《Doctor Clairvoyant》


 Chapter 1 - Lin’s Blood and the Inheritance

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    Recently Lin Qi found something strange.


    His sight could penetrate the exterior of materials and he could see the essence of things.


    For example¡­


    Now, the beautiful woman standing in front of him was Jiang Ruoqing, the director of Jinhai Hospital. She was 5 feet 9 inches tall, with exquisite features, glossy long black hair and a gracefully slender figure. It seemed that there was invisibly a cold and noble temperament which kept people a thousand miles away. But it didn¡¯t stop her from becoming the goddess of the male beasts in Jinhai Hospital.


    But in Lin Qi¡¯s eyes, the goddess¡¯ clothes, totally disappeared.


    In other words, Lin Qi¡¯s sight penetrated Jiang Ruoqing¡¯s clothes and he clearly saw her smooth and fair skin and a hollowed bra of 36D size.


    ¡°Wait! The cold goddess should wear such a sexy bra!¡±


    He raised his eyebrows but suddenly felt a sharp sting in his eyes. Then his vision blurred.


    This strange ability could only maintain 3 seconds and then his eyes needed a rest.


    Perhaps noticing Lin Qi¡¯s sight, Jiang Ruoqing had a feeling of being seen naked. She knocked the desk and said coldly,


    ¡°Lin Qi, have you finished your medical report?¡±


    ¡°Ye..yeah.¡± He was startled and rubbed his eyes. Everything went back to normal.


    He was sitting in the meeting room, surrounded by more than 10 doctors. Everybody had handed in their medical reports.


    Lin Qi was nobody but a medical intern. Although he handed in his report quickly, it was hard to avoid making a bad impression on others.


    ¡°Is the report written by yourself?¡± After glancing at it, Jiang Ruoqing put down his report.


    ¡°Yeah, last night I stayed up to finish it.¡± He said confidently. Coming from a traditional Chinese medical family, a medical report was but a piece of cake for him.


    ¡°Why is your report the same as Dr. Liu¡¯s?¡± Her face clouded, ¡°tell me honestly, did you copy his report?¡±


    ¡°How could it be! I wrote it myself! I stayed up all night in my office. Many nurses on duty have seen it.¡±


    Lin Qi cried out for justice, and glanced at Liu Jiangwei beside him.


    Liu Jiangwei and Lin Qi were in the same department, but Liu had become a full-time doctor just a few months after coming to the hospital. It was said that he was able to be here because of his connections.


    ¡°Miss Jiang, it¡¯s my fault. I threw my report in the drawer after finishing it. Maybe it was blown out by the wind.¡± A sneer passed over Liu¡¯s lips.


    ¡°That is impossible. Your drawer is locked every time you close it. How could the report be blown out?¡±


    Suddenly, it occurred to Lin Qi that after staying up to finish writing last night, he took a nap at his desk and woke up to find that his report had been touched.


    Now, Liu Jiangwei¡¯s report was the same as his. It was obviously that Liu copied his report.


    ¡°Stop arguing. I have read both of your reports. They are comprehensive, even original, as if from an experienced old doctor.¡±


    Here, Jiang Ruoqing glanced at Lin Qi: ¡°I think an intern can¡¯t write such a medical report!¡±


    ¡°Miss Jiang, I swear it was written by me.¡± Li Qi was so upset since he contributed a lot to this report but no one believed him.


    Their reports were placed on the desk. Several doctors nearby glanced at it, all astonished.


    ¡°Many ideas in this report make people enlightened. It¡¯s more like from a famous doctor.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right. Especially the thoughts. The writer is by no means ordinary. It doesn¡¯t seem the works by an intern.¡±


    ¡°Lin Qi must have copied Liu¡¯s. No wonder that Doctor Liu could do it considering his overseas study experience.¡±


    The words struck Lin Qi like a thunder bolt, making him dizzy. Unexpectedly, no one believed him.


    ¡°Lin Qi, from today on, go to work as a security guard at the front door. You mustn¡¯t treat anybody until committing your fault!¡±


    Lin Qi clenched his fists. He wanted to scold Liu Jiangwei for his baseness, but he had no evidence. If he had a quarrel with Jiang Ruoqing at the moment, he may be slandered by some contemptible people and lost even the internship opportunity.


    Lin Qi smothered his anger and responded with great difficulty: ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll go now.¡±


    ¡°Hum, how does a person like him have the nerve to stay here? If I were him, I would get out of Jinhai at once!¡± Liu Jiangwei laughed grimly.


    Other doctors couldn¡¯t help deriding him: ¡°Is he a fool?¡±


    ¡°Yeah, look at him! Don¡¯t you think he is like a dog?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    Lin Qi didn¡¯t know how he left the meeting room. His pent-up anger reached its extreme hearing the buzz.


    Why did no one think he could write such an outstanding medical report?


    Just because he was an intern?


    Without strong connections or family background, if Lin Qi lost the opportunity for internship, not only would he lose his bread and butter, it would also be hard to find a job as a result of this episode. Life was not easy. Sometimes, it was not because he was spineless, but he had to.


    Thankfully, it suddenly struck Lin Qi of his grandfather¡¯s words, and he felt relieved.


    Back to the dorm, Lin Qi had a shower. He took out a thick ancient book.


    On the book written a line of grandpa¡¯s writing: Doctors, ought to have a broad mind, tolerate all and heal the world!


    Lin Qi learned medicine since childhood from his grandfather. Later he went to school far away from home, and the book, the family heirloom was passed on to him.


    He opened the book, on which were all classical proses of at least several centuries. But the writing was strangely still legible.


    What¡¯s in the book was so mysterious and profound that Lin Qi hadn¡¯t finished the first page yet. Read hundreds of times, and the righteousness of a book would be seen. Though having no notion of much of the book, he had digested a lot through his assiduity.


    In the silent gazebo, Lin Qi perused the book by the light.


    Reading for a while, in front of him appeared a pretty girl. Looking up, it was his girlfriend Li Wanyun.


    ¡°Wanyun, you¡¯re here!¡± Lin Qi said merrily and stepped forward, wanting a hug.


    But Wanyun took a step back, tinged with disgust. Stiff, Lin Qi found she had a gold bracelet on her wrist.


    ¡°This gold bracelet, was given by Mr. Zhou.¡± Li Wanyun raised her hand. The gold bracelet sparkled in the night.


    Lin Qi just felt it offending to the eyes, ¡°Wanyun, don¡¯t you detest Mr. Zhou?¡±


    ¡°In the past, you and I were born in the countryside. I haven¡¯t seen the elephant. Growing up, I came to see something of great value. Do you know how much the gold bracelet cost? Possibly, you will never be able to afford it for your whole life!¡±


    ¡°What do you mean, Wanyun? If I try my best, I can also buy you these things. Lin Qi set his teeth.


    ¡°Stop telling jokes! You have neither money nor connections. No matter how much efforts you make, you are always only a doctor. Never will you understand a rich man¡¯s life¡­¡±


    Her cold voice made Lin Qi feel like falling into an ice cave.


    ¡°Wanyun, give me a chance, and I will prove myself.¡± Lin Qi almost shouted.


    ¡°Prove? Oh, prove that you are working as a hospital security guard? Can¡¯t you see what I mean?¡± a sneer spread over her face, ¡°We¡¯re done. It¡¯s impossible.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s it. Mr. Zhou is waiting for me outside. See you. No. There¡¯s no need to see you again.¡± Said, Li Wanyun turned away and went to the gate, and got on a red Ferrari.


    Sitting in the Ferrari was a young man who seemed to be getting impatient for waiting, ¡°Wanyun, what took you so long? What is there to talk about to such a bastard who even doesn¡¯t know his parents?¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s go , Mr. Zhou. Don¡¯t worry, I have deleted all his contact details. What future can a loser have?¡±


    Lin Qi was stocked still, as if struck by a thunderbolt, watching his girlfriend flirting and snuggling in another man¡¯s arms, and going away in the car. His brain buzzed and went blank.


    Living in the countryside, when he was a child, Lin Qi was heartlessly abandoned by his parents, not even knowing their names.


    Thanks to his grandfather, Lin Qi was brought up. Grandpa was getting on in years. Lin Qi worked part-time while attending school. Sometimes he could send his savings to Grandpa.


    Li Wanyun grew up with him in the village. The childhood sweethearts hid nothing from each other. It was just not expected that everything had changed since they came to Jinhai provincial capital. Even this had become her reason for breaking up.


    ¡°Why? Why is it¡­¡± Lin Qi yelled at the sky furiously, with his fist hitting down.


    His fist, landed a punch just on the pointed corner of the ancient book.


    His hand was skinned. The scarlet blood spilled out, oozing onto the book. Then, something odd happened.


    It looked like that the book woke up suddenly. It quickly opened and closed, just like beginning to breathe. It absorbed Lin Qi¡¯s blood constantly, voluntarily.


    Lin Qi was startled. For a moment, he felt that the book was going to drain all his blood.


    But the faintness of losing blood gradually blurred his awareness. He opened his mouth but could not make any sound, only to watch the book, sucking his blood, getting redder and redder.


    Finally he blacked out immediately.


    In a state of trance, vaguely, there was a voice sang across his brain: BLOOD OF THE LIN¡¯S, IMPART AND INHERIT BEGIN, SUPERNATURAL EYES SEE, THE WORLD RELIEVE.

 Chapter 2 - Send a Message to the Directress by Mistake

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    In a daze ¡­


    Lin Qi felt his vision blurred, and to his surprise he came to an unknown space, dark and wild around, with a vast expanse.


    Soon afterwards, the old heirloom book suddenly occurred to him.


    The book opened automatically. On the first page, a shadow of a priest in black Taoist robe jumped out.


    ¡°I¡¯m a ghost of the Lin¡¯s, who created the Ghost Medicine sect. Today I¡¯ll pass on my academic skills to you because you are the only heir to my skill, 13 Needles of GM Sect. Now, watch carefully!¡±


    Astonishingly Lin Qi saw that several silver needles in the hands of the Taoist priest flied as dancing butterflies among flowers, which made him feel mysterious and incomparable.


    Momentarily Lin Qi  seemed enlightened with wisdom, feeling that he suddenly understood the obscure medical knowledge on the first page thoroughly in an instant.


    So that accounted for it, and the old heirloom book needed blood for initiating the inheritance.


    Lin Qi seemed to understand something. He rolled his eyes and the second page of the book automatically turned. A shadow of a Buddhist monk in cassock jumped out.


    ¡°I¡¯m a ghost of the Lin¡¯s, who contributed the whole life to ferrying people out of abyss of misery. Today I¡¯ll pass on the Buddhist Medicine to you, you are the only heir to the nine methods of applying Huiyang Needles. Now learn them thoroughly!¡±


    The monk used the needles so skillfully as if he were picking up them randomly, and he could even turned down the fate and bring the dying back to life with the needles. How amazing it was!


    Although Lin Qi found it extremely difficult to understand, the knowledge was drilled into him, allowing him no chance to deny it.


    On the third page, jumped out a very scruffy sectarian .


    ¡°I¡¯m a ghost of the Lin¡¯s, who exorcised all ghosts and evil spirit. Today I¡¯ll pass on my magic arts to you, and every demon and evil spirit will be afraid of you. Watch the Wuxing Battle Array to seize the evil souls! Don¡¯t blink!¡±


    A mysterious pentagonal flashed in the sectarian¡¯s hands, which could expel all evil spirits and penalize the vicious creatures.


    Jumping out of  the forth page was a sophisticated godlike person.


    ¡°I¡¯m a ghost of the Lin¡¯s, who can tell everyone¡¯s fortune. Today I¡¯ll pass on the art of fortune-telling to you, and everything in heaven and earth will be in your hand, and you can hold everyone¡¯s fate in hand. Be serious and learn the Astrology Spell by heart!¡±


    On the fifth page¡­


    ¡°I¡¯m a ghost of the Lin¡¯s¡­¡±


    ¡­The old heirloom  book had 108 pages in all, and from each page a person j


    Such as Medicine, Astrology, methods and pithy formulas for immortality cultivation, heaven and earth, ghosts and evil spirits, Fengshui and metaphysical magics, Acupuncture¡­


    The knowledge was of all kinds. Lin Qi hadn¡¯t seen them ever before. He just felt each of them was mysterious and ingenious.


    And the massive information concerning all kinds of knowledge rushed into Lin¡¯s brain so that he couldn¡¯t bear it any more and finally fell fainted with blurred consciousness.


    Not knowing how long it had passed before he woke up. He hurried to look at his hand, only to find the wound had healed.


    He rubbed his eyes, and turned the pages of the old bloody book again. But  at this time, the book unexpectedly burnt up spontaneously without fire, flying to the sky slowly, flaring.


    In the meantime, there were 108 voices in chorus: ¡°Be the Lin family member in our lifetime and the soul of the Lin¡¯s after death; If you, the younger generation of the Lin¡¯s, being lucky enough to wake up the divine pupil of millennium rare in Lin¡¯s blood and be able to see something ordinary people cannot see, which shows you are the only inheritor of  the Lin family!¡±


    ¡°Receiving our inheritance, practising medicine to benefit the society, ferrying all living creatures out of misery and curing people all over the world. Those will be of boundless beneficence and God may bless your descendants.¡±


    With the last voice falling, the old book burned to ashes and blew away with wind.


    Rubbing his stunned head, Lin Qi recalled what happened just now.


    Those inheritances contained a lot. Lin Qi found himself immeasurably full with mysterious spells and the fantastic metaphysical magics were indeed amazing.


    Stunned for a long while, Lin Qi and couldn¡¯t help doubting that he was dreaming. Did these things really exist?


    But looking at the ashes of the book, he knew all the things were so real: the scenes, the voices,all these images and sounds were rooted deeply in his mind.


    As long as he could recall, one inheritance conveyor instructed him in Hunyuan Zhenqi Pith. Lin Qi followed the instructions to sit in meditation and take breaths. Soon, he felt a trace of Zhen qi surging in his body.


    ¡°It¡¯s really true.¡± Lin Qi exhaled a breath of turbid air to stop the exercise, feeling refreshed and energetic, and his blood vessels all over the body unblocked.


    Unknowingly, it was broad daylight, but Lin Qi did not feel fatigued at all, instead, he was full of vigor, and left behind all the unhappy things.


    Lin Qi took out his cellphone. Relaxed with relief, he sent a message to Li Wanyun: ¡°The grove in the park, I want to get something back from you.¡±


    Some of his medical books were taken away by Li Wuanyun. Now that they had no relationship, he wanted to take his books back. And the grove in the park was a familiar place for both of them.


    Since Li Wanyun didn¡¯t answer the message at once, Lin Qi washed up casually, then hurriedly went to the security room to work his shift.


    The work as a security guard was very boring, which involved sitting in a place of a few square meters, looking at people come and go. There was also no communication between the guards. Lin Qi felt oppressed because it seemed that he had excellent kung-fu in vain for he had nowhere to put it to practice.


    Just at this moment, his phone buzzed. Lin Qi picked up his phone to see what attitude on earth the other would show.


    However, when he turned on the phone and checked the message, he was utterly stunned.


    ¡°Oh my god, how could I be played within this way!¡± Lin Qi even wanted to slap himself. He was so careless to send the message to Jiang Ruoqing the directress by mistake!


    What¡¯s more, the key point was that Jiang Ruoqing went so far as to respond with the message: ¡°You want to have outdoor sex with me? ¡±


    Lin Qi was stupefied.


    Jiang Ruoqing was well known for her coldness, severe management and imperious way of act. She never showed sympathy when dismissing an employee.


    The message was sent unexpectedly and she must have taken the message as a text of sexual harassment.


    How could he respond to her?


    Lin Qi took a deep breath. He soon found out that Jiang didn¡¯t have his phone number at all!


    Almost every doctor had Jiang¡¯s phone number. But Lin Qi hadn¡¯t contacted her before. He just kept the number in case he needed it. So she didn¡¯t know who he was.


    Thinking of this, Lin Qi got bolder. Yesterday this woman confounded right and wrong to decide that he plagiarized the report only based on her own personal opinion alone. This made Lin Qi resentful.


    Anyway, she didn¡¯t know who I was!


    So Lin Qi sent a message back straightly: ¡°Yes I want to make outdoor sex with you. What¡¯s wrong?¡±


    She replied as soon as the message was sent, with an emoticon of shyness: ¡°Hum, You are so bad, l hate you!¡±


    Honestly, Lin Qi was totally stunned immediately. Was this Jiang Ruoqing the arrogant and cold goddess?


    Isn¡¯t she always arrogant and cold? What¡¯s the matter now? She is longing for love, isn¡¯t she?


    For a moment Lin Qi couldn¡¯t get it, so he replied with a question: ¡°Do you have a boyfriend?¡±


    ¡°No, I¡¯ve never had a boyfriend. I just want to have a chitchat with a stranger.¡±


    ¡°So you feel lonely and want to have a love affair with somebody, don¡¯t you?¡±


    ¡°Honestly, I¡¯m a normal woman, and at night, well, I admit that I feel somewhat lonely, empty and cold, and want to have such affairs, but¡­, I¡¯m afraid¡­, by the way, send me your picture. I don¡¯t want to chat with a sluttish old man.¡±


    Reading Jiang¡¯s message, Lin Qi¡¯s heart pounded. He had not expected that she was so bold and daring. To think that she even wanted to have love affairs!


    ¡°It will be OK to send out my pictures to you, provided you send some of yours to me first.¡± Lin Qi¡¯s heart went pit-a-pat. Who could imagine that this cold and arrogant superior would send such blatant messages to him.


    As expected, within half a minute, Lin Qi received a MMS, which made him almost nosebleed.


    Jiang Ruoqing sent 5 or 6 pictures in all, each of them hot and sexy in short pants, in pajamas, or in silk stockings and high-heels. With the curves of her slim waist and the beautiful shape of legs, she was surely a stunner.


    Lin Qi recalled her lofty images when she reprimanded him, and thought of the tremendous contrast in the pictures she sent to him now.


    He suddenly felt intense pleasure, and on impulse, he sent a last message to her: ¡°One more picture, naked, send me one quickly!¡±

 Chapter 3 - Malingering

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    After sending this message, Lin Qi felt that he was too obscene.


    But it was not all Lin Qi¡¯s fault, it was only because Jiang Ruoqing was too tempting for men.


    Usually Jiang Ruoqing was wearing an icy expression, being incomparably haughty, which made everybody retreat about thirty miles at the sight of her. But now Lin Qi unexpectedly unveiled her cold mask and discovered her most spicy self.


    ¡°No, not that kind of pictures. Besides, I can¡¯t send such a picture at the moment.¡±


    Jiang¡¯s reply made Lin Qi feel a bit disappointed. But she certainly was not able to because she must be working in the office right now.


    Lin Qi was just about to send back a reply when the roaring of a motor was heard at the hospital gate and a Bentley pulled up with a slam of car brake.


    A middle-aged man in a suit hurried out of the car, opened the back door and carefully picked up a pale girl.


    The girl was weak all over, as if out of breath. Lin Qi gave her a stare, and he opened his divine pupil to glance at her, only found the girl was in completely normal condition with no signs of illness. At best, she was only a little weak.


    Since receiving the inheritance, he had learned that the change of his eyes was due to the awakening of the divine pupil of millennium rareness in Lin¡¯s blood. The divine pupil could not only penetrate everything, but also get to know whether someone was sick or not with just one glance.


    The suit-and-tie man walked into the security room. Upon seeing Lin Qi, he said hastily, ¡°Guard, quickly get a stretcher to take my miss to a doctor. She¡¯s dying.¡±


    ¡°She¡¯s not sick.¡± Lin Qi shook his head.


    ¡°How can it be? My miss has been in a coma for the whole three days and nights. How can you say she¡¯s not sick?¡± The middle-aged man shouted, ¡°You are not a doctor, call a doctor over at once.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m one hundred percent sure that she¡¯s not sick but malingering.¡± Lin Qi said earnestly.


    Hardly he had stopped speaking, a disdainful voice came behind him, ¡°Where does this miracle-working doctor come from? Just one look tells whether she has any disease or not?¡±


    Lin Qi looked back and saw Liu Jiangwei coming over, with a half smirk.


    Lin Qi snorted, and got out of the way finally. He¡¯s just a security guard now. It¡¯s not down to him to treat the patient. Besides, the girl is not sick at all.


    ¡°You¡¯re the doctor?¡± the man gave Liu a look, blasting out, ¡°what are you waiting for? Send my miss to the consulting room to receive treatment at once. If anything goes wrong, get ready for Su Tianlei¡¯s anger!¡±


    ¡°Su Tianlei? You mean the president of Su Group?¡± Liu Jiangwei hesitated.


    ¡°Is there a second Su Tianlei in Jinhai? This is the missy of Su¡¯s, Su Mingyue!¡± The man thundered.


    The color drained from Liu¡¯s face all of a sudden. He shuddered and responded at once, ¡°You may rest assured. I¡¯m going to contact the emergency room right now. Lin Qi, what are you doing there! Go and take a stretcher and get Miss Su inside!¡±


    Su Group was one of the top three Corporations in Jinhai city, with assets of more than 1 billion yuan, and this hospital was established by their investment.


    Liu Jiangwei couldn¡¯t be more nervous. If something went wrong, he then wouldn¡¯t be given any chance to work here any longer.


    ¡°I said she was not sick!¡± Lin Qi raised his voice to a very high pitch.


    ¡°Who said she¡¯s not sick? Can¡¯t you see that Miss Su is as white as a sheet? Would she look like this if she weren¡¯t sick?¡± Liu Jiangwei roared.


