How The Little Medical Cultivator Saves the Furries – CH65

Chapter 65

Elder Cheng stared blankly at Lei Qi, trying hard to process the mental shock this revelation had dealt him.

He said, “It was Wang Yan who brought those suggestions up every time, and what he said wasn’t entirely without reason either…”

Lei Qi nodded. “He really did hide it well. As for why none of us ever noticed, it was His Majesty who saw something was wrong.”

“His Majesty?”

“Yes. On the very day His Highness the Prince replaced the attending physician team, His Majesty noticed something and ordered us to investigate Wang Yan.”

Lei Qi let out a deep sigh. When he saw the results of the investigation, he had found it hard to believe as well, but the facts were the facts.

It had once made him feel frustrated and miserable. Fortunately, the appearance of Doctor Ye had prevented a disaster.

“What kind of evidence was it, exactly?” Elder Cheng still could not help pressing. “Couldn’t there have been some mistake?”

Lei Qi hesitated, but in the end he still gritted his teeth and told him, “A secret letter between Wang Yan and the separatist rebels!”

It was said that this letter had only been discovered by sheer coincidence.

Because Wang Yan had been removed from the attending physician team, he could no longer approach His Majesty or obtain the latest intelligence. The others grew anxious, and in their carelessness, they exposed a flaw.

Lei Qi said sternly, “Elder Cheng, please keep this confidential.”

Elder Cheng gave a bitter laugh. “I’m afraid we’ve all been placed under close surveillance already, haven’t we?”

In a situation like this, how was he supposed to leak anything? Shout it into a loudspeaker in public? He probably wouldn’t even get the words out before being shot dead.

This office was likely being monitored as well. That was why Lei Qi was acting so tense.

“The innocent have nothing to fear. As long as we’ve conducted ourselves uprightly, they can’t do anything to us.” Lei Qi waved a hand dismissively.

Elder Cheng fell silent, seeming to age several years all at once.

Wang Yan being a traitor was not the biggest blow to him.

What truly troubled him was the question Lei Qi had asked—

Over these two years, how many times had Wang Yan gone against his judgment?

It forced him into deep self-doubt. Could it be that His Majesty’s worsening condition had, in fact, something to do with their treatment?

Until now, he had always believed that they had at least managed to keep His Majesty alive for nearly two years. Even if they had no merit, surely they had some hard-earned credit.

But now he was being told that under their “treatment,” the only reason His Majesty had survived so long was because of His Majesty’s own overwhelming strength?

That without their treatment, things might actually have gone better?

Otherwise, why had His Majesty’s condition stabilized as soon as a new attending physician team was brought in?

Just look at Lei Qi lately, glowing with springtime smugness. It was obvious His Majesty’s condition was good—not only had he escaped the brink of death, he was even steadily recovering.

Wasn’t that proof enough?

Elder Cheng knew His Majesty’s condition better than almost anyone. Was this the kind of illness that could be cured in such a short time?

He had heard of all the top medical teams across the galaxy, and over the past two years he had discussed His Majesty’s case with many of them.

If someone had truly possessed such miraculous medical skill, there would have been no need to wait until now.

So that left only one possibility—

Because the person sabotaging His Majesty was gone, simply relying on His Majesty’s own strength and conventional treatment was now allowing his body to recover rapidly.

After all, the Mystic Flame had always been His Majesty’s own power.

Perhaps Wang Yan had mastered some method to provoke the Mystic Flame, and that was what had caused His Majesty’s bloodline power to erupt again and again over the past two years?

The more Elder Cheng thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

So the people who had truly been delaying treatment had been them all along?

His Highness the Prince’s decision to remove them had actually been a thoroughly wise one?

Perhaps His Highness had sensed something was wrong long ago, which was why his attitude toward them had always been so bad. He just hadn’t had evidence.

“Ah, Wang Yan!”

“That old bastard!”

The more Elder Cheng thought about it, the angrier he became. He slammed a hand against the table.

If the previous “old bastard” had been a joking jab between old friends, this one was full of hatred and resentment.

“How dare he? Doesn’t he know how important His Majesty is to this country and to all of us?”

