Before, the old man would speak, but it was always just one sentence... "Apply for euthanasia for me."
Just this one numb, mechanical sentence!
He never said anything else. But at this moment, he said something different!
"Ah!" Song Qing and his wife both exclaimed excitedly, grabbing each other's hands, tears welling up in their eyes!
The old man's eyes rolled, and he looked at his son and daughter-in-law... "Aqing, Wenhui, thank you for your trouble."
"Wow!" Song Qing and Mo Wenhui were so moved that they burst into tears!
The old man can actually recognize people now!
This is just the effect after Gao Jianfei inserted three acupuncture needles into the old man!
What a miracle!
What a miracle!
"Alright, sir, please close your eyes and don't speak. I'm about to begin treating you!" Gao Jianfei smiled.
Then, Gao Jianfei spoke to Zuo Qing and the others in an extremely serious tone, "Listen, what I'm about to do is formally treat the patient with acupuncture. I absolutely cannot be disturbed by anything! If my emotions are affected in the slightest during the acupuncture treatment of the old man, then... I cannot guarantee the possibility that the old man might die on the spot! You can stay here and watch me perform the acupuncture, but you absolutely cannot make a sound! Quiet! You must be quiet!"
After hearing Gao Jianfei's words, Zuo Qing and his wife, as well as District Chief Hua, all nodded solemnly.
Just now, Old Master Zuo spoke and recognized Gao Jianfei, which made Zuo Qing and his wife completely admire Gao Jianfei!
"Hoo!" Gao Jianfei took a deep breath and began to give the old man acupuncture.
At this moment, Gao Jianfei thrust extremely slowly with each strike, carefully measuring his strength.
The consultation room became as quiet as a graveyard.
At this very moment...
Suddenly, a group of people rushed in from outside the consultation room!
Several people in Industry and Commerce Bureau uniforms, and a group of law enforcement officers!
The leader was a policeman!
This group of people is here to cause trouble!
In fact, Gao Jianfei does have something to be accused of... he's practicing medicine without a license, or you could say illegally. The local industry and commerce bureau, medical association, urban management officers, and police could all legally come and arrest Gao Jianfei!
The consequences range from a fine to imprisonment!
Of course, Gao Jianfei's clinic had only been open for a few days. If someone hadn't tipped him off, the Industry and Commerce Bureau and the police wouldn't have been able to come knocking on his door so quickly!
There's no doubt that... someone stirred things up!
This person was none other than Huang Juan's man!
Lu Tianlin!
Upon learning that his woman had been drugged, looked at, touched, and had her hands inserted into her body to search for shards of glass by this young man, Gao Jianfei, "under the pretext of treating her illness"...
Lu Tianlin felt as if he were wearing a bright green hat!
Therefore, Lu Tianlin immediately took revenge!
He wasn't some lowlife. He wouldn't first send a group of thugs to cause trouble at Gao Jianfei's clinic.
He used his connections to find out about Gao Jianfei's clinic, which had just opened and hadn't received any review or approval from the relevant authorities! That's illegal!
So, Lu Tianlin immediately poured water! Then, pulling strings... a group of police officers and people from the Industry and Commerce Bureau rushed over to arrest Gao Jianfei!
"Bang!" The lead policeman and a head of the Industry and Commerce Bureau pounded on the glass window of Gao Jianfei's clinic... "Open the door! You swindler, do you think you can get away with opening a clinic in the countryside? Practicing medicine without a license! Opening a clinic and using illegal means to harm patients' health, even endangering their lives, for huge profits, do you have any concept of the law at all? Open the door!"
"Take this guy away right now!"
"Bang!"
A drum-like pounding sound came from the glass windows and doors.
Gao Jianfei was administering acupuncture to the old man, but he was clearly affected by the noise outside, and he hesitated to insert the needle!
Gao Jianfei had said before that the acupuncture process for the old man must not be disturbed in any way, otherwise the old man might die!
Now, it's more than just being disturbed.
The outside world is about to turn upside down!
A bead of cold sweat seeped from Gao Jianfei's forehead. He hesitated to insert the needle! His gaze involuntarily drifted to District Chief Hua and Mayor Zuo.
At this moment, District Chief Hua flew into a rage, stormed out, and flung open the glass door... "What? What? What?"
"Huh? District Chief Hua?" The police officers and people from the Industry and Commerce Bureau were taken aback, but only slightly; they didn't show any real fear. After all, District Chief Hua was just a district chief with limited power.
