique on him as well.

Next was…

Ye Yumeng looked at the lion cat lying on the neighboring bed.

The cat’s injuries were similar to the little fox’s and the others’. Most of his fur had fallen out, and only a few newly grown clumps hinted at his original coloring.

Ye Yumeng wasn’t actually sure whether he was really a lion cat. He only felt that his face looked a little like one.

“Little Moon?” he called.

Yan Wangshu didn’t mind the nickname at all. In fact, it was his childhood name, given to him by the old white wolf king.

Since “Wangshu” carried the meaning of moonlight, the old white wolf king had thought he was fated to have some bond with the Moon Wolf clan.

“Meow—”

When Ye Yumeng reached out and picked him up, the little white cat narrowed his eyes and meowed softly.

Actually, Yan Wangshu rather liked Ye Yumeng.

He couldn’t quite explain why. If he absolutely had to give one reason, it was probably because Little Doctor Ye carried a kind of overflowing life force.

Although Chen Limin often put on a lively act too, there was still a difference between something naturally flowing from within and something deliberately forced.

Yan Wangshu could sense that difference very keenly.

And Ye Yumeng gave him exactly that feeling: full of life, and completely unstingy about sharing it.

Just seeing him made people feel that life could still be beautiful, still full of hope, and that they could step out of their dull, depressed state and become happy again.

So Yan Wangshu really did like this little Doctor Ye. Before, when he heard Ye Yumeng had been transferred away, he had genuinely felt disappointed.

And now, as Ye Yumeng’s hands lifted him up, and he felt that force rich with life and vitality, Yan Wangshu knew his instincts had been right.

He relaxed into the touch and let out a soft, contented sigh.

The tiny little meow was light and soft, like a feather brushing against one’s heart, and Ye Yumeng almost felt himself melting.

Kittens really were the cutest.

Little Moon also had especially beautiful eyes. Once his fur all grew back in later, he was definitely going to be gorgeous!

Smiling happily, Ye Yumeng watched as Li Ke picked up a bit of fish and fed it to him.

The little cat ate in a much more refined way than his companions, taking the fish in tiny bites and chewing slowly, without any urgency at all.

Ye Yumeng was very patient too, waiting for him to swallow it.

Maybe because the fish was smaller and softer, the kitten managed two or three bites before he started feeling uncomfortable.

Feeding paused, and Ye Yumeng gave him the full set of treatment as well.

By the time Yan Wangshu had also fallen deeply asleep, there were only a little over thirty strands of spiritual energy left in Ye Yumeng’s body.

The two remaining little animals were a little owl and a little squirrel.

The little owl was called Yu Ke, and he suffered from an illness called Wing Bone Crystallization Syndrome, the cause of which was still unknown.

From the name alone, one could tell part of the problem.

His wing bones had developed unexplained crystallization, becoming extremely brittle. Even the slightest pressure would cause them to crack.

And this crystallization wasn’t limited to the wing bones forever.

If no treatment intervened, then once the wing bones had fully crystallized, it would gradually spread through the rest of the skeleton, until all the patient’s bones shattered and death followed.

Yu Ke’s case was already very serious. In order to resist the crystallization, his body had regressed into a juvenile state.

Now he had to rely on medication every day. Under the control of the drugs, he could barely return to normal, but once they were cut off, the bones in his wings would rapidly crystallize again.

The doctors’ notes were not especially detailed, but there was enough there for Ye Yumeng to understand the general nature of the illness.

Another strange, difficult condition he’d never seen before…

Ye Yumeng shook his head. With the little owl in this state, there was no way he could just pick him up.

At that moment the little owl was standing, and it could expose its belly—though admittedly, putting a hand on the fluffy underside of a little owl was not exactly elegant. Still, there was no other way.

Owls liked meat, so Ye Yumeng again fed him chicken.

Since, aside from the silver mouse, the others had only eaten one or two bites, there was still plenty of chicken left.

The little owl’s appetite was clearly bigger than that of the burned little cubs.

Not as big as the silver mouse’s, but he still managed around five fingertip-sized pieces of fried chicken before discomfort made him stop.

Ye Yumeng immediately formed hand seals, then pressed his fingers together and slid them beneath the owl’s fluffy belly.

The little owl blinked his round eyes curiously at Ye Yumeng.

“It’ll be alright soon. Hold on a bit.”

Knowing this was part of the process, the little owl resisted the urge to lower his head and peck Ye Yumeng’s hand.

Very quickly, Ye Yumeng withdrew his force.

He looked the little owl over, and in the end did not directly use the tendon-and-bone strengthening technique on him—although he felt that it would probably suit the condition.

Better to observe a little more. He couldn’t afford to be too aggressive.

The last one was the little squirrel Song Zi.

Her illness was similar to Zhang Zhuyu’s—also a spiritual power disorder—but her condition was more severe.

