13: Actually, I also know how to give massages. How about...let me try?

“Uh (⊙o⊙)...”

“Hey there, little sis! It’s our first meeting. Why the grand gesture? Also, let me explain...”

“I am Lin Xuan, the husband who will soon be happily married to Qingge. I’m not a pervert!”

“...”

Lin Xuan felt a headache coming on as he looked at the anime-like girl kneeling at his feet, glaring at him furiously.

He had a premonition that she would be the biggest obstacle to him earning points.

Chen Kexin, 18 years old.

The youngest daughter of the Chen Family, a late-stage chuunibyo patient.

A major anime influencer with tens of millions of followers across the internet.

The Chen Family had developed quite well among the second-tier families in recent years.

The D Station she founded, after many years of development, had become the largest anime culture community in the country.

Although the user base was generally young,

their loyalty was very high.

It was very popular among the younger generation...

“You’re the one Grandpa Su brought to bring good luck? I don’t agree.”

“Marriage for good luck is feudal superstition, an ancient dreg. I cannot let you defile my Sister Su.”

“Especially you, Lin Xuan. If all the rumors about you in Magic City are true, you’ll be a domestic abuser after marriage, one hundred percent.”

“...”

Chen Kexin crossed her arms in an “X” shape, indicating her disapproval of the marriage.

But Lin Xuan ignored her, simply continuing to hold Su Qingge’s hand and shrugging, “This is Grandpa Su’s decision. If you don’t like it, you can go talk to him.”

“You, you, you...”

Seeing Lin Xuan unmoved,

and even openly “playing” with her Sister Su,

Chen Kexin’s eyes twitched wildly with anger, and the ahoge on her head smacked the air furiously.

But she didn’t dare to protest to Su Shengtian.

Otherwise, with his personality, he would surely scold her harshly.

Luckily, she had come prepared today...

“Hmph! I will definitely stop this marriage. What era is this? How can there still be arranged marriages?”

“I’m sure Sister Su won’t agree either when she wakes up. Just like me...”

“My family somehow found me an fiancé named Su Fan, and they’re demanding I meet him and get married soon.”

“Hmph! No way. I’m only interested in anime and my Sister Su. Just wait and see how I deal with that Su Fan...”

“...”

Chen Kexin folded her arms across her chest, looking like she would rather die than comply.

Su Fan?

Hearing that name,

Lin Xuan’s mouth curved into a smile, looking at Chen Kexin with a peculiar expression.

In the early stages of the novel,

the protagonist Su Yang, due to having many enemies, used the alias Su Fan to avoid implicating the Su Family.

When Chen Kexin first met him, she also rejected “Su Fan” in various ways.

Later, she was gradually won over and eventually became his confidante...

Noticing Lin Xuan’s strange gaze fixed on her, Chen Kexin felt a chill run down her spine.

“Hmph! What kind of look is that? I’m telling you,”

“I’ve already found a way to heal Sister Su. Once she wakes up, you won’t have any connection to her anymore.”

“...”

After saying that,

Chen Kexin finally turned her gaze to the elderly man who had arrived late.

The old man wore expensive, luxurious clothes and had the appearance of a youthful elder, with white hair and a ruddy complexion.

Clearly, he was very good at maintaining his health.

“Grandpa Deng, you’re too slow.”

“Quick, quick, quick! Teach me your massage technique. I need to save Sister Su right away.”

Hearing this,

the slightly out-of-breath old man’s face darkened, completely helpless with his old friend’s mischievous Granddaughter.

He could only say with a wry smile:

“I’ve already told you, this method was found in an ancient text.”

“And the ancient text has long been damaged, so this massage technique is incomplete, and I doubt its effectiveness...”

“...”

Then, under the old man’s explanation,

everyone learned that he had found a health-preserving massage technique specifically for comatose patients in an ancient scroll.

But since the ancient text was incomplete, Old Deng didn’t take it seriously.

However, Chen Kexin happened to learn about it and insisted on dragging him over to try it.

“I don’t care. As long as there’s a glimmer of hope, we have to try, don’t we?”

“If we don’t do anything, are we just going to let Sister Su lie here like this for the rest of her life?”

Chen Kexin gritted her small canine teeth, looking unconvinced.

Her words immediately silenced everyone in the room.