In this nation where strength reigned supreme, the Yaojin imperial family did not hold the throne solely because of force, but because of their long-standing virtue and compassion.

The divine beast blood flowing through their veins restrained them, making them benevolent rulers who loved their people. Even with supreme martial power, they did not delight in slaughter or conquest.

That was the true reason the Yaojin imperial family had the hearts of the people, and why all peace-loving races were willing to support them.

If the ruler were someone else—for example, the Lion Clan patriarch—could he govern the empire with the same diligence and care as the Yaojin imperial family?

If they truly were that kind of ruler, they would never be scheming to seize the throne just when the war had ended and the empire most needed time to recover.

And more than that…

“That old bastard Wang Yan was trying to drag me down with him! He was trying to get us killed!”

His Highness the Prince might spend all day shouting that if they failed to heal His Majesty, they would all be buried alongside him—but were they a bunch of fools? Couldn’t they tell when he was bluffing?

After all, he had never been raised as the heir. The pressure on His Highness now was far greater than on any of them.

He had to oversee the endless work of postwar reconstruction, suppress domestic reactionary forces, and perhaps even deal with repeated assassination attempts.

Now it was not just His Majesty—even the other members of the imperial family were in danger.

Because as long as the imperial line still existed, the rebels could not openly split the empire. Only if the imperial family were entirely wiped out could they openly fracture the state and justify it.

That was only because His Majesty was still alive.

As long as there remained even the faintest chance of his recovery, the rebels did not dare bring matters into the open, for fear His Majesty would suddenly “rise from the dead” and settle accounts with them.

So let His Highness rant if he wanted to. They had all treated it as a form of psychological release for him.

Elder Cheng believed Lu Yuanqing could still distinguish right from wrong and would not truly do anything to them. That was an instinctive trust he held in the Yaojin imperial family.

The people who could truly harm them were those soldiers and civilians who, after His Majesty’s death, might be driven mad by grief and rage and manipulated by others.

Treating His Majesty had already been a soul-crushing burden, enough to make all their hair fall out, and now they learned that there had been a traitor within their own ranks!

It was the existence of that traitor that had dragged His Majesty’s condition out this long.

If not for Wang Yan, His Majesty could have recovered long ago, and he himself would not have had to endure this crushing pressure for nearly two years!

Thinking of the bitter hardship he had endured over these past two years, Elder Cheng’s hatred surged. If not for a lifetime of discipline, he really would have cursed aloud.

Seeing his hand trembling after slamming the table, Lei Qi hurriedly passed him another cup of tea.

“Please calm down. Calm down first.”

Elder Cheng forced himself to drink some tea, then suddenly narrowed his eyes and asked, “Was the investigation truly thorough? Besides Wang Yan, are there really no others?”

“That, I don’t know,” Lei Qi replied.

“But including you, there were only five people in total. Surely there can’t be more traitors among you?”

And from start to finish, the only two who had remained on the team the entire time were Elder Cheng and Elder Wang.

“That’s hard to say.”

Before today, Elder Cheng would never have imagined Wang Yan was a traitor.

After a moment of silence, he said, “Please convey my apology to His Majesty. I failed to properly supervise my people and delayed His Majesty’s treatment… I cannot escape responsibility for this.”

Lei Qi had just opened his mouth when the old man continued, “I am willing to undergo investigation. Please thoroughly examine every member of the treatment team that handled His Majesty before!”

Lei Qi nodded, but said nothing.

Even if Elder Cheng hadn’t requested it, His Highness the Prince would certainly have done so. As one of His Majesty’s most fervent loyalists, Lei Qi knew Lu Yuanqing’s reaction to this matter would be even stronger than theirs.

“I’ll escort you back,” Lei Qi offered.

Elder Cheng waved him off. “No need. I can return by myself. Go handle your own affairs.”

As he stood, he could not help asking, “Have you seen Wang Yan lately?”

Lei Qi immediately looked at him with caution.

But Elder Cheng only said, “If you do see him, give him a couple of hard kicks for me. Vent my anger too.”

Lei Qi nodded. “If I get the chance.”

