Jiang Jingxing was mentally prepared and his emotions did not fluctuate much.

"I know that as long as I can walk normally, that's enough."

Su Yan thought to herself.

Jiang Jingxing is not only skilled in combat, but also in strategy. After he recovers, he will probably move behind the scenes.

"Junior sister, what are you doing here?" Guo Ziming asked her.

Su Yan said, "Master told me to learn from my second senior brother."

"Then why didn't Master let you learn from me?"

"How would I know?" she asked him innocently.

Guo Ziming: ...Although she was innocent, he still felt a strong sense of disgust.

Ye Feixu was somewhat surprised.

His master would never cause him any trouble.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Su Yan blinked, "Second Senior Brother shouldn't have any objections, right?"

"No." Ye Feixu thought for a moment, "I don't know how to teach you. If you don't understand something, just ask me."

He's not the type of person who initiates conversations.

When he's in the lab, he can go for half a month without saying a word.

Su Yan nodded obediently and stood next to him watching him operate.

For some reason, Ye Feixu felt somewhat uneasy and puzzled by this feeling.

He used to remain completely unfazed even when surrounded by dozens of people.

"You'll help Commander Jiang remove the needles in a bit," he said.

Su Yan had no objections.

She did whatever he said, and her movements were swift and efficient, quiet and reserved, without uttering a single word.

She was so composed that she didn't seem like an eighteen-year-old girl at all.

Ye Feixu's tightly furrowed brows relaxed a little.

When mentoring newcomers in the lab, he always found them noisy and stupid.

I don't feel that way now that I'm partnered with Su Yan.

Jiang Jingxing's legs needed massage after the acupuncture treatment, something usually done by nurses, but Su Yan did it for him now.

Jiang Jingxing's eyes never left her.

Guo Ziming was extremely displeased, but he couldn't say anything.

After finishing her work, Su Yan asked Ye Feixu, "Second Senior Brother, is there any possibility that my sister-in-law's condition will be cured?"

Ye Feixu said frankly, "It's not clear at the moment. She delayed receiving treatment for too long, and her current situation is not very optimistic."

“If it’s early to mid-stage tuberculosis, the chances of recovery are higher,” Guo Ziming said. “Don’t worry, my second senior brother and I will do our best to treat her.”

The treatment plans they devised also needed to pass their master's approval before they could be implemented.

Su Yan lowered her brows.

I wonder if the medicinal diet she prepared for Zhong Jinghe will improve her condition.

During a moment of distraction, she looked up and met Jiang Jingxing's bright eyes. Her face flushed slightly, and she said irritably, "Could you please stop staring at me?"

She was already making a point of avoiding the man's gaze.

As a result, the other party was like a leech, impossible to shake off.

Guo Ziming and Ye Feixu immediately looked at Jiang Jingxing.

Jiang Jingxing remained unmoved and said, "I'm afraid that's not possible."

"Why?" Su Yan glared at him.

He declared confidently, "My eyes have their own thoughts."

"Then you take control!"

"I can't control it, what should I do, Ah Yan?"

"..."

Guo Ziming could no longer tolerate it. "That's enough! You've already broken up with my junior sister. Can't you have a little sense of propriety?"

"Commander Jiang, think about how you and Si Nan treated her. Now you're pulling all these stunts; anyone who didn't know better would think you're really into my junior sister!"

Jiang Jingxing gave him a cold look. "Why are you so agitated?"

"I...I'm standing up for my junior sister, is that not allowed?"

"Yeah?"

Jiang Jingxing's dark eyes held a faint smile, and Guo Ziming felt extremely guilty, as if his thoughts had been seen through.

Su Yan said with a headache, "Alright, you two stop talking."

Guo Ziming felt extremely wronged. "Junior sister, I did all this for you! How could you not protect me? It hurts me so much."

She was about to say something when Ye Feixu stood up, turned his head to her and said, "Come to the conference room with me."

Su Yan responded and silently followed him out of the ward.

Once the two had walked away, Guo Ziming withdrew his aggrieved expression, gave Jiang Jingxing a cold glance, and warned, "What I just said was not a joke. I hope Commander Jiang will remember it clearly."

Jiang Jingxing wasn't surprised at all by his sudden change of expression; a mocking smile curved his lips. "What did you just say?"

"I told you to stay away from her!" Guo Ziming said angrily. "Since you chose to break up with her, then don't bother her anymore, so as not to cause her any more trouble."

Jiang Jingxing wasn't stupid; Guo Ziming's feelings for Su Yan were obvious.

He narrowed his eyes sharply, "When did you develop such feelings for her?"

Guo Ziming's heart skipped a beat, but he stubbornly replied, "I don't know what nonsense you're spouting. I'm not as despicable as you think!"

"If you had admitted it, I would have respected you. But I didn't expect you to not even have the courage to admit you like her. Guo Ziming, you're such a coward!"

"Enough! Who said I don't have the courage to admit it?" Guo Ziming's eyes were bloodshot from the provocation, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "I just like Ayan, what's it to you?!"

"Bang--!"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a loud bang came from outside the door.

The two men inside the room immediately looked out.

Su Yan and Ye Feixu were standing at the door.

Su Yan's face was a little pale. There was a broken kettle at her feet, and hot water was constantly leaking out of the kettle from the cracks, soaking a section of her trouser leg.

She stared blankly at Guo Ziming, her clear eyes filled with helplessness and disbelief.

Guo Ziming's pupils suddenly contracted, and he subconsciously took two steps toward her. "Ayan, let me explain."

"Don't come any closer!" Su Yan quickly reached out to stop her.

Guo Ziming paused, his voice trembling with hurt, and asked, "Ayan, do you hate me that much?"

Su Yan kept hearing Guo Ziming's words, feeling like her brain was about to explode!

She took a deep breath and said, "Third Senior Brother, please give me a few days to calm down."

After saying that, she ran away without looking back.

Guo Ziming instinctively wanted to chase after him.

Ye Feixu reached out to block his path, his usually calm tone now tinged with complexity, "Don't chase after her, she probably won't listen."

Upon hearing this, Guo Ziming regained his senses somewhat.

He clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking clearly, and turned to look at Jiang Jingxing, demanding angrily, "Did you do that on purpose? Did you deliberately ask me that so she could hear it!"

Jiang Jingxing frowned and said calmly, "You're overthinking it."

Ye Feixu also explained, "My junior sister and I hadn't even reached the conference room when she suddenly said that Commander Jiang didn't have a water bottle, so we got some water and came back."

"How much did she hear?" Jiang Jingxing asked.

Ye Feixu glanced at Guo Ziming, who was visibly angry and whose veins were bulging, and said with a slight hesitation, "Just the part where my junior brother admitted that he liked her."