Chapter 108: Zhu Nan’s Question

“Brother Su, truly worthy of being the disciple of the Hundred Herb Elder!”

After hearing Uncle Lai explain the whole situation, Zhao Ruilong was very appreciative of Su Xiaoyi and politely invited him to sit down.

He vaguely sensed his condition, so he knew Su Xiaoyi had saved his life.

Seeing Zhao Ruilong act this way, the others had to settle down for now.

Doctor Sun, who had just been ridiculing Su Xiaoyi, felt embarrassed and incredulous as he rechecked Zhao Ruilong’s pulse.

“Impossible… Just a few needles and he’s awake, and his recovery is so good…”

Years of medical knowledge and experience told him it shouldn’t be possible, but now it was happening right before him.

Seeing Doctor Sun’s confused expression, Su Xiaoyi calmly explained.

“Why impossible? The reason why the family head fainted is that he took too many tonics despite his weak constitution. Unable to handle the supplements, blood rushed to his head, causing him to faint!”

“I used silver needles to unblock his meridians and guide blood flow, naturally waking him up!”

Now it was Su Xiaoyi’s turn to disdain Doctor Sun.

“Do you even know medicine? The family head is so weak, yet you prescribed him strong tonics! Your treatment made his condition worse!”

“Especially his kidneys. The family head already had severe kidney deficiency, yet you only supplemented yang without nourishing yin or relieving stress, making his kidneys almost completely fail! If nothing unexpected happens, he probably wets his shoes every time he pees!”

Su Xiaoyi confidently looked at Zhao Ruilong.

“Family head, am I right?”

“…”

Hearing Su Xiaoyi’s blunt question, Zhao Ruilong’s smiling face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

You damn brat, is that a question you can ask in front of so many people? How am I supposed to answer?!

Being a doctor who speaks bluntly, Su Xiaoyi didn’t notice Zhao Ruilong’s expression and continued to lecture Doctor Sun.

“Your method may have treated the injury, but it left his body in a mess! It’s like robbing X to pay Y, completely useless!”

Getting schooled by a young man, Doctor Sun was not happy.

“So what’s your solution? Given the family head’s condition, sacrificing one thing to save another is necessary! He’s already kidney deficient, what’s a little more deficiency? As long as the injury is treated!”

“It’s not too late to slowly nurse him back to health after the injury is healed…”

Saying the last sentence, Doctor Sun felt a bit guilty. From the way Zhao Ruilong had just collapsed, it seemed his carefully designed treatment might have had a mistake.

He didn’t understand why Zhao Ruilong, who had been fine, suddenly experienced a full-blown relapse today. Unable to find the reason, he could only placate the Zhao family by suggesting they carry Zhao Ruilong back to bed.

Suppressing his guilt, Doctor Sun continued.

“Though flawed, my treatment plan is the most reasonable!”

“Are you saying there’s a method that can treat injuries, replenish qi and blood, nourish yin and yang, and not burden the body?!”

Hearing Doctor Sun’s question, Su Xiaoyi sneered.

“Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist! Have you already forgotten my treatment just now?”

“…!”

Reminded of this, Doctor Sun suddenly recalled.

That’s right, Zhao Ruilong was nearly dead, and Su Xiaoyi had revived him with just a few needles, achieving better results than his own month-long treatment!

He couldn’t help but ask.

“What… what acupuncture method is this? How can it be so miraculous?!”

“Heh, no harm in telling you. My acupuncture technique is called—”

Su Xiaoyi enunciated each word.

“The Thirteen Needles of Death!”

“What?!” Hearing this name, Doctor Sun exclaimed, “The Thirteen Needles of Death?! The technique said to snatch lives from the King of Hell?!”

“Exactly!”

“Hiss—!”

Doctor Sun couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

No doubt, only the legendary Thirteen Needles of Death could be so miraculous!

Recalling Su Xiaoyi’s fluid needlework, Doctor Sun’s gaze toward him became fervent.

He bowed deeply to Su Xiaoyi in apology.

“As the saying goes, ‘the accomplished are teachers,’ Master, please forgive my ignorance!”

“No need for that!” Su Xiaoyi waved dismissively.

Then, Doctor Sun suddenly knelt.

“I deeply admire Master’s medical skills and humbly request to be taken on as a disciple!”

Doctor Sun kowtowed heavily.

Seeing Doctor Sun’s sudden behavior, Su Xiaoyi was initially stunned, then shook his head.

His lips curled into a broad smile.

“No, your aptitude is too poor; I’m not interested!”

****

After some back-and-forth, Su Xiaoyi agreed to let Doctor Sun work for him as a paid assistant.

Then, Su Xiaoyi turned to the mentally cursing Zhao Ruilong.

“Family head, if you trust me, I can guarantee that in half a month, your injuries will be completely healed!”

“In a month, your kidney deficiency will be fully cured!”

“Really?!”

Hearing this, Zhao Ruilong eagerly asked, not even caring about the embarrassment.

“Absolutely!”

“Wonderful!”

Having witnessed Su Xiaoyi’s medical skills, Zhao Ruilong believed him. If Su Xiaoyi said so, it meant he had a chance to be a real man again!

Zhao Ruilong was ecstatic.

“Brother Su, you’ve saved my life. From now on, you are an honored guest of the Zhao family!”

***

And so it was.

Su Xiaoyi stayed at the Zhao family, and the matter of the marriage contract was temporarily set aside.

However, faced with this situation, Zhu Nan became anxious.

If Su Xiaoyi really cured Zhao Ruilong’s kidney deficiency, what would she do?

If Zhao Ruilong recovered, he would certainly take charge of Zhao Group’s affairs personally and demand her. What would she do then?

She couldn’t give him what he wanted, and Zhao Ruilong would definitely seek other women, potentially causing her to lose favor regardless of how gentle and virtuous she acted.

After all, being able to and not being able to are entirely different matters.

Zhu Nan didn’t want to lose her current power in the Zhao family. Coupled with her inexplicable dislike for Su Xiaoyi, she decided to secretly deal with him.

After cozying up for a while, Zhu Nan overheard Su Xiaoyi boasting about having three marriage contracts, including one with Liu Yunshuang from S City.

This immediately reminded Zhu Nan of Wang Haoran.

Recalling Zhao Dong’s fate, she quickly decided to persuade Wang Haoran to come help.