"Heizi!"
Shanghai City was not so utopian tropolis where everyone was pure of heart; it harbored many gray and even black areas unknown to the public. Ordinary people would not even notice these realms.
Heizi was a prominent figure in these parts. He handled Lu You’s errands in Shanghai City and had previously served as the middleman when Li Long and Zhao Hu were tasked with finding the Ginseng King.
This ti, Lu You had co to Shanghai City himself, all for the sake of the Ginseng King. However, after arriving, he did not imdiately go looking for trouble with Li Long and his crew. Instead, he had Heizi track their movents. Only after learning that Li Long’s group had co down from the mountain and visited Paigou Village did Lu You dispatch Heizi.
Before Heizi left, Lu You gave him a specific instruction, "Heizi, we’re businessn now. When we handle things, we observe ’courtesy before force.’"
After returning to the country, Lu You’s health was not good. For the past few days, he had been using a respirator to help him breathe. Even now, while talking to Heizi, he had to take a breath of oxygen after every sentence.
"I’ve heard that young man is a doctor. If he’s willing to hand it over voluntarily, don’t cause any trouble," he said. "But if... well, you know what to do. I don’t need to teach you."
It was with these orders that Heizi ca to Paigou Village. But from the mont he stepped out of his car, his expression soured. To his surprise, he saw work badges from the provincial TV station in this rundown village. It seed there were quite a few people from the station wearing their badges and bustling about.
Heizi instantly tightened his collar, hoping his conspicuous tattoos would not show.
Thinking about Lu You’s instructions, Heizi spat disdainfully on the ground and cursed under his breath, "What damn bad luck. What era is this? Why am I still being sent to do this kind of violent work? If I get caught, I might just beco the poster child for an anti-gang campaign."
With reluctance clear on his face, Heizi grumbled as he walked toward the village committee clinic.
He truly didn’t understand Lu You’s thinking. The old man fled overseas long ago, leaving a huge ss for him to clean up. If he hadn’t been smart enough to cut his losses in ti, he never would have survived to this day. Now, he made a living from so gray-area industries, kept his head down, and played the part of an honest businessman. Yet here was the old man, suddenly back and ordering him to hassle so village doctor, spouting that nonsense about ’you know what to do’ if the doctor didn’t comply. Wasn’t that just the sa old violent thods? That crap was so outdated. Did he think they were filming a Hong Kong drama?
TCH!
At the thought, Heizi’s face darkened and he spat again. If it weren’t for the debt of gratitude he owed Lu You for giving him a break, he would never have waded into these muddy waters.
If you’re sick, just go to the hospital with your dical insurance. It’s so much better.
With an unhappy expression, Heizi arrived at the clinic entrance. Seeing that patients were still being treated inside, he did not rush in but stood at the door, quietly observing. He noticed that the doctor, Wang Jian, was extrely focused when treating his patients.
Heizi was a street-smart man who knew all sorts of people; it was how he had gotten this far. This Wang Jian had an aura he had never encountered before, hovering sowhere between ordinary and extraordinary. It left Heizi unable to get a read on him. Heizi’s three-word policy for people he couldn’t read was simple: do not offend.
With this thought, his expression changed. His annoyance vanished in an instant, and no one would have guessed he was there to cause trouble. Only when Wang Jian called for the next patient did Heizi casually stroll inside.
Sitting in front of Wang Jian, he observed him carefully once more and found the man was completely inscrutable. He felt even more fortunate that he had not walked in with a sour look on his face.
When Wang Jian asked, "What’s the problem?" Heizi snapped back to reality. He stamred, unable to co up with anything.
He wasn’t here to see a doctor and hadn’t prepared a cover story.
Wang Jian lowered his head and waited for a mont. When the patient did not speak, he looked up. Seeing the man stamring, Wang Jian assud it was an embarrassing issue, so he stopped asking and began to observe him instead.
From his observation, Heizi’s physique was quite good, and the qi within his body was normal. However, just as Wang Jian had that thought, he noticed that the qi flowing down from Heizi’s upper body was sowhat unstable. With the desk blocking his view, he could not see anything more. He could only push the wrist pillow forward and say, "Here, let’s take your pulse first. You don’t have to say anything that’s difficult to talk about."
Seeing such a good opportunity to muddle through, Heizi chose to stay quiet. After all, he had been wracking his brain and still could not think of any actual ailnt.
While Wang Jian was taking his pulse, Heizi surveyed his surroundings. He found the clinic was far better than he had imagined; it was nothing like what he expected from a village clinic. Furthermore, the Cai Group logo was visible in many places, making it clear this doctor had ties to the group. Even more ridiculously, there were surveillance caras mounted everywhere in the clinic, and they even had a TV station’s logo on them.
Good grief, the provincial TV station crew outside was actually here to film the clinic.
Heizi looked around and found a ton of surprising things, but there was no trace of the Ginseng King. This made him anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
Until Wang Jian spoke.
Wang Jian looked at him aningfully and said, "Sir, is your intimate life not so harmonious?"
"Hmm? What life? What are you referring to?" Heizi was stunned. He saw the aningful look on Wang Jian’s face and finally understood. "Ah? Oh, yes. That’s right."
He couldn’t very well say no; after all, he was here to ’see a doctor.’ Besides, Wang Jian wasn’t wrong. For the past few years, he had indeed had so problems in that departnt. He would often suddenly go limp in the middle of the act—a situation that was both embarrassing and frustrating. Other tis, he would have a strong desire, but when the ti ca for battle, right at the cave’s entrance, his ’little brother’ would fail to cooperate.
As the saying goes, the big boss is willing, but the little soldier isn’t.
Although it didn’t happen every ti, Heizi did have a problem. Now that Wang Jian had brought it up, he steeled himself and decided to just go along with it. "Does the doctor have any insight on this issue?"
Wang Jian smiled. He now understood why this man was wearing sunglasses; it was an embarrassing problem, and Wang Jian could sympathize.
Relieving a patient’s worries is a doctor’s duty, after all.
Wang Jian gestured for Heizi to close the door, then began to search for a special dicine Pill. He was well-prepared for n with this kind of central qi deficiency. Many older n had already tried it, and the stuff was incredibly effective. Supplented with acupuncture and his own qi-assisted therapy, he could guarantee imdiate results.
「Three minutes later.」
Heizi walked out of the clinic hunched over, his face flushed with embarrassnt. Fortunately, no one was in the courtyard, or he would have been mortified. Wang Jian had only given him three dicine Pills that looked like rat poison and stuck two needles in him near his navel, and this was the result. He had even forgotten all about his mission to cause trouble.
He hadn’t even taken the dicine yet, and he already felt like he was a young man again. He was perplexed, but Wang Jian simply explained, "Don’t worry, you’re still young, so the acupuncture takes effect quickly. If an older person ca, they might only see results by taking the dicine to supplent the acupuncture right before they need it. But don’t be greedy with these pills; just use one when you need it. As your confidence returns, you won’t need these external aids anymore. Of course, if you quit smoking, the effects will be even better."
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