The Martial Doctor-Chapter 56: Lin the Little Top Scorer

The brush is too soft, and there’s no pencil, but charcoal is fairly easy to make. Using charcoal for detailed painting works quite well.

Just a few strokes.

The contour of Senior Sister Sun Youwei’s face appears on a sheet of mulberry paper, starting with the eyes, as eyes are the windows to the soul, then the nose, and finally the lips...

Senior Sister’s lips are still slightly pale, but they are much better compared to two months ago.

Although born in an ordinary family, Master has cultivated Senior Sister with the manner of a "gentleman’s daughter," displaying excellent etiquette and grace in all her motions.

Lin Miao seriously suspects that he, the foster husband, might be Master’s backup plan for Senior Sister because they simply don’t match at all.

Of course, that was the former self. Now, who dares say he’s not a match?

"Senior Sister, don’t be too restrained; move as you wish and don’t intentionally maintain posture," Lin Miao said.

"Oh, got it, Junior Brother,"

An hour later, a detailed sketch of a lady appears under Lin Miao’s pen. Although only black lines are outlined, Sun Youwei’s serene and gentle demeanor is vividly depicted.

Sun Youwei saw it, surprised, covering her mouth with an exclamation, her eyes shining brightly.

"Is this me, Junior Brother? You’ve made me look too pretty! When did you learn to draw..."

"I secretly learned from Master. Actually, this painting shows less than one ten-thousandth of Senior Sister’s beauty."

"Your mouth is getting sweeter; who knows how many girls will be charmed by your smooth talk in the future!" Sun Youwei said excitedly, liking the painting so much that she didn’t want to let go.

"How did you know Father can paint?"

Master indeed has hidden skills...

"I watched Master’s drawings of herbs and learned from him. I enjoy drawing portraits; he always thought I was neglecting my duties."

"Moreover, no matter how glib my tongue is, I won’t deceive Senior Sister." Smelling the youthful fragrance from Sun Youwei, Lin Miao couldn’t help but feel enchanted, moving closer, almost touching.

"Junior Brother..." Feeling the masculine presence from behind, Sun Youwei’s heartbeat quickened, her legs felt weak, unable to move.

Junior Brother is becoming more presumptuous!

"Senior Sister, when the mourning period is over, I will marry you. What do you say?" Lin Miao slightly lowered his head, inhaled the subtle fragrance of Sun Youwei’s hair, and softly spoke in her ear.

Sun Youwei’s cheeks instantly turned as red as sunset clouds, her voice stuck in her throat, and at this moment, Lin Miao, seeing his bashful and lovely Senior Sister, couldn’t hold back, giving her a peck on her rosy right cheek like a dragonfly skimming the water.

Ah?

Faced with the unexpected assault, Sun Youwei felt as if struck by lightning; a sensation she had never experienced in nineteen years surged through her entire body.

Her mind scattered, her feet stumbled, and she fell directly into Lin Miao’s embrace.

Warm, soft, and fragrant.

Lin Miao understands Sun Youwei’s shy nature; some things can’t be rushed, they must be approached gradually. Holding hands is no problem now, speaking daring words can be tolerated, but sneaking a peck just now, going further would touch boundaries.

Therefore, Lin Miao simply embraced her, then steadied her to stand upright, without making any other moves.

Seeing Lin Miao didn’t push his luck, Sun Youwei also breathed a sigh of relief, her tense body relaxed.

"Senior Sister, I couldn’t help myself earlier and was a bit presumptuous. I’m sorry," Lin Miao apologized sincerely.

"No, it’s nothing..." Sun Youwei’s face reddened even more, feeling the need to leave, clutching the detailed sketch Lin Miao drew for her and running out.

"Senior Sister, this painting isn’t..."

No worries, it just means there’ll be a next time. Could it be tacit approval?

Actually, Lin Miao plans to use this painting as a base to carve a jade tablet from the piece of jade obtained from Huang Yulang, intending to gift it on Sun Youwei’s birthday next month.

Now that Sun Youwei has taken the painting away, he’ll have to recreate it from memory.

...

The next morning, Lin Miao got up and practiced martial arts in the backyard, feeling enthusiastic, wearing only a single garment.

He practices Baji Fist, a fierce and vigorous style of boxing.

The sound of fists hissing, as if a beast awakening within, each punch seemingly calm yet containing immense power.

The entire courtyard was filled with this strong rhythmical sound, which also startled Qin Yanran in the adjacent tower.

Clad in a red dress, standing on the tower, looking down at Lin Miao practicing boxing in the courtyard, Qin Yanran’s eyes narrowed slightly; such fierce boxing, she seems never to have seen.

Where did this young man learn such powerful boxing?

Each move, each technique contains tremendous destructive power. The layman watches for excitement, the expert sees the essence; Qin Yanran is, after all, skilled.

With sharp eyesight, she immediately notices Lin Miao’s boxing looks simple but is extremely deadly in combat.

This is an extremely aggressive boxing style; if she were in the Bone Forging Realm, she might be at a disadvantage against it.

Where did this boxing style come from?

Besides his deceased "physician" master, does someone else teach him martial arts?

Moreover, observing Lin Miao’s aura, he has apparently entered the Bone Forging Realm. A young man from a small place, able to reach such a level without a renowned teacher, is quite remarkable.

Lin Miao’s martial arts talent is apparently not lacking either.

