How The Little Medical Cultivator Saves the Furries – CH64

Chapter 64

Hu Yunjin was the older brother of the little fox, Hu Yunsheng.

Because the fox clan’s home planet was far from Medical Planet, even though he had set out long ago, he ended up arriving on the same day as Lan Fangyu.

This was his first time coming to Medical Planet to visit the little fox.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t wanted to come earlier. It was just that the Blade Squad warriors had special status, and family visits had to be approved by the Empire. On top of that, the journey was long, so it had never worked out.

Now, at last, he had made it to Medical Planet.

The moment he arrived at the Royal Sanatorium, Hu Yunjin went straight to his younger brother’s room. When he was told his brother was in the activity room, he hurried over at once.

But he had never, ever expected to see a scene like this…

Naonao had always been a little king among children when he was growing up. But as he got older, entered the Blade Squad, and followed His Majesty through the brutal years of war, his personality had changed a great deal.

He had become steady, restrained, and hard-edged.

Hu Yunjin would never forget the fear he had felt when he faced his younger brother during the clan tournament.

If Naonao hadn’t had no interest in being clan head and deliberately lost to him, he would never have gotten the position of fox clan heir.

Naonao liked the stars and the sea. He liked roaming the universe, free and unbound.

Originally, that would have been fine. Once the war was over, he could have gone and lived out that dream, wandering all across the cosmos.

But he had suffered severe injuries in the final battle.

Over the two years since then, Naonao’s personality had grown more extreme and more sensitive. Sometimes when they met on the StarNet, Hu Yunjin didn’t even know how to get along with his younger brother anymore.

And yet, the moment his gaze fell on the little fox and he saw how badly wounded and difficult to heal his brother’s body was, all his complicated feelings were replaced by heartache.

So what if he was acting spoiled?

Naonao was injured and regressed now. It was only natural for his personality to have become more childish too.

Back then, Naonao had said that if his brother became clan head, then he would be his brother’s guardian. Now it was his turn, as the older brother, to protect him.

With that thought, Hu Yunjin hurried over to the bedside.

But the little fox, who had just been whining and acting spoiled, had already closed his eyes and fallen asleep after being patted on the head by Ye Yumeng.

Hu Yunjin was startled all over again.

Because he had heard from his younger brother more than once that he couldn’t sleep because of the pain in his body. His medical records also reflected that clearly…

Was he improving now?

Hu Yunjin looked at the beautiful young man standing by the bed—beautiful almost to an excessive degree.

The young man gently tucked the sachet hanging around the little fox’s neck under the blanket, then adjusted the blanket corners for him before finally lifting his head to look at Hu Yunjin.

Only then did Hu Yunjin notice the white coat the young man was wearing.

So he was actually a doctor?

Wasn’t he a little too young?

Hu Yunjin studied Ye Yumeng’s fine, delicate features and felt he couldn’t be older than twenty-five at most.

“Doctor Ye, this is Hu Naonao’s family,” Chen Limin said quietly as he walked over after learning the situation from the nurse.

And the way he addressed Ye Yumeng also confirmed Hu Yunjin’s guess.

Ye Yumeng nodded to the red-haired man and said, “Naonao is asleep. Don’t wake him for now.”

“Alright, alright.”

Hu Yunjin thanked him and sat down by the bed.

He watched as the young Doctor Ye walked away to feed the other little animals, and his attention shifted to the other patients in the activity room.

Hu Yunjin recognized most of them.

But none of the people staying in this core inpatient department had simple identities, so he didn’t dare stare too much and risk causing trouble.

His gaze swept quickly across the room.

Although he had never seen the Blade Squad warriors in this injured state before, he could still match them to their identities by their auras.

Their condition was even worse than he had imagined…

Hu Yunjin’s gaze returned to the bed, and as he looked at his younger brother sleeping there, his eyes filled with worry.

If Naonao was like this, then… what about His Majesty?

In the corner, the little honey badger glanced at him, then shifted his eyes to Guangye.

Guangye sensed it and opened his eyes.

Once their eyes met, Gu Xingdong didn’t avoid him. Instead, he sent him a private mental message.

Brother Yu, does the fox clan have something going on?

No idea.

