Treating external injuries is different from other illnesses; it's not enough to just take one's pulse and ask about the condition. Ran Yan isn't afraid of people seeing her neck, but it's hard not to let those kinds of marks on her full neck lead to speculation.
However, when Ran Yan met Doctor Zhou, she mostly put those concerns to rest. He was an old man in his fifties, with a slightly hunched back, dressed in a pale green official uniform with a round collar, wearing a black gauze cap. His face was pale and his muscles slack with deep creases already forming. His eyelids drooped slightly, preventing others from easily seeing his gaze. His demeanor was neither arrogant nor overly humble, clearly one of those who saw nothing but the ailment before him apart from medicine.
Protecting the privacy of patients is also part of a doctor's ethics, especially for an Imperial Physician.
"Seventeen, come and greet Doctor Zhou," Ran Pingyu said.