However, her spiritual power rank was much lower than Zhang Zhuyu’s, so she had less impact on the people around her and more damage focused on herself.

She had been placed on a soft cushion, and looked at Ye Yumeng weakly.

While Ye Yumeng had been treating the others just now, the silver mouse had been encouraging her nonstop, telling her she absolutely had to trust Doctor Ye.

By now, she too had started feeling hopeful.

The little squirrel preferred nuts, and the robot caregiver had prepared accordingly.

She ate three nuts before stopping.

Since this was purely helping her eat, the spiritual energy cost immediately dropped a lot—though of course, Ye Yumeng still gave her a Nourishing Technique in the end.

By now Ye Yumeng was thoroughly used to petting little animals, so he also gently patted the little squirrel’s head before taking out a calming sachet and hanging it around her neck.

The little squirrel quickly fell asleep.

At this point, all the little animals had completed assisted feeding and received an initial round of treatment, and the spiritual energy Ye Yumeng had started with was almost entirely gone.

This hadn’t been part of the original plan, but looking at how pitiful all these little cubs were, he simply couldn’t help stepping in to treat them.

If it had only been helping them eat, it wouldn’t have cost him so much. Now he needed to hurry back and recover his spiritual energy.

Ye Yumeng packed his things and prepared to leave.

The two doctors still wanted to talk with him, but he turned them down by saying he was tired, and they both nodded in understanding.

The little room’s door opened, then closed again.

Bai Shuo and the silver mouse followed him out. As for the remaining six little animals, since it was so rare for them to sleep this well, they naturally stayed inside the little room.

Compared with the peaceful calm inside, the outside was much more chaotic.

As soon as he came out, Chen Limin, with his hair a total mess, squeezed his way over. He first glanced into the small room, then gave Ye Yumeng a big thumbs-up.

“Incredible, incredible! Hearing about it is one thing, seeing it with my own eyes is another!”

Looking at the chaotic feeding scene in the activity room, Ye Yumeng suddenly understood much more clearly why Chen Limin had been so anxious before.

Still…

He said, “Uncle Chen, for now, let’s keep the assisted feeding quota in the future the same as it was today.”

Chen Limin froze. “What do you mean?”

“Six a day, plus Bai Lele and Zhang Zhuyu as two fixed cases. That makes eight in total. For now, let’s keep the arrangement like today.”

“As for how to decide who gets in…”

Ye Yumeng looked around at the activity room, which had quieted somewhat because of his presence but still looked chaotic.

He smiled slightly and said in a voice both gentle and merciless, “Only children who finish their nutrition meal obediently the day before can sign up.”

After thinking, he added:

“If they sign up but don’t get chosen, and then refuse to eat their nutrition meal anyway, they lose their place. It gets passed down to the next child who did eat obediently.”

The moment he said that, the “group chat” of mental voices in the activity room exploded again.

He’s threatening us?!

The hot-tempered little honey badger immediately got annoyed.

Guang Ye glanced at him coolly. Don’t you want to eat meat?

Clearly, even the usually detached and listless Peacock King couldn’t help being tempted after seeing the actual results.

The little honey badger immediately stopped talking.

Who didn’t want meat? He hadn’t tasted it in nearly two years. But… but…

I’m not getting my head patted!
He still tried to hold the line.

But by this point, very few little animals were backing him up anymore.

The little falcon Molly flapped her wings and landed on the window of the little room for a look.

Hanxiong’s asleep too, and sleeping really soundly, she said, her tone full of obvious envy. I can even hear him snoring.

The activity room was noisy, and the little room wasn’t all that soundproof, so the fact that he could still sleep like that really meant he was sleeping deeply.

The little animals grew quiet again.

Getting their heads patted and their bellies rubbed… actually, that didn’t sound like much, did it?

The little falcon flew back and landed on a bed in the corner.

Inside a container of water, a little turtle was perched on an edge support, half in the water and half above it, perfectly still.

The little falcon pecked at the edge of the container.

Yueyue, should I sign us up?

Among the team, she was the only female fighter. She and the little turtle were especially close, though their personalities were complete opposites.

The little turtle, Qiu Shuyue, slowly turned her head.

After looking at her for two or three seconds, she asked with confusion, Sign up for what?

To sign up to eat meat!

The little turtle stared at her, and after another three seconds, asked, What meat?

Probably any kind of meat’s fine.

Watching her friend sink into thought again, the little falcon couldn’t help saying, Forget it, I’ll sign us up first! I’ll sign you up too.

Her friend’s mental regression had gone pretty far. Just eating the nutrition meals properly wasn’t much of a challenge for her.

After saying that, the little falcon flapped her wings and flew over to Chen Limin.

And in the little tank, the little turtle only responded a few seconds later:

Oh, okay.

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