"Hello, District Chief Hua, we're here to arrest someone." The policeman was from the city police department and didn't give District Chief Hua much face, speaking directly.
Suddenly...
"Get your sister!" A low growl filled with anger rushed out of the clinic!
Mayor Zuo, enraged, stormed out, his face completely black with rage. He couldn't help but unleash a torrent of profanities... "You son of a bitch! Get the hell out of here! Arrest, arrest, arrest, arrest people? I'll arrest your sister!"
At this moment, Mo Wenhui rushed out of the clinic. After recognizing who they were, she pointed her finger directly at the noses of the Industry and Commerce Bureau personnel... "You lot, get out of here right now! Report to the Municipal Industry and Commerce Bureau office this afternoon! Get out!"
"Cough..."
A group of troublemakers... several police officers and several officials from the Industry and Commerce Bureau were completely stunned!
The mayor of D City! The director of the D City Administration for Industry and Commerce!
What, you've all come to this little clinic?
A sense of impending doom enveloped the group of law enforcement officers.
They didn't know how they left the clinic, but one thing was certain: their eyes were filled with tears when they left.
The world fell silent again.
Mayor Zuo and his entourage returned to the clinic with heavy hearts. Gao Jianfei had successfully finished acupuncture on the old man. Then, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a towel, he said helplessly, "Mayor, it seems I cannot continue treating the old man. Although I am confident I can prolong his life, and he only needs to come to me for acupuncture every day for half a month, and take the medicine and medicinal food I prescribed, to successfully prolong his life. But... alas, there's nothing I can do. I'm practicing medicine without a license; I'm no longer qualified to treat patients."
Gao Jianfei spread his hands in distress and said, "Mayor, please find someone else. I reckon I'll be arrested and thrown in jail. Sigh."
Mayor Zuo grew anxious and raised his voice, "Doctor, please rest assured and treat the patient with confidence! I, Zuo Qing, have made it clear today that if anyone dares to touch you, if anyone dares to cause trouble, I, Zuo Qing, will absolutely not let them off the hook!"
Chapter 240 Three Favors!
Chapter 240 Three Favors!
Mayor Zuo's words were nothing short of a promise! A guarantee!
"With me, Zuo Qing, around, no one will dare to touch your clinic, or you yourself!"
District Chief Hua patted his chest at the opportune moment and assured, "Miracle Doctor, this Q District is under my jurisdiction. Anyone who goes against you is going against me, Old Hua! Your medical skills are divine. With you, our Q District and our D City are truly blessed. You can rest assured, there will be no problem, absolutely no problem!"
Mo Wenhui, the director of the D City Administration for Industry and Commerce, also assured him, "Dr. Miracle Doctor, what our society lacks most in today is talent! Conversely, professional titles and diplomas are not so important. We will recruit talent without being bound by convention. Don't worry, Dr. Miracle Doctor, the D City Administration for Industry and Commerce will provide you with a bright future!"
All three officials reassured Gao Jianfei.
Gao Jianfei wore an embarrassed expression on his face, but inwardly he was secretly amused… From the very first day he opened his clinic, Gao Jianfei had been worried about practicing medicine without a license. After all, modern society is different from ancient times. In ancient times, as long as a doctor had high medical skills, he could make a living, live a life of luxury, bring honor to his family, and be respected. But in modern times, without a medical license, you will face legal consequences!
Now that the major players in D City have guaranteed him, what worries does Gao Jianfei have?
Gao Jianfei thanked him slightly, then sat down and shifted his attention back to Old Master Zuo. The old man's entire body was covered in silver needles inserted by Gao Jianfei.
And his breathing, which was initially intermittent, began to become even!
This was a significant change, and since Zuo Qing and his wife cared about the old man, they naturally noticed the change in his breathing immediately.
"Doctor, is it really possible to extend my father's life in just 15 days?" Mayor Zuo Qing asked Gao Jianfei with a mixture of trepidation and excitement.
Gao Jianfei smiled and nodded, "I will perform acupuncture on the old man for 15 days, along with rare medicines. There shouldn't be any problem. However, some of the medicines I requested are quite difficult to find."
Having received Gao Jianfei's affirmation, Mayor Zuo Qing said tremblingly, "Doctor, what medicine do you need? Just write a prescription! I, Zuo Qing, will give everything I have to find the medicine needed to treat my father!"
