Chapter 504: Preparing for Chang’an

Chapter 504: Chapter 504: Preparing for Chang’an

Yang Xiaofei didn’t answer him, instead throwing a tube of toothpaste at him.

Wang Chenning deftly caught it.

A bottle of makeup remover came flying next, and he caught that too.

In the end, he beat a hasty retreat, not wanting to watch the two women do their makeup.

He was hungry, so he didn’t wait for them and went downstairs to eat lunch by himself.

To his surprise, even after he had finished lunch, he still hadn’t seen them come down.

"Hurry up and eat! Whoever finishes first gets an acupuncture treatment from me. I guarantee that when you go out, you’ll be so gorgeous you’ll turn every head you see!"

After Wang Chenning shouted, Zhao Xiao’an came downstairs, her hair down and wearing pajamas.

She ignored Wang Chenning. After coming downstairs, she sat at the dining table and began to eat by herself.

Only after finishing her meal did she irritably command Wang Chenning, "To the guest room! Give me my treatment!"

"Yes, ma’am!" Wang Chenning immediately followed Zhao Xiao’an.

Once in the guest room, Zhao Xiao’an took off her pajamas and lay facedown, but she still refused to speak to Wang Chenning.

Wang Chenning didn’t try to start a conversation either, instead taking the initiative to massage her for a while.

After more than ten minutes of massage, he gave her an acupuncture treatment.

Seeing that Zhao Xiao’an was completely relaxed, he continued the acupuncture for another ten-plus minutes.

Whether it was the effect of the massage and the acupuncture, Zhao Xiao’an was no longer sulking. When Wang Chenning began to show her affection, she no longer refused.

As she leaned lazily in Wang Chenning’s arms, she sighed softly and said in resignation, "I really give up with you!"

With that, she kicked Wang Chenning away and told him not to disturb her afternoon nap.

When Wang Chenning left the guest room, Yang Xiaofei had already finished lunch and returned to her own bedroom to rest.

As Wang Chenning walked into her bedroom carrying his treatment case, she was on the phone.

Wang Chenning said nothing, simply sitting across from Yang Xiaofei and watching her quietly.

After Yang Xiaofei hung up, she hurled her phone directly at Wang Chenning.

Wang Chenning’s reflexes were quick enough. He snatched the phone out of the air and placed it on the nightstand.

"You have things to take care of this afternoon, don’t you?" Wang Chenning asked, looking at Yang Xiaofei with a grin. "Let me give you a treatment. You’ll be refreshed and full of energy for work in no time!"

"Feeling pretty smug, aren’t you?" Yang Xiaofei stared at Wang Chenning, her face cold. "How does it feel, having a woman on each arm? Pretty great, huh?"

Wang Chenning replied with an aggrieved expression, "I’m just a humble farmer, toiling away every day."

Yang Xiaofei nearly exploded with rage, but before she could erupt, Wang Chenning pushed her down onto the bed.

"Hurry up!" Wang Chenning said impatiently. "I’m tired as a dog, and I still have to wait on you two. There’s no justice in this world! You have things to do this afternoon, and so do I. Lie down properly. As soon as I’m done with your acupuncture, I’m leaving!"

Yang Xiaofei refused to cooperate, but Wang Chenning subdued her in a few moves until she didn’t dare to struggle.

Once Wang Chenning’s silver needles pierced her acupoints, Yang Xiaofei lay there obediently, offering no more resistance.

After about half an hour of acupuncture, Yang Xiaofei was already feeling refreshed and clear-headed.

But of course, Wang Chenning wasn’t going to let her have the energy to curse him, so he immediately employed another technique.

When Yang Xiaofei realized something was amiss, she began to struggle and resist again, but she was no match for Wang Chenning. She soon yielded to his domineering power.

In the end, he had subdued her into complete compliance.

"You can get up in half an hour. You’ll be brimming with energy then!" With the treatment finished and his things packed, Wang Chenning got ready to go, offering one last reminder to Yang Xiaofei.

Without saying goodbye to Zhao Xiao’an, who was sleeping in the other room, Wang Chenning drove away from Yang Xiaofei’s villa.

On the road, he received messages from both Yang Xiaofei and Zhao Xiao’an.

"You disgusting scumbag! I don’t want to see you again!" That was Yang Xiaofei’s message.

"Don’t come looking for me for a while. Let me have some peace and quiet, okay?"

Wang Chenning replied to both with the same smiley face, then focused on driving.

「That afternoon」

Wang Chenning called a meeting with his disciples to lay out the plans for the laboratory’s construction and to arrange their work for the near future.

Most of the disciples, led by Chang Qingfeng and Lin Qingyan, would head to Chang’an the next day to prepare for gathering herbs in the Zhongnan Mountains.

Wu Jingyi, Zhang Manxin, and two other disciples would stay behind to supervise the lab’s construction and teach the students.

The arrangement for the classes would be the same as when Wang Chenning had gone to Jiangnan: he would record video lessons, and Wu Jingyi and Zhang Manxin would be responsible for providing on-site explanations and answering student questions.

After he returned from gathering herbs in the Zhongnan Mountains, he would also begin recruiting graduate students.

Wang Chenning promised the disciples he had personally taken in that as long as they passed their final assessments, he would definitely help them secure their doctorates.

In truth, whether in terms of professional skill or clinical diagnostic ability, the disciples Wang Chenning had accepted had already surpassed most chief physicians of Chinese medicine in hospitals. However, there was still a gap between them and a top-tier traditional medicine expert like Wang Chenning himself.

From a practical standpoint, granting them doctorates was not an issue at all.

Furthermore, after officially recruiting graduate students next semester, Wang Chenning wanted them to take on some of the teaching and practical instruction duties.

As he was assigning these tasks, Wang Chenning received a message from Li Yanxian: "My flight is the morning after tomorrow, straight to Chang’an. I’ll wait for you at Xianyang International Airport!"