In the corridor.
Tang Ling took a glance at the Omega watch that Mike gave her, and then looked at Jiang Hao standing at the door of the ward. "Miss Jiang, there are five minutes left," she said in a very friendly voice.
"I know. I don't need you to remind me," Jiang Hao replied in a cold tone.
Tang Ling shrugged and went on, "Miss Jiang, I know you'll be unhappy to hear the truth, but I have to tell you. That guy is my boyfriend's classmate, he is not a doctor. Up to now, he has not found the hospital that accepts him to go to practice. He has never treated any patient, nor cured anyone..."
Jiang Hao interrupted Tang Ling, "Stop it. It doesn't interest me at all."
Tang Ling went on, "Yesterday he badly hurt chief Ma of the personnel department of the hospital because chief Ma rejected him on the grounds of his mental problem. He is a very dangerous madman, and I'm really worried about your father."
There was no emotional fluctuation in Jiang Hao's heart. The one Tang Ling described was quite a different person from Ning Tao that she contacted with, and she had her own judgment. As Tang Ling told this to her, she was thinking about Ning Tao's incredible abilities.
"Did that guy hurt somebody? Then he broke the law. As police, someone covers up the criminal. That's to deliberately break the law. Do you really think you're the big cheese? If you piss me off, I'll send someone to Beidu to sue you," Zou Yulin said in a weird voice.
Zou Yumei sobbed and said, "Yilong, you are so miserable. You put up with all kinds of hardships to bring her up, but she brought a madman to treat you. If anything happens to you..."
Jiang Hao couldn't stand it anymore. "Zou Yumei, that's enough," she shouted. "Aren't you hoping Jiang Yilong dies? Don't pretend to cry, laugh as you like."
Zou Yumei stopped crying, and didn't laugh either.
Then Chen Zhengyi came up to them with a nurse. "Superintendent Jiang, it's been an hour. Your friend should come out," he said.
Jiang Hao looked at her sporting wristwatch and said, "One minute left."
"Then wait a minute," Chen Zhengyi said.
A minute later, Jiang Hao reached out and knocked on the door.
"Come in," Ning Tao's voice said from the room.
Jiang Hao opened the door and went in.
Chen Zhengyi, Tang Ling, and the others followed her into the ward.
In the hospital bed Jiang Yilong had several silver needles in his head.
Those silver needles were from the Sky Clinic. They were not actually made of silver. They were blue, with invisible patterns on the surface, looking very mysterious.
By the hospital bed, Ning Tao was holding a blue silver needle ready to put it into Jiang Yilong's face.
"Stop!" Zou Yulin yelled and pointed at Ning Tao, scowling. "What are you doing?"
Ning Tao turned to the crowd and looked at Zou Yulin. "Are you blind? Don't you see I'm curing Mr. Jiang with acupuncture?"
Tang Ling sneered, "See, I said he was a madman, and he is indeed a madman. Our hospital is the best hospital in Shan City, with the best equipment and doctors in the country. We couldn't cure Mr. Jiang, but he wants to cure Mr. Jiang with acupuncture!"
Chen Zhengyi's face darkened. "Ning Tao, although you are a friend of superintendent Jiang, this is a standard hospital! Don't fool with it!"
Jiang Hao was as cold as ever. She looked as if she would not show her feelings no matter what was going on. No one knew what she was thinking.
"Yilong, you're suffering. You're getting pricked with needles even when you're paralyzed... If anything happens to you, I will die with you... Woo..." Zou Yumei sounded sad, but there were no tears in her eyes.
Zou Yulin pointed at Ning Tao and threatened, "You're so screwed!"
As soon as he finished, Ning Tao stuck a needle into Jiang Yilong's philtrum and twirled it.
Suddenly, Jiang Yilong coughed and opened his eyes.
Ning Tao pulled out all the blue needles with his hands in a twinkling.
Jiang Yilong stared at Ning Tao, recalling what had just happened. He remembered Ning Tao and the mysterious clinic, and everything that had happened seemed like an absurd dream to him.
All eyes were affixed on Jiang Yilong.
Ning Tao leaned over in Jiang Yilong's ear and whispered, "Jiang Yilong, you only have half a month to finish terms on the prescription pact. If you don't do it, or procrastinate, I'll let you see real hell!"
Jiang Yilong seemed to hear the sound of sharpening knife again, and he nodded unconsciously.
Ning Tao stepped back and said, "Mr. Jiang, please try to get up."
Tang Ling sniffed, "Ning Tao, do you really think that you're a miracle-working doctor and a few silver needles will work wonders? You are silly, but don't take us all as fools!"
Ning Tao looked at Tang Ling and asked, "When are you smart?"
"You—" Tang Ling was speechless with anger.
Just then Jiang Yilong, lying in his hospital bed, said excitedly, "I... My hand can move!"
How was that possible?
