Cao Mengde Treated Zhu Zhuqing with Medicinal Ointment

He said she was sick because they were too large.

Zhu Zhuqing understood.

She needed medicinal ointment to treat it.

Zhu Zhuqing understood.

She needed to close her eyes while the ointment was applied?

Zhu Zhuqing did not understand that at all. If he was treating her, what did the patient's eyes have to do with it?

Hearing Zhu Zhuqing's question,

Cao Mengde immediately offered an explanation, speaking as though it were perfectly serious and only natural.

"Here's the thing.

"My specially made ointment is an irritant and can damage the eyes. At best, it'll cause bleeding; at worst, it'll blind you in both eyes. So you must cover your eyes during treatment."

So that was why?

As Zhu Zhuqing gradually understood, it dawned on her that it was because the medicine was corrosive.

She replied,

"All right, then I'll buy the ointment and take it home. I'll cover my eyes and apply it myself."

What?

Apply it herself?

Cao Mengde certainly wouldn't agree to that.

He hurriedly explained,

"Zhu Zhuqing, it's not as simple as applying the ointment. A healing-type Soul Master like me needs to apply it and use Soul Power to treat you at the same time. Only then will it work."

Huh?

Zhu Zhuqing stared at him in shock.

In that case,

wouldn't Cao Mengde be touching her sensitive area?

Seeing the troubled look on Zhu Zhuqing's face,

Cao Mengde understood completely. After all, this meant accepting intimate contact from a man.

He comforted her gently.

"Zhu Zhuqing, I know what you're worried about.

"But this is about treating illness and saving lives. We shouldn't stand on such trifles, should we?"

Zhu Zhuqing understood that.

But the thought of a strange man touching her there, applying ointment and rubbing it in, inevitably left her deeply embarrassed.

After thinking it over for a moment,

with the swelling and pain in her body still persisting,

and the Soul Master finals coming up tomorrow,

Zhu Zhuqing had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.

"All right."

Although Cao Mengde had expected this,

since, with illness plaguing her, she would surely choose treatment after a moment's silence,

his excited heart couldn't help but leap again.

"Zhu Zhuqing, get off the hospital bed and sit on the sofa."

As Zhu Zhuqing got off the bed, she asked with some puzzlement,

"Can't I lie on the bed while you apply the ointment?"

Cao Mengde thought,

If she's sitting on the sofa, the height will be just right. Won't that make it easier to control?

Of course,

he didn't dare voice his real thoughts and continued talking nonsense instead.

He began fooling her with medical principles she didn't understand.

"When you're lying down, your body is horizontal, and the ointment's effects will spread throughout your body.

"If you're sitting, your body is bent, so the ointment's effects will stay in your upper body. Wouldn't that make the treatment faster and more precise?

"I don't suppose you want to waste time on your illness, either?"

Indeed.

Of all the people who fell ill,

who didn't hope to recover as soon as possible?

Hoping to get well quickly, Zhu Zhuqing promptly sat down on the black leather sofa.

At that moment,

Cao Mengde stirred a thought

and took two props out of the system space.

"What's that?"

Hadn't he said he was going to apply ointment?

After seeing the props, Zhu Zhuqing grew curious again.

Looking at the props in his hands, Cao Mengde said,

"Don't underestimate it.

"This is my divine tool for treating illness. Who knows how many ailments I've cured with it."

To explain it clearly to Zhu Zhuqing, or perhaps to make things easier for himself later,

Cao Mengde continued,

"My specially made ointment is hidden inside this prop. In a moment, I'll use it to apply the ointment to the affected area."

How could Zhu Zhuqing know anything about that?

She thought the prop really did contain a miraculous ointment.

"All right. Please treat me, Divine Hand Douluo."

At that,

Zhu Zhuqing took the blindfold and, to keep the irritating medicine from harming her eyes, covered them as Cao Mengde had instructed.

Looking at Zhu Zhuqing wearing the lace blindfold,

Cao Mengde's eyes went wide.

With just a little adornment, this ravishing beauty looked even more mysterious and alluring.

"Zhu Zhuqing, I'm going to start applying the ointment."

As soon as he finished speaking,

Cao Mengde quietly put the props back into the system space.

Clearly,

they were just props he used to deceive her.

Next,

he walked up to Zhu Zhuqing and began applying the ointment.

"Zhu Zhuqing...

"This ointment works exceptionally well, but it needs to be applied for at least an hour. Don't be impatient."

Zhu Zhuqing answered,

"Oh."

After all, she was the patient and didn't understand any of it.

She did whatever Cao Mengde told her to do.

But after a short while,

Zhu Zhuqing still hadn't felt any ointment, and she couldn't help asking,

"Why can't I feel any ointment?"

Apart from the path the prop traced as it applied the ointment, Zhu Zhuqing honestly didn't feel anything else.

Cao Mengde patiently explained,

"My ointment is incredibly miraculous.

"It comes in two parts. The first part is colorless and odorless; the second will be a little hot. You'll be able to feel it then."

Zhu Zhuqing had learned something new.

She hadn't expected a healing-type Soul Master's medicinal ointment to have so many intricacies.

The Soul Master World

truly was a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers abounded, rich with knowledge.

And so,

Cao Mengde said no more.

After an hour had passed,

Zhu Zhuqing's delicate body trembled. Just as Cao Mengde had said,

she felt the second part of the ointment treatment.

It was hot and plentiful, and it smelled strange.

"Zhu Zhuqing, now that the ointment is there, I'm going to use my hands to treat you. This is about treating illness and saving lives, so we shouldn't stand on trifles. Don't think too much about it.

"Besides, I won't tell Dai Mubai.

"I'll always protect your privacy."

Hearing Cao Mengde's assurances,

Zhu Zhuqing put her mind at ease.

She couldn't avoid the treatment anyway, and getting well was what mattered.

"Mm, go ahead and treat me."

Cao Mengde reached out

and spread the ointment evenly over Zhu Zhuqing's affected area.

At first,

he wasn't in a hurry to use his Soul Skill.

Instead, he used the treatment as a pretext to revel in the feel of her and the smoothness of her skin beneath his palm.

Once he'd had his fill of everything,

his Soul Power surged, and he finally used his ninth Soul Skill.

Healing Hands.

Hmm?

In just two and a half minutes,

Zhu Zhuqing could clearly feel that all the swelling and pain had vanished.

Unable to contain her delight, she hurriedly said,

"Divine Hand Douluo, the pain and swelling are gone! Your medical skills are amazing."

Cao Mengde smiled.

It was a smile born of confidence in his own medical skills.

However,

he still gave her a serious warning.

"Zhu Zhuqing, you mustn't let your guard down.

"There's a strong chance this strange illness will come back. To root it out completely, you must come to Rejuvenation Hall and have me apply the ointment once a day for the next month."

Zhu Zhuqing's heart jolted.

There was some resistance in her voice.

After all, contact with a man made her very uncomfortable.

Just now, while Cao Mengde was treating her,

the contact had been so intimate that, thinking of Dai Mubai just a wall away, Zhu Zhuqing's face had flushed with shame.

She had only set her mind at ease because it was treatment.

If it continued for a month,

she really couldn't accept it.

"I... I have to come for treatment for another month?

"But doesn't it already not hurt anymore?"