Chapter Thirty I'm a good-for-nothing

  Jing Qing lowered her head and blushed, while Chen Yi's heart beat faster, and he also had a playful idea, chuckling and saying: "Don't worry, I don't have any smell on me, I just took a bath yesterday, even if you sniff several times, it won't stink you, hehe..."

  Chen Yi's words made Ning Qing even more ashamed, and she stomped her foot, wanting to run away, but after taking two steps, she stopped and glared at Chen Yi fiercely.

  Chen Yi immediately put on a very innocent expression, ignoring Ning Qing's embarrassment, and continued to say in a serious tone: "Hehe! I know what Miss Qing is thinking... Men and women should not be too familiar with each other, right? That's why as doctors, when we examine some female patients, it's often inconvenient to listen to their heartbeat and breathing sounds. However... with this thing, we can listen to the patient's heartbeat and breathing sounds from a distance without being rude, making it easier to diagnose and treat the illness."

  Seeing Chen Yi's serious expression, Ning Qing also put away her shy demeanor and had a curious look on her face. She hesitated for a moment before walking back to Chen Yi's side, looked at the strange object, and asked in a low voice: "Really? Does this thing really have such an amazing effect?"

  Ning Qing's curiosity was piqued again, and Chen Yi's pride in creating something new and unusual resurfaced. He held up his invention and explained, "Qing'er, this is a diagnostic tool I made based on the records of ancient medical books. It's really useful and will definitely play a big role in daily diagnosis and treatment. However, it's a bit cumbersome and not very convenient to carry around. There are many areas that need improvement..." Chen Yi looked up at Ning Qing with an admiring gaze and said with a hint of regret, "I just finished making this thing, and I haven't had a chance to thoroughly test it or summarize its specific functions. I haven't figured out which parts need improvement yet..."

  Ning Qing's face flushed again, but she tried to calm herself down, biting her lip and asking, "Then... how do we experiment?"

  "It's actually very simple, just listen with your ears!" Chen Yi said as he picked up the simple stethoscope he had just made from the case, placing one end on his own chest and pointing the other at Ning Qing: "Qing'er, put your ear against this horn and listen, what do you hear?"

  Still looking puzzled, Ning Qing followed Chen Yi's instructions and put her ear close to the other end of the stethoscope, listening carefully.

  Just listening for a while, Ning Qing's face showed surprise, "Ziying, I heard your heartbeat, it was loud and powerful...and the breathing sound, like a bellows, very loud...Hehe, this thing is really amazing, it sounds so clear!" Ning Qing said, moving his head away, carefully examining the wooden device with two ends shaped like funnels, then putting his ear back to the funnel he had just listened to, and listening carefully again.

  "Is this thing good or not? Can it help doctors diagnose patients better?" Chen Yi asked with a smile, slowly moving the stethoscope over his heart and lungs. "What do you hear now? What does it sound like? Is there any change?"

  "Your voice changes when you speak, it sounds strange!" Ning Qing didn't leave the receiver this time, shouting loudly, "It's like it's coming from a mountain cave, muffled... no, it's more like hiding in the water to talk, haha, so interesting!"

  Ning Qing couldn't bear to leave and was shouting with excitement as if he had discovered a new continent, directing Chen Yi to move this mysterious object.

  "What sounds do you hear, tell me!" Chen Yi couldn't help but ask again. This simple stethoscope had just been made, and he hadn't tried it on anyone else yet. The transmission was made by drilling a long hollow tube out of wood, with two funnels of different diameters stuck to both ends as the listening device and palpation device. Since this stethoscope didn't have any curvature, Chen Yi couldn't even listen to his own heartbeat and breathing sounds, only other people's. Seeing Ning Qing curiously making loud and soft calls, he really wanted to take it over and listen himself.

  "Hehe, your voice is different when you speak, it's like speaking with a mouthful of water... Ning Qing's ears were still glued to the receiver, and she described what she heard, "Your heartbeat is loud and powerful, the sound of breathing in and out... just like Master's bellows when he was refining dan, very rhythmic, hehe, I... can't quite put into words all the sounds!"

  "You wait a minute, I want to listen too!" Chen Yi removed the simple stethoscope from his own chest and pointed at Ning Qing: "That... Ah, Qing'er, let me listen to your breathing and heartbeat. I've never personally listened to someone else's before... You know, I'm very experienced in listening to breathing and heartbeat sounds. If you have any illness, I can hear it!"

  "Alright, I've caught a bit of a chill these past two days. Listen and see if there's anything wrong!" Ning Qing lost the shyness from earlier and immediately agreed to Chen Yi's request, placing the stethoscope on his chest and abdomen as Chen Yi had demonstrated earlier.

  Ning Qing's position was not right, Chen Yi naturally stretched out his hand and moved the other end of the stethoscope to the apex of the heart: "The heart is here, below is the abdomen, only the intestinal and visceral movement sounds can be heard, no heartbeat sound..."

