Chapter 94

Xiao Chen did not speak but stared at the middle-aged man with a potbelly, sizing him up from head to toe.

Beside him, Han Yifei looked at Xiao Chen, wondering what he was up to. Was he trying to claim kinship?

The middle-aged man looked at Xiao Chen, then at Han Yifei, puzzled by the situation.

Finally, he was so unnerved that he couldn't help but ask again, "Sir, have we met before?"

"Never!"

Xiao Chen shook his head and finally spoke.

"Then, sir, what brings you here?"

The middle-aged man scanned the table, seeing nothing amiss. It didn't seem like he was there to deliberately cause trouble or dispute a bill!

"Ha ha, I'm here because you are sick."

Xiao Chen looked at the middle-aged man, lit a cigarette, and said slowly.

Because you are sick?

Hearing this, Han Yifei was stunned, and the middle-aged man was furious!

Anyone would be angry upon hearing "because you are sick"!

However, as a businessman, he valued harmony and profit, so he suppressed his anger and said coldly, "Sir, are you joking? I have things to do, so I'll take my leave!" He then started to leave.

"Ha ha, have you been waking up in the middle of the night with a sharp pain three inches above your navel, and the pain has been getting longer and longer?"

Xiao Chen said calmly, looking at the middle-aged man's back.

Hearing Xiao Chen's words, the middle-aged man's body trembled, and he stopped in his tracks.

"Besides these internal symptoms, a red line has appeared on your belly, starting from the navel and slowly extending upwards, right?"

"You, how do you know?!"

The middle-aged man turned around sharply, eyes wide open, shocked at Xiao Chen.

"Ha ha, if I say I'm a doctor, would you believe me?"

Xiao Chen blew a smoke ring and said with a smile.

"Doctor?"

The middle-aged man looked Xiao Chen up and down. Could there be such a young doctor? At his age, he should still be studying in medical school!

"I only save those with a connection. Since you don't believe me, please leave!"

Xiao Chen said, getting up. "Captain Han, let's go!"

Han Yifei, standing beside, was also a bit dumbfounded. How did this guy suddenly become a doctor? Is he a big con artist?

However, seeing the middle-aged man's reaction, she felt that Xiao Chen must be right, otherwise he wouldn't be so agitated!

What annoyed her even more was that this guy was putting on a show, getting up to leave. Does he even have money to pay for the meal?

"Wait... Master, I am the one with a connection, I believe you, I really believe you!"

The middle-aged man, seeing Xiao Chen about to leave, panicked and hurriedly stepped forward, almost grabbing his arm.

"Are you insulting me?"

Xiao Chen raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Insulting you? I didn't... I didn't..."

The middle-aged man was taken aback. Wasn't he being polite?

"Those frauds are called masters. I said, I'm a doctor!"

Xiao Chen said with a stern face.

"Oh, oh, it's my mistake! Divine Doctor, everything you said is true, how did you know?"

The middle-aged man smiled, though still half-doubting, but any hope, no matter how small, must be seized!

"Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes observation, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation. I observed it."

"Traditional Chinese medicine? Observation, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation?"

The middle-aged man was even more shocked. This young man is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner?

Not just the middle-aged man, even Han Yifei was wide-eyed. Traditional Chinese medicine? How is that possible!

It is a well-known saying in the traditional Chinese medicine community, and everyone acknowledges it: the older the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, the more skilled they are!

This is very realistic. When people go to the hospital, most of them subconsciously look for older traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, not younger ones!

Traditional Chinese medicine is vast and profound, involving too many things. Only after years of hard work and dedication can one claim to have entered the door of traditional Chinese medicine and learned a bit of the basics!

As for the young people, they might not even understand the principles of medicine, let alone the basics!

At Xiao Chen's age, he should be memorizing the names and functions of herbs in a traditional Chinese medicine college, not worthy of the title "traditional Chinese medicine practitioner"!

"If you believe me, sit down, and I'll take your pulse."

Xiao Chen, seeing their shocked expressions, naturally understood what they were thinking and shook his head helplessly.

"Okay!"

When the middle-aged man sat down, Xiao Chen placed a finger on his pulse and began to diagnose carefully.

The middle-aged man was full of anxiety. He had been sick for half a year, visited several major hospitals, and none of them found anything!

Instead, he was misdiagnosed several times, spent a lot of money, took a lot of medicine, and even had a minor surgery at one hospital... Only to find out later that the hospital was a Puzhou system, and he was so angry that he had a few people tie up the attending doctor and beat him up to vent his anger!

"If left untreated, you won't live for more than a year."

Two minutes later, Xiao Chen released the middle-aged man's wrist and said solemnly.

"What? A year?"

The middle-aged man's face changed drastically. Is it that serious?

"Believe it or not, it's up to you."

"I believe, I believe!"

The middle-aged man nodded vigorously. The pain had been getting worse recently, and he had a premonition that he might have an unknown terminal illness!

