Zhang Xifang glanced suspiciously at Wang Xiaohua and Mu Huaixi, and whispered to her best friend, "Be quiet! Don't let my partner hear me, or he'll think I'm sick."

Wang Xiaohua also lowered her voice, "When did you get a partner? Why didn't you write to tell me?"

"We met last week. I was thinking of introducing you two to each other when you came back," Zhang Xifang mumbled a few words to Wang Xiaohua, then turned to Mu Xiesi and said, "Doctor Mu, I have all the symptoms you mentioned, but I just went to see an old Chinese doctor with my boyfriend. He said there's nothing serious wrong with me, just yin deficiency and excessive fire, which makes me prone to acne."

Zhang Xifang glanced at the man sweetly. "He works at the county soda factory. They're a perfect match!"

Wang Xiaohua understood Xifang's meaning. Xifang was very satisfied with this person. She took the opportunity to apologize to Mu Huaixi while Xifang was talking to her boyfriend. "Forget it, Xifang has seen it all."

Since the beginning of spring, Zhang Xifang's acne has improved a lot. She took the opportunity to find a suitable blind date. Not only did the partner not dislike the remaining acne marks and redness on her face, he also used his connections to take her to see a Chinese doctor. She was very satisfied.

At such a perfect time, Wang Xiaohua and Mu Huaixi, whom she invited, felt a little out of tune. Wang Xiaohua was dejected. It was okay for her to be too enthusiastic, but she felt very sorry for having implicated Dr. Mu.

"Let's just think of it as us hanging out together," Mu Huaixi knew that Wang Xiaohua was feeling worse than her, so she comforted her.

"Oh, let's go. I don't want to be a third wheel anymore," Wang Xiaohua curled her lips. Zhang Xifang had just said she would treat them to a meal, but she had no appetite at all.

Mu Huaixi frowned, "Your friend...Xifang's symptoms aren't right. If possible, I'd like to take her pulse."

"ah?"

Wang Xiaohua immediately frowned in worry. She had just complained about her friend forgetting his friendship for a beautiful woman, but now she was genuinely worried about Xifang.

She rolled her eyes, trotted off to find Zhang Xifang, then ran back to whisper to Mu Huaixi, "Boss Mu, I told you that you are good at gynecology and can help her regulate her body."

Mu Huaixi understood immediately and nodded to her. After a while, Zhang Xifang came over with a red face and asked them if they wanted to go to the bathroom.

The girls went to the bathroom together, so Zhang Xifang's boyfriend naturally couldn't follow them. Mu Huaixi also took Zhang Xifang's pulse.

But Wang Xiaohua was particularly unhappy. She crossed her arms, rolled her eyes, and complained to the crowd coming and going in the public toilet, "Zhang Xifang, I told you to find an excuse to come here, and you actually brought us to the toilet."

Zhang Xifang felt a little embarrassed. Actually, she was not a person who did not know etiquette. Naturally, she knew that she should at least treat them to a drink, or even give up her partner and treat her friends to a meal. However, now was the time when they were in love, and she was reluctant to do so.

Mu Huaixi didn't mind. She quickly took his pulse, checked his tongue, and asked, "Are you a premature baby?"

"Can you see this?" Zhang Xifang asked in surprise, but glanced at Wang Xiaohua. Wang Xiaohua immediately rolled her eyes at her, but she didn't say anything!

Mu Huaixi didn't mind their eyebrow quarrel. She reached out and wiped Zhang Xifang's cheek to confirm that there was indeed a dense layer of fine red spots under the remaining redness and swelling. "The red spots are dark and stagnant, the pulse is deep and thready, the tongue is red and dark, the face is hot and the limbs are cold. You not only have Yin deficiency and excessive fire, but also spleen deficiency and qi stagnation."

"Your illness is something you were born with, also known as a deficiency of the yin and yang constitution. Adding external factors to the mix can cause imbalances in yin and yang. Right now, the yin deficiency is most pronounced. You have irregular periods, and you have unidentified bruises all over your body. You're prone to hives, or urticaria. This isn't just yin deficiency; the five internal organs are interacting with each other, causing blockage in the triple burner and disrupted qi transformation, which will eventually lead to deficiency in the five internal organs."

Zhang Xifang's gaze gradually shifted from suspicion to fear, and soon to contempt and distrust. "According to what you said, I don't have many days left to live."

Zhang Xifang thought that the colleague brought by Wang Xiaohua might be unhappy because she stood her up, so she deliberately exaggerated her physical condition. Obviously, the old Chinese doctor that her boyfriend took her to see said that she just had yin deficiency and that she would be fine after taking some medicine.

She looked at Wang Xiaohua and felt that this friend was unreliable. She had clearly asked her colleague to help her check her menstruation and adjust her uterine coldness to facilitate conception after marriage, but who knew that she would say such sensational things!

"You don't think Boss Mu is lying to you, do you?" Wang Xiaohua was really angry. "We both came all this way just to see you, what's your attitude?"

"I didn't say that," Zhang Xifang waved her hands quickly, but she still didn't believe what Doctor Mu said. She just gave him face and said perfunctorily, "Thank you for your hard work. Come have dinner with us tonight!"

Mu Huaixi shook his head. "I can't help much, so I won't eat with you."

She could understand why Zhang Xifang was like this. Now, it was obvious that the person was closer to her. When Zhang Xifang stood up Wang Xiaohua and her, the balance in her heart was tilted.

But out of professional ethics, she insisted on taking Zhang Xifang's pulse and examining her, even reminding her, "Even if you don't believe me, you still have to go to a big hospital. If you see a Western doctor, he will tell you that your illness is probably lupus erythematosus."

"Lupus?!" Wang Xiaohua screamed in shock. She had just listened to what Boss Mu said, but she just thought that Zhang Xifang might not be in good health. Now that she heard the name of the disease, she realized how serious it was.

"No way?" Wang Xiaohua looked at her friend carefully and asked Boss Mu again for confirmation. "Xifang, this is just rosacea, right?"

"It's easy to confuse these two types," Mu Huaixi shook his head, raising his hand to trace Zhang Xifang's cheek in mid-air. "Besides the acne scars and redness on her face, there are also tiny blood spots, but they are covered by the acne scars on top."

A closer look reveals that these blood spots are concentrated on the cheeks on both sides of the nose bridge, and the distribution area is like two butterfly wings. Although light, the outline can be depicted. This is the most terrifying immune butterfly - lupus erythematosus.

Zhang Xifang didn't know what lupus was, but she knew it was a serious illness from Wang Xiaohua's reaction. She was skeptical and couldn't believe it, so she asked cautiously, "No, that can't be right? I just ate too many chili peppers and got acne."

"You should go to a big hospital when you have time." Wang Xiaohua saw Mu Huaixi nod slightly at her, and she sighed and suggested to her good friend, "It's best to go to a hospital in Jiangcheng, no, it's better to go to a hospital in the capital."

Zhang Xifang was even more frightened and forced a smile. "I'll drink these medicines and then go see an old Chinese doctor."

After hearing this, Wang Xiaohua stopped trying to persuade them. The three of them returned to their original spot in silence. Before they even got there, they heard someone shouting, "Oh no! Someone jumped into the lake!"