Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 663 - 661: Don’t Rush, Focus on Your Career First
At night, lying in bed, Lin Wanwan’s mind was in turmoil. She tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
Every time she closed her eyes, the lingering masculine scent of Lu Shouyue overwhelmed her, making it hard to calm down.
Finally, she simply opened the Space-Time Gate and quietly returned to her room in the Great Tang.
She rose and went to the window, watching the crescent moon hanging in the night sky, watching it slowly move, slowly become full.
She watched for a long time before gradually calming down.
The moonlight of the Great Tang was far more beautiful than that of later generations.
Lin Wanwan spent two days and a night in the Great Tang, preparing medicines with Sun Laopo for a full day, practicing calligraphy with little Qingyu for half a day, and listening to Xiao Yixun play the zither for half an hour.
Until another night came, she leisurely returned to the modern era.
At this time, it was already the early hours in the modern era, and she was completely calm, so she went to the bathroom to take a comfortable bath.
Next door, the overly excited Lu Shouyue, who hadn’t slept all night, was burning the midnight oil. Upon hearing the commotion in the adjacent courtyard, he quietly stepped out to investigate.
A hazy light was coming from the opposite bathroom window. Lu Shouyue raised his wrist to check the time.
Showering at this time, it didn’t need to be said his girl had undoubtedly gone on another space-time journey, though the timing was slightly different from before.
Lu Shouyue pondered for a moment, returned inside, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.
A chaotic dream passed, and voices from outside crept into the room, waking Lu Shouyue.
He picked up the watch by the bed and saw that it was already nearly eight o’clock.
He immediately got up, quickly washed, and sent a message to the hotel chef.
When he exited the room, his two bodyguards were already waiting in the living room.
"Any movement from Miss Lin’s side?"
"She’s still at home, didn’t see her leave," Bodyguard Ahao replied.
Lu Shouyue nodded, took a deep breath, opened the door, and headed towards the neighboring courtyard.
Whenever he was next door, he would come over every morning to have breakfast with Lin Wanwan, who had gotten used to it.
After knocking a few times, he heard footsteps from inside.
Having only fallen asleep close to four in the morning, Lin Wanwan still hadn’t adjusted to the time difference, and it was really hard for her to get up in the morning.
Although she had set her phone alarm for seven in the morning, she turned it off as soon as it rang; by the time she woke again, it was already eight.
As soon as the door opened, Lin Wanwan rushed back to the bathroom to wash up, she needed to get to Ancient Capital University!
Luckily, today, Teacher Liang wasn’t going to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for consultations; otherwise, she would have been late.
Having essentially half-forced a kiss on Lin Wanwan last night, Lu Shouyue was rather anxious about coming over this morning. Since leaving last night until now, he hadn’t even dared to send a single WeChat message.
By the time Lin Wanwan finished washing up in a hurry, the chef had already brought over the breakfast ingredients. All she had to do was sit and eat.
Lu Shouyue set the table for Lin Wanwan, and seeing her face was regular, as if nothing had happened, he didn’t know whether to feel relieved or disappointed.
How could there be no effect at all?
He started to feel uneasy again.
But Lin Wanwan had spent the night in the Great Tang, brushing through two days; as long as she didn’t deliberately recall it, last night’s amorous kiss certainly didn’t cause her to act strangely again. Being calm was normal.
"Wanwan, are you free tonight? There’s a new blockbuster, shall we go watch it together?" Lu Shouyue casually mentioned after stuffing a soup dumpling into his mouth.
Lin Wanwan shook her head: "No, I have to study tonight. Watching a movie is such a waste of time; the medical licensure exam is coming up. Let’s go watch it when we’re back in Yongcheng next weekend."
Lu Shouyue raised his eyebrows slightly: "Alright, busy person, I’ll follow your scheduling."
Lin Wanwan stuffed the last crystal shrimp dumpling into her mouth, giving Lu Shouyue a sincere smile to reassure him.
She did feel a bit guilty about not having much time to spend with her boyfriend. She wondered if this is how other people in relationships are too.