Though he suspected Wang Yan was already living a fate worse than death, since every last person in State Security was one of His Majesty’s diehard loyalists.

Having gotten the answers he wanted, Elder Cheng did not linger any longer.

Though he knew he was under surveillance, at least his personal freedom had not been restricted for now.

By the time he returned to the place where they usually held meetings, the other three medical grandmasters were already waiting for him.

“Elder Cheng, well?”

Seeing the three old colleagues crowd around him anxiously, Elder Cheng narrowed his eyes. His gaze carried an unmistakable edge of scrutiny.

“Elder Cheng, what’s wrong?”

Instead of answering right away, Elder Cheng walked over and sat down.

He composed himself, then said in an artificially light tone, “Nothing much. I’m simply happy for His Majesty. From now on, we won’t need to live in constant fear.”

The others exchanged looks, completely baffled, but Elder Cheng went on.

“There’s no need for you to try digging into the identity of the new medical team either. The main reason His Majesty’s condition has begun recovering lies with us.”

That only made the others even more confused.

“Elder Cheng, what do you mean by that?”

“His Majesty’s recovery is because of us? But we’ve already been dismissed!”

Elder Cheng let out a cold laugh. “Because there was a traitor among us! Once the traitor was caught, with no one left to sabotage things, His Majesty’s condition naturally began improving rapidly.”

Although that might not be the full truth, Elder Cheng felt that sealing the matter this way would do no harm.

If there really were still a mole among them, then at the very least this version would be the one leaked—

And even if the rebels targeted the new treatment team, it would no longer matter. Replace them with another team, and His Majesty would still recover.

Because the spy who had truly been obstructing His Majesty’s recovery had already been rooted out!

In that case, anyone still hoping to usurp the throne would be forced to target His Majesty directly, instead of striking at innocent physicians like them.

Would they really dare to openly assassinate the Emperor?

“Boss Mo, that’s the situation. What should we do next? Should we place these medical grandmasters under tighter control?”

Mo Yin read the report from his subordinate and raised an eyebrow.

His gaze lingered once more on Elder Cheng’s words.

“Even if the rebels target the new treatment team, it won’t matter. Replace them with another team and His Majesty will still recover…”

Although that wording erased Doctor Ye’s role, it also buried him deeper.

And Elder Cheng’s status carried weight. Once he reached that conclusion, the other medical grandmasters immediately accepted it and became equally outraged.

Mo Yin considered for a moment and then said, “Continue the surveillance, but don’t tighten it too much.”

If there really were still fish that had slipped through the net, and they carried this “intelligence” outward, then for Doctor Ye, it might not actually be a bad thing.

The most important thing right now was protecting Doctor Ye’s safety.

As for whether those people might panic and turn to directly assassinating His Majesty?

Mo Yin’s eyes narrowed coldly.

Let them try. He had been waiting for that for a long time.

Just then, another notification popped up on Mo Yin’s lightbrain. Someone on StarNet had triggered a security screening keyword.

“Little Moon, don’t you think this ID looks a little familiar?”

In his personal virtual space, Jiang Yufei held out a screen for Yan Wangshu to look at.

Since their real bodies couldn’t move properly, they all came into StarNet to practice, where they could control their own schedules more freely.

Jiang Yufei had just finished his sixth round of health exercise and felt too tired to continue, so he took a break to fool around.

Then, by accident, he noticed the check-in leaderboard. Curious, he opened it, and the moment he saw the first-place account, the more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.

“Not just the ID—even the profile picture…”

He tapped open the profile image. It showed a white puppy with a white cat perched atop its head.

“Isn’t that us?” Jiang Yufei asked.

He thought it looked very much like them, though being so carefree by nature, he no longer remembered whether they had ever taken such a photo in childhood.

Yan Wangshu glanced at it, then looked at the ID. “Do you remember Father’s name?”

“Jiang Quan, of course!” Jiang Yufei answered without hesitation.

Yan Wangshu nodded. “White Water is quan.”

“Why does white water mean quan?”

“…”

Yan Wangshu gave him a careful once-over, then said seriously, “From now on, whenever you play in StarNet, you have to bring me with you.”