Guangye glanced at Hu Yunjin. I just hope he has a clear head and doesn’t do anything stupid.

What about the feather clan, then?

Guangye paused, his sharp gaze cutting toward Gu Xingdong.

The little honey badger showed no fear at all. The look Mo Yin had given the two of them during that meeting had been very clear to him, and he had already drawn his own conclusions.

He said, Brother Yu, we’re brothers—but there’s only one His Majesty.

If anyone really betrayed His Majesty for the sake of their clan, then… they wouldn’t be brothers anymore.

Faced with Gu Xingdong’s warning, Guangye remained calm.

I understand that better than you do.

Guangye had grown up at Lu Nanzhou’s side. Other than Mo Yin, no one had known His Majesty longer than he had.

Gu Xingdong nodded. I hope so.

The undercurrents in the activity room were surging, but Ye Yumeng knew nothing about them. In his eyes, everyone lying here was just a little demon child.

Even when kids used mental power to chat, it was probably all cute and harmless, right?

He continued helping the little animals eat, one by one.

When he reached the little squirrel, a robot orderly suddenly pulled a box out from under the bed.

“Doctor Ye, this is a gift from Zizi,” the robot orderly announced in a cheerful tone.

Ye Yumeng was surprised. “For me?”

The little squirrel nodded gently.

Because of the calming sachet, she had been sleeping well all week. Her spirits were much better now, and she no longer looked as frail as before.

Ye Yumeng felt a little awkward.

He looked toward Chen Limin. During training, he remembered being told that medical staff weren’t supposed to accept gifts.

Chen Limin waved a hand.

It was just some nuts and snacks. Taking it wouldn’t really matter. He’d turn a blind eye.

The Song family ran the largest snack chain in the Yaojin Empire. During the war, they had donated enormous supplies to the front lines.

After the war ended, the Song family had been commended.

But when the head of the Song family received the reward, he hadn’t asked for anything. He had only asked that his youngest daughter be sent to the Royal Sanatorium for treatment.

Song Zi had been here for almost two years now.

It wasn’t that she hadn’t improved at all, but a cure still seemed impossible—and before coming to Medical Planet, she had already undergone years of treatment.

Everyone had told her that mental instability was incurable, that there was no hope of recovery…

Song Zi had long since stopped hoping.

And yet, she had never expected to personally witness a successful case today!

She had spoken with Zhang Zhuyu before. Although his illness had been of shorter duration than hers, because his mental power rank was high, the suffering he endured had been no less than hers.

And now she had seen him restore his human form with her own eyes!

Although she herself had also benefited a great deal during this time, she had never been fully convinced that she could truly be healed.

Zhang Zhuyu appearing today in human form was like a powerful shot in the arm.

Toward Doctor Ye, the one who had brought her this hope, she had long felt deep gratitude, and she had often been thinking about how to repay him.

This gift was something she had prepared long ago, always waiting for the right moment to give to him—

She had looked into the sanatorium’s rules and knew she couldn’t give anything too expensive, so she had decided to give some snacks instead.

Doctor Ye was still very young. He wasn’t even an adult yet, from what she’d heard. He would probably like them, right?

And the robot orderly spoke the line she had programmed into it:

“It’s just a little token of appreciation. I hope you won’t dislike it.”

Because of what they said, the little animals who had previously been watching Hu Yunjin all turned their attention back.

So it was possible to give Doctor Ye gifts?

How had they never thought of that before?

They were all immediately thinking about what they could prepare, when they heard—

“Alright, I can accept it, but let’s not make this a precedent.” Seeing that it truly wasn’t anything too valuable, Ye Yumeng decided to accept it, but still said this first.

As much as possible, he still felt it was better to break the rules less often.

Song Zi nodded happily.

The other little animals, on the other hand, were not happy at all.

So this meant they could give gifts?

Damn it, how come other people always got there first!

Of course, at that very same moment, there was someone else who also wasn’t happy.

Top-floor ward.

Because Mo Yin had gone to make arrangements for the spirit garden, only Lan Fangyu was watching over things there.

Since coming back this time, he had noticed that His Majesty seemed different in many ways. Yet the moment that Doctor Ye left the room, His Majesty seemed to return to how he used to be.

That contrast was so huge that Fangyu found it strange.

