Chapter 227
It was 11 am when Wang Yao returned to the cottage . Chen Ying was cooking lunch . A nice smell of food came out of the kitchen .
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“Smells delicious!” Wang Yao went to the kitchen and saw Chen Ying was busy cooking .
“Just one second, lunch will be ready soon,” said Chen Ying with a smile after she had seen Wang Yao .
“Do you need a hand?” asked Wang Yao with a smile .
“No, thanks,” said Chen Ying .
“Okay, I’ll stop interrupting you,” said Wang Yao .
Wang Yao went to the dining room next to the kitchen and waited there . He put another bowl and a set of chopsticks on the table .
Chen Ying brought in the dishes one by one a moment later .
“What are these?” asked Wang Yao .
He was surprised to see all these familiar dishes .
Chen Ying had cooked sweet and sour pork, braised intestines in brown sauce, and stir-fried cucumber with spring onions . All the dishes she cooked were classic Shandong cuisine . The dish not only tasted delicious but also looked nice .
Chen Ying cooked Huaiyang cuisine yesterday and Shandong cuisine today . She was good at different types of cuisine . Given her cooking skill, she could work in a luxury hotel .
“Wow, you cooked so many dishes . I won’t be able to finish all of them . Why not join me for lunch?” Wang Yao pointed at the chair next to him .
“No, thanks,” said Chen Ying .
“Didn’t you say that you’ll try to satisfy all of my requests? Now I have a request, please join me for lunch,” said Wang Yao .
“Okay,” said Chen Ying .
The two of them sat down to eat together . The way Chen Ying ate was quite graceful . She took her time . It seemed that every movement of hers was regulated .
“Why didn’t you want to have lunch with me?” asked Wang Yao casually . But his question made Chen Ying think for a while .
“Rules,” said Chen Ying eventually . She didn’t seem to have answered the question directly .
“What rule doesn’t allow you to have lunch with me?” asked Wang Yao .
Chen Ying didn’t answer . She just smiled as soon as she had finished dinner and put down her bowl and chopsticks .
“I’m finished . Thank you,” said Chen Ying .
“You ate so little,” said Wang Yao . “You just had one small bowl of rice and eighteen mouthfuls of food . ”
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Chen Ying was surprised to hear that .
“You were counting? I’m really full now, though,” said Chen Ying .
“Well, since you don’t want to eat with me, I won’t force you to do it next time . I need to go out in the afternoon; can you come with me?” asked Wang Yao .
“Sure,” said Chen Ying .
Chen Ying stood up and left . Wang Yao suddenly felt bored having to face a table of delicious dishes alone .
Wang Yao took a break after lunch . Then he called his aunt . Zhang Xiufang was very glad to know Wang Yao was visiting Beijing again . She asked Wang Yao to have dinner in her unit . Wang Yao couldn’t say no, so he promised he would go .
Wang Yao and Chen Ying went out after a short break . Since they were going to a place far from the cottage and it would take too long to walk there, Wang Yao decided to ask Chen Ying to drive him there .
“Can we find a place to buy something first?” asked Wang Yao .
“Okay,” said Chen Ying .
Most of the people were working at the time, so there were not many cars on the road compared to the peak hours, of course . It was Beijing after all .
They went to a shopping center nearby to buy some stuff . Along with the gifts Wang Yao brought from his home, Wang Yao reckoned he was well prepared to visit his aunt . He checked the time before leaving for his aunt’s unit .
“Where did you learn to cook? You can cook Huaiyang cuisine as well as Shandong cuisine . What else can you cook?” asked Wang Yao .
“I can cook a bit of all the major Chinese cuisines . I’ll cook something different next time if you want me to,” said Chen Ying .
“That would be great!” said Wang Yao .
After they came out of the shopping center, they noticed there were much more vehicles on the road . It took them over an hour to get to Wang Yao’s aunt .
“Let me carry the things for you,” said Chen Ying .
“Don’t worry about it . I didn’t bring much stuff with me . I can manage . Shall we go together?” asked Wang Yao .
“No, thanks, I prefer to wait here,” said Chen Ying .
“Okay, but you don’t need to wait for me here; you can pick me up at around 7:30 pm,” said Wang Yao .
“Okay,” agreed Chen Ying .
Wang Yao went upstairs with the gifts . He knocked on the door, and his aunt answered it . He was surprised to see that his aunt was at home . She was wearing an apron . She might have been cooking .
“Hello, Auntie,” said Wang Yao .
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“Hi, Yao, you don’t need to bring gifts,” said Zhang Xiufang .
“I’ve got some health supplements for you . I’ve also brought pancakes and snow pea noodles from home,” said Wang Yao .
“Thank you!” Zhang Xiufang was smiling . She looked much better than she was during the Labor Day holiday .
“How have you been feeling lately?” asked Wang Yao .
“I feel much better . I didn’t expect you to be such a good doctor . Where did you learn medicine?” asked Zhang Xiufang .
“A goddess from heaven,” said Wang Yao .
“Stop joking, come sit down . I’ll fetch you a glass of water,” said Zhang Xiufang .
His auntie got him a glass of water before cutting up some fruit . She kept smiling, and the smile was from the bottom of her heart . His aunt’s family moved to Beijing a number of years ago . Beijing was a strange place for them . They didn’t know anyone . Even after they had lived in Beijing for such as a long time, they still felt like they weren’t apart of the city . Because they didn’t have any other family members here, they were so glad to see Wang Yao .
“When will Uncle come back?” asked Wang Yao .
“I told him you were visiting us today, so he’ll come home early,” said Zhang Xiufang .
Zhang Xiufang’s husband came home at around 6:30 pm, and his cousin came back just a little past 7 pm . She looked even skinnier than last time .
