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

Li Shaoyang stopped as he passed Wang Yao. He stared at this smiling young man. The longer he stared at Wang Yao, the more he disliked him. He really wanted to slap Wang Yao across his face and step on him.

“Wang Yao, this is not over!” said Li Shaoyang.

This was threatening, purely threatening.

There was a saying “Once on shore, one prays no more”.

At that moment, Li Shaoyang, the spoiled brat lost his senses again. He forgot what Wang Yao was capable of.

What?

Li Shaoyang suddenly felt his body leaning forward, as if he had lost control.

“Watch out!”

Wang Yao held onto him.

No!

Li Shaoyang felt something wrong when he was falling.

Wang Yao’s hands were like dancing butterflies. He patted and poked on various places of Li Shaoyang’s chest and belly rapidly in a very subtle way.

Li Shaoyang felt someone went into his body, and then he was pushed forward by some unknown strength.

“Are you okay?” asked Wang Yao with a smile as he looked at a stunned Li Shaoyang.

“You–what did you do to me?!” asked Li Shaoyang in a shaking voice.

What happened reminded him his nightmare in Ji City: his previous encounter with Wang Yao. He knew Wang Yao must have done something to him. Terror made his body shake.

“I was afraid you were about to fall, so I helped you,” said Wang Yao.

“You must have done something bad to me!” Li Shaoyang’s face turned pale.

I didn’t want you to help me! I would rather you step on me! thought Li Shaoyang.

“Shaoyang, what is going on here?” The middle-aged man walked up to Li Shaoyang and looked at Wang Yao.

“Uncle Sun, it’s him! It’s the man who tried to hurt me!” Li Shaoyang pointed at Wang Yao.

“Hey, what the hell are you talking about?” said Wang Mingbao, who had nothing to fear.

“Young man, don’t be aggressive,” said the middle-aged man as he looked at Wang Mingbao.

“I won’t be aggressive when I become as old as you,” said Wang Mingbao fearlessly.

“Well…” said the middle-aged man with a smile, but his eyes were cold.

“Let’s go, Shaoyang,” said the middle-aged man to Li Shaoyang.

“You! You wait!” said Li Shaoyang.

Grrrr! He burped.

“See you later,” said Wang Mingbao.

Wang Yao watched the car driving off as he stood inside the front yard of the police station.

“Hey, what did you do to him?” asked Wang Mingbao with a smile.

“Nothing big, but it will turn him upside down. He won’t forget it the rest of his life,” said Wang Yao with a smile.

“Shaoyang, what happened between you and them?” asked the middle-aged man.

“I… Grrr…When we were in Ji City…Grrr!” Li Shaoyang kept burping.

“Drink some water,” said the middle-aged man as he handed a bottle of water to Li Shaoyang.

“Thank you…Grrr…Uncle Sun, Grrr…” said Li Shaoyang.

Despite his expectations, Li Shaoyang burped more and more frequently, and started to feel something was happening in his stomach, like water boiling inside his stomach. The gas kept going up his chest, and soon reached his throat.

“Stop the car, Uncle Sun!” shouted Li Shaoyang.

“What’s happening to you?” asked the middle-aged man.

Grrr! Li Shaoyang couldn’t wait to get out of the car; he started to vomit inside the car. The car was soon full of an offensive smell.

The middle-aged man frowned.

Li Shaoyang kept burping and vomiting during the rest of the trip. He even vomited acid water out, and his stomach spasmed violently. The middle-aged man had to take Li Shaoyang to the nearest hospital in Haiqu.

Meanwhile, Fang Zhengyuan was talking to his daughter somewhere in Haiqu.

“How do you feel, Yi?” asked Fang Zhengyuan.

He looked at his daughter. He was concerned about her. His daughter had taken the third dose of the herbal formula prescribed by Wang Yao since they came back from Wang Yao’s clinic. He didn’t care whether the herbs would work. He just didn’t want any side effects. His daughter was too weak to tolerate any side effect.

“Dad, I feel good and warm inside. I also feel stronger. I think the herbs worked,” said Fang Yi with a smile.

“Good, just take a few more doses according to his instructions, and we’ll see how you are,” said Fang Zhengyuan.

“Okay,” said Fang Yi.

I hope it did work, not just some placebo effect, thought Fang Zhengyuan.

Meanwhile, in Beijing, Su Xiaoxue continued to get better.

She had most of the gauze bandages removed from her body. The new muscles and skin had been growing rapidly. Her voice also sounded much better. She was able to gently move her fingers.

Song Ruiping paid every attention to the changes in Su Xiaoxue’s body. She was thrilled to tears as she witnessed her daughter was getting better.

