Chapter 91
As a peacock who deeply loved beauty, Guangye felt that Gu Xingdong trying to photograph his current ugly appearance and preserve it forever was basically dancing repeatedly on every single one of his landmines.
Guangye completely forgot about the discomfort covering his body.
‘Gu Xingdong, stop that right now!’ he said coldly.
Unfortunately, mere verbal scolding obviously carried little intimidation value. Although Guangye’s spiritual power was stronger, he did not possess an overwhelming advantage over Gu Xingdong.
In the end, Guangye could only seek outside help.
‘Mo Yin, are you really just going to stand there and watch this?’
Mo Yin, who had been hesitating over whether to intervene, froze briefly when he heard Guangye’s voice in his ears.
Then, the corners of his mouth curved upward slightly.
He reached out and snatched away the optical computer they were fighting over.
“That’s enough. Stop fooling around.”
Gu Xingdong’s goal had merely been to liven the atmosphere and distract Guangye’s attention. He had never truly intended to anger him to death.
So once Mo Yin spoke, he naturally accepted the chance to back down.
‘Fine, fine. I won’t take pictures anymore.’
He glanced at Guangye and saw that he was still radiating fury, so he wisely refrained from saying anything further that might remind him about the itching again.
This little incident should have ended there.
However—
A sharp click suddenly rang out.
Inside the now somewhat quiet treatment room, the sound was especially crisp.
Everyone turned toward the noise, only to see an optical computer sphere floating beside the little turtle, repeatedly making clicking camera sounds.
The anger Guangye had only just begun suppressing nearly flared back up hard enough to make him laugh from sheer disbelief.
‘Qiu Shuyue, what are you doing?’
Several seconds later, the little turtle replied in confusion,
‘Huh? Weren’t we taking photos?’
‘No. Delete them!’
No response.
Another dozen seconds later, the little turtle’s voice finally sounded again.
‘Which photo should I delete?’
‘All of them!’
The little turtle went quiet once more.
After waiting without hearing anything, Guangye could not help asking again,
‘Yueyue, did you delete them?’
He still did not receive an immediate answer.
Only after another patient wait of more than ten seconds did the little turtle’s voice finally ring out again.
‘Ohhh, you wanted me to delete all the photos?’
Guangye: “…”
He was already too exhausted to continue talking.
‘Hahahahaha—’
The little peregrine falcon burst out laughing.
Normally she was always the one being driven crazy by the little turtle’s slow reactions. Now it was finally Brother Yu’s turn to suffer.
Laughing all the while, she flew over toward the little turtle.
‘Don’t delete them! Take one for me too! I want a picture with Brother Yu.’
She controlled the little turtle’s optical computer and flew to Guangye’s bedside before striking a pose.
‘Five days from now, Brother Yu’s going to be reborn! We won’t be able to see him looking like this anymore, so we should take more commemorative photos.’
After hearing that, everyone realized she actually had a point.
Once Brother Yu recovered, it would soon be their turn too.
They would finally bid farewell to this miserable state that had lasted two whole years…
Thinking about it now really did feel surreal.
‘Then I want one too!’
‘Group photo, group photo!’
‘I want a picture with Brother Yu too!’
‘Ah Yin, help move me over there! I want a photo with Brother Yu!’
Mo Yin looked at Guangye, then at the other teammates, and hesitated slightly.
“Are you all sure about this?”
‘Absolutely sure! Let’s do it!’
‘I also want a photo with Doctor Ye! Ah Yin, help ask Doctor Ye for us!’
Hearing this, Mo Yin instinctively turned toward Ye Yumeng.
Ye Yumeng could not hear their spiritual conversations, but since Mo Yin usually repeated things aloud, he looked over in confusion when Mo Yin glanced at him.
“What’s wrong?”
“Doctor Ye, they want to take photos with you,” Mo Yin explained.
‘Yeah yeah! One with Doctor Ye, one with Brother Yu!’ the little white puppy said excitedly while wagging his tail.
Then, suddenly remembering something, he looked toward Yan Wangshu.
‘Little Moon, let’s take one together too!’
Yan Wangshu’s eyes curved slightly.
‘Alright.’
Hearing them talk about it, the little fox also looked toward the silly bear cub. Before he could even speak, the little bear cub had already eagerly said,
‘Naonao, then let’s take one together too!’
‘Everybody takes pictures! Nobody gets left out!’ the little peregrine falcon chirped happily while flapping her wings.
Naturally, Ye Yumeng did not refuse.
Thus, Guangye could only watch helplessly as everyone began enthusiastically taking commemorative photos.
Not only were they pairing off into different groups, they insisted on dragging him into all of them too.
He genuinely felt unable to understand his teammates anymore.
What exactly was there worth commemorating about this kind of black history?!
Why drag him into it?!
However, seeing them pull Doctor Ye into the photos too, seeing them excitedly lining up to take pictures together with him…
In the end, Guangye still could not bring himself to voice any refusal.
Especially after Shen Chunming and Bai Shuo returned from practicing Healthy Qi Technique and discovered everyone taking commemorative photos.
The panda cub even revealed a regretful expression.
And Shen Chunming truly did regret it.
Once someone survived all hardship and suffering, looking back upon it afterward became something they could face more calmly and openly.
The current Shen Chunming was completely different from the bedridden version of himself from before, whether physically or mentally.
Why hadn’t he thought about taking photos back then?
But then again… who could possibly have imagined that Doctor Ye would heal them so quickly?
