Chapter 336: Chapter 303: The Embarrassing Little Class
"Don’t follow me, the lesson tonight, Mr. Lin said, would not let you attend." Xia Zhu said to the follower behind her.
"Why not? Mr. Lin didn’t refuse my attendance at his lesson?" Wen Ruyu wouldn’t be fooled. He might be a gentleman, but he’s no fool.
You can’t completely distrust a woman’s words, but you can’t fully trust them either.
"Really, tonight’s lesson is truly not suitable for you."
"Not suitable? Why?" Wen Ruyu was even more puzzled. Since it’s a medical lesson, he’s a doctor, and quite an accomplished one at that, why wouldn’t he be allowed to listen?
"Do you really want to listen?"
"Of course, I must attend Mr. Lin’s lesson."
"Alright, but whatever you hear tonight, you must keep to yourself, don’t mention it to anyone."
"Why is that?"
"Don’t ask so many questions. Agree, and I’ll let you in. If not, you should go back to the Medical Bureau." Xia Zhu said solemnly.
"I can’t tell anyone?"
"Right, not anyone, including your master, Mr. Fu."
"Mr. Lin never said anything like that, he mentioned that medical skills are passed down to save the world, why can’t it be shared?"
"Are you trying to argue with me?" Xia Zhu got angry.
"Fine, I’ll listen to you. I swear I won’t leak a single word of content from this lesson." Wen Ruyu raised his hand and said.
"Remember what you said." Only then did Xia Zhu agree.
"Xiao Qi, how come you’re here?" Xia Zhu encountered Xu Qixi coming over at the gate of the Lin residence. She’s also a frequent visitor here, especially for extracurricular lessons.
Lately, she’s been coming quite often.
"Where’s Mr. Xu An? Didn’t he come with you?" Xia Zhu asked.
"Mr. An got a bit of a cold, resting at home and won’t be coming tonight." Xu Qixi explained, "Xia Zhu, I heard you ran off with Mr. Wen from the Medical Bureau..."
"Ahem, ahem..."
Wen Ruyu’s figure emerged from behind Xia Zhu.
"Oh, Mr. Wen is here too. I’m terribly sorry." Xu Qixi was startled upon suddenly seeing Wen Ruyu and quickly paid her respects.
"Miss Xu is too kind." Wen Ruyu, gracious and polite, greeted with a smile.
"Is Mr. Wen here acting as Xia Zhu’s knight in shining armor?"
Wen Ruyu gave a wry smile, he truly didn’t know how to answer. His relationship with Xia Zhu wasn’t fully clarified yet.
At least, they had to wait until the scandal of Shen Haidong’s broken engagement passed before saying anything. How could they determine their relationship right after a breakup?
It was obviously inappropriate.
"He’s here to benefit from my master’s lesson." Xia Zhu, caring for Wen Ruyu, quickly spoke up to resolve his predicament.
"Oh, I thought you two were about to announce good news..."
"Don’t talk nonsense, Mr. Wen is a big figure from Li Jing, how could he fancy a country girl like me." While Xia Zhu belittled herself, she couldn’t help but sneak a glance at Wen Ruyu.
"Mrs. Xia is too modest, Ruyu has no such resentment." Wen Ruyu quickly said, knowing very well when to express his stance.
After dinner, the small class was already prepared.
On the blackboard, Lin Miao had long drawn a diagram with chalk, a depiction of the female pylorus anatomy. Those who haven’t studied medicine certainly wouldn’t recognize it.
But anyone who has studied medicine would recognize it as soon as they laid eyes on it.
Wen Ruyu almost turned to leave upon seeing it.
Mr. Lin, how could he draw such indecent diagrams publicly?
"I told you not to come, yet you insisted, now you want to leave, too late." Xia Zhu grabbed Wen Ruyu and pinned him to a seat.
"No, what’s Mr. Lin trying to do here, how can he discuss this publicly?" Wen Ruyu panicked, it was disgraceful.
And it’s always a man explaining the female pylorus anatomy, how inappropriate is that? Besides, how does he know all this?
More than just Wen Ruyu blushed, so did Xu Qixi. She didn’t know tonight’s topic beforehand either.
Because the Lin Clan’s lessons are random, Lin Miao never had a syllabus. He talks about whatever comes to mind and ties it closely with case diagnostics, a form of practical teaching with significant clinical relevance.
Only with such an approach can the students progress quickly, meaning those attending mustn’t be beginners as they wouldn’t understand.
"Xia Zhu, tonight’s lesson from Mr. Lin is this topic?"
"Yep."
"You knew early on?"
"I knew, what’s wrong, didn’t you know?"
"How would I know? If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have come..." Xu Qixi said.
"What, feeling shy? We are studying medicine, and you’re avoiding this? If it were a male patient, wouldn’t you treat him?"
"No, sister, there’s a difference between men and women. It’s too awkward like this. Besides, I’m still unmarried..." Xu Qixi replied.
"You run to my master’s house late at night and stay for half the night; do you think there’s anyone left in Dongshan City who dares to marry you?" Xia Zhu chuckled.
"Ah..." Xu Qixi was stunned; she really hadn’t considered this issue yet. With Xia Zhu’s reminder, it was truly a revelation.
For the past six months, she had hardly stayed home properly, either at the clinic or at the Lin House, sometimes even sleeping over. In the eyes of outsiders, wouldn’t she be seen as...
Why didn’t Father and Mr. An remind her?
It’s not that they didn’t know; perhaps they were intentionally pretending not to know. What were they thinking...
