Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

  “Since we are already here, why not wait until tomorrow?” one of the two young women suggested.

  “May I ask if you can tell which of the two young women is sick?” Pan Jun asked.

  The more time he spent with Wang Yao, the better he knew him. Pan Jun knew that Wang Yao had amazing medical skills. For example, Wang Yao was extremely good at the four diagnostic methods based on Traditional Chinese Medicine philosophy.

  Some of his capacities were beyond Pan Jun’s imagination. Wang Yao could tell if a person was sick or not and which part of the body had problems by taking a glance at him or her. He didn’t even need the assistance of any equipment to diagnose a patient. He could just start to conduct treatment.

  “Both of them are sick,” Wang Yao said as he took a sip of tea. “The difference is that one of them is curable, and the other is not.”


  “Can I take another look at your notes?” Pan Jun asked.

  “Sure.” Wang Yao gave him the notebook.

  A moment later, another person came into the clinic. It was an old man in his 60s. He looked relatively fit but had sluggish eyes. He came with a man in his 40s.

  “Sorry, we……” As Pan Jun was about to tell the two men that Wang Yao was not going to see any more patients, Wang Yao stopped him.

  “Teacher?” Pan Jun asked.

  “Let them stay,” Wang Yao said.

  “OK,” Pan Jun said.

  “Hello, Dr. Wang, can you please take a look at my father?” the middle-aged man asked.

  “Take a seat,” Wang Yao said. “How can I help you?”


  “I feel dizzy and numbness in my head. I also have a bit of double vision,” the old man said.

  “How long have you been feeling like this?” Wang Yao asked.

  “About a month,” the old man said.

  “Do you have heart disease or have you had any heart surgery?” Wang Yao asked.

  “Yes, had a stent implantation,” the middle-aged man said.

  “You have two problems,” Wang Yao said. “First, the numbness and double vision are caused by mild blockage in brain vessels, which can be removed. Second, dizziness is caused by insufficient blood supply in your brain. It is also related to your heart condition. There is no easy way to fix it.”


  “Can you treat the blockage?” the middle-aged man asked. “At least one of the problems can be fixed.”


  “OK,” Wang Yao said.

  It was easy. Wang Yao removed the blockage through acupuncture and massage. That problem was not serious.

  Wang Yao gave the old man acupuncture treatment first. The old man became impatient as soon as Wang Yao inserted needles into his head.

  “Do I have to sit here for a long time?” the old man abruptly asked.

  “The acupuncture treatment takes some time,” Wang Yao said. “Is everything alright?”


  The old man didn’t say anything. He just sat there stiffly.

  “Let me know if you don’t feel comfortable,” Wang Yao said.

  “Are you alright?” the middle-aged man asked.

  “I’m fine,” the old man grumpily said.

  Wang Yao was still concerned, so he felt the pulse of the old man to make sure he was alright before proceeding with further treatment. After the acupuncture treatment, he went on to give the old man a massage.

  The old man asked again, “Is it going to take long?”


  Wang Yao stopped treatment and looked at the old man. “Are you in a hurry to leave?”


  The old man didn’t answer. He looked preoccupied.

  “You are doing it again,” the patient’s son grumpily said. “Just ignore him, Doctor. He’s like this all the time, so ill-tempered. Please continue with the treatment.”


  Wang Yao continued to massage the old man’s head. After the session, he asked, “Do you feel better?”


  “Better?” the old man asked with confusion.

  “I’ve finished the massage session. I was asking if you are feeling any better.” Wang Yao had never come across such a strange man.

  “Oh, you are done. Let’s go,” the old man said to his son.

  “Are you feeling better or not?” his son grumpily asked.

  The old man didn’t answer. He left the clinic without hesitation. His son had to chase after him after paying Wang Yao the treatment fee.

  “Interesting old man,” Pan Jun said with a smile.

  “Indeed,” Wang Yao said.

  Apparently, the old man was ill-tempered. Even his children had no idea what was on his mind. People sometimes called old people like that old kids because they were like kids who often had mood swings and were childish.

  “Is he seriously ill?” Pan Jun asked.

  “Not really. He does have a relatively serious heart condition because one of the blood vessels around his heart shrank badly. That’s why he had a stent implantation. His temper also does no good to his health,” Wang Yao said. “People with a heart condition should control their temper and try to stay calm. Mood swings will only make their condition worse. Look at that old man.”


  “I thought you were not going to see any more patients this afternoon,” Pan Jun said.

  “I don’t like the two girls who came earlier, so I didn’t want to treat them,” Wang Yao said. “But, I’m happy to see other patients.”


  “What’s wrong with those two girls?” Pan Jun asked.

  “They must have done something really naughty,” Wang Yao said.

  “What?” Pan Jun asked with surprise.

  “I’ll tell you tomorrow if they come back here,” Wang Yao said. “By the way, will you be on duty tomorrow?”


  “I’ll ask someone to cover my shift tomorrow,” Pan Jun said.

  Outside the clinic, the middle-aged man asked his father if he felt better after getting into the car.

  “Yes,” the old man coldly said.

  His son sighed and drove his father back home.

  “How did it go?” his mother asked after he and his father arrived home.

  “The doctor gave him acupuncture and a massage treatment. Dad didn’t say much about how he felt,” the middle-aged man replied.

  “I see. You can go back now,” his mother said.

  “OK, call me if you need me, Mom,” the middle-aged man said.

  “I will,” his mother said.

  After the middle-aged man left, his mother went into the bedroom and found her husband lying on the bed.

  “What’s wrong?” she asked her husband. “You said you were not well, so he took you to see a doctor.”


  “A doctor!?” The old man suddenly sat up angrily. “He took me to a small village to see a young man who looks like in his late 20s. What can such a young man do? I’m a doctor myself. I don’t think that young man should be called a doctor. I know he’s busy, but at least he should have taken me to Lianshan People’s Hospital!”


  “He’s taken you there, as well as Haiqu People’s hospital,” his wife said.

  “That was a while ago,” the old man said.

  “Stop being upset. Your son is trying to be good to you. I heard that doctor in the village is quite good,” his wife said.

  “Really? How come I don’t know?” the old man grumpily asked.

  “What do you know? You stay at home all the time listening to the radio or reading the newspaper. What do you know?” His wife also had become a bit upset.

  Women had menopause. Sometimes men had similar conditions. The old man had been ill-tempered for last two years, especially after the heart surgery. The surgeon had prompted him to control his temper and not to get angry, at least not to get angry all the time. His wife and children tried their best not to cross him. However, if he wanted an inch, they gave him a foot. He was spoiled by his family.

  The old man didn’t speak. He went back to lie on his bed. His wife also stopped talking and left the room.

  The more the old man thought about his trip to the village, the more upset he got. He really wanted his son to take him to a hospital in the city instead of an isolated village. He couldn’t believe the young doctor in the clinic dared to give him acupuncture treatment. He felt he was a guinea pig.

  The old man sat up again after lying for a while. He walked back and forth in the room, had two glasses of water, and went back to lie on the bed again.

  In the village, Pan Jun left Wang Yao’s clinic at about 5 p.m. Sun Yunsheng came along to say goodbye since he was about to leave after everything in Dao had settled. After all, he had a big company to run. He couldn’t stay in the village all the time.

  “Dr. Wang, I have chosen several locations for the pharmaceutical factory,” he said. “The local government is supportive. Take a look.”


  He took out a map with two locations highlighted. Both areas were smooth with convenient traffic. They were both suitable for establishing a pharmaceutical factory.