He kept discreetly watching the little rabbit on the bed. At one point, he suddenly noticed a change in His Majesty’s otherwise calm expression.

???

The mouth, which had been flat and still, suddenly turned downward. At a glance, he looked very obviously unhappy.

“Your Majesty, are you uncomfortable somewhere?” Fangyu asked cautiously.

No.

Lu Nanzhou’s answer was concise, but the expression on his face didn’t change at all.

“Should I call Doctor Ye back?” Fangyu asked again.

Lu Nanzhou paused. He was clearly wavering for a moment, but then he replied through mental power, No need.

Earlier, while bored, he had gone to his private space on StarNet and pulled up the core inpatient department’s surveillance, wanting to see what Ye Yumeng was doing.

And then, he had seen everything that happened in the activity room.

Even though he knew it was all part of Yumeng’s treatment, watching him smile as he talked to those patients, seeing how gentle and close he was with them—no different from how he treated him—

Even though he knew he shouldn’t, Lu Nanzhou’s mood still turned miserable.

What was with that little bird? It actually dared to rub against Yumeng’s face?

And that little squirrel too. If she knew it broke the rules, why did she still do something that would put Yumeng in an awkward position?

Of course, the ones who made him most unhappy were Hu Naonao and the others.

It was the first time Lu Nanzhou had felt emotions this intense. He wanted Ye Yumeng to come back. He wanted him to stay by his side all the time and only be close to him…

“Your Majesty, if not…”

Fangyu’s voice suddenly sounded in the room again, breaking his train of thought.

The deputy who had followed him for years actually said, “Would you like me to tell you a story?”

Lu Nanzhou: “……”

Are you looking for death?

When the cold, icy voice of the emperor rang in his ears, Fangyu finally got a bit of the feeling he was familiar with back.

This was the His Majesty he knew!

“I wouldn’t dare!”

He hurriedly apologized. Seeing that Lu Nanzhou wasn’t truly going to hold it against him, he didn’t dare speak nonsense anymore and respectfully retreated to one side.

Still, after Lu Nanzhou’s mental power withdrew, Fangyu couldn’t resist taking out his communicator and telling Mo Yin about it.

[Lan Fangyu]: Brother Mo Yin, I think I made His Majesty angry…

[Mo Yin]: ?

After learning what had happened, Mo Yin didn’t scold him. Instead, he sent him a passage of text—more precisely, a method.

After reading what Mo Yin had sent, Fangyu couldn’t help wondering whether he had somehow made Mo Yin mad too.

Wasn’t this just sending him straight into the fire pit?

[Lan Fangyu]: Brother Mo Yin, are you sure if I ask this, His Majesty won’t want to kill me?

[Lan Fangyu]: His Majesty’s mental pressure is terrifying!

[Mo Yin]: He won’t.

Looking at Mo Yin’s brief but confident reply, Fangyu hesitated, then decided to carry it out anyway.

He was also a little curious about His Majesty’s reaction.

For Mo Yin to say that, had he tried it before? Otherwise, how had he even prepared so thoroughly, even sending over the material as well?

Still, it really did sound absurd…

“Your Majesty.”

Gathering his courage, Fangyu cautiously said, “If Your Majesty would like to hear a story… then I can play recordings of Doctor Ye telling them for you. What do you think?”

As he spoke, his nerves were stretched taut.

Fangyu truly felt like he was courting death.

And yet, the mental pressure he had feared never descended.

Instead, he heard the mechanical voice.

In that calm synthesized tone, it said, “That works too.”

Fangyu: “……”

His Majesty had actually agreed!!!

By the time he had the smart system start playing the voice clips Mo Yin had sent over, Fangyu was still in a daze.

His Majesty was really too unfair in how differently he treated people…

Could it be that Doctor Ye just told stories better? Or maybe… Doctor Ye had some kind of special gift, and listening to him tell stories had therapeutic effects?

Soon, Ye Yumeng’s warm voice, threaded with laughter, began to fill the room.

Fangyu sat down in the corner, deciding to listen carefully and maybe pick up a few tricks.

After all, Doctor Ye was the one in charge of treatment. Taking care of His Majesty’s daily life—that should be his job…

Naturally, Lu Nanzhou knew exactly what odd ideas his subordinate was entertaining. He simply didn’t care.

