Chapter 113: Reputation (Part 2)

  Wang Xu listened to Dong Qin's explanation while observing Gao Juan's condition, and at the same time stretched out his hand to take Gao Juan's pulse. As soon as he touched her wrist, he found it was scorching hot, and her clothes were already drenched with sweat, constantly sweating.

  "When exactly did the high fever appear?" Wang Xu asked Dong Qin while listening to her pulse.

  "The second night after returning from her hometown, she suddenly started shaking in the middle of the night, and the whole bed was shaken by her. It lasted for two days, and then she began to have a high fever." Winter Qin explained.

  "High cold and high fever." Wang Xu furrowed his brow, pondering, while releasing Gao Juan's wrist, pacing back and forth a few steps, asking: "Where is your hometown?"

  "Donghai City, both my wife and I are from Donghai." Winter Qin replied.

  Wang Xu thought for a moment, nodded, and then asked Gao Juan: "What's your own feeling?"

  "My whole body aches, I have no energy, and I feel like vomiting." Gao Juan said in a low voice, her tone weak and lifeless.

  "Open your mouth and let me take a look," said Wang Xu.

  "Ah!" Gao Juan opened her mouth, Wang Xu took a closer look and found that Gao Juan's tongue was very pale, and through his previous pulse diagnosis, the pulse was slow and weak.

  High fever and chills, just back from the deep sea, Deep Sea City is located at the southernmost tip of China, a coastal city in the south. At this time, it's the hottest summer season, long summer, damp earth dominates, this disease should be damp heat.

  But judging from the symptoms and season, this disease should actually be considered as a plague-type disease. In summer, when the weather is hot, it's the time when various plagues are rampant. However, the fever of this disease is not a damp heat constitution, but rather a robust heat with chills, and there are no corresponding symptoms of wind-heat on the surface or dryness inside.

  Considering this, Wang Xu roughly understood that the hospital's prolonged treatment without cure was probably due to a lack of clear diagnosis. The most critical aspect of this illness is the nocturnal chills, and it cannot be treated by just addressing the superficial symptoms of fever; otherwise, regardless of the dosage, there will be no effect.

  "What is the hospital saying?" Wang Xu asked Dong Qin after some thought.

  "It was suspected to be avian influenza, and at that time I asked to be discharged from the hospital, but they were firmly opposed." said Dong Qin.

  "As expected." Wang Xu nodded upon hearing this, this type of disease indeed belongs to the plague category, but it's not simply a plague. If treated as avian flu, it will definitely be ineffective.

  Having understood the cause, Wang Xu deliberated and came up with a prescription, using Sanren Tang with additions and subtractions, treating it as a damp-heat syndrome.

  He wrote out a prescription and Wang Xu conveniently grabbed the medicine, handing it over to Dong Qin with a smile: "Take this back and have her take it according to the prescription. I guarantee that Sister Gao will be able to sleep well tonight."

  "Thank you, Doctor Wang. Your medical skills are trusted by the people around here. One dose is effective, and it's much better than those mediocre doctors in the hospital." Dong Qin said with gratitude as he took the medicine and prescription from Wang Xu.

  "Alright, stop flattering me, help Sister Gao back to take her medicine, and come again tomorrow morning for a follow-up examination." Wang Xu said with a smile.

  "Alright, thank you." Dong Qin thanked again and only asked after that: "Doctor Wang, how much do these medicines cost?"

  "Give thirty bucks." Wang Xu roughly calculated and said.

  "Thirty bucks." Dong Qin was taken aback and said in surprise, "Doctor Wang, your fee is too low. We've been hospitalized for two days and have spent at least a thousand dollars. I'll give you five hundred." Dong Qin took out his wallet as he spoke.

  "Winter brother, how can this be? Who would complain about a low price? These medicines are worth just that much, if it were more I wouldn't dare to take them." Wang Xu smiled and refused, helping to support Gao Juan as they walked out, smiling as he saw the three of them leave.

  The front foot sent away Dong Qin, and the back foot came one after another, many people were residents of nearby communities or working and opening shops nearby. Many people complained as soon as they entered the door, saying that Wang Xu had not been there for two days, so they endured it and did not go to find other doctors. Listening to Wang Xu's sweat, this clinic had only been closed for two days, if it was closed for two months, wouldn't it cause a big disturbance?

  Yang Han stood beside Wang Xu and watched him diagnose the patient, while Zhao Kai assisted and helped to grab medicine at the same time, also learning Wang Xu's diagnostic techniques.

  Yang Han himself was acquainted with Wang Xu through a medical exchange conference in Kyoto, and knew that Wang Xu's medical skills were not bad, but had never seen Wang Xu actually sit in on a diagnosis, and the beautiful eyes flashing at the side.

  It must be said that Wang Xu's experience may not be as good as Gao Xue Min and other medical experts, but his foundation is very solid, he has come into contact with many cases, and he is meticulous. Unless some difficult and complicated diseases need to be carefully considered, for most common illnesses, he can start writing prescriptions while asking about the patient's condition.

  In the short afternoon, people came to the clinic in an endless stream. Wang Xu welcomed everyone warmly and asked about their conditions with care, busy until 7:30 pm when the clinic finally quieted down.

  "It's so boring on the sidelines." Wang Xu stretched and stood up, looking at Yang Han on the sidelines with a smile.

  "No, you look quite charming when you're ill, how can I be tired of it?" Yang Han smiled and said, as he walked over to pour Wang Xu a glass of water.

