“You are already suffering from high blood pressure and a deficiency of lung qi. If this continues long-term, your lung condition will worsen, leading to daily coughing, and even coughing up blood and asthma. Don’t you suddenly wake up every day around three or four in the morning, coughing for quite a while before you can fall back asleep?”
The matriarch grabbed Rong Tangtang’s hand, looking at her with pleasant surprise. “Child, do you really know how to interpret dreams? You diagnosed all of this just from my dream? You got every single thing right!”
Rong Tangtang smiled, two deep dimples appearing as she did. “Mm, I know a little. You dreaming of the garden turning into a battlefield reflects your heavy competitive spirit during this period. You need to adjust your mindset as quickly as possible and let yourself calm down. Let go of that desire to win; only with a peaceful mindset will your body get better and better. “You dreamed of your friends holding red handkerchiefs embroidered with mandarin ducks, which indicated that you had recently attended a joyous family event for a friend’s grandchild. “Patients with high blood pressure often dream of climbing heights, flying, or feeling anger. “A lung qi deficiency, on the other hand, causes people to dream of white objects, bloodshed, and military encampments. “By combining your dream imagery with the theories of dream interpretation, I arrive at a series of conclusions, and my medical diagnoses through this method are basically never wrong.”
At this point, the military doctors burst into applause.
Cui Pingzhang, the lead military doctor, praised enthusiastically, “Young Madame, the conclusions you reached through dream interpretation match the old lady’s symptoms to the exact detail. “The old lady has had high blood pressure and lung qi deficiency for two months now, and we’ve never been able to find the root cause. Herbal remedies and recuperation haven’t brought any improvement—it turns out that her mindset was the core issue all along.”
Huo Zhenting’s gaze toward Rong Tangtang also gradually softened. He said to the matriarch, “Old Ancestor, at your age, why is your competitive spirit still so strong?”
Doctor Cui chuckled. “Old Ancestor, nowadays the Northern Huo family stands supreme. Who could possibly compare to your status and position? Your blessings and good fortune are endless!”
The old lady smiled with a hint of embarrassment, steadied her cane, cast a smiling yet glaring look at the cold and arrogant Huo Siyu, and said, “Sigh, blame him! He doesn’t give me a single moment of peace of mind—every single wife he marries dies, and my old friends all say this boy brings bad luck to his wives. They all say they want to keep their own girls far away from him. “Other people’s grandsons are intellectuals who studied abroad, high-class gentlemen who are refined and polite. But this one of mine is simply an unruly, reckless military ruffian—”
Huo Siyu was standing casually at the moment, his posture still straight and untamed. When he raised his dark eyes, it was enough to strike fear into others for no reason, and several military doctors fell silent, not daring to make a sound.
He suddenly let out a cynical, cold laugh and said casually, “Old Ancestor, whoever made you unhappy—tomorrow, I’ll make them shut up forever.”
“Nonsense.” The old lady stood up abruptly. “Cut it out right now. I won’t allow you to touch my friends.”
“Since they’re friends, yet they still make you jealous enough to get sick? Then they aren’t real friends!”
“You hush!” The old lady struck the ground angrily with her cane.
Rong Tangtang hurriedly pacified the old lady. “Grandma, he’s just teasing you. If he really intended to touch your friends, he wouldn’t have brought it up to you. Have you forgotten? A peaceful mindset—a peaceful mindset combined with medicine is the only way your health will recover.”
The military doctors all felt that this young madame truly had some impressive skills. They promptly went down to prepare the medicine for the old lady.
Huo Zhenting’s impression of Rong Tangtang had also improved, though he still punished her with a month of service as a helper in the commander’s mansion.
With the matter temporarily concluded, Rong Tangtang followed Huo Siyu back to the western courtyard of the commander’s mansion.
The eastern courtyard was where the elder generation of the Huo family lived, while the western courtyard was for the younger generation. The western courtyard featured several Western-style villas, and the largest one among them belonged to Huo Siyu.
The villa’s living room was luxuriously decorated with a complete set of Italian furniture, and the dark color palette projected a high-end feel.
As Huo Siyu headed upstairs, Rong Tangtang followed right behind him.
Huo Siyu suddenly turned around, his handsome face filled with a chilling severity. “Following me for what? Get lost to the guest room to sleep! We’re a contract couple, so don’t expect me to sleep with you!”