Chapter 146: Su Liyan

Don't even mention it, these past days…

Gu Qingwan has really gotten addicted to watching.

One could say…

All day long, she just waits to see what Su Liyan and Lu Yuan are up to after work.

I don't know why, but Gu Qingwan just feels that this couple is completely unlike anyone else.

Su Liyan is soft and sweet, knows how to act coquettish, and knows how to take care of people.

Lu Yuan, on the other hand, can do anything, can entertain, and knows how to dote on people.

That's truly a perfect match.

Now, whenever Gu Qingwan is annoyed to death by some memorials, seeing the Nei Ne Qing Cang Wei report on Lu Yuan and Su Liyan's affairs for the day makes her happy.

She will immediately put down the memorial in her hand and first finish reading today's affairs of Lu Yuan and Su Liyan.

Exactly…

This week, there's really nothing to see.

This week Lu Yuan hasn't gone out at all, and…

This really is, every night at half past six, drawing the curtains, turning off the lights…

What Gu Qingwan can see is merely the period from Su Liyan's return at half past five to half past six.

The key is, during this one hour, Lu Yuan and Su Liyan sometimes say things that Gu Qingwan doesn't fully know.

After all, the Nei Ne Qing Cang Wei's records are made by looking at lip movements from afar with a monocular telescope.

But Su Liyan and Lu Yuan talking, it's impossible for them to always face the window.

Fortunately, though…

Although what they say can't be recorded in detail…

But… Gu Qingwan can fill in the blanks with her imagination!

The Nei Ne Qing Cang Wei's records aren't just about words; they also fully record emotions and expressions.

These past few days, Gu Qingwan's imaginings have been quite interesting.

Knowing that Lu Yuan and Su Liyan will go to the hospital today, Gu Qingwan can't wait to find out what's happening.

……

At this moment, at Lu Yuan's home.

Lu Yuan wasn't in a hurry to eat; instead, he took a small cushion, placed it on the table, and looked at Gu Lie, who was preparing to have a drink, and said with a raised eyebrow:

"First, wait a moment, then put your hand up."

"Huh?"

Gu Lie hadn't even clearly seen where Lu Yuan pulled out that small cushion just now.

He looked at Lu Yuan with a clueless expression and said:

"Brother Yuan… you still know how to see a doctor??"

Isn't this just the thing ancient doctors use to take a pulse?

Su Liyan beside him, knowing her man had been reading medical books every day lately, wasn't surprised; she just kept putting vegetables into his bowl.

Lu Yuan, meanwhile, looked at Gu Lie and said with a raised eyebrow:

"Cut the nonsense, hurry up and hand it over."

After a week of such diligent study, that counts as a small achievement.

After all, Lu Yuan has obtained the first-stage reward of the 《Medical Saint》.

Now Lu Yuan can already be considered a qualified barefoot doctor.

Treating someone for a common cold or ordinary illness is already a piece of cake for him.

Of course, this is Lu Yuan's own feeling.

But Lu Yuan has never actually tried it yet.

First of all, treating people's illnesses is not something to be done carelessly.

This isn't 《Ingenuity》; if Lu Yuan gets an idea to make something, he'd just go ahead and build it.

If it fails, it's just a waste of some steel.

And it's no big deal.

But this 《Medical Saint》 is different.

When the time comes to prescribe medicine for people, if he makes a mistake, it could cost lives.

Although Lu Yuan's level with this isn't low, he still has to start from minor illnesses and work his way up.

Moreover, for the profession of doctor, clinical experience is extremely important.

Lu Yuan now is equivalent to a medical student at a top university; he's basically learned the material.

But he hasn't done an internship yet, and has no clinical experience.

What kind of doctor is a doctor without clinical experience?

These days, Lu Yuan has been eyeing the people in his siheyuan, hoping someone will come down with a cold or run into some minor ailment.

Wouldn't that give him clinical experience?

But the aggravating thing is, the neighbors in his siheyuan are all in superb health, eating well and hearty.

Damn, that's infuriating!

However, Lu Yuan thought, even if those people in the siheyuan got sick, they wouldn't let him see them.

Like a common cold—do they even need someone else to look at it?

They just take two cold pills and that's it.

And even if it were a bit more serious, they would definitely go to the hospital; there's absolutely no way they'd let Lu Yuan come.

Nobody would trust Lu Yuan on this.

After all, nobody had ever heard that Lu Yuan could give injections or prescribe medicine.

So it's really worrisome.

As for his wife's body, has Lu Yuan taken her pulse?

Of course he has.

His wife's body is in great shape!

Moreover... even if something were wrong somewhere, Lu Yuan couldn't treat his wife.

Even for a minor ailment like a cold, Lu Yuan would have to take his wife to the hospital.

After all, you can't use your wife as a clinical subject.

If he messed something up, Lu Yuan would feel terrible.

He needs to gain enough clinical experience from others before he'd consider treating his own family.

