At this, Xiaomin, Li Yuxiu’s assistant, glared at Wan Yunting with fury. Gu Luotang and Du Hua, who had followed, also raised their eyebrows, finding Wan Yunting’s actions inappropriate.
Although their bet yesterday included calling each other master if one lost, with Li Yuxiu being the loser, Gu Luotang felt it was improper for her to actually call Wan Yunting master. He said to Wan Yunting, “Brother Yunting, it was just a joke, don’t take it seriously.”
“What joke? Didn’t she agree to accept her losses? If she loses, she calls me master.”
Then Qi Miaomiao came over. This girl disliked Li Yuxiu and thus targeted her at every turn.
Assistant Xiaomin saw Qi Miaomiao and glared at her again, gritting her teeth in anger. However, she couldn’t say anything, as her boss, Li Yuxiu, had indeed lost.
Wan Yunting wore a forced smile, his gaze playfully fixed on the calm and collected Li Yuxiu. He chuckled, “Miss Li, if you can’t afford to lose, please finish your tea and leave.”
“I believe that even if people in the circle find out, they won’t think there’s anything wrong. Instead, everyone will think that I, Wan Yunting, am giving you a hard time!”
These words actually made Li Yuxiu lift her head slightly. Her composed and intelligent phoenix eyes looked at Wan Yunting, her voice very calm as she said, “I heard that people don’t really like you?”
Wan Yunting’s playful gaze met Li Yuxiu’s wise and calm phoenix eyes. The corners of his mouth turned up as he smiled, “It seems Miss Li has found out about my affairs. Indeed, I’ve become like a rat crossing the street that everyone wants to hit in your Beijing traditional Chinese medicine circle.”
Li Yuxiu nodded very calmly. She exuded a powerful aura, her expression serene, as if nothing could shake her composed heart.
Seeing that she remained silent, Wan Yunting spread his hands and said with a smile, “Alright, Miss Li. We’ve had our fun. I apologize for any offense yesterday. Please bear with me. Someone will be coming to see a doctor soon, and my clinic is quite busy, so I won’t see you downstairs.”
Assistant Xiaomin was delighted. She watched Li Yuxiu, who was sitting on a chair, drinking tea and gently placing the cup on the table. To her surprise, Li Yuxiu spoke calmly, “I said, I agree to accept my losses, so I will fulfill the bet and work for you for free for a month, and call you master!”
As Li Yuxiu nodded and raised her head, her steady and wise phoenix eyes met his gaze. Wan Yunting paused, then chuckled, “Miss Li, although I’d love for you to work for my clinic for free for a month, I can’t do that.”
Li Yuxiu’s phoenix eyes narrowed, and the corner of her mouth turned up slightly. She asked, “Are you afraid of offending my Li family?”
Wan Yunting laughed at this, looking at her playfully. “You said everyone dislikes me, why would I still worry about that?”
Li Yuxiu nodded, then waved her hand, “Xiaomin, you can go back.”
“Miss Li…”
Xiaomin wanted to say more, but Li Yuxiu waved her hand with a firm attitude. Seeing this, Xiaomin knew she had made up her mind and couldn’t change it. She could only nod and turn to leave, giving Wan Yunting and Qi Miaomiao a fierce glance before going downstairs…
“Miss Li, do you know them?”
This time, Wan Yunting could tell that Li Yuxiu was serious.
Gu Luotang raised his eyebrows and said, “Miss Li, the bet was just a joke, you really don’t have to…”
Then Li Yuxiu stood up, her wise phoenix eyes looking at them very calmly and seriously, “I, Li Yuxiu, always act this way. If I lose, I lose, and I don’t feel ashamed. Please feel free to give me instructions.”
“Alright, then clean the tea set properly.” Qi Miaomiao was not polite at all.
“No.”
Seeing that Li Yuxiu was about to tidy the tea set on the table, Wan Yunting quickly went to stop her and said with a smile, “Since Miss Li is determined to stay and work at my clinic for a month, we can’t have a renowned physician like you, with exceptional medical skills and international fame, doing such menial tasks. Miaomiao, come and wash it.”
“Brother Yunting, why should I wash it?” Qi Miaomiao pouted, saying very dissatisfiedly.
Wan Yunting took the tea tray from Li Yuxiu’s hand, turned around, and shoved it into Qi Miaomiao’s arms. He snorted, “Who told you to talk so much? Hurry up and wash it clean and brew another pot of tea.”
Being blamed by him, Qi Miaomiao rolled her almond-shaped eyes and stepped forward, stomping hard on the instep of Wan Yunting’s foot before taking the tea tray and leaving…
“Hiss, this girl is asking for trouble again.”
Wan Yunting stomped his foot, gritting his teeth in anger, which made Gu Luotang cover her mouth and giggle, her eyes signaling him that Li Yuxiu was still there.
“Master, this child has a fever and a cold…”
At this moment, Wang Zhuyu brought a pair of parents and a little girl of about seven or eight years old.
“Okay, take her to the consulting room. We’ll be right there.”
Wan Yunting called back and then smiled at Li Yuxiu, “Miss Li, please come this way.”
Li Yuxiu nodded and followed Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang to the consulting room. She saw two tables placed there, facing away from the screen. On the east side, there was a window, through which the morning sunlight streamed in, filling the room with Yang energy.
