Chapter 344 Living a Wonderful Life in the Pas (1/2)

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His consciousness returned and Lan Yong slowly opened his eyes. Light entered his sight. He found himself under a dilapidated roof with wooden beams and green tiles. The building seemed extremely old and he could not tell its age. In that instant, a sharp pain assaulted him, affecting his every nerve. He nearly fainted from the pain again.

He inhaled two deep breaths and steadied himself. He wanted to clamber up, but the moment he moved his arms, a sharp pain assailed him. Something seemed to have pierced through his arm. He strenuously raised his neck a little, and discovered to his horror that his shoulder had been pierced through by his humerus. The white bone seemed like a spare rib where meat had been eaten!

Then, he saw a large tripod cast out of green copper. It was giving off plumes of green fumes. There was a human face on the tripod, scowling angrily at him. For some strange reason, he felt terrified.

He recalled what had happened to him. He met a beautiful designated driver, and then had a car accident…

“You’re awake.” A man’s voice broke the silence in this bizarre room.

Lan Yong turned his head to the side and looked in the direction of that voice. He saw a youthful, handsome face with a sunny disposition. It seemed quite familiar to him. He suddenly remembered. He had met this young man in the roast duck shop in Crystal Square! There were two pretty girls with him. He had even elbowed this young man.

This young man was the owner of Sky Clinic, Ning Tao.

“Don’t worry, it will soon be over.” Ning Tao got up from his chair and walked over to Lan Yong, the ledger of bamboo slips in his hands.

Lan Yong immediately tensed. His speaking voice was quavering. “Who, who are you? What, what do you want? Where, where is this place?”

Ning Tao came to Lan Yong’s side, his face composed and his voice quietly nonchalant. “You have so many questions, but I am willing to answer them. This is Sky Clinic and I’m a doctor here. You just had a car accident. Luckily, I was passing by and brought you to my clinic. You’re injured. I’m a doctor and saving lives is my sacred duty. So what do you think I will do?”

As he spoke, Ning Tao placed the ledger of bamboo slips on Lan Yong’s fractured hand.

Lan Yong’s thoughts were still confused. “That designated driver…”

“She is also wounded, but only superficially. I dressed her wounds and she is now gone,” Ning Tao explained.

Lan Yong immediately became agitated. He said furiously, “She caused my injuries and left just like that? I must lodge a complaint! I will sue her in court and make her pay my losses!”

Ning Tao’s face was wearing a smile. “You can do these after you recover. At the moment, your condition is very bad. You have lost too much blood, and your bone is sticking out in the air. It’s very easy for you to suffer an infection. You might even get tetanus. Would you let me treat you?”

“Can your clinic treat such serious injuries? You’d better send me to a hospital. I’ll pay you ¥200.” Lan Yong did not believe that such a run-down clinic could treat him, nor did he believe in Ning Tao.

Ning Tao merely smiled. He picked up the ledger of bamboo slips and unfurled it to read the diagnosis.

Information immediately appeared on the ledger of bamboo slips: Lan Yong, born 1984 on the first day of the sixth lunar month. A beastly man. His first sin: being unfilial to his parents, worth 10 sin of evil intention demerit points. His second: molesting and raping a girl below the age of consent, worth 21 sin of evil intention demerit points. His third: three cases where he distorted the truth and lied, worth nine sin of evil intention demerit points…. In total, 51 sin of evil intention demerit points. Write him a sin of evil intention prescription, remove an eye and an ear as punishment.

51 sin of evil intention demerit points. The sins of this Lan Yong were still less than that of a hooligan. He was no heinous villain, or the ledger of bamboo slips would have ordered his death as atonement.

If he had bravely admitted to his misdeed and apologized to Chen Xue, accepting his rightful punishment, Chen Xue would not have died. But he denied everything outright and distorted the truth, bending it to his advantage, slandering Chen Xue. He forced Chen Xue to a desperate predicament.

He did not personally kill Chen Xue, but Chen Xue had died because of him.

Ning Tao shut the ledger of bamboo slips, turned around, and walked to his study desk.

“Is my offer too low? I can pay you another ¥200… no, I’ll make it ¥300. As long as you take me to the hospital, I will give you ¥500.” Lan Yong added, “I don’t suppose your clinic can earn ¥500 a day. It’s quite a lot.”

Ning Tao still said nothing. He lifted his pen to write the sin of evil intention pact.

Lan Yong supported himself on his still mobile left hand. He wanted to clamber up, but he had just pushed himself up a little before he collapsed again. Even a slight tremor would cause him intense pain. He lay on the ground, panting and inhaling deep breaths.

Ning Tao said blandly, “Don’t waste your energy. You have not only fractured an arm, but also sustained internal injuries. If you move about recklessly, you will suffer a hemorrhage. One more thing: you have been bleeding incessantly all this while. In a few minutes’ time, you will pass out. Then your organs will fail without any oxygen supply from your blood… ”

“I’ll, I’ll give you ¥1,000. Call me an ambulance.” Lan Yong was so scared that he almost cried.

Ning Tao gave a light sigh. “The best doctor in this world is standing before you, and yet you asked him to call you an ambulance? Aren’t you slighting his medical skills? Since you don’t believe I can heal you, just lie there. I believe with your powerful willpower, you can survive until an ambulance arrives.”

“Then give them a call… I beg you, call them…” Lan Yong was devastated.

“Your cell phone is smashed.”

“Then, then use yours…. Hurry!…”

“I’m sorry, my cell phone’s out of charge.”

Lan Yong really cried. He knew that Ning Tao’s cell phone did not really need a charge, but he was unwilling to call for him an ambulance.

He had indeed guessed the truth. After claiming that his cell phone was out of charge, Ning Tao took it out to watch videos on the Tik Tok app.

The silent clinic room suddenly resounded with a duet between a male and a female singer. “Petals are lovely but my bashful love is lovelier. See the river flow past this little bridge…”

He was clearly trying to bully him!