“By the way, these patients all have muscular-skeletal problems, so you can take over,” Wang Yao said .
“OK,” Pan Jun said .
He came here to learn from his teacher and was keen to gain new skills . He was ready to start working .
“Dr . Wang, who is this?” a patient asked .
“I’m Dr . Wang’s student,” Pan Jun said . “I work in Lianshan People’s Hospital . ”
“Oh, the county hospital?” the patient asked .
“Yes,” Pan Jun said .
He started to happily treat the patients . He had grasped the massage techniques very well . Practice made perfect, and he had practiced .
“Your skills are improving fast,” Wang Yao said as he was observing Pan Jun .
“I practice in my sister’s clinic whenever I get a chance,” Pan Jun said .
Wang Yao made him a cup of tea .
Pan Jun treated three patients for Wang Yao . His treatment was very effective .
“You are good . I feel much better now,” said the last patient, an old man in his 60s .
“It’s good you are feeling better,” Pan Jun said . “You need two more sessions to consolidate the effect of the treatment . ”
“OK,” the patient said .
After all the patients had left, Wang Yao invited Pan Jun for lunch at the restaurant in the village next door .
“Dr . Wang, I’m actually here for something else,” Pan Jun said .
“What is it?” Wang Yao asked .
“The condition of the patient I mentioned to you the other day, who was bitten by an insect, is getting worse,” Pan Jun said . “Can you help him?”
“The one from Li Family Creek?” Wang Yao asked .
Pan Jun nodded his head in affirmation .
“Yes . ” It was not difficulty for Wang Yao to treat that patient . He just needed the detox grass .
“I don’t think he’ll survive if he doesn’t get treated immediately,” Pan Jun said .
“But, he has to come to my clinic first,” Wang Yao said .
“That’s right,” Pan Jun said .
They went back to Wang Yao’s clinic after lunch . Pan Jun consulted him on a few questions when there was no patient around . He had come across these questions while treating patients in his sister’s clinic . He was steadily accumulating his experience and studying while practicing .
“What you asked are really good questions . ” Wang Yao could tell Pan Jun had worked hard and that his knowledge in Chinese Massage had improved significantly with those questions . He could see Pan Jun’s progress every time he came to the clinic .
“When you have completely grasped massage theory and technique, I can teach you something else,” Wang Yao said .
“That’s great,” Pan Jun said with a smile .
He was keen to learn more, but he knew his capacity . One of his strengths was that he was content with what he had learned . He would choose to learn new skills according to his abilities . He wouldn’t take on too much .
In Lianshan People’s Hospital, the patient who was bitten by an insect had decided to move to Haiqu People’s Hospital .
The doctors there also didn’t know what to do with this patient . They had never come across a similar case before .
“Wait! Actually, I think I’ve seen a similar case,” a doctor said after reading through the notes .
He thought for a while and remembered that the symptoms of a patient from a wealthy family he once saw with a number of doctors were similar to this patient’s .
“Yes! Him!” the doctor murmured .
“What are you talking about?” another doctor asked .
“I’ve seen a similar case,” the other doctor said .
“Really?” his colleague asked .
“Yes, but that patient was not cured by us . He was cured by some doctor in Lianshan with some strange herbs,” the doctor said .
“Lianshan? He is from Lianshan . He transferred here because the doctors in Lianshan People’s Hospital couldn’t help him,” his colleague said .
“Fine, let’s try to treat him first,” the doctor replied .
They went to give the patient some medication . However, the medication didn’t work at all . The toxin was unknown, and the patient’s condition was getting worse rapidly . They had no experience in treating this kind of condition, so they had to cross the river by feeling the stones .
In Wang’s Family Village, it started to rain . The weather had been really weird lately .
Maybe it was because of the rain, but Wang Yao didn’t have any patients when it was 3 p . m . Pan Jun left the clinic an hour later .
The rain just came so suddenly, Wang Yao thought .
He stayed in his clinic to read a book for a while . After a while, he browsed a website on his phone .
What is this?
He saw news in a forum related to his village . It stated that a number of people had died after being bitten by unknown insects .
He clicked the story and found whoever wrote it was pretty positive about what had happened . It said unknown insects in the village had been found to cause an outbreak of a contagious disease . A number of people died . A lot of people knew about this, but the local government didn’t allow anyone to spread the news .
Wang Yao took a look at the comments below the news and found even people from other places were paying attention to the story . One of the comments was interesting . It said: [Exactly! One of my friends almost died there . ]
Maybe his friend is one of those people who came the other day? Wang Yao thought .
Other comments included, [What kind of insects?] and [Show us the picture . ]
Some people just wanted to stir things up . Another comment stated: [Unknown insects have also been found in the hot springs resort in Li’s Family Creek . A number of people have been bitten . ]
The comments seemed to never end, including from people in Li Family Creek .
[It started to spread in our village?]
[Is it true?]
Visitors to the area also commented .
[I really doubt it . I’ve been there twice . How come I’ve never heard of anything related to insects?]
[I think someone is using the rumor to harm their business, which has been so good . ]
Wang Yao read the comments for a while before turning off his phone and continuing to read his book . It was still raining outside .
On Xishan Hill, the areas covered by lime stone powder had become alkaline after the powder reacted to the rain .
Squeak! Something came out . It was a mouse . It looked around as its head stretched into the rain and went underground again .
Time passed slowly as the rain continued . It was still cloudy the next morning, although the rain had stopped . The wind indicated that the rain could come back any time .
Two people came to the village in the morning .
“Is it the right place here?” one of them asked .
“Yes,” the other person said .
Both of them were wearing casual clothes . One of them was in his 30s, and the other one was in his 40s . Both of them were quite short .
“This is Xishan Hill?” the man in his 30s asked .
“Yes,” the man in his 40s said .
“Let me ask someone here,” the man in his 30s said .
Since they didn’t see anyone on the street in such a bad weather, they knocked at the door of a house in the village .
“Xishan Hill? Why do you guys want to go there?” the owner of the house asked . “It’s just over there, but that place is very dangerous . I suggest you guys not to go there . ”
“I see, thank you,” the man in his 40s said .
The two of them followed the path among the houses to Xishan Hill . It started to rain again .
“Shall we start?” the man in his 30s asked .
“OK,” the man in his 40s said .
Om! They heard a noise .
“Here,” the man in his 30s said .
They soon found one of the dangerous areas .
“Is this the right place?” the man in his 40s asked . Both of them started to look serious .
“The rain has destroyed a lot of things . Let me take a look,” the man in his 30s said .
He jumped into the cave and started to look for something . He suddenly hit out into the ground and took his hand back .
Squeak! A mouse was in his hand .
“These damned mice . I hate mice” the younger man said .
Squeak! The mouse was trying to get out of his hand and bite him .
“You are dead,” the younger man said .
Soon, the mouse shrank and died . It turned into a dry mouse, as if it had been dead in the desert for years .