Invincible Divine Doctor of the Beautiful Lady-Chapter 598 - 593 Too Unconventional

Tangyu did want to ask Zhang Xiaodong what she really meant by those words. If she wanted to express love for him, why not just say it directly? That would at least prepare him mentally. Speaking such vague words, what did they mean anyway?

"Xiaodong," a pleasant voice suddenly came from behind.

Upon hearing this voice, Tangyu was slightly taken aback because it was very familiar to him—it was Fang Yishui’s voice. At the sound, Zhang Xiaodong also turned around to look back, and this turn nearly had her falling into Tangyu’s embrace because he was right behind her. And Zhang Xiaodong, hearing someone call her name, had turned around without realizing Tangyu was still standing behind her, resulting in the two of them bumping into each other fully, their bodies colliding.

Feeling Zhang Xiaodong’s body against his was quite a secretly thrilling sensation for Tangyu.

"Oh Xiaodong, is this your boyfriend? So romantic, having a date here," Fang Yishui didn’t hold back but walked toward them. There was a flicker of curiosity in her sparkling eyes—she too was interested to see who had caught Xiaodong’s fancy. She knew her cousin Fang Zhendong was interested in Zhang Xiaodong, but it was unrequited love. When Fang Yishui got closer and saw that the person being intimate with Zhang Xiaodong was Tangyu, her eyes widened and a look of surprise appeared on her face: "Eh, Master, it’s you?"

Zhang Xiaodong then looked at Fang Yishui with surprise. Why was she calling Tangyu "Master"?

"Why can’t it be me?" Tangyu said.

"No, Master, how come you’re together with Xiaodong? When did you two develop this secret romance, and how come I knew nothing about it? This is too incredible," Fang Yishui said.

Tangyu pursed his lips and said, "Haven’t you heard that there’s a kind of love called love at first sight?"

Zhang Xiaodong was just about to explain when she heard Tangyu’s mention of love at first sight and the words she was about to say were halted.

"Ah, love at first sight? No way, Master, you fell in love with Xiaodong at first sight? This is like—what, are we filming a drama here? Can it get any more melodramatic? Ah ah ah, I can hardly take it. But anyway, Master, don’t you have a girlfriend? Could it be you broke up with that beautiful lady?" Fang Yishui said.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a pessimistic thing to say. Can’t you speak more nicely? You’re cursing us, aren’t you?" Tangyu said.

"Eh, no, I was just asking out of curiosity. Alright, you win," Fang Yishui said, her gaze towards Tangyu and Zhang Xiaodong turning slightly peculiar.

Zhang Xiaodong said, "Yishui, you’re misunderstanding. We’re just ordinary friends. We’ve known each other for a while, and Tangyu is the one who cured my illness."

"Oh, I see. I was worried for a moment that you, Xiaodong, had been like a bright flower stuck in cow dung. Eh, Master, why are you blushing? Don’t look at me like that, I’m just speaking the truth. Is it wrong to tell the truth? Alright, alright, I’ll shut up, are you happy now?" Fang Yishui said.

"Master, you’re practically a legend all over the Four Seas now. There’s news about you everywhere. Being your disciple has truly paid off. I’ve decided you’ll still be my master in the future. Hmm, let me think—should I start learning medicine from you? I’m a genius at martial arts, so I should be a genius at medicine too, right? Maybe with time, I can become a Divine Doctor like Doctor Xiao. Later, everyone could call me Divine Doctor Fang; that would be pretty cool. Yep, that’s it, Master, you should teach me medicine in the future." Fang Yishui said.

"Don’t even think about it. If you don’t want to learn martial arts from me, I’ll expel you from the sect right now and not take you as a disciple anymore," Tangyu said. frёeωebɳovel.com

"Eh, don’t be so stingy. How could you bear to expel your beautiful disciple like me? Just teach me, Master. If worse comes to worst, I’ll wear lots of beautiful and sexy clothes for you to look at, so you won’t always have to stare at me," Fang Yishui said.

"..."

"By the way, Master, my grandpa invited you to our house for dinner, and has been pestering me to call and make arrangements with you, but your phone has been unreachable, which has really frustrated me. I thought about storming over to your place, but I have to maintain some ladylike decorum, you know. Now that I’ve run into you, how about visiting my house later? Stay for dinner?" Fang Yishui said.

"About that, let’s skip dinner. I’ll see if I have any plans after eating, and if I’m free, I’ll come over and visit Old Master Wang. If something comes up, then it’ll have to be another time," Tangyu said.

"I know you’re a busy man. Whether you come or not is up to you; I’ve relayed the message," Fang Yishui said, and then turned to Zhang Xiaodong: "Xiaodong, I actually came to hang out with you, but it seems you’re too busy for me right now, so I’ll head back first. You two enjoy yourselves. Oh, and continue, I didn’t see anything," she said before hopping and skipping away, leaving Zhang Xiaodong to shake her head with a wry smile.

After Fang Yishui left, the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Xiaodong broke the quiet, "Should we sit for a while?"

"Sure," Tangyu nodded, and they both sat down on the stone bench under the locust tree.

"Tangyu, what are your plans for the future?" Zhang Xiaodong suddenly asked.

"Plans," Tangyu pondered for a moment and smiled, "I don’t have any specific plans, just taking things one step at a time for now. With all the uncertainties of the future, I don’t like making long-term plans. I don’t really have any aspirations or grand ambitions; I guess I’m just going with the flow."