  Her sensitive area was touched by a foreign object, Ning Qing's body trembled slightly, her face flushed with redness, but she didn't dodge, only turned her head away, letting Chen Yi move the other end of the stethoscope on her chest. Chen Yi didn't notice the abnormal change in Ning Qing's expression, and after finding the right position, he excitedly put his ear on the other end of the stethoscope, starting to listen to Ning Qing's heartbeat and breathing.

  A relatively clear voice came from the receiver, and Chen Yi's surprise was beyond words. The breathing and heartbeat sounds coming from the receiver indicated that the simple stethoscope he made could really be used for daily check-ups on beautiful women, at least clearer and more convenient than listening directly with his ears. It seemed that inventing something very useful wasn't a difficult task after all. Sometimes, once you had an idea, you could make it happen without needing to spend too much effort. He also thought that many things that didn't exist in this era he could create, and they were quite simple.

  If this era had a patent system, it would be great. He could focus on making inventions and get rich just from the patent fees alone!

  "Ziying, what did you hear? Is the cold I caught serious or not? Does it matter?" Ning Qing, who was playing the role of the patient, couldn't help but ask out loud when Chen Yi didn't respond.

  "Qing Er, your heartbeat is still strong, no murmurs, no premature beats... just a bit fast, like you've just stopped exercising. Your breathing is also balanced, just... wait a minute, let me listen to other areas!" Chen Yi said, moving the stethoscope to Ning Qing's back, then to the right lung position. After listening for a while, "You really did catch a chill, there's a slight moist rale sound, and phlegm in your throat. You need to take good care of yourself, get some medicine... but overall, it's not too serious, your breathing sounds are still normal, just... why is your breathing so fast?" Chen Yi described while moving the stethoscope back and forth on the right lung position, trying to listen more carefully.

  Because the stethoscope was placed outside the clothes to listen, and this simple stethoscope was made relatively rough, with a lot of noise, it couldn't be as clear as when people used stethoscopes to check patients' heartbeats and breathing in later times. Chen Yi concentrated on listening and didn't find anything unusual about Ning Qing. Ning Qing's face turned red, feeling an unusual numbness spreading from her chest, and her sensitive body parts had never been touched so closely by another man before. When Chen Yi's hand moved back and forth on her chest, she didn't expect him to make such a move, and when the stethoscope in his hand was about to move to her nipple area, she subconsciously stretched out her hand to block it, coincidentally pushing his hand to the other side of her chest.

  Chen Yi's hand felt a soft bulge, and he quickly moved his head away from the stethoscope. He suddenly felt a bit awkward, and without saying anything, he knew that his hand had just touched Ning Qing's still-developing chest, and had even brushed against it from above...

  The feeling of plumpness and fullness still lingered in Chen Yi's mind and hands, hmm, this girl must have developed quite early, and her development wasn't bad either. Although she usually wore loose Taoist robes, you could still see the bulge on her chest. Just now, when he accidentally touched that thing, although it was only for an instant, Chen Yi could still tell that its size should be considerable, and its elasticity shouldn't be bad either.

  Seeing Chen Yi there, Ning Qing's face turned bright red, her body trembling slightly, her breathing extremely rapid, and her heartbeat unknown how fast. No man had ever touched her body before, but today Chen Yi not only touched her, but also reached her very sensitive parts, and it was a real touch. How could she not be ashamed? She wanted to get up and run away, but felt that running away wasn't quite right, so she could only lower her head, turn it to one side, and dare not look at Chen Yi, nor did she know what to do!

  Ning Qing's face turned red as she looked away, Chen Yi pretended not to notice and chuckled, saying: "Ning Qing, I just listened to your breathing and heartbeat, nothing serious, just a bit of wind chill and some infection in the respiratory tract. Rest well, take some medicine, and it'll be fine... even if you don't take medicine, it's not a big deal... the key is to rest well and sleep early... hmm, it's getting late, go to bed early... just got back from Mount Zhongnan, tired from traveling, get some rest..."

  "Really... nothing?" Ning Qing replied in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum, and quickly glanced at Chen Yi before turning his head away.

  "Really!"

  Ning Qing got up from the couch, lowered her head, twisted her fingers and stared blankly for a while. She raised her red face to look at Chen Yi, asking in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum: "You... is this thing really used for diagnosing illnesses?"

  "Of course, I was just about to present this thing to Sun Daochang and tell him the reason behind it. I'm sure he'll be surprised!" Chen Yi said as he looked at Ning Qing's unusual expression. In her shy demeanor, he finally felt a bit embarrassed and awkwardly explained, "Qing'er, earlier I didn't do it on purpose... I just accidentally bumped into it... It wasn't my intention to take advantage of the situation... Uh, I'm a clumsy person... Don't be angry!"

  "I'm not angry... I know you're not a liar... I'll leave, and you should go to bed early too!" Ning Qing said as she quickly escaped from Chen Yi's room!

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