Chapter 272

"Fine, let's sleep together."

Sister Xiao Ya burst into laughter.

"Flirting with me again? I'm a married woman."

"Do you think I'm some little girl? If you push me too hard, I'll really stay in your bed."

Su Chen asked in return.

"Then can Sister Xiao Ya eat ice cream?"

Sister Xiao Ya paused, stunned.

"What? What ice cream?"

Su Chen chuckled.

"Whether you can stay in my bed depends on whether you can eat ice cream."

Sister Xiao Ya had a long reaction time.

It took her quite a while to realize what he meant.

"Uh... you want to judge whether I've started my period based on whether I can eat ice cream?"

"Such a deep scheme! I can eat it."

"Besides, even if I couldn't, what's wrong with staying in your bed?"

Su Chen was startled.

Bat... battling in blood?

"I really have to go, I'm exhausted. Bye!"

Sister Xiao Ya stretched twice more in a row, preparing to head out.

But just then.

She suddenly clutched her lower back and let out a scream.

"Ah, it hurts so much..."

"What's wrong, Sister Xiao Ya?"

"I think I've strained my back; I dare not move."

Su Chen chuckled.

"Still saying my schemes are deep? Sister Xiao Ya's schemes are far deeper than mine."

"You want to use this excuse to stay in my room, right?"

"You could have just said it directly; no need to beat around the bush."

Sister Xiao Ya twisted her body, her expression full of pain.

"Are you an idiot? Why would I joke about this? It really hurts!"

"Help me to the sofa so I can rest a bit."

Su Chen lifted Sister Xiao Ya's arm.

He helped her sit down slowly on the sofa.

After recovering, Sister Xiao Ya let out a long sigh of relief.

"You don't know; this back injury of mine is an old problem."

"In our line of work, after so long, how can the body not get sick?"

"Especially when frequently filming period dramas, even action scenes."

"Being hoisted on wires to fly around, bumping arms, legs, waist, and back—it's too normal."

This was not a lie.

Not just Sister Xiao Ya.

The goddess group in Su Chen's home were all period-drama goddesses.

Indeed, they were injured all over their bodies.

Every year, they spent millions to maintain their bodies.

Such maintenance included rust removal, keeping the body in a youthful state.

It also included numerous repair and patch-up procedures.

To keep their internal organs, muscles, and bones as healthy as possible.

Only such frequent major maintenance.

Would allow them to suffer less as they aged.

"Sister Xiao Ya, if you trust me, do you mind if I examine your body?"

Sister Xiao Ya shivered all over in fright.

"What do you want to do? Take advantage of me under the guise of examining my body?"

"Have you watched too many of those movie plots?"

Those strange, weird movies.

The plots are becoming increasingly outrageous.

They have poisoned many people!

Sister Xiao Ya simply hadn't expected.

Even Su Chen, such a top-tier superstar, was deeply affected by them.

Today, he dares to take advantage of her under the guise of examining her body.

Tomorrow, will he dare to use a immobilization technique on her?

Su Chen's gaze was extremely serious and solemn.

He said solemnly, "I'm just checking Sister Xiao Ya's health; I have no other intentions."

"Taking this opportunity to grope, I'm not that low."

Su Chen wished he could list the names of his goddess group to her one by one.

He ate luxurious feasts every single day.

There was no need to engage in such petty thievery.

"How do you check? Do I need to take off my clothes?"

Sister Xiao Ya still wore a look of terror.

Su Chen gave a bitter smile: "I think the person poisoned by those plots is you, right?"

"I don't have various instruments here; I can only use the TCM methods of observation, listening, questioning, and pulse-taking to examine you."

"Take off what clothes? If I take off my clothes, how do you examine? Are you checking for birthmarks on my body?!"

Only then did Sister Xiao Ya nod, half believing and half doubting.

"Then observe!"

Su Chen stared carefully at Sister Xiao Ya's complexion, eyes, and tongue coating...

He looked for a long time.

Afterwards, he helped her take her pulse.

While taking the pulse, he asked, "Sister Xiao Ya, is your sleep not very good recently?"

"Yes, I often need to take sleeping pills to fall asleep."

"Do you easily get acne, have nightmares, have problems with urination and defecation? Is your period also irregular?"

Involving such private topics.

Left Sister Xiao Ya completely at a loss.

She hesitated for several seconds.

Only then did she nod heavily.

"Director, you are completely right; have you ever practiced TCM?"

Su Chen retorted, "Who is TCM? I have never practiced it."

"I'd say I learned a bit of the craft from my grandfather since childhood; just a trifling skill."

Su Chen's non-existent grandfather was omnipotent.

Back when filming "Blossoms".

Others asked him why he was so proficient in the Shanghai dialect.

Su Chen also said he learned it from his grandfather.

But in reality, there was no such grandfather!