He listened to the recording of Ye Yumeng telling a story and thought back over all their time together, and his mood finally improved a little.

At least, Yumeng only told stories for him.

That was what he thought.

The ears that had been drooping down slowly perked up just a bit.

By the time Ye Yumeng returned to the room, the story recording had already ended.

He noticed that Fangyu was looking at him strangely. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” Fangyu quickly said, shaking his head.

He had just finally understood, after listening to Ye Yumeng’s story, why His Majesty liked hearing him so much. The delivery and the way he drew people in really were incredibly strong.

Fangyu knew he’d never be able to do it himself.

After all, even if someone beat him to death, he still wouldn’t dare call His Majesty “Little Rabbit”!

Ye Yumeng walked to the bedside and greeted Little Rabbit.

The moment he entered, Lu Nanzhou’s mental power had already swept over him. Seeing that his hands were empty, that he hadn’t brought the little squirrel’s gift back—

For safety reasons, He Jun had suggested it undergo inspection, so Ye Yumeng had simply given the box of snacks to him instead.

Lu Nanzhou withdrew his mental power in satisfaction.

During this period, Ye Yumeng had been staying in Room 006 on the top floor.

Once he got used to the environment, he even brought over the robot dog Wugang.

But tonight, after washing up, Ye Yumeng changed into going-out clothes, greeted the on-duty Lei Qi, and then left the top-floor ward.

When he walked out of the core inpatient department building, he just so happened to run into He Jun.

“Doctor Ye, are you going out this late?”

Nighttime travel always carried more uncertainty. Compared with daytime, it required heavier protection.

Ye Yumeng shook his head. “I’m just going to the gardening department. It’s still inside the sanatorium.”

“In that case, I’ll go with you,” He Jun said.

“Thanks for your hard work.”

It wasn’t that Ye Yumeng wanted to increase the guards’ workload. Normally he tried to avoid going out at night, but tonight was different.

There were twenty-seven spirit plants there!

When he had gone during the day, the spiritual energy concentration had already been that high, let alone now.

Ye Yumeng really couldn’t resist that temptation. So after thinking it over, he still decided to make a trip to the greenhouse in the gardening department.

And because of this, he also realized that when the spirit garden was built later, he needed to designate an area where he could cultivate peacefully and securely.

Ye Yumeng rode his hover disk all the way to the gardening department.

Unexpectedly, even though it was already after work hours, the gardening department was still brightly lit, and there were several busy figures moving inside the greenhouse.

“Doctor Ye.”

Shi Yichun came out of the greenhouse. Seeing Ye Yumeng, he looked surprised. “It’s so late—did something happen?”

Ye Yumeng scratched his head. “Nothing, I just came to take a look.”

He looked at Old Yu and Li Yangbo inside the greenhouse. “Are you all still busy?”

“No, we’re pretty much done.”

This batch of king plants was only being temporarily housed in the greenhouse. Since they were all plants adapted to the local environment and climate, there wasn’t much need to distinguish them by temperature.

Of course, king plants were delicate and still needed some special handling.

So after sending his daughter back and coaxing her to sleep, Shi Yichun had come back to the greenhouse to help and had been busy here with his coworkers until now.

“Thanks for all your hard work.” Ye Yumeng felt a little embarrassed.

Shi Yichun waved it off. “This is my job anyway. And for all of us, getting to work with so many king plants at once is exciting.”

Ye Yumeng nodded. He understood that feeling completely.

Because he was just as excited himself.

Old Yu and the others were indeed almost finished with their work, and they soon came out of the greenhouse too.

“Doctor Ye?”

They all greeted Ye Yumeng. Once they realized he had come to check on the king plants, they all nodded in understanding.

Any plant lover would be too excited to keep away after seeing so many king plants!

“I’m about to go get a midnight snack. Doctor Ye, want to come with us?”

“No, you go ahead.”

Shi Yichun had wanted to stay behind and keep him company, but Ye Yumeng refused. “I’m just taking a quick look before I leave. I’m not going to mess anything up. You should hurry back and keep Hanhan company.”

Once he mentioned his daughter, Shi Yichun didn’t insist any further.

