A group of students from Rongcheng Medical University visited Old Jin today, consisting of three males and one female.
The only female, Guoguo, though wearing thick glasses, possessed a sweet disposition. Dressed in a pure pleated skirt that revealed her fair, slender legs, she was a striking sight on the dilapidated, suburban old street where Hui Chun Tang was located.
The owner of the adjacent shoe shop, who had been engrossed in a game, immediately quit upon seeing Guoguo and moved outside with his phone.
The three young men accompanying Guoguo were clearly admirers. Upon hearing from Long Feicheng that Old Jin was out, they vied to move a chair for Guoguo, asking if she was thirsty or hungry, and even offering to massage her shoulders.
Long Feicheng scoffed at this display. "Hmph, a bunch of sycophants!" he thought. While he might have been one of them previously, he felt too weak lately to continue playing such a role.
"Guoguo, Master Jin doesn't seem to be back anytime soon. How about we go watch a movie? I happen to have two tickets..."
"You only know how to bother Guoguo. What's so good about movies, they're so shallow! Guoguo, I have two concert tickets, VIP seats that were hard to get!"
"You guys aren't thoughtful enough when pursuing girls. Don't you know Guoguo hates listening to music? Guoguo, why don't we play a script murder game? It's super popular right now!"
The three young men chattered around Guoguo, causing her to frown. "I came here to learn ancient medicine from Master Jin. If you're not interested in ancient medicine, then don't cling to me!"
The three young men immediately quieted down and changed their tune. "Of course, we're here for ancient medicine too. We just didn't want you to be bored waiting."
"Then shut up, or go find out where Master Jin went!" Guoguo said.
The three young men exchanged glances, slightly annoyed, and retreated to the side. Ancient medicine was indeed mysterious, and they had been very interested initially. However, following Old Jin recently meant reciting dense, archaic texts that they couldn't even comprehend. Over time, their curiosity and patience for ancient medicine waned. Most of the intern doctors had left, with only Guoguo persisting. The three young men, in particular, had stayed solely to pursue Guoguo.
After all, Guoguo was not only beautiful but also the campus belle of Rongcheng Medical University. Her father was a professor at the university, and her mother was the CEO of Rongxing Biomedical Company! Winning Guoguo's heart would bring both fame and fortune. Therefore, even without interest in ancient medicine, they had to stay and pretend to be enthusiastic to have common topics with Guoguo.
Guoguo sat in the shop, feeling bored and unwilling to engage with the three young men, as she knew their intentions were impure. She then turned her attention to Long Feicheng.
"Hello, I think we've met before. What's your name? And what's your relationship with Master Jin? Oh right! I'm Guoguo," Guoguo said, extending her hand to Long Feicheng.
Long Feicheng raised his weak, trembling hand and shook hers. "My name is Long Feicheng, and I'm Old Jin's... assistant."
"Assistant?" Guoguo's eyes lit up. "Then you must know a lot about ancient medicine?"
Ancient medicine? "I know nothing!" Long Feicheng wanted to tell the truth, but seeing Guoguo's beauty, his old habits resurfaced. He gave a meaningful smile and said mysteriously, "I know a little bit."
"That's great! Master Jin asked me to study the second sentence of the fourth subsection of the third section of the ninth chapter of the 'Su Wen' when I got back. I don't quite understand it, could you explain it?"
"..."
"You don't understand?"
"No, of course I understand, but Old Jin specifically instructed me not to give you special tutoring!" Long Feicheng bluffed. "As the saying goes, the master leads the way, and cultivation is personal. If I answered all your questions, you would lose your ability to think independently."
Guoguo covered her mouth, a hint of shame in her expression. "You're right, I was too disrespectful of ancient medicine!"
"It is never too late to mend one's ways!" Long Feicheng nodded with satisfaction. Through this brief interaction, without saying much, Long Feicheng had built a towering image in Guoguo's eyes. He couldn't help but admire his own skill in charming women. "Brother Yan, do you see? Just like you, I'm also a master of seduction!"
Guoguo was cool to the other young men but much warmer towards Long Feicheng. After a few minutes of idleness, she suddenly said to him again, "Little Long Brother, Master Jin taught me pulse diagnosis last time and said he'd check our progress today. I'm not confident. Could you let me practice?"