In the end, Shen Chunming removed the warm clothing covering his body, revealing his bald back and front paws.
Seven days had passed.
A thin layer of fine new fuzz had grown over the fresh skin, only two or three millimeters long, still far from enough to fully cover it.
It would probably take another two or three months before it fully grew back in.
In the end, at the panda cub’s insistence, Ye Yumeng picked him up so his back could face the camera, while Shen Chunming raised both paws and twisted around to look backward.
The little snow ferret jumped onto Ye Yumeng’s shoulder.
With a crisp click, the optical computer sphere captured the scene.
“Amo, send me a copy of the photos when you have time,” Ye Yumeng said with a smile.
“Alright.”
The little animals were still immersed in posing for photos. After giving a few instructions to the assistant doctor, Ye Yumeng left the treatment room and returned to the pharmaceutical research area.
These days, aside from treating the little animals and cultivating, he spent nearly all his remaining time researching medicinal herbs.
After all, curing illnesses and saving lives still required medicine.
His understanding of the plants in this world was still very shallow, so he could only start from scratch and slowly build up a completely new spiritual medicine system.
Fortunately, the Royal Sanatorium’s database was extremely comprehensive. Whenever he encountered difficult problems, he could discuss them on forums or directly consult the three medical grandmasters.
After meeting them in the activity room previously, they had exchanged contact information and had now practically become Ye Yumeng’s free consultants.
Thanks to their assistance, progress had been extremely promising.
Once Ye Yumeng immersed himself in research, he completely lost track of time. It was only when Wu Gang reminded him that he realized it was already noon, and he hurried over to help feed the little animals in the activity area.
However, the moment he arrived, he noticed an unfamiliar figure sitting on the lawn.
It was a brown-haired, brown-eyed woman dressed in a hospital gown. She sat on the grass holding a little panda in her arms while chatting and laughing.
The moment she noticed Ye Yumeng arrive, she quickly put the little panda back onto the hospital bed and ran toward him.
“Doctor Ye!”
Ye Yumeng looked at her hesitantly.
“Song Zi?”
“Yes, it’s me!”
Song Zi looked at Ye Yumeng happily.
She was rather short and thin, her complexion pale, her cheeks sunken inward at a glance from long-term malnutrition.
However, her eyes as she looked at Ye Yumeng brimmed with bright joy.
“I can transform back into human form now!”
Song Zi’s condition had been similar to Zhang Zhuyu’s—spiritual power disorder. However, because her illness had lasted longer and progressed more severely, it had already endangered her life.
Not only had her body become unable to maintain human form, she had even regressed into an infantile mimic form.
That was why she previously had been unable to speak.
Yet just last night, her infantile mimic form had suddenly lifted—completely disappeared.
That meant she had fully escaped life-threatening danger, and her body had returned to a normal growth state.
Although maintaining human form was still exhausting for her, Song Zi stubbornly held onto it because she wanted to personally share this good news with Doctor Ye.
After all, her illness had been cured entirely through Doctor Ye’s calming sachets and assisted feeding!
Looking at her clearly adult female appearance, Ye Yumeng was not especially surprised. He smiled and said,
“Congratulations. That’s really wonderful.”
Song Zi nodded.
But the next second—
Her hospital gown dropped straight onto the floor with a plop, and she reverted once more into a squirrel.
The squirrel with the fluffy tail crawled out of the pile of clothes. Her body was obviously larger than before, now in an adult squirrel form.
Of course, she still looked furry and adorable.
After climbing out, the little squirrel continued rummaging through the clothing pile until she finally dug out a small box.
Holding it with both paws, she presented it to Ye Yumeng.
“There are delicious nuts inside. I hope Doctor Ye can try them!”
Seeing how earnest she was, Ye Yumeng ultimately accepted the gift.
Then he picked up the squirrel and placed her onto the little panda’s hospital bed.
“Rest for now. Later you can eat a bit more.”
Now that she could transform back into human form, she could also gradually resume a normal diet, which would help her recover faster.
The little animals in the activity area listened with great envy.
However, witnessing Song Zi’s improvement and recovery with their own eyes also gave them stronger confidence in their own healing.
Of course, lingering stubbornly in everyone’s minds was still the image of the panda cub’s round fluffy butt bouncing farther and farther away as he ran…
Damn it. Just how could they officially move into the botanical garden and make Doctor Ye their attending physician too?
They also desperately wanted to get out of bed and move around freely!
Unfortunately, no one dared say it aloud.
They could only watch helplessly as Ye Yumeng finished assisting with feeding and then flew away again on his mobility device.
Rest Area.
Ye Yumeng returned to the little rabbit’s room, preparing to bring him beneath the longan tree for cultivation.
However, the moment he stepped into the corridor, he sensed something unusual—
The scattered spiritual energy light particles throughout the hallway were all surging toward the little rabbit’s room. Even blocked by the metal door, they desperately squeezed through every tiny crack.
At that moment, Lan Fangyu, who had been standing guard outside, noticed Ye Yumeng and was just about to speak when Ye Yumeng stopped him.
He walked to the door of the room and carefully sensed the situation inside.
Then he turned toward Lan Fangyu with an unusually serious expression.
“From this point onward, without my permission, none of you are allowed to enter the little rabbit’s room.”
Lan Fangyu looked at him in confusion.
“Doctor Ye, why?”
Ye Yumeng stared toward the room door as though he could see through the metal barrier and into the scene within.
Because…
The little rabbit was breaking through.