Gao Jianfei pondered for a moment, then muttered to himself, "I do have other medicines in my clinic, but ginseng is in short supply."
Ginseng is an extremely precious traditional Chinese medicine. Its main effects include greatly replenishing vital energy, restoring the pulse and preventing collapse, tonifying the spleen and lungs, promoting body fluid production and quenching thirst, and calming the mind and improving intelligence. Of course, ginseng that is particularly old and of exceptional quality can even have life-extending properties!
However, ginseng with life-extending properties must be wild ginseng that is at least a hundred years old! This is extremely difficult to find! Not only is it hard to find in the market nowadays, but even in Ghost Nest, where Hu Qingniu lives, there is no genuine hundred-year-old wild ginseng!
"Ginseng?" Upon hearing Gao Jianfei's words, Zuo Qing immediately replied, "Doctor, I have some ginseng at home, and I can also buy some from the market at a high price!"
Gao Jianfei shook his head and said, "Mayor Zuo, the ginseng I'm talking about isn't the kind of artificially cultivated ginseng. Those kinds of ginseng won't help the old man prolong his life. Right now, we must find genuine, century-old wild ginseng within 15 days. But I have to tell you something: due to long-term digging, wild ginseng is practically extinct! Even if you have money, you might not be able to buy it. And even if you have money, people who have real wild ginseng might not sell it to you. Most of what's on the market now is artificially cultivated ginseng, and even if there is wild ginseng, it's probably not old enough!"
Gao Jianfei thought to himself, "Although you are the mayor of a city, with your wealth, you probably don't have enough to buy a genuine century-old wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain, do you?"
Upon hearing Gao Jianfei's words, Zuo Qing and his wife immediately held their breath. Zuo Qing tentatively asked, "Doctor, does it really have to be a hundred-year-old wild ginseng?"
“That’s for sure. Other ginseng is meaningless for the old man’s illness!” Gao Jianfei also thought about it… He had just boasted that he could extend the old man’s life by 5 years, but now, without a hundred-year-old wild ginseng, it was all just empty talk!
Where am I supposed to find a century-old wild ginseng? And I need to find one within 15 days.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration entered Gao Jianfei's mind... Wait, Changbai Mountain? Wild ginseng?
Damn! The Level 3 Ghost Liangzi Weng that's about to be assembled is supposed to be a ginseng researcher, isn't he?
He's a ginseng trader from Changbai Mountain! While he certainly has a foundation in martial arts, identifying, digging up, and collecting wild ginseng is his true profession!
What a ginseng connoisseur! His haunted room must be overflowing with countless wild ginseng roots! Among them, there must be many that are hundreds or even thousands of years old!
In that case, Gao Jianfei could rely on the exorcism point to exchange some wild ginseng with Liang Ziweng to prolong Old Master Zuo's life!
Thinking about it this way, Gao Jianfei calmed down. He found it amusing... he had randomly assembled a level 3 ghost, and unexpectedly, this level 3 ghost actually worked!
Without a century-old wild ginseng, it's hard to say what would have happened to Mr. Zuo's illness! The claim of extending his life by 5 years is pure nonsense!
Zuo Qing and his wife, however, were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, sweating profusely.
They weren't unaware of how rare and precious wild ginseng was, let alone a hundred-year-old wild ginseng. They simply had no way of finding it!
Gao Jianfei smiled slightly, "Mayor Zuo, don't worry, I can think of a way to help you with the century-old wild ginseng."
"Huh?" Hearing Gao Jianfei say this with such certainty, Zuo Qing and Mo Wenhui were both astonished! They looked at Gao Jianfei with shocked and excited eyes, "Doctor, you?"
"I'm 80% confident I can get my hands on a century-old wild ginseng." Gao Jianfei smiled subtly, then added, "Uh, or, 90% confident."
"That...that's wonderful!" Zuo Qing and his wife instinctively stood up, their gazes fixed intently on Gao Jianfei.
District Chief Na Hua's lips parted in excitement as he exclaimed, "That's wonderful! That's wonderful! The old man is saved! The old man is saved!"
In contrast, Gao Jianfei remained silent. A smile played on his lips as he turned to look at the old man receiving acupuncture treatment. Then, he picked up his teacup, took a sip, pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and started smoking. He crossed his legs, ignoring Zuo Qing and the others.
Of course, someone with keen observation skills would notice that Gao Jian's eyes were now revealing an expression similar to that of a cunning businessman!