“You need to come out with me for a moment.” Xia Shuyu pulled Li Se and ran out.
“What’s wrong?” Li Se looked puzzled.
Xia Shuyu snorted, “You never come to find me. The moment I see you appear at my house, and with my aunt no less, don’t you have me in your eyes anymore?”
Li Se was somewhat bewildered, “Miss Xia, between us, it seems there isn’t really anything, right?”
Xia Shuyu snorted again, then changed the subject, “I heard the Hong family has been causing you trouble?”
“My dear Miss Xia, you finally know about it?” Li Se said with a hint of relief, “I thought you still didn’t know, and I’ve been silently carrying so much for you.”
Xia Shuyu said apologetically, “That Hong Zhi Xue has been pursuing me. I don’t know what this person is thinking; he treats me like his woman. Whenever I have contact with any man, he’ll teach that man a lesson. He's truly sick.”
“He is sick, but I’m the one who taught him a lesson.” Li Se didn’t pay much attention to the Hong family. Of course, he also knew that the Hong family wouldn’t let it go.
Xia Shuyu didn’t want to mention Hong Zhi Xue. With newfound enthusiasm, she asked, “By the way, do you have time later to go shopping with me?”
“I have other things to do,” Li Se shook his head.
Xia Shuyu was a little displeased, “Li Se, how can you? Such a beautiful woman like me is actively asking you out, you can consider it a date, and you’re actually refusing?”
“I really have something to do,” Li Se said with some helplessness. However, he really didn’t want to go shopping with this Xia Shuyu, as it was too tiring.
“Then when will you be free?” Xia Shuyu clearly had no intention of letting Li Se off the hook.
“In a few days,” Li Se replied perfunctorily.
Xia Shuyu put on a stern face, “I don’t care if you’re not free in a few days. Tomorrow, I’ll come to find you tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow, perhaps…”
“No, it must be tomorrow!”
After leaving Xia Shuyu’s house, Li Se felt a little dejected. About half an hour later, he arrived at Old Huang’s house.
As soon as he reached the entrance, he saw the graceful Huang Shanshan. It was evident she was waiting for Li Se. Upon seeing him, she smiled and said, “You’re here.”
“You were waiting for me?” Li Se was somewhat surprised that Huang Shanshan had specifically come to wait for him.
“Grandpa asked me to wait for you,” Huang Shanshan’s pretty face blushed, and she led Li Se into the house.
Old Huang saw Li Se arrive and said with a hearty laugh, “Brother Li, from now on, consider this your home. Come whenever you like. Don’t worry, it’s just me and my granddaughter living here, and I’m usually not home, so no one will disturb you.”
Hearing this, Li Se felt something was amiss. His eyebrows twitched, and he couldn’t help but look at Huang Shanshan beside him. Her pretty face was already flushed red, but she said nothing.
Li Se didn’t want to dwell on this topic and quickly asked, “Old Huang, is there something you needed?”
Old Huang nodded, “There are indeed two matters, and both are related to you.”
“What matters?” Li Se was confused. They were both related to him.
Old Huang said, “The first matter is that the American Medical Association has organized a team, and they have already arrived in Qingyun City. In three days, a convention will be held at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall. It will be a showdown between Chinese and Western medicine, and you must come and participate.”
The reason the American Medical Association had such an organization was naturally related to Li Se. If he hadn’t insisted on Charles apologizing, the American Medical Association wouldn’t have come to challenge Traditional Chinese Medicine. He would definitely participate in this.
“Old Huang, I’ve already heard about it. I will definitely participate,” Li Se said with certainty. This was a good opportunity to promote Traditional Chinese Medicine.
“The American Medical Association is coming with great force this time, intending to completely crush our Traditional Chinese Medicine,” Old Huang said with some worry. Although his medical skills were formidable, Traditional Chinese Medicine had truly declined. This time, when compared to Western medicine, they could only find a few people after searching high and low, whereas the Medical Association was a team.
On the Traditional Chinese Medicine side, they had to scramble to gather a few people, which was incredibly difficult.
Moreover, for some illnesses, Traditional Chinese Medicine was indeed very tricky, while Western medicine was very straightforward, because Western medicine had a set of standard treatment plans and medical equipment, which Traditional Chinese Medicine lacked.
“Also, the second matter…” Old Huang paused here, looking at Li Se with a peculiar gaze. After a long while, he said, “The capital has already applied for your imperial physician qualifications.”
Li Se was stunned, “I didn’t apply?”
Earlier, Sun Bai had suggested he apply, and Old Huang and Lin Junhao had also made this suggestion, but he had rejected them all because imperial physicians were meant to treat the top leaders in the capital, and he wasn’t quite ready for that yet.
“Imperial Physician Sun Bai and Imperial Physician Li jointly applied for you. During this time, an audit team from the capital will come down to test your medical skills. If you pass, you will be a true imperial physician from now on!” Old Huang said with considerable gravity.
Imperial Physician!
It was an honor many doctors dreamed of, but Old Huang didn’t care much about it. If he had wanted to, he could have become an imperial physician long ago.
He knew Li Se’s thoughts were the same as his, and he added, “Brother Li, actually, after becoming an imperial physician, you don’t necessarily have to treat those top leaders. You can still stay in Qingyun City, and with this identity, you’ll have much less trouble in the future. It won’t be you trying to curry favor with others, but others trying to curry favor with you.”
Li Se fell silent. He wasn’t very concerned about the so-called honor of being an imperial physician. However, what he was more concerned about at this moment was that Imperial Physician Li!
Li Se wasn’t too surprised that Sun Bai would recommend him, but who was Imperial Physician Li? He hadn’t even met him, so how could he have recommended him? He asked, “Old Huang, who is this Imperial Physician Li?”
“You should know, there are only two imperial physicians in Traditional Chinese Medicine throughout China: one is Imperial Physician Sun, and the other is Imperial Physician Li Zhongfu,” Old Huang told Li Se about Imperial Physician Li. “This elder is also a legendary figure. In the early years, he practiced medicine in the army and went to the battlefield. By the age of forty, he had already obtained his imperial physician qualifications. Nowadays, he mainly treats old generals who have served on the battlefield, which can be considered as promoting our Traditional Chinese Medicine.”
Li Se was also slightly impressed but still had doubts, “But I haven’t met him, so why would he recommend me?”
“I’m not too sure about that,” Old Huang shook his head slightly. He didn’t really understand matters in the capital, especially concerning these important figures.
Huang Shanshan’s thoughts, however, were quite quick. She said, “Li Se, your surname is Li, and your medical skills are so high. Imperial Physician Li also has the surname Li. Could it be that you two…”