The next morning.
Since they were leaving for Xuwen County in Zhan City at noon, the place where Wan Yunting and Jin Xiuwen had previously visited their classmate Feng Le'an's hometown.
Wan Yunting woke up early and first contacted Zhang Wenxia, asking her to treat her illness according to his method, as well as Xiao Jing, who had plantar keratosis.
Today, he also went to the Chinese medicine department to get medicine. After using the medicine for some time, his plantar keratosis on his hands and feet had already significantly improved.
With another week of medication, his illness would be almost completely cured.
In addition to arranging for these patients, Wan Yunting had also informed his second brother and second sister-in-law.
He also called Meng Hu and asked him to send more people to secretly protect his second brother's family and Fang Yanxi.
"Don't worry, Boss Wan, I'll arrange for twenty-four-hour protection," Meng Hu promised, patting his chest.
Wan Yunting felt a bit uneasy and gave him a few more serious instructions before hanging up the phone and driving back to his home on Holy Hall Peak Mountain. He saw Xu Lingwei and her junior brother Li Zihang practicing martial arts in the backyard garden.
For the past two days, these two junior siblings had completely treated Wan Yunting's home as their own, living very comfortably. Especially Li Zihang, besides being dragged by his senior sister to practice martial arts every day, he would hide in the home theater in the basement and watch all sorts of movies.
"Junior brother Wan, you're back. Why haven't you been back for the past two days?" Li Zihang and Xu Lingwei stopped practicing and asked as they saw Wan Yunting returning to pack his things.
Wan Yunting didn't bother to answer their question and said, "I have to go out of town for work for a while, so you two stay at my place. Don't go out running around if there's nothing important. We'll go back to the Daoist temple together when I return."
Saying that, he went upstairs to his room, simply packed a few sets of clothes into his travel bag, and came down. He looked at Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang and said, "I'm leaving now. You two take care at home. If you're bored, go find your junior uncle at the university."
"Wait, junior brother…"
Seeing Wan Yunting throw his travel bag into the passenger seat and prepare to drive away, Li Zihang quickly ran up to stop him and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile, "Junior brother, can you lend us some more money?"
Wan Yunting's expression froze. He looked at the smiling Li Zihang, then at Xu Lingwei, who was sitting on a lounge chair in the courtyard resting, putting on a serene appearance. "Didn't I give you ten thousand yuan last time? Is it all spent?"
"Oh, last night, my senior sister and I went out and bought many gifts for my master and mistress, as well as other uncles and senior brothers, and senior disciples, so it's all spent."
Li Zihang put on a helpless expression and said with an embarrassed smile, "So, junior brother, can you lend us a bit more money? Otherwise, if you're away for so many days and we have no money, how can we live?"
"Alright, I'll lend it."
Wan Yunting smiled and took out his phone. "I'll transfer twenty thousand yuan to you via WeChat. Is that enough?"
"It's enough, it's enough! Thank you, junior brother."
Li Zihang was overjoyed and enthusiastically saw Wan Yunting off after receiving the money.
"Wait!"
Suddenly, Wan Yunting remembered something. He looked at Xu Lingwei, who was sitting on the courtyard lounge chair, and said to Li Zihang, "You two junior siblings shouldn't have anything to do, right?"
Li Zihang was in the middle of counting the zeros of the twenty thousand yuan he had just received from Wan Yunting via WeChat. He was stunned by his words. Wan Yunting smiled and said, "I'd like to ask you two to do me a favor, how about it?"
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"Take good care of your senior sister. I'm leaving."
A few minutes later, Wan Yunting waved goodbye to Li Zihang and then went out, got into his car, and drove directly to Huadu University of Chinese Medicine...
"Junior brother, take care."
Li Zihang waved goodbye to his departing car and happily ran towards Xu Lingwei, looking at the bank card in his hand. "Senior sister, junior brother Wan is so generous! He's paying us fifty thousand yuan each just to be bodyguards for a few days, and we don't even have to return the money he lent us before."
Xu Lingwei's expression was calm. She looked at the bank card in Li Zihang's hand and said seriously, "Save it. Use it for when you get married in the future."
"Got it."
Li Zihang happily put away the bank card...
"Hello, Yanxi, are you busy?"
Wan Yunting, who was driving, called Fang Yanxi. She was in her office looking at documents and asked, "Mm, what is it?"
"To make a long story short, I've hired two bodyguards for you, who are my senior sister and junior brother. Come home this afternoon to meet them. In the future, when you go out to work, you can bring them along. That way, I'll be more at ease," Wan Yunting said.
Fang Yanxi raised her eyebrows. "Your senior sister and junior brother?"
"Mm, I'll tell you about this later. I have to go to Xuwen County in Zhan City for work now," Wan Yunting said.
"Okay, I'll go back this afternoon to see them. Be careful with your work, and call me when you arrive," Fang Yanxi said.
"Alright, that's all for now. Bye."
After they hung up the phone, Wan Yunting drove to Huadu University of Chinese Medicine. Gu Luotang, Qi Miaomiao, and the others were already having lunch in the school canteen and would be leaving together.