    ¡°Guard, can¡¯t you carry her inside to take examination no matter whether she is sick or not?¡± the man glared at Lin Qi.


    Liu Jiangwei shouted, ¡°Lin Qi, as the security guard of this hospital, to carry the patient inside for examination is your duty!¡±


    The security guards in a hospital, indeed, were different from the guards working in other places. There were usually patients with severe diseases who had to be carried in with the help of the guards, so there were stretchers ready in the security room.


    ¡°All right. If you insist, then go and get examined.¡± Lin Qi snorted. He took out a stretcher and carried Su Mingyue to the emergency room on the second floor.


    Only, after the examination, Liu Jiangwei was stunned at once with the diagnosis.


    Su Mingyue was actually all right. If there was something wrong with her, that was, her blood sugar was a bit low. Put it simply, she was hungry and felt weak because she already had two or three days without meal.


    ¡°She¡¯s not sick, indeed.¡± Liu couldn¡¯t help muttering, ¡°How could the guy Lin Qi get to know that?¡±


    ¡°Doctor, how is Miss Su?¡± asked the middle-aged man, sweating profusely.


    ¡°She¡­she¡¯s not sick!¡± Liu responded uneasily.


    ¡°Bullshit, you quack! Miss Su has fallen in coma for three whole days and nights. How can you say she¡¯s not sick?¡±


    The man yelled. He was the steward of the Su¡¯s. Three days ago, he saw clearly that Su Mingyue was still alive and kicking. But just on the next day, she lay in bed and he couldn¡¯t wake her up at all.


    ¡°Let me examine her again.¡± Liu Jiangwei was afraid of making mistakes. But three successive examinations only confirmed the same result..


    By this time, Lin Qi couldn¡¯t help humming coldly and said, ¡°Actually, it¡¯s not difficult to wake Miss Su up.¡±


    ¡°You are just a security guard. There¡¯s nothing you can say here!¡± Liu Jiangwei said testily.


    ¡°Then treat her! You are the doctor, are you? Then wake her up right now! Why can¡¯t you do it? You punks!¡±


    Lin Qi almost roared. He really tolerated enough.


    ¡°You, how dare you?¡± Liu Jiangwei¡¯s face turned purple with rage and almost went ballistic.


    The middle-aged man pushed Liu Jiangwei away and spoke indignantly, ¡°What¡¯s the fuss about! Off with you now that you have no means to cure my miss!¡±


    Then he turned to Lin Qi and respectfully addressed, ¡°This security guard, can you really find a way to wake Miss Su up?¡±


    In fact, the man was trying to clutch at a straw. Clearly Su Mingyue couldn¡¯t wake up now, why not let this guard have a try.


    ¡°Well, bring here a cat, and a glass of milk.¡± Lin Qi had already figured it out.


    ¡°A cat and a glass of milk?¡± The man was struck dumb, ¡°can these really cure the disease?¡±


    Just then, with the sound of footsteps, there came an old man with a white beard in doctor¡¯s white coat.


    This was the attending doctor of Jinhai Hospital, known as Senior Long.


    It was said that he began to study medicine at the age of ten, and his achievement of traditional Chinese medicine had reached its peak. There was no disease he couldn¡¯t cure.


    ¡°Senior Long, you¡¯ve come just at the right moment. This guy went so far to treat the patient with cat and milk!¡± Pointing at Lin Qi, Liu Jiangwei complained against him immediately.


    ¡°Who is he?¡± Senior Long took an indifferent glance at Lin Qi. He seemed to have not seen him much.


    ¡°He¡¯s an intern, but made a mistake and was banished to security room by Directress Jiang.¡±


    ¡°An intern? A security guard?¡± Senior Long changed his face immediately and reprimanded Lin Qi, ¡°Mischievous! How can you treat an illness! Get out of the way!¡±


    Senior Long ruthlessly scowled severely at Lin Qi, then walked to Su Mingyue and felt the pulse for her.


    Liu Jiangwei snorted with disdain and stood straight promptly.


    In fact, the staff in Jinhai Hospital all knew that Liu Jiangwei was Senior Long¡¯s nephew, and it was just because of this connection that his internship had secured him a job in the hospital.


    But when Senior Long just touched the pulse, there came a puzzled look on his face. Then he stretched his hand to Su Mingyue¡¯s neck, again he showed a puzzled expression. Finally he kept silent for a while, stood up and shook his head, ¡°This illness, I can¡¯t deal with. Go to another hospital.¡±

 Chapter 4 - Making her Really Sick

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    ¡°Go to another hospital? This is the best one in this city. Where else do you want me to go?¡± the middle-aged man shouted.


    ¡°Go to the capital, where the medicine level is the highest in our country.¡± Senior Long wiped his hands, got up and was about to leave.


    He had never seen such illness before¡ªclearly not sick at all, but the patient just couldn¡¯t wake up.


    However, right at the moment he turned away, came a sneer behind him, ¡°Well, well, the chief doctor is just so so.¡±


    Senior Long turned around angrily, only to see Lin Qi looking him up and down with a contemptuous look, which made his cheeks burn.


    ¡°You are merely a security guard, you¡¯d better mind your own business. Otherwise, I¡¯ll let Director Jiang fire you.¡± there was a flicker of discomfort in Long¡¯s eyes.


    ¡°What a knack for practicing fraud you have, just like your nephew, another good-for-nothing!¡± Lin Qi reviled.


    ¡°What did you say?¡± Having doctored for so many years, Senior Long had never been scolded by an inexperienced young lad like this, so Senior Long bawled, shaking with anger, ¡°very good, if you can cure Miss Su, I¡¯ll leave here right away!¡±


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter to me whether you leave or not, but I can show you how Miss Su is going to wake up.¡± Lin Qi glanced at the middle-aged man and motioned him to hurry up.


    The man gritted his teeth and went out to look for the cat and milk.


    Under such circumstances, if Senior Long himself had no way out, he had to clutch at straws.


    ¡°A cat and milk can cure disease? It¡¯s really ridiculous to slip!¡± Senior Long scorned instantly.


    Liu Jiang-wei echoed him, ¡°Senior Long is right. If he could cure the disease, I would streak in the hospital for three laps.¡±


    ¡°Well. Soon you will find that you are not qualified to be doctors at all.¡±


    Saying this, Lin Qi glanced at Su Ming-yue lying in bed.


    She was really the Young Missy of the Su family. Perfect by nature, her skin was as smooth as white jade; the closed eyes were lined with thick long black lashes. The simple but elegant dress outlined the beautiful curve of her upper body; her uncovering white and tender shanks inspired a lot of imagination.


    But it was the cookie crumbs on her fingers that revealed something.


    ¡°Miss Su, you cannot get adequate nutrition by sneaking biscuits. Go to have something delicious after you wake up.¡± Lin Qi smiled. Su certainly had moved her finger.


    After a while, the middle-aged man ran in, sweating, ¡°Cat and milk, both are found.¡±


    Lin Qi nodded, then he walked to Su Ming-yue, held her shank, and reached out to take her shoes off gently.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡± the middle-aged man asked, and his jaw dropped in amazement.


    ¡°Curing her. Don¡¯t worry about it. Just believe in me.¡± Lin Qi said seriously.


    ¡°In my opinion, he clearly just wants to take advantage of Miss Su.¡± Liu Jiang-wei said with jealousy. This Missy Su was really a beauty. It would be worthy of his life if he could approach her.


    Lin Qi turned a deaf ear to him. He took off Miss Su¡¯s shoes to expose her delicate and small white feet, which made him unable to tear himself away from them. He was absent-minded for a moment.


    Lin Qi took a deep breath and got the milk to pour it down on Su Ming-yue¡¯s feet. Then he put the cat at her feet. The cat smelled the milk, so it stuck out its tongue and kept on lapping the milk from Miss Su¡¯s feet.


    Seeing this, Senior Long and Liu Jiang-wei showed their disdain of Lin Qi. They thought the brat had some tricks. So that¡¯s what it was?


    However, they both felt stunned at the next moment, for they seemed unable to believe what was happening in front of them.


    With a ripple of silvery laughter, Su Ming-yue not only woke up immediately, but also hurriedly covered her feet, giggling and trembling all over, ¡°Hehehe¡­, tee hee¡­, oh no! I can¡¯t keep on feigning any more, it¡¯s too itchy!¡±


    What happened?


    The middle-aged man was somewhat confused. So his miss really woke up in this way?


    But upon hearing what Su Ming-yue said, he immediately became aware of the situation. Actually she wasn¡¯t really sick, and she was just malingering.


    As someone put it, ¡°You can never wake up someone who pretends to sleep.¡±


    ¡°Well, Miss Su is awake. But don¡¯t rush to feed her,¡± Lin Qi enjoined, ¡°a little water and vitamin C at most.¡±


    The man nodded repeatedly. He bought water and vitamin C right away and made Su Mingyue have them.


    Liu Jiang-wei looked embarrassed but burst into a sudden laughter and said, ¡°Lin Qi, you did a good job. In fact, we have long known that Miss Su was malingering. We just wanted to give you a test.¡±


    Senior Long was negligent indeed. He beckoned Lin Qi, saying, ¡°You can just follow me to study medicine, under my guidance from now on.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s the first time that I¡¯ve seen such shameless people like you!¡± Lin Qi rebuked him in a harsh voice, ¡°what someone said just now has been forgotten in a blink of an eye¡­¡±


    Naturally he meant what Liu said about his streak and Senior Long¡¯s departure from the hospital.


    They had never thought that Lin Qi could really wake up the patient at all, not to mention that the approach he used was so simple. How could they save their face?


    ¡°Boy, I¡¯m the chief doctor of Jinhai Hospital. It¡¯s your honor to be under my guidance!¡± Senior Long thought to himself, ¡°You know so many people didn¡¯t even have such a chance!¡±


    ¡°You? You are far from qualified to teach me!¡± Lin Qi had one hundred and eight masters after the inheritance, whoever of them was not much better at medical skill than Senior Long?


    ¡°You¡¯d better be judicious. Or else get out of here right now!¡± Senior Long pointed at the door and roared.


    Lin Qi gave a sneer, took off his security uniform and slammed it heavily on the ground, ¡°I¡¯ve had enough of it here. I¡¯m fucking quit!¡±


    Saying this, he strode away.


    ¡°You¡­¡± Senior Long trembled with rage.


    ¡°Senior Long, you don¡¯t have to mind this brat. Now Miss Su has already woken up.¡± Liu Jiang-wei took a glance at Su Ming-yue, with a fever pitch flashed through his eyes.


    Su Ming-yue was not more than twenty years old, delicate and tender with the skin as white as snow. She was in the bloom of youth.


    However, there was only anger left on Su Ming-yue¡¯s face at the moment. She put on her shoes and scolded coldly, ¡°Who on earth told you to wake me up?¡±


    ¡°Miss Su, we just do this for your own good¡­¡± Liu Jiang-wei said with a flattering smile.


    ¡°For my own good, you shouldn¡¯t have woken me up then. Out you go! All of you!¡± Su Ming-yue upbraided in a cutesy voice.


    ¡°Umm¡­¡± Liu Jiang-wei felt tongue-tied and hastened to turn to Senior Long.


    Senior Long came up and said, ¡°Miss Su, you must have something you don¡¯t want to face, otherwise you wouldn¡¯t pretend to be ill.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s none of your business!¡± Su Mingyue faced away. In her eyes there were strong fluctuations of mood


    ¡°Anyway, it¡¯s not good for your health if you keep on pretending to be ill, Miss Su. What¡¯s more, you¡¯re born frail.¡±


    Just as Senior Long finished, there came a grumbling sound from Su Ming-yue¡¯s stomach. She was hungry indeed.


    Senior Long smiled and said to Liu Jiang-wei, ¡°Go around and buy something for Miss Su to feed herself.¡±


    The middle-aged man¡¯s face changed, ¡°Senior Long, previously the security guard warned my miss not to eat anything!¡±


    ¡°Humph, he was only an intern before. Are his words believable?¡± Senior Long shouted.


    ¡°Exactly. Now he¡¯s not even a security guard at Jinhai Hospital. Hehe, I know a good seafood restaurant, Miss Su. I¡¯ll go and buy some for you immediately.¡±


    How could Liu Jiang-wei miss the opportunity to please Miss Su? He hurried to the nearby seafood town and packed a bunch of food.


    Su Ming-yue snorted indifferently when she saw the food. But she was really hungry, so she picked up a crayfish and ate it.


    She had eaten nothing for quite a few days, and the crayfish was indeed tasted good, eventually Su Ming-yue had most of the meal.


    Yet in a short while, Su Ming-yue¡¯s body suddenly went stiff, then her lips became purple, and she began to convulse and froth at the mouth. Finally she turned up the whites of her eyes and went into a coma, falling on the sickbed, motionless.

 Chapter 5 - Why Do Flowers Blossom So Red

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    ¡°Miss Su, what¡¯s the matter with you?¡± the middle-aged man was startled and hurried to examine her.


    He found that her face looked as pale as paper, and her breathing was off and on, as if she were dying soon.


    Senior Long put on a somber expression. He went to Su Ming-yue to feel her pulse, then the color drained from his face immediately: ¡°She was poisoned. Her life is in great danger now!¡±


    Su Ming-yue was very weak anyway, along with poisoning symptoms, the power of her life was rapidly fading away.


    ¡°Where did you buy those things on earth? How do you dare to poison our miss!¡± the middle-aged man bellowed, grabbing Liu Jiang-wei by the collar.


    ¡°It¡¯s impossible. This restaurant is not a street vendor, and we always go there for seafood.¡± Liu Jiang-wei explained.


    ¡°Fuck you, dare you eat it now in front of me!¡± the middle-aged man grabbed the seafood and threw it on Liu Jiang-wei.


    ¡°I will. I can¡¯t believe it. Could such a big restaurant poison people?¡±


    Liu Jiang-wei couldn¡¯t bear the charge of poisoning, so he had to test it to prove himself innocent.


    Moreover, the seafood restaurant enjoys a very good reputation around this area. Many patients and doctors have been to the restaurant, but nothing had gone wrong before.


    As expected, Liu Jiang-wei finished the food and sucked his fingers with great relish. He even let forth a loud belch, but there was nothing abnormal at all. Now the middle-aged man was stunned.


    At this time, the tap-tap of high heels came from the gate. Then a beautiful figure appeared.


    ¡°What happened?¡± Jiang Ruo-qing frowned. She was informed of the noise in the ward from a nurse, so she hurried here.


    ¡°Directress,¡± Senior Long said in a low voice: please come and have a look at the girl. She was poisoned after she had had the cray.¡±


    Jiang Ruo-qing came over and examined Su Ming-yue. Her frosty face became even colder. The poison the girl took had already spread all over her body, and now she was dying. Perhaps it was too late for her to receive a gastric lavage.


    ¡°Is she allergic to seafood?¡± Jiang Ruo-qing asked anxiously.


    ¡°Impossible!¡± the middle-aged man shouted out loud: ¡°My miss likes eating cray best, but she has never had a seafood allergy before. Moreover, the initial reaction of seafood allergy is skin rash, even I, know this!¡±


    ¡°Calm down please¡­¡± Jiang Ruo-qing comforted him, then she turned to Senior Long: ¡°Is there any cure now?¡±


    ¡°She was poisoned by some uncertain poison all of a sudden, and she was born with a weak constitution, what¡¯s more, the poison has now spread into her blood, maybe it¡¯s¡­¡± Senior Long sighed: ¡°too late!¡±


    Jiang Ruo-qing¡¯s face was as cold as frost in winter: ¡°Was she poisoned before eating the seafood or after eating this?¡±


    ¡°Exactly she was poisoned after eating this.¡± Senior Long glanced at Liu Jiang-wei and wondered: ¡°but when others ate this, there was nothing wrong with them.¡±


    Hearing this, all the people felt very peculiar.


    If the seafood was really poisonous and Liu Jiang-wei also ate it, he should also have an attack at this time.


    Liu Jiang-wei cried out for grievance: ¡°I was really wronged, my directress. I just bought something to feed Miss Su out of kindness. Who on earth knew such a thing would happen?¡±


    ¡°Humph, if you followed what the security guard said, would this happen?¡± Now the middle-aged man even wished that he could kill him.


    If they should have known to follow Lin Qi¡¯s suggestion, Miss Su wouldn¡¯t be in danger.


    ¡°The security guard?¡± Jiang Ruo-qing thought for a moment, feeling that this accident was not that simple as she had thought. And she glared at Liu Jiang-wei: ¡°What was all that about?¡±


    ¡°Well¡­¡± Liu Jiang-wei faltered. Looking at the weak Su Ming-yue, who was already half-dead, he had long been too nervous to think over.


    And when he saw Jiang Ruo-qing was furious, his legs trembled and he finally told her everything in detail.


    After hearing this, Jiang Ruo-qing pulled a longface and said with rage: ¡°Whatever you do, find Lin Qi and take him here at once!¡±


    Senior Long was very unhappy: ¡°Directress Jiang, he is just a security guard, is it really that worthy?¡±


    ¡°Do what I ask you do. If you can¡¯t get Lin Qi back, neither of you should come back to work tomorrow!¡± Jiang Ruo-qing rebuked coldly. The coldness in her made them feel falling into the icehouse.


    Whoever didn¡¯t know Directress Jiang¡¯s prestige at Jinhai Hospital?


    Senior Long¡¯s heart thumped and his face turned pale.


    No matter who he was, she was never relented to him, provided that he exasperated her.


    Now Su Ming-yu was dying, and Liu Jiang-wei could not get away with that. In a daze, he rushed out of the door.


    Packing up briefly in the dormitory, Lin Qi held his internship report tightly in his hand. He still needed a stamp of Jinhai Hospital on it. But he was afraid he had no hope to get it now.


    ¡°Let it go at that. I¡¯ better go back to school first, and explain all of this to my headteacher and ask him whether I can transfer to another hospital for my internship¡­¡±


    After making up his mind, Lin Qi went downstairs and stepped out of his dormitory.


    If he couldn¡¯t get a stamp of a hospital on his internship report, he might not graduate from the college, not to mention the job search in the future. His career prospects would be gloomy.


    But just he went out of the gate, he heard a rush of footsteps behind.


    Liu Jiang-wei and Senior Long ran in front of him, out of breath.


    Liu Jiang-wei reached out his hand to stop Lin Qi and bellowed out: ¡°Lin Qi, go back with me at once to check Miss Su carefully and see what happened to her.¡±


    He was very unhappy and impatient, raising his chin high, as if he were talking to a dog.


    Lin Qi simmered with rage, pushed his hand away and said: ¡°Now I am not a staff of Jinhai Hospital, it¡¯s none of my business.¡±


    With a trace of annoyance in his eyes, Senior Long said coldly: ¡°It¡¯s the order of Directress Jiang that you must go back at once, otherwise, it¡¯s impossible for you to get your internship report stamped. Do you want it?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t need it.You¡¯d better look out for someone smarter.¡± Lin Qi didn¡¯t care about his threat and went on stepping forwards.


    Liu Jiang-wei wouldn¡¯t let it go: ¡°Lin Qi, don¡¯t refuse a toast only to drink a forfiet. Now we let you go back and this is to give you face. As long as you perform well, I¡¯ll do you a favour by interceding with Directress Jiang to let you become a full member in the hospital.¡±


    ¡°I repeat once more, I won¡¯t damn well come back!¡± Lin Qi felt extremely disgusted towards the two who were like two flies buzzing in his ears.


    ¡°Fucking you stop!¡± Liu Jiang-wei was ashamed into anger, grabbing Lin Qi by the clothes: ¡°Today, I will let you know why flowers blossom so red!¡±


    Then, Liu threw a punch at Lin Qi.


    Lin Qi laughed angrily. Was this their medical ethics? Besides being shameless to the utmost, they even went that far to solve problems by fists?


    Seeing Liu Jiang-wei swinging his fist towards him, Lin Qi didn¡¯t dodge. Instead, he grabbed Liu¡¯s wrist and pressed right on one of his acupoints.


    Liu Jiang-wei couldn¡¯t move but froze in place, as if he were hit at certain acupoints.


    ¡°Fuck your grandfather, damn you!¡± Liu Jiang-wei struggled desperately and cried out, ¡°You dare to revolt, let me off at once!¡±.


    Lin Qi¡¯s expression changed abruptly. He slapped Liu in the face. A sharp snap was heard, and five bright red fingerprints appeared on Liu Jiang-wei¡¯s face. Half of his face turned numb.


    Lin Qi was brought up by his grandfather, what he hated most was that someone would show no respect to his grandfather.


    ¡°You dare to slap me? Fucking your grandfather. Dare you try again?¡±


    ¡°Bang!¡±


    ¡°Fuck¡­¡±


    ¡°Bang!¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Bang!¡±


    Several slaps on his face made Liu Jiang-wei almost go faint. Now Lin Qi was not a member of the staff in the hospital, what if he hit Liu?


    ¡°Stop please, I was wrong, I¡¯m really sorry.¡± Liu Jiang-wei begged.


    Lin Qi roared with cold look in his eyes: ¡°Tell me now, why do flowers blossom so red?¡±

 Chapter 6 - Poisoned Due to Mutual Restriction of Food

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    ¡°Because, spring is coming, flowers are blossoming red.¡± Liu Jiang-wei answered, almost crying.


    ¡°Get out of here!¡± Lin Qi swung his arms and threw Liu Jiang-wei out disgustedly.


    Although he had honed Hunyuan Zhen Qi Pith for just one night, he not only had a trace of Zhen Qi, but was much stronger than ordinary people as well. He couldn¡¯t imagine what he could achieve if he kept on a persistent cultivation of Hunyuan Zhen Qi Pith.


