Has Young Master Ning Pretended to Be Sick Today?

A calculating master physician who “sees through everything but never says it aloud” vs. a spirited young gentleman who “tries hard to act but always gives himself away” Ning Qingyue is Yunze Town’s number-one beauty enthusiast. His life motto: If someone’s good-looking, you have to take a few extra glances! Heard there’s a physician as otherworldly as an immortal in town, Zhao Qingyun? Young Master Ning decides on the spot that he has to see the immortal physician’s beautiful face for himself: Pretend to be sick! Absolutely pretend to be sick! The cough must be poetic, the complexion pale, the figure frail: he’s determined to leave a lasting impression on the physician as “the patient who made one fleeting, unforgettable appearance”! And so, the daily question at the Ning household becomes: Did the young master pretend to be sick today? Pretend to have a headache? Just to get a close look at the physician’s focused eyes and brows! Pretend to have a stomachache? So the physician will hold those beautiful hands a little longer while checking his pulse! Pretend to be weak? Then the physician might softly ask, “Are you feeling all right?” Zhao Qingyun looks at the young master before him, so pale he barely looks human… Zhao Qingyun, thinking: That powder… he’s even paler than my medicine cabinet. Could you clear your throat before coughing? Your acting… needs work. But outwardly, he remains impassive. “Young Master, this is a case of ‘excessive heart fire.’ You need to rest.” Just as his daily charade of illness turns into a VIP pass to see the physician’s face, Ning Qingyue is congratulating himself… when he meets Zhao Qingyun’s smiling eyes. “Young Master Wangshu, have you had your fill? If you’re ‘better’… why not travel the world with me and see all its beautiful sights and people?”