C10 (1/2)
”The Mr Ye is here?”
”I have an appointment with the Elder Liu board, come and get the needle.”
”Please wait for a moment, I will go inform the Elder Liu.”
Ye Qiao nodded his head, and casually walked around the counter. After all, this was the only place that he had found that suited him after walking around the city for half a month, there were many different types of Chinese medicine, and the employees here all had a certain understanding of Chinese medicine's physiotherapy.
However, the real reason why Ye Qiao chose this place was not because of the medicine or the shop assistant, but rather because of the owner, Liu Tong.
Liu Tong was currently in his sixties. He had been an old Chinese medical student for over fifty years, starting from the age of eight. He had been dealing with Chinese medicine for over a decade, so he was naturally well-versed in it. Ye Qiao had estimated that from his generation to the current Liu Tong, he should be on par with the royal doctors in the palace, thus Ye Qiao had thought highly of Liu Tong and would often come over to discuss Chinese medicine and physical therapy with him.
As for Liu Tong, his knowledge of Chinese medicine and physical therapy was famous both in and outside the country. There were many people who came to look for him for acupuncture treatment, but ever since Liu Tong had met him half a month ago, they had all respectfully addressed him as' Mr Ye '.
When Ye Qiao was looking at the medicine in the counter, a middle-aged man beside him shouted at the shop assistant, saying that he could not find the owner of the shop Liu Tong even after a few times. The shop assistant explained that the owner was already old and rarely saw any patients, but the man refused to listen, insisting that Liu Tong should come out and take care of him. The shop assistant was afraid that his noise would affect the store's business, so he took out a pen to record down the illness for him. When Liu Tong had time, he would bring it in for him to see, and with that, he could finally extinguish that person's anger.
”Did you go to the hospital to check?”
”I checked it out, but it's just that my stomach often hurts, so it won't be good if I take the medicine given by the hospital. That's why I came to look for Elder Liu. Who knew that I would run over so many times …”
”What are the symptoms? How long has it been painful?”
The shop assistant was afraid that he would go on talking endlessly, so he quickly asked the rest of the questions, and the man immediately stopped talking, standing in front of the counter and thinking for a long time before answering the shop assistant's question, but in the end, it was just useless words, asking him which part of his body hurt, saying that his stomach hurt, making him point it out, and then again saying that it didn't hurt anymore, in the end even the shop assistant couldn't help asking if he was here to cause trouble, the man immediately shouted again, and began scolding the shop assistant in a loud voice, saying that the shop assistant looked down at people, didn't know what 'customer' God 'and so on.
The clerk apologized, but the man still insisted on arguing, scaring away the rest of the people who came to buy medicine.
Ye Qiao heard the commotion, picked up one of the needles that the shop assistant was wearing, and without saying a word, stabbed it into the man's head. The man opened his mouth, but was immediately speechless.
Even if Liu Tong were to personally come out, he would not believe that this kind of method existed. Therefore, when the shop assistant saw that Ye Qiao could not even speak, he was immediately scared silly, and quickly ran in to shout for Liu Tong, afraid that there would be deaths in the shop if he was late.
The man shouted loudly with his mouth wide open, but he could not make a single sound, and in his fury, he was about to punch Ye Qiao. Ye Qiao did not dodge, and instead, picked a silver needle that was thicker than the previous one and waved it in front of him, causing the man to immediately not dare move.
”You're too noisy.” Ye Qiao said calmly.
The man couldn't speak, but he was scared. He pointed to his mouth and waved his hand, indicating that he wouldn't make any more noise.
Ye Qiao's eyes swept across him, he raised his hand and pulled out the silver needles that had pierced into his head, causing the man to let out an 'Ah!' sound, but he suddenly thought of something, and quickly covered his mouth, not daring to make another sound.
Qiu Xiangyang, who came in from outside the shop, saw all of this. Although he was thinking that these two were just playing around, one of them had caught his attention — —
He looked just too imposing.
”Other than a stomachache, what else do you feel uncomfortable about?” Ye Qiao kept the silver needles and wiped them with a tissue before putting them back on the side.
That person thought for a moment, then released his hand and quietly replied, ”He often has diarrhea, and sometimes he can't even breathe when it hurts.”
Ye Qiao glanced at the man, then took the pen on the counter and wrote a few lines of words on a piece of paper before handing it to him: ”Follow my writing, find a Chinese doctor who understands acupuncture, your disease will be cured soon.”
”You don't need to find Elder Liu?”
”Anywhere is fine, but it has to be a Chinese doctor who understands this aspect. If you find a quack doctor, you will be stabbed to death.”
”I can tell that you're pretty amazing. Just now, you …” How about you tie it up for me? ”
”I don't have a license to give people needles.”
”That's right. It's better to be a bit more careful with my life. Then, I'll take this paper and find a doctor to give me a needle.”
Ye Qiao nodded and did not say a word.
The man thanked profusely and took the list. When the clerk called Liu Tong out, he had already left.
”Hey, where did this person go?” and you were clearly making a ruckus here just a moment ago, was caused by the Mr Ye … ”
”That's enough, we're always making a fuss over nothing. What can happen to Mr Ye?”
”Elder Liu, what I said was all true. Mr Ye just stabbed him with a needle and that person could no longer speak …”