    Senior Long hurried to help Liu Jiang-wei up, whose face was swollen like a pig¡¯s head. Seeing this, Senior Long¡¯s face became blue with fear. Finally, he clinched his teeth and yielded: ¡°You guy, what if I Senior Long beg you, ok? I can give you an internship report directly, so that you can turn it over to your college.¡±


    Senior Long did have such capability. A certification autographed by the chief doctor would be very convictive.


    To be honest, this would be much labor-saving for Lin Qi, so he became slightly softened.


    ¡°That Miss Su, she¡¯s OK, isn¡¯t she? Is it necessary for me to go back? ¡±


    ¡°After your departure, we gave her some food¡­¡± Senior Long said, wearing a hangdog expression.


    ¡°You haven¡¯t given her seafood, have you?¡± Lin Qi was shocked.


    ¡°Just some crays.¡± Senior Long said, almost begging: ¡°Little brother Lin, I will kneel down to you as long as you do something kind to save Miss Su, or we two will be all up.¡±


    Nobody could bear the responsibility for the medical accident. What¡¯s more, they were directly involved in the accident.


    Lin Qi¡¯s face slightly changed. He had warned them not to give Miss Su any food, let alone crays, which could possibly kill her.


    And the last sentence in the old heirloom book reads: ¡°¡­practicing medicine to benefit the society, and ferrying all living creatures out of misery!¡±


    Whatever happens, the patient has no fault. Lin Qi thought it over, then he took out the internship report, screwed it up, threw it to the ground, and stepped on it hard¡­


    ¡°Pick up my internship report, and follow me back.¡± Lin Qi said coldly.


    ¡°Well¡­¡± Looking at the dirty internship report on the ground, Senior Long felt utterly humiliated. He had been the chief doctor for ten years, proud and arrogant. When had he ever been insulted in such a way?


    Yet it seemed that now he could do nothing but invite Lin Qi to go back.


    He hesitated for a long while. After a hard mental struggle, he finally bent down, picked up Lin Qi¡¯s internship report with clinched teeth, and wiped it up.


    ¡°It¡¯s just a little punishment for you. As a medical practitioner, you should not be arrogant because of your ability. Man must learn to be humble.¡± After saying this, Lin Qi turned around to the emergency room.


    ¡°Yes,¡­¡± Although he said this, Senior Long was unwilling to submit.


    When Lin Qi was back to emergency room, Su Ming-yu already had an oxygen tube in. Her electrocardiogram varied at times, being strong or weak, but almost became a straight line.


    When Jiang Ruo-qing saw Lin Qi back, she asked anxiously with a cold face: ¡°Why are you back so late?¡±


    This woman, even when she was anxious, still had a certain charm, and her frowned eyebrows attracted one so much that he would come over and smooth them.


    Especially the faint virgin fragrance on her body made Lin Qi¡¯s heart beat faster. He tried to calm down: ¡°How is the patient?¡±


    ¡°She is in great danger. After eating crays, she frothed at the mouth and convulsed all over¡­¡± Jiang Ruo-qing seemed to be confused: ¡°By the way, the crays were examined and we are sure they are not poisonous. Why she was suddenly poisoned?¡±


    ¡°The crays themselves were non-toxic, but she had vitamin C before, and when they are combined, toxins will be formed!¡± Lin Qi said coldly.


    Jiang Ruo-qing didn¡¯t catch it: ¡°Why?¡±


    ¡°Have you ever heard of a poison called Duanchang San?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s a kind of poison used in ancient courts, isn¡¯t it?¡± Jiang Ruo-qing asked modestly. She thought what he said was very peculiar.


    ¡°Yes, indeed. The recipe of Duanchang San contains several Chinese herbal medicines. They become highly toxic when mixed up. Now that Chinese herbal medicines combined can become poisonous, let alone crays and vitamin C?¡± Lin Qi said slowly: ¡°Many things in this world cannot be taken together, such as anti-cold medicine and cola, or sweet potato and persimmon, they cannot be taken together¡­¡±


    ¡°I see.¡± Jiang Ruo-qing was suddenly enlightened: ¡°The so-called ¡®method of attacking poison with poison¡¯depends on interactions between ingredients, right?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s almost what you said. But Miss Su was born with poor health, and has had nothing for several days, so her intestines and stomach haven¡¯t recuperated yet. Now she is poisoned, it¡¯s really like adding frost to snow!¡±


    ¡°So are you sure you can cure her?¡± Jiang Ruo-qing glanced at Lin Qi and wondered why she trusted this intern, perhaps because he could explain the thing neither Senior Long nor she could understand.


    ¡°The treatment has been delayed for too long a time, so I¡¯m not sure whether I can cure her. Moreover, I¡¯m just a security guard.¡± Lin Qi¡¯s words meant more.


    It was this woman who indiscriminately relegated him to security, how could he not be angry?


    ¡°Whatever happens, treat the patient at once!¡± Jiang Ruo-qing gave a cold look, putting on airs as the directress again, apathetic and prideful.


    But for Lin Qi¡¯s wrongly sent message, he could not have known that this woman was very passionate under her cold mask.


    Lin Qi looked at her, and his eyes flashed: ¡°It will be ok for me to treat her, but I have a request.¡±


    Jiang Ruo-qing said coldly: ¡°If you want to become a full member, I¡¯ll arrange it at once after the treatment. This can be regarded as your compensation for your previous mistake.¡±


    Make up for his previous mistake?


    For what previous mistake had he made?


    Lin Qi looked at her arrogant face and brilliant lips, abruptly said: ¡°Kiss me if I cure her.¡±


    ¡°What?¡± Jiang Ruo-qing was stunned.


    Usually, nobody dared to be disrespectful to her, and people would stammer when they saw her.


    She was totally unexpected that Lin Qi was so daring as to make such a request.


    Jiang Ruo-qing¡¯s charming body quivered. She pointed to Lin Qi ashamed and angry, unable to say a word. However, the blush on her face was like rosy clouds in the sky, which made one highly delighted.


    Senior Long and Liu Jiang-wei finally came after they tidied themselves. When they saw Jiang Ruo-qing¡¯s face, they were dumbfounded at once. They had never seen Jiang Ruo-qing blushing like this, which really dwarfed all flowers.


    In fact, Lin Qi just wanted to get Jiang Ruo-qing off her high horse, and made her experience the feeling of anger. Even if she refused, Lin Qi would treat the patient at once.


    ¡°You, you¡­¡± Jiang Ruo-qing¡¯s face flushed, and she thought over for quite a while, and said with her teeth gnashed: ¡°I can promise to kiss you as long as you can cure her. But if you fail, I¡¯ll throw you into jail!¡±


    Lin Qi was startled a moment. He didn¡¯t expect that she would accept. He took out the silver needles quickly and said with a smile: ¡°Keep what you said¡­¡±


    Those were his grandfather¡¯s silver needles. Lin got them when he left home to study afar.


    Lin Qi disinfected the needles. Without looking at them, he took one needle and punctured it in Su Ming-yue¡¯s body.


    And the needle seemed to have a soul, quivering slightly after landing on Su Ming-yue¡¯s body. The shadows of the needle seemed to follow a particular trajectory, which was very mysterious.


    ¡°This is¡­ Huiyang needle on nine acupoints?¡± Senior Long¡¯s facial expression suddenly changed. Trembling with excitement, he widened his eyes and said: ¡°Is this actually the legendary Huiyang needles on nine acupoints?¡±


    Senior Long had read about this acupuncture therapy from an ancient remnant scroll. The therapy had nine needles totally, which was extremely mysterious. It was said that it could save anyone from death as long as he had one breath left.


    But unfortunately, the remnant only recorded the first three needles. They seemed very simple but actually were extremely complicated. The depth, the strength and the location of the acupuncture were even more mysterious. He observed it over and over again for nearly ten years, but only understood the first needle till now.


    ¡°Huiyang needles on nine acupoints, dividing Yin and Yangon with the first needle!¡± Lin Qi punctured the needle in Su¡¯s body and took out the second needle, and yelled in a low voice: ¡°The second needle, vibrate every artery and vein!¡±

 Chapter 7 - Acupuncture of Nine Huiyang Needles

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    With the second needle sticking on the relevant acupoint, Su Ming-yue jerked all over as if she had got an electric shock. And then the third needle¡­


    ¡°The third needle stagnates Qi and blood, the forth moves bones ligaments, the fifth blocks sense organs, the sixth stops the action of the five viscera, the seventh makes herun conscious, and the eighth needle brings her to temporary death!¡±


    Sticking eight needles into Su Ming-yue¡¯s body successively, Lin Qi had been dripping with sweat.


    Senior Long watched aside, not daring to blink his eyes at all, as if he were afraid of missing anything. And sometimes he imitated Lin Qi¡¯s movements but showed a look of wonder on his face, then finally shook his head.There seemed to be something he did not understand.


    And as soon as the eighth needle stuck on the acupoint, the electrocardiogram at the bedside turned into a straight line.


    At this moment, Su Ming-yue¡¯s breathing even stopped. She looked like a dead person, lying in bed lifelessly.


    ¡°Lin Qi, what exactly is going on?¡± Jiang Ruo-qing went pale. She quickly grabbed Lin Qi¡¯s hand.


    This was not to heal her at all. It absolutely was killing her.


    ¡°Don¡¯t grab me. I could not afford to make any mistake at this moment!¡± Lin Qi had the ninth needle in hand but almost pricked it in the wrong acupoint unawares.


    ¡°Stop it! What the hell are you doing?¡± Jiang Ruo-qing rebuked winsomely.


    ¡°If you don¡¯t let go of my hand, then don¡¯t blame me for my rudeness!¡± Lin Qi turned his head and roared, with furious flames in his eyes.


    ¡°You¡­¡±


    For a moment Jiang Ruo-qing felt Lin Qi was like an angry beast¡ªif she dared to do anything more, she would encounter a stormy rage. This made her trembling with fear.


    She could hardly imagine that the ninth needle was the most crucial one. If there was any mistake, then even God could not save the life of Miss Su.


    ¡°Directress Jiang, let Lin Qi continue. Once the ninth needle is done, Miss Su will come back to life!¡± There was a craze in Senior Long¡¯s eyes. He could finally witness the legendary ninth needle on Acupuncture of Nine Huiyang Needles.


    According to the remnant paper he had read, the first eight acupoints of Huiyang Needles were all acupoints of death that cut off all vitality of the patient.


    While the ninth needle on the acupoint was a marvelous creation which reversed the results of the former eight needles into a huiyang (bringing back to life) approach.


    Once the ninth needle done, the dead is surely brought back to life!


    ¡°Why should you be that fierce¡­¡± Jiang Ruo-qing bit her lip, with both hands covering her chest and backed away, looking with grievance at Lin Qi¡¯s serious expression.


    Lin Qi wiped off the sweat and concentrated all his energies on the ninth needle.


    In this ward, all he saw was only the needle in his hand, as well as the acupoint corresponding to Su Ming-yue¡¯s heart.


    ¡°The ninth needle, change the transmigration, destiny would be reserved!¡±


    Lin Qi burst into a yell, bending his finger with a flip, and the silver needle fell steadily.


    Soon after that, Su Ming-yue suddenly sat up as if a corpse bounced up, opening her mouth and spitting out a gulp of stinking black blood. Then she lay back on the sickbed, breathing heavily, as though she had been rescued from the jaws of death, with lingering fear deep inside.


    ¡°Hasty, it was really too hasty for me to see clearly at all.¡± Senior Long was puzzled with confusion in his turbid eyes. For the first eight acupuncture needles he could scratch the surface yet, as to the ninth and the most critical needle, he could not even see it clearly.


    All of a sudden, Senior Long found that he was incredibly insignificant, indeed! Much as he had practised medicine for a whole life, he couldn¡¯t even tell Su Ming-yue¡¯s malinger, not to say to fathom the mysteries of Acupuncture of Nine Huiyang Needles.


    ¡°However strong you are, there is always someone stronger. It now appears that I am really getting old¡­¡±


    All at once Senior Long became weak with a stooped figure. He walked towards the door, shaking his head and sighing.


    ¡°Where are you going, Senior Long?¡± Jiang Ruo-qing called softly and unexpectedly found that Senior Long looked several years older than before.


    ¡°To retreat to the woods, and no longer practise medicine in the rest of my life!¡± After his words Senior Long disappeared directly from their sight.


    Lin Qi carefully checked Su Ming-yue¡¯s physical condition to make sure that she was really ok, and finally felt relieved. Then he raised his eyebrows and said o Jiang Ruo-qing, ¡°Directress Jiang, is it time for you to fulfill your promise?¡±


    ¡°I¡­¡± Jiang Ruo-qing¡¯s icy-cold face reddened. Her watery pupils stared fiercely at Lin Qi.


    ¡°Directress Jiang, you can¡¯t do this. Lin Qi just said it on purpose.¡± Covering his inflamed cheek, Liu Jiang-wei was flaming with anger. Jiang was the goddess of their hospital. She must never kiss Lin Qi.


    ¡°Forget it, I just said it casually.¡± Lin Qi was a bit weak after the therapy. He glanced at Jiang Ruo-qing and turned and left.


    ¡°Stop!¡± Jiang Ruo-qing stamped her foot and caught up with Lin Qi. She bit her lip and after hesitating for a long time, she closed her eyes shyly, marking Lin Qi¡¯s face with her pink lips.


    At this moment there was not a slightest bit of icy-cold frost on that cute face, only the bashful blush, as if there were water trickling down.


    Lin Qi was slightly startled but immediately felt that happiness had come all of a sudden so that he was almost floating in the air with joy.


    You know, she was the goddess of all male beasts in Jinhai Hospital, and now she kissed Lin Qi voluntarily.


    Yes, it was delighted, extremely delighted!


    Smelling the sweet scent on Jiang¡¯s body, all Lin Qi could feel was to be lit up. But he deliberately pretended not to care: ¡°Hey, is it enough? You can stop¡­¡±


    ¡°Ah¡­¡± Jiang Ruo-qing hastily looked up and separated herself from Lin Qi. ¡°How shameful it is! I was absent-minded for a short while just now.¡±


    But, seeing this just now, Liu Jiang-wei turned wild-eyed. His fragile heart almost broke to pieces.


    ¡°Miss Su needs to be under observation for a few days. Don¡¯t pull out the needles yet. She can have some rice porridge tomorrow. Now, I¡¯ going. I¡¯ll see myself out.¡± Lin Qi laughed it off and strode out of the hospital.


    Jiang Ruo-qing took several deep breaths before regaining control of herself from the shame and anger. She quickly arranged the medical staff to give Su Ming-yue intensive care.


    Just at this time, a young nurse who knew Lin Qi suddenly walked to Jiang Ruo-qing and whispered, ¡°Directress Jiang, I have something to tell you.¡±


    ¡°What is it?¡± Jiang Ruo-qing wore a frosty expression on her face once again.


    The young nurse felt the rapidly increased pressure in a flash. Bowing her head, she said, ¡°It happened like this¡­the night before last, I saw Lin Qi stayed up late to write a medical report. After he finished it, he dozed off at the desk. When I was to cover him with a blanket, Liu Jiang-wei unexpectedly came back to get something. When he caught a glimpse of Lin Qi¡¯s report, he told us all to go away. While leaving, I secretly saw him taking pictures of the report written by Lin Qi with his cell phone¡­¡±


    ¡°Is what you said really true?¡± Jiang Ruo-qing furrowed her brows tightly.


    If what the young nurse said was true, then Liu Jiang-wei was the one to be penalized, while Lin Qi had been wrongly blamed.


    ¡°What I said was absolutely true, Directress Jiang, and the surveillance camera at that night might capture it. What¡¯s more, there were several other nurses on duty who were passing by¡­¡±


    ¡°Okay, I see. Go ahead with your own business.¡± Saying this, Jiang Ruo-qing looked at Liu Jiang-wei, who had intended to run away, sneering, ¡°Ho Ho, you can get off today, but can you get off forever?¡±


    Liu Jiang-wei froze where he was and broke out in a cold sweat.


    ¡°First, let¡¯s not say that you should take the responsibility for Miss Su¡¯s accident. What a good job of a thief crying ¡®Stop thief¡¯? Even I was fooled.¡± Jiang Ruo-qing¡¯s voice was extremely cold.


    ¡°Directress Jiang, I, I momentarily lost my head that night, that¡¯s why¡­¡±


    Liu Jiang-wei still wanted to make some explanation, but Jiang Ruo-qing took on an icy face. Even without a look at him, she said, ¡°You are Senior Long¡¯s nephew. Now that Senior Long has left, it¡¯s not necessary for you to stay here¡­¡±


    ¡°Please, please don¡¯t, Directress Jiang. I know I was really wrong. I dare not do it again.¡± Liu Jiang-wei knelt down directly.


    ¡°Heaven may be forgiven for its iniquities, but man should not live for his sins. Think over the matter.¡± Jiang Ruo-qing showed a look of disgust and went away immediately.


    Liu Jiang-wei had no real talent but drifted along only by his relationship with Senior Long. Now his prop had collapsed, so he lost his job. He felt his qi and blood stagnated, a bloody taste came to the throat, and a gush of blood spurted out of his mouth right after that. After all, all he suffered was to drink as he brews.


    ¡°How is my daughter?¡±


    Before long, Su Tian-lei finally arrived at the ward. When he learned that his daughter had been in hospital, he hurried back in no time.


    Su Tian-lei looked very anxious. The Su family merely had this daughter who was especially precious.


    ¡°Miss Su has been all right now, lord.¡± The middle-aged man who brought her to the hospital quickly came forward and answered with respect, ¡°Thanks to that boy called Lin Qi.¡±


    ¡°Lin Qi?¡± Su Tian-lei didn¡¯t quite catch what he said, ¡° Chief Steward, what on earth happened?¡±


    ¡°Lord, it was this¡­¡±


    The middle-aged man was the steward of the Su¡¯s who had worked for the Su family for a lifetime. Naturally, Su Tian-lei had no doubt about what he said.


    After being informed of the whole story, Su Tian-lei showed a hint of surprise and then nodded, saying with appreciation, ¡°This young fellow is kind of interesting. He saved the life of Su Tian-lei¡¯s daughter but left without a single word instead of asking something in return. Now, send someone to find him right away. I¡¯m going to thank him in person.¡±

 Chapter 8 - Hot Messages

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    ¡°People are really strange these days. The one who¡¯s not sick pretends to be sick, as a result, she came down with an illness.¡±


    Lin Qi called to mind what happened to Su Ming-yue. He shook his head, feeling amused, then returned to the school dormitory in the moonlight.


    The school dormitory that charged eight hundred yuan for one semester originally accommodated four students. But the other three were Jinhai natives. Usually there was only Lin Qi alone in the dorm.


    However, Lin Qi lived a rather hard life. All his money had been paid for tuition, so he could only afford to pay half of the residence fee. Now half of the semester had gone, if he could not make up for the rest half, the college Student Affairs Office might ask him to move out.


    After taking a long bath, Lin Qi thought tomorrow morning he should get up earlier to find the head teacher and asked him to assign another hospital for his internship so that he could get some money to make up for the rest residence fee. He took out his cellphone, only to find that there were several text messages sent by Jiang Ruo-qing.


    ¡°Hello?¡±


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you text me back?¡±


    ¡°Do you still want my pictures?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t forget to reply when you see my message.¡±


    Four successive messages were enough to show Jiang Ruo-qing¡¯s passion. Lin Qi took a deep breath. He could not help feeling excited about the messages due to the lonely night in the dorm. He hurriedly replied, ¡°I only want THAT kind of pictures, Beauty.¡±


    Lin Qi felt himself getting more and more impudent. But thinking of Jiang Ruo-qing¡¯s shy look and the virgin fragrance on her body, he was pretty sure that the girl was still unsullied.


    Now that she wore a lofty and icy look outwardly, Lin Qi must see how spicy she would be in her heart.


    Within seconds, Jiang Ruo-qing replied, ¡°What took you such a long time to answer me. I almost fell asleep.¡±


    ¡°I just got something unexpected. But now I want to have a look at your upper body, if you do not satisfy me, there will be no more talking.¡± Lin Qi pretended to be angry and stared unblinkingly at the screen.


    But she did not reply for quite a long while.


    Lin Qi thought that she might feel his request was unacceptable. But to Lin Qi¡¯s surprise, she replied in ten minutes, ¡°All right. But you must chat with me. I was so mad today!¡±


    Lin Qi was wild with joy. Hurriedly he put on a soothing tone, ¡°What¡¯s the matter, my beauty?¡±


    ¡°There¡¯s a guy called Lin Qi in our hospital. Today, he would go so far as to have me kiss him!¡± Jiang Ruo-qing seemed to feel deeply wronged..


    Lin Qi could not help chuckling. He wondered what she would think of it if she had known that it was Lin Qi himself who was texting her.


    Lin Qi replied, pretending to be angry, ¡°Who is Lin Qi? How could he do this to you?¡±


    ¡°He¡¯s a college intern. A patient came to our hospital today and it was he who cured her. But how could he make such outrageous request unexpectedly. That was my first kiss!¡± Jiang Ruo-qing felt like weeping without tears.


    ¡°Your first kiss? Really?¡± Lin Qi couldn¡¯t believe it.


    ¡°That¡¯s true. Didn¡¯t I tell you? I¡¯ve never made a boyfriend so far. In fact it¡¯s my family that doesn¡¯t allow me to.¡± Jiang Ruo-qing answered indignantly.


    Receiving this answer, Lin Qi almost jumped up. He got the first kiss of this icy goddess, so he thought he gained a vast profit today!


