Chapter 188 An Untreatable Patien (1/2)
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The trip to Shennongjia yielded a good harvest. Ning Tao brought back a lot of precious herbs. After returning to the Sky Clinic, he couldn’t wait to start processing the medicine needed to refine the Ancestor-seeking Elixir.
Ring, ring…
Ning Tao had just finished treating two kinds of herbs when his phone started ringing. He took out his phone and glanced at the caller I.D., frowning slightly.
That was Wendy calling. Today was the last day of her three-day deadline.
“This is Ning Tao, go ahead.” Ning Tao actually knew what she was trying to say.
Zhu Hongqin’s voice came over the phone. “Doctor Ning, you asked me to give you three days to consider it. Today is the last day. Tell me what you decide. Will you kill Bai Jing for me?”
Ning Tao was silent for a moment before saying, “Mrs. Xin, Bai Jing is Qing Zhui’s sister, and Qing Zhui is my friend. I cannot grant your request.”
Zhu Hongqin was silent.
Ning Tao continued, “But I can talk Bai Jing into leaving your son. I will do my best to protect your son, you and your husband.”
“Oh, thank you, but I don’t need it. Since you won’t grant my request, forget it. I never impose anything. See you later.” Zhu Hongqin hung up. Her tone changed markedly as she uttered her last words.
Ning Tao put away his phone, feeling guilty. The elixir prescription on Zhu Hongqin’s skull fragment was what Zhu Hongqin used to save the lives of her son and husband, but he and Yin Molan stole it. It made him feel like he had stolen medical bills from a critically ill patient to save his life.
“I can’t kill Bai Jing, but I can’t turn my back on this,” Ning Tao thought.
“Brother Ning! Brother Ning!” Qing Zhui’s voice was suddenly heard outside the door. “Are you in the clinic?”
Ning Tao was in no mood to continue working on the herbs to refine the Ancestor-seeking Elixir. He opened the door and walked out. He saw Qing Zhui standing at least 20 meters away from the clinic. She was dressed in sky-blue denim shorts and a loose white T-shirt. Yet it couldn’t hide her curves. She wore gladiator sandals, each of her toenails painted a green nail polish. Now Qing Zhui was not like a snake demon at all, but like a female college student who had just learned to dress up.
At the sight of Ning Tao, Qing Zhui couldn’t wait to get close to him. However, she took a step forward and immediately backed away. The Sky Clinic was right behind Ning Tao, and every step she took toward him, the shock and pressure she felt increased.
Ning Tao walked up to her and asked, “What’s up?”
Qing Zhui replied, “You asked me to do good, so I’ve been doing good for the last two days. I ran into a patient who needed help. I couldn’t help him, so I came back for your help.”
“Is he a patient owning merits or sins?” Ning Tao inquired.
Qing Zhui answered, “I don’t know, but I’m sure he’s not an evil guy. His home is not far from here. Do you have a moment now? I want to take you to see him.”
“I’ll get the medicine chest. You push the electric car out and take me there.” Then Ning Tao turned and went into the clinic to get his medicine chest. Qing Zhui seldom did good deeds. He certainly could not discourage her.
When Ning Tao came out of the clinic, Qing Zhui had already pushed God’s Will out of their rental house. Ning Tao got on the electric car, and the next second, Qing Zhui’s arms were already around his waist, just like the ring lock carved by white jade locked him.
The God’s Will started, not very fast.
“What good deed have you done these two days?” asked Ning Tao out of curiosity.
Qing Zhui responded, “Helping old women across the street, giving money to beggars, helping a child who was bullied by a group of young people and beating up the young people.”
Her report left Ning Tao speechless!
What the hell had she done?
It seemed that without his guidance, Qing Zhui would never be able to do any good deeds that could increase her merits.
“Don’t give money to beggars from now on,” Ning Tao said.
Qing Zhui asked puzzledly, “Why?”
“People who need help rarely go begging,” Ning Tao explained. “Most of the people who beg in the street are professional beggars. They are badly dressed, but some of them drive luxury cars after work. Some of them who are lame could walk very fast after work.”
“So, I was fooled?”
“What do you think?”
“I’m going to get back the money I gave them. How abominable!” Qing Zhui’s eyes began to turn green.
Ning Tao said, “Forget about it, how could you possibly get your money back? Just don’t give them any more. There are poor people among them, but you can’t tell them apart. If you beat a good man by mistake, your sins will be multiplied. Isn’t it?”
“Alas, I’m too stupid to do any good.” Qing Zhui buried her face in Ning Tao’s back, as if too ashamed to see anyone.
“Tell me the way, or how do I know where to go?”
“There, turn left…”
A few minutes later the God’s Will came to a lonely street. Ning Tao got off the electric car. Led by Qing Zhui, he went to a hut on a third-floor rooftop.
It was a little boy with a dirty face, who opened the door. He seemed to have just cried, for there were still tears in the corner of his eyes. The hut was a mess, littered with trash and clutter, and the air smelled of decay and mold. A man was lying on a pallet bed. He was pale and unhealthy, with a wheelchair beside the bed.
The man was asleep, with his closed. He didn’t seem to know that there were visitors.
The little boy timidly looked at Ning Tao and Qing Zhui and said, “Hello.”
Ning Tao smiled and asked, “What’s your name, boy?”