This question caught Xia Bingyun off guard; she felt Li Se was deliberately asking it.
"A misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. I meant, are there any more these past two days?" Li Se quickly corrected himself.
Xia Bingyun looked at Li Se for a moment before replying, "There were the day before yesterday, but none yesterday. As for now, there are none either."
Li Se fell into thought. Logically, after so many acupuncture sessions with Xia Bingyun, he should have controlled it. The fact that he still occasionally felt something, though it also meant he was close to recovery, indicated he wasn't fully cured.
After a while, Li Se said, "How about this, I'll give you another treatment and see."
"Okay," Xia Bingyun nodded.
After eating and drinking their fill, the two went upstairs to Xia Bingyun's room.
Xia Bingyun changed into a more revealing set of sleepwear. The fair skin exposed made Li Se involuntarily swallow. This was truly a woman with a figure that was both ample and shapely.
"Should I lie on the bed?" Xia Bingyun asked somewhat awkwardly.
"Yes, just like before," Li Se nodded.
Xia Bingyun lay flat on the bed. The pose was very alluring, and Li Se found himself unable to insert the needles for several minutes.
"Aren't you going to start?" Xia Bingyun asked.
Seeing Li Se's heated gaze, she understood how seductive she looked. She was quite shy about it, too. After all, dressed like this and lying on the bed, perhaps any other man would have pounced on her directly.
Perhaps it was due to the presence of a man and a woman alone, Xia Bingyun's body felt a little strange. Her legs involuntarily shifted, a movement that almost made Li Se's nose bleed.
Circulating his Qi cultivation technique, Li Se suppressed the dirty thoughts in his mind, calming himself down considerably before focusing intently on the acupuncture.
After the acupuncture, came the massage.
Xia Bingyun skillfully turned over, which reignited the lust that Li Se had just managed to suppress. He let out a wry smile; this woman was simply a siren.
After another massage, a mix of pain and pleasure, Li Se finally let out a long sigh of relief. It was finally over. To be honest, if he could, he really didn't want to treat Xia Bingyun anymore. Who knew how much longer he could endure.
"Why are you sweating? Are you tired?" Xia Bingyun took out a tissue and wiped the cold sweat from Li Se's forehead.
"I'm alright, just a bit drained," Li Se exhaled lightly. Treating Xia Bingyun was truly arduous, especially having to suppress those desires.
Xia Bingyun felt a slight ambiguity in his words and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
It was past eight in the evening when Li Se left Xia Bingyun's place. Li Se had wanted to stay, but he decided against it.
Just as Li Se was about to drive home, he received an unfamiliar phone call. Upon answering, he heard the other person say, "Are you Li Se? I'm the secretary to the President of the Medical Association. The President wishes to meet you."
Li Se was somewhat surprised. He had only joined the association less than a day ago, and the President wanted to see him already? And it was past eight in the evening. He found it rather peculiar, but he agreed nonetheless.
Half an hour later, Li Se arrived at the President's office in the headquarters of the Medical Association.
"Come, sit," Qin Fangchen was quite enthusiastic towards Li Se. After inviting Li Se to sit, he even poured tea.
"President Qin, is there something?" Li Se asked, puzzled.
Although his medical skills were superb and he was recommended by Elder Huang, not many people in the Medical Association knew he was an Imperial Physician.
Setting aside his Imperial Physician status, as the President of the Medical Association, Qin Fangchen certainly wouldn't take such a young person seriously. Why would he suddenly want to meet him alone?
Qin Fangchen took a sip of tea and said, "Young Li, your medical skills are truly remarkable. At such a young age, you've already gained Elder Huang's recognition. I heard you treated several difficult cases at the First Hospital. Truly promising and surpassing your elders."
Li Se was a bit bewildered and didn't say anything, quietly waiting for Qin Fangchen to continue. The esteemed President wouldn't have called him here alone just to praise him.
"Have some tea. This tea is excellent; it was specially brought to me by a friend," Qin Fangchen said, gesturing, seeing Li Se's unresponsiveness.
Li Se took a sip and nodded, "It's quite good."
"Speaking of my friend, you might know him," Qin Fangchen said with a chuckle. "He's the Vice President of the First Hospital, Jiang Hezheng. I heard his son had some misunderstanding with you. I don't really want to meddle too much in young people's affairs, but since a misunderstanding has occurred, it must be resolved, right? After he knew you were a member of the association, he immediately called me, hoping I could intercede for his son. What do you say, shall we just let this matter pass?"
Li Se finally understood. So it was because of Jiang Hezheng. He hadn't expected this fellow to get the President of the Medical Association to intercede for him; it caught him by surprise.
"President Qin, some misunderstandings are difficult to resolve. If I were just a poor nobody, then I would be the one facing unfair treatment," Li Se shook his head.
Qin Fangchen couldn't help but frown. The smile on his face immediately vanished, replaced by a hint of displeasure. "Li Se, although your medical skills are good, and you have Elder Huang's recommendation, even so, with just my word, you would have to leave the Medical Association. It's just a minor misunderstanding, why make things so unpleasant?"
He was, after all, the President of the Medical Association. Deigning to meet such a young person alone was already quite considerate. As for Li Se's superb medical skills, he didn't pay much attention to them. No matter how capable a person was, if they hadn't attained a certain status, they weren't worth much consideration.
Furthermore, in Qin Fangchen's view, the Medical Association had plenty of young people like Li Se.
He had spoken politely, yet this fellow still wouldn't show any appreciation. Naturally, he was extremely displeased and unhappy.
"President Qin, I'm afraid I can't help. Ultimately, I'm just an ordinary doctor, and I only entered the Medical Association with Elder Huang's support. Jiang Yuan was arrested; what can I do to get him out?" Li Se sneered.
Qin Fangchen didn't believe Li Se's words and said sternly, "So, you have no intention of letting Jiang Yuan go?"
"It's not that I won't let him go, it's that I can't. He'll serve his sentence as he should. President Qin, I have other matters to attend to, I'll be leaving now."
After saying this, Li Se stood up and left directly.
Bang!
After Li Se left, Qin Fangchen hurled the teacup in his hand violently onto the floor.
"President!" The secretary rushed into the office upon hearing the commotion.
Qin Fangchen said with a cold face, "Go and have this Li Se expelled from the Medical Association. Damn it, what kind of person is he, daring to be so arrogant in front of me?"
"But he's Elder Huang..." the secretary hesitated.
"Just do as I say!" Qin Fangchen said with displeasure.
"Yes!" The secretary immediately complied.
Qin Fangchen thought for a moment, then called the secretary back and instructed, "Leak the news of his expulsion to Li Se. I'll give him half a day!"
"Okay!" The secretary nodded.
Qin Fangchen snorted dismissively, "At such a young age, he truly doesn't understand the ways of the world. You'll be back here begging me!"