    Lin Qi thought about it and replied with the question, ¡°Well, that guy, I mean Lin Qi, what do you think of him?¡±


    Jiang Ruo-qing seemed to think over for quite a while before responding, ¡°He, um, is fair-skinned and clean, a sunny boy.You can say he¡¯s a big handsome boy. But, but, I am his superior, how could he disrespect me like this? How irritating!¡±


    Lin Qi became very delighted. He hadn¡¯t expected that Jiang Ruo-qing had a fairly good impression of him in her eyes.


    ¡°Ha-ha! Honestly you¡¯ve got profit, haven¡¯t you?¡± Lin Qi replied, chuckling.


    ¡°I¡¯ve got profit? How?¡±


    ¡°Think about it. Anyway, you were going to give away your first kiss sooner or later. And if the guy who got your first kiss were a slovenly and sluttish old man, that would be a real loss for you. Now you have given it to Lin Qi the handsome boy, it means you made profit instead, doesn¡¯t it?¡±


    ¡°You, well, what you said sounds somewhat reasonable. I have nothing to say in reply.¡±


    ¡°Exactly. He has helped you save the patient in your hospital, which protected you from loss. You should not only express your gratitude to him, but also invite him to dinner and shopping. Even it would not be too much for you if you make love with him.¡± Lin Qi almost burst into laughter. As for this Jiang Ruo-qing, her IQ might be out of service.


    ¡°Humph, I wouldn¡¯t consider making love with him. As for dinner, it sounds reasonable. After all, that patient is a big potato.¡± Jiang Ruo-qing seemed to have thought about it seriously.


    ¡°All right, I¡¯m going to bed. Send me your pictures as soon as possible.¡±


    Lin Qi had to get up early tomorrow.


    ¡°May I not? I, I just feel very happy to chat with you because I can talk about anything with you.¡± Jiang Ruo-qing was a little reluctant.


    Sometimes, one feels constrained when chatting with someone with whom he is quite familiar, while when chatting with a stranger, although the two know nothing about each other, they can open their heart and talk without scruple.


    ¡°If you¡¯re still going on chatting with me, send me your pictures straight away, right now, immediately!¡± Lin Qi ordered her with an imperative tone, but feeling uneasy.


    Having spoken like this, she would either actually send him the pictures, or she wouldn¡¯t chat with him any more.


    ¡°Why are you being so aggressive? Why do you act like that guy Lin Qi?¡±


    ¡°If you don¡¯t send your pictures to me, I will blacklist you.¡±


    ¡°No, no, don¡¯t do that. It isn¡¯t easy for me to find someone to chat with. Wait a minute¡­¡±


    As expected, Jiang Ruo-qing sent an MMS in next to no time.


    No kidding, Lin Qi¡¯s mind went blank at the moment. He felt a strong stimulation that almost caused his nose bleeding.


    On Lin Qi¡¯s phone screen appeared a siren-like woman who turned out to be a drop-dead gorgeous beauty. The picture had been taken by Jiang Ruo-qing herself at home¡ªshe sat on her knees on bed, with a hot skirt on the lower part of her body and her upper body was merely dressed in a bra. Her white skin almost made Lin Qi¡¯s eyes burst out of their sockets. Her perfect figure was unveiled, and in terms of her temperament and her appearance she could perfectly match those superstars.


    Lin Qi felt a little short of breath and he couldn¡¯t believe it. Was this the lofty Directress Jiang?


    Just at this moment, Jiang Ruo-qing sent an emoji of grievance, ¡°Why don¡¯t you give me a reply? Doesn¡¯t it look good?¡±


    ¡°Good, pretty good.¡± Lin Qi replied quickly, ¡°Do you have any more? Send me more.¡±


    A smiley emoji was sent, ¡°It¡¯s OK if you think it looks good. I send it only to you. Never tell others about it. What¡¯s more, you must chat with me later on, or I¡¯ll get angry with you. Now I¡¯m going to bed.¡±


    ¡°Send me one more.¡± Being teased by her, Lin Qi got kind of turned on.


    ¡°No, I¡¯m too sleepy. Maybe next time¡­¡±


    It might be true that she was really sleepy. Before they had much to talk about, Jiang Ruo-qing fell asleep.


    Lin Qi, however, couldn¡¯t fall asleep till midnight. Being a vigorous young fellow he really could not be stimulated like this. Woke up in the morning, he still felt quite tired.


    Fortunately, after Lin Qi practiced Hunyun Zhenqi Pith he felt extremely comfortable all over the body. After washing he went to the office early.


    But the dean of students was not in the office today. Another teacher told Lin Qi that the dean had gone to the auditorium.


    It turned out that in this semester many students had completed their internship, and now they were submitting their reports one after another.


    Lin Qi could only bite the bullet and went to the school auditorium. Seeing those students¡¯ reports had all been stamped with the hospitals¡¯ seals, he felt a little nervous.


    Just at this time, a voice suddenly came from behind, ¡°Master Zhou, I¡¯m going to hand in my internship report today. I¡¯m much worried that the dean would not let me pass¡­¡±


    Lin Qi was slightly stunned, for he was very familiar with the voice. It was the very voice of his ex-girlfriend Li Wan-yun.


    Turning his head, as he expected, he saw Li Wan-yun holding the arm of an extravagantly dressed man, getting out of a Ferrari.


    ¡°Just set your mind at rest. I¡¯ve long since paid your head teacher off. You can pass even if you hand in a blank sheet. Go ahead and hand in your report. Then let¡¯s go to the Taste Pavilion for lunch.¡± Master Zhou laughed.


    Lin Qi seemed to recall that this Master Zhou, whose name was Zhou Qi, from a family of coal mining business. He was a notorious coxcomb who always changed girlfriend as often as he changed clothes. Lin Qi hadn¡¯t expected that Li Wan-yun would be with him.


    Li Wan-yun nodded and walked towards the auditorium. Suddenly she exclaimed, ¡°Lin Qi, why are you here?¡±

 Chapter 9 - The Ex-Girlfriend

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    Lin Qi had already seen through his mammonish ex-girlfriend now. It was told that the society was a big dyeing vat. When Li Wanyun was in the countryside, she was actually a quite graceful girl, but now in the dyeing vat of the society she was rotten to the core.


    ¡°I¡¯m here looking for my head teacher.¡± Lin Qi flatly responded.


    ¡°What? Your have finished your internship?¡± Li Wanyun was surprised.


    The internship report should be endorsed by the attending physician and stamped with his seal. However, Lin Qi didn¡¯t have any relations, and he had just worked in the hospital for a few days, how could he already finish his internship?


    While Zhou Qi looked at Lin Qi aside, laughed scornfully and said, ¡°Who I wondered is there? So it¡¯s Security Lin in Jinhai Hospital.¡±


    He emphasized the word ¡°security¡±, which attracted sidelong glances from other students.


    This was a medical university, and all students who went to other hospitals were to work as interns, and why did he become a security guard?


    Unless he had made a serious mistake, and whoever made a mistake during his internship, he would definitely be disqualified to pass the approval of the attending physician.


    ¡°So it¡¯s you, Master Zhou Qi, my pleasure to meet you.¡± Lin Qi said impassively.


    This Master Zhou Qi had a domineering and arrogant personality. Depending on his powerful and influential family, he tyrannized in the school and bullied the weak, even teachers had to be on the watch for his changing mood.


    ¡°Well, so you finish your internship by working as a security for a few days?¡± Zhou Qi looked at him with contempt.


    Li Wanyun suddenly became aware, ¡°Oh, I see. You come here to ask the head teacher to change an internship hospital because you cannot stay there any longer. What should I say, how could a guy as poor as you find any relations to have a seal of approval on your report, but to be swept out like rubbish?¡±


    ¡°Wanyun, don¡¯t say such harsh words. What if he takes this too hard and wants to commit suicide?¡± Zhou Qi sneered, ¡°A person like him even hasn¡¯t been to an upscale place as the Taste Pavilion, and never has a chance to drive a luxury car, what else can he do?¡±


    Although Lin Qi followed the motto ¡°medical practitioners should be broad-minded¡± after being imparted the inheritance, he couldn¡¯t help feeling annoyed under such circumstances.


    He couldn¡¯t understand why Lin Wanyun had such a grievance that she would join Zhou Qiin ridiculing him.


    Lin Qi came up with a story: A boy said to his girlfriend, ¡°I had five yuan and I would spend all of it for you. But someone else gave you twenty yuan, then you left me behind and went with him, without knowing the fact that he actually had one hundred yuan¡±.


    It could be said that Lin Qi was the former. It was true that he wasn¡¯t rich at all, but he was willing to give all he possessed to his beloved.


    But what came next from Li Wanyun made him almost go ballistic.


    ¡°Why are you, a bastard who didn¡¯t know who his parents were, still staying here to make a fool of yourself?¡± Li Wan-yun said mercilessly.


    ¡°Do you feel wronged to be with me?¡± Lin Qi hadn¡¯t expected that she would even mention about such things. He completely gave up on her at this moment.


    ¡°He-he, how do you think of it? Do you think you can give me what Master Qi can offer?¡± Li Wanyun snorted, and deliberately seized Zhou Qi¡¯s arm tightly, posturing.


    Lin Qi only felt sick, ¡°Then be with him for a good time and lick his toes!¡±


    After saying this, Lin Qi silently turned away and walked into the auditorium.


    ¡°You!¡± Li Wanyun¡¯s face turned purple. Being around Zhou Qi, she was indeed an ass-kisser, but she didn¡¯t expect that Lin Qi would expose her in public. She pulled Zhou Qi with grievance, ¡°Look, he is stepping on me. Master Qi! You must back me up.¡±


    ¡°Go to the auditorium with me! Now the headteacher is my follower. I can try every trick in the book to give him a hard time!¡± Zhou Qi wore a sullen look and dragged Li Wanyun into the auditorium.


    Lin Qi¡¯s head teacher was surnamed Wang. He was a fat middle-aged man with a bulky head and a bulging belly. It was said that he had made a lot of personal fortunes since coming to Jinhai University and had sexually harassed female students by using unspoken rules.


    ¡°Mr. Wang, I would like to go to another hospital for my internship.¡± Lin Qi remembered that the students could apply for another hospital during the internship in their university with the approval of the head teacher.


    The head teacher looked up at Lin Qi and lay back in the chair, saying with contempt, ¡°Lin Qi, I remember¡­is it time to pay your dormitory fee?¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t there another month before paying that?¡± Lin Qi said, ¡°My family is facing special problems. The university and I have reached an agreement that I could pay it the next month.¡±


    Lin Qi had only paid the dormitory fee for half of the semester. Originally, his grandfather had remitted money to his credit card, but so far Lin Qi hadn¡¯t used the money yet. He was living and studying entirely on a work-study basis and scholarship.


    ¡°Next month¡­, OK, I¡¯ll call other hospitals¡­¡± The head teacher had to take out his phone to make a call, because arranging internships for students was also one of his duties.


    Just at this time, Zhou Qi and Li Wanyun walked in. Having heard their conversation, Zhou Qi couldn¡¯t help laughing, ¡°Didn¡¯t you have the backbone to be against me a moment ago? What¡¯s up, someone hasn¡¯t paid his dormitory fee yet. May I help you with that?¡±


    Li Wanyun seemed to find a chance to strike back and yelled, ¡°Master Qi has enough money. It¡¯s certainly out of question for him to pay your dormitory fee. As long as you¡¯re willing to kneel down and say ¡®I was wrong¡¯ for three times, the money is yours.¡±


    The harsh voices of the two resounded throughout the auditorium, like the sound out of a tweeter.


    Many students aside also got some inkling and began to whisper.


    ¡°Did you hear about it? Lin Qi¡¯s girlfriend was stolen by Zhou Qi.¡±


    ¡°No wonder Zhou Qi is in such resentment, he must be feeling out of sorts now, thinking that his present girlfriend once had a relationship with a poor guy.¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t it? Lin Qi has neither money nor connections. The head teacher happens to be a relative of Zhou Qi¡¯s. I¡¯m afraid Lin Qi is going to be knocked into a cocked hat by their humiliation.¡±


    Lin Qi did very well in the university and won scholarships every year. Other students paid a lot attention to him.


    The discussion around made the head teachers tunned for a while. Seeing Zhou Qi winking at him, he seemed to know what to do.


    ¡°Lin Qi, it occurred to me that there are no hospital internships available recently.¡± The head teacher directly hung up and said with a straight face.


    Lin Qi frowned and said, ¡°Mr. Wang, you haven¡¯t got through yet, have you?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s what I said, OK?!¡± The head teacher said with a tough attitude, ¡°Besides, didn¡¯t the school arrange a hospital for you? Are you the one to decide whether you can change or not?¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t it the school¡¯s regulation that we can change the hospital once?¡± Lin Qi observed what had happened and made sense of the fact more or less that the head teacher must have very good relations with Zhou Qi.


    ¡°Humph, now the regulation has been changed!¡±


    ¡°When did it happen?¡±


    ¡°Right now and at present. OK?¡± The head teacher said in a cold voice, ¡°I¡¯ll give you two choices. Either you hand in the internship report or certification, or you leave at once.¡±


    Yesterday Senior Long suddenly chose to retreat and live in seclusion, so the internship report and certification he had promised to grant naturally came to naught.


    So Lin Qi had no second choice but to leave now, and without a second training hospital, Lin Qi couldn¡¯t complete the internship, which meant he couldn¡¯t graduate from the university.


    Seeing this, Zhou Qi couldn¡¯t help laughing, ¡°Oh-oh, you can really no longer survive. You wanna change a hospital? I can recommend one to you. Do you need my help?¡±


    ¡°Piss off. With such a damn head teacher, it doesn¡¯t matter whether I can graduate from the university or not.¡± Lin Qi hadn¡¯t expect that the head teacher and Zhou Qi were birds of a feather who did nothing but leave no stone unturned to embarrass him.


    ¡°How dare you disrespect the teacher, Lin Qi?¡± Immediately Zhou Qi showed a sinister look and incited, ¡°Mr. Wang, he is scolding you.¡±


    The head teacher turned purple in the face in just a minute, ¡°Freeze! Lin Qi. Today I must teach you a lesson so that you can learn how to respect the teachers!¡±


    With this, Dean Wang leaped forward to grab Lin Qi by the arm.


    Lin Qi raised his eyebrows. Since the head teacher deliberately targeted at him, he didn¡¯t have to be polite either. Did they really considered him as a soft persimmon (a pushover) to be bullied?


    As for the consequences of giving this Wang something a beating, Lin Qi would not care about it at all at the moment. Now he had been given the inheritance of all these medical secrets, even if he was expelled from the university, at least he would not starve to death with all his medical skills.


    ¡°Stop that!¡±


    At this point in time, a rather stately shout rang out, and everyone in the auditorium could see a middle-aged man dressed in style slowly entered.


    ¡°It¡¯s Su Tian-lei of Su Group!¡±


    Lots of students exclaimed upon seeing the man.


    ¡°Who¡¯s Su Tian-lei?¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t even know about him? Su Group is one of the top three financial groups in Jinhai city. And Su Tian-lei is the leader of the group and family. He is also the honorary chancellor of our university.¡±


    ¡°Oh, I remember. I saw him on TV the day before yesterday. What¡¯s he doing here?¡±


    With several medical companies under the group, Su Tian-lei was usually very busy with daily work. Now he suddenly visited the university, perhaps for talent recruitment.


    Thinking of this, many students became excited with their eyes shining. If they could get the opportunity to enter Su Group, they would certainly have a promising future.


    But Su Tian-lei glanced briefly at them and directly walked up to Lin Qi. His face brightened up with great joy and he excitedly gripped Lin Qi¡¯s hands and said, ¡°Lin Qi, there you are. What a hard time I had to find you!¡±

 Chapter 10 - Regretted

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    ¡°You are¡­?¡±  Lin Qi looked at Su Tian-lei in surprise.


    ¡°I¡¯m Su Ming-yue¡¯s father. Thank you very much for saving my daughter¡¯s life.¡±


    But for Lin Qi¡¯s rescue, Su Tian-lei would probably have prepared a funeral for his daughter. Lin Qi saved his daughter, but he didn¡¯t ask for any reward, which gave Su Tian-lei the idea to meet him.


    ¡°Well, Miss Su was just too naughty. Tell her never to pretend to be sick again. It¡¯s no joke.¡± Lin Qi told him.


    Su Tian-lei smiled and took out a check, and he swiftly wrote a six-figure sum on it, ¡°Doctor Lin, you saved my daughter. This is your treatment fee in return.¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to give me any money for it. I saved Miss Su not for your reward.¡± Lin Qi refused him flatly, ¡°Besides, it¡¯s just a doctor¡¯s job, and no big deal. Furthermore, I am not a doctor yet, so please don¡¯t mention about the treatment fee.¡±


    Although he was rather short of money now, he was to follow what was said in the book of inheritance. Moreover, doctors treat patients not for money.


    Su Tian-lei was dazed. He thought to himself that this Lin Qi was indeed the kind of person as the steward said, so he thought highly of him.


    Taking back the check in embarassment, Su Tian-lei didn¡¯t feel uneasy but laughed, ¡°Sure enough, the heroes come from the youth. Dr. Lin¡¯s good medical ethics is quite admirable. Well, my company is in need of a reliable pharmaceutical sales manager. If you, Dr. Lin, don¡¯t feel the position is beneath you, you might as well give it a try¡­¡±


    His remarks were full of sincerity. The king-like president of Su Group would be so humble to an ordinary student, anyone could tell the intention of winning him over unless he was a fool.


    And what was surprising was that from the very beginning Su Tian-lei offered the position of a manager, which was enough to show his trust and appreciation to Lin Qi.


    Everybody looked at Lin Qi with envy. They were all still in practice, while Lin Qi was going to rocket to the position of a manager.


    However, Lin Qi flatly refused without even thinking about it, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but I just want to become a doctor. I don¡¯t want to do a job relevant to pharmaceutical sales.¡±


    ¡°Am I hearing him right? Lin Qi would have refused the offer?¡±


    ¡°Eww! That is the position of pharmaceutical sales manager of Su Group! With at least a million RMB of pay package to make per year!¡±


    ¡°Oh my envy! My jealousy! My Hatred of him! If fortune would smile on me in such a way, I would say yes without any hesitation.¡±


    Lin Qi turned a deaf ear to the talk around him. He had his own way to go, and he had all these inheritances to be carried forward, about which he had known very well. . But a position in pharmaceutical sales was a far cry from his aim.


    Su Tian-lei looked at Lin Qi¡¯s firm expression and saw his persistence, knowing that Lin Qi had made up his mind. With a sense of loss, he could do nothing but to take out a key and said, ¡°Just now I heard that you hadn¡¯t paid up the residence fee. There¡¯s a house in Beautiful Land Community, please do take it. I, Su Tian-lei, am a man who knows how to express his gratitude.¡±


    Lin Qi hesitated for a moment, seeing him determined to show his gratitude, and not willing to turn him down to make him lose face, Lin Qi finally accepted the key.


    But he didn¡¯t know the fact that in Beautiful Land Community there were only mansions, which were located in the downtown, close to all amenities. Such a mansion was worth ten million RMB with the value far beyond that check and the position Su Tian-lei offered.


    When Su Tian-lei was leaving, he first glanced at Dean Wang and then looked at Zhou Qi, saying coldly, ¡°And, Doctor Lin, if you have any trouble, feel free to come to me. I can solve all kinds of minor problems ¡®cause I am the honorary chancellor of Jinhai University.¡±


    Today he came only for Lin Qi. So after saying this, he strode away.


    ¡°Well, Lin Qi, I suddenly remembered that there are several hospitals with internship opportunities. If you want to go, I will arrange it for you immediately.¡±


    Upon seeing Su Tian-lei¡¯s attitude towards Lin Qi, Dean Wang already didn¡¯t dare to be unbridled. He quickly trotted to Lin Qi, laughing flatteringly like a dog sucking up to its master.


    It¡¯s no laughing matter. All teaching buildings of this university were built by Su Tian-lei¡¯s investment. He was only a worthless dean of teaching. The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle.


    Lin Qi showed a hint of disgust and swung his arm, ¡°Forget about it. I¡¯m in a bad mood today.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t leave, Lin Qi. Tell me who bullied you, and I, Dean Wang, will send him packing right away!¡± Dean Wang patted his chest to make sure as if he were a buddy with Lin Qi.


    Lin Qi pointed at Zhou Qi and said coldly, ¡°Who else could it be, except him?¡±


    ¡°Um¡­¡± Dean Wang broke out in a cold sweat instantly. Neither of the two fellows was to be offended.


    Zhou Qi pulled a face as if he¡¯d swallowed a fly. His family was rich and powerful, but compared with the family of Su Tian-lei, his was just some nobody. If he really offended Su, his family would find it hard to stay in Jinhai city.


    He flushed with anger, and finally he pulled Li Wanyun toward his arms ruthlessly and said, ¡°A poor pleb like you is destined to be single, and what woman would fall in love with you? Wanyun, let¡¯s go.¡±


    ¡°Master Qi, is that Su Tian-lei really so imposing? What are you afraid of him for?¡± Li Wanyun was not convinced and struggled in Zhou Qi¡¯s arms, saying, ¡°Didn¡¯t you say you would ventour anger on him? Now be a thim up for me!¡±


    ¡°Shut up!¡± Zhou Qi shouted.


    ¡°Master Qi, I don¡¯t want to live any longer! Now your woman is bullied, and you go so far as to let me swallow my pride!¡± Li Wanyun began yelling to make a scene. There were so many people watching, as a girl she couldn¡¯t lose her face, otherwise how could she get out of such an embarrassing situation.


