Chapter Seventy-Three: Luo Bingyang's Abacus

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  But just now, the old lady was coughing and couldn't catch her breath, nor could she speak, but the old lady felt comfortable all over, because she felt that the things in her lungs were slowly coming out with each cough. As those things came out a little bit at a time, the old lady's heart felt lighter by a fraction, something she hadn't experienced in decades.

  The rest hall no longer had a strange smell and everyone sat down again. Li Chuan asked anxiously, "Xiao Lao Di, what's going on?"

  Hehe, Auntie, this is the lung meridian injury with blood stasis and accumulation, combined with the residual tobacco toxin in the injured area that cannot be expelled, forming 'black heart phlegm' also known as solid heart phlegm.

  Xiao Yu took out stationery from his bag, wrote a prescription and handed it to Li Chuan: "Dispense the medicine according to the prescription!"

  Yun Xi didn't expect Xiao Ye to open the prescription with a brush, and was surprised for a moment.

  "Mr. Xiao is really a divine doctor!" Wang Mei said with admiration after seeing the whole process of Xiao You treating the illness.

  Lu Bingyang also nodded, but suddenly he found that Wang Mei actually knew Xiao Ye, and felt a sense of strangeness. Moreover, the tone was very respectful. Lu Bingyang knew that although Wang Mei was only a deputy department head, she had a strong backing, and even the heads of ordinary municipal bureaus didn't take her seriously in their daily lives. How could she be so polite to this young man? Did this young man have another background?

  "Traditional Chinese medicine is vast and profound, I've only learned a little of its surface, that's why they call me a divine doctor..." Xiao Ye smiled faintly and said humbly.

  "Alright, Li Ge, we're leaving first, I was having dinner just now!" Xiao Yu said to Li Chuan, then turned around and instructed Li Chuan's mother: "Auntie, for the next few days, don't do any strenuous exercise, get plenty of rest, and stop smoking!"

  "Alright, alright, Xiaolong, I'll treat you to a drink another day and we'll have a good time!" Li Chuan was overjoyed to see his mother's illness improve. This small cough had plagued her for decades, and he remembered how when he was young, there was no electricity, so his mother would use a kerosene lamp to sew clothes and mend shoes. Using the kerosene lamp might not have been a big deal for others, but it was a burden for his mother, who would cough and tear up every time she used it. Back then, Li Chuan had secretly vowed to cure his mother's cough when he grew up. But after he started working and earning money, he took her to many hospitals, yet there was no improvement - in fact, the coughing got worse over the years.

  Never thought that he had already given up all hope of curing his mother, but in his unintentional words, his mother was cured by someone else. The huge disparity between the two made Li Chuan's heart also unclear about how to express his emotions.

  Xiao Ye and Yun Xi got up and walked towards the banquet hall, they hadn't eaten much earlier and were already starving, anyway Yun Xi had already given a gift of 500 yuan, so they might as well eat as much as they could! (sweat...)

  Lu Bingyang saw Xiao Ye walking towards the inner hall, and suddenly he was stunned. He found that Xiao Ye and others were going to the same hall where his daughter's wedding was being held, and Wang Mei also stared at Lu Bingyang in surprise.

  Lu Bingyang saw Wang Mei looking at himself, and he also spread his hands to indicate that he didn't understand either! He turned his head to look at Li Chuan and said: "Director Li, what's the story with this Dr. Xiao?"

  "I don't know, but Secretary Wan has a lot of respect for him!" Li Chuan wouldn't say that Xiao Yu came to see the doctor for Secretary Wan's daughter, but he guessed that Xiao Yu living in Secretary Wan's suite would be hard to hide from Luo Bingyang. So he just said that Secretary Wan had a lot of respect for Xiao Yu, to help raise Xiao Yu's status, which was also a kind of reward for curing his mother. Besides, what Li Chuan said was true, Secretary Wan indeed had a lot of respect for Xiao Yu.

  "Dr. Xiao lives in the exclusive suite of Secretary Wan!" Wang Mei said softly, standing beside Luo Bingyang after Li Chuan helped his mother away.

  Lu Bingyang was taken aback by Wang Mei's words and showed a grateful expression, saying: "Thank you!"