No one believed it, but Jiang Yilong's hands were up and his fingers were moving slowly, looking flexible.
"Yilong, you... Aren't you paralyzed as a result of the stroke?" Zou Yumei asked in horror. "Why can your hand... move?"
Jiang Yilong grunted, "You desperately want me to be paralyzed, don't you?"
"Yilong, you... I..." Zou Yumei was tongue-tied.
Jiang Yilong sat up with his hands on the mattress. Then he threw back the covers, took his feet off the bed and stood up straight in front of everyone!
At this time, even Ning Tao was shocked by this miracle. Before Jiang Yilong stood up, his heart was full of worry, but it was hidden from others. Now he was relieved.
Jiang Yilong stumbled over to Jiang Hao.
Jiang Hao's lips moved a little as if she wanted to call him dad, but she didn't.
In front of Jiang Hao, Jiang Yilong suddenly fell to his knees, and tears came to his eyes. "Hao, I'm sorry for what I have done to you and your mother..." he cried and slapped himself in the face. "I'm not a man! I regret it..."
Tears flooded Jiang Hao's eyes, too. She quickly reached out to help Jiang Yilong up, sobbing, "Dad, you should say that to mom."
Jiang Yilong burst into tears and replied, "I will apologize to your mom, I will, I promise..."
Zou Yumei and Zou Yulin were completely dumbfounded.
Chen Zhengyi came to his senses and strode over to Ning Tao. "Ning Tao... No, Doctor Ning, how did you do it?" His voice trembled with shock and excitement.
Ning Tao replied dryly, "Didn't you just see that? Using silver needles."
"Can you, can you bring this skill to our hospital? We will carry it forward and make it famous all over the world!" Chen Zhengyi's eyes sparkled with excitement and he was imagining him speaking on an authoritative forum.
Ning Tao immediately broke his illusion. "Why?" he blurted out.
Chen Zhengyi froze for a moment and said, "Because... I now formally represent Shan City Medical University to welcome you to our hospital to practice!"
"To practice?"
Chen Zhengyi then corrected himself, "No, no, no, on behalf of the hospital, I hereby formally employ you as the attending of our hospital!"
Ning Tao shook his head and refused. "I'm okay now. Goodbye."
Chen Zhengyi grabbed Ning Tao by the wrist as Ning Tao was about to leave. "Ning Tao, don't hurry to leave. I'll give you the treatment of chief physician as long as you are willing to work in our hospital. What do you think?"
Tang Ling was stunned by what she heard. The chief physician was at the same level as the professor! It usually took most of a medical student's life to get this kind of treatment, and Ning Tao now could get it as long as he accepted it!
However...
Ning Tao looked at Chen Zhengyi with a disgusted look on his face and said, "President Chen, it's inappropriate for a man to grab another man's hand. If you keep holding my hand, I'll call out."
Chen Zhengyi felt like punching Ning Tao, but he had to let go of his hand.
Ning Tao then headed for the door.
"Wait." Jiang Hao walked up to Ning Tao and asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'm not needed here anymore. I'm going back," Ning Tao said.
Jiang Hao was silent for a second before she added, "I'll come to you."
Ning Tao nodded and left the ward with his chest.
As soon as he left, Zou Yulin went to a corner, pulled out his cell phone and made a call...
The first thing Ning Tao did when he came back to the Sky Clinic was to open the ledger of bamboo slips and check the rent balance. When he saw the 107 points of sins of evil intention, he was so excited that he almost cried. The clinic was quiet. A black smoke curled up from the good-evil tripod, like a snake dancing in the air. Ning Tao closed the ledger and walked towards the good-evil tripod. Before he was close to the tripod, he felt a ghostly and evil breath coming for him. He carefully approached the side of the tripod and found a small pool of dark liquid at the bottom of the tripod, which was the source of the black smoke dancing like a snake. The good-evil tripod, which had been empty before he treated Ron, now had this small pool of black liquid, and there was a balance of 107 points of sins of evil intention on the ledger. All this seemed to show that the black liquid was the sin of evil intention that was extracted from Jiang Yi
The moon was dim and the city was lit up by a myriad twinkling lights. Ning Tao ate something on the street and went back to his community. The buildings in this community, built in the 80s, were outdated brick and concrete structures that looked gray and old. The community didn't even have a name. Ning Tao's parents left him a house of 80 square meters. Ning Tao would go home during the summer and winter holidays, and on Saturdays when he didn't work. It was just because the things left by his parents at home could make him feel the existence of his parents. When he got to the door, Ning Tao's face suddenly turned cold. The old wooden door was daubed with red paint, and a large "DEATH" was written on the wall beside the door. The paint was still wet, and its strong smell filled the corridor. There were other odors. Ning Tao got his mind down to the depth of the point betw