    Bang!


    Zhou Qi slapped Li Wanyun hard across her face and roared, ¡°You are just a plaything of mine, which I can have as many as I want. Get out!¡±


    Zhou Qi was not a fool and knew that it was not worth it to offend the Su Group just for a woman. He turned away and walked out of the door.


    ¡°Master  Qi, you¡­¡± Li Wanyun covered her cheeks, trembling all over.


    ¡°It serves her right. A woman like her was really worthless.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, now some girls are too peacockish, thinking that it will be great to lean on a moneybag, and such girls have little self-knowledge.¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t is so? Others are just flirting her, but she thought he really loved her. I think it¡¯s not a bad thing for Lin Qi to see it clearly.¡±


    The gossip around made Li Wanyun too ashamed and she felt so wronged that she burst into tears. She hadn¡¯t expected that in Zhou Qi¡¯s heart she was so nasty.


    Recalling the previous time, Lin Qi took care of her with caution as if she were a treasure of his. Although they were poor, they were joyful and happy every day.


    But now, Lin Qi owned a very expensive property in the blink of an eye. On the contrary, she had lived with Zhou Qi for such a long time, and was given only a little benefit, but had ended up this way.


    For a while, Li Wanyun¡¯s heart was full of regret.


    She wiped her tears and looked at Lin Qi¡¯s sunshiny profile, thinking whether Lin Qi would agree if she wanted to be reconciled with him now.


    But before she stood up, she was stunned.


    She was surprised to see a beautiful woman coming in from the auditorium door, who was tall and slim with delicate features and waterfall-like black hair. Her shiny white legs peeped out from under her white dress. A cold and prideful temperament enveloped her body from head to toe, which made the male students freeze at first sight. Even female students also praised privately: what a cold and beautiful woman she was!


    Lin Qi saw her going straight to him, he couldn¡¯t help looking dull. He asked in surprise, ¡°Directress Jiang, you are not looking for me, are you?¡±


    ¡°Yeah. You, have lunch with me.¡± Jiang Ruoqing said with a frosty face. She was still so prideful even when she was making an invitation.


    It was hard to imagine that this woman would be so hot when texting with Lin Qi last night.


    ¡°Why are you inviting me for lunch?¡± Lin Qi said blandly but he felt amused. This woman would really come to invite him for lunch.


    ¡°For no reason. I just want to invite you. If you have other appointments, please decline them!¡± Jiang Ruoqing said in a commanding tone.


    ¡°What if I don¡¯t go?¡± Lin Qi laughed.


    Jiang Ruoqing frowned slightly. She searched out a report form from her handbag, handing it to Lin Qi and asked, ¡°Now can you go?¡±


    This report form was Lin Qi¡¯s internship certificate, which was not only stamped with official seal, but also autographed by Jiang Ruoqing¡¯s graceful signature, and all grades he got were ¡°excellence¡±.


    It turned out that Jiang Ruoqing had it prepared before coming.


    Lin Qi could not help laughing, ¡°Actually I have something else to do today. Now that you are in earnest, I only have to agree constrainedly. Let¡¯s go.¡±


    After that, Lin Qi threw the internship certificate to Dean Wang. Dean wang hurriedly caught it with both hands, followed the two like a minor attendant, and respectfully sent them to leave with apprehension.


    Seeing this, all the other male students around were heartbroken.


    ¡°What the fuck. Lin Qi has gone so far as to have lunch with such a beauty?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s unfair. Why is it that I¡¯m still masturbating late at night while Lin Qi is in luck?¡±


    ¡°Damn it. Lin Qi still looks reluctant¡­¡±


    The jealous voices became extreme harsh when drilling into Li Wanyun¡¯s ears.


    She hadn¡¯t expected that Lin Qi would have a new sweetheart so fast. And that woman was much better than her, in terms of her look, her figure and her temperament, in all respects.


    Comparing the two, there were such big differences between them, like the difference between cloud and mud, which made her ashamed of herself.

 Chapter 11 - Taste Pavilion

    Chapter 11: Taste Pavilion


    Translator: Gu Chaoxun


    Proofread by May Zou


    ¡°Who is that girl? What¡¯s the relationship between you?¡± Jiang Ruoqing went out of the auditorium. She could read the mood in that girl¡¯s eyes.


    ¡°My ex-girlfriend.¡± Lin Qi said flatly. He was utterly disappointed with Li Wanyun, therefore, he went out without looking back.


    ¡°Why did you break up with her? I guess she was very reluctant to split up with you.¡±


    ¡°Previously, she was dating a fuerdai (an affluent second generation), while I am only a poor boy. But now she was dumped by this fuerdai¡­¡± Lin Qi sneered and shook his head.


    He didn¡¯t see that Li Wanyun was such a vain woman at first.


    Perhaps Jiang Ruoqing had got to know something, then she walked up to a white Porsche and said: ¡°Get into the car, please.¡±


    ¡°Where are we going?¡± Looking at the car worth millions of RMB yuan, Lin Qi secretly felt speechless privately. What a rich woman she was!


    ¡°So let¡¯s go to Taste Pavilion. It¡¯s quiet there.¡± Jiang Ruoqing stepped on the accelerator, and the Porsche sped off.


    The car¡¯s engine was very powerful, and Lin Qi even experienced a strong sensation of push-back by the force. Jiang Ruoqing drove the car whizzing across the motorway, leaving other cars far behind.


    Lin Qi also managed to get a driver¡¯s license at the university in order to get more credits, although he had no car to drive. Now this experience tickled his fancy and aroused his hunger for such a great car someday.


    As for the place like Taste Pavilion, Lin Qi never dared to imagine that he could enter one day, because this was the most luxurious restaurant in Jin Hai City. Its decoration was luxurious and splendid. Its front door was especially dignified, which was as high as a building of two or three stories, amazingly grand like a palace.


    Even the securities here were wearing designer suits. Looking at the cheap clothes he was wearing, Lin Qi had an impulse to turn away at once.


    ¡°Sorry sir, you are not allowed access to the restaurant.¡± Glancing at Lin Qi disdainfully, one of the securities came and said. He could meet many such guys like him in one day.


    ¡°Why?¡± Lin Qi was surprised. Doesn¡¯t Taste Pavilion want to receive the diners?


    ¡°Taste Pavilion is a high-grade restaurant with a membership system. If you want to enter, you¡¯ll have to be introduced by a patron and if you want to apply for an ordinary consumption card, you¡¯ll have to pay three million yuan for annual membership fee¡­¡± The security sneered.


    Taste Pavilion was not open to the public. Those who could have meals here are all celebrities in all industries, and one could enter the restaurant not because he was rich.


    It was precisely because of this, many people had a yearning for Taste Pavilion. Some people tried every means to get into it to enjoy the service here. Even if they couldn¡¯t afford to have meals here, they just came to pay a visit, then they could brag to others that they had been in Taste Pavilion.


    ¡°I see.¡± Lin Qi just nodded and then stood still in situ.


    The security saw that he wouldn¡¯t leave, he waved his hand in disgust as if he were whisking the flies off: ¡°Why are you still here? Go away at once!¡±


    ¡°I am waiting for my friend. She has gone to buy something and will come here soon.¡± Lin Qi said flatly.


    Hardly had she reached the gate of Taste Pavilion when she left Lin Qi at the gate to wait for her. She said that she went to buy something and would return soon. Lin Qi thought perhaps she was going to buy some privacy items, so he didn¡¯t follow.


    ¡°That¡¯s a likely story! You guy, I advise you to leave at once, or don¡¯t blame us for being rude.¡± The security was very annoyed.


    ¡°I am really waiting for my friend. Believe it or not, you will know when she comes.¡± Lin Qi looked out and thought the woman was really troublesome, how could she not return in more than half an hour.


    ¡°So please go aside and wait there. You are not welcome here.¡± Said the guard, pointing to the main road.


    Just at this moment, the guard heard a cold voice: ¡°I am a platinum member here, you say you don¡¯t welcome me?¡±


    Following the voice, the guard stared blankly, he saw a frosty woman slowly coming forward. Her tender hand was taking a shiny platinum card out of her bag.


    ¡°He is my friend. He is waiting for me. Any problems?¡± Jiang Ruoqing held up the platinum membership card.


    Immediately the security showed great reverence and repeatedly said sorry to her, then he took the card and swiped it on the card reader of the door. The card reader beeped twice and it showed ¡°the valuable platinum member¡±. It couldn¡¯t go wrong.


    ¡°There is something wrong with your service attitude. I think it¡¯s necessary to report it to Senior Fang.¡± The person Jiang Ruoqing mentioned was the owner of Taste Pavilion.


    ¡°Well¡­¡± The guard¡¯s face turned pale. He could not imagine that Lin Qi, who wore such shabby clothes, would have such a beautiful friend?


    And it sounded that she seemed to get along well with Senior Fang. If she did tell Senior Fang about it, he could not work here any longer.


    ¡°It¡¯s my fault, Sir. I hope you wouldn¡¯t take my remarks amiss.¡± The guard lowered his head and apologized.


    ¡°Forget it. I was coming here only to have a meal.¡± He waved his hand. It was the first time he came here and he didn¡¯t know there were so many rules to enter the restaurant.


    ¡°I am sorry that I come back late. Let¡¯s go inside.¡± Jiang Ruoqing said and took Lin Qi in her arm to go into Taste Pavilion.


    At the moment he entered the restaurant, Lin Qi clearly heard the guards mutter: ¡°Another good cabbage is dug by a pig.¡± (Another beauty was grabbed by a vulgar man)


    They entered and the usher of the restaurant was all smiles and welcomed them at once. After making clear that there were only two of them, the usher led them to a comfortable seat near the window.


    Jiang Ruoqing seemed to be a patron here. She opened the menu and ordered a pasta and a fruit salad.


    Lin Qi picked up the menu to have a look, then he said with a forced smile: ¡°This is the first time I come here, so I don¡¯t know what to order. Could you recommend a dish for me?¡±


    Thinking for a while, Jiang Ruoqing said directly: ¡°You¡¯d better have Australian steak,¡®cause you men are all carnivores¡±


    ¡°Carnivores?¡± Lin Qi chewed the meaning of her words over, and felt somewhat embarrassed. Did she find out that it was he who texted her in private?


    But after thinking for a while, Lin Qi thought it was impossible. She could not know his phone number.


    He thought, maybe she found him peering at her chest just now.


    Lin Qi took a quick sip of the aperitif to hide his embarrassment as soon as the aperitifs were offered. But he felt the aperitif taste a little weird, so he put down the glass and turned to the steak, which was offered soon afterwards.


    He had to say that Taste Pavilion¡¯s cookery was absolutely good indeed, no wonder so many people were eager to struggle through the crush and get into the restaurant to satisfy their taste buds. The steak was cooked to right medium well, tender with a crispy crust, and tasted smooth in mouth.


    Although Lin Qi hadn¡¯t experienced in having meals in such a ritzy restaurant ever before, he should at least have seen others eating the steak. Lin Qi picked up the knife and fork, unskilled but successfully made it. Soon he swept one piece of steak in the plate.


    While looking at Jiang Ruoqing, he found she was eating with great elegance. Lin Qi could not help thinking that watching a beauty eating was also a kind of enjoyment.


    ¡°I¡¯ll order one more for you.¡±


    Jiang Ruoqing had hardly turned to the waiter when her eyes fell casually in the direction of the gate. She stiffened and frowned, with a look of disgust on her face.


    Lin Qi was in a daze, following her sight, he saw a man coming in. The man was about 40 years old, dressed in a well-cut shirt, with short clean hair, and seemed to have a kind of refinement, generosity and a sedate personality all over.


    Even if he was a little older, he could attract a large number of innocent girls in a flash by the temperament that precipitated and accumulated in the years.


    The man glanced around, and could not help showing a light glow of joy when he saw Jiang Ruoqing, and went straight to her.


    But Jiang Ruoqing suddenly looked even colder and said: ¡°Why do you come here, Liu Xingming?¡±

 Chapter 12 - Blue and White Porcelain

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    Liu Xingming?


    Lin Qi¡¯s eyes twitched slightly. This man was the president of a well-known pharmaceutical enterprise in Jin Hai city. It was said that the drugs produced by his enterprise were supplied to all hospitals in Jin Hai, and even the drugs used for medical experiments in Lin Qi¡¯s university were also supplied by his company. He had a powerful background.


    ¡°Ruoqing, long time no see. I hear that you are here, so I come at once. How have you been doing lately?¡± Liu Xingming had a gentle smile on his face, with a box in his hand.


    ¡°Didn¡¯t I tell you to leave me alone?¡± Jiang Ruoqing frowned.


    ¡°Ruoqing, although I had a divorce, I have been pursuing you for 3 years, which is enough to show my sincerity. Please give me an opportunity.¡± Liu Xingming was in deadly earnest.


    ¡°Sorry, I don¡¯t want to repeat.¡± Jiang Ruoqing turned her head, ignoring him.


    But Liu Xingming insisted: ¡°Ruoqing, I¡¯m being serious about you. Look, I know you like collecting vases, so I purposely bought you a Ming dynasty vase of blue and white porcelain.¡±


    With his words, Liu Xingming opened the box and took out a well-preserved blue and white porcelain vase, which looked gorgeous in color with intricate patterns and exquisite workmanship. It must be expensive.


    ¡°This blue and white porcelain vase is from the Ming dynasty court. It took me great effort to get it from another person. Please accept it.¡± Liu Xingming presented the vase with both hands.


    The blue and white porcelain vases in Ming dynasty were the masterpieces at the peak of the blue and white porcelain era. And this one was handed down from the court, so it was the best choice whether for collection or for appreciation.


    Jiang Ruoqing showed an obvious appreciative expression, but when she saw Liu Xingming¡¯s flattering smile, she shook her head and said: ¡°I won¡¯t take any of your gifts. Now, please leave here.¡±


    ¡°Ruoqing, don¡¯t you know that I am¡­¡±


    Before Liu Xingming finished his words, Lin Qi suddenly interrupted him: ¡°Mr. Liu, this blue and white porcelain vase you bought is a fake, isn¡¯t it?¡±


    Liu Xingming was stunned. He was so excited to see Jiang Ruoqing that he hadn¡¯t noticed another person beside just now. Then he looked at Lin Qi seriously and said: ¡°Who are you?¡±


    ¡°I am Lin Qi, a student of Jin Hai University.¡± Lin Qi answered honestly.


    ¡°So you are just a student. What makes you so bold to say this blue and white porcelain vase is a fake? Don¡¯t you say you know something about antiques?¡± There was a hint of hostility in Liu Xingming¡¯s eyes, for he didn¡¯t even have a single chance to have a meal with Jiang Ruoqing, how could this guy be ahead of the pack?


    ¡°Just a little. My grandfather had a blue and white porcelain vase from Ming dynasty. It¡¯s worth no money now because it was broken when it was moved. But, I can distinguish the difference between a genuine blue and white porcelain of Ming dynasty and a fake.¡± With just one glance, Lin Qi already recognized that this one was a fake.


    ¡°It¡¯s impossible. I spent 500 thousand yuan on it. And I even have it authenticated by an expert. It was indeed one of the Ming dynasty porcelain.¡± With these words, Liu Xingming took out an expertise with a seal of the Association of Treasure Appraisal from his pocket.


    ¡°That can only mean the imitation of this fake blue and white porcelain has reached a very high level, so that it can deceive many people.¡± Lin Qi said lightly.


    ¡°Are you kidding? Are you, a student, more knowledgeable than the expert of the Association of Treasure Appraisal?¡± Liu Xingming sneered, took a pile of banknotes from his pocket, threw it in front of Lin Qi and said: ¡°Take this, and go away at once, before I get mad.¡±


    ¡°Mr. Liu, it seems that I didn¡¯t offend you?¡±


    ¡°Hehe, you are here to make these impertinent remarks, wasn¡¯t it your purpose to smear my image in front of Jiang Ruoqing, then you can ask me for money? You think that sum is not enough, don¡¯t  you?¡±


    Liu Xingming took out a check from his pocket, wrote something swiftly, then put it heavily on the table: ¡°Is this enough? 100 thousand yuan, it¡¯s enough for you to have a cool life on campus for a whole year!¡±


    Lin Qi finally understood why Jiang Ruo-qing loathed him. Such people thought too highly of themselves because they had a lot of money. They were self-righteous with their over-confidence.


    Seeing Lin Qi was in silence, Liu Xingming thought he still wanted more. He couldn¡¯t help shouting with anger, ¡°You brat, don¡¯t try to push your luck. You¡¯d better take the money and get out of here immediately. Otherwise, I will have you driven out directly. I have little tolerance.¡±


    A feeling of annoyance loomed in Lin Qi¡¯s heart. He rebuked him in a low voice, ¡°Mr. Liu, I won¡¯t leave no matter how much money you gave me. Such nasty look as yours is virtually more disgusting than the sewer!¡±


    ¡°Brat, you¡¯d fucking better say it again if you can!¡± Liu Xingming¡¯s face fell and he almost screamed.


    ¡°So what!¡±


    ¡°Well, well. It serves you right! I¡¯ll ask Senior Fang to have you driven away right now!¡±


    Liu Xingming took out the phone directly, but before he got through, there were footsteps behind.


    An old man in Tang suit and cloth shoes came in slowly.  There was an unpleasant look hidden on his spirited face.


    ¡°Senior Fang, you¡¯ve come just in time!¡± Liu Xingming put down the phone and came over hurriedly to greet him.


    Seeing the old man, Lin Qi was in a daze. The old man looked a bit familiar to him. It seemed that he had seen the old man in a Treasure Appraisal program on CCTV. It was unexpected that he was the owner of Taste Pavilion.


    ¡°Little Liu, what¡¯s going on here? What are you arguing about?¡± Being able to set up the Taste Pavilion and attract all the celebrities in Jinhai to scramble for a meal here, Senior Fang naturally has very high prestige, so he naturally called Liu Xingming as Little Liu.


    Liu Xingming answered and put the blue and white porcelain vase in front of Senior Fang and said, ¡°Senior Fang, this boy said the blue and white porcelain vase of Ming Dynasty of mine was a fake. You just help me to have a look at it and give me a fair comment. And make him know who he really is!


    ¡°I see. I¡¯m good at appraising treasures indeed.  Show me the porcelain.¡± Senior Fang carefully took over the blue and white porcelain vase, and roughly scanned it, but showed a color of suspicion.


    Next, Senior Fang took out a magnifier from the pocket, leaned toward almost on the vase, where all the details could be seen very clearly.


    After a long time, Senior Fang returned the vase to Liu Xingming. He sighed and shook his head, ¡°This blue and white porcelain is a high-quality counterfeit product!¡±


    ¡°What?¡± Liu Xingming took on a look of disbelief, raised his voice and said, ¡°Senior Fang, I spent 500,000 RMB on it and I have an expertise for it¡±


    Senior Fang just picked up the blue and white porcelain vase, pointing to one of the flaws and said, ¡°See the texture of the porcelain. Clearly it imitated the technology of Ming dynasty. It is indeed age-old and the flaw is very small. If I didn¡¯t look at it carefully, I would also be cheated.¡±


    Senior Fang then picked up the certificate to have a look and said, ¡°I have to be honest, this expertise is fake, too. There should be four words ¡®Association of Treasure Appraisal¡¯ on the seal, but the second word is clearly misspelt as ¡®traesure¡¯. What a sham. Liu, you were cheated.¡±


    Hearing this, Liu Xingming looked at the expertise carefully and his face fell in a moment. He hadn¡¯t expected that the seal was also fake, which even cheated him.


    And unexpectedly, Senior Fang¡¯s remarks were exactly what Lin Qi had said, which made him so ashamed of himself.


    ¡°Damn, I was actually cheated. Senior Fang, let me smash the vase here and make everybody hear a bang!¡± Liu said, lifted the vase and was going to smash it on the floor.


    People who collect antiques all knew that to hear a bang meant to learn an important lesson by spending a large sum of money. Smashing the vase of 500,000 RMB on the ground not only showed his disdain of the fake, but also gave everybody  a joyful time.


    Just then, Lin Qi suddenly reached out for the porcelain and said, ¡°Wait a moment. Could I have a look at this blue and white porcelain vase one more time?¡±

 Chapter 13 - Secret Inside

    Proofreader:  May Zou


    Liu Xingming was shocked and said angrily, ¡°It was just blind luck that you saw through the fake vase. Don¡¯t you really think you are a master of treasure appraisal, do you? What is a student showing off to us here?¡±


    Senior Fang smiled thinly and shook his head, ¡°Antiques should be about art and tastes but have nothing to do with status.¡±


    People who were able to come to Taste Pavilion for meals were all prominent and respected in Jinhai City. Now Senior Fang had given the instruction, if Liu Xingming was still going to embarrass Lin Qi, it would be his fault.


    ¡°Just have a look if you guy want to. Could anything fresh be observed?¡± Liu Xingming snorted with disdain and threw the vase to him casually.


    Lin Qi took the vase and shook it beside his ear, and then his face lit up.


    Although the vase was only a high-quality counterfeit, this was just what made it unusual.


    When Liu Xingming was to break the vase, no one noticed that the vase actually made a small clanging sound. Were it not for the fact that Lin Qi had practiced Hunyuan Zhenqi pithy formula and had more acute perception than common people, it would be extremely difficult for him to perceive the sound.


    But how could an ordinary vase make such a crisp sound?


