Chapter 374: 374
“Yes, he seems to be . Why?” asked Chen Ying .
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“A mayor of a poor county is supposed to be very busy with his work . Why is he in Beijing so often?” asked Wang Yao curiously .
“He is a deputy mayor . I heard that his main role is to attract investment . Everyone here knows what he does . So he just came here to attract investments and donations,” said Chen Ying . It was not uncommon for employees of local government to travel around to attract investors .
“Oh, I see,” said Wang Yao, who now understood the whole situation .
He could feel it clearly that Guo Zhenghe approached him for a purpose . He didn’t like it .
What does he want? thought Wang Yao .
He didn’t think too much about it . He just decided to keep his distance with Guo Zhenghe . The more time he spent with Guo Zhenghe, the more he understood that Guo Zhenghe was a complicated person . Wang Yao thought that beneath those nice looks, Guo Zhenghe was a cunning person .
The temperature dropped by eight degrees overnight . It was quite cool the next morning . Wang Yao felt that autumn had finally arrived .
This was what autumn was supposed to be .
This was how Wang Yao felt about the weather . He thought about Nanshan Hill again as he looked at the withered yellow leaves in the courtyard .
Don’t know what happened to the my trees and herbs on Nanshan Hill . I hope my parents haven’t worked too hard . I hope San Xian, Da Xiao and Xiaohei are all doing well .
Wang Yao only left Nanshan Hill four days ago, but he had already started to miss it .
Meanwhile, there were still people in the village visiting his clinic .
“How come he is not here?” said an elderly man as he was looking at the notice on the door of Wang Yao’s clinic .
“He’s away,” said the person who accompanied the elderly man to the clinic .
They were not the first ones looking for Wang Yao while he was away .
“Where did Dr . Wang go?” asked the elderly man . “It is not easy for us to travel all the way here . ”
Wang Yao didn’t know that over 10 people had visited his clinic when he was away . They all left with disappointment, including Chen Changfeng .
“Mr . Chen, he’s not here,” said Chen Changfeng’s assistant .
“Where has he been?” asked Chen Changfeng .
“His parents told me that he has gone to Beijing,” said his assistant .
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“Beijing?” said Chen Changfeng after keeping silent for a moment . “Did his parents mention when he will come back?”
“They are not sure . They said Dr . Wang should return in about a week . It’s Thursday today already,” said his assistant .
“I see . He should come back soon . Thanks . Keep an eye on the clinic, but don’t disturb his family,” said Chen Changfeng .
“Sure, Dr . Chen,” said his assistant .
“Hey, it seems that Fenghua’s son is quite a capable young man . There have been quite a few people going to his clinic,” said a villager .
“Yes, I’ve seen cars coming to the village . Maybe I should ask Yao to have a look at my leg,” said another villager .
“Haha, I hope he won’t break your leg!” said the other villager .
It was autumn . The villagers were not too busy after harvesting peanuts and corns . Therefore, they had more time to gossip .
“Fenghua, more and more people came to ask about Yao recently . I don’t know what Yao is doing in Beijing,” said Zhang Xiuying, who had started to miss her son already . Like the old saying, a mother always worried about her child who was away from home . She didn’t feel it when Wang Yao came home every day .
“That’s fine . Just make sure you don’t talk too much . ” Wang Fenghua was the same old Wang Fenghua, who was smoking and talking minimal .
Since Wang Yao had successfully created his herbal field on Nanshan Hill, Wang Fenghua hadn’t asked too much about what his son was doing .
“Leave him to do what he likes,” said Wang Fenghua .
He thought his son had grown up . Wang Yao had his own thoughts and career . As long as Wang Yao had a good life and obeyed the law, Wang Fenghua didn’t care what his son did for a living .
He and his wife couldn’t help their son with his career anyway .
It was windy and cool and gloomy in Beijing . Wang Yao felt it was bleak to walk in an old lane of thousands of years of history .
“I like autumn,” said Wang Yao as he looked at the sky .
“What?” said Chen Ying with confusion .
“Let’s go,” said Wang Yao with a smile .
He went back to Su Xiaoxue’s house to conduct another treatment on Su Xiaoxue .
Su Xiaoxue had felt more obvious changes in her body in the last few days . She was truly getting better every single day . There had been more changes over the past day since Wang Yao’s last visit than there had been in the ten days before it combined . It was such a wonderful thing for Su Xiaoxue . Apart from her recovery, she also noticed another change; the expanding of her Qi .
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“Good,” said Wang Yao after reviewing Su Xiaoxue . He also found the expanding Qi inside Su Xiaoxue’s body . It didn’t surprise Wang Yao . He had transferred Qi into Su Xiaoxue’s body several times . Part of the Qi was used to fix her body . A small proportion stayed inside her body untouched . However, Su Xiaoxue didn’t know how to induce the Qi, so she couldn’t take advantage of the remaining amount . In addition, the Qi didn’t belong to anyone . It would disappear over time . Part of it would turn into some sort of energy and became part of her body . Whatever was left would mingle with her own Qi . That was why her Qi had expanded .
“The Qi inside your body is a wonderful thing . You can try to induce it,” said Wang Yao .
“How?” asked Su Xiaoxue with confusion .
“Well, it’s part of your body now . Use your mind to control it,” said Wang Yao with a smile .
