Li Yizhen, having received the 'Xinglong Guanqi' technique, treated it as a treasure. Long Xiao was about to leave when Li Yizhen said, "Master, wait a moment, I have something to give you."
Long Xiao waited for half an hour at Li Yizhen's clinic. Zhang Tianlai then rushed in, holding a rosewood box.
Li Yizhen took the box and said, "Master, I obtained this some time ago. Please accept it as a small token of my appreciation."
The rosewood box was undoubtedly valuable, and what lay within could not be ordinary. Long Xiao had already tacitly accepted Li Yizhen as his disciple and passed on the 'Xinglong Guanqi' technique to him, so he accepted it without ceremony.
Long Xiao took the rosewood box, patted it, and said, "Thank you, Old Li. If you ever have any questions about medical skills in the future, give me a call."
With Long Xiao's promise, Li Yizhen was overjoyed. Standing higher allowed one to see further, and the more advanced one's medical skills, the more questions arose, and the harder those questions became to answer. With someone to resolve his doubts, improving his medical skills seemed within reach.
Leaving Li Yizhen's clinic, Long Xiao hurried home to prepare medicinal cuisine for Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan had been facing difficulties recently, feeling mentally exhausted and increasingly irritable. Long Xiao decided to help her recuperate.
Just as dinner was ready and before everyone had sat down, Nangong Xia's family arrived with bags of gifts. Nangong Yue quickly rose to greet them. Although Nangong Xia's family had spoken harshly last time, Nangong Yue was someone who valued family ties.
"Xiao Xia, you're here. Stay and eat with us." After putting down the gifts from Nangong Xia's family, Nangong Yue cordially invited them to join them for the meal.
Nangong Xia's family looked at Long Xiao. Their purpose in coming this time was to ask Long Xiao to use his connections and for Li Yizhen to treat their son.
"Long Xiao, the night before last, we were wrong. We shouldn't have looked down on you. Please speak to Doctor Li, and ask him to treat Xue Kai." Nangong Xia said, blushing and with her head bowed, not daring to look at Long Xiao.
Bowing to Long Xiao was something she was extremely unwilling to do, but she had personally witnessed Li Yizhen kneeling before Long Xiao. If she wanted Li Yizhen to treat her son, Long Xiao was her only recourse.
Nangong Xia's attitude towards Long Xiao astonished the Lin family. Nangong Yue glared at Long Xiao and said, "Long Xiao, what did you do to make your Aunt Xia beg you like this?"
Long Xiao feigned innocence, "Nothing, Mom, I didn't do anything."
"Xiao Xia, sit down and eat first. We can discuss the boy's treatment later."
Nangong Xia shook her head and said, "If Long Xiao doesn't agree, I won't eat this meal."
Long Xiao knew that he couldn't alienate this family too deeply, or it would be difficult for him within the Lin family.
"Aunt Xia, please sit down and eat. Xue Kai's matter can be discussed. I'll call Li Yizhen tomorrow, and you can go over yourselves."
After Nangong Xia's family sat down, Long Xiao served them rice and specifically served the medicinal cuisine to Lin Xuan.
Seeing the chicken drumstick in Lin Xuan's bowl, Xue Kai said, "Mom, I want a chicken drumstick."
Lin Xuan pushed the bowl towards Xue Kai and said, "Here, you can have this. I'll get you another bowl."
Long Xiao quickly pulled the bowl away from Xue Kai and said, "You can't eat this."
Xue Xingjian couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Why not? What kind of family are you Lin's? You won't even let my son have a chicken drumstick."
He had already been very displeased when Nangong Xia had humbly begged Long Xiao upon their arrival.
You Lin's might be rich, but our Xue family isn't that far behind. I, Xue Xingjian, am an official at the bureau chief level. In Beijing, I might be nothing, but in Donghai, I'm still someone of importance.
Since ancient times, officials have been a rank above merchants. Now you're giving me a cold shoulder. If I get the chance, I'll make sure you regret it.
Nangong Yue also looked displeased, glaring at Long Xiao. "You, who lives off your wife, are now taking charge in our Lin family? Give Xue Kai the chicken drumstick immediately, or get out of the Lin family."
Constantly threatening to kick him out. If it weren't for his unwillingness to leave Lin Xuan, he would have left long ago.
"Mom, I don't mean to withhold it from him, but he shouldn't eat it. This is medicinal cuisine, and the herbs used are not beneficial for Xue Kai's old injury."
"You're not even a TCM doctor, what do you know about medicinal cuisine? I think you just don't want to give Xue Kai the chicken drumstick," Xue Xingjian said unhappily.
Lin Xuan didn't want the conflict to escalate further. She quickly served another bowl and placed it in front of Xue Kai, saying, "Here, Xiao Kai, eat this."
Xue Kai rolled his eyes at Long Xiao, picked up the chicken drumstick, and took a bite. "So delicious, though the medicinal taste is a bit strong."
Lin Xuan took a sip of the soup. The soup was indeed fragrant, but she couldn't detect any medicinal scent.
Seeing that Xue Kai had started eating, Long Xiao sighed and remained silent.
After a few minutes of eating, Lin Xuan asked how Xue Kai had sustained his injury.
Xue Kai told Lin Xuan that he had recently started live-streaming. His live stream had gained a lot of popularity, but after only a few days, people started leaving abusive comments and asking for his home address.
He had retorted to all the commenters and even revealed his home address. What he hadn't expected was that one evening while he was live-streaming, two people broke into his home and severely beat him.
"Xue Kai, what were you live-streaming that someone found your home and beat you?" Lin Hao asked curiously.
Xue Kai put down the large chicken drumstick he was holding, rubbed his hands, and pinched his nose. "I was live-streaming myself eating ice and saying, 'So cool, so refreshing.'"
Xue Kai's effeminate voice and coy demeanor almost made Long Xiao nauseous.
Lin Xuan felt a shiver run down her spine, her goosebumps rising. She involuntarily shivered and said, "Oh dear, I feel so cold."
Lin Hao's chopsticks clattered onto the table. "It's lucky they didn't beat you to death. I feel like beating you myself."
"Lin Hao, what are you saying? Do you have to speak like that as a brother? My son's live stream is so unique; it's just that they can't appreciate it; they have no taste," Nangong Xia said unhappily.
The meal ended on an unpleasant note. Nangong Xia's family, having received Long Xiao's promise to help, grudgingly refrained from causing further trouble.
Nangong Xia's family stayed at the Lin residence that night. The next morning, Long Xiao called Li Yizhen in front of Nangong Xia.
Li Yizhen readily agreed upon hearing that it was his wife's relative. He knew that Long Xiao was trying to avoid direct involvement and was passing the task to him.
Nangong Xia's family, in high spirits, went to Li Yizhen's clinic for treatment. After the Lin family had left, Long Xiao tidied up and went to the market to buy groceries.
He took a taxi to the market and walked inside with the bustling crowd. Soon, Long Xiao sensed that someone was watching him.
Since practicing the 'Xinglong Guanqi' technique, Long Xiao had become highly sensitive to various energy flows, which was an unpleasant sensation.
Normally, he suppressed his green energy flow and did not perceive the surrounding energies, but if someone was paying attention to him, he could still sense it.
He glanced around and quickly identified the source of the scrutiny: two young men with dyed yellow hair.
It seemed someone was looking for trouble today. There were quite a few people who clearly didn't know their place.