    He looked over and over and shook it a few times, and when he was about to open the divine pupil to discover the secret inside. Liu Xingming sneered and said, ¡°Wow, haven¡¯t you seen anything fresh? Or should I give you this fake as a present?¡±


    Lin Qi frowned slightly, said, ¡°You paid a lot for the vase. How about I buy it from you at the original price?¡±


    ¡°He-he, if you do want it, so you can.¡± Liu Xingming said coldly, ¡°A bumpkin is a bumpkin, who even takes a fake as a treasure. However, it¡¯s also good to fool people with it.¡±


    To project himself in the presence of Jiang Ruoqing, Liu Xingming would naturally make every effort to uglify his rival to beautify himself.


    Jiang Ruoqing was the one who understood Lin Qi most. Since he was only a student who was from an ordinary family, how could he pay for this antique, especially when this was only a fake?


    ¡°Lin Qi, don¡¯t you have something else to do today? Put this vase down and let¡¯s go.¡± Jiang Ruoqing winked at Lin Qi.


    ¡°To be honest, I still want something more¡­. Besides, I haven¡¯t paid Mr. Liu for the vase yet¡­¡± Lin Qi said without looking up from the blue and white porcelain vase in his hands.


    ¡°How can you have so much money!¡± Jiang Ruoqing said anxiously. If Lin Qi had such a huge sum, then it was unnecessary for him to practice in their hospital.


    ¡°You can rest assured. I¡¯ll have the money to pay when I sell it later.¡±


    With the opening of his divine pupil, Lin Qi¡¯s sight penetrated the exterior of the vase. In his eyes, the vase became transparent, and there was actually a simple and unsophisticated small box hidden at the bottom of the vase, which was very old and was inlaid in the vase by a small mechanism, and the sound produced when shaking the vase just now was made by this box.


    But before Lin Qi had seen the box clearly, the limit of three seconds for him to open his divine pupil was up, and his eyesight returned to normal.


    ¡°Let it go at that. Here, I¡¯ll give you half a million yuan just as the fee to thank you for retrieving a loss for our hospital last time.¡± Jiang Ruoqing thought Lin Qi was certainly put on the spot now and she knew that all men were afraid of losing face, so she took out a bank card instantly.


    ¡°Thank you, but it¡¯s unnecessary, I¡¯ve already seen something unusual. It¡¯s a good thing.¡± Lin Qi stood up.


    This remark made Senior Fang¡¯s face fall. He had just confirmed that the vase was a high-quality counterfeit, but now Lin Qi said it was a good thing. Didn¡¯t Lin Qi make it clear that he was playing against him?


    So Senior Fang said unpleasantly, ¡°Young man, you say this is a good thing, do you have any ground?¡±


    ¡°Sorry to make myself a joke. I just guessed that the vase should be of good value.¡± Lin Qi said to Senior Fang. He thought, if it was an ordinary thing, it would not be hidden in the vase with such effort.


    ¡°Young fellow, be a down-to-earth man. Don¡¯t try to bite off more than you can chew, or try to practice fraud.¡± Senior Fang snorted.


    Lin Qi was displeased on hearing this. He merely offered his opinion. How had he offended him?


    Jiang Ruoqing worried a lot and covered her forehead with anxiety. She doubted whether there was the possibility for Lin Qi to leave the restaurant now that he had even offended Senior Fang.


    But Lin Qi simply continued fiddling about with the vase. Finally, he found a bulge on the bottom of the vase.


    Lin Qi beamed with delight. He pressed the bulge hard, and with a click, there was a small crack around the bottom of the vase as if some mechanism was opened.


    Holding the bottom tightly, Lin Qi gently twisted it a few turns and soon the bottom of the vase was completely unloaded, and inside the vase there was a simple but elegant box, faintly emitting a smell of eaglewood.


    ¡°There was actually a Secret Inside!¡±


    All people present were shocked.


    Secret Inside was a saying among antique collectors. There were a lot of capable or talented people who were unwilling to let their collection of treasures be discovered, so they designed a kind of mechanism, something like a secret gear in order to hide the treasure in an ordinary object.


    It was amazing that this vase could also be designed with such an ingenious mechanism that even master Senior Fang was fooled.


    Lin Qi took out the eaglewood box. On the cover of it there was a poem and a signature of two small words engraved as Tang Yin!


    ¡°May I have a look at it, young man?¡± Senior Fang suddenly got excited and longed very much to grab the eaglewood box directly.


    ¡°Well, Senior Fang, you know better than me about this¡­¡± Lin Qi handed over the box.


    Senior Fang turned it over and over. Both his hands started to tremble. At last his eyes fell on the poem on the cover of the box, he slowly read it,


    ¡°I drew the slow-running water in the Blue River.


    Love Dusk Pavilion was covered by sorrowful maple leaves.


    Autumn moon was shining brightly on Buddhist temple,


    Fragrant smoke from incense burner was curling upwards sutra tower.


    It was autographed by Tang Yin. It, it is clearly an authentic work of Tang Bohu of Ming dynasty!¡±


    ¡°Tang Bohu?¡± Everyone present, whether he knew about antiques or not, was all shocked. Tang Bohu was the leading of the Four Talented Scholars, whose authentic works were hard to find, and such works engraved on a box as this one were even fewer.


    Lin Qi silently read the poem again, and was surprised to find out the mystery in it, ¡°This is an acrostic poem. See, the first word in each line, it is exactly the four words ¡®I love autumn fragrant (I love Qiu Xiang Qiu: Chinese character referring to autumn, and Xiang: fragrant)¡¯. Is this the love token that Tang Bohu gave to Qiu Xiang in his pursuit of her?¡±


    ¡°Absolutely no mistake!¡± Senior Fang was breathless and trembling with excitement, he said, ¡°This eaglewood box was, indeed, a rouge box in the Ming dynasty. And Tang Bohu was a talented and romantic scholar whose story in pursuit of Qiu Xiang was recorded in biography by later biographer and a movie ¡®Flirting Scholar¡¯ was also made. The eaglewood rouge box is surely the love token he gave to Qiuxiang in his pursuit of her!¡±


    No one had expected that this was actually Tang Bohu and Qiu Xiang¡¯s love token. The story of Tang Bohu¡¯s pursuit of Qiuxiang made the significance of the eaglewood rouge box itself far beyond its value of being an antique of Ming dynasty.


    What¡¯s more, the engraved handwriting on the cover was vigorous, uninhibited and rakish. It was indeed Tang Bohu¡¯s authentic work.


    It was hard to find out a second one as this kind of eaglewood rouge box in the world. It was naturally very precious.


    Senior Fang held he box admiringly and was reluctant to let go of it. He even had a sudden impulse to put it in his pocket. Taking a deep breath, he said respectfully in a consultative tone, ¡°My boy, how about selling me the eaglewood box for five million yuan?¡±

 Chapter 14 - The Cattiness of Liu Xingming

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    Five million yuan?


    Lin Qi was extremely excited, he didn¡¯t expect that someone would like to buy the box at such a high price.


    While the people around were even more dumbfounded. Just now it was only a high-quality counterfeit to be belittled, but after Lin Qi had fiddled with it, it had changed into a treasure of value.


    ¡°Senior Fang, are you sure you want to buy it?¡± Lin Qi was amazed.


    ¡°I¡¯m absolutely sure. Actually, even if I pay five million yuan for it I still owe you one, because this eaglewood rouge box is worth much more than five million.¡±


    Saying this, Senior Fang took out a membership card and a simple designed visiting card and handed them to Lin Qi.


    ¡°This is  our diamond card for Taste Pavilion membership. With this card, you can enjoy all our services free of charge in any of our subsidiaries. What¡¯s more, if you need help, you can call me at any time.¡±


    It could be seen that Senior Fang liked this box very much, and at the same time, he knew the unique value of this box clearly.


    While for Lin Qi, this five million yuan was enough for him to pay his daily expenses and to care for his grandfather in his retirement. And the most important thing was that he could get help to stand firm in Jin Hai City. That was all that he could wish for.


    ¡°Since Senior Fang like the box so much, I would sell it to you to fulfill your wish and ¡± Lin Qi took the two cards and put them into his pocket. Then he looked at the stunned Liu Xingming and said, ¡°By the way, Senior Fang, will you please deduct five hundred thousand yuan from the sum you¡¯ll pay me and give the money to Mr. Liu? I haven¡¯t paid him yet.¡±


    ¡°You can count on me for that. Tell me your card number and I will transfer the sum directly into your card. As for Liu¡¯s money, I can pay him by cash.¡± Senior Fang said.


    Lin Qi gave his bank card number and Senior Fang sent for the computer. Soon the money was transferred to his account.


    Lin Qi¡¯s bank card was bound to his mobile phone. After the transfer, a beep was heard and he received a message on his old phone: ¡°A sum of four and a half million has been deposited in your bank account at 12:36 on X day X month online.¡±


    Looking at the number, Lin Qi felt almost dazzled. He had never expected that he would have so much money in his account one day.


    On the other side, Senior Fang¡¯s assistant took out five hundred thousand yuan in cash directly from the counter, packed the notes in a suitcase and gave it to Liu Xingming.


    Liu Xingming took over the money and put on a gloomy face. Losing 5 million in one second, he felt like weeping but failed to shed tears.


    Although Liu Xingming was considered as a rich man, he knew five million yuan RMB was quite a large sum. In particular, Lin Qi had won a favor from Senior Fang.


    In Jin Hai City, perhaps few people knew who Senior Fang was, but almost everyone who knew him would show respect to him. If one won his favor, he would gain much more advantages than what he could get from this five million yuan.


    He never dreamed that he would hand over the treasure to another person without getting any benefit. At this very moment he really had the urge to hang himself on a small tree.


    ¡°Lin Qi, you got the treasure from me. Now I don¡¯t want to sell it to you, I¡¯ll give the money back to you, ten times¡­¡± Liu Xingming yelled with envy.


    People around looked at Liu Xingming as if he were a fool. Want your treasure back now? If you were Lin Qi, would you agree?


    Lin Qi said coldly, ¡°Mr. Liu, I have sold it to Senior Fang. If you want it back, you could buy it from Senior Fang.¡±


    Senior Fang held the eaglewood rouge box tightly and frowned, ¡°Liu, you have sold it. Would you want to go back on your own word?¡±


    Everybody could see that Senior Fang liked this treasure as if it were his own child. Taking it away from him would be equal to killing him.


    Jiang Ruoqing, who stood by, didn¡¯t expect things would end in this way. She had worried needlessly about Lin Qi just now, so she gave Lin Qi a look of anger and said, ¡°Lin Qi, now everything is over, let¡¯s go.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t leave, Ruoqing. I¡­I can buy another blue and white porcelain for you next time. I promise it will be a real one.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not necessary. I can buy one by myself if I like it.¡± Jiang Ruoqing took her bag and stood up.


    With a malicious glance at Lin Qi, Liu Xingming stopped Jiang Ruoqing and roared as a madman, ¡°Ruoqing, tell me honestly, what on earth the relationship between this guy and you is? Why would you rather have a meal with him than with me? Do you think I am out of your league?¡±


    ¡°Shut up!¡± Jiang Ruoqing just felt a fly buzzing in her ears, so she took Lin Qi by the arm and said straightly, ¡°He is my boyfriend. Are you satisfied with my reply?¡±


    ¡°What?¡± Lin Xingming was muddled.


    Lin Qi was also astounded. What happened?


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to repeat my words. I have already had boyfriend. So please don¡¯t bother me anymore.¡± A faint flush coloured Jiang Ruoqing¡¯s cheeks, and she took Lin Qi by the arm and walked out of the door directly.


    Soon after the two left, the story spread throughout the whole upper class circle in Jin Hai City. Liu Xingming directly became a joke in the circle because he not only gave up the treasure to Lin Qi without getting any benefit, but also tried to woo Jiang Ruoqing but failed in the presence of Lin Qi, her boyfriend.


    Liu Xingming felt nothing but an extreme humiliation. How could he stay and develop in Jin Hai from now on?


    Liu Xingming went to a secluded alley,  and looked stealthily around. When he saw no one was near, he showed a malicious look and dialed a phone number.


    A few moments later, an ugly and ferocious fat man came up to him. The fat man¡¯s upper body was covered with blue tattoos, as if he was wearing a scary tattoo T-shirt at first sight. He had a hideous scar on his neck. Obviously he was a person who had had cruel experiences of fighting and killing.


    The fat man bowed to Liu Xingming and said, ¡°Anything I can do for you, Mr. Liu?¡±


    ¡°Take a few people and teach Lin Qi a hard lesson at Jin Hai University!¡± Liu Xingming said fiercely.


    ¡°A student? Do you really think it is necessary to have me attend to the matter personally, Mr. Liu?¡± The fat man looked dismissive.


    ¡°I do like your cruelty. Remember, cut off one of his hand and let him enjoy the pain.¡± Liu Xingming said with a venomous smile and the flesh on his cheeks shook.


    The fat man sneered, ¡°No problem. Just a student, I can let him go down on his knees within one second.¡±


    Liu Xingming nodded with satisfaction. Only in this way could he vent his anger.


    Riding Jiang Ruoqing¡¯s Porsche, Lin Qi returned to Jin Hai University. He only felt that he had a dream today. Now he didn¡¯t have to worry about his accommodation, and what was more, he had four and a half million yuan on his bank card.


    He decided to give four million yuan to his grandfather so that his grandfather would not have to worry about his old age. He had been working hard to bring Lin Qi up, and now he could finally enjoy his old age by doing nothing.


    But Jiang Ruoqing didn¡¯t say a single word all the way. She just flushed a little, as if she were drunk. Not until they arrived at the gate of Jin Hai University, Jiang Ruoqing said, ¡°Lin Qi, are you free tomorrow?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t think I¡¯ll be free tomorrow.¡± Lin Qi planned to pack and moved to the house at Beautiful Land Community tomorrow.


    ¡°No.¡± Jiang Ruoqing¡¯s face fell, ¡°Tomorrow you must spare the time, because we have to attend a medical conference on behalf of Jin Hai Hospital.¡±


    ¡°The people who attend the medical conference are all elites in medical community. How can I be eligible to attend?¡± Lin Qi said.


    ¡°Originally, it is Senior Long who attends this conference every year, but now he has retreated because of you. So you have to represent Jin Hai Hospital to attend the conference this year.¡± Jiang Ruoqing said seriously.


    ¡°I am only a student. Won¡¯t you lose face if I attend the conference on behalf of the hospotal?¡± Lin Qi said.


    ¡°I believe that your medical skills are as brilliant as Senior Long¡¯s. As for your eligibility, you do not have to care about. Anyway, you can surely benefit from this conference when you participate in it, and your medical skills will also be improved.¡± Jiang Ruoqing said seriously.

 Chapter 15 - Revenge

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    The medical conference was held in Jinhai city once a year. The attendees were all outstanding figures in medicine circle. Once Lin Qi¡¯s university had organized the students to sit in on the conference. Lin Qi had not expected that he could have the opportunity to participate in person one day.


    Lin Qi did not hesitate and instantly promised Jiang Ruoqing that he would attend. She nodded with satisfaction, and, biting her lips, she finally said, ¡°Er, well, thank you for today¡¯s incident.¡±


    Finishing the words shyly, Jiang Ruoqing drove away, without listening to Lin Qi¡¯s answer.


    Lin Qi just zoned out a bit. This woman¡¯s bashful face, unexpectedly, was like a azalea in the spring breeze in March, which made Lin Qi a bit absent-minded.


    Shaking his head, Lin Qi walked toward the school gate. All of a sudden something blinded him. There were five people blocking his way, maliciously and grimly laughing at him.


    They were led by a hard-featured fat man. He disdainfully cast a glance at Lin Qi and said with a heavy voice, ¡°Hi, sonny, Go with us.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know you. Why should I go with you?¡± Lin Qi¡¯s brows knitted together. The five were clearly not good folks.


    ¡°Boy, you¡¯ve offended the wrong people, so you¡¯re going to have to face the music right now. Be clever, and we can let you have a less rough time.¡± The fat man sneered.


    ¡°Sorry, I don¡¯t understand what you¡¯re talking about. If you have to stop me, I¡¯ll call the police.¡± Saying this, he immediately took out the phone.


    But the fat man said indifferently, ¡°Just call the police as you like, anyway, all I do was only let you go with me. Do you think the police will care about this?¡±


    These people were really knavish enough. Lin Qi mulled the situation over for a moment before putting down the phone. These few were here to rock the boat anyway, and he might run away today but he could not hide forever.


    ¡°Where do you want me to go with you?¡± Lin Qi asked.


    ¡°Just go to the derelict factory not far from your university. Let¡¯s solve the problem as quickly as possible.¡± The fat man grunted and went straight with the other gangsters to the factory.


    It was a remote area, basically a wasteland, surrounded by weeds. The empty factory was rusted all over. Because of the abandoned chemical material that emitted an overpowering stench, few people would go there.


    Lin Qi never looked for trouble, nor was he afraid of it.


    After arriving, the guys headed by the fat man grinned hideously, ¡°Boy, I didn¡¯t expect that you dare to go with us.¡±


    Lin Qi was not in the least afraid of them but stared at them coldly, ¡°Tell me who sent you, and I¡¯ll consider making you feel less painful.¡±


    The coldness in his pupils made the fatty quiver and go blank for a while. He thought to himself, ¡°Isn¡¯t he only a student? How could he have such terrible eyes?¡±


    ¡°Big bro, this buster is too arrogant, I just want to do him over to death.¡± Said a bald-headed guy.


    Other people also put on their sinister face and said, ¡°That¡¯s right. Anyway there¡¯s nobody here. When we have put him to death, we can just torch this place.¡±


    Lin Qi¡¯s heart gave an abrupt thump. These gangsters were extremely cruel and merciless. They didn¡¯t look like ordinary delinquents, but criminals whose hands were stained with blood.


    At this time, the five hooligans pulled out their machetes from behind of their backs, and the fat man said viciously, ¡°Come on, buster! I heard that you have millions of dollars on you, which is just prepared for us to run away with when we kill you. You can only blame yourself for being so courteous to come with us today.¡±


    Saying, he shouted in a low voice and swung his machete toward Lin Qi in the neck. The other four stood in four corners, preventing Lin Qi from escaping.


    This chop was so quick and resolute that Lin Qi felt a chill in his neck. If it were for an ordinary person, then he would have been scared silly on the spot.


    But Lin Qi had practiced Hunyuan Zhenqi Pith, since then he was twice as strong as ordinary people and his reaction was even more out of their reach.


    At such a life-or-death moment, Lin Qi¡¯s eyes focused. Instead of backing up, he ruthlessly pounced on the wrist of the man. With a click sound, the fat man¡¯s wrist was dramatically snapped backwards, and the next moment one of Lin Qi¡¯s knees hit him in the stomach. The fat man flew upside down, hit the wall, and fainted with his eyes rolling up.


    Before the rest of them could react, Lin Qi grabbed one of them by the collar with his right hand and punched him up with a fist. The man fell to the ground with a hum before he had understood what was going on.


    The other three were also ruthless and tough men. But Lin Qi had given them a show that scared them to sweat, wondering on what kind of feed the beast was fed, is he really a human being to have such a great strength?


    ¡°What¡¯s up¡ªyou did want to solve the problem as quickly as possible, didn¡¯t you?¡± Lin Qi crooked his finger.


    The three were pale around the gills and subconsciously backing away, but behind them were heaps of bottles filled with chemicals. Seeing Lin Qi slowly came over, one of them was almost directly frightened to piss. Suddenly he saw the icon of ¡°flammables¡± on the chemical bottles. He put on a malicious expression and roared, ¡°You mother fucker, go to hell with me!¡±


    He took out a lighter, ignited a bottle and hurled it at Lin Qi.


    These chemicals were not only flammable but also very corrosive. Lin Qi did not dare to be careless about them. He quickly pulled off his clothes and shook it to cover himself and moved away.


    Coincidentally, Lin Qi was not hurt. Instead, when the man threw the bottle to him, the chemical liquid in the bottle suddenly spilled down on the man¡¯s head. Immediately his hair began burning like a torch.


    ¡°Ah-ah-ah¡­! Help, help¡­! I¡¯m burning to death!¡± Hearing the painful cry, the other two quickly took off their clothes to cover his head. But his face was already burned charred and his hair as frizzy as if in an African hairstyle.


    ¡°Fuck! There¡¯s a fire!¡±


    One of them pointed to the pile of chemicals,which no one knew when had caught on fire. There were hundreds of bottles of them in the factory and now it was too late to put it out.


    ¡°Damn it, we¡¯ve gone too far. Quick! Let¡¯s help the big bro run away!¡± The three men scrambled to pick up the wounded two and were going out.


    The fierce fire surged up, and black smoke came out. The five gangsters helped one another to go out of the derelict factory. Lin Qi quickly caught one of them, ¡°You¡¯ve caused such a big trouble and you¡¯re going to get out of the way?¡±


    ¡°Bro, we know we were wrong. Would you please forgive us this time¡­¡± The other three villains all wanted to get down on their knees. How could they expect that a student could be so strong?


    ¡°Shut up!¡± Lin Qi cut down with his hand on the back of the man¡¯s neck. The man fainted.


    Then he focused on another man, and raised his brow.


    ¡°Bro, you don¡¯t have to do it. I¡¯ll do it myself.¡± The other man¡¯s face turned pale immediately. Picking up a stone from the ground, he hit it toward the head mercilessly. The blood all splashed, but he hit several times, until he became unconscious.


    Lin Qi looked at the only man left and said, ¡°Call the police!¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°I order you to call the police and get someone to put out this fire!¡± Lin Qi said coldly, ¡°and, when the police come, you¡¯d better come clean and tell who sent you here. If not, you know¡­¡±


    That man¡¯s legs trembled with fear. Nimbly taking out the phone, he hurriedly called the police and explained the situation.


