“I will,” Song Hao nodded.
"We still have matters to attend to at the temple, so we must rush back tonight. Let's leave now," Wuguo said hastily as he saw Tang Yu and the others turn back.
"So soon! Can't you wait until tomorrow to leave?" Song Hao tried to persuade him to stay.
"I have a mission from my master and cannot delay any longer. I shall take my leave now." With that, Wuguo beckoned to the Taoist priests who had accompanied him and turned to leave. Left with no other choice, Song Hao and Tang Yu saw him off.
Before getting into the car, Wuguo said to Song Hao, "Remember what your master told you: Tianyitang is going to do a great cause, not just a business."
Song Hao said, "Please tell Master that I will remember his words."
"That's good!" Wu Guo smiled, got into the car, waved to Song Hao and Tang Yu, and the car drove away.
Watching the car disappear into the distance, Tang Yu said, "I have a feeling that your Taoist master and these fellow disciples are quite mysterious!"
Song Hao laughed and said, "They are people outside the secular world, so their behavior is naturally different from ours."
Tang Yu said, "I used to suspect they had ulterior motives towards you, but it seems I was overthinking it."
The next day, just as dawn broke, Song Hao got up. He had arranged with his grandfather to go to Wansongling to pay respects at his great-grandfather Song Jingchun's grave. Song Zihe had been busy with many things since returning and hadn't had time to go.
Song Hao carried the prepared offerings, then left Tianyi Hall with his grandfather and hailed a taxi straight to Wansongling.
Upon reaching the foot of Wansong Ridge, they asked the driver to wait at the bottom of the mountain. The grandfather and grandson then climbed the mountain to the Song family cemetery. Returning to Baihe Town and establishing Tianyi Hall had already filled Song Zihe with many emotions. Before his father Song Jingchun's grave, Song Zihe bowed three times and silently prayed, "Father, although Song Hao is not a member of our Song family, he has inherited the medical skills of the Song lineage. He is a gift from heaven. Now he can act independently and establish Tianyi Hall to practice medicine and help the world. With such a successor, you can rest in peace in the afterlife. May he bless him to realize his ambitions in Tianyi Hall!"
Song Hao lit some paper money and then knelt down and kowtowed three times.
The grandfather and grandson stood silently in front of the grave for a while before turning and walking away.
On the way down the mountain, Song Hao said, "Grandpa, it's strange. When I came back a while ago, I came here to pay respects at my great-grandfather's grave and saw that old beggar again. He's the one we met here many years ago."
Upon hearing this, Song Zihe was taken aback, stopped in his tracks, and exclaimed in surprise, "Are you sure? It's the same person."
Song Hao said, "It's probably the same person. It's been so many years, and he's still wearing the same tattered clothes."
“Why is he still here? I saw this beggar near the grave on the day your great-grandfather was buried. Sometimes when I go to Wansong Ridge to collect herbs, I also see him near your great-grandfather’s grave. Who is this person, and why does he keep appearing here for more than thirty years?” Song Zihe said, looking around, but he did not see the beggar at this time.
"He's probably from one of the nearby villages, looking for offerings and foraging in the fields near the cemetery. Judging by his appearance, he's probably a crazy person who's been abandoned," Song Hao said dismissively.
"That's really strange!" Song Zihe shook his head, looking completely bewildered.
Meanwhile, in the woods to the side, a pair of eyes were fixed on the departing grandfather and grandson, revealing a complex expression.
When Song Hao and his grandfather returned to Tianyi Hall, Lin Fengyi, Wu Qiguang, and Ye Chengshun had already begun seeing patients. With Tang Yu in charge, everything was proceeding smoothly.
"Grandpa, you're back!" Tang Yu greeted him, "Let's have breakfast first, then we can get back to work."
"Alright!" Song Zihe nodded in satisfaction. He already regarded Tang Yu, who was shrewd, capable, beautiful and generous, as his granddaughter-in-law.
"There are quite a few patients today!" Song Hao said, glancing at the patients waiting in front of the consultation rooms.
"This is just the beginning! People don't yet know the true abilities of these medical experts you invited back!" Tang Yu said with a smile.
“Excellent! In less than ten days or half a month, Tianyitang will be famous throughout the province, and then it will spread all over the world,” Song Hao said confidently.
"Come over here after you finish breakfast. You need to meet someone first," Tang Yu said, gesturing with her lips.
"Who is it?" Song Hao asked.
"You'll find out soon enough, it's an old friend," Tang Yu said, then turned and left.
"Could it be one of Liu Tian's or his group? They need something from me," Song Hao muttered before heading to the restaurant with his grandfather for breakfast.
After breakfast, Song Hao went to Tang Yu's office/clinic. He saw her examining a patient. Upon seeing Song Hao, Tang Yu's expression became somewhat unnatural, and she shook her head, saying, "I'm waiting for you in the inner room."
"Who is it! Why didn't you come directly to me! What are you doing here?" Song Hao then realized that the person who came to see him was probably not Liu Tian, Ma Ji, or Zhang Baolun, otherwise they wouldn't have met him in Tang Yu's bedroom.
Upon entering the inner room, Song Hao was taken aback. Sitting on the bed inside was a young woman, none other than Luo Feiying.
"Yingying, it's you!" Song Hao exclaimed in surprise.
"Song Hao!" Upon hearing Song Hao address her in this way, Luo Feiying, who had been frowning, revealed a look of joy.
"How did you find this place?" Song Hao asked.
"Even if you hide at the ends of the earth, I can still find you," Luo Feiying said with a mischievous smile.
"I give up! I came here to establish Tianyitang, not to hide from you," Song Hao said.
"You're really something! You even brought Old Lin here, striking first! Was this Tang Yu's idea?" Luo Feiying asked.
"Hehe! Master didn't agree to go to your Luo family back then," Song Hao laughed.
"Welcome to Tianyi Hall! What brings you here?" Song Hao then asked.
"What do you mean? Can't I come here if there's nothing wrong?" Luo Feiying said, her expression showing displeasure.
"Slip of the tongue! You're a friend, not a guest," Song Hao quickly apologized with a smile.
Luo Feiying snorted coldly, turned her face away, and refused to look at Song Hao again.
"You just arrived!"
"Um!"
Have you had breakfast yet?
"I used it with Sister Tang Yu."