Chapter Twenty-Five Lin Lao

  Wang Zhi sighed inwardly and hesitated for a moment before mustering up the courage to say, "That Xue Yan, I have something to ask your dad, don't get me wrong."

  "Go to hell!" Lin Xueyan, who was basking in happiness, was suddenly awakened by Wang Zhi's words and felt that she had misunderstood something. She was instantly furious, her face turned iron blue, and she scolded Wang Zhi harshly before quickly walking away. Remembering her behavior earlier, Lin Xueyan suddenly wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

  "Snowy, don't be angry, I actually... you know." Wang Zhi saw Lin Snowy getting angry and immediately followed up with a smiling face, saying somewhat stutteringly.

  "Hmph! You also know about Xiaorong." Lin Xueyan said with a huff, actually she knew that what happened earlier wasn't Wang Zhi's fault, but rather her own impatience. All of this was Xu Xiaorong's doing, if it weren't for Xu Xiaorong, Lin Xueyan wouldn't have been so anxious and worried, a mayor's daughter like herself lowering her status to live in someone else's home.

  "Uh..." Wang Zhi suddenly became tongue-tied and scratched his head somewhat unnaturally.

  Seeing Wang Zhi's embarrassed look, Lin Xueyan also felt a bit uneasy and immediately sighed: "Okay, consider it my debt to you. After work, come pick me up, I'll go with you to buy." She then hastily returned.

  Watching Lin Xueyan's departing figure, Wang Zhi also felt a bit guilty. After all, modern society is a monogamous one, and he was indeed being excessive. But...

  Wang Zhi felt a sense of helplessness in his heart, wiped his nose, and turned to leave. People are like this, often knowing that what they're doing is wrong, but because of the greed in their hearts, they continue to make mistakes without regret. Some people do it for wealth, some for power, while Wang Zhi did it for love.

  After work, Wang Zhi went to pick up Lin Xueyan. Lin Xueyan was possibly still upset and also somewhat embarrassed, anyway she was a bit cold towards Wang Zhi, helped him pick out a few things, and then left.

  Wang Zhi looked at the things Lin Xueyan had bought and felt extremely regretful. He thought to himself, "Why did you have to go out of your way to invite trouble? You could have just gone to see Lin Qiwu and casually bought something as a gesture. It's not like you were going to meet his parents or anything. Now look at the situation, it's all messed up inside and out. If Xu Xiaoran finds out about this and discovers something unusual between me and Lin Xueyan, who knows what kind of wild guesses she'll make."

  Wang Zhi carried things and, according to Lin Xueyan's words, estimated that Lin Qiwu had already arrived home, so he hurried over.

  Lin Qiwai, although his ancestral home is not Jianghuai, can also be considered half a Jianghuai person. Since Lin Lao Yezi served as the first mayor of Jianghuai City, Lin Qiwai's family has had a fairly large courtyard in Jianghuai. Although they were later promoted to other places, the house remained, so Lin Qiwai did not live in the government compound like other government officials.

  When Wang Zhi arrived, Lin Qigui had just returned home and heard that Wang Zhi had come, so he personally came out to greet him.

  "Haha, Dr. Wang has arrived, what a delightful occasion!" Lin Qiwu smiled and welcomed Wang in, instructing the servant to brew a special top-grade Dahongpao tea for the elderly gentleman.

  "Mayor Lin is being polite, I've come this time with a request." Wang Zhi said with a smile.

  "Haha, that's where you're wrong. Last time when old master had a birthday, we invited you but you didn't come. This time something happened and you came, but it's not right." Lin Qiwai said with a smile, although he was blaming him, there wasn't any anger in his tone.

  "This time, there really was something going on." Wang Zhi knew that Lin Qiwu didn't mean to blame him, it was just a pure tease, but he still felt a bit embarrassed.

  "Come on, Dr. Wang, have some tea. This is a special high-quality tea reserved for the old master, and I rarely drink it myself." Lin Qiwu hastily said with a smile, seeing the embarrassment on Wang Zhi's face.

