“It’s really Yu Xiu returning from abroad!”
The people in the medical hall were surprised to see Li Yu Xiu, and they quickly greeted her.
“Sister Yu Xiu, you’re back…”
Liu He and Xue Xia Lan looked at Li Yu Xiu, who was leading assistant Xiao Min in, their faces showing undisguised joy. Li Tian Yi, standing beside them, happily stepped forward, “Sister, why are you here at the clinic? Didn’t you say you’d go home first and come later?”
Li Yu Xiu, who hadn’t seen her younger sister for months, smiled slightly and said, “Dad isn’t home again, and I haven’t been to the clinic in a long time, so I came to see you first.”
“Yu Xiu, you must have brought back a lot of good news from abroad this time, right?”
Liu Yuan, Zhang Shunchang, Xue Tonghua, and others turned around, and all eyes focused on Li Yu Xiu.
This made Wan Yun Ting, Du Hua, Wang Zhu Yu, and Mo Yao Lin curious. They looked at this woman with outstanding appearance and temperament, who gave off an impression of dignity, grace, and powerful aura, with curiosity and confusion. However, Wan Yun Ting found the name somewhat familiar.
Gu Luo Tang, standing beside him, whispered an explanation, “She’s Elder Li’s eldest daughter. It’s all thanks to her that Gui Sheng Tang could expand overseas. Furthermore, she has made significant contributions to promoting traditional Chinese medicine abroad. She not only opened clinics but also established TCM schools to teach foreigners.”
“So, she’s Elder Li’s eldest daughter.”
Wan Yun Ting nodded. Although he hadn’t heard much about Li Yu Xiu when he was the chairman of the Chinese Medicine Association, he had heard Li Tian Gui mention her, knowing that his eldest daughter was a great talent, not only possessing superb medical skills but also inheriting the Li family’s TCM lineage.
Moreover, she had brought Gui Sheng Tang abroad and made outstanding contributions to the promotion of TCM.
Seeing Li Yu Xiu’s mature and steady demeanor, her exceptional beauty, and especially her calm, reserved phoenix eyes that exuded a wise glow, giving off a very powerful impression and strong aura, Wan Yun Ting couldn’t help but nod in praise, “As expected of a celebrity in the Beijing TCM circle, her bearing is truly extraordinary.”
Qi Miao Miao, standing beside him, said, “I’m just curious about how old she is?”
This remark caused Gu Luo Tang to glance at the girl, telling her not to speak carelessly.
Li Yu Xiu, with a professional smile, politely greeted Liu Yuan, Xue Tonghua, and others, chatting with them for a while. After all, they were neighbors on this street, and their fathers were close friends. Li Yu Xiu and Xue Tonghua were considered peers, although she was a little younger. However, Li Yu Xiu was about to turn forty this year.
Yet, thanks to her usual skillful maintenance of her appearance, if her actual age wasn’t revealed, no one would guess that Li Yu Xiu was a woman on the verge of forty. Instead, she looked more like a mature and elegant beauty in her thirties.
“I heard there’s another patient who needs my attention?”
Li Yu Xiu looked at her sister Li Tian Yi, then turned to Liu Yuan, Wu Sheng Bai, and his daughter Wu Su Xin…
It turned out that Li Yu Xiu had called Li Tian Yi right after she landed. In the phone call, she mentioned that there was a patient here who needed her to see, which was why Li Yu Xiu came here first instead of going home.
“But what’s going on here?”
Li Yu Xiu’s wise phoenix eyes also looked at Wan Yun Ting, recognizing his identity at first glance.
She had read his paper on the Chinese Medicine Forum, which also included a personal photo of Wan Yun Ting.
Zhang Shunchang, Tian Xiang Rong, Xue Tonghua, and Liu Yuan exchanged glances. Liu He smiled and said, “It’s like this, Sister Yu Xiu. I asked Tian Yi to invite you over because we want you to see Elder Ge.”
