Chapter 365 - Man or woman

"Oh C'mon!"

Xiu Mei rolled her eyes, walked with fast steps to the grumpy old man sitting on the chair and wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, "Mr. Zeng…." Before elder Zeng could sulk any more she placed a soft kiss on his rough cheek then moved her head to the right to kiss another cheek. "How are you doing? Howz your health? Did you miss me? I definitely missed you.... here- another kiss…. Muahhh… Sorry I didn't come earlier, was tired and jet-lagged"

She crouched down in front of Zeng Shihong and blinked with dove-like eyes when he didn't respond, sat with a dejected look. Only Lu Gingxin saw through the thoughts of his cunning old friend who was deliberately doing all this to get her attention.

What will come next? According to this stingy old man, he will take advantage of the situation and put a demand in front of the innocent girl.

Lu Gengxin sneered inwardly.

"Stop acting like a spoiled kid, you cranky old fart"

Xiu Mei "…."

"Who did you called spoiled, cranky and old fart? Have you seen yourself you buffoon jackass old geezer" Elder Zeng exasperated.

Xiu Mei "…"

"Wow there! Rein your tongue babies, otherwise, mummy will make you eat bitter gourd for dinner" She eyed them sternly, achieving the desired result as both huffed and turned their gaze away from each other.

Xiu Mei seized the chance and cupped Zeng Shihong's face, "How about I compensate you? Will you forgive me then?"

"Compensate? How?"

"That's a surprise," She said mischievously before lifting the knight from the chessboard moving it six squares, killing the king.

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In the bedroom

"Look right…. Good…. Left… hmm!.... Look up….."

Ge Yifan was checking Xiu Mei's eyes wearing a binocular ophthalmoscope, directing her on every step. His facial expression turned more and more serious as he continued the check-up with another device.

Ge Yifan was the eye surgeon who operated on Xiu Mei years back and did the emergency transplant overnight. Since that day he became an inseparable part of this family, all thanks to Xiu Mei who keeps him involved in all the important events of her life.

Zeng Shihong saw the doctor's serious expression and became worried. But Xiu Mei was unfazed, leisurely sipping orange juice with a straw. She knows this is just a mandatory follow-up every three months, her eyes are absolutely fine.

In fact, they can't be better than this. Not only Feng Jianyu consulted a team of top ophthalmologists about her case but he was using traditional Chinese medicine to treat the itchiness and sting.

Every week herbs are sourced from the northern mountain and Himalayas, brought fresh within twenty four hours of plucking to make a special medicine as formulated by Feng Jianyu.

Zeng Shihong asked anxiously, "Yifan, what's wrong? Is there a problem with her eyes? All the time she complains of itchiness and sting, is it something related to that?"

"Yifan, answer us truthfully. If it requires we can take her back to the research center" Lu Gengxin frowned.

Ge Yifan glanced at the two, he sighed and gave a questionable gaze to Xiu Mei, "Last time I gave you an eye-drop. Did you bring that along?"

"Hm!"

Ge Yifan looked at the clear liquid inside the mini glass bottle, his brows furrowed when the medicine was hardly used once or twice maybe not even once.

"You didn't use the medicine at all?"

She shook her head…

"Sleep?"

"7-8 hours daily"

"Any itching?"

"Not much!"

"What about sting?"

"better!"

"Are you lying?"

"Uncle Ge, just now you checked my eyes, I'm sure you know it better than me"

Zeng Shihong was out of patience by now, "Wh-what does this mean? You are trying to solve these issues for years but she showed no improvement, how can there be such a remarkable improvement within three months? Are you both hiding something from me?"

Lu Gingxin nodded...

Ge Yifen pinched his glabella; in his forty-eight years of career, he has never seen a case like Xiu Mei's. Although her surgery was successful, due to her body's adverse reaction against drugs he has to be extra careful while writing a prescription for her.

Itching, red eyes, and sting are common symptoms for anyone but for eye transplant patients they are more obvious as their eyes are more sensitive than others.

Same was the case with Xiu Mei, but the normal medicines prescribed in this case can not be used on her, collectively he formulated a medicine in the research center with the help of fellow scientists. However, the medicine was milder, giving only temporary relief.

He was surprised seeing that Xiu Mei's eyes were much better than the last time he examined. He sighed, "I don't know about her, but I'm definitely not lying. The issues pertained to her eyes have reduced significantly; I hope this improvement sustains"

Zeng Shihong was stunned, his eyes turned red. What could be better news than this? But he was still confused about the whole situation, "Little Mei, what have you done, child? Are you taking some other medication? Don't use anything without consulting Dr. Ge. Tell grandpa what have you done?"

Xiu Mei came prepared for this. She calmly takes out an eye drop and medicated gel kohl and passed them to Dr. Ge along with a document containing the composition of both.

Dr. Ge checked the medicines and their composition. He gasped feeling shocked, every herb used was natural and organic, sourced from the coldest regions of the country. Shockingly, the medicine was prepared within 48 hours of herbs plucking to extract the maximum essence from the herbs.

He smelled the things, felt their texture using a Q-tip, and even tested on himself. "Amazing! Extraordinary! Out of the world" He chanted.

"Mei,  where did you get this medicine from?" Lu Gingxin asked carefully and everyone waited for her answer. Especially Dr. Ge, if it was possible he would go and purchase the formula of this medicine, it could benefit so many people in the long run.

Xiu Mei looked away, tucked the strand of hair behind her ear, biting down on her tongue she answered, "A friend of mine prepared this medicine for me"

Zeng Shihong's brows perked up, except Lu Xion and Fei Hong she doesn't have any more friends. Moreover, knowing her nature she won't trust anyone to the extent of using medicine on her eyes.

"Man or woman?" He asked

Xiu Mei fiddled with her fingers and answered after a long pause, "Man"