While Megan Brooks was lost in thought, the man quietly opened his eyes. Seeing a woman of gentle beauty and extraordinary grace squatting beside him, he was quite surprised. But what truly kept his eyes glued was the alluring view beneath her skirt; from his angle, he didn’t even need to “peek” to fully appreciate such a wonderful sight.

“Do not look at what is improper”—that’s the pedantic style of Confucius. As for his own bold personality, Ethan Cooper believed that passing up a free advantage would be foolish. With such a beautiful scene right before his eyes, there was no way Ethan Cooper wouldn’t look; not looking would be a waste!

“What should I do?” The woman’s self-muttering instantly made Ethan Cooper snap his eyes shut.

Megan Brooks lowered her head to look at the motionless Ethan Cooper lying on the ground, and discussed with the air, “Should I just leave him here?”

Hearing this, Ethan Cooper felt a chill in his heart. Sister-in-law, please don’t do that!

“Then what else should I do?” Megan Brooks seemed to hear Ethan Cooper’s inner voice. But if she really could, just that “sister-in-law” would be enough to make her explode.

Ethan Cooper didn’t know what to do either. He couldn’t even figure out where he was or what was going on, so how could he know what to do?

“Beep—beep—” Although Shennan Avenue was quiet at 3 a.m., it wasn’t completely empty. Megan Brooks’s car, with its hazard lights flashing, was stopped right in the middle of the three-lane road. Cars behind her started honking from afar!

Megan Brooks was getting anxious. If this went on, the traffic police would show up sooner or later, and that would make things even more troublesome. The best plan was to leave quickly, but she couldn’t just abandon this man, could she? After thinking it over, she finally made up her mind.

At this point, the only option was to take the man home.

As she leaned in, a fragrance like orchids and musk wafted straight to Ethan Cooper’s nose. He breathed it in almost greedily—the unique, intoxicating scent of a mature woman, stirring his imagination.

Although Megan Brooks was tall, her delicate and slender frame shouldn’t have been able to lift someone as big as Ethan Cooper, who was about 1.8 meters tall. Yet, gritting her teeth and using all her strength, she managed to haul him up.

“Hmph, he’s just a stinky man. Even I, your auntie, can handle it!” Though Megan Brooks was sweating and exhausted, she was still quite proud.

Ethan Cooper couldn’t help but snicker. Auntie? If I didn’t cooperate, you wouldn’t be able to lift me even if you used all your strength.

Right now, Ethan Cooper was secretly laughing, but soon he wanted to cry. This so-called “auntie” looked gentle, demure, and dignified, but her actions had nothing to do with gentleness—in fact, they could only be described as rough.

She half-carried, half-dragged Ethan Cooper to the back of the car, let go and dropped him to the ground, then rudely shoved him into the back seat. Before his feet were even inside, she slammed the car door, pinching Ethan Cooper so hard he gasped in pain. Yet the wild woman, oblivious, kept pushing on the door that wouldn’t close. Poor Ethan Cooper broke out in a cold sweat from the pain but didn’t dare cry out. It was truly like a child bride crying to her husband—suffering in silence.

“Hmm???” After several failed attempts to close the door, Megan Brooks finally noticed Ethan Cooper’s feet were still sticking out. Her face flushed with embarrassment. “Sorry, sorry! I didn’t mean to.”

She quickly tucked his feet in, then closed the door and got in the car.

Chapter Two: Going Home with a Strange Woman

Ethan Cooper’s tall, sturdy body lay cramped in the back seat. Although he didn’t know where the woman was taking him, his instincts told him she wasn’t a bad person. Otherwise, she would have left him after hitting him. This temporary sense of safety allowed him to relax a little and finally sort out his chaotic thoughts.

What on earth was going on? Where exactly was this place? Who were these strangely dressed people? And what was this thing carrying him faster than a thousand-mile horse…? Countless questions filled his mind.

He clearly remembered seeing the imperial edict posted outside the Meridian Gate that morning. It said the empress had fallen gravely ill with strange symptoms never before seen, and the imperial physicians were at a loss. All famous doctors from across the land were urgently summoned, with a reward of ten thousand taels of gold and a hundred acres of good land for anyone who could cure her.

Everyone wants to be a hero, but only the times can make one!

Everyone wants to stand out, but not everyone with Han Hong’s illness has Han Hong’s fate.

Ethan Cooper had a rough life. After finally mastering medicine and martial arts, he had hardly enjoyed a single good day. When he saw the imperial edict, he realized his chance had finally come!

Fearless as a newborn calf, he immediately accepted the challenge and entered the palace. After examining the empress, he was shocked to discover that her illness was actually a venereal disease! (Note: “venereal disease” refers to a sexually transmitted infection.)

Though the empress’s illness was severe, its root cause wasn’t complicated. At first, Ethan Cooper didn’t think much of it. Before entering the palace, he’d worried it might be some rare, difficult disease, but after seeing her, it turned out to be just a venereal disease!

This illness might be hard for others, but for Ethan Cooper, it was a piece of cake. He immediately boasted to the empress: “Three doses of medicine, and you’ll be cured.”