Ning Xi'er, intending to tease him, gestured to Eunuch Xu and got into Xie Zhun's carriage.
"Get out!"
Ning Xi'er had just stepped onto the curtain with both feet, and before she could even slip inside, she heard Xie Zhun's angry voice.
Ning Xi'er was taken aback at first, then lifted the curtain and said with a smile, "Is Your Highness in a bad mood?"
Then, feigning nonchalance, he pulled his foot back, saying, "Then I won't bother you anymore!"
Before he could take two steps back, his wrist was grabbed.
Xie Zhun looked somewhat awkward, his brows furrowed slightly, and he still seemed unhappy, but his expression had softened a little.
He held Ning Xi'er's wrist, not too lightly, not too heavily. Ning Xi'er was about to move when she realized that he was still using some force.
Ning Xi'er didn't hold back for long before getting into the carriage.
Xie Zhun, oblivious to her own feelings, pulled her to sit beside him, but didn't let go of her hand.
Ning Xi'er glanced at her wrist, and thinking about why the man was angry, she decided to let him be.
He asked, though he already knew the answer, "Why is Your Highness angry?"
"I didn't," Xie Zhun said crisply.
"Really?" Ning Xi'er asked with a smile.
Seeing her smiling eyes and suppressed laughter, Xie Zhun finally realized that she was deliberately teasing him...
He was so angry that his teeth itched. He moved his hand down from her wrist and pinned his fingertips into Ning Xi'er's palm.
Ning Xi'er was extremely ticklish, so she finally stopped joking and softened her voice, "Why aren't you eating?"
Xie Zhun did not answer, but only frowned as he looked at her.
The meaning is obvious; you're not asking a question you already know the answer to?
Ning Xi'er recalled Eunuch Xu's earnest plea before she got into the carriage, "Your Highness, please at least coax her to eat first..."
"His Highness already has a sensitive stomach..."
Ning Xi'er originally wanted to say that stomach discomfort was no big deal, as she could cure it with her medical space activated!
But I just couldn't bring myself to say it.
Ning Xi'er sighed, lifted the carriage curtain, and had the servants who were waiting nearby hand over the food.
Ning Xi'er took it herself, her voice lower and sounding a little tired, "Eat something with me! I'm hungry!"
Hearing the noise, Haitang and Aoxue brought in the food they had prepared for Ning Xier.
Xie Zhun pursed his lips, but seeing Ning Xi'er's sleepy eyes, he ultimately didn't stop her.
He simply picked up his chopsticks and put the food into Ning Xi'er's bowl.
Ning Xi'er ate a few bites herself, but seeing that he wasn't in the mood, she couldn't help but laugh. It seemed she would have to coax him a bit before he would eat.
Ning Xi'er put down her chopsticks and tentatively asked, "Are you unhappy because of what you asked during the examination?"
Xie Zhun took a deep breath. How should he answer?
Although he didn't understand the basis and rationale behind Ning Xi'er's examination, compared to her past as a doctor of the time, who treated and saved lives...
Saying it would make him seem narrow-minded, and he might upset her.
If he said no, he would be lying; in fact, he did care.
Putting aside etiquette and face, what angered him even more was that she had looked at someone else's before looking at him!
Ning Xi'er feigned grievance, "You were in such a hurry to leave that you didn't let me finish speaking..."
Xie Zhun raised his chin slightly, clearly indicating that what he was about to hear was exactly what he wanted to hear.
"I was busy with the inspection at the time and didn't think that much. It's normal for you to have your own thoughts after those few decisive words..."
General Xie squeezed Ning Xi'er's hand.
Ning Xi'er continued, "In the world I live in, while there are methods like pulse diagnosis and questioning to examine patients, there are also more direct methods that allow us to examine the lesions directly..."
"Just like you experienced before. This includes seeing, touching..."
Before Ning Xi'er could finish speaking, Xie Zhun's face turned pale.
Ning Xi'er quickly explained, "I didn't mean I touched it..."
Ugh! The more I try to explain, the worse it gets!
She returned to the main point, "For example, if you have a hand or foot injury, you should always check the wound, right? Besides visually assessing the type of injury and the initial extent of the injury, you should also physically examine it, okay?"
Xie Zhun remained silent, his lips tightly pressed together.
Ning Xi'er sighed inwardly and quickly said, "We can't just ignore it because the patient's lesion is in a private area, can we? It's not uncommon for female patients to encounter male doctors..."
Ning Xi'er's words only made things worse; Xie Zhun's face turned from pale to ashen. "So, there were male doctors examining you too?"
His gaze swept quickly down from Ning Xi'er's neck.
Ning Xi'er seemed to realize something and quickly explained, "I haven't met her yet, I'm perfectly healthy!"
However, she calmly explained to him, "But you must understand, if one day I become very ill, and the only doctor who can save me is a male doctor, what would you choose?"
Xie Zhun understood perfectly well that he was just...
Just jealousy.
But he didn't want Ning Xi'er to think he was old-fashioned and to have other thoughts, so he reluctantly nodded.
Seeing his reaction, Ning Xi'er knew it was already quite an achievement, and nodded affirmatively.
"I saved many people in my past life, but for now, I've encountered a similar situation where a man needs my personal examination..."
So, he was indeed the first man she ever saw.
Ning Xi'er clearly sensed that Xie Zhun breathed a sigh of relief.
"So, can we eat now?"
Xie Zhun then picked up his chopsticks, his awkwardness quite different from his usual self, which was rather endearing...
Xie Zhun took a few elegant bites and then stopped.
Ning Xi'er finished her food and, seeing that he seemed to be waiting for her, asked, "Is there anything else?"
A splash of red quickly climbed onto Xie Zhun's face.
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