There were two people and three pairs of chopsticks at the dinner table.
When Lianshan Xin heard that Lianshan Jingcheng had gone down the mountain to mail medicinal herbs to He Hongye, the third pair of chopsticks instantly perked up.
"Dad, why do you turn up everywhere?"
Lianshan Jingcheng frowned. "A-Xin, what kind of talk is that?"
Lianshan Xin complained, "Your patients really are scattered far and wide. You even have one in the Western Capital."
Lianshan Jingcheng thought nothing of it. "What's strange about that? Patients come from all corners of the world."
"But Dad, isn't treating embarrassing ailments your specialty? He Hongye's a woman. Does she need help with her virility too?"
Lianshan Jingcheng corrected him. "Treating embarrassing ailments has never been my only specialty. You said it made the most money, so that's what I've treated most often. Your father is actually an all-round medical expert."
Lianshan Xin did not argue.
At this point, anyone who refused to acknowledge Lianshan Jingcheng as an all-round medical expert must have something wrong with their head.
Lianshan Xin felt that Lianshan Jingcheng's versatility was no longer confined to medicine.
"Dad, you're an all-round expert at deduction too."
Lianshan Jingcheng answered modestly, "That's all fighting battles on paper. I'm not necessarily any good."
"So how did you meet He Hongye?" Lianshan Xin asked.
Lianshan Jingcheng explained quite naturally, "One year, He Hongye came through Jiangzhou City on an escort job. She'd been injured on the road and came to our Spring Revival Hall for treatment. After I healed her injuries, I discovered she still had some chronic ailments, so we've kept in touch all these years."
Lianshan Xin could not find a single hole in the story, yet felt it was full of holes.
The tips of the chopsticks turned toward