Li Tian Yi reacted and took Li Yu Xiu’s arm, leading her over, pointing to Elder Ge sitting there, “Sister, he’s Elder Ge. Two months ago, he fell and half of his body became paralyzed.”
“Moreover, he suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and has many other health issues. That’s why I asked you to come to the clinic later, hoping you could see Elder Ge and see if there’s a way to treat his paralysis.”
This was indeed Liu He and the others’ intention. They had initially brought Elder Ge to Wan Yun Ting, certain that he couldn’t cure him, and then invited Li Yu Xiu. This was because Liu Yuan and the others had more confidence that with Li Yu Xiu’s extraordinary medical skills, she would surely be able to treat Elder Ge’s condition.
It should be noted here that Li Yu Xiu’s medical skills were outstanding. Even Wu Sheng Bai felt inferior. It could even be said that Li Yu Xiu’s medical skills surpassed her father Li Tian Gui, and she was the sole inheritor of the Li family’s TCM.
Otherwise, Li Yu Xiu wouldn’t have had such great ability to expand Gui Sheng Tang overseas; it was her solid medical skills that brought her success.
But with such great abilities, why didn’t she compete in the domestic Chinese Medicine Association?
It wasn’t that Li Yu Xiu didn’t want to, but she preferred to rely on her own medical skills to promote and propagate TCM overseas. As for the so-called domestic power, she didn’t care about it and disdained to compete.
Li Yu Xiu looked at the old man sitting there with a mask-like face and a vacant expression. Even without taking his pulse, she could see how serious his health problems were from his appearance. This piqued her interest, as Li Yu Xiu enjoyed challenges. The sicker the patient, the more interested she became.
However, Li Yu Xiu turned her head, her phoenix eyes glancing sideways at Wan Yun Ting, who was standing aside and remained silent. Her face bore a smile that didn’t reach her eyes, making it impossible to discern his thoughts. She said, “You are Wan Yun Ting?”
Wan Yun Ting was slightly surprised, “You know me?”
Li Yu Xiu’s expression was haughty, and she nodded faintly, “I read your paper on sagging skin syndrome. It was indeed well-written.”
“Thank you.” Wan Yun Ting smiled gratefully, while also secretly thinking that this Li Yu Xiu might be Liu He and the others’ backup plan!
Li Yu Xiu didn’t dwell on this matter. She said, “What insights do you have regarding this old gentleman’s condition?”
Wan Yun Ting hadn’t expected her to ask this. He looked at the old man sitting in the chair and smiled, “The old gentleman has quite a few ailments. It will take some effort to cure him.”
Li Yu Xiu nodded and said, “I heard your acupuncture skills are very impressive, and your ‘Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate’ has miraculous effects on epilepsy. I wonder if it’s effective for this Alzheimer’s disease?”
Wan Yun Ting rubbed his nose, looking at this famous Li Yu Xiu. He wondered if she, like Liu He and Zhang Shunchang, was here to make him look foolish.
“Heh, it seems it’s just empty fame after all.”
Seeing his silence, Li Yu Xiu smiled and stopped talking to Wan Yun Ting. She turned to Liu He, Li Tian Yi, and the others and said, “Since I was asked to come, take the old man back to my Gui Sheng Tang. I will treat him.”
This statement made Li Tian Yi’s expression stunned. Liu He raised an eyebrow, while Liu Yuan, Xue Tonghua, Zhang Shunchang, and Xue Tonghua exchanged glances. Their objective hadn’t been achieved yet. Taking Elder Ge back to Gui Sheng Tang for Li Yu Xiu to treat like this would be a waste of all the prior groundwork.
“Wait!”
However, Wan Yun Ting narrowed his eyes, looking at the proud Li Yu Xiu, and smiled, “This old gentleman was brought by Dr. Zhang and the others for me to see, so you can’t just take him away.”
Li Yu Xiu turned back, her calm and wise phoenix eyes glancing sideways at Wan Yun Ting, revealing a hint of disdain. She said, “Do you have a way to cure him?”
