“As long as you listen to me,” Wang Yao said .
He was fairly confident of curing Zhou Wuyi’s disease . Although it involved several conditions, he had confronted and tackled all of them . What he had accumulated was not only experience but also confidence .
The poison inside his body was no stronger than Sun Yunsheng’s toxins of Yang energy . His blocked and unbalanced meridians were no worse than the overall atrophy of Sun Xiaoxue’s channels and collaterals . He could cure both of them, so he was confident he could cure the old man . Though he was aged, the old man had practiced Kungfu . It had made his body even stronger than a boy before he was injured .
“Good, I trust you,” the old man said comfortably .
Zhou Xiong walked Wang Yao to the gate .
“How long it will take before my uncle’s recovery?” he asked .
“Maybe a month,” Wang Yao replied .
“Good, thank you . What about the medical fees?” Zhou Xiong asked .
“We can discuss that later,” Wang Yao said . He then drove home .
In the People’s Hospital in Lianshan .
The old man’s breathing was becoming weaker .
“Dad? Dad?” His children called out anxiously by the bed but did not dare raise their voices . “Ah, no response . ”
They were quite worried but did not have any way to help their father .
“What about calling Doctor Wang?” the daughter asked .
“Why? He just left about an hour ago . He wouldn’t have gone if he had any way to help,” the brother said .
“It is all my fault . ” His sister cried until her red eyes .
“Ah, it is dad’s fate,” her brother said .
It was no use to blame anyone . Neither of them could save their father or relieve his pain . They could do nothing other than stay by the bed . They couldn’t even transfer him to another hospital . He could die on his way there .
People often felt overwhelmingly anxious and tortured when waiting, especially during moments like these .
“Ah!” The old man groaned in a whisper and opened his eyes .
“Dad, your awake!” His children were excited .
“Ah,” the old man responded to his children after hearing their yelling .
He opened his eyes, carefully looking at his children by the bed . He wanted to talk to them but had no strength . He was dying . He felt that he had almost arrived at the edge his life . He didn’t want to go . He still wanted to see his grandchildren and talk with his children . He heard the sound of his late wife . He even saw her face smiling in front of him .
“I’m coming to be with you,” he said .
The old man closed his eyes .
“Dad? Dad? Dad?” the siblings yelled in fright .
“Where’s that drug?” the brother asked .
They hurried to take out the nine herbal pills Wang Yao had left . They melted them into water and fed it to their father .
“Dad . Dad, please wake up,” they murmured .
Who was calling me? The sound in the old man’s ear was so familiar . His eyelids were too heavy to open .
Go! Dying was almost a relief . He would be spared the torment . But, the light . He saw the light and unclear shadow of people moving .
After hearing the yelling, doctors had started emergency treatment .
He closed his eye again .
There was one more pill . The sibling melted it into water and fed it to their father .
“What’s that you give him to drink?” one doctor asked .
“Drugs . Drugs to save his life,” they said .
Ah! Light appeared in front of the old man’s eyes again . This time, he clearly saw the blurry shadows, which were his children and doctors .
“Geez!” he said .
The doctor, Xu Yongan, took a deep breath .
“It is too unbelievable,” he said .
People in his field, especially in his department, were familiar with death . There were many symptoms that indicated death, like what the patient had just experienced . This time, he was saved .
It was not scientific! Xu Yongan didn’t know what to say . What happened? Was it due to that Doctor Wang again?
The old man was somehow dragged away from death . He might pass die at any time . Yet, his face was somehow brilliant, almost hallucinatory .
“I’ll go,” he said without any strength .
“Dad . ”
“Please don’t cry . It is a kind of relief to me,” he said to his children .
The old man talked with his children weakly and called the names of his grandchildren .
“They are on their way here,” his children said .
They called their families to tell them the old man was almost dying . They urged their father to hold on and wait a little longer . Before long, the ward was filled with people .
The old man looked at the younger generations one by one, mumbling their names . He was so awake in this short time, even more than he had been in the past few years .
