“Dr. Chen, don’t misunderstand…”

Yan Feifan quickly tried to explain his staring. “I’m not interested in your niece in that way. I just find her body shape to be very disproportionate, and I couldn’t help but take a closer look.”

Hearing this, Yan Ziruo’s heart, which had just settled, leaped into her throat again.

She worried Director Chen would lose her temper and beat up her brother.

Sure enough, Chen Yu’s expression was so dark it looked like storm clouds were gathering.

“Yan Feifan, it’s extremely rude to make fun of someone’s physical flaws. You need to give me a clear explanation.”

Yan Feifan said, feeling wronged, “Dr. Chen, I wasn’t trying to make fun of her. I was truly just curious and wanted to investigate.”

“Dr. Chen, if it’s not too much trouble, could you tell me what illness your niece is being treated for with hormone therapy?”

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu’s anger subsided considerably.

From what she knew of Yan Feifan, while the kid was a bit clueless about social etiquette, he wasn’t so rude as to be completely ill-mannered.

A thought struck her, and she asked, “Yan Feifan, do you think my niece’s obesity is caused by hormones?”

Yan Feifan nodded. “Her body is so disproportionately overweight. It couldn’t be from natural weight gain.”

“Honey, stop busying yourself in the kitchen and get over here right now!”

Chen Yu shouted toward the kitchen, then knocked a few times on the door of the room the young woman had been in.

“Xiaomin, I’m sure you overheard what this brat just said. Don’t be shy, come on out.”

At Chen Yu’s summons, her husband, Xia Yunxiao, and her niece, Xia Min, both came into the living room.

Xia Min, still in her tight-fitting workout clothes, stood before them with her head down, looking anxious and uncomfortable.

“This is my niece, Xia Min. She’s twenty-three this year. When she was sixteen, as her body continued to develop, her weight began to increase significantly.”

Chen Yu gave Yan Feifan the basic details. “Right now, she’s five-foot-four and weighs 179 pounds.”

“She’s tried some weight-loss methods in the past, but they weren’t very effective.”

“In fact, due to improper dieting and her obesity, she’s developed complications like hyperglycemia, proteinuria, and hypertension.”

“These days, she’s mainly using exercise and a carefully controlled diet to manage her weight.”

Chen Yu looked at Yan Feifan and added, “And for your information, my sister-in-law weighs 165 pounds and is five-foot-three.”

Yan Feifan understood why she had specifically shared this information.

If one parent is overweight, their child has a forty percent chance of becoming overweight as well.

And hereditary obesity is the most difficult to lose.

“Yan Feifan, given your very rude behavior of staring at my niece just now…”

Chen Yu said with a serious expression, “If you can’t prove your judgment correct—if my niece’s obesity is indeed natural…”

“…you’ll have to pay the price.”

Yan Feifan asked nervously, “Dr. Chen, what price?”

With a deadpan expression, Chen Yu said, “Marrying my niece, of course.”

Yan Feifan’s mouth twitched. “Dr. Chen, you can’t be serious. Don’t joke about things like that.”

Chen Yu’s expression suddenly darkened. “I am serious,” she said coldly. “I’m not joking.”

“Yan Feifan, you’d better pray.”

“That your diagnosis just now wasn’t just some careless remark, but an intuitive judgment based on your knowledge and learning.”

Yan Feifan whispered, “Dr. Chen, she’s so disproportionately overweight. It’s definitely not natural obesity.”

Just then, Xia Yunxiao spoke up. “Xiaoyan, you keep saying my niece’s weight is disproportionate. What’s disproportionate about it?”

Yan Feifan looked surprised. He pointed to Xia Min’s legs, arms, and torso. “It’s so obvious. How can you not see it?”

Yan Ziruo walked a few circles around Xia Min, then took two steps back to look her over again and again.

“Feifan, I don’t see any problem.”

“Isn’t Xia Min’s weight distributed pretty evenly?”

Yan Ziruo looked at Chen Yu and asked, “Director Chen, what do you think?”

Seeing her husband also looking at her expectantly, Chen Yu said slowly, “I don’t see anything disproportionate either.”

“However… I know some people have an unusual ability to spot flaws, almost like a superpower. They can find the tiny differences between two nearly identical pictures in an instant.”

She pointed a finger at Yan Feifan and explained, “I know this kid, Yan Feifan. He has an astonishingly detailed understanding of human anatomy.”

“It’s not that strange that he could easily see the disproportions in Xiaomin’s body.”

“Yan Feifan, just tell us straight. What part of my Xiaomin’s body is disproportionately overweight?”

Yan Feifan once again pointed to Xia Min’s legs, arms, and torso. “Her legs and arms,” he said, “are disproportionately thin compared to her torso.”

“The difference is huge. How can you all be blind to it?”

At his words, Xia Min also began stretching out her legs and arms, comparing the thickness of her limbs to her torso.

Xia Yunxiao said with an air of great seriousness, “Xiaoyan, now that you mention it, I really do think Xiaomin’s weight is a bit disproportionate.”

“Her legs and arms are relatively thinner. At first glance, she kind of has the same build as Gru from Despicable Me.”

Chen Yu reached out and smacked Xia Yunxiao on the head. “That’s purely psychological suggestion,” she said angrily.

“If the proportions were that off, would all of us be blind?”

Xia Yunxiao rubbed the spot on his head where he’d been hit. “Honey, we have guests,” he said, a touch of grievance in his voice. “Let me save a little face.”

Chen Yu shot him a glare, then turned back to Yan Feifan. “Since you’re so certain her weight is disproportionate and not from natural obesity, what’s your final diagnosis?”

Yan Feifan mulled it over for a moment. “Since Xia Min has never undergone hormone therapy, this kind of disproportionate development is very likely caused by an internal endocrine disorder.”

Chen Yu nodded. “Yan Feifan, given your brilliant track record, I’ll trust you on this.”

“Tomorrow, I’ll take Xia Min to the hospital for a check-up.”

“I’ll have them run tests for every possible factor that could affect her endocrine secretion.”

Just then, Xia Min, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke.

“Auntie, why wait until tomorrow?”

“Can’t we go right now?”

Chen Yu shook her head helplessly. “Xiaomin, you really can’t wait, can you!”

“But I understand how you feel!”

“Still, no matter how anxious you are, you have to let us eat dinner first.”

Chen Yu looked at Yan Feifan again. “Is there anything else?” she asked.

Yan Feifan quickly said there wasn’t and that he’d be taking his leave…

“Feifan…”

Chen Yu called out to Yan Feifan, who had only taken a few steps toward the door. “Before she gained weight, my Xiaomin was quite the famous little beauty in our area.”

“If you’re right, I’ll have her repay you by marrying you…”

As a flustered Yan Feifan fled with his sister out of Building No. 9, he saw three young men cornering Yu Suye by her MINI Cooper…

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