Seeing this woman’s cold and arrogant, condescending demeanor and the disdainful gaze, Wan Yun Ting couldn’t help but find it amusing. He immediately provocatively said, “Then do you have a way?”
These words caused Li Yu Xiu’s delicate eyebrows to furrow. Her wise phoenix eyes stared coldly at the man in front of her, his lips curved into a sinister smile, his gaze provocative. The two were at each other’s throats, making Gu Luo Tang beside them nervous.
Meanwhile, Liu He, Liu Yuan, Tian Xiang Rong, and Zhang Shunchang were excited internally because this was exactly the effect they wanted!
Wan Yun Ting’s gaze swept over the people from the medical hall. Weren’t they all hoping to see him fail to cure the old man’s illness and make him look foolish in public, so they could use it as an excuse?
If Li Yu Xiu’s appearance ruined this, Wan Yun Ting didn’t want them to leave disappointed. So, he provocatively smiled at Li Yu Xiu and said, “How about we make a bet?”
“Bet on what?”
Tian Xiang Rong couldn’t help but ask. Everyone present looked at Wan Yun Ting. Li Yu Xiu, who remained silent, furrowed her brows, her cold phoenix eyes fixed on him, wanting to see what this fellow intended to bet.
Wan Yun Ting pointed at Elder Ge’s mask-like, twitching face and said, “Let’s bet on treating the old man. Whoever can restore half of the old man’s face to normal wins!”
Tian Xiang Rong and Zhang Shunchang exchanged glances. They didn’t expect this to turn into Wan Yun Ting provoking them!
Wu Sheng Bai raised an eyebrow, while Wu Su Xin’s beautiful eyes looked at Wan Yun Ting, a smile playing on her lips. She felt inexplicably interested in this man.
“What happens if you lose?”
Liu He thought that Wan Yun Ting was truly courting death, daring to compete in medical skills with Li Yu Xiu!
Wan Yun Ting glanced at Li Yu Xiu in front of him and said to Liu He with a wicked smile, “If I lose, I’ll acknowledge you as my master, and I’ll have to call you Master whenever I see you, how about that?”
This statement immediately caused everyone present to exclaim and start discussing.
Liu He, Xue Xia Lan, Liu Yuan, and Xue Tonghua exchanged glances. They hadn’t expected Wan Yun Ting to be so arrogant, wanting to make such a bet with Li Yu Xiu.
“Do you dare?”
Wan Yun Ting crossed his arms, his eyes fixed on Li Yu Xiu, filled with provocation and a wicked smile.
“Add another condition: if you lose, the clinic must close immediately!”
Li Yu Xiu hadn’t expected this fellow to provoke her directly. This made her usually steady heart inexplicably angry.
Perhaps it was that Li Yu Xiu knew Wan Yun Ting’s character was problematic and looked down on him from the bottom of her heart!
“Alright.”
Wan Yun Ting smiled playfully, shrugged, and said, “I won’t ask you to close Gui Sheng Tang if you lose. After all, you are a century-old established medical hall, and it would be a shame to close it. However, if you want to play it this way, besides calling me Master, you’ll have to work for free at my clinic for a month!”
Upon hearing this demand, Li Yu Xiu’s perfectly maintained beautiful face instantly darkened, and she said in a cold tone, “Okay.”
Wan Yun Ting smiled, shrugged, and said, “Ladies first. You examine the old gentleman first.”
Li Yu Xiu’s phoenix eyes coldly slanted at him, showing no gratitude for his gentlemanly gesture. She sat down beside Elder Ge and gently called out to him a couple of times, but the old man did not respond.
“Xiao Min, go get the medicine box from the car.”
Then Li Yu Xiu asked her assistant Xiao Min to go out and retrieve her exclusive medicine box from the car. She opened it and placed a pulse pillow on the table, then asked Ge Shu Heng, who had been standing by, to place the old gentleman’s wrist on the pulse pillow. Li Yu Xiu began to take his pulse…