    Lin Qi looked at the flaming derelict factory, thinking to himself, it was fortunate there weren¡¯t many people here, otherwise there would be a real disaster.


    After the man called the police, Lin Qi knocked him out and left.


    The firemen soon arrived. The derelict factory had been useless originally, so they dug a deep ditch around it and successfully put out the fire.


    Then the five gangsters were awakened right away by the police. Under stern inquiry, they finally honestly confessed everything¡­


    At this moment, in a luxurious office, Liu Xingming was thinking with doubt. He had made a few calls to the fatty but incredibly no one had been answered. In the ordinary course of events, the problem should have been solved with such a long time.

 Chapter 16 - Medical Conference

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    Liu Xingming made a cup of coffee and waited for another while, but he didn¡¯t expect that the fatty would directly call him.


    He answered the phone with excitement and laughed, ¡°Hi, Fatty, you have taught the buster a lesson, haven¡¯t you?¡±


    ¡°Mr. Liu, wh-where are you? I¡­ I w-want¡­¡± The fat man stammered.


    ¡°What are you stammering about? Put it clearly.¡± Liu Xingming said sourly.


    The fat man was surrounded by the police, with a few guns at his head, how could he not stutter? He took a deep breath, and then said as ordered by the police, ¡°Mr. Liu, I want to see you. Where are you? Can I come over?¡±


    ¡°Oh, I see, you must want to get your reward. Don¡¯t be ashamed to tell. I¡¯m in the office right now. Be quick to bring your brothers and get your reward now.¡±


    Liu Xingming had thought the fatty was going to tell him something else. After saying a few words he hung up. He was in an amiable mood immediately, thinking that when the fatty came, he must lend an attentive ear to him about what a lesson Lin Qi had been taught. What¡¯s more, he had specifically ordered the fat man to take and store a few photos of the incidence.


    Just when Liu Xingming was fantasizing how Lin Qi was beaten black and blue, the door was kicked open with a sudden bang.


    ¡°Who¡¯s that? Didn¡¯t I tell you to knock on my door first before getting into my office¡­¡± There was a halt in his words and Liu Xingming suddenly froze.


    He saw the fat man came in dejectedly, and it was he whose face was black and blue and swollen like a pig¡¯s head.


    What was going on here? Wasn¡¯t it Lin Qi who was beaten like that?


    Liu Xingming was still surprised while several policemen broke into the door. Not allowing him to speak, they took hold of Liu Xingming, and clamped handcuffs around his wrists.


    ¡°What are you doing? Why do you arrest me? What offence was I accused of?¡± Liu Xingming shouted.


    A police captain came out and said, ¡°Don¡¯t you have any idea about what you have done?¡±


    ¡°What have I done? I didn¡¯t do anything.¡± Liu Xingming said with a guilty conscience.


    The police captain flared up, ¡°Liu Xingming, we were right on the spot when the fatty called you. Now the police suspect you of being the chief arsonist. Besides, these men are all suspects in murders, and you have been connected so closely that you must be investigated.¡±


    ¡°What, what has happened¡­?¡± Liu Xingming stumbled and showed an expression of complete disbelief.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you know what has happened? By the way, they have already confessed that you hired them for a murder. Come with us.¡± the police took the stunned Liu Xingming in the police car.


    At this time Liu Xingming finally became aware of the situation and realized that he had offended the wrong man, so this time he had gone for wool and come home shorn. But he could only close his eyes in despair and felt regretful.


    After Lin Qi returned to the university, he made a phone call to his grandfather to tell him that he was going to remit him some money.


    Now he became rich, he would certainly fulfil the moral obligation to look after his grandfather first, it was he who had brought him up.


    Whereas Lin Qi¡¯s grandfather was shocked speechless at once to be informed of the huge sumof remittance..


    They could never see so much money all their life in that poor and remote village, you know.


    There was silence for a long time on the other side of the line, then his grandfather suddenly said in a stern tone, ¡°Kid, we are poor, but we are living with the highest integrity. And you are the descendant of medicine master. How can you behave in such a hanky-pankyway. Give the money back quickly!¡±


    ¡°Grandpa, I didn¡¯t behave in a hanky-pankyway. The money is clean.¡± Lin Qi was dazed for a second and quickly explained.


    ¡°Humph, the Lins has been doctors for generations, but you bring discredit on the Lin family. How can you face our forebears? Won¡¯t you admit that you have gone wrong?¡± His Grandfather spoke rather sternly, who had always taught Lin Qi the utmost truth of medical principles since Lin Qi¡¯s childhood.


    Under his influence, Lin Qi had learned a lot of things, which he borne in mind since then. He said in seriousness, ¡°Grandpa, I earned the money by selling an antique. What¡¯s more, I have also earned a house now; I¡¯m just going to take you here for a tour.¡±


    But his grandfather was by no means convinced by Lin Qi that he had earned so much money all at once. He scolded him angrily, ¡°Kid, if today you don¡¯t confess that you are in the wrong, then I won¡¯t recognize you as my grandson, and there¡¯ll be no such person as you in Lin family!¡±


    ¡°Grandpa, I really didn¡¯t do anything wrong. You¡¯ll know it when I bring you here¡­¡± Now really Lin Qi couldn¡¯t wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Yellow River. (Chinese saying meaning couldn¡¯t make oneself believed that he didn¡¯t do anything wrong)


    ¡°Come on, kid, behave correctly, but don¡¯t aim too high. Do you understand? Well, I¡¯ve said enough. Call me when you¡¯ve introspected about your behaviour.¡± Then the grandfather hung up.


    Looking at the phone, Lin Qi was at a loss what to do: cry or laugh.


    Both his grandfather and he were used to living a poor life. In their small village, his grandfather only earned a small income from treating the villagers. Now they suddenly owned millions of RMB, perhaps it was difficult for his grandfather to take it for a short while.


    Lin Qi could do nothing but to contact with a paternal aunt who lived in the county in his hometown. Although it was far away from their village, she visited Lin Qi¡¯s grandpa at intervals and took care of him. So Lin Qi decided to credit her account.


    When the aunt sent him her card number, Lin Qi first credited her account with the first sum of a million yuan, and asked her to build a bigger house for his grandfather so that he could live more comfortably. He also promised that he would send a fixed sum every month from then on to ensure that his grandfather would live better.


    After finishing these, Lin Qi took a bath in the dormitory, and then practiced Hunyuan Zhenqi Pith once.


    At the dawn next morning, Lin Qi felt fresh and energetic all over. The Hunyuan Zhenqi Pith could not only help one to improve his health and build up his strength, but also could help him practice acupuncture.


    Around eight o ¡®clock, the landline phone in the dormitory began ringing.


    Landline phones were standard configurations for each dormitory; but now that almost everyone had a cell phones, these landline phones were rarely used.


    Lin Qi was feeling strange while picking it up and there came Jiang Ruoqing¡¯s voice. It turned out that she had searched for Lin Qi¡¯s dorm phone number through the university.


    Till now Lin Qi had recollected that he had promised her to attend the medical conference today. He said hastily, ¡°Sorry, I got up a little later, I¡¯ll immediately take a taxi to the medical conference.¡±


    ¡°Never mind. Well, where are you now?¡± Jiang Ruoqing asked.


    ¡°Still at the university. But I¡¯ll start off at once. There should be time for me to get there.¡± Lin Qi was a bit sheepish. After all, he had promised it yesterday, but he almost forgot it.


    ¡°You are at the university, ¡­ then go to the campus gate and wait for me. I¡¯ll pick you up there.¡±


    ¡°Please don¡¯t bother so much. I can¡­¡± Lin Qi was really embarrassed.


    ¡°It¡¯s ok. I¡¯m going in the same direction. Besides, it¡¯s rush hour now. It¡¯s hard to get a taxi or a subway. Wait there. I¡¯ll be there right away.¡±


    Before Lin Qi spoke, he heard the roar of the cars on the other side of the line and Jiang Ruoqing hung up.


    So, Lin Qi carried his bag and came to the campus gate.


    It was the early class time then. Many teachers and students were bustling in and out of the gate.


    While Lin Qi came over, a lot of people who recognized him and pointed at him, talking about yesterday¡¯s incident when he handed in his internship certificate.


    Lin Qi pretended not to hear all these gossips. While waiting, he took out a copy of medical book from his bag and began to read it intently.


    The knowledge in the traditional Chinese medicine textbooks was quite different from that in his old heirloom book, but the theory of integrated Chinese and western medicine was very inspiring. Lin Qi read it with relish.


    With a squeal of car brakes, an Audi suddenly stopped in front of him. Looking up, Lin Qi saw the window rolled down and a handsome face showed up, ¡°Lin Qi, what are you doing sitting here?¡±


    ¡°Hello, Senior Jiang Feng! Well, I¡¯m here waiting for someone¡­¡±


    Lin Qi responded and looked down to go on his reading.


    This was the senior man in the news in Jinhai University. He had excellent grades and ranked top three every year. And because of his handsome appearance, he was honored as the first great talent of Jinhai University.


    But since Lin Qi attended Jinhai University, he seemed to have surpassed this legendary senior in grades. Not knowing why, every time to meet him, Lin Qi always felt an inexplicable hostility towards him.


    Jiang Feng snorted coldly and waved, ¡°Stop waiting. Today, I, your senior, will take you to the medical conference to enlighten you and widen your horizons.¡±

 Chapter 17 - Irritated Jiang Feng

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    His words sounded like an invitation, but his sense of superiority was self-evident.


    Lin Qi responded nonchalantly, ¡°Please don¡¯t go to any bother, I¡¯m also going to the conference later.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re going there too?¡± Jiang Feng was surprised for a moment, then said with disdain, ¡°Come on, Lin Qi, how could you brag about it? As your senior, I am the only designated one in Jinhai University to attend the medical conference. Now you tell me that you¡¯re going there too. Don¡¯t try to have egg on your face.¡±


    Every year Jinhai University would recommend a most excellent student to attend to the conference, and Jiang Feng was of course qualified.


    But this medical conference was the highest academic conference in Jinhai city, but the seats for attendees were limited. How could Jiang Feng believe it when Lin Qi said he would attend?


    Lin Qi, who wasn¡¯t attending on behalf of Jinhai University, only smiled without a word.


    Without receiving any response from Lin Qi, Jiang Feng said scornfully, ¡°To tell you the truth, Lin Qi, in this university, I think only you can be considered as my rival. But now you¡¯re boasting like this, I really despise you!¡±


    Lin Qi closed the book and suddenly raised his head and asked, ¡°My senior, what do you think is the purpose of studying medicine?¡±


    ¡°To cure the sickness, of course.¡± Jiang Feng answered without thinking.


    Lin Qi recalled something about Jiang Feng¡¯s behaviors and said coldly, ¡°But I suppose you study medicine only to show your talent in medicine and make it your eligibility to show off and insult others out of your pride and insolence.¡±


    ¡°What did you say, boy?¡± Jiang Feng¡¯s face fell, as if some of his secrets had been revealed. He said hastily, ¡°I study medicine to cure the sickness and save others¡¯ lives, I deserve the praise and admiration of others!¡±


    ¡°Then why do you often compete in medical skills with others and post pictures of your victories on the Internet?¡± Lin Qi mocked.


    Jiang Feng was furious and roared, ¡°I did this in order to further improve our medical skills. What¡¯s wrong with that?¡±


    Lin Qi could not help shaking his head, ¡°We apply our medical skills to serving the society and curing the patients, not to compare with the higher. Haven¡¯t your elders taught you this?¡±


    ¡°You!¡± Jiang Feng pulled his face. His elder sister always educated him by saying this. But when it came out from Lin Qi, someone about his age, he felt extremely aggrieved.


    ¡°I am to prove the medical skills of our Jiang family, which we have imparted and inherited from our ancestors, are the best in Jinhai and in the whole city no one can compare! So what of it?¡± Jiang Feng said loftily.


    ¡°So what if you have proved your skills are better than those of others¡¯?¡± Lin Qi questioned.


    Jiang Feng craned his neck and said, ¡°In that way, more people would know me, and then they would come to me and beg me to treat them.¡±


    ¡°And more money, I suppose.¡± Lin Qi said with a sneer, ¡°It was rumored that, if I remember correctly, last time you treated an entrepreneur and you charged a fat fee of two hundred thousand yuan, who, however, just caught a cold.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s quite natural for a doctor to charge for his service, and my patient didn¡¯t care about the little sum since he¡¯s so rich.¡± Jiang Feng went outraged.


    ¡°So why don¡¯t you go under a pedestrian overpass and treat the beggars? You only use your medical skills for the wealthy, don¡¯t you? I suggest that you¡¯d better not describe yourself as that noble. You¡¯re preaching about the major principles but cannot go without one word: ¡®money¡¯.¡± Lin Qi snorted.


    Jiang Feng flushed with shame but could not refute on hearing Lin Qi¡¯s words, He could only stare at him, gnashing his teeth.


    While Lin Qi waved him away and said, ¡°You can go now, senior schoolmate. You are going to the medical conference only for an undeserved reputation rather than exchanging medical experience. Even if you invite me to go with you, I won¡¯t!¡±


    ¡°You fucking boy, didn¡¯t you have the guts to compete with me in medicine right now, didyou?¡± Jiang Feng roared.


    ¡°I¡¯ve just said that medicine is not for competition. You don¡¯t even understand the basic truth of being a doctor. To compete with me, you¡¯re not qualified. You¡¯re not qualified to be a medical student, either.¡± Lin Qi said icily.


    Jiang Feng pointed at Lin Qi. Trembling, with his face going pale, he yelled, ¡°How can you say I don¡¯t understand the basic truth of being a doctor? I don¡¯t think you dare to compete with me. You stupid coward!¡±


    ¡°Shut up, Xiao Feng!¡± Suddenly a cold voice came.


    Jiang Feng looked back astounded, only to see a Porsche stopping beside, and a slender leg stretched out, followed by an icy face.


    It was Jiang Ruoqing to pick up Lin Qi.


    ¡°Sis, he vilified our medical skills of Jiang family.¡± Jiang Feng immediately got off his car and went forward.


    His salutation made Lin Qi slightly startled. He had not expected that Jiang Feng was Jiang Ruoqing¡¯s brother.


    Jiang Ruo-qing knitted her arched eyebrows slightly, and rebuked in a low voice, ¡°Was anything wrong with what he said? We study medicine for the purpose of serving the society and curing the patients, not for going around competing and matching with others. If you¡¯re carrying with the thoughts of showing off, it would be worthless even if you are good at these skills!¡±


    ¡°My elder sister, I am your younger brother; why would you rather turn to the wrong side to protect an outsider than help me?¡± Cried out Jiang Feng.


    ¡°All I know is that no matter who he is, he must be bound by medical ethics as a doctor. Besides, Lin Qi is not an outsider.¡± Jiang Ruoqing nodded to Lin Qi.


    ¡°What do you mean, sis?¡± Jiang Feng froze for a moment.


    ¡°Lin Qi, it¡¯s about time. Get on.¡± Jiang Ruoqing said, opened the door of the car to invite Lin Qi to get into the car.


    ¡°Well, I¡¯m moving house this afternoon¡­¡± Lin Qi said and got into the passenger seat.


    Time was really tight. Jiang Ruoqing also got on and started the car.


    Jiang Feng couldn¡¯t help standing in front of the car and asked in astonishment, ¡°Sis, what are you going to do with this boy?¡±


    ¡°To attend the medical conference.¡± Jiang Ruoqing beeped the horn, ¡°get out of the way, we¡¯re in a rush.¡±


    ¡°Medical conference¡±, these two words harshly grated on the ear of Jiang Feng. His eyes wide open, he said incredulously, ¡°Sis, how can this boy have the qualification to attend the medical conference? On what grounds can he attend?¡±


    ¡°Did you know what happened to Senior Long the other day?¡± Jiang Ruoqing asked suddenly.


    Jiang Feng quickly answered, ¡°You mean the premier doctor of our Jinhai Hospital?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right. The patient that he couldn¡¯t cure before was cured by Lin Qi. And after he chose to retreat to the woods, Lin Qi would attend the conference on behalf of our hospital. Any problem?¡± Jiang Ruoqing said calmly.


    ¡°This, this is impossible!¡± Jiang Feng was shocked.


    Jiang Feng knew the best about Senior Long¡¯s medical skills. With more than 30 years of medical practising experience, Senior Long was renowned in Jinhai Hospital. And Jiang Feng himself had once followed him to study medicine.


    When Senior Long chose to seclude, Jiang Feng was not on the spot. Later when he looked for him to ask about the whole thing, he could not find him anywhere.


    Never had he thought of the possibility that Senior Long¡¯s seclusion had a lot to do with Lin Qi!


    ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to represent Jinhai University to attend the medical conference? I¡¯m sure you will understand everything at the conference!¡± Jiang Ruoqing drove away fleetingly without another word, leaving Jiang Feng stunned behind.


    From behind, Jiang Feng watched the two driving away, grinding his teeth with red eyes, then he slammed his fist onto his car with a loud bang.


    ¡°Lin Qi, I¡¯d like to see what in medicine you can outdo me at the medical conference! Let¡¯s wait and see!¡±

 Chapter 18 - Adding Two More Words

    Proofread by May Zou


    ¡°That¡¯s just the way my younger brother behaves. Please don¡¯t take offense.¡±


    Jiang Ruoqing said this to Li Qi with apology when they arrived at the entrance of the medical conference venue after she parked the car.


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. Jiang Feng did possess great medical skills. He has come top in the university every year.¡± Lin Qi had not expected her to make an apology. He just answered by waving his hand as he really didn¡¯t care much about it.


    ¡°Well, I hope it won¡¯t interfere with your exertion at the conference.¡± Jiang Ruoqing had attached great importance to this medical conference.


    She did not care much about the ranking, but Jinhai hospital was a well-known hospital in the city anyway, so there should be someone or something convincing that would prove the hospital worthy of the name. Even if they couldn¡¯t make a great coup, at least they wouldn¡¯t make an exhibition of themselves as a laughing stock.


    When they walked into the venue, there were already quite a lot people sitting down in the hall. Lin Qi¡¯s eyes swept the hall to see there were more than two hundred people and among them he caught a glimpse of some familiar faces that seemed to be celebrities people could see on Jinhai¡¯s TV programs or in newspapers and magazines.


    And there was a row of seats on the platform. As the starting time of the conference was approaching, five doyens in the medical field of Jinhai City took their seats on the platform.


    It was worth mentioning that on the left side was an old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine who was over 70 years old. He was actually the most famous Luo Tianwen. It was said that he had learned medical skills since childhood, and had unique insights into the clinical skills and had even created a traditional Chinese medicine school.


    However, except Luo Tianwen, the next four were all doctors of western medicine.


    Jiang Ruoqing led Lin Qi to sit in the front row.


    When Lin Qi saw this situation, he couldn¡¯t help frowning. It hadn¡¯t occurred to himt hat nowadays the western medicine had almost dominated in medical circles, even the banner on the platform only said ¡°Medical Conference of Communication of Western Medicine¡±, showing no place for traditional Chinese medicine.


    As several well-known doctors of western medicine expressed their views and brought down the house, Lin Qi¡¯s face clouded.


    ¡°Directress Jiang, I¡¯m studying traditional Chinese medicine. I may have come to the wrong place today.¡± Lin Qi said.


    Naturally Jiang Ruoqing could also see the unusual situation. But she could only lower her voice and said, ¡°We¡¯re unable to do anything about it. The traditional Chinese medicine has been on the wane, and you know, on the other hand, western medicine does have its advantages¡­¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t agree with you. Chinese medicine is not inferior to western medicine, instead, it¡¯s ten times, even a hundred times better than western medicine!¡± Lin Qi said seriously.


    As the old saying goes, ¡°The speaker has no intention, but the listener will mind.¡± Lin Qi and Jiang Ruoqing were sitting extremely close to the high platform, and these word fell word for word into the ears of the four doctors of western medicine.


    ¡°Who is this young man? Is he here to make trouble?¡± a doctor of western medicine on the platform raised his eyebrow and said.


    ¡°I suppose he¡¯s just taking this opportunity to push himself forward, nothing more.¡± another doctor sneered.


    ¡°Who are you to say that traditional Chinese medicine is better than western medicine? Are you sure you¡¯re not telling a joke?¡±


    On the stage, the doctor who was delivering the speech turned grim-faced.


    ¡°I can tell everyone here clearly that Chinese medicine is the quintessence of the country and the essence inherited from history. It is indeed ten times, a hundred times better than western medicine!¡± Lin Qi simply stood up and said.


    These remarks were loud and powerful like a bomb thrown into the quiet conference hall and Lin Qi became the focus of the entire site. Hadn¡¯t he known that ninety percent of the participants in this medical conference were western medicine doctors?


    Yet diametrically opposite to the reaction of the others, on the stage, Luo Tianwen¡¯s eyes lit up at the moment. He looked at Lin Qi and slowly said, ¡°Young man, do you have any original view on Chinese and western medicine?¡±


    ¡°I cannot say it¡¯s my original view, but I know that some diseases can be cured with no need of western medicine or injection!¡± said Lin Qi.


    These remarks instantly made a doctor of western medicine on stage speak with scorn, ¡°What a joke! How can you cure the sick without taking medicine or getting an injection?¡±


    ¡°You¡¯ve had a stuffy nose for quite a few day, haven¡¯t you?¡± Lin Qi pointed to the speaking doctor.