At this moment, Lu Yuan was already feeling Gu Lie's pulse.

After six or seven seconds, Lu Yuan curled his lip and withdrew his hand.

He said, displeased:

"How come your body is so good, why don't you have any illness at all!!"

Gu Lie: "????"

What... I'm healthy, not having an illness is also not okay???

Immediately, Lu Yuan also couldn't be bothered with Gu Lie, picked up his chopsticks, and shoved the vegetables his wife had placed in his bowl into his mouth.

Lu Yuan thought this wouldn't work.

He needed to find a place to practice.

He considered asking Gu Lie for help to get himself into the hospital as an intern for a few days?

No.

Bah!

Lu Yuan resolved to just lie flat and not work.

What's the difference between going to the hospital and going to work?

It goes against his great belief in lying flat, so bah!

Hmm...

He still needed to think it over...

After eating, Lu Yuan and his wife got dressed and prepared to go out.

Gu Lie was already outside, holding the horse and waiting.

"Brother, how much does it cost to build your Kang heating ducts?"

Gu Lie asked curiously from the doorway.

Lu Yuan turned his head, glanced at Gu Lie, and said:

"Maybe seventy or eighty bucks; you wanna build one too?"

"If you want to build one, just tell me directly; I'll come to your house to check the layout, and it'll be done in two or three days."

Since Gu Lie isn't an outsider, if his family wants to build one, Lu Yuan will just go to Gu Lie's house to help check it out.

If we go this afternoon, tomorrow we can have Liu Shoucai arrange people to go.

No need to wait in line.

We're our own people; no lining up.

Gu Lie stared for a moment, then hurriedly said:

"For now I won't build one; I live with my family, and I'm thinking that when I move out later and build a new house, I'll ask Brother Yuan to help me with it."

Build a new home?

In Huangcheng now, land is extremely precious—where could you still build a new house?

Generally, it's a Siheyuan; if conditions are good and luck is favorable, you can buy two side‑by‑side rooms and knock them together, just like your own home now.

If conditions are poor, you just buy one room, like Gao Tingyu's family.

If luck is bad, it's like Pang Kaige's family—also only one room.

Nowadays, many people want to move into the city, making it hard to buy two or three adjacent rooms.

Gu Lie still wants to build a new house?

However, Lu Yuan also knows that Gu Lie's family must be quite formidable.

Lu Yuan didn't ask further.

He just nodded and said:

"Sure, when you want to build a house, tell me, brother—I can still help you design how the courtyard should be built."

"It will definitely be better than anyone else's design, and it will save money later."

Lu Yuan's Civil Engineering couldn't have been read for nothing, could it?

Gu Lie, meanwhile, greatly trusted Lu Yuan, nodding and grinning repeatedly.

When I eventually build my own princely mansion, I'll drag Brother Yuan over—I won't even need to consult the Ministry of Works.

But… Gu Lie felt that building an entirely new house would be a bit too showy.

Nowadays the Great Zhou Dynasty is relatively poor, and his own sister has always advocated frugality.

Not to mention his own princely mansion—even parts of the imperial palace are now sealed off and left unrepaired.

Mainly, my older sister doesn't keep male consorts either; before, such a huge harem lay deserted and unused.

My older sister spends all day in the Zhonghua Palace, occasionally going to the Imperial Secretariat or something.

Gu Lie felt that his future prince's mansion would probably be that of some prince from the previous dynasty whose property was confiscated.

At that time, my older sister would simply grant it to me, letting me move in directly.

Even if we can't undertake major construction, we can still remodel inside, tearing down a few rooms as we wish and rebuilding a few.

Soon, Lu Yuan and Su Liyan finished dressing, then took the horse and headed out toward the siheyuan.

Before they even left the rear courtyard, they saw Pang Kaige and Wang Yulan returning.

Looking at their expressions, forget it, no need to ask—they definitely aren't pregnant.

"What did the doctor say?"

Lu Yuan, one hand holding the horse, the other holding his wife's tender hand, stopped and asked.

Wang Yulan pouted her little lips, unhappy, and said:

"The doctor said there's no pregnancy……"

Lu Yuan nodded, then raised his eyebrows and said:

"You can't just force it, you know; you have to calculate the timing, the fertile window."

Calculate timing, fertile window?

It's obvious that Wang Yulan and Pang Kaige don't understand this.

This is normal; newlyweds in the Great Zhou Dynasty wouldn't even talk about such things.

Some newlyweds aren't even clear on what to do on their wedding night.

Let alone talk about fertile or infertile periods.

After Pang Kaige and Wang Yulan glanced at each other, they completely didn't understand what it meant.

Afterward, the two looked at Lu Yuan like curious babies.

Lu Yuan, meanwhile, curled his lips and said:

"Today you two go back to your parents' home, find the elders there to explain it to you—there are particulars to this."

Is that so?

Instantly, Pang Kaige and Wang Yulan became happy again.

