Chapter 354: A Big Show
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Let me know if you need me,” said Tong Wei. She wanted to stay, but she didn’t think she would be much of a help anyway. She decided to go home since her parents might be worried about her.
“Okay. I’ll drive you home.” w.a.n.g Yao drove Tong Wei home, then left after staying at her place for a short while.
“How come you stayed at his place for so many days?” asked Tong Wei’s parents after w.a.n.g Yao had gone.
“Nothing big. There were some issues with his house, so I stayed for a few extra days,” said Tong Wei.
“What issues?” asked her parents.
“He built a house in the village, and it caught fire, so he needs it to be fixed,” said Tong Wei.
“He built a house in the village? He’s not gonna buy a place in the town center?” asked her mother.
“He didn’t say that, but I think it’s pretty nice to live in the village,” said Tong Wei.
After what had happened the other night, Tong Wei thought it was quite nice to live in the village. People knew one another, helped one another. In the town center, people just say h.e.l.lo to their neighbors living in the same building. They probably didn’t visit one another for a whole year.
“Silly girl, what are you talking about?” Tong Wei’s mother immediately tried to correct her daughter’s point of view.
“I was just saying,” said Tong Wei.
w.a.n.g Yao didn’t rush home after he had left Tong Wei’s place. Instead, he drove to w.a.n.g Mingbao’s store. When he arrived at w.a.n.g Mingbao’s store, he happened to see Shen Qingqing running out of the store with tears in her eyes.
When he entered w.a.n.g Mingbao’s office, w.a.n.g Mingbao was smoking. He didn’t look happy, either.
“You’ve spoken to her?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.
“Yes, I’ve told her that I know her history. She tried to explain. I didn’t want to listen,” said w.a.n.g Mingbao.
w.a.n.g Yao didn’t say anything.
“What brings you here anyway?” asked w.a.n.g Mingbao.
“Can you ask about the status of the three guys who had been causing trouble for us? I want to know when they will be out of the jail,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“No problem,” said w.a.n.g Mingbao.
He made the phone call right away.
It was late afternoon by the time w.a.n.g Yao had arrived home. He found Chen Boyuan in his house.
“Hey, you are back. He’s been waiting for you for over an hour,” said Zhang Xiuying.
“Hi, what brings you here?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.
“Here you are. My wife asked me to give this to you.” Chen Boyuan handed w.a.n.g Yao an envelope.
w.a.n.g Yao opened it.
It was his medical certificate.
He was thrilled.
This is fantastic!
“What’s going on, Dr. w.a.n.g?” asked Chen Boyuan softly as w.a.n.g Yao’s looked a bit weird.
“Nothing, nothing. Thank you very much,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“That’s alright. My job is just to deliver this to you. You should thank Ms. Song. She arranged it,” said Chen Boyuan.
“I see. I will thank her in person,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“If there is nothing else you want me to you, I need to go now,” said Chen Boyuan.
“Okay, see you later.” w.a.n.g Yao walked Chen Boyuan out of the house. He didn’t expect his medical certificate would arrive so soon.
Mission (Doing things with a good reason): Obtaining the medical certificate in ten months.
Reward: A medical book.
Punishment of failure: Taking back the ancient spring water. Reduce any two attributes by half.
Status: Complete.
He received the prompts from the system.
So I’ve completed the mission?
He had never completed any missions so unexpectedly. It was like what happened in the movies or novels, just not serious enough.
Complete!
The system did tell him he had completed the mission.
According to the missions he had completed previously, the mission of obtaining the medical certificate shouldn’t be an easy job. The system allowed him ten months to complete it. He didn’t expect he could complete it so quickly.
w.a.n.g Yao was rewarded of a medical book.
Which medical book?
w.a.n.g Yao went inside his room. He took a book out of the system. The name of the book was written in ancient Chinese: Treatise on Miscellaneous Diseases.
w.a.n.g Yao had never heard of this book. He knew Zhang Zhongjing, a famous Chinese Traditional Medical Pract.i.tioner in ancient China wrote a book called Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases. The book had always been highly regarded by all the Chinese Traditional Medical Pract.i.tioners. However, only a part of the book pa.s.sed from generations to generations. The original book had long vanished, once Zhang Zhongjing had pa.s.sed away.
w.a.n.g Yao couldn’t wait to read the book. He found that apart from the medical theory, there were also quite a few weird cases doc.u.mented in the book. It seemed to be a notebook from an ancient pract.i.tioner. There were a lot of contents in the book, most of which w.a.n.g Yao had never read before.
Great!
The book was like a treasure trove.
w.a.n.g Yao kept reading the book. He was so into it that he forgot about the time.
