Unknown to Hong Nian Niang, Anji's silence was not an act of psychological warfare. The young successor secretly sent out energy threads into the air and into the patient's body to check her meridians. Thanks to her improved level of energy control, she was able to probe without alerting others to her presence when she focused.
Even with Senior Researcher Mo's diagnosis about Hong Nian Niang's constitution, Anji had to personally confirm. There did not seem to be any issues with Hong Nian Niang's physical recovery. However, the blossoming of a heart demon was something more difficult to predict. Anji had only recently mastered the art of reading the nature of energy flows. However, none of the medical journals taught her how to cure the ailments of the heart.
