Chapter 438 - Diagnosis (1/2)
Alex logged into the game and slowly woke up from his sleep. He felt well-rested even after just 6 hours of sleep.
'I probably could've just cultivated… but then I wouldn't get to choose when I wake up,' he thought.
He opened the door and walked out. It was evening time and the hallway was lit up with normal lanterns.
'Are normal lanterns expensive?' he wondered. He didn't know a lot about formations yet so he assumed there was a reason for all of these.
He walked into the main hall of the manor and found a servant.
”Excuse me, miss. Do you know where sister Luo Mei is?” he asked.
”Please come with me, young lord,” the servant said and took him over to a room.
”Young Lady Mei, you have a visitor,” she said from outside the door. The door soon opened and Luo Mei looked out.
”Oh, you're awake. Are you fully rested?” she asked. Alex saw the blue-colored room inside that was bigger than his guest room.
”Ah, yeah, I'm fine. I was thinking of going to check Uncle Keng,” Alex said.
”You're ready to check father?” Luo Mei asked with surprise. ”I thought you still needed to read some more?”
”I can read later,” Alex said. ”The learning part after reading takes time, so I wanted to see what I can get from Uncle's illness as fast as I could.”
”I can always read afterward and try again if I can't,” Alex said.
”Oh, okay,” Luo Mei said and walked out.
”I was actually hoping you would go find some medical books for me while I check up on Uncle,” Alex said.
”No, need. I will just have some servant do that. I can't go out and look for medical books anyway. That's like telling the Tians that my father is ill and I'm looking into whatever I can to heal him,” Luo Mei said.
”Those vultures will come to eat us alive before we can even heal father.”
Alex was surprised at the tension between the two families. ”Aren't the two families supposed to have a good relationship?” Alex asked.
”On the surface, yeah. Even most servants in the house would think so. But underneath, there is a lot of envy and jealousy between the two houses.”
”You can imagine what money does to people. The old man Tian came to ask our hands in marriage because he knows father doesn't have sons, so our entire fortune is in the hands of me and my sister.”
”He wants to intervene in fast enough to get that fortune. Fuck that guy! He should see how ugly his sons are first,” Luo Mei said angrily.
”Anyway, let's go.”
Alex followed Luo Mei along the inner hall and walked to the backyard.
”Oh, Young lord Ming seems to have rested already,” old man Jin walked from the side.
”Oh, hello again, senior Jin,” Alex said.
”Grandpa Jin, I have a job for you,” Luo Mei said.
”Anything, young lady,” old man Jin said.
Luo Mei quickly tasked him with finding every medical book in the city as well as getting the ones in the library.
”I will do it as quickly as I can,” old man Jin said and left.
”Come,” Luo Mei then walked up next to a big pond where Luo Keng and Shi Nangong were spending their time together.
Right next to them were Xiao Huang and Luo Xing talking with them as well.
”Oh, you guys are here,” Luo Keng said. ”Are you rested, nephew Ming?”
”Yes, uncle,” Alex said.
”Father, Yu Ming wants to examine you,” Luo Mei said.
”Oh… right now?” Luo Keng was surprised. ”Very well. What do I do?”
”Well, you can start by answering some questions,” Alex said. ”For starters, when did you notice you were ill?”
”Hmm… when was it, honey? About a month and a half ago?” Luo Keng asked.
”Yes, about that time,” Shi Nangong said.
”What are the symptoms?” Alex asked.
”I… feel generally weaker. I vomit blood from time to time. Nothing I eat stays in my stomach for long either. There are times when I feel piercing pain in my stomach.”
”I send in my Qi to use Qi sense and see what is wrong, but it doesn't work as it should,” Luo Keng said.
”Other than that… I'm fine. Ah right, cultivating no longer works. I can cultivate, but I only get weaker instead of growing stronger.”
Alex mused on the information he was given. The symptoms seemed to match with a few of the things that were in his mind, but he needed to learn a bit more.
”Can I check your pulse?” Alex asked.
”Sure,” Luo Keng said. ”Do whatever you have to.”
Alex walked up and pulled up Luo Keng's sleeves to show his not so muscular arms.