With Qin Yanran watching from the tower, Lin Miao certainly knows, Baji Fist isn’t something learned just by observing; moreover, the person lives in the adjacent tower, and practicing in the courtyard can’t block the view.

Fine, just look, it’s not like you’ll lose a piece of flesh.

Lin Miao deliberately swung his shoulder, revealing a stretch of muscle, with the morning light reflecting a captivating bronze glow on his skin.

This is what’s called showing off muscles.

Qin Yanran, upon seeing this, couldn’t help but touch her head, realizing she was being seduced by a sixteen-year-old boy!

He was so bold, with a cute and pretty junior sister, he still flirted with her?

Men indeed are all the same.

Heaven and earth conscience, Lin Miao really had no intention of seducing Qin Yanran, it was nothing more than normal "showing off muscles," at most just a subconscious tease.

"Junior brother, you sweated so much." Sun Youwei came over with a towel, thoughtfully wiping the sweat off Lin Miao’s forehead.

Seeing this scene, Qin Yanran’s face darkened even more.

You little punk, you’re deliberately going against me, aren’t you?

Qin Yanran couldn’t stand it anymore, she forcefully drew the window shut to show her displeasure.

However, she wasn’t entirely sure why she was dissatisfied, she just felt irritated.

Finally, that woman stopped looking.

Sun Youwei also didn’t like Qin Yanran, that gaze was very uncomfortable.

...

"Ignore her, just a menopausal old woman..." Hearing the door and window being closed, Sun Youwei looked up astonished, being secretly reminded by Lin Miao.

"Bastard, who are you calling menopausal, I’m only a decade older than you!" Although the voice was soft, Qin Yanran inside the door and window heard it clearly and distinctly.

"What’s menopause?" Sun Youwei asked, obviously, as a young girl, she didn’t understand this.

"This menopause, I’ll slowly explain it to you later, no, I need to hurry back and take a shower." Lin Miao let out a laugh, took the towel, and left.

...

After breakfast.

"Senior sister, the Eight Pieces of Brocade I taught you, you have to practice it every day, it must not be interrupted, just practice until you’re slightly sweaty each day."

"Got it, junior brother."

"Is Miss Shi Yin almost recovered, did she tell you her next plan?" Lin Miao asked Sun Youwei.

"Junior brother, I think Miss Shi Yin is very smart, she’s already free, so there’s no need to go back." Sun Youwei hesitated and said.

"Does senior sister want her to stay?"

"I just think that if she goes back to that life, why work so hard to gain freedom?" Sun Youwei said.

Over the month of interaction, Sun Youwei and Shi Yin got along quite well, and they got along really well.

However, the female tyrant next door is not easy to deal with, Shi Yin had already agreed to go to work, and now if she backs out, it seems a bit untrustworthy.

But it’s not Shi Yin’s fault for being untrustworthy, if it weren’t for Qin Yanran’s coercion, why would Shi Yin almost lose her life again?

For this reason alone, Shi Yin has every reason to refuse to go back to work at Huaye Tower, I mean, I can’t not value my own life, can I?

"Boss, that pair of grandparents came again last time." Luu Wan the cook came in small steps to report in the living room.

"Who?"

"Junior brother, it should be the old doctor Xu An from Baoan Hall and Miss Xu Qixi." Sun Youwei realized and explained.

Lin Miao suddenly understood, that day he happened to be taking the medical exam, wasn’t home, the pair of grandparents came to see Miss Shi Yin, although his senior sister told him about this later, the impression was much weaker compared to seeing it personally.

Xu An, not only one of the top ten famous doctors in Dongshan City, but he also once instructed Master Sun Simiao, although just that one time.

But for someone to open their mouth to instruct, it was already a great favor, Master is not here, Lin Miao, as the disciple, naturally must repay this kindness.

So, he has to go out to meet them personally.

This is etiquette.

Prior to this, Sun Youwei hadn’t done this, she was a girl, unmarried, generally, in such situations, it’s not suitable for girls to go out to welcome guests.

Lin Miao changed into a formal robe for receiving guests, personally going to the door to greet Xu An and Xu Qixi.

"Youngster Lin Miao greets Mr. Xu and Miss Xu!" Lin Miao saw a spirited elderly man, standing beside a handsome youth whose chest was bulging, and naturally recognized their identities.

"Lin the ’Flower Seeking Scholar’."

"I’m ashamed, I’m just the third place in Dongshan Prefecture’s medical exam, how dare I bear the reputation of ’Flower Seeking Scholar’." Lin Miao quickly said, you perhaps didn’t mean to flatter excessively, but once you call me the ’Flower Seeking Scholar’, I’m afraid the entire Dongshan City will know by tomorrow.

The first place didn’t even dare call themselves ’Top Scholar’, how could you, who was merely in third place, dare to call yourself ’Flower Seeking Scholar’, it’s simply overly arrogant.

The titles Flower Seeking Scholar, Second Scholar, and Top Scholar originally were reserved for the top three in the "Jinshi" exams but gradually also used in the medical exams.

Although the medical exam is hosted by the prefecture, its difficulty is no less than the "Jinshi" exam, being in the top three is really remarkable.

However, they usually add a prefix "little".

Many people are unwilling to have a prefix "little" in front of them, so although some call it that, it’s not called often, and it’s easy to attract resentment.