The middle-aged man's reaction was somewhat unexpected by Xiao Chen. He believed so quickly?

"Since you believe, go get paper and pen, and I'll prescribe some medicine for you!"

"Okay, I'll go get them right away!"

The middle-aged man, as if he had found a lifeline, ran out.

"Was what you said just now true? Not just scare tactics?"

When the middle-aged man left, Han Yifei couldn't help but ask.

"Of course it's true."

"Will he really not live for more than a year?"

"Yes, if he hadn't met me, he wouldn't live! Ha ha, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. If there's a connection, I'll save him!"

Soon, the middle-aged man returned and respectfully handed the paper and pen to Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen took them and quickly wrote a prescription: "Go to a large pharmacy to get the medicine, take it for seven days, and the illness should be cured!"

"Seven days?"

The middle-aged man was taken aback. Such a serious illness, cured in seven days?

"Yes, roughly. I'll leave you my number. If the red line doesn't completely disappear, call me!" Xiao Chen said, writing down his number.

"Okay, thank you, Divine Doctor... How much is the consultation fee?"

The middle-aged man respectfully took the paper and carefully put it away.

Xiao Chen smiled: "Ha ha, no connection, no matter how much money, I won't save. With a connection, I won't take a penny!"

"No charge? No, no, how can that be? Divine Doctor, this card has 500,000 yuan, please take it..."

The middle-aged man took out a card and tried to give it to Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen looked at the middle-aged man and smiled, shaking his head: "Ha ha, I said, with a connection, no charge... If you really feel bad about it, just waive the meal cost."

"Okay, Divine Doctor, the favor of saving my life will be repaid another day. The meal cost is nothing. In the future, when you come to my place, everything will be free!"

"Ha ha, then we'll leave now!" Xiao Chen smiled at the middle-aged man and then looked at Han Yifei: "Captain Han, shall we go?"

"..."

Han Yifei was really stunned. Did they really have a free lunch? And saved a life?

"Divine Doctor, take care, I'll call you another day!"

"Ha ha, okay."

Xiao Chen and Han Yifei left, and the middle-aged man also hurriedly left to get the medicine from the pharmacy.

"Captain Han, how about it? Did you have a free lunch?"

Outside the restaurant, Xiao Chen looked at Han Yifei with a hint of pride.

"Are you sure you didn't con him?"

"..."

Xiao Chen rolled his eyes. Was he just a big con artist?

"Captain Han, isn't your period irregular, heavy, and dark...?"

"What?" Han Yifei was taken aback, not understanding.

Xiao Chen rolled his eyes again: "I mean, isn't your menstrual cycle irregular, heavy, and dark... more bluntly, you have irregular menstruation!"

"..."

"Initially, you might have symptoms of cold pain, especially as a martial arts practitioner, the cold should go straight to your dantian, right?"

Xiao Chen continued, knowing that talking to this woman couldn't be indirect; it had to be straightforward!

"You, how do you know?"

"Ha ha, didn't I say? I'm a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and I can see it through 'observation'..."

"..."

Han Yifei was thoroughly shocked. He was spot on!

"Captain Han, I think we have a connection. If you can forgive our past grievances and say something nice, I'll help you treat it, okay?"

Xiao Chen said with a bit of smugness.

"Find your own way back!"

Han Yifei said coldly, opened the car door, started the engine, and drove away.

Xiao Chen was stunned. Oh, this woman is ruthless, leaving him here? He had no money in his pocket!

However, it wasn't a big deal. He took a taxi and called Ding Li on the way, asking him to wait at the entrance.

At the entrance, Ding Li paid the taxi fare, and the two entered the company.

Xiao Chen stayed in the security department for a while and then went to Su Qing's office.

She was handling documents. After a few words, Xiao Chen went to the next office.

"You finally came to see me, huh?"

Qin Lan looked at Xiao Chen with a pained expression.

"Um..."

"I thought you had a young girl and didn't care about me anymore!"

"Young girl? Who?"

Xiao Chen was taken aback, sat down opposite Qin Lan, and lit a cigarette.

"Tong Yan, aren't you getting along well with that young girl?"

"Tong Yan? Ah, Sister Lan, don't say nonsense. I have a pure friendship with that girl..."

"Ha, with your character, would you develop a pure friendship with a young girl? No one would believe it!" Qin Lan said with a sneer.

"..."

Xiao Chen didn't know what to say. Tong's mother already called him son-in-law, so it wasn't that pure...

"How about it, no words to say?"

"Hehe..."

"What have you been busy with these past few days?"

"Buying some things."

"What?"

"This."

Xiao Chen took out a listening device from his pocket and placed it on the table.

"What is this?"

Qin Lan picked it up, curious.

"A listening device, the seventh-generation product of the island nation's military..."

Xiao Chen said this while staring at Qin Lan, trying to discern something.