“Doctor, my daughter has had a fever for the past few days. Yesterday we went to the hospital and got an IV drip, and her fever went down a bit. But today it’s back up to thirty-nine degrees. Please examine my daughter quickly.” The parents of the little girl said to Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang with anxious faces.
“Okay, don’t worry, let the child sit down first.”
Wan Yunting gestured to the parents, and the little girl was placed on a chair. He then turned to Li Yuxiu beside him and smiled, “Miss Li, please.”
Li Yuxiu turned her head, her phoenix eyes glancing at him. Wan Yunting smiled, “Since you’re staying to work at my clinic, you’ll naturally be a consulting physician.”
Gu Luotang also nodded with a smile. Seeing this, Li Yuxiu nodded and stopped talking nonsense. She stepped forward, took the listless and drowsy little girl’s pulse, and then touched her hot forehead, saying, “It seems like she has the flu. Give me a set of silver needles, I’ll first dispel the evil qi from her…”
Wan Yunting beckoned to Wang Zhuyu, who immediately brought out a box of silver needles. She and Gu Luotang stood quietly to the side, watching Li Yuxiu acupuncture the sick little girl to dispel the evil qi from her body. Her fluid technique and decisive professional diagnosis made Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang nod repeatedly…
“Alright, it’s gone down a bit.”
In less than ten minutes, the little girl’s fever had subsided somewhat.
The little girl’s parents watched their daughter become more spirited. When they checked her temperature with a thermometer, it had returned to thirty-seven point eight degrees. They looked at Li Yuxiu, who had already picked up a brush and was writing a prescription, with astonishment and joy, saying, “She’s truly a divine doctor! I didn’t expect traditional Chinese medicine to treat a cold so quickly…”
Wan Yunting chuckled, “You are very lucky. This Doctor Li is a renowned physician who just returned from abroad yesterday…”
Li Yuxiu ignored Wan Yunting’s insincere praise to the little girl’s parents. After writing the prescription, she handed it over, “Take the medicine according to the prescription, and you’ll be fine tomorrow.”
Wan Yunting took the prescription first. Li Yuxiu glanced at him with her phoenix eyes but said nothing.
“Good handwriting.”
Looking at Li Yuxiu’s excellent brushwork, Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang couldn’t help but praise her. They then handed the prescription to the little girl’s parents, “Take the prescription downstairs to the pharmacy counter and have the pharmacist dispense the medicine.”
“Okay, thank you, Doctor…”
After sending them off, Wan Yunting watched Li Yuxiu sit in Gu Luotang’s consulting chair and said with a smile, “Doctor Li, for the next month, this will be your workstation.”
Gu Luotang also smiled and said, “Perfect, I can finally rest.”
“Doctor Li, another patient has arrived. Please attend to them…”
Seeing another patient arrive, Wan Yunting arranged for Li Yuxiu to see patients. He then took Gu Luotang out of the consulting room to the living room. Qi Miaomiao came over and said unhappily, “Brother Yunting, you’re really letting her stay and see patients at the clinic, and she’s even taking my senior sister’s spot…”
“Miaomiao.”
Gu Luotang glanced at the girl with her almond-shaped eyes and pointed to Li Yuxiu, who was currently examining a patient inside. “Doctor Li is so skilled, and she’s working for our clinic for free, which is already great. Her medical skills are even superior to mine.”
“Tch.”
Qi Miaomiao said with disdain, “Even if her medical skills are good, didn’t she still lose to Brother Yunting?”
“I just can’t stand her arrogant and stuck-up demeanor, as if the whole world owes her money. What’s so great about her.”
“You’re wrong. You’ll never achieve what she has in your lifetime.”
Wan Yunting did not politely reprimand Qi Miaomiao, lightly tapping her head. He sat on a chair in the living room, pouring himself a cup of tea…
“Brother Yunting, what do you mean by that?”
Qi Miaomiao then got angry and went forward, snatching the teacup from his hand. She huffed, “Don’t tell me you’ve taken a liking to her?”
Wan Yunting’s expression froze. Gu Luotang also looked at him strangely. Immediately, Wan Yunting snatched the teacup from Qi Miaomiao’s hand, spilling the tea. “Miaomiao, what nonsense are you talking about? How could I…”
“Tsk tsk, Senior Sister, look at him, he’s stammering. He must be having wicked thoughts about that old woman.” Qi Miaomiao turned and hooked her arm around Gu Luotang’s arm, pointing at Wan Yunting and scoffing.
“Miaomiao, don’t talk like that.”
Gu Luotang found it amusing but also felt that the girl shouldn’t speak that way. She said, “Regardless of Doctor Li’s character, in terms of professionalism, she is indeed more outstanding than us. The fact that she’s fulfilling the bet shows her magnanimity. We should treat her with courtesy.”
“Did you hear that? Your Senior Sister is right.”
Wan Yunting pointed at Qi Miaomiao and lectured her.
“Tch.”
Qi Miaomiao haughtily turned her head away in disdain. She didn’t have such broad-mindedness…
At this time, across the street at Liu Ping Tang…
“Did you see? Li Yuxiu is actually willing to stay at Wan Yunting’s clinic as a consulting physician. The Li family has truly disgraced themselves this time!”
In the tea room on the second floor, they could see Li Yuxiu, who was consulting patients, through the window of the second floor of Xiu Yuan Tang across the street. Zhang Shunchang found it incomprehensible.