The consultation room.
Xu Ye wore a white coat with a doctor's ID badge pinned to his chest and a pair of glasses that looked like they had a strong prescription. With his "assistant," Lu Mingwang, following behind him, he pushed the door open and entered.
"Hello, Ms. Sun. I'm the specialist you booked last week. I came here especially from Sky City. My surname is Xu." Xu Ye walked in, playing the part.
The woman wasn't very old. She looked under forty, and because she had once been well-off and taken good care of herself, she appeared even younger.
At this moment, however, Sun Xiufei wore plain clothes with several smears of dust on her cuffs. Her face was pale, with pronounced dark circles and bloodshot eyes. Even her hair hadn't been properly tended to; she had simply let it do as it pleased.
She sat in the chair, gently cradling her belly with both hands, her eyes filled with melancholy.
"Hello, Doctor Xu." Seemingly oblivious to Xu Ye's youthful face, Sun Xiufei shifted restlessly in her seat.
Lu Mingwang brewed her a cup of Calming Tea.
"Ms. Sun, although you've already described your condition to many doctors, I'd still like you to explain it again, including how you've been living over the past few months, especially how you've been feeling these last few days. That will help me gain an overall understanding of your condition." Xu Ye clasped his hands and rested them on the desk.
Sun Xiufei took a sip of Calming Tea and ran her heavily white-coated tongue over her lips. In a strained voice, she said:
"Doctor Xu, here's what happened. My husband, Zhang Ping, and I originally lived in Sky City."
"But we offended Count An Lu and went bankrupt, so we had no