The old man then closed his eye . There was peace on his face . He was gone .
“Dad!””Grandpa!” They all cried and bemoaned the death of the old man .
The old man lying on the next bed seemed to be affected by the situation . His breathing became quick .
“Dad!” His son standing by the bed was scared and asked for the doctor hastily .
The doctor carefully checked him out . “No big problem for the time being . ”
He looked at the crying families of that patient and wanted to say something . The words began to come out of his mouth, but he swallowed them back . They needed time to cry .
“What, gone?” Wang Yao was shocked .
“Yes, he’s gone . I saw him pass away with a peaceful face . Thank you, and the fees…” Li Maoshuang’s elder cousin said .
“We can talked about it later . You are busy now,” Wang Yao said .
“Mission: Facing the ills . The pharmacist dared to face any stubborn disease . Though you were not able to tackle all completely, you still tried your best to treat the malignant tumor, reduce the patient’s pain, and prolong the life of the patient . Reward: a bag of herb seeds . ”
I made it? It was rather a surprise . In reality, death was kind of a relief for that old patient .
Seeds, there was a bag of seeds . What’s it this time?
Narcissus . The medical efficacy was for all over the body instead of just for some parts . It could be used to stop bleeding, reduce pain, remove the obstruction in the collaterals, and dispel blood stasis .
Now that the herb seeds were available, he planted them in an appropriate medical fields .
One more licorice roots . Good!
Though the old man had died, the treatment process was meaningful . It made Wang Yao realize how marvelous his ability was . Even a malignant tumor was not completely untreatable . This difficulty could be overcome .
What if the old had not died and the treatment had been continued? There might have been more unbelievable possibilities . But, they were just possibilities .
“Let it go!” Wang Yao told himself .
He locked the door of the clinic and returned home . The wonderful smell of food floated through the air into the alley . He soon heard laughter .
Wang Yao turned around . He looked at the car parked not far from the alley entrance .
Ah, he’s come again?
The door opened .
“Xiao Yao came back,” Du Mingyang smiled .
“How are you?” Wang Yao asked .
“Come on, have a drink . It is Lapsang Souchong . I asked one of my friends to bring some from the south,” Du Mingyang said .
Wang Yao smiled and took the cup . It was good tea full of fragrance but no better than any he had .
“Uncle, have a drink,” Du Mingyang said .
Wang Yao’s father agreed .
“I’ll give my aunt a hand,” Du Mingyang said .
“No need to do that . You can just have a seat here,” Wang Yao’s father said .
Ah! It’s too difficult to be a potential son-in-law, Wang Yao sighed to himself .
“Ah, didn’t you call my sister?” he asked .
“No, she’s working,” Du Mingyang said .
“Why didn’t you work today?” Wang Yao asked .
“I took the day off,” Du Mingyang replied .
In the dusk, Wang Ru rushed home . She was not happy .
“Do you want to die?” she asked Du Mingyang .
“Gentle, be gentle,” Wang Yao quietly reminded her .
“Tell me, why are you here?” she asked .
“I asked one of my friends to bring some tea from the south, so I brought some to uncle,” Du Mingyang said .
“What kind of tea, Da Hong Pao from Wuyi Mountains?” she asked .
“No, Lapsang Souchong, its famous,” he replied .
“Out at once!” she yelled .
“OK, I’ll tell uncle and aunt . ” Du Mingyang said .
“No need to do that,” she said .
“Xiao Du?” Wang Yao’s mother called out .
“Yes, aunt, I’m here,” Du Mingyang said .
“Come on in and have meal with us,” she said .
He agreed and rushed into the room as swiftly as a monkey .
After the meal, Du Mingyang returned to town . Wang Ru stayed at home .
“I feel he really takes care of you, and he is not a bad person . Take him,” Wang Yao said .
“Hey! Who are you to say that?” she asked .
“Look, you’ve experienced many blind dates . Ninety-nine percent of those took a fancy to you, but you didn’t fancy them . Sister, shouldn’t you still think about your first love?”