Feeling someone moving next to him, Lin Jie slowly opened his eyes and vaguely saw An Kexin getting up to get dressed, mumbling, "Is it daylight already?"

"It sounds like someone is knocking heavily on the door. I'll go check it out first."

Hearing this, Lin Jie immediately became a bit more alert.

He concentrated and did hear the "knock knock" sound at the door.

Lin Jie quickly turned over and got out of bed, grabbing his pajamas and hurriedly putting them on, saying, "It might be a patient with a sudden illness, they're looking for me. Let's go check together."

The two of them left the bedroom and hurried downstairs, only to hear the knocking sound becoming louder and more urgent.

"Coming, coming!"

Lin Jie shouted as he opened the door.

The moment the door opened a crack, the hoarse crying of a child rushed into his and An Kexin's ears like a magical sound.

Meanwhile, Lin Jie saw a man in his forties and a young woman in her twenties with disheveled hair standing anxiously outside the door.

The woman was holding an eight-month-old baby, and the crying was coming from the little one's mouth.

Lin Jie knew these two people.

They were his neighbors from a few floors up, Jiang Liangyu and his young wife, Guan Xiaoyue.

Guan Xiaoyue urgently said, "Expert Lin, the child won't stop crying, it's been going on for ten to twenty minutes. I feel his crying doesn't sound normal, can you take a look?"

Jiang Liangyu also explained, "Expert Lin, I'm really sorry. I intended to go to the hospital, but Xiaoyue was really worried and afraid of wasting time..."

While they spoke, Lin Jie had already taken the child from Guan Xiaoyue's arms, saying, "Let me check the child first!"

They quickly returned to the living room!

Lin Jie laid the child flat on the sofa and saw him curling his legs towards his belly, fists tightly clenched, his small body curled into a ball, wailing loudly.

He vigorously rubbed his hands to warm his right palm, then began to gently rub downwards from the little one's navel...

Soon, Lin Jie found a large jujube-sized lump in the infant's lower right abdomen, and simultaneously, the little one's cries heightened.

"Expert Lin, what's happening to the baby?" Guan Xiaoyue asked with a sobbing tone.

Lin Jie gently felt around the lump and said, "Hmm... It's not appendicitis, this is... intussusception."

"Intussusception? Expert Lin, is it serious?" Jiang Liangyu asked worriedly.

While removing the little one's clothes, Lin Jie explained, "It's a common intestinal condition in infants, where two segments of the intestine fold and overlap, causing severe abdominal pain."

"I'll try massaging the little one first to see if I can solve it."

As he spoke, the little one was stripped down to his bare bottom.

Lin Jie placed his right hand over his entire lower right abdomen, while holding the little one's shoulders with his left thumb and forefinger, to prevent him from moving.

Then, with his right hand, he massaged clockwise, sometimes lightly and sometimes firmly, occasionally pinching here and there...

During this process, the little one's volume increased once more.

The sound was so loud that it made Lin Jie's ears ring, making him marvel at the little guy's lung capacity.

But after a few howls, the pitch abruptly dropped, eventually turning into sniffling whimpers.

The symptoms had eased!

The expressions on Guan Xiaoyue and Jiang Liangyu's faces relaxed, and An Kexin exhaled softly too.

Lin Jie stopped massaging and began dressing the little one.

"An infant's digestive system isn't fully developed yet. If they eat food that's hard to digest, or if they're overfed with little exercise, intussusception is more likely to occur."

As he handed the little one back to Guan Xiaoyue, he reminded, "Also, don't let the little one's stomach get cold."

"Thank you, thank you, Expert Lin!"

A deeply grateful Guan Xiaoyue hugged the little one tightly and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Then she shot Jiang Liangyu a fierce glare and said angrily, "Did you hear what Expert Lin said?"

"If you toss the baby around like a toy again, I won't let you off!"

Jiang Liangyu smiled awkwardly, gave her a look back, and then said, "Expert Lin, is the child okay now?"

Lin Jie nodded, saying, "He's okay for now."

"However, you still need to keep an eye on him. If you notice blood in his stool or if he starts crying abnormally again, take him to the hospital for further examination right away."