“Hi, Yao, welcome,” said Wang Yao’s cousin . She was more welcoming this time as well .
“Thank you,” said Wang Yao .
“Go and wash your hands; we are about to have dinner,” said Zhang Xiufang .
She cooked a full table of dishes . Wang Yao chatted with his aunt’s family while eating . Time passed quickly .
“You don’t need to go back tonight . You can stay here,” said Zhang Xiufang .
“No, thanks . I’ve got some things to do tonight,” said Wang Yao .
“Come here tomorrow then,” said Zhang Xiufang .
“No, thanks . You are very busy, and I don’t want to disrupt you,” said Wang Yao .
“You are not disrupting us at all!” said Zhang Xiufang .
His aunt and her family walked Wang Yao downstairs when he left . Chen Ying had been waiting for him .
“Go home, it’s getting cold,” said Wang Yao .
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“Okay, drive safe,” said Zhang Xiufang .
The car slowly went out of the complex .
“The girl who came to pick up Yao is quite pretty . I’m not sure if she’s Yao’s girlfriend or not,” said Li Xianghong when walking upstairs .
“I don’t think so according to the positions they sat in the car . If she was his girlfriend, he would have sat at the front passenger’s seat, not in the back seat . The girl seems to be his driver,” said Wang Yao’s cousin .
“Driver? Having a pretty girl as a driver?” said Zhang Xiufang in surprise .
“Mom, what is Yao doing here? That car is not cheap at all . What kind of family can afford to buy a car costing over a million and have a private driver?” asked Li Na curiously .
“I don’t know,” said Zhang Xiufang .
“You should go to bed now,” said Li Xianghong .
“Okay,” said Li Na .
After Zhang Xiufang and her husband had returned to their bedroom, Zhang Xiufang continued to think of their conversation just now while lying in bed .
“Do you know why Yao comes to Beijing?” asked Li Xianghong softly .
“I think he’s here to see a patient,” replied Zhang Xiufang .
“To see a patient?” said Li Xianghong in surprise .
Beijing had the best medical recourse in China . It had most first-class hospitals and the best doctors . People from all over the country came to Beijing to see a doctor every day . If a person couldn’t be cured in Beijing, they would probably not be cured in any other places in China . The only alternative was to find a doctor overseas .
“It seems that Yao’s patient is a very rich person . Since the person is in Beijing, what kind of disease would require Yao to treat?” wondered Li Xianghong .
Zhang Xiufang started to worry about her nephew now .
“Do you think he will get into trouble?” asked Zhang Xiufang .
“I don’t think so . He’s been here once already . By the way, you can ask him tomorrow who he is treating,” said Li Xianghong .
“Okay, I’ll ask him tomorrow . ”
Wang Yao had some wine during dinner . He didn’t go to bed straight away after he had returned to the cottage . Instead, he read a chapter of Taoism scriptures for a while . He turned the light off and went to sleep after observing the sky for a moment .
It was gloomy and dusty the next day . The whole city was akin to being covered by a poor-quality plastic film . It made Wang Yao very uncomfortable .
He arrived at Su Xiaoxue’s house at around 9 am .
Apart from Su Xiaoxue’s mother, he found Dr . Chen was also there . Dr . Chen seemed to be very interested in Wang Yao . He arrived at Su Xiaoxue’s house early in the morning and checked Su Xiaoxue’s pulse .
“Good morning, Dr . Wang,” said Dr . Chen .
“Good morning, Dr . Chen . I’m here to see her hands . I put some herbal paste on her palms several days ago,” said Wang Yao .
“Hello, Xiaoxue . ” Wang Yao greeted Su Xiaoxue who couldn’t speak with a smile .
Hello, Dr . Wang, thought Su Xiaoxue silently .
Wang Yao slowly opened the gauze bandage on Su Xiaoxue’s finger . The gauze was not common . It was marinated in herbal decoctions to minimize the pain and prevent infection of the wounds .
After Wang Yao had removed the gauze, everyone could see Su Xiaoxue’s ulcerated hand .
What is this?
Both Song Ruiping and Dr . Chen opened their eyes widely . Dr . Chen came to the edge of the bed and bent down to check Su Xiaoxue’s palm .
Her palm was still ulcerated . However, he could see the pink muscle among those dark purple wounds . Some pieces of dead tissue were found on the gauze . They were as black as coal . The pink muscle was as shiny as an oasis in the desert .
They knew very well what it meant .
“How can this be possible? How can this be possible!” exclaimed Dr . Chen repeatedly .
This was like injecting new life into a withered tree . This was bringing a skeleton back to life .
“It worked!” said Wang Yao with a smile . He took out a bottle of Muscle Revitalizing powder and applied the decoction evenly on Su Xiaoxue’s palm .
Dr . Chen, who was standing next to Wang Yao, was staring at the white porcelain bottle and the green decoction coming out of it . He didn’t even blink .
He even wanted to snatch the bottle from Wang Yao’s hand .
“What decoction is this? How can it be so magical? Where did this young man obtain such a wonderful decoction?
The decoction was absorbed by Su Xiaoxue’s palm quickly as if the dry earth was absorbing raindrops .
Wang Yao then wrapped the gauze around Su Xiaoxue’s palm carefully . He couldn’t wrap it too tight or too loose around her palm . It was a basic nursing technique Wang Yao was not good at because he didn’t have much experience in doing it .
“Have a good rest, I will come to see you again at night,” said Wang Yao to Su Xiaoxue .
“I’m leaving now . See you tonight,” said Wang Yao to Song Ruiping .
“Thank you; I’ll walk you out . ” Song Ruiping was very thankful .
Dr . Chen also followed them out of the house and went back to the cottage together with Wang Yao .