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
At dusk in the Sunshine Orphanage. Knock, knock! Someone knocked on the rusty iron gate. Su Ya, who was washing the children's clothes, called, "Xiaoyu, open the door." "Humph!" Li Xiaoyu rolled her eyes at Su Ya and said, "No, why don't you open the door?" Su Ya snapped, "I'm doing your laundry. What about you wash the clothes while I open the door?" Li Xiaoyu tilted her head and said, "I don't do laundry either." "It could be Uncle Ning. He might have brought you some candies," Su Ya said. "Liar, I don't believe you. He's not coming back!" Li Xiaoyu was in a huff. Su Ya glared at Li Xiaoyu and went to open the door. As the iron gate opened, a smiling and handsome face came into view. She froze for a moment. "Doctor Ning, you... " "Why are you reacting like that?" Ning Tao asked. Su Ya came to her sense, and a trace of embarrassme
The Sky Clinic was quiet. A puff of black smoke and a stream of white smoke intertwined in the good-evil tripod, curled up, floated in the air, gathering together instead of dispersing. Coming back from the Sunshine Orphanage, Ning Tao was immersed in spiritual power practicing. There were both evil energy and good energy in the good-evil tripod, forming the harmony between Yin and Yang, which were equivalent to provide him with a perfect practice condition. After he cured Zhou Yufeng, only three of the Primary Elixirs remained, so the refining of this kind of elixir was urgent. Besides, it was a matter of life. How dare he relax his will to practice? He practiced the ABC of elementary cultivation method over and over again... As the Niwan acupoint swallowed and spat, a trace of black and white air entered the point between his eyebrows. With each movement, his body was tormented by heat and cold. He felt as if the left half of
In the high-tech district in the north of the Jialing River. Ning Tao walked among modern office buildings with an advertising sign of tarp, on which was written the slogan designed by himself "Rapid diagnosis and treatment with ancestral medical skills; Compensation is guaranteed if misdiagnosis occurs; Treatment fee is optional; Acupuncture for cervical spondylosis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, lumbar muscle degeneration and other occupational diseases; Curative effect is immediate, otherwise no charge." Ning Tao, a young and vigorous roving doctor holding a strange advertising sign of tarp draw surprised and curious looks wherever he was. It was almost noon when Ning Tao arrived at an office building. Two men in suits were smoking at the smoking spot near the entrance to the lobby of the office building. "Oh my god, there is a roving doctor in modern society!" cried a middle-aged man with a slight bald head in
The fat man kicked away the advertising sign of trap and snarled, "Doctor, what's your name?" "Why do you ask my name?" Ning Tao asked through a mouthful of rice. "Damn, you arrogant devil!" The fat guy cursed and kicked the box lunch in Ning Tao's hand. Bang! Ning Tao's box lunch flew out, and grains of rice, shredded meat and vegetables were all over the ground. Ning Tao could have ducked, but he didn't. Then he stood up and glared at the fat man with cold eyes. "Humph, how dare you stare at me? Do you know what you've done?" The fat guy barked. "What have I done?" Ning Tao asked in a calm voice. "You've violated regulations management, and influenced the city appearance. More seriously, you pretended to be a doctor to cheat! Go with us!" The fat guy ordered. "Why should I pretend to be a doctor when I am one? Besides, even if I pretend to be a doctor to deceive people,
At the Hotel Re in the north of Jialing River. In one suite, Ning Tao handed Zou Yulin the ledger of bamboo slips and ordered in a glacial voice, "Hold it." Zou Yulin had no idea why Ning Tao wanted him to grab the old bamboo slips, but he obediently grabbed it with his right hand because he didn't dare to disobey any instructions from Ning Tao. Two seconds later Ning Tao took the ledger back and opened it. The following words appeared on the ledger of bamboo slips— "There is no prescription pact while using the Sacred Needle to Nasty Diseases; Gratuitous use of the Sacred Needle to Nasty Diseases is against the ways of Heaven, and will increase your sin." Ning Tao's heart sank. He asked Zou Yulin to grab the ledger because he wanted to turn Zou Yulin into a contract patient of the Sky Clinic. Zou Yulin and Ron were a bird of the same feather, so Zou Yulin's sins of evil intention was probably no less than Ron's.