We're not going back home; Pang Kaige immediately turned his bicycle around, preparing to go to Wang Yulan's natal home to ask.

Lu Yuan, meanwhile, raised his eyebrows and continued:

"Besides, Brother Kaige, you also need to train; with your scrawny build, can you get by without training?"

Look at me, your brother—I've been running every morning these past few days.

It's definitely because you have some issue that Yulan can't get pregnant.

Pang Kaige: "????"

Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, Pang Kaige, somewhat flushed with anger, looked at Lu Yuan and gritted his teeth, saying:

"You're the one with the problem! You've said all that, acting like you're some expert—has Su Sister gotten pregnant?!"

After Pang Kaige finished speaking, Wang Yulan, not in a good mood, slapped her husband, then turned to Lu Yuan and said with a smile:

"Brother Lu, we're leaving now."

Lu Yuan nodded, but didn't say anything.

He just wore an amused look as he watched Pang Kaige.

Lu Yuan wasn't really talking nonsense; he just didn't mention that, having studied the Medical Sage, he could see something from Pang Kaige's face.

He just said the last time he brought Liu Shoucai and Pang Kaige to Wang Nianjun's house.

Liu Shoucai, in his thirties or forties, ran all the way without panting much.

Of course, Liu Shoucai has always been working; in this village, men still have strength from the annual farming busywork.

But Pang Kaige isn't so out of shape that he'd pant even at a breakfast stall.

Anyway, Pang Kaige does have some issues, more or less.

Don't listen, just pull it~

Anyway, it's not like I can't bear a son~

After Wang Yulan pulled Pang Kaige away in a hurry.

Su Liyan, standing beside Lu Yuan, looked somewhat angry at her husband and said:

"Brother, I'm definitely pregnant this time; I'll surely bring you honor!"

Seeing his wife's cute, angry expression, Lu Yuan couldn't help but pinch her cheeks and laugh.

……

Soon, everyone arrived at the hospital.

Just like before.

Zeng Guofu was there with that old traditional doctor in the office.

Lu Yuan and Gu Lie were also drinking tea while waiting.

Su Liyan was then taken by that auntie from last time, namely Doctor Li, into the obstetrics and gynecology department for examination.

Today, Gu Lie was actually calm.

The unperturbed Zeng Guofu.

It let Zeng Guofu breathe a sigh of relief.

That week, Gu Lie gave Zeng Guofu a good workout, and his waist still hurts to this day.

Gu Lie was asking Lu Yuan about the questions regarding the few Tai Chi moves Lu Yuan had just taught him today.

Lu Yuan was just giving half‑hearted replies, his mind not on whether to punch or not.

Don't even say……

This time isn't quite like last time.

Because this time we can know the exact answer.

Pregnant is pregnant.

If she isn't pregnant, then the dangerous period of the past ten-odd days passed without success, and we'll have to wait and try again next time.

Lu Yuan really is a bit nervous, and also a bit anticipating.

Although, Lu Yuan truly wasn't very eager about having a child at first.

If it weren't for Su Liyan tearing up and saying those words that night.

Lu Yuan really didn't plan to have a child this early.

Although in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it's completely normal for men to have children in their early twenties.

But Lu Yuan's ideas ultimately differ from those of people in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But after thinking it over, having a child now is actually quite good.

After all……

After all, it's impossible for me and Su Liyan to have only one child.

Even if the first child is a son, we'd still have to have three or four.

If we wait until we're twenty-three or twenty-four, or twenty-four or twenty-five, to have our first child, then by the time we have the last one…

My wife would be in her mid‑thirties then?

Advanced maternal age pregnancies are risky, and the medical conditions here aren't good either.

Now, Lu Yuan from time to time glances at the clock on the wall.

Calculating, my wife should be coming out soon.

About seven or eight minutes later.

The office door was pushed open.

Lu Yuan stared at the expression on Doctor Li's and his wife's faces as they came in, and he was stunned—what expression is this?!!

At this moment, Doctor Li, beaming with joy, looked at Lu Yuan and said:

"Our wife is pregnant~"

……

Great Zhou Dynasty, imperial palace, the Inner Palace Granary Guard hurried all the way, rushing to the gate of Chonghua Hall and shouting loudly:

"Your Majesty!!"

"Su Liyan is pregnant!"

At this moment, Gu Qingwan, who was reviewing memorials, heard the sound, immediately lifted her head, and a smile involuntarily appeared on her face as she said:

"Really?!!"

But after saying that, Gu Qingwan suddenly stopped smiling.

Wait a moment……

Su Liyan is pregnant…… why am I so happy……

Recently I first canceled the thing of releasing two chapters in a row at midnight.

Recently you've also noticed, my schedule is completely messed up; I now don't even know when I'm sleepy or awake.

But anyway, updates definitely won't be less; still three updates a day, 1.3 million characters.

But the exact timing of updates is no longer fixed.

(End of chapter)