He had been busy the whole time since coming back and hadn’t really spent proper time with her. He felt a little guilty about that.

As for whether Ye Yumeng would move things around, he didn’t care in the least.

“You can do whatever you want. These plants belong to you, Doctor Ye. If they’re not enough, we can always buy more.”

This batch of plants had been bought by Shi Yichun under his personal name, not by the Royal Sanatorium. He had gone looking for them specifically for Ye Yumeng, so naturally he could do whatever he pleased with them.

Soon, only Ye Yumeng and He Jun remained in the gardening department.

“I may stay in the greenhouse all night,” Ye Yumeng said. “Why don’t you go back and rest first?”

“I’ll stand guard outside.”

He Jun didn’t ask any questions. After thinking for a moment, he added, “Someone will switch shifts with me.”

“Alright. Thanks.”

That way, Ye Yumeng could cultivate in peace without worrying about someone barging in halfway through.

“Don’t let anyone in before I come out.”

“Understood!”

So Ye Yumeng entered the greenhouse.

The moment he stepped inside, he felt a dense wave of spiritual energy rushing toward him, and he couldn’t help taking a deep breath.

This feeling of being surrounded by spiritual energy—it had been so long!

Ye Yumeng took a lap through the greenhouse, and finally found an empty patch of open ground where he immediately sat down cross-legged.

Then he began to circulate his cultivation method.

Feeling the spiritual energy surging toward him, joy appeared on his face. But he quickly steadied himself and sank into focused stillness.

Time passed bit by bit.

At last, the first ray of dawn appeared on the horizon and shone into the greenhouse.

The plants inside swayed gently, quietly releasing spiritual points too subtle for ordinary people to detect, surrounding the young man seated cross-legged on the ground.

At a certain moment, Ye Yumeng suddenly opened his eyes. They shone with bright, vivid light.

Cultivating inside a “spirit plant garden” really did produce excellent results. His cultivation advanced again, his dantian expanded further, and he could now hold two hundred strands of spiritual power.

The results of this single night of cultivation had been tremendous!

Ye Yumeng was already looking forward to the joy of coming here every night to cultivate once the true spirit plant garden had been completed.

He stretched lazily and got to his feet, beginning to inspect the greenhouse.

These spirit plants were all his treasures. Every single one was precious and needed to be cared for properly and cherished.

Because the spirit plant garden still needed time to be established, the longan tree had not yet been transplanted over.

There were also his spirit scallion, golden hairpin grass, and the five king plants in the ward.

Just counting them made Ye Yumeng beam.

He had never been this rich before!

District One.

Lei Qi, who had just gotten off shift, was on his way back to the director’s office.

Because Lan Fangyu had returned, his night duty hours had been reduced, and he could finally start research on the calming sachets.

During this time, more and more patients had begun wearing calming sachets, and he had already gathered part of the data. It was time to organize it.

Lei Qi was thinking through his upcoming plans when, unexpectedly, he ran into the leading authority among the great medical masters—Old Cheng.

He stopped in his tracks, then, with a resigned sigh, still stepped forward.

“Old Cheng.”

The elderly man nodded, then stepped aside from the corridor and gestured for him to go into the office and talk.

Lei Qi sighed inwardly, opened the door, and invited the old gentleman inside, even asking politely what kind of tea he wanted.

“No need.” Old Cheng waved him off and went straight to the point. “What happened to Wang Yan, that old bastard?”

Lei Qi had guessed why he’d come so early and still poured him a cup of tea before testing the waters. “Have you heard something already?”

“He was taken away by State Security,” Old Cheng said bluntly without touching the tea.

Lei Qi nodded.

“I want to know the charge.” Old Cheng looked at him and asked.

Lei Qi’s face showed hesitation. He looked at the old man in front of him, considered for a moment, then let out a sigh. “Endangering the imperial family.”

Old Cheng’s hand trembled.

“What does that mean? Just because we failed to cure His Majesty?”

Lei Qi shook his head. “State Security found some evidence. Although it can’t prove that he directly tampered with His Majesty’s treatment, still…”

He stopped there and didn’t finish the sentence. Instead, he looked at the highly respected old man across from him.

“Old Cheng, think carefully. During these nearly two years of treating His Majesty… how many times did you have disagreements with him?”

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