"Boss, I was wrong, I was really wrong... Don't fire me..." Zhang Ruishan begged. Not only was the salary for this secretary job high, but it also significantly elevated his status. Even some billionaires had to be polite to him, so he didn't want to be fired.
"Get out!" Yao Jingtai roared.
Zhang Ruishan's gut churned with regret, but he knew it was too late to do anything now. With tears of remorse, he left the Wei family.
"Imperial Physician Li, I am truly sorry. My subordinate was disobedient," Yao Jingtai apologized.
"Then are you still withdrawing your investment in Qingyun City?" Old Man Wei asked.
Yao Jingtai remembered that he had used this to threaten the Qingyun City leaders today, and couldn't help but laugh heartily, "Of course, I'm not withdrawing the investment; I plan to invest heavily. Imperial Physician Li, your hometown is in Fuxi County, right? I plan to invest there too."
"Then I will thank you on behalf of Fuxi County," Li Se said. He had been planning to go back for a while anyway, wanting to build a villa for his mother.
Three days later, Zhao Ba drove to Li Se's residence.
"Little Li, I heard you have a villa in Qingshuiwan, why haven't I seen you move in?" Zhao Ba asked, puzzled.
"I'm used to living here," Li Se said. What he couldn't bear to leave was Zhang Aimin. But if he brought Zhang Aimin to the villa, and Jiang Ranran and the others found out, they would likely be unhappy. So, he had been hesitating and decided to continue living here.
Zhao Ba didn't ask further. Soon, they arrived at the Jing family's mansion again. However, this time, an elder was present, examining Jing Shan's pulse.
"Elder Guan, how is it?" Chen Shufen asked nervously.
Although Li Se had performed acupuncture on Jing Shan three days prior and said the needles couldn't be removed, she was still a bit uneasy. She pulled some strings and managed to find Guan Zhongtang, also a renowned TCM practitioner. The reason she sought out another TCM doctor was to confirm if there were any issues with the needles.
After taking Jing Shan's pulse and glancing at the needles, Guan Zhongtang frowned and asked, "Who inserted these needles?"
"I did!" Li Se responded from behind.
Guan Zhongtang turned around, sized up Li Se, and snorted, "Who allowed you to randomly needle the patient?"
"What? After taking his pulse, do you think the patient has a problem?" Li Se asked calmly.
Guan Zhongtang reprimanded, "That's because the patient's condition has been very stable. Your random use of needles is utter nonsense. So young, yet you dare to perform acupuncture on others. Who gave you the courage? You are truly lawless! A young person like you should be punished!"
After lecturing Li Se, he turned to Chen Shufen and said, "Call the police. We must teach such reckless young people a lesson. They are playing with the patient's health. It's because of these fraudulent TCM practitioners that everyone is starting to distrust TCM!"
Chen Shufen and Jing Nianqiao's faces changed drastically. They were more inclined to believe Guan Zhongtang, an old TCM doctor, than Li Se.
"Then can these needles be removed?" Chen Shufen asked.
"Of course, why else would we keep them for the New Year?" Guan Zhongtang said with certainty.
"I've wanted to remove them for a long time because my husband says these needles make him very uncomfortable and he can only lie flat," Chen Shufen gritted her teeth.
"Sister-in-law, there is absolutely no problem with these needles, they absolutely cannot be removed. If they are to be removed, it must be by Little Li!" Zhao Ba said.
"The needles are fine, so is there a problem with me?" Guan Zhongtang asked displeased.
"Elder Guan, I'll entrust my husband to you," Chen Shufen said, too lazy to talk to Zhao Ba any further. She was convinced that Zhao Ba had deliberately brought a young man here and had no intention of letting her husband get better.
Guan Zhongtang didn't hesitate and pulled out the needles.
"These needles can suppress the condition, and they have been suppressing it for three days. After removing them, the blood vessels must be unblocked as quickly as possible, otherwise, the condition will only worsen!" Li Se stated calmly.
"I'm here, why do you need to babble?" Guan Zhongtang said dismissively.
"Please leave!" Chen Shufen said coldly.
"Sister-in-law..." Zhao Ba still wanted to say something.
Chen Shufen said with a cold face, "Zhao Ba, I don't want to see you again!"
"Mom..." Jing Nianqiao felt her mother had gone too far. Just as she spoke, Jing Shan on the sickbed suddenly convulsed.
"Shan Ge, what's wrong?" Chen Shufen's face changed drastically.
"Dad..." Jing Nianqiao was also extremely anxious.
Guan Zhongtang, however, remained calm. "Don't panic, I'm here."
He took out his needles and began to acupuncture Jing Shan. However, after a while of acupuncture, Jing Shan's symptoms only worsened.
"This is impossible," Guan Zhongtang said in surprise. "My acupuncture should calm the patient down, why isn't it working?"
"I just said that once those needles are removed, if the blood vessels aren't unblocked in time, the patient will only get worse!" Li Se said coldly.
"Nonsense!" Guan Zhongtang refused to believe Li Se. "You're just a little brat, how dare you talk big here? It must be because of your needles that things have become like this."
He then looked at Chen Shufen and the others and reprimanded, "You are all truly something. How could you let a young kid randomly needle a patient? Acupuncture is precise and requires a thorough understanding and accuracy of acupoints. Even a slight mistake can lead to irreversible consequences for the patient. Now look, the needles have been in for three days, causing blockages in the meridians, how can the condition not worsen?"
"Get out! It's your fault!" Chen Shufen screamed.
Jing Nianqiao was still relatively calm. She asked, "Elder Guan, what should we do now?"
"Alas!" Guan Zhongtang sighed softly. "Prepare for the funeral."
Chen Shufen and Jing Nianqiao's faces turned pale, and they instinctively took a step back.
"Is there really no way?" Chen Shufen asked, dejected.
Guan Zhongtang suddenly thought of something and quickly said, "Oh, right, perhaps there is someone who can cure him!"
"Who?"
"It's the president of the Qingyun City TCM Association. Wait a moment, I need a phone number," Guan Zhongtang said, immediately making a call.
The call was quickly connected. Guan Zhongtang said, "The situation is urgent, quickly give me the president's phone number."
Soon, Guan Zhongtang got the phone number. He immediately dialed it and then said to Chen Shufen, "If even the president can't help, then we are truly helpless."
Chen Shufen and Jing Nianqiao's faces were already streaming with tears. Even Jing Nianqiao began to feel that Zhao Ba had harmed her father, which was why he had brought such a young TCM practitioner.
Just as Guan Zhongtang made the call, Li Se's phone rang.
"Can you keep it down?" Guan Zhongtang said angrily.
"You want me to hang up?" Li Se asked with a half-smile.
"Hang up!" Guan Zhongtang ordered.
"Alright, as you say," Li Se said and hung up his phone.
"I'm telling you, if anything happens to my husband, you'll pay with your life!" Chen Shufen said fiercely.
"Huh? It was hung up?" Guan Zhongtang asked, looking confused. "Perhaps something came up. I'll try calling again."
He then dialed again.
The result was still Li Se's phone ringing. Guan Zhongtang was furious and shouted, "Are you done yet?"
Guan Zhongtang was already feeling irritable, and then Li Se's phone kept ringing. He wondered which idiot was calling repeatedly, and what's more, the guy wasn't even muting his phone; he had no common sense at all!