Chapter 306 - House Rules (1/2)

“What?”

“How could he be the reincarnation of Hua Tuo after six months at college?” Fang Qiu’s father asked with a smile as he looked at Fang Qiu’s mother. He clearly didn’t believe Fang Qiu’s mother’s words.

“Of course,” Fang Qiu’s mother said as she walked up to Fang Qiu. Then, she looked at Fang Qiu with a bright smile and said, “You weren’t around earlier, so you missed our son busying himself seeing patients from the moment he got home until just moments before you came home. He spent two hours diagnosing our neighbors and relatives and cured them all. Isn’t this just like Hua Tuo?”

“Hmm?” Fang Qiu’s father froze in surprise and turned to look at Fang Qiu.

“Wow, are you lying on the sofa because you’re so exhausted from seeing patients today?” He asked.

“Sigh, so much for my holiday.”

Fang Qiu said with a wry smile.

“Go on, tell me what kind of ailments did you treat today? Who did you treat? Did you give them a prescription or did you manage to treat them on the spot?” Fang Qiu’s father asked in surprise as he sat on the sofa.

Undoubtedly, before Fang Qiu could even speak, Fang Qiu’s mother immediately detailed everything that happened that afternoon and even exaggerated some part of it.

“Are you really that skilled?” Fang Qiu’s father turned to Fang Qiu in surprise and asked, “I guess you chose the right college. You seem to be excelling in your studies.”

“Haha,” Fang Qiu said with a laugh.

“Wow, let’s toast to that later since it’s such a great day today,” Fang Qiu’s father sad.

Fang Qiu suddenly sat up from the sofa as though he had remembered something and rushed into his room.

“Dad, mom, give me a moment,” he said.

Soon, he emerged from the room with two beautifully wrapped gifts.

“Dad, mom, these are the gifts I’ve brought back from Jiangjing.”

Then, he gave the presents he prepared to his parents.

His parents froze in surprise when they saw his gifts, exchanged a look, and couldn’t hold back their smiles as they accepted his gifts.

They were very happy.

Their only wish as parents was for their child to grow up healthily. Now that their son was all grown up and knew how to be filial to them, this made them even happier and they were touched by his gesture.

…

At 6:00 pm, the entire family gathered in the kitchen and had a meal together.

During dinner, Fang Qiu’s father, Fang Liwen’s happy expression was wiped from his face and he said gravely, “Fang Qiu, you’ve always excelled in your studies since elementary school and you’ve done equally well in middle school and high school as well. I’ve also discussed this with your mother and were willing to support you if you entered a branded college such as the Capital University or the Chinese University. Although the school fees are expensive, we were willing to sell the house to support you if you were willing to study hard.”

“Yes, unfortunately…” Fang Qiu’s mother nodded and looked a little resigned.

“What do you mean by ‘unfortunately’?” Fang Liwen said as he shot his wife a look, “I finally realized that our son has grown up. He could have easily entered a branded college domestically or internationally but instead, he chose Chinese Medicine, an ancient Chinese skill. He is doing our ancestors proud, so why must you use the word ‘unfortunately’? I’m proud of him for choosing to major in Chinese Medicine.”

Fang Qiu’s mother rolled her eyes at his words.

Fang Qiu couldn’t help but laugh to himself.

“Son,” Fang Liwen set his chopsticks aside and said, “Chinese Medicine has been part of our history for the past 5,000 years and this is a precious legacy left behind by our ancestors. Since you’ve chosen this path, you must not become a terrible doctor. You must be a good doctor and deliver the best treatment to your patients, do you understand?”

“Yes,” Fang Qiu immediately nodded.

“Remember to do good without expecting anything in return,” Fang Liwen said.

“I’ll hold your words close to me,” Fang Qiu said and immediately nodded. “Let’s make this our house rule.”

“Sure,” Fang Liwen said with a laugh.

“What do you mean when you said, ‘without expecting anything in return’?” Fang Qiu’s mother asked.

She glared at Fang Liwen and Fang Qiu and said, “Will you still work without expecting anything in return when you don’t even have money to eat? In this modern society, the only people who have the ability to save others and those without money will have to wait to be saved. Are you not allowed to earn money if you’re skilled in what you do? Would you be able to put food on the table if you only focus on saving people?”

Fang Qiu and his father exchanged a glance and quickly ate their dinner quietly. No one dared to utter another word.

Finally, Fang Qiu quickly gobbled his food as his mother nagged incessantly and ran back into his room.

He was about to start studying when his phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

“Beep beep beep…”

He dug out his phone and saw that it was Jiang Miaoyu.

Fang Qiu smiled and immediately picked up her call.

“Hello?” Fang Qiu said happily. “What’s wrong? It hasn’t been long since our last call so are you missing me already?”

“Humph,” Jiang Miaoyu said. “Don’t get the wrong idea. I just wanted to ask if you’ve reached home safely.”

“Yes, I’ve reached some time ago,” Fang Qiu said with a laugh. “Are you sure you don’t miss me?” He added.

“What about you?” Jiang Miaoyu asked.

“I miss you,” Fang Qiu said immediately.

“I miss you too,” Jiang Miaoyu said.

Although they didn’t say much to each other, they both felt incredibly happy. They were in different locations but they both wore the same happy smiles on their faces.

“Creak.”

Fang Qiu opened his mouth to say something when the door suddenly creaked open. His mother stuck her head in, looked at Fang Qiu who lay on the bed and asked in confusion, “Who do you miss?”

Fang Qiu felt extremely embarrassed.

He immediately put down his phone and his heart raced.

On the other end of the line, Jiang Miaoyu was startled by the unfamiliar voice in Fang Qiu’s room.

She could tell that the voice belonged to Fang Qiu’s mother.

She immediately hung up, blushing furiously.

On the other end, Fang Qiu looked at his confused mother and said with a chuckle, “Mom, I miss you.”

“Who else would I be missing?”

“Cut the crap.” Fang Qiu’s mother strode right up to Fang Qiu, glanced furtively at his phone as she said, “Tell me truth.”