At the canteen of the University of Chinese Medicine, it was currently the lunch break for students, so the canteen was very lively with many students.
On the other side, at several long dining tables, Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao, dressed in casual attire, were no longer wearing Hanfu dresses as they were going out for work.
They, along with Song Sinan and Zhang Xiaoyu, Wei Renxin and Lu Xin Jue, He Xinghai and Ren Xingbang, and a group of over thirty young Chinese medicine practitioners, were heading to Xuwen County in Zhan City to provide support.
At the same time, Shen Tonghe, Huang Jingshan, Miao Yanzheng, and Ding Zipeng had also returned. However, since they had gone home sometime before, they were heading directly to Zhan City from their respective homes. They would meet in Xuwen County town, and then their work would be assigned.
At this moment, in the canteen, Gu Yuanbai and Jiang Yichun also arrived, followed by Wan Yunting. "Is everyone here?"
Everyone looked at each other. Thirty-six people, including Jiang Yichun and Li Chengde, had all arrived.
"Good, then let's eat. The cars are already at the entrance. We'll depart after dinner," Gu Yuanbai said with a smile.
He immediately instructed the canteen staff to bring out the dishes, which had been specially requested for Wan Yunting and the others.
After finishing lunch, everyone grabbed their luggage and headed to the school entrance. A long-distance bus had been waiting for a long time, along with a small truck carrying medical supplies and other materials.
"Here, give them to me…"
Wan Yunting and Wei Renxin, along with a few other male comrades, immediately loaded the girls' luggage onto the bus.
Then, everyone lined up and stood at attention. Facing Gu Yuanbai and the other leaders, he said with a smile, "This time we are going to Xuwen County in Zhan City to support and renovate rural clinics. Everyone must be practical and not be perfunctory or deceive the masses. We must do our jobs conscientiously and complete this task. Do you understand?"
"Yes…"
Wan Yunting, Gu Luotang, Song Sinan, and the other thirty-four young members shouted in unison.
Seeing their anticipation and enthusiasm, Gu Yuanbai was very pleased. He then said to Jiang Yichun and Li Chengde, "Old Jiang, Chengde, please guide them in their work and take good care of them."
"Don't worry, Old Gu, we will complete the task well," Jiang Yichun nodded and smiled.
"Good, then you can board the bus and depart."
Gu Yuanbai waved his hand, and Wan Yunting nodded. He turned to everyone and smiled, "Everyone, let's get on the bus…"
"Let's go, Senior Sister…"
Qi Miaomiao pulled Gu Luotang, Song Sinan and Zhang Xiaoyu, Wei Renxin and Lu Xin Jue, and others excitedly onto the bus and found their seats.
Because the journey to Xuwen County in Zhan City was 560 kilometers, the bus ride would take seven to eight hours.
Wan Yunting, Jiang Yichun, Director Li, and Gu Yuanbai and a few other leaders chatted for a while before boarding the bus. Wan Yunting gave the bus driver a pack of cigarettes and asked him to drive.
Under the watchful eyes of Gu Yuanbai and the other leaders, the bus slowly left the University of Chinese Medicine and headed towards the main road, directly towards the highway leading to Zhan City...
"Brother Yunting, you and Old Jiang can sit here."
Qi Miaomiao pointed to the two seats in front and smiled at Wan Yunting and Jiang Yichun who had just boarded.
"Okay…"
The two responded and sat in front of Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao. Those sitting behind were chatting and laughing about the trip to Zhan City. Zhang Xiaoyu excitedly said, "I heard Zhan City has a lot of oysters and seafood. I wonder if Xuwen County does."
"I checked the map. Xuwen County is also by the sea. The port of Haian is the gateway to our Hainan Haikou City. There must be a lot of seafood there," another male comrade said.
Jia Wenle said, "You say the people of Zhan City eat seafood every day, wouldn't that mean a lot of them have gout?"
"Yes, that's true."
He Xinghai smiled, "Seafood and beer, gout is so satisfying."
"Haha…"
This made everyone in the car laugh. Then Wan Yunting, sitting in the front, turned his head and said to everyone with a smile, "But you are all wrong. The people of Zhan City actually have very few cases of gout. After all, their climate is different, so even if they eat seafood every day, they won't get gout."
"That makes sense. After all, regions are different."
Wei Renxin nodded and smiled, "It's like how we Lingnan people cannot eat chili like people from Hunan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan. It's all a matter of regional climate. We Lingnan people eat chili, but we can't digest it."
"Haha…"
Everyone burst into laughter, causing female comrades like Zhang Xiaoyu and Qi Miaomiao to roll their eyes. "Old Wei, can't you describe the scene less? It's really disgusting."
"Hahaha…"
Everyone laughed, even Gu Luotang covered her mouth and chuckled.
Everyone continued to chat about whether there were other fun places to visit in Zhan City. The atmosphere in the car was filled with laughter and chatter, and no one felt tired from the long journey.
On the contrary, this interaction also brought them closer to each other.
After all, these people did not have the opportunity to interact with each other in normal times, and now they were gathered together.
Therefore, Wan Yunting also wanted to use everyone's conversation to enhance their relationship, so that it would not be difficult to arrange work later...