Chapter 234 - I Ask for Leave to Confess My Love!
The Medical Guru
âJust like that.â
Fang Qiu shrugged his shoulders and said.
âNo.â
Feng Xuexin shook his head. âI mean where did you learn this?â
âI just know it.â
Fang Qiu answered.
He had no intention to share his study of the âCanon of Poisonâ.
For one thing, the living environment for poison doctors at present days was too awful. It would be bad for him to share this. Second, he had burnt the âCanon of Poisonâ. There was no need to bring it up.
âYouâ¦â
Knowing Fang Qiu was being perfunctory, Feng Xuexin suddenly felt annoyed and remarked. âYou are not honest!â
Fang Qiu remained expressionless.
âUncle Xu!â
Feng Xuexin turned to look at Xu Miaolin and asked, âArenât you surprised? Your apprentice has learned this after several days of study with you.â
âWhatâs so surprising about that?â
Xu Miaolin curled his lips and said, âContinue with other patients.â
He went back to the consultation desk.
âThis guy is learning while having another master. Very dishonest. He would be kicked out in the past.â
Feng Xuexin followed closely and suggested. âWhat about accepting me as your apprentice?â
âSee the next patient!â Ordered Xu Miaolin.
After the brief interlude, Fang Qiu continued transcribing prescriptions for the rest of the day. He wouldnât be able to pick up a pen the next day if he werenât able to relieve the pain in his wrist with his internal Qi.
At eight oâclock the next morning.
After breakfast, Feng Xuexin opened the door.
The scene outside the door frightened him right away.
Outside the clinic was a large crowd of people.
After a close look, he found those were the poisoned patients from yesterday.
âWhatâs the matter?â
Seeing these people, Feng Xuexin was immediately puzzled.
âDoctor Feng, is the divine doctor who saved us yesterday still here?â
A man in the lead leaned to peep into the clinic as he asked.
âYeah. Why?â
Feng Xuexin frowned.
In front of him, the group of people was all looking into the clinic. He wasnât sure what they wanted.
Are they here to make trouble with Fang Qiu?
âDivine doctor! Divine doctor!â
Suddenly, the man in the lead shouted out.
Feng Xuexin was startled.
He looked back and saw Fang Qiu and Xu Miaolin came out of the backyard.
Xu Miaolin asked aloud, âWhatâs happening?â
However, the crowd ignored him completely.
âHere you are, divine doctor!â
The man in the lead ran to Fang Qiu and grabbed his hand, laughing and shouting excitedly.
âWhatâs the matter with you?â
Fang Qiu asked, looking at the smiling crowd outside the clinic.
âWeâre here to thank you.â
The leader shook Fang Qiuâs hand with excitement and explained. âWe are working on the building site outside. We are all outsiders, coming here with our entire family. You know we are not educated. We are used to the hard labor work and fond of eating wild vegetables. We didnât expect to get food poisoning from the wild herbs. We might not be able to see todayâs sun if we havenât found you yesterday.â
After, the leader turned around and shouted at the crowd, âHurry! Bring it to the divine doctor!â
Upon hearing that, the gathered crowd separated and a woman came out with a big flag with the character Magic Touch written in gold.
To the right, there was a line of smaller words reading From 13 poisoned patients to the divine doctor.
Fang Qiu understood everything seeing the flag.
They were here to give him the banner.
âDivine doctor! Thank you for saving us.â
âThank you!â
âWe would have been dead without you!â
âThank you a million.â
The group of people came forward to thank Fang Qiu.
Next to them, Feng Xuexinâs eyes turned red.
He was not touched but jealous!
After so many years of working in this medical clinic and seeing patients, he hadnât got a banner. But Fang Qiu got one only a few days after his arrival.
âIs there any damn justice in this?â
Jealousy!
Feng Xuexin looked at Fang Qiu with intense jealousy in his eyes.
Xu Miaolin responded calmly with a smile.
Under their gaze. âNo need for thanks. No need.â
Surrounded by the crowd, Fang Qiu kept nodding and smiling. He said, âI should thank you. This flag is too precious. How do I deserve this?â
âWhat is precious? What can be more precious than lives?â
âExactly. Considering your medical skills, you definitely deserve this banner.â
âWe are ashamed to give you only a flag.â
âThis banner represents our heart. Although it is not valuable, please accept it.â
Everyone opened their mouths.
âOkay!â
Fang Qiu reached to his trousers pocket and said, âI will accept the banner but I must pay for it since you are all workers and it is not easy to earn money.â
This suggestion frightened the group.
âWhy do you pay?â
âThis is a piece of our heart. You just take it.â
âHow can we take your money? We made this banner. How can we spend your money? We are leaving!â
Seeing Fang Qiu attempt to force the money back, they quickly waved and hurriedly ran out.
Not long after, the group disappeared.
Seeing this, Fang Qiu put on a wry smile.
âWhat for?â
Feng Xuexinâs voice came.
Fang Qiu turned to look.
âThey are all gone. Quickly put the flag away! Isnât it enough for you? Do you want to blind me with the brocade flag?â said Feng Xuexin in a jealous tone, pointing at the flag in Fang Qiuâs hand.
Upon hearing that, Fang Qiu smiled wryly, ready to put the flag away.