When Long Feicheng heard this, he realized the girl wanted to touch his hand! How could he possibly refuse? Refusing would make him a scoundrel! Long Feicheng was more than willing and casually extended his hand. "Feel free!"
Guoguo paused. "Master Jin said that for pulse diagnosis, it's left for men and right for women. Shouldn't you extend your left hand?"
"I'm testing you. Do you think I wouldn't know such a simple question?" Long Feicheng sneered, retracting his right hand and extending his left. "Close call... I almost gave myself away!" Fortunately, Guoguo seemed not very sharp, and hadn't suspected Long Feicheng yet. She gently took his pulse, closing her eyes to sense it.
Long Feicheng felt smug, thinking he was truly experiencing a streak of good luck with women, with beautiful women coming to him one after another, and being so proactive. However, whether it was the female ghost in Pingan Building or Guoguo before him, they were all fleeting. Long Feicheng kept telling himself that his heart belonged to Lu Caiwei!
As Long Feicheng was lost in his thoughts, Guoguo suddenly opened her eyes in surprise. "Little Long Brother, are you... deficient in kidney essence?"
Long Feicheng: "..."
Even Guoguo, who had only learned pulse diagnosis a few days ago, could tell he was kidney deficient??? Was it Guoguo's talent, or was his kidney really that deficient, so obvious?
The three young men beside them, seeing Guoguo getting close to Long Feicheng, felt displeased. When they heard Guoguo diagnose Long Feicheng as kidney deficient, they burst into laughter. "Hahaha, Guoguo, isn't it obvious this kid is kidney deficient just by looking at him? Does he even need a pulse diagnosis?"
"Exactly. Look at him, sallow-skinned and thin as a monkey, his hands are trembling non-stop. If that's not kidney deficiency, what is?"
"The assistant of ancient medicine can't even cure his own kidney deficiency? How strange!"
Faced with everyone's questioning, Long Feicheng was filled with shame and indignation, especially because he couldn't refute them! Why was he here in the first place? Wasn't it precisely because of his kidney deficiency??? Long Feicheng felt like crying without tears!
Guoguo said with a smile, "Little Long Brother, remember to eat more to supplement yourself and try to avoid doing unhealthy things under the covers."
Long Feicheng's eyes widened. "Are you implying something with that remark??" Was she mocking him for being single? Was it that obvious?!
Just as Long Feicheng was feeling dejected, a black Range Rover suddenly screeched to a halt directly in front of Hui Chun Tang. The shop was small, and the Range Rover completely blocked the entrance. Long Feicheng and the others suddenly felt the sunlight disappear. The neighboring shoe shop also had half its storefront obscured, drawing an annoyed exclamation from its owner. The shoe shop owner put away his phone, walked over to the Range Rover, and knocked on the window. "Are you blind? Parking in front of someone else's shop and blocking my business!"
The Range Rover's window rolled down a crack. From the gap, the passenger threw out a stack of bills. "Your shoddy shop probably doesn't earn this much in a month. Take this money and get lost."
The shoe shop owner was stunned. The money thrown out was at least two thousand yuan. After a moment of hesitation, the owner bent down, picked up all the money, and closed his shop with a smile. As he left, he called out to the Range Rover's driver, "Boss, I won't be open for business for the next three days. You can park for as long as you want!"
"What the heck, shameless!" Long Feicheng scoffed at the shoe shop owner's actions. "Utterly spineless!" He snorted and walked towards the Range Rover, tapping on the window. The window rolled down a crack, and Long Feicheng saw a young man inside. "Hey punk, open your eyes and see where you are!"
The young man looked up. "Hui Chun Tang, so what?"
"Our shop has great business. If you want to park here, you have to pay at least three times the price of the neighboring shop. Not a cent less!" Long Feicheng said domineeringly.
Guoguo, the three young men, and the young man in the car were all speechless. They thought Long Feicheng was going to drive the Range Rover away! They didn't expect him to just come to collect parking fees!
