Meals at Doctor Li’s House

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Li Ningshu: "My beloved is a heroine who fights her way through every obstacle."

Shu Tan moves house and discovers that her coworker lives across the hall, and that her coworker is an excellent cook.

The rich, faintly herbal aroma of chicken soup made with Chinese medicinal herbs makes her mouth water. She knocks on the door across the hall under a pretext. "Dr. Li, making dinner?"

Li Ningshu smiles faintly. "Yes. Silkie chicken stewed with goji berries and chrysanthemum clears heat and tastes sweet and soothing. Want a bowl?"

She is about to nod when he continues, "No, you don't. Bet you didn't see that coming. Now you know what it feels like, junior."

Later, Dr. Li feeds her while complaining, "Having a good name sure is convenient. Look at you, with your clothes brought to you and your meals served to you. What a comfortable life."

Shu Tan immediately denies it three times. "I didn't, I haven't, don't make things up."

Dr. Li's expression turns stern. "I'm making chicken with fiveroot figwort tomorrow. You have until now to convince me to save it."

Shu Tan looks like she's too embarrassed to eat his food, but smiles indulgently. "Fine, I was wrong. I shouldn't have done that. I repent."

#Dr. Su's devoted-wife persona will never fall#

#Or so she thinks :)#

#A composer who doesn't want to cook isn't a good doctor: a preventive-medicine TCM doctor & a respiratory-medicine PhD who's a klutz in daily life but a giant at work#

Reader's guide:

1. Preventive Medicine is based on the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor: "The superior physician treats illness before it arises, not after it has already developed." This is a relatively new classification of TCM departments that has emerged in recent years. It mainly treats illness in its early stages to prevent it from worsening and becoming difficult to treat. Its services are primarily for healthy and subhealthy people, those recovering from serious illnesses, and people at risk of developing certain conditions. This explanation is from Baidu.

2. Some of the reference books used for this story include Diagnosis and Analysis of Difficult Respiratory Cases and Case Records of Famous TCM Practitioners Diagnosing and Treating Respiratory Diseases. References on medicinal cuisine include Dietary Records from Suixi Ju and A Daily Meal, as well as medical textbooks and academic websites such as CNKI. If you spot any errors, please point them out kindly. You don't have to tell me if you drop the story, and please don't make personal attacks or pile on! =_=

3. This story is fictional, with no real-life character models, and is not a documentary. Some details are invented, and the departments may differ from those in real hospitals. Please understand.

4. All place names in the story are invented for the plot. Please don't associate them with real places.

5. Research buffs, enter at your own risk! Research buffs, stay away! Research buffs, stay away! Thanks for your cooperation!!!

6. This story will be contracted tomorrow (November 30). A ten-thousand-word feast of a chapter will be released then. Thank you all for your support. Mwah~

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Let's Talk Love After a Drink

Blurb:

Someone asked on an online forum: "What are some bizarre, melodramatic stories from paternity testing centers?"

Sang Luojiu, a certified paternity tester, was invited to answer. "Thanks for the invite. I'm at work, just stepped out of my office. For example, I did a test myself, and when the results came back, my older sister was no longer my biological sister."

Sang Luojiu thought that was melodramatic enough, but falling for Wei Zhen left her even more speechless.

The owner of the Tipsy Tavern, Wei Zhen, is handsome, wealthy, and a skilled bartender. Countless female customers jokingly ask him over drinks if he wants a younger sister.

Wei Zhen refuses without hesitation. "I've already got one. Soon she'll be listed in my household register as my spouse."

Sang Luojiu tests the waters: "I have a distillery to offer as a betrothal gift. Will you marry me?"

Wei Zhen is secretly delighted. "That's a good deal. It's a match!"

#Believe it or not, at first I really thought she was my biological little sister, but now she's the girl I love#

#Shocking: I became my older sister's sister-in-law#

A paternity tester who can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk and handle gossip and work at the same time & a master sommelier who'll have to go home and inherit the family business if the bar fails

Theme: A heartwarming story about two doctors joining hands to overcome illness.