Chapter 391 - This Is Nothing (1/2)

A store manager at Luo Workshop?!

When Xiao Luo heard his own company’s name mentioned, he couldn’t resist looking at the young man. He didn’t have any opinion of him yet at that point as there were so many store managers in the organization, and it wouldn’t have been possible to remember them all. But, for this person to not recognize his president, it would either mean he had just been recently promoted, or he was faking it.

Tan Ningfu was extremely agitated when the matter was brought up. She frowned at her mother and said, “Whatever it is, can we talk about it after grandma wakes up?”

Seeing that she was distraught, her mother sucked in her lips and did not say another word.

The four of them stood by the door and watched Xiao Luo intently as he took a reading of the old woman’s pulse. After about ten minutes, Xiao Luo gently placed her hand on her side and stood up.

Deeply concerned, Tan Ningfu hurriedly went forward and asked, “Mr. Xiao, how is she?”

“It’s no big deal, it’s just that she has accumulated a lot of pent-up negative qi throughout the years and it has not been vented properly. It affected her flow of qi and blood quality, causing her blood pressure to rise. This condition caused the pressure within her skull to buildup sharply, and that’s why she fainted.”

Xiao Luo made his assessment based on her pulse reading and said, “I can only assume that your grandma must’ve been stressed in some way before she passed out.”

Tan Ningfu looked at her mother unconsciously, for it was true. Her mother would often scold her grandma for the most trivial things, and she wouldn’t even allow the old woman to sit together at the dining table during meals. At mealtime, her grandma would carry a stool with her food and sit by the bathroom door, munching all by herself. And, despite being in her eighties, she was treated like a hired maid, having to mop the floor, do the laundry, cook, and wash the dishes.

Forcing back her tears, she turned around and said, “Mr. Xiao, do you have a way to treat my grandma?”

“I can give her acupuncture, but it’ll only serve as a temporary solution. If you want her to recover completely, treat her well, and don’t let her get stressed up. The most effective prescription for her right now is to feel comfortable and happy,” Xiao Luo said.

“Mr. Xiao, please hurry up and do it then. I will remember your words and do my best to keep her happy, so please, I’ll be very grateful!”

The middle-aged man pleaded with genuine concern. Even though his wife had always ridiculed and spurned the old woman, complaining about her in his ear, blood was still thicker than water. The fact that the one lying on the bed was his own biological mother would never change.

Xiao Luo nodded, opened his acupuncture kit, and performed acupuncture on the old woman.

The practice of acupuncture involved inserting acupuncture needles of various lengths into specific acupoints. This would serve to help channel pent-up qi to travel along a particular route and discharge naturally from her body through the tip of her index finger, using the blood-dripping technique.

Tan Ningfu and the others cringed as they saw the long, hair-thin needles inserted into the old woman’s body.

In a while, dark-colored blood dripped from the old woman’s index finger, and everyone looked amazed.

“Get me a washbasin,” Xiao Luo said to Tan Ningfu.

Tan Ningfu ran out immediately and returned, holding a washbasin. “Here, Mr. Xiao,” she said.

Xiao Luo placed the washbasin on the ground. Drop after drop, blood flowed out from the old woman’s index finger and dripped into the washbasin. Still, the old woman did not regain consciousness.

“Mr. Xiao, when will she wake up?” the young man asked, expressing his concern.

“Very soon.”

Xiao Luo only replied with those two words, then, he walked to the head of the bed, reached out gently, and held the old woman’s head. Slowly, he inserted a long needle through the side of her skull.

Tan Ningfu’s whole family shuddered at the sight for that was her skull he was plunging the needle into, wouldn’t it damage her brain?

Swiftly, all their fears were allayed as the old woman started moving her fingers and slowly opened her eyes. The intracranial pressure within her skull was reduced, and her condition was gradually relieved. Although she looked a little tired, at least she had woken up and was aware of her surroundings.

“Grandma!”

Tan Ningfu ran toward the bed, relieved. She sat by the edge and held her grandmother’s hand tightly as tears rolled down her cheeks.

The old lady opened her mouth with some effort, and in a dry, hoarse voice, she called out, “Ning… Fu…”

“It will take some time to discharge all the pent-up Qi.”