Her only concern was that Dr. Wang hadn’t contacted her for nearly two months.

“Dr. Chen, what do you think of Xiaoxue’s condition?” asked Song Ruiping.

“She’s stable now,” said Dr. Chen. He had been giving Su Xiaoxue acupuncture treatment regularly but hadn’t prescribed any herbal formula for her.

The herbal formulas Wang Yao prescribed for Su Xiaoxue worked so well that Dr. Chen couldn’t think of anything better.

“It’s best to invite Dr. Wang here again,” said Dr. Chen.

He could detect that Su Xiaoxue might not stay this way for long just by checking her pulse. Without the licorice roots, Su Xiaoxue’s condition could relapse.

“I see,” said Song Ruiping.

After Dr. Chen had left, Song Ruiping made a phone call after pacing around in the living room.

“Darling, I want to go and meet with that Dr. Wang tomorrow,” said Song Ruiping.

Then she asked Chen Boyuan to come.

“Ma’am, you want to visit him in person?” asked Chen Boyuan.

“Yes,” said Song Ruiping.

“Okay, I will arrange for the trip right away,” said Chen Boyuan.

He had to make sure nothing would go wrong during the trip, as Song Ruiping was a highly privileged woman. He couldn’t afford any incidents.

“Don’t go through too much trouble,” said Song Ruiping.

“Okay,” said Chen Boyuan.

Meanwhile, Li Shaoyang was still in Haiqu hospital.

He almost crashed off the bed.

Grrr!

He felt extremely weak, but still couldn’t stop burping.

Since Li Shaoyang was admitted to Haiqu hospital, Mr. Sun had quickly found a doctor he knew. The doctor immediately went to see Li Shaoyang and started the treatment. However, the doctor hadn’t been able to provide an effective treatment. On top of burping and vomiting, Li Shaoyang had another issue now: diarrhea.

Li Shaoyang even passed blood.

His nightmare was reality again.

Why? Why?!

Li Shaoyang regretted that he came too close to Wang Yao again. However, what good was regret?

“Hold on, your second uncle is coming soon,” said Mr. Sun.

Li Shaoyang was from a family with generations of doctors. His father held a senior position in the Department of Health. His father’s younger brother was doing research in medicine and was well-known in the medical field. Both his father and his uncle were highly regarded in Ji City. They never stopped worrying about Li Shaoyang, even though he was just a good-for-nothing young man.

“Damn it, this hospital sucks! Grrr…” Li Shaoyang vomited again.

“Mr. Li, what brings you here?” A senior officer of Haiqu hospital was surprised to see Li Yaosheng.

Li Yaosheng held a high position in the Department of Health and was highly regarded in the Department. Normally, people wouldn’t get a chance to see him, but surprisingly, he came to Haiqu hospital without notifying anyone.

I hope nothing is going wrong here, thought the senior officer.

“Who are you?” Li Yaosheng didn’t think he had ever met this senior officer.

“Hello, my name is Kuang Guangsheng. I’m one of the senior officers in the hospital. I had the privilege to meet you once before,” said Kuang Guangsheng.

“I see, hello.” Li Yaosheng shook hands with Kuang Guangsheng, who was a senior officer of the hospital and belonged to the health system. Li Yaosheng thought the senior officer might be useful in the future.

“May I ask what brings you here?” asked Kuang Guangsheng.

“I’m here for private matters, just to see a patient,” said Li Yaosheng.

“This is my business card. Let me know if you need me,” said Kuang Guangsheng.

“Okay, thanks.” Li Yaosheng’s man took the business card. Then Li Yaosheng and his brother hurried into the hospital.

Private matter? Kuang Guangsheng was a very clever person. He started to think about how to please Li Yaosheng to assist with his career.

“Mr. Li,” greeted the attending doctor.

“What happened to you?” asked Li Yaosheng.

Looking at his son, who was lying on the hospital bed and who was so sick and skinny, he looked like a drug addict, Li Yaosheng got mad immediately.

“What did you do to yourself this time?” asked Li Yaosheng.

“That man I mentioned before, that Wang Yao, he did this to me! Dad, you have to do something! You can ask Uncle Sun what had happened!” said Li Shaoyang.

“What happened, Jiuming?” asked Li Yaosheng.

“I think that young man, Wang Yao, did something bad to Shaoyang. Shaoyang was fine when he got out of the police station, but started to burp, then vomit, and have watery stools after short and close contact with Wang Yao,” said Sun Jiuming.

“Short and close contact?” said Li Shaoyang’s second uncle.

“Yes, the same thing that had happened before,” said Li Shaoyang.

“You are making the same mistake again and again. Are you stupid?” said Li Yaosheng.