Xiang Xiaotong rested one slender arm on the table and waited quietly.
Grandma Yun reached out to feel her pulse. As she continued, she suddenly broke into a meaningful smile.
Song He and Xiang Xiaotong were both rather bewildered. Whenever they saw a traditional Chinese doctor, the physician either wore no expression or looked grim. They had never seen one suddenly start smiling. What kind of pulse could make someone laugh? Could it be a pregnancy pulse?
"You can't eat in the morning, put off lunch until one or two in the afternoon, and binge-eat at night, even having a late-night snack?"
"That's right!" Xiang Xiaotong immediately nodded.
"After midnight, your body gets hot. For the two days before and after your period, your hands and feet sweat at night, and you often toss and turn until two or three in the morning without falling asleep?"
"I've been busy lately. I don't even get into bed until two or three in the morning. Usually, I only go to bed after three," Xiang Xiaotong said. "But I really am wide awake after midnight. I'm still full of energy at two or three, and only then do I start feeling sleepy."
"Switch hands," Grandma Yun said.
Xiang Xiaotong extended her other arm, pressing her lips together as her expression grew slightly tense.
"How old are you this year?"
"Twenty-eight."
"To have achieved so much at twenty-eight is rare in the entire Academic Circle. Xiaotong, you're a genius." Grandma Yun sighed. "Being smart is one thing, but to achieve so much, you must have worked yourself to the bone day after day, right?"
"I'm not tired mentally because I enjoy research, but my body really is exhausted. Sometimes, when I'm rushing a project, I lose ten or twenty pounds in a month." Xiang