  Wang Xu was indeed thirsty, so he picked up the cup and drank it in one gulp, almost scalding himself. After drinking, Wang Xu invited Yang Han and Zhao Kai to go out for dinner, as it was already past 7 o'clock and all three of them were hungry.

  Just as I was about to leave, Bai Nongxin arrived. Before he even entered the door, he saw Wang Xu and smiled: "I just heard that you're back, so I came over to take a look. I've prepared a table of food, let's go eat together."

  "Alright, we were just about to go out for dinner anyway." Wang Xu smiled and replied. The opening of Bainong's restaurant is scheduled for the 15th of this month, and the interior decoration is almost complete, leaving only some minor details. It shouldn't be a problem to cook a simple home-style dish inside.

  Xiangxiang Pavilion is not far from the clinic, just a five or six minute walk. A few people walked over together. As they walked, Wang Xu introduced Yang Han to Bai Nongxin, saying she was his girlfriend.

  Bai Nong smiled and greeted Yang Han, but he felt a slight sense of disappointment in his heart. He had planned to set up Wang Xu and Bai Zi Jie again, but he also knew that such an excellent young man as Wang Xu would not be without a girlfriend, which was somewhat disheartening.

  Just as Wang Xu and the others were heading to Xiangxiang Pavilion, Han Guanglin also returned home. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Han Yixue watching TV in the living room and smiled: "Little Snow is back, why didn't you call ahead of time?"

  "This girl came back early in the morning and returned home without saying a word, I don't know what's wrong." Han Guanglin's wife, Tian Ling, walked out of the kitchen with a bowl of soup in her hand.

  "Daughter, what's wrong? Is there something on your mind that you want to tell Daddy?" Han Guanglin walked over and sat down beside Han Yixue, asking with a warm smile.

  "Nothing, just being annoyed by mom." Han Yixue raised her head and looked at Han Guanglin: "Dad, I plan to go abroad for two years of study."

  "How did you suddenly think of going abroad? Are you uncomfortable in Yun City?" Han Guanglin asked in surprise.

  "It's not that I want to go out and see the world, but just to broaden my horizons." Han Yixue pulled on Han Guanglin's arm and coquettishly said: "You know, I've always wanted to study abroad."

  In fact, Han Yixue's decision to go abroad was not solely because of Wang Xu, but perhaps had something to do with him. Tian Ling had been busy trying to persuade Han Yixue to get married for a year, and Han Yixue was already feeling anxious and planned to go abroad to avoid it all. She hadn't made up her mind yet, but Wang Xu's drunken behavior that night completely disrupted her state of mind.

  In her mind, Han Yixue thought that she couldn't possibly like Wang Xu, but after being thoroughly touched by him from head to toe, and even having her juices touched, Han Yixue's heart naturally couldn't be at peace.

  Since that night, Han Yixue had not been sleeping well for two days. She was distracted all day and didn't know whether she wanted to see Wang Xu or not. Anyway, it was very contradictory. So she decided to go abroad, on the one hand to avoid Tian Ling's troubles of matchmaking every day, and on the other hand to calm down.

  "No way, I disagree. You're already 25 this year and will be 26 after the new year. What's the point of going abroad?" Tian Ling protested immediately.

  "Dad~" Han Yixue ignored Tian Ling and continued to hug Han Guanglin, being spoiled. She knew that in this household, Han Guanglin was the one who had the final say.

  "Lao Han, you can't spoil her anymore." Tian Ling said with a serious face to Han Guanglin.

  "It's okay, let Xiaoxue go out and have some fun, 25 years old is not too big of a deal, she can still get married at 30. " Han Guanglin said with a smile, his daughter won't have any problem finding a husband."

  "Ah!" Han Yuxue gave a peck on the cheek of Han Guanglin, smiling and saying: "Dad, you're really great, truly worthy of being an enlightened good leader."

  "You little scamp." Han Guanglin affectionately patted Han Yixue's head, stood up and said: "Alright, let's eat."

  As soon as Han Guanglin's words fell, the phone at home rang. Han Guanglin sighed and walked over to answer it, took a look at the caller ID, and it was Kyoto again, so he quickly picked up.

  "Can't even have a meal in peace." Tian Ling saw Han Guanglin agree to let Han Yixue go abroad, and she was already angry in her heart. When she heard the phone ring, she couldn't help but complain.

  "This is Han Guanglin, who is this?" Han Guanglin answered the phone in a low voice.

  "Lao Han, I am Tian Junyang from the United Front Department." The other party said politely.

  "Oh, Director Tian, I don't know what this call is about?" Han Guanglin asked with a smile. He and Tian Junyang had met before.

  "I heard that Song Jin Hui from the Song family was treated unfairly in your Jiangzhou, and the old master of the Song family called the United Front Department. Old Han, what's going on? The Foreign Ministry said you had a very tough attitude." Tian Jun Yang asked with a smile.

  "I'm just being objective, Song Jinhui relies on his identity as the heir of the Song family and actually brought bodyguards to the Yun City Hotel to cause trouble, and the people he intended to attack were even members of the provincial party committee expert group I dispatched. This matter I will naturally handle objectively." Han Guanglin replied.

  "Lao Han, I understand this, but the Song family is not an ordinary family after all. They have a great influence in the Chinese community in the United States. Can you negotiate this matter? Otherwise, I'm very passive on my end." Tian Junyang said.

  "Lao Tian, there's no need to discuss this matter. Just tell the old master of the Song family the truth and I won't harm you," said Han Guanglin.

  "Alright, I'll hang up first." Tian Junyang was stunned for a moment, then responded with a sentence and hung up the phone. He was very puzzled in his heart. He had already made it clear, but Han Guanglin still didn't give in.