Especially Su Qingge, who was on the sickbed, constantly shouting in her heart:

【Ke Xin is right!】

【Rather than letting me be a comatose patient my whole life, I’d rather die.】

【Now, as long as there’s a glimmer of hope! No matter how faint, I’m willing to grasp it.】

【Please, don’t stop. I’m really tired of this life that’s worse than death.】

...Perhaps Su Qingge’s prayers were heard.

Old Deng frowned, glanced at the “sleeping beauty” on the bed, and finally sighed and nodded.

He gestured to Chen Kexin, had the patient placed in a supine position, and then guided her in locating acupoints and performing the massage.

As it concerned Su Qingge’s awakening, Chen Kexin dared not be careless.

Following Old Deng’s instructions,

she began to seriously perform the professional medical massage.

Since her Grandpa and Old Deng were old acquaintances,

Old Deng would occasionally teach her some basic health-preserving massage techniques during his leisure time.

So, facing the complex acupoints Old Deng described, she appeared quite at ease.

Five minutes later,

as everyone was focused, no one noticed Lin Xuan’s strange expression on the side.

“This massage technique, why is it so similar to the skill I exchanged from the system?”

“Or rather, this is a simplified, incomplete version of the [Danqing Miaoshou Massage Technique]...”

Perhaps due to the damaged ancient text,

Lin Xuan noticed many flaws in the massage technique and quickly spoke up to stop her.

“Stop! You’re pressing it wrong.”

“The key principles of massage are ‘steadiness, accuracy, skill, and speed.’ The technique should be smooth and natural. Your force application time is too long, and you’ve pressed the wrong acupoint.”

“This will not only fail to clear the meridians but also lead to chaotic qi and blood in the internal organs...”

At these words, Chen Kexin instinctively paused her movements.

After realizing what happened, she turned and glared at Lin Xuan, huffing, “If you don’t understand, don’t talk nonsense, okay? Do you know anything about massage?”

“Grandpa Deng hasn’t told me to stop. Could it be that you know more about medicine than Grandpa?”

“Grandpa Deng, let’s continue, ignore him.”

No sooner had Chen Kexin finished speaking than she saw Old Deng frown and shake his head, stopping her, “No! This young man is right! There is indeed a problem with this method.”

“I actually had a vague feeling about it from the beginning, but I wanted to try it a bit longer.”

“If you don’t believe me, look at this Su Family girl’s complexion. If we continue, she might even be in danger.”

Chen Kexin heard this, instinctively looked at Su Qingge, and was immediately stunned.

At this moment, the girl’s face was pale, devoid of any color, and her forehead was covered in a large amount of cold sweat.

No matter how one looked at it... it was clear that there was a problem with this massage technique.

“Grandpa Deng, what should we do?”

Chen Kexin was so distressed she was almost in tears, and the ahoge on her head trembled uncontrollably due to her intense emotional fluctuations.

“The massage technique just now was problematic and disrupted the qi and blood in the Su Family girl’s body.”

“I will first give her acupuncture and then prescribe some herbal medicine to recuperate for a few days. However, this massage technique cannot be continued...”

Hearing this,

Chen Kexin was filled with disappointment.

But she was also helpless; she couldn’t risk Su Qingge’s safety.

She could only pray that next time, she would find another way to treat Su Qingge.

【Failed again, huh...?】

【How many times has it been? Am I really destined to be a comatose patient for the rest of my life?】

【In that case, I’d rather die and be done with it, at least I won’t have to suffer this torment anymore.】

【I’m so tired... I just want to die and go to heaven to see my brother and the others...】

...Seeing hope shattered once again, Su Qingge was completely despairing.

When Chen Kexin was giving her the massage just now, she could actually feel uncomfortable all over, alternating between hot and cold.

As time went on, she even endured intense pain every moment throughout her body.

But in the face of the hope of waking up, even if the pain was ten times more intense, Su Qingge could bear it with a smile.

It was just that now... all hope was gone... Perhaps this was her fate...

Just as Su Qingge was in immense pain and despairingly accepting her fate...

Lin Xuan’s voice rang out, reigniting her hope.

“Actually, that massage technique isn’t problematic. It’s just incomplete...”

“By chance, I learned the complete massage technique before.”

“How about... I give it a try?!”