The cases in the book were in great detail. Most cases were about rare diseases. For example, in one case, the female patient had severe stomach pain. She was vomiting and had diarrhea for months. She was given Mafei powder to take and a tumor was taken out of her stomach. The tumor was as big as a duck egg. Inside it there was stinky black water. After the incision was st.i.tched up, the patient gradually recovered a few months later.
The treatment process was doc.u.mented in details, including the herbal formula involved. w.a.n.g Yao even found the formula of Mafei powder.
The further w.a.n.g Yao read, the more he was interested in the book. He only realized it was late when his mother asked him to have dinner.
“What are you doing inside? I called you three times,” said Zhang Xiuying.
“Oh, I was reading a book and forgot about the time,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“Come and have dinner,” said Zhang Xiuying.
The police had found the arsonists, so w.a.n.g Yao’s parents felt a bit better.
“Why did he set the fire?” asked Zhang Xiuying.
“Because of me,” said w.a.n.g Yao. “It was a medical incident.”
“Something went wrong when you treated him?” asked Zhang Xiuying.
“No, I didn’t treat him,” said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile.
“Why not?” asked Zhang Xiuying.
“He was not worth my time to treat him. Anyway, I don’t want to talk about it. Let’s eat,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
His parents didn’t ask anymore questions.
w.a.n.g Yao gave each of his parents a ma.s.sage to help them relax after dinner. Then he went back to Nanshan Hill.
After he had gone back to Nanshan Hill, he walked around the hill before going back to his cottage. As soon as he had gone back to his cottage. He read Treatise on Miscellaneous Diseases until late night. He noticed it was already midnight, so he turned off the light and went to sleep.
“s.h.i.+t!”
The person who arranged to set w.a.n.g Yao’s clinic on fire was cursing in a boutique apartment in Haiqu.
Pa! He threw a gla.s.s on the floor.
“What else can you do?!”
He was shouting like a mad dog.
It was not over yet.
He wouldn’t let w.a.n.g Yao off the hook.
The next day, w.a.n.g Yao went to the town center to ask about opening a clinic in the village. Li Maoshuang knew someone who could help w.a.n.g Yao.
“Clinic? Medical clinic?” asked Li Maoshuang’s friend.
“Yes,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
Li Maoshuang’s friend told w.a.n.g Yao that he needed to complete a number of forms, then submit relevant paperwork to the Health Department in the city. It took w.a.n.g Yao a whole day to complete all the forms and paperwork with a.s.sistance.
“This is already quick enough,” said Li Maoshuang with a smile after w.a.n.g Yao had submitted all the paperwork.
“Normally it will take at least two to three days,” added Li Maoshuang.
“I see. Thank you. Shall we have dinner together?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.
“No, thanks. I’ve got other plans tonight,” said Li Maoshuang.
“Okay, I’ll catch up with you later,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
“Sounds good,” said Li Maoshuang.
Now that w.a.n.g Yao had had the medical certificate and permit to run a medical clinic, his clinic could officially open. He decided to call it Nanshan Clinic.
It was 5 pm when w.a.n.g Yao arrived at home.
He found his mother looked upset.
“What’s wrong, Mom? You are not well?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.
“Your uncle’s wife has pa.s.sed away,” said Zhang Xiuying sadly.
“Pa.s.sed away? Wenbao’s mom?” asked w.a.n.g Yao.
“Yes, she died this afternoon,” said Zhang Xiuying.
w.a.n.g Yao didn’t speak.
“The disease won, in the end,” said Zhang Xiuying. “Can you come with me to your uncle’s place tomorrow?”
“Okay,” said w.a.n.g Yao.
Wenbao’s wedding was only a few days ago. Now they were having a funeral. w.a.n.g Yao didn’t know what Wenbao’s wife would think.
w.a.n.g Yao found a case of cancer in Treatise on Miscellaneous Diseases that evening.
The patient had a malignant tumor. He was treated with herbs and acupuncture for over three months. He fully recovered eventually.
Fully recovered!
According to the author’s description, the condition was very similar to cancer. It was really significant that the author of the book was able to cure cancer through herbal formula and acupuncture. It caught w.a.n.g Yao’s attention. He decided to work on how to treat cancer in the next few months.
The medical records was doc.u.mented in the book, including the herbal formula.
What herbs were used?
Sculellaria barbata, Chinese brake herb, ebony…
Everything in the list were just common herbs.
Only these herbs can’t cure cancer, thought w.a.n.g Yao.
The system had filled w.a.n.g Yao’s head with rich knowledge of medicine and herbs. w.a.n.g Yao knew very well of the effect of herbs listed. They were effective in treating tumor, but had limited effect on cancer.