  It turns out that the current Secretary-General is about to reach the age limit, and although Luo Bingyang is the first-ranked Deputy Secretary-General, he was promoted by the former Municipal Party Committee Secretary. The position of Secretary-General belongs to the Municipal Party Committee Secretary's confidant, and as a former Municipal Party Committee Secretary, I am actually at a disadvantage in this competition. Although I can also get close to the Municipal Party Committee Secretary, I lack an opportunity. However, Dr. Xiao was able to move into the Municipal Party Committee Secretary's special suite, which shows that their relationship is not ordinary. Moreover, Dr. Xiao participated in my daughter's wedding, indicating a connection with my family. This made Luo Bingyang see an opportunity, so he would be very grateful for Wang Mei's hint. And Li Chuan's last sentence may also be a reminder to me, after all, when Li Chuan was down on his luck, I not only didn't look down on him but occasionally gave him some advice.

  As he thought of this, Luo Bingyang quickly walked towards the hall and entered it. He saw Xiao Ye and others entering the Jinxiu Hall. Luo Bingyang knew that those sitting in the Jinxiu Hall were all his daughter's classmates, but when did his daughter have such a classmate? It seems that he needs to ask his daughter carefully later!

  Xiao Yu and Yun Xi entered the Jin Xiu Hall, Wu Li Ya saw the two of them and said with a face full of resentment: "Yun Xi, you're really something. Just now when Luo Jiao's couple came to toast, you weren't even there, they specially asked for you!"

  "Sorry about that! I was just held up for a bit!" Yunxi explained, not wanting things to be too awkward between them after all these years.

  Yun Xi and Xiao Ye sat down, the girl next to them, called Xiao Xiao, leaned over and whispered: "Yun Xi, don't bother with her, she's married an old man, there's no room for her anywhere!"

  "It's nothing, I won't bother her!" Yun Xi said with a faint smile.

  "Ah, that's good, after all, we've been classmates for several years! But these class reunions are getting more and more meaningless!" He sighed with a smile.

  Xiao Yu didn't care about these things, he felt extremely hungry after getting the injection at the hospital in the morning and hadn't eaten much just now, so he was completely starving. Xiao Yu sat down on the seat and didn't say a word, eating voraciously. Yun Xi saw Xiao Yu's eating posture and revealed a faint sweet smile.

  The classmates of Yun Xi sitting in the house looked at Xiao Yu with contempt on their faces when he was eating voraciously.

  Wu Yali saw Xiao Yu's eating posture and curled her lips, saying with disdain: "Dr. Xiao, eat slowly, no one is competing with you, I'm now suspecting that the Deep Sea is bullying us people of Yan Province!"

  "What's wrong with you saying a few less words?" Yun Xi, although also unhappy, hadn't spoken yet. But beside him, Xiao Xiao was glaring at Wu Ya Li with an angry expression.

  "What's wrong with me? I said..."

  "Classmates, the groom and bride as well as the bride's father Secretary Luo have come to give everyone a toast!" Just as Wu Ya Li was about to speak, the door was pushed open and the best man said with an excited expression.

  "What? Secretary Luo wants to make a toast? I didn't hear that wrong, did I?"

  "Wow, I didn't expect Secretary Luo to come over!"

  As soon as the best man's words were heard, the private room suddenly boiled over, and Yunxi's classmates immediately whispered to each other in a flurry of discussion.

  The best man was also confused. The original arrangement did not include this item, but the secretary-general suddenly wanted to come to the bride's classmate's room for a toast after returning from outside, which made them even more confused.

  At this time, Luo Bingyang and the bride Luo Jiao, the groom Wu Qing, each holding a wine glass, walked in.

  Yun Xi saw that Luo Jiao's father was the middle-aged man who had just been watching Xiao Yu treat an illness in the rest hall, earlier she heard someone call him Secretary Luo but he didn't think that was Luo Jiao's father, and then it occurred to her, at his daughter's wedding, how could a father have time to watch others treat illnesses outside?

  At this time, Luo Jiao's face was no longer as high and mighty as before. When she looked at Yun Xi, her eyes were also a bit evasive. In fact, Luo Jiao was also quite depressed. Just now, her father had gone out for a walk and came back to ask if there was a doctor with the surname Xiao among his classmates. She thought for a moment and said no.

  "I clearly saw them enter the Jinxiu Hall!" Lu Bingyang muttered under his breath, but was still heard by Lu Jiao.

  Lu Jiao suddenly thought of it, Yun Xi's boyfriend wasn't surnamed Xiao and a doctor? So she said to Lu Bingyang: "Dad, I have a classmate named Yun Xi, her boyfriend is surnamed Xiao and a famous doctor, what's wrong? Dad, did he offend you?"

  "Jiaojiao, what's your relationship with that girl named Yuncreek?" Lu Bingyang didn't answer her and asked hastily.