Physical Examination

Lu Zhiyu was lying on the bed, playing on his phone, when Xia Fan sidled up beside him and carefully studied his face. "How come I never noticed before that you're so handsome? You were pretty good-looking before too, but now your looks are practically superhuman..."

"Spill it. Did you get plastic surgery?"

Lu Zhiyu pushed Xia Fan's head away from his face. "My health wasn't great because of my work environment before. I've recovered recently, and I work out every day now. That might be why."

"That's way too drastic a change!" This silly, sweet girl barely accepted Lu Zhiyu's explanation, but still clung to him, coveting his good looks.

"Hey, Lu Zhiyu, I got dumped!"

"Oh."

"Don't you think you should comfort me?"

"Really? I don't."

Lu Zhiyu put down his phone and glanced at Xia Fan, sensing that something was off. Since gaining the ability to freely control his mental power, he had avoided probing other people's thoughts unless necessary. It just felt meaningless. "Wait, you didn't call me over to be your rebound guy, did you?"

Xia Fan abruptly sat up. "Pah, pah, pah! What rebound guy? I'm in high demand, okay? Tons of people at school are chasing me!"

Xia Fan looked Lu Zhiyu over again, and her expression shifted. "I never considered that before, but now... if you're willing, I can consider giving you a chance to be my boyfriend. I'll give you the chance to swoop in while I'm vulnerable!"

Xia Fan had nothing but a bath towel wrapped around her, and Lu Zhiyu suddenly felt that the phrase "swoop in while she was vulnerable" carried a rather suggestive meaning.

However, Lu Zhiyu immediately and righteously rejected Xia Fan, then drove her out of his room and locked the door. High school girls these days were terrifying. He felt that if he let her stay any longer, the last scraps of his integrity and bottom line would completely crumble!

The next morning, Xia Fan still clung to Lu Zhiyu as she was leaving. She made him spend more than ten minutes brushing his teeth, shaking him so hard he nearly fell apart. "Just say yes! My birthday party is next month. It'll be so embarrassing if I don't have a boyfriend!"

Lu Zhiyu said irritably, "What's embarrassing about it? It's normal not to have a boyfriend at your age. If you were my daughter, I'd have smacked you ages ago!"

Xia Fan looked at him disdainfully. "I didn't expect you to be such an old fossil. Hmph, what age do you think this is?"

In the end, since he was in a hurry and couldn't outlast Xia Fan's pestering, Lu Zhiyu agreed. But he would only attend as an ordinary friend; he wasn't falling for her trick. Delighted, Xia Fan even took several pictures of Lu Zhiyu with her phone before leaving triumphantly.

Lu Zhiyu felt that he had definitely received special treatment. The moment he arrived at the hospital, plenty of people stared at him while he waited in line. Quite a few young nurses seemed to have gotten wind of him as well, standing in the distance and pointing at him.

"He really is handsome! I thought they were lying!"

"He's so refined. He has this artsy vibe, and his body is amazing too!"

Lu Zhiyu felt that his body had basically recovered, but his own judgment might not be accurate. That was why he had specifically come to the hospital for a full physical examination, to see whether he was truly well or if there were any other problems.

The examinations began. The ophthalmology check, blood count, blood pressure, electrocardiogram, and the rest were all fairly normal. But when it came time for a female internist, she started feeling him up all over, leaving Lu Zhiyu at a loss.

"Take off your clothes!"

"??? All of them?"

Lu Zhiyu stared wide-eyed at the female doctor in glasses. She looked at him sternly. "What are you thinking about? Hurry up and take them off."

Just as Lu Zhiyu was hesitating over whether he needed to strip completely, she added, "You can keep your underwear on!"

After the examination, the female doctor said, "There's nothing wrong. You're in very good health. The blood and urine test results will take a few days. We'll notify you when it's time to collect your examination report."

Lu Zhiyu nodded, and the tension he had been carrying immediately eased. It seemed there really was nothing wrong with his body. Even the minor lung issues he had previously suffered from had not shown up. It made him immensely encouraged.

As he was about to leave, the female doctor suddenly took out a business card and handed it to him. "If you have any health problems in the future, you can call me at this number. I can come to your home and examine you!"

Lu Zhiyu took the card in surprise. Doctors at hospitals offered that kind of service nowadays? He glanced at it and saw the female doctor's name written on it: "Li Wei!"

Seeing Lu Zhiyu hunched over, Li Wei suddenly slipped her hand beneath his T-shirt, gripped his spine, and pressed down. With a crack, a sharp rush of pleasurable soreness shot straight to Lu Zhiyu's head.

"Keep your back straight. Don't hunch over all the time. It makes you look listless, and it's bad for your health too!"

Lu Zhiyu had developed the habit from sitting in front of a computer for years, something common among modern people. Still, this Doctor Li Wei seemed a little too unusual in the way she treated him. Lu Zhiyu immediately sensed her thoughts.

After smiling and thanking Li Wei, Lu Zhiyu promptly pushed open the door and left. Standing outside, he could not help wiping away a cold sweat. Ever since gaining Mind Reading, he had suddenly realized that everyone's inner self differed from their outward appearance. How should he put it? They were far wilder.

When he returned home, Lu Zhiyu finally set his worries aside. Cancer and death had once been like a dark shadow pressing close behind him, but now that burden had completely lifted, and he felt much more relaxed. As soon as he got home, Lu Zhiyu took out the Universe Scroll. The moment he opened it, he discovered that the silver scale within the silver symbol in his mind had suddenly risen by a segment.

Lu Zhiyu knew that the scale inside represented Source Substance. Earlier, he had extracted a huge amount of Source Substance to alter the rules within the Painting Space, nearly draining it dry. There had been no movement since then, so why had it suddenly risen by a segment? Lu Zhiyu felt there had to be a reason.

Although Lu Zhiyu could not directly extract the Source Substance within the symbol to strengthen his mental power and soul, he could use it to adjust and alter the rules of the Painting Space. This was extremely important to him. With enough Source Substance, Lu Zhiyu could freely modify the Painting Space, like a true god!