    ¡°That¡¯s true. I¡¯ve stayed up late these two days to finish the speech drafts, so I caught a cold. I did have a stuffy nose repeatedly.¡± The doctor snuffled while talking and he sounded a bit strange. People around him all recognized it.


    ¡°Do you believe that I can cure you by giving you a few massages now?¡± Lin Qi said.


    ¡°Hehheh, you must be kidding. I have already taken pills for my stuffy nose. Do you think I can¡¯t cure myself?¡± The WM doctor snorted.


    Lin Qi questioned him with a smile, ¡°then why hasn¡¯t the medicine worked since you took it?¡±


    ¡°It¡­ How can the medicine take effect as soon as you have it?¡± the doctor fumed.¡±


    ¡°If I¡¯m not mistaken, you are so weak that you will catch a cold in an unguarded moment. And what¡¯s more, once you catch a cold, you take the medicine, which causes resistance to the drugs in your body. So whatever medicine you take now, it¡¯s hard for you to take effect.¡±


    It was well-known by all that a common ingredient that western medicines usually contain is antibiotics, which was very effective when used at the first time. Yet if these medicines are used over a long period, their effects will be getting weakened.


    What Lin Qi said was exactly the same as his symptoms, the doctor got irritated, ¡°Good. Young boy, you said you could cure me by giving me a few massages. Then you can give it a go.¡±


    ¡°In fact it¡¯s really easy to treat a stuffy nose.¡±


    Lin Qi said as he stepped forward, holding the doctor¡¯ nose between his fingers and rubbing Yingxiang acupoints on both sides of the nose.


    Yingxiang acupoints are an important point on the nose. With stimulation of the massage, the doctor only felt a little pain and then came a sense of coolness on the nose. In less than two minutes, Lin Qi ceased.


    Shortly afterwards, the doctor sniffled, only to feel unimpeded, refreshed and then he could breathe smoothly.


    ¡°Is, is that all?¡± the doctor was shocked.


    As soon as he began to speak, all those present could hear clearly that he spoke smoothly and unimpeded due to his breathable nostrils, which marked a sharp contrast with his condition a few minutes ago.


    The four WM doctors on the spot all looked sullen, as if they were slapped hard in the face, burning in the cheeks.


    ¡°If you want to get over your cold quickly, put a few cloves of garlic in your mouth when you are back at home, until they are tasteless, then cover yourself with a heavy quilt and sweat, and you¡¯ll recover tomorrow.¡± said, Lin Qi returned to his seat.


    That doctor gave dry coughs; with his cheeks still burning, he said, ¡°Boy, it¡¯s nothing but a snuffle. How can you take this as a case in point to prove traditional Chinese medicine is better than western medicine?¡±


    ¡°Exactly. Chinese medicine is a trick to cheat people, and you didn¡¯t really cure him of his cold.¡±


    ¡°You are right. In Jinhai City, there are no doctors of TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) at all except Luo Tianwen who has inherited the traditional Chinese medicine skills of the royal court!¡±


    Not willing to admit defeat, the other four WM doctors were echoing, and attacking Chinese medicine severely.


    There were also many Chinese medicine doctors on the scene. But they had no confidence to refute them now that Chinese medicine had been declining.


    Only Lin Qi was aflame with indignation and spoke out what they thought in their mind, ¡°You said that traditional Chinese medicine had declined, it is because you are crazy about foreign things and have blind faith in them without trying to do our nation credit. The traditional Chinese medicine has developed for more than a thousand years. When your ancestors fell ill, they all relied on Chinese medical treatments. I shall not suppose that you mean your ancestors were to stay alive relying on this deceptive trick, shall I?¡±


    Lin Qi didn¡¯t speak in a loud voice, but all the western doctors fell silent.


    Everyone knew that from three generations up only the traditional Chinese medicine doctors who inherited the medical skills of our ancestors could treat patients because at that time there was no western medicine in China at all. It could be said that it was the lasting continuation of traditional Chinese medicine that had brought the healthy growth of our nation.


    ¡°But now, not only are you dismissive of our traditional medicine, you also trample on our nation¡¯s cultural essence inherited by the older generation. Don¡¯t you feel shameful? Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s ridiculous?¡±


    ¡°Well, I¡¯ve said all I want to say. I just hope that in the future two more words can be added on this banner, these are: ¡®Chinese medicine¡¯!¡±


    Lin Qi pointed to the ¡°Medical Conference of Communication of Western Medicine¡± banner with forceful remarks.


    There came the sound of clap.


    Someone unknown started to applaud.


    In the hall, there was sparse applause at first, then the applause became louder and louder, and finally it was deafening, prolonged and resounded throughout the building!


    ¡°That¡¯s a good point, young man.¡±


    ¡°Oh, go to hell of the western medicine! I¡¯m a doctor of Chinese medicine myself, so what? Why should I be belittled for being a Chinese medicine doctor?¡±


    ¡°Yes, I think we shouldn¡¯t give up the TCM heritage of. Even if I am a western medicine doctor, I will not deny TCM.¡±


    ¡­

 Chapter 19 - Medical Skills Competition

    Chapter 19: Medical Skills Competition


    Translator: Wu Xinyu


    Proofread by May Zou


    When the applause died down, Luo Tianwen spontaneously stood up. He cleared his throat and said to the four WM doctors aside, ¡°Gentlemen, listen to me. What this young man said is what I always want to say. Please do not be prejudiced when making banners next time!¡±


    ¡°Hmm, this¡­it might be the banner makers, er¡­, they cut corners.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, I remember that I have ordered them to add ¡®Chinese medicine¡¯ to it. Maybe they forgot it.¡±


    ¡°Next time, Senior Luo, you can depend on it, next time we¡¯ll definitely add it.¡±


    The four WM doctors said so, feeling awkward. How they wish they could find a crack in the ground to hide themselves.


    Luo Tianwen nodded and said, ¡°In fact, we all know clearly that there is an obvious imbalance in the number of practitioners and resources between traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine. To find the cause of the situation, it is not that WM is much better than TCM, but that the current Chinese medical skills in use today are only some little drops in the ocean of ancient Chinese medical skills, lingering on in a worsening condition without development. Previously, I felt very disappointed each time when I attended the conference, but I¡¯m gratified by the attendance of this young man. At least, TCM will have successors.¡±


    ¡°Mr. Luo, you praised me too much. I¡¯m afraid I don¡¯t deserve it.¡± Lin Qi shook his head.


    ¡°You deserve it. Now that you are eligible to attend the conference, you must have a certain medical background. I wonder if you have obtained a certificate of TCM?¡±


    Again, Lin Qi shook his head, ¡°I am still a university student. I haven¡¯t got a certificate yet.¡±


    ¡°Well, the second round of the conference is about to start. There are more than a dozen patients from all over the country who came here for consultation. You may take my test by joining in the consultation as a doctor. If you can make correct diagnoses and cure them, I will issue a certificate of TCM for you myself; what do you think of my suggestion?¡±


    Once Luo Tianwen said this, everyone looked amazed.


    You must know that Luo Tianwen was highly accomplished in medical skills and it was the art of court medicine that he had inherited. It was clear that he thought highly of this young man and had a great deal of confidence in him, therefore, he was willing to make such a promise.


    What¡¯s more, traditional Chinese medicine laid particular stress on the inheritance from master to apprentice. What he said showed a great willingness to accept Lin Qi as his apprentice.


    ¡°Thank you very much, Mr. Luo. So I¡¯ll show myself by having a try.¡± Lin Qi bowed slightly with the left fist clenching in the right palm.


    Luo Tianwen smiled and turned to the four well-known WM doctors aside, saying, ¡°Next, let¡¯s directly move to the second round of the conference, on-site diagnosis; How do you think about it?¡±


    Although the four had different opinions, they were embarrassed to speak out, so they could only nod in agreement right now.


    The medical conference was divided into two parts. The first round was the speech, and the second was the on-site diagnosis.


    You must show what you were really made of. This on-site diagnosis was a more direct test of the medical skill of the participants.


    At one side of the conference venue, there were many patients from all over the country, most of whom suffered from strange diseases, even incurable diseases, or couldn¡¯t afford to see a doctor, or couldn¡¯t find a doctor for medical treatment in other places. That was why they came to the medical conference to have a try.


    The staff arranged them to wait in a queue, and a tables and chair for Lin Qi to sit on.


    Just at this moment, the door of the hall was opened heavily, and a disgruntled voice came in, ¡°Lin Qi, dare you accept my challenge?!¡±


    Lin Qi turned around and saw Jiang Feng arriving and rushing towards him in burning anger.


    ¡°Jiang Feng, what are you kicking up a fuss for? Come down quickly.¡± Jiang Ruoqing saw her brother and scolded him hastily.


    But Jiang Feng turned a deaf ear to her. He strode up to Lin Qi, and said with his red eyes, ¡°Be a man and accept my challenge. If you lose, I want you to admit that you are not good at medicine before the people in the hall and kneel down to apologize to me!¡±


    ¡°Jiang Feng!¡± Jiang Ruoqing screamed, hoping he would do something better than make a scene here.


    Seeing his sister¡¯s face fall, Jiang Feng softened his voice and said, ¡°Sis, I just don¡¯t want you to be fooled by someone. He is just a student, how can he be capable of standing here? I¡¯ll unmask him in a minute.¡±


    Jiang Ruoqing really wanted to kick her younger brother off the platform. At this critical moment for Lin Qi to show his talent, he was deliberately getting in on this stuff. Angrily she said, ¡°If you still admit that I¡¯m your elder sister, then just behave¡­¡±


    But before Jiang Ruoqing finished her words, a chief WM doctor on the platform interrupted her with a smile, ¡°Directress Jiang, let young people handle their own affairs in their own ways. Besides, Jiang Feng majors in western medicine and has outstanding ability. I also heard that he was the first great talent of Jinhai University. If this young man accept his challenge, and this could be considered as comparing notes between the Chinese and western medicine. If Jiang Feng loses, the four of us will apologize to Lin Qi on his behalf.¡±


    As soon as he said this, people around started a hubbub with expectation, shouting one after another, asking for a challenge competition between Chinese and western medicine.


    One was Lin Qi who had just cut a fine figure, and the other was the great talent of Jinhai University. It would be much more interesting to watch the rivalry between the two than to see a doctor treating a patient.


    And things were going in unexpected directions far beyond Jiang Ruoqing¡¯s control. In the end, she could only cover her forehead with a sigh and cast an apologetic look to Lin Qi.


    ¡°How would you like to compete?¡± Lin Qi was a bit exasperated because Jiang Feng had challenged him again and again. Did Jiang Feng really treat him as a persimmon that was too soft for him to pinch at will?


    Jiang Feng was a little astounded; he hadn¡¯t expected that Lin Qi could actually agree. He brightened up immediately and said, ¡°Very well, since it is a competition of medical skills, then let¡¯s treat these patients and diagnose their diseases, respectively telling their conditions and therapeutic schedules. The one who has made a more accurate diagnosis will be the winner.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Lin Qi nodded calmly.


    ¡°Well, let¡¯s have the first patient.¡± Jiang Feng said, taking out his medicine cabinet and putting it on the table. Inside was a dazzling array of diagnostic instruments, many of which were imported from abroad, looking rather luxurious.


    Seeing this unexpected challenger, the four WM doctors on the stage were most pleased. They would naturally support Jiang Feng now that he was the one who would vent their spite upon Lin Qi.


    Soon, the staff brought the first patient up.


    The patient was pale, walking with limp steps, putting his hand over the side of his waist, and struggling to reach them.


    ¡°Me first, or after you?¡± Jiang Feng said defiantly.


    ¡°You¡¯ve got everything out. You go first. It doesn¡¯t matter to me.¡± Lin Qi stood aside, clutching his chest.


    ¡°I suppose you¡¯ve cringed.¡±


    Jiang Feng snorted, came to the patient, and said softly, ¡°Please look up and open your mouth, I¡¯m starting the examination.¡±


    The patient did as he had been told. Jiang Feng in turn examined his mouth, nose, eyes, ears, throat, hands and feet. He took about a quarter of an hour in total and almost gave a general check on the patient and pressed his waist side a few times in the end.


    After a busy time, Jiang Feng¡¯s eyes roved around the present audience, then he gave a confident smile and spoke loudly, ¡°There¡¯s a lump in your left kidney, which often causes the pain and you have urinary stoppage. According to my diagnosis, you suffer from kidney stones, and it is rather serious!¡±


    The patient nodded repeatedly at once, ¡°Yes, you¡¯re right. I have kidney stones. But unfortunately I never took it seriously until the pain is killing me now.¡±


    ¡°This is nothing serious. You will be fine as long as you go to the hospital to have a minimal invasive nephrolithotomy.¡± Jiang Feng smiled.


    At this time, Luo Tianwen and the other four WM doctors all nodded, then their eyes fell on Lin Qi. But few people saw the patient¡¯s face fell slightly when he heard that he had to have an operation and finally he let out a deep sigh.


    Jiang Feng turned his eyes towards Lin Qi, sneering coldly, ¡°What about you, Lin Qi? I¡¯ve finished my examination and diagnosis. Why don¡¯t you come up?¡±

 Chapter 20 - Making A Diagnosis for Each Other

    Proofread by May Zou


    Lin Qi¡¯s pupils moved, glancing at the patient, then said flatly, ¡°he has stones in his left kidney. No need to check him anymore.¡±


    ¡°Hmm, you haven¡¯t even examined him, how can you be so sure?¡± Jiang Feng instantly gave him a dismissive look. Coldly he said, ¡°Or, you deliberately make the same diagnosis as I did, so that the competition between us can end in a draw?¡±


    Once this was said, everyone could not help raising doubts. Lin Qi had not even conducted an examination on the patient but incredibly drew the same conclusion as Jiang Feng¡¯s; this might arouse their suspicion of Lin Qi¡¯s cheating indeed.


    ¡°This is the disease the patient has. What else should I say?¡± Lin Qi said fretfully.


    ¡°Do you have any other capability besides talking glibly?¡± Jiang Feng shot a glance at him with disdain. There was a stir in the crowd.


    Luo Tianwen knitted his eyebrows slightly and said to himself: even if the diagnosis turned out to be the same, you should feel the patient¡¯s pulse first before drawing a conclusion.


    ¡°Whatever you are to say, at least the schedule of my treatment is different from yours.¡± As Lin Qi spoke, he took out a pen and a piece of paper, whizzed through a prescription, threw it to the patient and said, ¡°Fill this prescription and decoct it with water. Take it once a day for twenty days and it will cure you!¡±


    ¡°This prescription will cure me of kidney stones?¡± the patient held the paper in his hand and looked at Lin Qi in surprise.


    Lin Qi nodded, ¡°I observed that your steps were feeble; obviously you¡¯ve not refrained from having sexual intercourse after having kidney stones, so you probably still do not know that your kidney deficiency is more serious than the stones!¡±


    ¡°Eh-hem.¡± The patient¡¯s face flushed with embarrassment, ¡°Yes, you¡¯ve got to the point, but this prescription¡­¡±


    ¡°If you don¡¯t believe me, you can just ask Mr. Luo.¡± Lin Qi pointed to Luo Tianwen and said.


    The patient turned to Luo Tianwen, who nodded slightly and went down from the stage. Luo Tianwen took the prescription, but changed his expression in a minute after a mere glance at it.


    Everyone was staring at Luo Tianwen. The moment his expression changed, all those present got very tense up.


    Instantly the four western medicine doctors were gloating. It seemed that Lin Qi couldn¡¯t prescribe at all. Otherwise, how could Luo Tianwen have such a long face?


    Unexpectedly, Luo Tianwen suddenly exclaimed in admiration, ¡°Wonderful! It¡¯s really wonderful! This kidney tonifying and stone expelling decoction can not only remove the stones from the kidney, but also tonify Qi of the kidney, so as to cure the disease. This prescription gives mature consideration to all aspects of the treatment. You are really remarkable, young man!¡±


    Lin Qi smiled and said, ¡°Mr. Luo, I¡¯m flattered.¡±


    ¡°No, no. This is such a brilliant prescription you have given.¡± Luo Tianwen said, reading the prescription, ¡°There are more than ten Chinese herbal medicines in the prescription, including Lysimachia, pyrrosia lingua, chicken¡¯s gizzard-membrane, corydalis tuber and so on.¡±


    ¡°Several of them are too strong and might hurt the kidney, I¡¯m afraid. But you¡¯ve added some adjuvants that tonify the kidney and make them mild. They have the effect of reducing fever and causing diuresis, promoting the circulation of qi and blood. They¡¯re simply a golden prescription for treating kidney stones!¡±


    ¡°Awesome, it¡¯s awesome. The younger generation will surpass the older. I have to admit with regret that this prescription is what I can not prescribe at all!¡±


    It could be seen from the herbal remedies in this prescription whether Lin Qi had put a great deal of effort in his study of medicine. Luo Tianwen¡¯s remarks were clearly a great recognition of Lin Qi.


    ¡°You are very cautious when giving medicines. You¡¯ve passed the test. I will handle the TCM qualification certificate for you personally.¡± Luo Tianwen proclaimed quickly.


    ¡°Thank you very much, Mr. Luo.¡± Lin Qi smiled.


    People could question Lin Qi, but there would be no objection to Luo Tianwen¡ªan old traditional Chinese medicine doctor who had inherited the court medical arts.


    And now Lin Qi was recognized by Luo Tianwen, he would make some achievements, even if he was a fool. This young man couldn¡¯t be much more luckier.


    The patient took a look at the prescription and said, ¡°Thank you, young man. Er, by the way, how much do these medicines cost?¡±


    ¡°Only about hundreds of yuan.¡± Said Lin Qi.


    ¡°Great!¡± All the sad look on the patient¡¯s face was cleared away instantly. He became overjoyed, as if he had almost recovered from his illness. He repeatedly thanked Lin Qi and hurriedly walked out with great joy, holding the prescription like a treasure.


    At this time, Jiang Feng couldn¡¯t sit still any longer. He stopped the patient and shouted, ¡°Hey, you must have an operation for your kidney stones! It¡¯s impossible to cure your illness only by this prescription!¡±


    ¡°Are you a fucking idiot? This prescription is approved by Mr. Luo. I can cure my illness for only hundreds of yuan, why should I spend tens of thousands of yuan on the operation? Get away from me!¡± The patient shoved Jiang Feng out of the way, walking outside and muttering, ¡°Would I worm my way into this place if I had the money to go to the hospital for the operation?¡±


    Jiang Feng was pushed a few steps back. Even a few footprints were made on his shoes. Trembling with anger, his face turned into a purplish color immediately. How could he had foreseen that a prescription would be regarded as a treasure by the patient?


    Seeing this, the audience were clear about the outcome of the competition between the two.


    This prescription of hundreds yuan written by Lin Qi could cure a disease which is supposed to be cured by an operation costing tens of thousands yuan according to Jiang Feng¡¯s diagnosis. Lin Qi was clearly a notch above.


    But Jiang Feng spoke indignantly, ¡°Lin Qi, don¡¯t be too complacent. This contest is only a draw at most. You didn¡¯t win!¡±


    Once the words were spoken, there was a hiss of disdain from the audience.


    Just now, Jiang Feng took a quarter of an hour to make a diagnosis. Although Lin Qi did not do the same thing, he pointed out that the patient had kidney deficiency, which got the patient¡¯s nod of approval.


    In terms of time taken for the diagnosis and the treatment options, Lin Qi could be said to win in both respects. Now Jiang Feng strongly argued that they were tied, which was hardly convincing.


    But how could Jiang Feng admit that he was defeated? He had inherited his family medical skills and had been tutored by famous teachers. Known as the first great talent of Jinhai University, being praised and worshiped like a moon surrounded by a myriad of stars, but today, he had to face the fact that Lin Qijust stole his limelight, and even his sister stood with Lin Qi.


    The more he thought about it, the more he felt annoyed. Jiang Feng was now filled with anger which seemed strong enough to burn Lin Qi to death alive.


    ¡°As it¡¯s a draw, dare you compete with me again?¡± Jiang Feng shouted angrily.


    ¡°If you insist, then have another try.¡± Lin Qi gazed at him, speaking flatly, ¡°today, I¡¯ll make you completely convinced of me!¡±


    ¡°All right, that¡¯s very good!¡± Jiang Feng put on an icy face and after a moment¡¯s meditation, he suddenly said, ¡°In my opinion, we don¡¯t need to treat other patients. What about making a diagnosis for each other? In this way, you can¡¯t cheat or play tricks to tell the same as I do!¡±


    ¡°Making diagnosis for each other¡­ Well, no problem. Then you go first, please.¡± Lin Qi didn¡¯t bother to say anything more. He came up to Jiang Feng and sat down.


    Jiang Feng snorted coldly. He examined Lin Qi in Lin¡¯s way to check his eyes, ears, nose and mouth first. Suddenly he leaned forward slightly as if he were to examine Lin Qi. In fact, he whispered in Lin Qi¡¯ ear, ¡°You nasty boy, today I will let you crawl out of here and kneel down in disgrace!¡±


    Lin Qi frowned, and glanced at Jiang Feng, and a fit of sudden coldness was released from his pupils.


    Jiang Feng felt chilling all over his body. Shivering inexplicably, he sat back and checked on Lin Qi seriously.


    It fully took Jiang Feng half an hour before he stopped. Then he took a glance at all  the people present and said loudly, ¡°You are gaunt and the lumbar is severely worn. Besides, your gastrointestinal function is not good. According to my diagnosis, you have a slight lumbar disc herniation, as well as stomach troubles.¡±


    Fearing that the people present wouldn¡¯t believe him, Jiang Feng said to the five seniors on the stage, ¡°Dear Sirs, please come down to have a look and be my witness!¡±