Anyway, Lin Wanwan isn’t someone who likes to be glued together all the time; she needs a lot of solitude.
Moreover, thinking about how Lu Shouyue is also extremely busy, often flying everywhere, she’d rather not disrupt his hundred-billion-dollar ventures for the sake of dating.
With this thought, she again considered herself the ideal girlfriend—not clingy at all!
After breakfast, the four separated into two cars, each heading to work.
Today, Teacher Liang had two public classes from about 9:10 to 11:00 in the morning. Lin Wanwan also needed to bring her notebook to attend and then follow Teacher Liang to the Tongren Chinese Medicine Hall in the afternoon for consultations and drafting prescriptions.
Actually, her time with the teacher couldn’t be long; the advanced study class had already ended. After aiding in the delivery of Princess Jin Yang for Empress Zhangsun of the Great Tang, she’d need to start preparing to return to Mao County.
At that time, she wouldn’t know what excuse to use to legitimately disappear from the modern times for a few days.
It would be best if, when she left, Lu Shouyue was also abroad or busy elsewhere with work, so they wouldn’t interfere with each other.
Flying from the modern Ancient City to Yongcheng only takes a little over two hours, but from the Great Tang’s Chang’an back to Mao County, she must first take a carriage to Luoyang and then board a boat at the Grand Canal to Qiantang (Xiao Xianghua’s wedding date has been set, and she has informed Lin Wanwan that she will deliver her dowry to Qiantang), which would take at least half a month.
During such a journey, it’s very difficult to open the Space-Time Gate, as there are too many uncertainties.
Disappearing from the modern world for a few days is one thing, but vanishing from the Great Tang for a month would be a massive issue.
Once back in Yongcheng, Lin Wanwan could only fly to the Ancient City to see her teacher once or twice a month at most, differing from her current convenience of following him daily.
Considering the time required to train in Chinese medicine, a mere three months of mentorship is in fact too short—even if she managed to take advantage of the time glitch, it’s not enough.
To become proficient in Chinese medicine, one needs to study under a master for at least several years.
But since Lin Wanwan couldn’t devote herself entirely to Chinese medicine, this was the limit she could reach. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
Teacher Liang regretted Lin Wanwan’s choice because, in his eyes, Lin Wanwan had extraordinary talent for it. She was a prodigy, quickly mastering whatever she learnt (naturally, she studied here and reinforced it back in the Great Tang with Sun Lao). If she joined the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, her future would undoubtedly be bright there.
Sharing Liang’s view, Sun Lao also found it a pity for Lin Wanwan, believing she had unique potential and could inherit the legacy, but lacked patience.
A while back, Lin Wanwan ’remembered’ the "Ziqi Fenggu Feijing Zhouqi Summary Golden Needle Poem" and transcribed it for Sun Lao to examine.
This poem came from the Ming Dynasty, within Xu Feng’s "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Compendium," and was said to be penned by a recluse by the name of Quanshi Elder in the West River.
Last time, during Madam Cui’s difficult labor, Lin Wanwan used the acupuncture techniques within it to stimulate the delivery.
Lin Wanwan claimed it was written by her reclusive master not to aggrandize herself, but to enhance the medical knowledge of the Great Tang.
Furthermore, reading it in books eventually feels superficial, and it was through Sun Lao’s guidance that she found learning the intricate Golden Needle Poem easier.
Teacher Liang, although better at pulse diagnosis than acupuncture, was getting older, had unsteady hands, and lacked Inner Strength; despite having theoretically stronger foundations than Lin Wanwan multiple times over, their clinical acupuncture skills might merely be on par, so he couldn’t teach her much more.
Bringing the Golden Needle Poem to the Great Tang for Sun Lao’s teaching kind of cheats the effort, but it’s hard to cheat proficiency in technique.
Some acupuncture techniques involve having the knowledge but not the hands, and without several years’ hard training, fully mastering the acupuncture techniques in the Golden Needle Poem is impossible.