At this time. âDonât put away.â Xu Miaolin stepped forward and said, âthis banner is sent by the patient with good intentions from their heart. You cured them yesterday but you canât be sure that they wonât come to see the doctor tomorrow or the day after or they wonât get sick in the future.â
âI cannot.â
Fang Qiu replied.
âThatâs right.â Xu Miaolin nodded and said, âyou donât need to put away this banner. Instead, look for a place to hang it. If it is really put away, these patients will feel bad for not seeing it. If you really want, put away after our departure.â
âOkay.â
Fang Qiu nodded.
Then he began to look for a place in the clinic to hang the flag.
A moment later, Fang Qiu directly hung the banner on the wall of the clinic at the most eye-catching spot, just to annoy Feng Xuexin.
Looking at the banner, Feng Xuexin, very much annoyed, groaned with attitude. âHumph!â
Looking at this banner, he couldnât help feeling annoyed and jealous.
However, he couldnât put it away.
After all, Xu Miaolin ordered this.
He could only look at it with anger.
After hanging the banner, Xu Miaolin began receiving patients and Fang Qiu sat next to him to transcribe prescriptions.
A whole morning passed.
Upon hearing about the divine doctor, people from the small town all came to the clinic and crowded at the entrance.
Everyone was here to see a doctor, for their illnesses from minor to severe.
Most importantly, they found out that they didnât need to pay to see the doctor other than some small fee for their medicine.
This benefit quickly spread out.
More and more people came.
Xu Miaolin couldnât take a moment of break and Fang Qiu was happily busy with the transcription.
After a day of practice yesterday, Fang Qiu rarely encountered any doubt. When he did feel confused, he could quickly think through. The transcription went very fast.
Over there, seeing the clinic busier than ever, Feng Xuexin felt delighted.
After all, he wasnât the one seeing patients. All he needed to do was to get medicines. From this point of view, he wasnât losing money but gaining two free workers. If someone was losing there, it would be Fang Qiu and Xu Miaolin.
However, Xu Miaolinâs speed of seeing patients and Fang Qiuâs speed of transcription were too fast.
Looking at the prescriptions one after another, Feng Xuexin couldnât help remarking. âHoly crap. Iâm working my ass off.â
For the next few days, Fang Qiu had continued transcribing prescriptions.
The number of patients coming to the clinic grew increasingly day by day as the news of the free service and the divine doctor spread.
For the same reason, the number of prescriptions Fang Qiu transcripted per day increased from 30 to 50 to 100.
The more prescriptions he transcribed, the more significant the progress he made.
Four days passed.
Originally Xu Miaolin planned to let Fang Qiu transcribe prescriptions for a whole week. However, due to the large number of patients, Fang Qiu was pretty much done after four days.
During the days of transcribing, Fang Qiu had mastered almost all the primary conditions.
On the fourth night, after supper, the three sat in the courtyard drinking tea.
âYoung man, you are learning too fast.â
Looking at Fang Qiu, Xu Miaolin couldnât help remarking secretly in his heart.
These few days, he watched Fang Qiuâs each and every progress.
This speed of his progress was more shocking than his own in the past.
Xu Miaolin couldnât help feeling astonished.
However, Xu Miaolin didnât praise Fang Qiu.
Because he knew how much pressure was on Fang Qiuâs shoulders. He needed to achieve something almost impossible in a limited time.
Xu Miaolin rarely gave Fang Qiu any compliments. He wanted Fang Qiu to keep the momentum up and keep learning.
Xu Miaolin asked, âAre you almost done with the transcription?â
Fang Qiu nodded. âAlmost there.â
âGood.â
Xu Miaolin responded, âBased on your current situation, you wonât be able to learn much if you continue transcribing.â
âSo from tomorrow you work on the medicine and let Junior Feng transcript prescriptions.â
Fang Qiu immediately nodded. âOkay.â
After all, getting the medicine was a combination of memorizing prescriptions and recognizing ingredients. Fang Qiu could learn a ton from measuring the dose.
Over here, hearing their conversation, Feng Xuexin was lost for a second and then said shyly, âTomorrow I need to ask for leave.â
Xu Miaolin was surprised. âAsk for leave?â
Actually, the clinic belonged to Feng Xuexin. He could open and close as he wished without the need of asking for leave. Since he brought it up himself, he had taken Xu Miaolin seriously and treated him as one of his own.
âYeah.â Feng Xuexin nodded and explained. âTomorrow Iâm going to confess my love.â
Upon hearing that, Fang Qiu and Xu Miaolin burst into a laugh.
After practicing the song for so many days, he was finally ready to take action.
Fang Qiu asked with a smile, âIs there anything I can help you with?â
âYou?â
Feng Xuexin looked at Fang Qiu and quickly shook his head. âIt would be better if you donât go. Iâve got everything arranged. I can do it on my own.â
âWhy do you want to go?â
âTo steal my show?â
âScrew you!â
âSinging again?â asked Fang Qiu.
Feng Xuexin nodded with a grin. âYeah.â
âWhich song?â Xu Miaolin asked, âSing a bit for us first.â
Last time he changed his song after being teased about his English. He didnât pay attention to his new song. He was simply curious.
âI am afraid you will get pregnant from my song. I decide to not sing.â
Feng Xuexin laughed before running to the room.
Over here, Xu Miaolin and Fang Qiu exchanged a smile.
Early the next morning, Feng Xuexin left in fine clothes.