Jian Ning ignored her father.
She found her father incomprehensible.
Subsequently, the group arrived at the Chen Family Medical Hall in the slum area. Although it wasn't yet four o'clock, more than a dozen people who had heard of the clinic's reputation were already gathered outside.
They were all speaking of Doctor Chen's skill, which gave Jian Jianhua a glimmer of hope.
***
After breakfast.
Chen Nan strolled towards the medical hall.
By then, a long queue had already formed outside.
"Doctor Chen is here!"
A voice cried out excitedly.
The patients and their families waiting there all turned their gazes northwards towards the figure that had appeared.
The moment Chen Nan smiled and nodded at them.
He was shocked to see a familiar figure.
And in that instant their eyes met.
Jian Jianhua was struck as if by lightning.
He was utterly dumbfounded!
Good heavens, the "Evil Doctor" praised by everyone was Chen Nan?
He didn't like Chen Nan.
He disliked him intensely.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have come here.
But he never dreamed the world was this small.
To encounter Chen Nan here of all places...
"Chen Nan, why is it you?" Jian Ning ran forward excitedly. "Are you the Evil Doctor people talk about, the one who only treats twenty patients a day and charges just one yuan per consultation?"
Though she believed Chen Nan was an extraordinary person, she hadn't expected him to be the legendary Evil Doctor.
"Jian Jianhua, I'll fuck your mother's... granddaughter!" Chen Nan, uncharacteristically, cursed at Jian Jianhua.
Jian Ning's face turned crimson. If you want to mess with me, just say it directly, why be so cryptic?
Wait.
Why was he cursing at her father?
And why was her father's attitude towards him so hostile?
Could something have happened between them?
"Chen, I don't think I've offended you, have I? Why are you humiliating me like this?"
Jian Jianhua's face darkened.
"Respect your ancestors!" Chen Nan spat viciously. "I don't understand, shouldn't you be dead by now? How are you still alive?"
"Why are you appearing before me?"
"Why do I have to pay you two million?"
Chen Nan was a cultivator.
And cultivators must keep their word.
Yesterday, he had promised Jian Jianhua that he wouldn't see him.
But now...
Although he himself hadn't appeared before Jian Jianhua, Jian Jianhua had appeared before him.
It was utterly preposterous!
Therefore.
According to their agreement, he owed Jian Jianhua two million.
Otherwise, his mind would be unsettled!
"What do you mean? Why do you say I should be dead?" Jian Jianhua's pupils trembled. He remembered the car accident that evening yesterday.
He remembered his daughter telling him about the amulet.
At first, he hadn't believed it, even scoffing at it.
But now.
His inner conviction wavered.
Chen Nan ignored him entirely and looked at Jian Ning. "Did you experience any sudden accident yesterday?"
Jian Ning nodded frantically. "Yes, yes, yes. Yesterday evening, we were preparing to return to our hometown for Grandpa's eightieth birthday, but we were in a car accident."
Chen Nan then asked, "So, at the moment the car accident happened, were your limbs connected to your father's?"
Jian Ning: "My dad shielded me in the critical moment."
"Take out the amulet I gave you!" Chen Nan's mouth twitched.
Did I save Jian Jianhua?
Did I cause myself to owe two million?
"This amulet is cracked." Jian Ning took out the jade pendant with a distressed expression. Fine cracks were visible on its surface.
Chen Nan nodded slightly. Based on the amulet's performance yesterday, it could protect its owner twice.
He then looked at Jian Jianhua, not hiding his displeasure. "Actually, your family wouldn't have faced such a great calamity if you hadn't provoked something unclean."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have offended you yesterday. It's understandable that you dislike me, but I still hope you can save my father for Ning'er's sake!"
Jian Jianhua knelt on the ground, filled with dread.
By now, he believed that Chen Nan was indeed an extraordinary individual.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned that he had provoked something unclean.
Recalling his attitude towards Chen Nan yesterday, he wished he could die!
Facing such an extraordinary person, let alone him, even the six great families would have to show him respect.
Chen Nan sneered. "Your life or death has nothing to do with me, does it?"
"Even if you are Jian Ning's father, so what?"
"To me, you are still an ordinary person."
"If I wanted to interfere with your fate, I wouldn't have just given Jian Ning an amulet."
Jian Jianhua lowered his head in abject fear.
He now understood two things.
First, Chen Nan had asked him yesterday if he would be unable to rest in peace without that twenty thousand yuan.
Initially, he thought Chen Nan was cursing him.
But now he completely understood that Chen Nan had seen his fate long ago.
Second, that was why Chen Nan had cursed him upon seeing him. In Chen Nan's eyes, he was a dying man, and there could be no interaction between them.
It was for this reason that Chen Nan had promised not to see him, otherwise, he would pay two million...
"Forget it, forget it. The fact that you thought of your daughter first in a moment of crisis and protected her shows you are a responsible father. You should also be fortunate that you are a qualified father, otherwise, you would be dead by now!" Chen Nan looked at the patients queuing at the door. "Come in one by one!"
Saying this, he walked forward and opened the roller shutter door, entering the medical hall.
Jian Ning followed, asking nervously, "Chen Nan, my grandfather..."
Chen Nan casually asked, "What number are you?"
Jian Ning: "Twenty."
"Get in line!"
Chen Nan said indifferently.
Although Jian Ning was beautiful and his classmate,
To him, she was treated the same.
Especially since he had to pay an additional two million yuan!
Then Chen Nan began his work.
He was exceptionally focused and amiable while working.
It is said that a man who is serious about his work is most charming, and this scene captivated Jian Ning.
They were just ordinary silver needles, but Chen Nan used them to heal the patients' ailments.
Jian Ning checked the time.
He had only spent twenty minutes treating the first nineteen patients.
Each one was cured instantly.
Chen Nan looked at Jian Jianhua. "Bring the patient in!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Jian Jianhua quickly had the elder carried into the medical hall.
Seeing this, Jian Jianhua felt it necessary to explain his father's condition to Chen Nan, saying nervously, "Doctor Chen, my father..."
Chen Nan impatiently interrupted him. "Are you the doctor or am I? Don't I know the patient's condition?"
Jian Jianhua quickly shut his mouth.
Chen Nan picked up the silver needles, sterilized them, and inserted them into the Baihui, Hou Ding, and Qiang Jian acupoints on the elder's head. The so-called "Three Flowers Gathering at the Top" refers to these three acupoints.
Likewise, when the human body is invaded by evil energy, these are the first points to be affected.
As long as the evil energy within is dispelled, the patient will awaken.
As expected, when Chen Nan withdrew the three needles, Elder Jian's eyelids twitched a few times.
Immediately, he sat up abruptly, his eyes wide with anger, and roared at Jian Jianhua, "Rebellious son, why haven't you kowtowed and apologized to my grandson-in-law?"
Jian Jianhua was stunned.
Don't you just have one granddaughter?
Who is this grandson-in-law you are talking about?
How come I don't know about this?