Long Feicheng shouted, "Don't make me look down on you. Driving a fancy Range Rover but can't afford the parking fee!"
The young man sighed, threw out eight thousand yuan, and said, "Here's eight thousand yuan for you. Get lost."
"Alright, thank you, boss." Long Feicheng happily took the money and stepped aside.
Seeing this, the young man asked in surprise, "Why aren't you closing your shop?" The shoe shop owner, after taking the money, had immediately closed his shop and left. He expected Long Feicheng to do the same.
Long Feicheng replied, "Why should I close my shop? I'm not the boss."
The young man: ??? "You're not the boss, so why the heck are you collecting parking fees??" Who does this kind of interfering? The young man, to save face, didn't want to ask for the money back. He could only suffer in silence. In reality, eight thousand yuan was nothing to him. But seeing Long Feicheng's smug expression, the young man was furious!!
The young man got out of the car, accompanied by two bodyguards besides the driver. He glared at Hui Chun Tang with ill intent, then raised his hand and beckoned. "Smash it!"
The two tall bodyguards didn't hesitate and rushed into Hui Chun Tang, immediately starting to smash things. "Boss, we're done!"
"So quickly?"
"Boss, the shop is only a few square meters. Besides a medicine shelf, a table, and a bed, there's nothing else to smash!"
"..."
The young man shook his head speechlessly. Guoguo then stepped forward. "Who are you? Why are you smashing someone's shop?!"
Long Feicheng couldn't just stand by. Leaning on the Range Rover's door, he shouted, "At least compensate thirty thousand. Not a cent less and none of you are leaving today!"
The young man sneered, "What kind of bullshit Hui Chun Tang, what kind of ancient medicine descendants, it's all a scam! I'm smashing it today to uphold justice!"
From the young man's tone, it seemed he deeply hated ancient medicine. Long Feicheng and Guoguo didn't know what feud the young man had with Old Jin. However, since the other party had smashed the shop, they couldn't let the young man leave before Old Jin returned.
Just as the two sides were in a stalemate, a convoy of cars suddenly appeared on the street. It was Yan Shouyi and his group! Yan Shouyi frowned upon seeing Old Jin's shop being smashed from a distance. The convoy stopped grandly, encircling the Range Rover. The young man sensed something was wrong and moved closer to his bodyguards.
Yan Shouyi got out of the car and asked sternly, "Little Long, what's going on here? Who smashed Old Jin's shop? Where is Old Jin?"
Seeing Yan Shouyi, Long Feicheng felt like he had found a savior. Although he didn't know why such a large group had suddenly appeared, Long Feicheng pointed at the young man. "It's this guy! He just appeared and started smashing the shop without any reason!"
Yan Shouyi stared at the young man and said coldly, "Give us an explanation, or you're not leaving."
A few seconds ago, the young man, confident in his bodyguards, was defiant. But moments later, surrounded by Yan Shouyi's convoy, the situation had completely reversed. The young man no longer dared to be as arrogant, his tone softening slightly. "My father was fooled by the owner of this Hui Chun Tang. He went home and messed around with some strange concoctions for medicine. After taking it, his condition not only didn't improve but worsened! For this quack's behavior, smashing his shop is a good deed to prevent him from harming and scamming more people!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Shouyi frowned. Unless Old Jin intended to harm this young man's father, his prescription couldn't be wrong. Even if it was wrong, it would be because the young man's father didn't follow the doctor's orders, or due to other external factors. In any case, Yan Shouyi trusted Old Jin and believed he wouldn't risk the reputation of being an ancient medicine descendant of the Qihuang school to harm someone. So he said, "When Old Jin returns, the matter will be resolved. You smashing his shop in his absence is taking advantage of someone's misfortune and is hardly the act of a gentleman."
The young man snorted, "Fine, I'll wait. The facts are clear, I'm not afraid to confront him!" The two sides remained at an impasse, completely blocking the entrance of Hui Chun Tang. Fortunately, Old Jin hadn't been gone for long. Soon, he returned leisurely, carrying the medicine he had brewed for Long Feicheng. But upon seeing his shop smashed to smithereens, Old Jin was enraged. "Damn it, who has eyes but can't see and smashed my shop!"