It sounded tricky, but Wang Yao was telling the truth . Like the newborns attempting to put their fingers into their mouth when they turned three months, they would fail in most occasions at the beginning . The newborns couldn’t control their arms at the beginning . It took practice, ongoing practice . Therefore, Su Xiaoxue needed to practice for a long time to be able to control her Qi like Wang Yao did .
“Okay, I’ll try,” said Su Xiaoxue .
“Good,” said Wang Yao .
Wang Yao had the instructions of inducing Qi, but he couldn’t tell Su Xiaoxue . The instructions belonged to the system . It was too complicated to pass it onto other people .
By the time Wang Yao had completed the session, it was over 2 pm .
There came a visitor to Su Xiaoxue’s house, whom Wang Yao knew . It was Dr . Chen .
“Hello, Dr . Wang,” said Dr . Chen .
“Hello,” said Wang Yao .
“Just finished the treatment?” asked Dr . Chen .
“Yes,” said Wang Yao .
Dr . Chen had visited Su Xiaoxue quite often lately, because Su Xiaoxue had been recovering really fast, faster than he could ever imagine . However, Song Ruiping didn’t mention Wang Yao’s innovative treatment to Dr . Chen . She didn’t think it was a good idea to tell other people about it .
“I come too late . I was going to learn something from you,” said Dr . Chen with a smile .
“Please don’t joke about me . ” Wang Yao was not an arrogant person . Although he had certain advantages, Dr . Chen was way more experienced than him . In addition, Wang Yao was a modest person who preferred to keep a low profile . “We can discuss it on another day,” said Dr . Chen .
“Sure,” said Wang Yao .
He left after chatting with Dr . Chen for a short while .
Chen Ying left for the house a bit earlier . She estimated the time of Wang Yao’s arrival and had cooked lunch .
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“Hi, you are back,” said Chen Ying .
“Yes,” said Wang Yao .
“How is Xiaoxue?” asked Chen Ying .
“She’s much better,” said Wang Yao .
“Lunch is ready . Eat it while it’s still warm,” said Chen Ying .
“Okay,” said Wang Yao .
Chen Ying just cooked some simple dishes, which were all delicious . Apart from her other skills, her cooking skills was as good as those chefs in the restaurants .
“There was a visitor before you came back,” said Chen Ying .
“Who is it?” asked Wang Yao .
“Wu Xiuxian . I don’t think you know him . ” Chen Ying said a strange name .
“Right, I don’t know him . I’ve never heard of this name before,” said Wang Yao .
“But he seems to know you . He didn’t stay long, as you were not here . By the way, he left something for you . ” Chen Ying pointed at the table .
“What is it?” Wang Yao saw several well-packed boxes .
“Tea, Wuyi rock tea,” said Chen Ying .
“Oh . ” Wang Yao wasn’t too surprised . “I guess Mr . Wu is not some commoner . ”
“You are right, he’s from a very wealthy family,” said Chen Ying .
“I see . I hope he’s not going to cause any trouble for me,” said Wang Yao softly .
He didn’t have anything planned in the afternoon, so Chen Ying took him to several well-known old herbal shops in Beijing, like Tongren herbal shop . Wang Yao wanted to see how they processed the herbs, but he didn’t get to see anything . Wang Yao wasn’t too disappointed . After all, the techniques of processing herbs were supposed to be secretive . The shop was at least one hundred years old . It was rich in culture .
“You wanna see how they process herbs and brew decoctions?” asked Chen Ying curiously .
“Yes, I’m interested in knowing they methods,” admitted Wang Yao .
“Maybe I can help you,” said Chen Ying .
“Can you?” asked Wang Yao .
“I can try,” said Chen Ying with a smile .
Wang Yao knew Chen Ying would probably able to give him what he wanted .
“Great! I really want to see how they work,” said Wang Yao .
“I’ll ask around for you,” said Chen Ying .
“Okay, thank you,” said Wang Yao .
All the herbal shops had their own ways to process herbs and brew decoctions . Some also had very old formulas . How they prepared herbs and brewed decoctions were confidential . They relied on those techniques to survive .
“By the way, I want to go to the Great Wall,” said Wang Yao .
“Now?” Chen Ying looked up at the sky . It was dark and gloomy .
“Yes, now,” said Wang Yao with a smile .
“Okay, let’s go,” said Chen Ying .
The Great Wall was outside the metropolitan area . It was a fairly long drive for them . Wang Yao just suddenly wanted to go there . The last time when he visited the Great Wall, he practiced air-piercing fist there and made significant improvement . This time, maybe he would gain something else .
Because it was peak hour, the roads were very busy with terrible traffic jam . It took them quite a while to reach the Great Wall . However, by the time they had arrived, it had started to rain .
“It’s raining,” said Chen Ying with surprise .
“So?” said Wang Yao . He actually liked the rain . He liked both thick spring rain and continuous autumn rain .
“Nothing,” said Chen Ying with a smile .
The reason why she said that was because there was no umbrella in the car . To be precise, there was only one broken umbrella in the car . It was broken from the last time she used it and she forgot to take a new one . If they had to get out of the car, they had to walk in the rain . She didn’t like walking in the rain . They were out of the metropolitan area now . She just hoped that she could buy an umbrella at a shop somewhere near the Great Wall .