"Oh," Zhang Xiaodong glanced at Tangyu and responded casually, obviously somewhat surprised. Logically speaking, Tangyu shouldn’t be saying things like this. Possessing a unique medical skill yet lacking ambition seemed like a contradictory matter.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Xiaodong said, "You possess peerless medical skills. If you aspire to be a pioneer of Traditional Chinese Medicine and promote it, especially with the strong support from our country right now, I feel you could achieve an earth-shattering feat for Chinese medicine. Perhaps, under your influence, Chinese medicine could truly flourish, become renowned across the ’Four Seas,’ and genuinely gain global recognition as the world’s foremost medical discipline. Instead of being oppressed by Western medicine as it is now. By then, you would be the real savior of Chinese medicine, revered as a saint within the Traditional Chinese Medicine community, with your name engraved in the annals of medical history. And the nation would hail you as a national hero, a towering figure. Haven’t you ever considered such heights?"

Tangyu laughed and curled his lip, "Honestly, I’ve never thought about it; people fear fame as pigs fear fattening—I don’t enjoy being famous. Fame comes with too many troubles, and I don’t like that kind of hassle. I prefer a life that is simple and unadorned, free and unconstrained, just an ordinary life. Happiness and success, to me, don’t consist of these empty titles. I’m utterly indifferent to them. I’ve said before, I don’t have any ambitions."

"Alright then," Zhang Xiaodong also fell silent.

Tangyu was indeed different from the rest, indifferent to things that others coveted.

He was extremely individualistic.

After some thought, Zhang Xiaodong smiled faintly and looked at Tangyu, "Thinking about it, it’s actually quite nice to be the way you are. Everyone has different pursuits, perhaps what you seek is just this simple happiness, a joyful and serene life—such simplicity is the truth of life. It’s really nice, truly nice."

"Hehe, you really get me," Tangyu smiled.

Zhang Xiaodong let out a light laugh as well.

"Sister, Tangyu, come and have dinner." Zhang Xiaoxi’s voice suddenly called out.

"Coming now," Zhang Xiaodong immediately stood up and said to Tangyu, "Let’s go eat."

Back at home, a table full of delicious dishes was already served. The elderly Mr. Zhang still had a joyful smile on his face, and taking out a bottle of wine, he said to Tangyu, "Today, we shall drink a few good rounds."

"Since Grandpa Zhang is in such good spirits, I’ll naturally keep you company," Tangyu replied.

Just then, a deep voice came from outside, "Old Zhang, I’ve come to your house for a meal." Along with the voice, Elder Fang entered, of course, accompanied by Fang Yishui. Seeing these two, Tangyu realized that Fang Yishui had gone to bring her grandfather over, and unexpectedly, they had come straight here. Seeing Elder Fang, Tangyu felt a bit oddly guilty, as though he had done something wrong to his granddaughter.

"Haha, Old Fang, your timing is perfect. I’m in a good mood for drinking today, come join me for a few rounds. Look at this table full of dishes and drinks, come on, have a seat," the elderly Mr. Zhang immediately called out with a laugh.

Fang Yishui took a seat next to Tangyu without any hesitation; after all, Zhang Xiaodong and Zhang Xiaoxi were sitting together, the elderly Mr. Zhang and Elder Fang were each at one end, leaving only the spot beside Tangyu available.

"Sister Xiaodong, should I swap seats with you?" Fang Yishui asked.

A faint blush appeared on Zhang Xiaodong’s face as she shook her head, "No need, you sit there, it’s fine."

Elder Fang grinned and looked at Tangyu, eyeing him as if he were a most precious treasure.

"I am truly sorry, Elder Fang, my phone has been off for days; I dare not use that number anymore. I’m not sure who leaked it, but the moment I turn it on, the calls are nonstop. So I have no idea Elder Fang has been thinking of me so," Tangyu said.

Elder Fang laughed heartily and replied, "No harm done, I know you’re busy. You’re quite the celebrity now, aren’t you? If television exposes you, naturally lots of people will want to call you. I can understand, absolutely understand. Tsk tsk, as the saying goes, ’a warrior greatly changed in three days.’ The new waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before, impressive young people, truly impressive. It’s indeed the case that ’heroes emerge from youth,’ haha, I’m just now realizing that my vision was too short-sighted before, not seeing that Tangyu was a hidden dragon. Ah, as one ages, vision dims. If I had noticed earlier, even if by force, I would have pushed my precious granddaughter on him, and I would have been content to find a good grandson-in-law. Alas, now it’s too late, he has a girlfriend already. Good opportunities always slip away in an instant."

"Grandpa, what are you saying, talking as though I’m unwanted. I’m a fresh flower not to be inserted carelessly," Fang Yishui pouted.

Elder Fang teased, "Oh, I wonder who it is that keeps nagging in my ear at home about Tangyu this, Tangyu that, as if she’s dying to throw herself on him."

"Who’s dying to throw themselves? Not me, I’ve never—I mean, Grandpa, how could you say that about your granddaughter? Am I not modest?" Fang Yishui’s face flushed with embarrassment. In front of so many people, how could her grandfather reveal such things? It was so embarrassing.

Mr. Zhang chuckled and said, "Old Fang, we always say that the hearts of parents are in unison, but we’re the hearts of grandparents. Haha, I understand how you feel because mine is the same. Let’s not talk about it anymore, this is a matter for the young, let them figure it out by themselves, we can say nothing more."

Tangyu pursed his lips, looking at Fang Yishui, Zhang Xiaoxi, and Zhang Xiaodong—the trio each had their own merits—which inadvertently made him think of Feifei.