Chapter 525 How Is She in Your Room
Chen Yang felt a sense of helplessness.
This mental illness was clearly a symptom of corpse poison infection, but due to some special circumstances, these patients hadn't died directly. Instead, they appeared to be suffering from manic depression.
Chen Yang could only fabricate explanations for Zhou Shanshan. To make his story plausible, he had to bring up some traditional Chinese medicine theories regarding mental health.
Although Zhou Shanshan was renowned in the field of psychiatry, her knowledge was exclusively Western. Hearing Chen Yang speak of traditional Chinese medicine methods for treating mental disorders, she found it utterly astonishing.
Zhou Shanshan murmured, "According to you, cinnabar, as a Chinese herbal medicine, can also calm manic patients? This is truly strange. I always thought drawing talismans with cinnabar was just stuff from movies and novels, but I never expected it to have any connection to traditional Chinese medicine."
Chen Yang shrugged. "Of course, it does. Cinnabar is used to treat quite a few ailments. Mid-level Chinese patent medicines like 'Zhu Sha An Shen Wan' are still available in pharmacies and are very effective for patients suffering from anxiety."
Zhou Shanshan nodded thoughtfully. As they chatted, she leaned her head against the pillow and, before she knew it, fell asleep.
Chen Yang had been droning on about mundane aspects of traditional Chinese medicine when he suddenly heard Zhou Shanshan's regular breathing. He looked up and realized she had already fallen asleep.
Chen Yang felt a wave of helplessness. He glanced at the time; it was past one in the morning. He couldn't bring himself to wake her, so he turned off the light and lay down to rest.
For Chen Yang, the most important thing was to keep track of Professor Wang's movements.
The next morning.
Li Gang's cursing could be heard from the courtyard. Li Gang was furious. It hadn't been too cold the previous night because of the stove, but at around six in the morning, when he got up to use the toilet and returned, he was too cold to sleep.
By seven o'clock, Li Gang couldn't stand it any longer. He got up, neglected to wash himself, and his first thought was to find Zhou Shanshan to chat with.
After all, Zhou Shanshan had come to Clear Water Village to treat patients, but Li Gang had purely come to woo her.
Li Gang had been coveting his junior sister, Zhou Shanshan, for a long time.
The Li family was a prominent clan, even in Beijing. Therefore, Li Gang's pursuit of medicine was merely a formality.
His father and grandfather simply wanted him to learn some psychological techniques to gain an advantage in the business world and at the negotiation table, to be able to read people's minds and better control conversations.
Li Gang himself was aware of this, so his doctoral studies were just a perfunctory effort.
However, during his second year of doctoral studies, a beautiful junior sister appeared, and Li Gang became instantly enthralled.
Initially, he had intended to pursue Zhou Shanshan for just a year before breaking up. After all, a playboy like Li Gang never lacked girlfriends. But he hadn't expected Zhou Shanshan to be so difficult to win over, leaving the pampered young master Li with a bruised ego. No matter how devoted Li Gang acted, he couldn't win Zhou Shanshan's heart.
Most importantly, during their prolonged pursuit and interactions, Li Gang discovered that a cold, intelligent, and highly intelligent woman like Zhou Shanshan was quite charming, unlike the women he had dated before.
Those previous girlfriends appeared gentle and pure on the surface, but in reality, they were all facades. Inside, they were either dark or manipulative, and their sole interest in Li Gang was his money.
Therefore, Li Gang was willing to endure hardships and accompany Zhou Shanshan to Clear Water Village this time, solely to create opportunities for them to be alone and quickly win her over.
Li Gang arrived at Zhou Shanshan's room and knocked loudly. He said with a smile, "Junior Sister, Junior Sister, hurry and open the door. Let me in to warm up."
"That old scoundrel Qin Ming has truly wronged me. I haven't slept all night because I was so cold. Junior Sister, please open the door. I have some good news for you!"
Li Gang chuckled, intending to use all his tricks to win over Zhou Shanshan as soon as possible. However, after knocking for two minutes, the door remained shut.
Impatient, Li Gang increased the force of his knocks.
Just then, the adjacent door creaked open. Chen Yang glanced at Li Gang and muttered, "What are you knocking so haphazardly for so early in the morning? If you want to sleep, we do too!"
Li Gang cast a disdainful look at Chen Yang and sneered, "Get lost, go away. You bumpkin, if you hadn't coincidentally known how to drive and gotten mixed up with our medical team, someone of your status would consider it a great honor to even exchange a word with me on an ordinary day. Why so much nonsense? Hurry back inside. I'm looking for my junior sister, don't disturb me."
Li Gang was very impatient with Chen Yang. Moreover, in Li Gang's mind, he believed Chen Yang had stolen his room.
Chen Yang glanced at Li Gang, shook his head, and decided it was beneath him to deal with the wealthy young master. If he hadn't been trying to hide his identity, he would have taught Li Gang a lesson and made him suffer.
As Li Gang muttered sarcastic remarks about Chen Yang, Zhou Shanshan's voice suddenly rang out.
Zhou Shanshan rubbed her eyes and walked towards the door, asking, "Mr. Chen, who are you talking to? Oh dear, what time is it?"
Zhou Shanshan swayed her head as she walked to the door.
On the other side, Li Gang, who was still knocking, heard Zhou Shanshan's voice coming from Chen Yang's room. His jaw dropped. He took three quick steps and reached Chen Yang's room door.
Li Gang peeked into the room and saw Zhou Shanshan, dressed in a thick pajama, rubbing her eyes with a languid air, standing behind Chen Yang.
The scene was clear: Zhou Shanshan had slept in Chen Yang's room last night, and she was still in her pajamas!
Seeing this, Li Gang felt his heart shatter. Without another thought, he kicked Chen Yang's stomach.
Li Gang cursed loudly, "Damn it, you toad! How dare you try to steal my woman? I'll cripple you right now."
Li Gang was enraged. When had he ever suffered such a loss or endured such humiliation?
Not a single woman he pursued had ever escaped his grasp!
He had money and connections, and he was a doctoral student, witty and humorous. Even the most difficult women found it hard to resist his immense financial power.
Yet, after painstakingly pursuing his junior sister for over a year, he hadn't even held her hand. Today, she had been taken by Chen Yang, whom she had only met recently.
Most importantly, Chen Yang was just a security guard, a bumpkin!
Li Gang's fury erupted, and he stopped holding back, launching an attack on Chen Yang.
Chen Yang immediately took a step back, then with a bang, quickly closed the door.
Li Gang's foot directly hit the door. With a loud thud, the solid wood door remained unchanged, but Li Gang was sent tumbling to the ground.
Chen Yang locked the door with a click and said indifferently, "This guy is so childish. Forget it, I won't bother with him. Miss Zhou, let's go back to sleep."