"I understand. Thank you, Expert Lin, sorry for disturbing your rest."

Seeing them off, Lin Jie turned to see Lin Miao and Zhang Xiaoxiao also coming downstairs, with Lele running over, circling around his legs.

Lin Jie bent down, grabbed Lele's front paws, lifted him up, and scolded, "You rascal, someone knocked at the door in the middle of the night, yet you didn't bark or make a sound. You have no sense of alertness at all."

"How can I trust you to protect the family? If you don't become more vigilant, I'll have to make you into a dog meat hotpot."

"Brother, don't scare Lele."

Lin Miao defended dissatisfied, "I was awakened by Lele, but when I heard you and Sister Kexin moving around, I didn't get up right away."

Zhang Xiaoxiao yawned and teased, "Ah Jie, didn't you say before, for small illnesses or pains your service starts at a million?"

"Should I wait until morning to discuss the consultation fee with this neighbor?"

Lin Jie shot her a glance and said, "Neighbors, worried about their child, came knocking in the middle of the night. It's understandable, and it was no trouble at all for me. Consider it a free clinic session. Let's all go back to sleep."

"Sleep!"

Zhang Xiaoxiao responded with a yawn, took a couple of steps, then turned back, looking An Kexin up and down.

At this moment, An Kexin was wearing a white silk slip nightdress, with a small jacket over it, revealing her long, slender, and fair legs, her curvaceous figure unmistakable.

Zhang Xiaoxiao nodded slightly but spoke seriously, "An Kexin, I'm Ah Jie's and Miao Miao's sister, so from Ah Jie's perspective, you should call me sister too."

An Kexin was slightly taken aback, but then smiled and said, "Sister Xiaoxiao, of course."

Zhang Xiaoxiao snorted softly, saying, "There's no elder in Ah Jie's family, so as his sister, I count as his elder. I just have to thicken my skin to say something in front of you and Ah Jie."

"Sister Xiaoxiao, please say what's on your mind. Have I done something wrong?" An Kexin looked sincere.

Zhang Xiaoxiao turned to Lin Miao with authority, "Miao Miao, go back to your room and sleep. I have some private words to discuss with Ah Jie and An Kexin."

"Oh, Lele, come with me."

Lin Miao quietly stuck out her tongue at Lin Jie and returned to her room with Lele wagging his tail.

Hearing Lin Miao shut the bedroom door, Zhang Xiaoxiao spoke again, "An Kexin, you're a few years older than Ah Jie and a general manager of a big company, so you've seen more of the world, know more, and understand more than he does."

"And Ah Jie is a doctor, there's no need to avoid any topic."

"So I won't beat around the bush."

Zhang Xiaoxiao glanced at Lin Jie, then looked An Kexin in the eye, saying, "Ah Jie is at an age where impulses are uncontrollable; your attractiveness is so tempting..."

Hearing this, Lin Jie immediately understood Zhang Xiaoxiao's intention and said, rather embarrassed, "Sister Xiaoxiao, you don't need to worry about this. I'm a very good doctor; I know myself..."

"How much do you actually know?"

Zhang Xiaoxiao unceremoniously interrupted him, saying, "Faced with someone like An Kexin, with such a figure and looks, can you control your impulses?"

"Don't forget, you're only twenty-one, right at the age when impulses begin and control over your lower half is nonexistent."

She stared at the blushing, head-lowered An Kexin and advised, "You understand Ah Jie's body well. If you want to be with him long-term, you must learn to restrain yourself."

An Kexin nodded gently, whispering mosquito-like, "Sister Xiaoxiao, you're right. I... I'll restrain myself."

Hearing these words, Lin Jie knew An Kexin had taken it to heart.

For the sake of his future happiness, Lin Jie exclaimed, "Who am I? I am a specially appointed medical expert at Binhai University Affiliated Hospital. In Binhai, even in the whole country, I claim to be second to none in medical skills."

"Could I not understand my own body?"

"So in this matter, Sister Xiaoxiao, you really don't need to fuss. Kexin, in this case, I have the final say, don't listen to Sister Xiaoxiao!"

"You don't have the final say!" Zhang Xiaoxiao and An Kexin said in unison.

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