During this period, Dong Xiaoshuang was very uneasy, not knowing whether the drinking pavilion would achieve the desired effect this year.

As for the cultivation of Chinese medicinal herbs, the news from Jiang Guoshou's side is excellent. It is believed that with the efforts of the next ten years or so, Chinese medicinal formulas will definitely reappear in the public eye, and the rise of traditional Chinese medicine in the future is unstoppable.

As the original timeline gradually draws closer, the end of the year is fast approaching. Dong Xiaoshuang chooses to stay in City A instead of returning to City Q to spend the New Year with Shi Yiyi.

On this day, Dong Xiaoshuang was wandering aimlessly down the street when she suddenly bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry," Dong Xiaoshuang quickly apologized.

[Ding~ Male lead Zhao Ziming's favorability +10, current favorability 60.]

When she heard the system notification, Dong Xiaoshuang was a little stunned, and then she realized that she seemed to have heard the name Zhao Ziming before.

Dong Xiaoshuang looked up at the man standing in front of her and suddenly realized that this was the patient she had cured not long ago.

Zhao Ziming was quite ill at the time. He had undergone a long period of treatment and numerous tests by Western medicine, but they were unable to find the cause of his illness or determine what it was.

The patient visited several hospitals, but none of them could diagnose the disease, so they had to turn to Western medicine.

The person originally came to the hospital to see the traditional Chinese medicine doctor, but at that time the doctor had gone to the capital to attend a TCM exchange conference with other doctors from the hospital.

Originally, Dong Xiaoshuang hadn't planned to take on the case. After all, she was still in her internship, and patients like her who sought treatment everywhere were usually seeking out famous traditional Chinese medicine doctors. As an intern, she wouldn't be considered a good fit.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ziming himself suggested that Dong Xiaoshuang treat him.

In Zhao Ziming's own words, he was too lazy to bother with any more trouble, so he decided to stay in the hospital first and let Dong Xiaoshuang practice on him. If she could cure him, that would be great. If she couldn't, it wouldn't matter. After all, many hospitals have patients who stay for ten days or half a month and still can't find anything. A seasoned traditional Chinese medicine doctor who has been there for ten days or half a month would probably be able to come to the hospital and take over by now.

Of course, the final result was gratifying; Dong Xiaoshuang cured the other party using traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and acupuncture.

However, Dong Xiaoshuang did not receive any favorability rating notifications at the time, and the original owner of the body did not encounter Zhao Ziming in the original storyline.

"Dr. Dong, are you alright?" Zhao Ziming asked Dong Xiaoshuang with a smile.

"It's alright, I'm sorry, I was thinking about something else and didn't see Mr. Zhao," Dong Xiaoshuang replied with a smile.

On the surface, Dong Xiaoshuang remained calm, but inwardly she began to wonder, "Yingying, what's going on? Didn't you say before that you couldn't find out about Dong Xiaoshuang's love affairs? What is this one in front of me now?"

"Host, this is Dong Xiaoshuang's official love interest!" Yingying appeared in front of Dong Xiaoshuang carrying a small medicine hoe.

"Then why did you say you couldn't find it before?" Dong Xiaoshuang asked, somewhat puzzled.

Yingying choked for a moment, then said with a grin, "Oh dear, isn't that based on the assumption that you'll be staying with Master Jiang for ten or eight years?"

[You see, if it weren't for Master Shi approaching Master Jiang and having Master Jiang persuade you to come out of retirement and stop staying in the Land of Women, how would you have returned to City A?]

[If you hadn't come to City A, how would you have met Zhao Ziming, who was seeking medical treatment?]

[If Zhao Ziming hadn't met you, how could he have been cured without the herbal formula from the Lotus Space?]

[If Zhao Ziming had been so seriously ill and hadn't made it through, how could you have met, and how could you possibly have fallen in love?]

[Host, details determine success or failure. Because you left the mountain early, the marriage line was restored.]

Although Dong Xiaoshuang was talking to Yingying, she also smiled and responded to Zhao Ziming's words. Having experienced so many trials in the world, multitasking was no problem for her.

"Why is Mr. Zhao in City A? Shouldn't he be preparing to go home for the Chinese New Year?" Dong Xiaoshuang asked with some surprise.

Zhao Ziming looked at Dong Xiaoshuang with a smile and said, "Dr. Dong, if I said I came here specifically to see you, would you believe me?"

Dong Xiaoshuang looked surprised and said, "Looking for me? Is Mr. Zhao feeling unwell?"

Zhao Ziming said somewhat helplessly, "Dr. Dong, you're joking. If I weren't feeling well, I would have gone directly to the hospital to see you. But... if I hadn't happened to run into you on the street, I might have had to go to the hospital to see you."

Zhao Ziming was right. Dong Xiaoshuang had spent all her money on the water pavilion, so she didn't even have money to rent a house. Fortunately, she applied for a room in the hospital dormitory.

The hospital dormitory is located in a tenement building behind the hospital's physical examination building. The rent is naturally cheaper than outside, and it is deducted directly from the salary, without the need for a deposit or three months' rent in advance.

"Look at me, I'm a doctor. What else could you be coming to me for if you're not feeling well?" Dong Xiaoshuang said with a gentle smile.

"Couldn't it be that you want to pursue Dr. Dong?" Zhao Ziming asked Dong Xiaoshuang with a serious expression.

Dong Xiaoshuang was taken aback for a moment and said, "But if we count them, this should be our second meeting, right?"

Dong Xiaoshuang thought about it and realized that it couldn't really be considered a second meeting. After all, when Zhao Ziming was hospitalized, she was his attending physician and they met every day during rounds.

However, aside from the official ward rounds and treatments during my hospital stay, this unexpected encounter was the first time we'd met since I left the hospital.

If we consider hospitalization as a general occurrence, then this could be considered our second meeting.

"Does Dr. Dong believe in love at first sight?" Zhao Ziming smiled as he looked at Dong Xiaoshuang, maintaining a gentlemanly distance and making no inappropriate moves.

Upon hearing Zhao Ziming's words, Dong Xiaoshuang's expression changed. She said somewhat unhappily, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhao, I don't believe in love at first sight!"

After finishing her sentence, Dong Xiaoshuang didn't wait for Zhao Ziming to say anything. Instead, she said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhao, I have something to attend to, so I'll have to leave now. Goodbye."

After saying that, Dong Xiaoshuang turned and left.

"Host, aren't you going to speed up your efforts to win over the male lead?" Yingying asked, somewhat puzzled.

"We've already reached 60 points of favorability. If I accelerate my efforts any further, it'll be too risky. Let's proceed step by step," Dong Xiaoshuang said helplessly. "Besides, talking about love at first sight is just hitting a nerve. It would be strange if I didn't react at all and instead went ahead to win over Zhao Ziming."

"Besides, with Zhao Ziming's abilities, it's impossible that he doesn't know about me and Li Zihua. He was probably testing my feelings for my ex just now!" Dong Xiaoshuang smiled and said, "After all, I've been single ever since I broke up with Li Zihua. Everyone would assume that I'm still hung up on my ex or that I'm disheartened by love because of her."

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