"Xia Zhu sister, what would you do if I became your little master’s wife?" Xu Qixi, being spirited, naturally wasn’t afraid of this topic.
"You’d have to work hard; my master is surrounded by beautiful women, he might not even notice you." Xia Zhu said.
"Hmph!"
Wen Ruyu was sitting right behind the two women; he couldn’t avoid their conversation at all, and the content entered his ears word for word.
This Mr. Lin’s charm with women is too great; so many outstanding women want to marry him, and they even pursue him.
But looking from another angle, Lin Miao is indeed excellent. A man like him with abilities, temperament, and character of the highest order, any woman who isn’t foolish would naturally be attracted to him.
Young, talented, wealthy, with boundless prospects, he is the dream husband for many women.
Lin Miao had prepared himself beforehand for the small lecture tonight, after all, this kind of class is somewhat unorthodox within the current world’s value system.
But if he wanted to perform this surgery on Ji Fei’Er, one person certainly wasn’t enough; he’d need at least two or three people to assist him.
Thus, he must clearly explain the female pyloric structure to those participating in the surgery, and even conduct animal experiments.
He informed Xia Zhu and Sun Youwei about the small lesson tonight, but unexpectedly, four people showed up.
Among them was Wen Ruyu.
"Mr. Wen, why are you here?"
"I heard from Xia Zhu that you’re having a small lesson tonight, so I pleaded with Xia Zhu to let me come along to audit the class." Wen Ruyu stood up and explained formally with a bow.
"Xia Zhu, didn’t you tell Mr. Wen what kind of class I’d be teaching tonight?"
"I did tell him, advised him not to come, but he insisted, and there’s nothing I could do. Besides, even if I didn’t let him, he’s come here before..."
"Xu Qixi, what’s your reason?"
"Mr. Lin, Mr. An said he caught a cold and wouldn’t be coming, so I came by myself!" Xu Qixi explained.
Lin Miao was speechless. He sent someone to inform Xu An that tonight’s small lesson was not necessary for him to attend; Xu An used the excuse of catching a cold, but unexpectedly, Xu Qixi came over by herself.
Now that everyone’s here, it’s impossible to ask someone to leave the classroom, right?
"Mr. Wen, tonight’s lesson..."
"Don’t worry, Mr. Lin, I’ve already sworn in front of Xia Zhu, that I will not disclose tonight’s small lesson content to anyone, including my own master." Wen Ruyu quickly explained.
"I won’t tell Mr. An and Father about it either!"
These words silenced Lin Miao; he couldn’t possibly force Xu Qixi to leave.
Wen Ruyu was allowed to stay, why couldn’t Xu Qixi, a woman, stay?
Besides, Xu Qixi often helped at the clinic; otherwise, Lin Miao wouldn’t let her freely enter and exit the Lin House, sometimes staying late and spending the night.
Of course, an unmarried woman staying at the house of an unmarried man is indeed improper, but the Lin House doesn’t only have Lin Miao as a man, so it’s not really inappropriate.
The Xu Family can surely tell if Xu Qixi is still a maiden, right?
"Alright, tonight’s lesson involves private parts of women, we need to understand their structure first, so that we can address related pathological changes, everyone look..."
Lin Miao picked up a teaching stick and directly pointed at the structures on the blackboard to start his explanation.
"What we saw earlier was the frontal view; this is a cross-section, everyone look..." Lin Miao explained very solemnly, maintaining a very proper demeanor.
However, the people below were blushing as they listened; no one had ever explained the structure of the female reproductive organs so thoroughly to them.
"Since Mr. Wen is here, today, I might as well explain the male organ structure too." If he were the only man, Lin Miao certainly wouldn’t teach this today, but with Wen Ruyu sitting below, it’s acceptable for him to talk.
In university lectures, are they separated by gender? To medical students, humans are no different from animals, with no distinction between males and females.
"Girls experience increased kidney energy at seven, leading to growth of teeth and hair; at fourteen, Tiankui arrives, Ren meridian opens, Taichong meridian flourishes, and essence, blood, saliva, fluid are abundant. Chong meridian is the blood sea of the five viscera and six bowels, aggregating the blood of viscera..."
"Mr. Lin, what is Ren meridian?" Wen Ruyu raised his hand to ask.
"Ren meridian, this takes quite a bit to explain; Mr. Wen, you can consult with Xia Zhu after class, she knows." Lin Miao said, unwilling to repeat what he had already taught.
"At fourteen, girls produce Tiankui, Tian is the essence of Heaven, Kui is Ren-Kui of Water..."
"Menstrual tide depends on the plentifulness and unobstructed flow of Chong and Ren meridians. Chong meridian is where twelve meridians’ qi and blood converge, facilitating qi and blood flow throughout the body, referred to as ’blood sea’. It originates from the womb, meeting Ren meridian at the throat, connecting at the lips.
When a girl matures, the qi and blood of the viscera are abundant, and the blood sea overflows, menstruation follows. Ren meridian, termed the sea of yin meridians, governs activities of the womb, all essence, blood, saliva, fluid under its administration are foundational to pregnancy and fetal nourishment.
The thriving Ren meridian, coupled with Chong meridian’s flourishing blood, descends to the womb, permitting menstruation. Chong meridian also originates in the womb, intersecting liver, spleen, and kidney meridians at pubic bone, middle pole, and essence gate. Its role in body-wide yin alongside womb connection allows Ren meridian’s thriving to facilitate conception..."
