The Urban Medical Martial Immortal-Chapter 531 - 527: The Sound Sleeper (Fourth update!)

Changsun Zihui was using headphones for the call, so Lin Tian didn’t hear the voice or content on the other end.

After the other party picked up, he also turned his head to look out the window, curiously scrutinizing the unfamiliar city.

Once Changsun Zihui hung up, Lin Tian then turned back to her.

"How late does Sister Chang Ying usually work?"

Lin Tian asked.

"Hmm~~"

Changsun Zihui raised her hand to look at the delicate lady’s wristwatch on the Jade Bowl and crisply replied, "About another hour. Are you going to wait at the hospital for Yingying to finish work, and then we go to dinner together, or should I take you to your hotel?"

"Since I’ve come, let’s wait at the hospital for Sister Chang Ying to finish work!"

Lin Tian shook his head slightly, smiling, "But why did Sister Chang Ying come back to work in Liiu Rong? Things seemed pretty good for her in Bin City. Plus, I remember her dad had a big company in Bin City; she should have just taken over management there, no need to run all the way back here!"

Back in the day, Lin Tian remembered, Chang Ying’s father, Chang Zhonghe, nearly lost his entire effort-built herbal medicine plantation due to his stepmother, Aunt Zheng’s, instigations.

In the end, during his chance encounter at Bin City Hospital, he cured Chang Zhonghe’s ailment, solved the high-interest loan problems, and with Chen Halan’s support, helped set up his own company.

Chang Ying had no reason to return to the small place of Liiu Rong!

"Running a big company? I did hear Yingying mention that. They even planned to open a branch back in Liiu Rong! But then for some reason, the company mysteriously went bankrupt. In the end, Chang Ying’s dad had to come back and start over, busying himself with his herbal medicine plantation!"

Changsun Zihui explained, and then giggled, "But you keep calling her ’Sister Chang Ying’ so affectionately. You’re not in a May-December romance, are you? Yet you seem to know nothing about her situation!"

May-December romance?

Lin Tian looked startled and then pursed his lips, thinking how truly inscrutable a woman’s heart was, and how quickly her mind jumped topics.

"I’m just ordinary friends with Sister Chang Ying! Back in Bin City, during my senior year of high school, I got injured and was hospitalized, and she was my nurse! At that time, it was just her..."

With a helpless gesture, Lin Tian gave a brief explanation, continuing, "Hey, she doesn’t talk about her troubles. When we get to the hospital, shall I ask and offer to help her?"

"Giggle... no wonder you’re so young, just a high school graduate! But kid, don’t talk big, what can you help her with, really?"

Changsun Zihui sized Lin Tian up again, teasingly said, "Since you came to visit, let me treat you to a grand meal later!"

"I’m not bragging... anyway, we’ll talk about it when we get there. But since Sister Zihui, you’re offering, I won’t hold back!"

Lin Tian had also noticed that Changsun Zihui, despite her appearance, exuded none of the airs of a pampered heiress; she had a very approachable vibe, making communication comfortable, so he just went ahead and responded with a smile.

First Renmin Hospital in the Liiu Rong New District wasn’t far from the bus station. In less than five minutes, they had already arrived.

After getting off the car and coming out of the hospital’s underground parking lot, Lin Tian followed Changsun Zihui into the hospital.

Chang Ying had been on the mid-shift for the past few days.

In the ICU on the tenth floor.

However.

As soon as the two of them took the elevator to the tenth floor, just about to step out, a tall young man already approached, carrying a bouquet of flowers.

"Miss Changsun, these are the flowers from Young Master Mengg for you. Please accept them!"

The young man walked up to them, very respectfully handing over the flowers, and spoke.

Blocked on their path, the two had no choice but to stop.

It was evident that the young man had come to deliver a message to Changsun Zihui on someone else’s behalf. Lin Tian could only stop in his tracks and stand aside to watch.

Upon seeing the young man, Changsun Zihui’s face displayed an expression of helplessness, and after a slight touch to her forehead, she spoke, "Please take the flowers back and tell Mengg Zhao that I will be with him as arranged by my family when the time comes. There’s no need for him to keep sending flowers and inviting me to dinner now, I know what his intentions are!" freewёbnoνel.com

"Miss Changsun, but... but without your acceptance, it’s difficult for me to explain when I return!"

The tall youth showed an embarrassed look, his tone carrying a hint of pleading.

"Just throw the flowers in the trash bin, and then go back and report in!"

Changsun Zihui’s face grew colder as she frowned.

"This..."

The tall youth’s face fell, clearly distressed as he said, "If Mengg finds out, he’ll break my legs for sure!"

Hearing this, Changsun Zihui snatched the message from the young man’s hand, walked a few steps forward, and stuffed it into the corridor’s trash can.

"You can go back and report in now!"

Changsun Zihui coldly glanced at the youth, then pulled Lin Tian along, "Let’s go!"

Being tugged by Changsun Zihui, Lin Tian looked back at the departing young man and after some distance said, "Sister Zihui, do you have some trouble that you need help with?"

"Help? You really are a little brother who’s just left school, you don’t understand anything! Society is more complicated than you think. Don’t get involved in my affairs, please!"

Changsun Zihui’s face first registered shock, then she smiled bitterly before she seriously said to Lin Tian.

Hearing this, Lin Tian silently shook his head and said nothing more.

Since she had politely refused, there was no need for him to pry further.

They had not walked far when they saw Chang Ying in a white nurse’s uniform, stepping out of an intensive care ward with several boxes of medicine in her hand.

When she saw Lin Tian and Changsun Zihui approaching, her small mouth opened in astonishment.

"Zihui, I asked you to go fetch Lin Tian, not to romanticize the young and handsome guy here!"

Having regained her wits, Chang Ying’s face broke into a smile as she half-jokingly said, "This is a public place, and here you are, walking hand in hand!"

"Ah~~"

Changsun Zihui had been brooding over her dealings with Mengg Zhao and, distracted, had forgotten to let go of Lin Tian’s hand.

Upon hearing Chang Ying’s comment, she gasped and quickly withdrew her hand.

"Yingying, stop talking nonsense!"

Changsun Zihui glared with disapproval and said, "It’s you who sent me to pick someone up without telling me who it was, and it turned out to be just a kid. It’s like hiding fresh meat in a golden house!"

"Alright, alright... I can’t win against you! Lin Tian is a good friend of mine! He’s here for a reason!"

Chang Ying had known since the incident at the stall on Ancient Face Street in Bin City that Lin Tian was no ordinary person. She knew that his visit this time was mainly because of the White Fog at her family’s herb cultivation base. Turning to Lin Tian, she said, "I still need an hour before I can get off work. I have to wait for the attending physician of the ICU to come for a confirmation before I can leave. This patient is quite special; she wakes up every night to eat, then falls back asleep! Other than when eating, she shows no signs of life, a very strange illness! According to the doctor, she has the ’Sleeping Dead’ syndrome!"

Sleeping Dead?

Lin Tian was surprised to hear this novel medical term and couldn’t help but step forward to look through the glass window into the ward.

He could vaguely see a woman appearing to be only in her thirties lying on the bed, her face pretty, exuding mature charm.

However, what was strange was that when Lin Tian’s Divine Sense probed inward, he couldn’t feel the slightest trace of vitality within her.

This left him utterly shocked.