His intelligence had regressed too badly. It really was worrying.

“Oh, okay.”

Jiang Yufei stared at the ID, then suddenly looked enlightened. “Ohhh, it’s Dad!”

Realizing that, he immediately sent a private message.

On Capital Star, Jiang Quan had just finished his sixth round of health exercise when his communicator chimed.

Strange. This was the small account he had created specifically for the health exercise. He hadn’t added any friends. Who could be messaging him?

[Jiang Taro Ball]: Dad! You’re here too!
[Jiang Taro Ball]: puppy wagging tail.gif

Jiang Quan: ……

How had this brat found his alt account?!

Since they were both in the virtual community anyway, Jiang Quan simply sent a friend request and then entered Jiang Yufei’s personal space.

“Dad, it really is you!”

Seeing him, Jiang Yufei ran over excitedly and gave him a huge hug.

It had been a long time since his son had thrown himself at him like that. They still video-called in reality, but they rarely met up in StarNet Community specifically.

Thinking of his son’s physical condition in the real world, a sorrow he could barely suppress welled up inside him.

“Father,” Yan Wangshu called politely from the side.

Jiang Quan immediately pushed his overly enthusiastic son aside and opened his arms to hug Yan Wangshu instead. “Good child. You’ve suffered.”

Yan Wangshu smiled. “How have you and Mother been lately?”

“Better than you can imagine!”

Jiang Quan let him go, and though he knew appearances in StarNet didn’t reflect their real physical state, he still held Yan Wangshu by the shoulders and looked him over again and again.

“Your mother misses both of you terribly. She talks about you all the time. If I weren’t so busy, I definitely would’ve gone to Medical Star with her to see you!”

“How about you two? How’s your recovery?”

Having been pushed aside, Jiang Yufei ran back over grinning and said happily, “We’ve been doing great lately! We’ve even gotten to eat meat!”

Jiang Quan froze in confusion. “Eat meat?”

As far as he knew, neither of the children could eat normally.

Whenever his wife video-called them and saw them drinking nutrient fluid, she secretly cried at night.

“Can your bodies handle that?” he asked with a frown.

“Yes! Doctor Ye helps us eat!”

Jiang Yufei enthusiastically demonstrated with gestures. “He goes like this, then like this… then like this, and then he rubs our stomachs, and the food gets digested really fast!”

Jiang Quan stared at him, baffled.

He remembered this child being pretty clever as a kid. How had he become like this after regressing into juvenile form?

And yet Yan Wangshu nodded in affirmation. “It really is like that.”

Jiang Quan turned to look at him.

Yan Wangshu nodded again. “Yes, Father. We really can eat normal food now. It’s all thanks to Doctor Ye.”

“Doctor Ye?” Jiang Quan had finally caught the key point.

“Yeah, and you know him too!” Jiang Yufei blurted out again.

Jiang Quan frowned, searching his memory. When had he ever known some doctor this capable?

“You’ve been looking at him every day lately too,” Jiang Yufei added helpfully.

Every day lately? Jiang Quan paused, and quickly understood. This couldn’t possibly be someone in real life, so naturally that meant…

“Every Day I Want to Eat Spiritual Plants?”

Now it was Jiang Yufei’s turn to be blank. “Huh?”

Yan Wangshu explained, “That’s Doctor Ye’s screen name.”

Jiang Yufei checked and found that it really was.

“Wow, so that’s Doctor Ye’s online name!” Then confusion struck him. “What are spiritual plants? Are they delicious?”

If Doctor Ye wanted to eat them every day, then shouldn’t they go find some for him?

Even though Doctor Ye had said he wouldn’t accept gifts anymore, maybe if it was something he wanted to eat every day, he’d still accept it?

“Dad, do you know what spiritual plants are?” he asked Jiang Quan directly.

Little wolf wants it, little wolf gets it!

Jiang Quan could tell at a glance what his son was thinking. Unfortunately, he really had no way to get any.

“No.”

He pushed Jiang Yufei’s face away again. This was not the time for that.