Located by Jialing River in the city, the Hiding Dragon Club was the top club in Shan City, so people who came here for dinner and entertainment were either rich or had high social status. Near noon, a taxi arrived at the gate of the club. As the car door opened, Ning Tao and Jiang Hao got off. Jiang Hao, of course, didn't wear her uniform. She wore a black dress with matching heels. She was already tall and slim, so this dress made her look over 1.8 meters tall, almost as tall as Ning Tao. Coupled with her natural elegant and magnificent aura, she attracted much attention as soon as she appeared. Ning Tao didn't take his small wooden box, but he had got the Sacred Needles with him. He did not change, still in his short-sleeved shirt with a washed-out collar, wrinkled trousers, and paint-shedding leather shoes. The appearance of the graceful and unapproachable Jiang Hao and the loser Miracle Doctor Ning immediately drew many pe
Ning Tao came to the back of the banquet hall and entered the staff passage. He quickly picked up the scent of Jiang Yilong and Jiang Hao from thousands of complex smells and walked in the direction of the scent. Finally, he came to a VIP lounge, whose door was closed. Ning Tao stopped by the door and heard Jiang Yilong and Jiang Hao talking. "Hao, why don't you just quit and come to my company?" Jiang Yilong's voice said. "You're my only child. Come and help me manage the company now, and it will be yours in the future." "Did you bring me here to tell me this? I'm telling you, I don't like your company at all, and I don't care about it!" Jiang Hao's voice spat. "Why don't you understand me, Hao? I'm your father. Blood is thicker than water. Is it so hard for you to forgive me?" "Why didn't you say that blood is thicker than water when you abandoned mom and me? Besides, you even transferred the prope
The afternoon sun was strong. There was not a breath of wind. It was terribly hot. Ning Tao was in a snack bar, eating rice noodles with fried sauce and looking at the neighborhood across the street. It was the Happy Community. A dozen brick and concrete buildings stood on a small plot of land, with little greenery and some cracks on many of the walls. Apparently, the buildings were of poor quality. The Happy Community was the settlement for the villagers whose houses were forcibly demolished by Ron. Ron tore down their home, gave them little compensation, and then cajoled them to buy houses in the Happy Community using their savings. This way, Ron made a lot of money, while these people suffered. A girl walked into the snack bar and ordered a bowl of rice noodles. Ning Tao glanced at her. The girl was about 18 years old, with a refined and delicate face and a pair of sparkling, black eyes. She was wearing a thin
The children had gone out to buy candies, and the whole orphanage had become quiet, like a deserted place. Under an old locust tree in the yard, Su Ya handed Ning Tao the medicine chest, acting like a thief who was caught on the spot. "Here is your box. You may go now." Ning Tao opened the box and checked it. Nothing in it was lost. Su Ya also approached to look at the contents of the box. Ning Tao cast a glance at her and she hurried back, saying, "Your box is unlocked, but why couldn't I open it?" "There's a mechanism in it." Ning Tao stated. Actually, he lied. He could open it because he was the owner of the Sky Clinic. "You can leave now." Su Ya urged. "Let's have a talk." Ning Tao suggested. There was a hint of caution in Su Ya's dark eyes. "About what?" "About director Zhou. I want to know about her and then treat her." Ning Tao replied. "
In the room, Ning Tao held a towel and inquired, "Aunt Zhou, can I blindfold you?" "Do my eyes have to be covered during the treatment?" Zhou Yufeng asked with some curiosity. Ning Tao explained, "I'm not like the other doctors. I have my rules and my patients have to follow them." Zhou Yufeng gave a bitter smile and said, "Well, I'm dying. Do as you like, as long as you remember what you promised me." "Aunt Zhou, don't worry. I will keep my promise." Ning Tao coaxed Zhou Yufeng, and then covered her eyes with the towel. Ring, ring, ring... His cell phone suddenly rang. Ning Tao took out his phone, looked at it and answered it. "Doctor Ning... Where, where are you?" Jiang Yilong's voice came over the phone. "It's none of your business," Ning Tao popped out in a cold tone. Jiang Yilong hurriedly said, "I'm not well enough. I can't move my arm...
Under the scorching sun, some cicadas were lazily chirping on the top of the old locust tree. Zhou Yufeng walked around the Sunshine Orphanage, looking around, in a trance. A large group of children followed her and talked to her, but she had forgotten many things and did not recognize me. The most she said was something like "Who are you, little boy or girl?" Ning Tao and Su Ya stood at the gate of the orphanage in case Zhou Yufeng "ran away from home" because she didn't remember this place. With tears in her eyes, Su Ya said in a broken voice, "For me, director Zhou is like my mother, but she... She doesn't even remember me." "Give her some time. She will be better." Ning Tao comforted. "Can she recover her memory?" Su Ya asked sadly. "I don't know, but she'll get used to the life here if you and the kids tell her more about what she did here. She is kind by nature, and she will go back to being th