Chu Yang was taken aback, as it was the first time he'd encountered such a situation.
With one arm wrapped around Chen Xi's shoulder and the other hand sliding through her upper garment to her lower abdomen, Chu Yang's massage promoted the flow of qi-blood, gradually alleviating the pain in Chen Xi's body. Her abdomen felt warm and toasty, as though wrapped in a ball of heat.
"Ah…" Overwhelmed with relief, Chen Xi couldn't help but let out a moan.
A dozen minutes later.
Chu Yang withdrew his hand and asked, "Manager Chen, how do you feel?"
Chen Xi's hair, soaked with sweat, clung wetly by her ears, giving her a certain allure. She looked at Chu Yang with surprise, "It doesn't hurt... Not at all... And it feels really comfortable, warm all over."
Chu Yang said, "Manager Chen, I've only provided temporary relief for your pain."
"To completely eradicate the agony of your severe menstrual cramps requires a deeper level of treatment."
Chen Xi immediately tensed up, her condition having plagued her for many years, a constant torment she dreamt of being rid of: "Mr. Chu, can you help me?"
"Your condition is strange, but not without a solution."
"It requires a combination of massage and acupuncture for treatment," Chu Yang said.
Chen Xi, having experienced Chu Yang's massage technique, found it incredibly effective and blissfully irresistible. She was, however, perplexed about his acupuncture technique.
Seeing the confusion on Chen Xi's face, Chu Yang chuckled, "Manager Chen, for your condition, we need to apply a unique acupuncture technique that penetrates both the surface and the core, and I happen to have mastered such a distinct whip technique… oh… I mean, acupuncture technique."
With her focus on whether Chu Yang could cure her ailment, Chen Xi didn't notice the slip in his speech: "If that's the case, Mr. Chu, please treat me."
"I will repay you."
Glancing at Chen Xi's petite and shapely figure, Chu Yang said, "Manager Chen purchased this Mountain King Ginseng from me for two hundred thousand; consider this treatment a free service on my part."
"Next time, I will have to charge you."
Chen Xi immediately responded, "As long as you can cure my illness, I'm willing to pay whatever it costs."
"What if I don't want money?" Chu Yang said.
"Ah?" Chen Xi paused, unclear about Chu Yang's implication.
"Cough cough, Manager Chen, my parents are getting on in years, and they've been longing for me to bring home a wife, to bear them grandsons and granddaughters…," Chu Yang took hold of Chen Xi's hand, saying with a grin.
Chen Xi's face turned red, and after a moment of thought, she murmured shyly, "If… Mr. Chu can truly cure my illness… I actually don't mind dating Mr. Chu… I do have a good impression of Mr. Chu…"
As the general manager of Qingcao Hall, Chen Xi always appeared strong and assertive in front of her employees.
But at this moment, in front of Chu Yang, she was completely like a demure woman, even somewhat like a young girl experiencing her first awakening of love.
"Cough cough…" Chu Yang cleared his throat twice. He was just joking, unable to resist teasing Manager Chen a little, but hadn't expected her to take it seriously.
"Manager Chen, let's begin the treatment," Chu Yang said solemnly.
"Oh, yes, yes, how are we going to proceed?" Chen Xi asked immediately.
Chu Yang stood up, locked the door from the inside, and pointed at the couch, "Take off your clothes and lie down on the couch."
Whoosh.
Chen Xi's face turned crimson instantaneously, her arms crossing over her chest as she hesitated, looking at Chu Yang: "Do I… do I really have to take my clothes off? Can't we do it without me undressing?"
Chu Yao shook his head firmly, "That won't work."
"Your body is somewhat special; if we proceed with the treatment over your clothes, it is likely to greatly reduce the effectiveness or possibly be ineffective altogether."
This was the first time for Chen Xi.
If she had just met Chu Yang, she definitely wouldn't have agreed to his powerless request.
But just now, Chu Yang's abdominal massage truly relieved her menstrual pain by double, which gave Chen Xi a great deal of trust in him.
"Manager Chen, if you're unwilling, then let's wait a bit longer, let's talk about it when you've thought it through," Chu Yang said.
"Don't...," Chen Xi immediately said, biting her teeth, "just... just now..."
As Chen Xi spoke, her hands slowly unfastened the buttons of her white suit...
Chu Yang was somewhat mesmerized. Although Chen Xi had a petite and delicate figure, her bust was incredibly disproportionate, yet the flesh around her waist was very even, not too much, not too little, just right: "Manager Chen's figure is really well-maintained..."
Seeing Chu Yang staring at her, Chen Xi felt even more embarrassed, lowered her head, and covered her chest with her hands, speaking in a voice only she could hear, "That... Mr. Chu... can we start now?"
Chu Yang pointed at the black form-fitting pencil skirt on Chen Xi's body, "It's not enough."
"Can't I leave a little on?" Chen Xi stammered.
Chu Yang shook his head, "No."
Chen Xi closed her eyes, grasped the edge of her skirt, and slowly pulled it down...
A few minutes later...
Chen Xi, with her eyes tightly closed, hadn't heard Chu Yang say a word, and out of curiosity, she opened her eyes to see Chu Yang looking straight at her.
Chen Xi felt a mix of shyness and annoyance in her heart, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into: "Chu… Mr. Chu… have you seen enough? If you've seen enough... let's start..."
"Oh, I was just contemplating the treatment approach," Chu Yang found an excuse.
"Lie on the sofa," Chu Yang instructed.
"Okay," Chen Xi responded softly, turning over and lying on the sofa.
This time, Chu Yang's treatment was to clear Chen Xi's two Bladder Meridians.
The Bladder Meridian is one of the body's two major meridians located on the back, stretching from the head to the back, extending to the waist, buttocks, and finally to the feet, traversing the human body.
Chu Yang placed his hands on Chen Xi's soft shoulders to clear her Bladder Meridian, working his way down to the soles of her snow-white feet.
It took over half an hour.
Chen Xi felt a warm sensation in her back, and as if all her body hair pores had opened, she had never felt such comfort before.
Chu Yang took out a packet of disposable acupuncture needles, nine needles corresponding to nine major points of the Governor Vessel.
"Eh? Mr. Chu, your needles don't hurt at all when they penetrate the skin,"
"Your acupuncture technique is so magical," Chen Xi felt the needles penetrate her skin without any pain and was surprised.
Chu Yang smiled faintly, "I'm using ox hair needles, they don't generally cause pain, and my acupuncture technique is the Taiyi Magic Needle, of course, it won't cause a sensation of pain."
Chen Xi didn't know what the Taiyi Magic Needle technique was, but judging by the name, it must be formidable.
Nine needles corresponded to the nine points of the Governor Vessel.
The last needle landed on the Mingmen acupuncture point.
As Chu Yang held the needle and pierced the Mingmen acupuncture point, Chen Xi felt as if streams of cold air were escaping from her back along the handle of the needle.