“So this health exercise…”

“It was taught by Doctor Ye!” Jiang Yufei said. “All of us are learning it!”

Jiang Quan nodded. He had suspected before that this health exercise was some new Medical Star research product. He hadn’t expected both of his sons to be practicing it too.

But a rehabilitative training art for patients—was it really necessary to test it on new recruits?

“And Doctor Ye is super amazing! As long as he pats our heads, then we…” Jiang Yufei continued excitedly. “He’s also… and…!”

From that point onward, what entered Jiang Quan’s ears turned into complete static.

Jiang Quan froze, and then quickly realized what had happened. His son had triggered the censorship system, and he himself did not have the authority to hear the rest.

As long as Doctor Ye pats their heads, then what?

What else was this Doctor Ye?

Jiang Quan’s brows drew together.

Yan Wangshu noticed too, but by the time he tried to stop Jiang Yufei, it was already too late.

Jiang Yufei himself, slow as he was, soon realized he had said something wrong.

Because right in front of him, a system notification popped up—it was a message from Mo Yin.

“Ah Yin says I have to log off. He’s coming to see me… and told me to wait in my room…” Jiang Yufei’s whole head drooped down.

“Waaah, I talked too fast… Ah Yin is definitely going to scold me!”

Yan Wangshu comforted him. “It’s alright, I’ll go with you.”

Even though Jiang Quan didn’t know exactly what his son had said, he could tell he had made a mistake, so he said, “Go on, then. If you correct it properly, Colonel Mo will forgive you.”

As for punishment, Jiang Quan wasn’t too worried. After all, his son had already become like this—how much worse could things really get?

He watched the two children log off.

Before he could contact Mo Yin himself, Mo Yin’s video call request came in.

“Commander Jiang.” Mo Yin’s image appeared on the screen.

Although Jiang Quan outranked him, Mo Yin still faced him with his usual public-duty expression.

Jiang Quan gave him an awkward smile and explained what had just happened.

“Yufei didn’t mean to leak anything. You know he’s regressed pretty badly…”

Mo Yin nodded. “I have never questioned Yufei’s loyalty. But this kind of situation should still be avoided. Commander Jiang, I hope you understand.”

In other words, don’t go fishing for information in the future either? Jiang Quan grumbled inwardly.

“So that Doctor Ye… is in charge of treatment related to His Majesty, right?”

At the moment, the only person on Medical Star important enough for Mo Yin to be this careful about was His Majesty.

So Jiang Quan had arrived at a bold conclusion.

Though judging by how young that Doctor Ye looked, he was probably only one member of the treatment team, which was why he had been chosen to promote the health exercise.

Even so, did he really need to be protected this closely?

“Mo Yin, why don’t you just tell me the truth? Has His Majesty’s condition worsened again?” Jiang Quan asked worriedly.

Mo Yin looked at him, a flicker of difficulty passing through his face.

“Commander Jiang, please wait a moment.” Then he disappeared from the screen.

Jiang Quan waited anxiously.

A moment later, a system notice appeared. Mo Yin had invited him into an encrypted room.

Jiang Quan accepted without hesitation.

“Commander Jiang, I have already sought His Majesty’s approval. He believes you have the authority to know this matter. However, you must first swear by your beast-blood to keep it secret.”

Hearing Mo Yin be so solemn, Jiang Quan didn’t dare be careless. He immediately swore the oath.

Only then did Mo Yin say, “Just as you guessed, Doctor Ye is now His Majesty’s attending physician.”

“Attending physician?” Jiang Quan froze.

“Yes. His Majesty had indeed hovered on the brink of death several times before, but under Doctor Ye’s treatment, his condition has stabilized and is now recovering rapidly.”

At the words “hovered on the brink of death several times,” Jiang Quan’s brows twitched. That was information he had never been told before.

So the families involved in the rebellion really had heard something.

Fortunately, what Mo Yin said next let him relax again.

He had never expected this Doctor Ye to be so remarkable!

But Jiang Quan was quickly puzzled again. “If Doctor Ye is that important, then why let him come out and promote the health exercise?”

Shouldn’t someone like that be kept as low-profile as possible at a time like this?

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