  "Hmm, fragrant but not bitter, mellow but not astringent, the aroma is pleasant, it's indeed an excellent tea." Wang Zhi said after taking a light sip.

  "I didn't expect Dr. Wang to be so knowledgeable about tea, it's really rare." Lin Qiwei was surprised by the way Wang Zhi drank his tea, with a demeanor and movements that were truly elegant and refined, a true gentleman of a past era.

  "Mayor Lin smiled and said, 'Don't you know that I'm studying traditional Chinese medicine? If a TCM practitioner doesn't understand tea, then they're not a good doctor.' Wang Zhi chuckled lightly, knowing that drinking tea can cultivate one's temperament and mentality. In TCM, mentality is crucial; only with a good mentality can a doctor accurately diagnose various illnesses. As the saying goes, 'pulse diagnosis is not about feeling with your hands, but with your heart.'"

  The two of them chatted for a while, and Wang Zhi also explained his intention. Upon hearing Wang Zhi's intention, Lin Qiwu readily agreed. This small matter was nothing to Lin Qiwu, but he was also shocked beyond expectation - he had not expected Wang Zhi's medical skills to be so extraordinary, yet he only held the lowest level of medical qualification.

  After finishing the matter, Lin Qiwai smiled and said: "Doctor Wang, the old man has been wanting to see you for a while now. Since you're here today, why not chat with him and take a look at his body? Although it's nothing serious, but elderly people are always not too good, I heard that traditional Chinese medicine is best for nourishing the body."

  "This is okay." Wang Zhi nodded and replied.

  Lin Qiwei came to Lin Lao's room with He, and as soon as he entered the door, he smiled and said, "Dad, I've brought you the Dr. Wang you've been talking about all along."

  "Haha, which young master Wang is it? Quick, come in." The old man was examining a calligraphy and painting in the room, when he heard Lin Qiwu say that Wang Zhi had arrived, he put down the magnifying glass in his hand with a smile.

  "Old man, how are you?" Wang Zhi also hastily asked after his well-being.

  "Haha, this young man is not simple, I heard that not only is his medical skill awesome, but he's also fierce in a fight, taking down several people by himself. Indeed, he's a heroic young man." Wang Zhi said as soon as he entered the door, Lin Lao praised.

  "You're overpraising me, it's just luck." Wang Zhi humbly said, being praised by the older generation of revolutionaries, even Wang Zhi didn't dare to be proud, this generation of people had shed blood and sacrificed for the country, can be said to be the country's greatest heroes.

  "Ah, very good, young and humble, not bad." Seeing Wang Zhiqian, Lin Lao was even more satisfied.

  "Heh heh, old man, come let me help you take your pulse." Wang Zhi hastily changed the subject, but he had already understood. Lin Lao and Qi Lao were both very straightforward people with a fondness for brave young men, which was typical of their generation. It seemed that Wang Zhi's feat of taking down a group of bandits by himself was no less impressive to Lin Lao than killing several Japanese devils.

  "I'm quite healthy for an old man, unlike Old Qi who's in a terrible state." Lin Lao said with a smile when he heard that Wang Zhi wanted to give him a physical examination.

  "Dad, just let Dr. Wang take a look, it can't hurt." Seeing Lin Lao say that, Lin Qiwu hastily advised, no matter what, the old man is getting older and makes people very worried, but he doesn't like going to the hospital, so this time with Wang Zhi coming, Lin Qiwu must let him take a look at the old man, even if there's nothing wrong, it's good for peace of mind.

  "Alright then, I heard the little guy even cured Lao Qi's old wounds. Let me take a look." Lin stretched out his arm to let Wang Zhi examine it.

  Wang Zhi took over Lao Lin's arm, placing two fingers on the old man's wrist to carefully listen to his pulse. As he listened, Wang Zhi's eyebrows furrowed, and he was shocked by what he heard. On the surface, Lao Lin seemed perfectly normal, but judging from his pulse, his time was running out.

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