and endured much from those people."Haha, Xiao Brother, we're all brothers here, why be so formal" Zhang Shaohua smiled gently at Xiao Yu, speaking to him in a reproaching tone."It's my fault... Come,...Chapter 253: Xiao Hongyang's Proficiency

In reality, Xiao Hongyang didn't know that Old Yue hadn't told him the truth. However, Old Yue’s lie was contrary to what he had guessed. Old Yue wouldn’t feel comfortable telling his son in front of others that there were aspects where Xiao Yu’s medical skills surpassed his own, so he simply said their levels were about equal.

"Where do you feel uncomfortable"

Xiao Hongyang asked the elderly man who was standing before him. Actually, for some simple illnesses, Old Yue could diagnose them through pulse diagnosis easily, but because today’s consultation was a test set up by Old Yue and there was also Uncle Xiao Yu present as well, he became more cautious. Simultaneously, he wanted to fully demonstrate his medical skills so that Xiao Yu could see them.

"I don’t know what happened recently; I often cough!" The elderly man nodded hurriedly when he heard Xiao Hongyang’s question.

"Open your mouth... stick out your tongue!" Xiao Hongyang instructed the old man. After looking at his tongue, Xiao Hongyang nodded slightly.

"Put your hand here; I’ll take your pulse for you," Xiao Hongyang said while pointing to the pulse cushion in front of him.

The elderly man placed his hand on the pulse cushion, and Xiao Hongyang gently placed his fingers onto it. He then closed his eyes, carefully feeling out the pulse pattern.

After about a minute, Xiao Hongyang lightly released the elderly man’s wrist and opened his eyes to closely examine the old man's complexion before he began deep in thought.

"Cough... cough..." Just as Xiao Hongyang was lost in thought, the elderly man suddenly had an intense bout of coughing that interrupted Xiao Hongyang’s train of thought.

The old man spat a mouthful of phlegm into the trash bin. As Xiao Hongyang glanced at the phlegm inside the trash bin, he nodded almost imperceptibly and said, "Sir, there's nothing serious. Your cough is caused by cold pathogenic factors invading your lungs. In a moment, I’ll write you a prescription; feel free to go anywhere to get it filled!"

After saying this, Xiao Hongyang picked up a pen from the desk and wrote out a prescription. After a brief moment, he looked at the prescription and handed it over to Old Yue, as today’s free consultation was also an assessment of Xiao Hongyang.

Old Yue read through the prescription and then passed it on to Xiao Yu. Glancing at the prescription, Xiao Yu saw that it included herbs such as Ephedra sinica, Cinnamomi ramulus, Semen Armeniacae Amarum, and Licorice Root.

"Hongyang, tell us your diagnostic basis!" Xiao Yu placed the prescription on the table and asked Xiao Hongyang.

"In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this illness is called Cold Pathogen Invading the Lungs. It’s caused by cold pathogenic factors directly penetrating the lungs, causing a loss of lung qi's ability to diffuse outward. Specifically speaking:

Continuous coughing: This indicates that the cold pathogen is affecting the lungs and suppressing yang qi, resulting in upward movement of lung qi.

2) Observing the phlegm he spat out; it’s clear and thin. This represents a loss of lung's ability to regulate and drain fluids, with stagnation due to cold pathogenic factors being yin in nature!

Three, when I first took his pulse and felt his wrist, he was cold and had a chill in his limbs, indicating that the Wei Yang energy was suppressed. His skin lost its luster!

Four, I asked him to open his mouth so I could look at his tongue coating; it appeared pale with white fur, clearly showing symptoms of being affected by cold pathogens.

Five, through pulse-taking, I found that his pulse was slow and weak, indicating that cold pathogens were obstructing the meridians.

Xiao Yu listened to Xiao Hongyang's well-reasoned explanation and silently nodded in approval; he thought, "Xiao Hongyang has a very solid foundation."

The elderly man and the others couldn't understand what they said but were impressed by their logical reasoning and couldn't help nodding along.

Seeing his father acknowledge the prescription, Xiao Hongyang picked up the paper with the prescription and handed it to the old man. He said, "Mr. Elderly, here is the prescription; this is a regular Ma Huang Decoction which should be available in any traditional Chinese medicine shop, so you can go anywhere to get your herbs!"

"Thank you, thank you!" The elderly man took the paper and walked over to sit beside others waiting for their turn.

These elderly residents were all neighbors who often exercised together in the morning. They usually went to see a doctor or have check-ups as a group.

"How much will this prescription cost here" The elderly man, feeling idle while sitting next to him, asked Uncle Yue about the price.

Uncle Yue didn’t answer immediately but looked at Xiao Yu; after all, he was an outsider. Matters concerning medicine prices should be decided by Xiao Yu.

"This Ma Huang Decoction costs twenty yuan per dose. With three doses, your illness can likely be cured, which would cost sixty yuan in total."

Xiao Yu thought for a moment and replied based on the list of herbal medicine prices provided to him by Uncle Yue.

The elderly man was surprised upon hearing this and asked urgently, "Only sixty yuan And I can be cured with just that"

Xiao Yu nodded without saying anything else.

"Alright, alright! I’ll get my medicine here!" Seeing Xiao Yu’s nod, the elderly man smiled broadly and quickly said so.

For these elders, the medicines from this place were the cheapest they had ever encountered. Previously when he went to other traditional Chinese clinics for lighter ailments, a single dose of herbs would cost over a hundred yuan, sometimes requiring continuous medication for a week or half a month before recovery.

It was rare for him to see a place that only prescribed three doses of medicine. At the hospital, his condition would cost at least one or two thousand yuan to improve with intravenous therapy. Now, it only needed sixty yuan here, so he readily agreed.

Xiao Yu took over the prescription and passed it on to Liu Erxi.

Liu Erxi received the prescription and got the medicine. After some time getting familiar with things, although his speed in dispensing medicine was still slow, there were no quality issues at all.

Xiao Yu and Old Ye continued watching Xiao Hongyang diagnose patients. These elderly people didn’t have any major health problems; they only had common minor ailments. Therefore, Xiao Yu and company did not interrupt but just watched as Xiao Hongyang treated the patients.

For these minor illnesses, under the circumstances where Xiao Hongyang already had some fame in Beijing, he naturally handled them with ease.

An hour or so later, Xiao Hongyang finished seeing all the elderly people. Xiao Yu basically checked every prescription Xiao Hongyang wrote. Xiao Hongyang prescribed medicine in a conventional and cautious manner; to Xiao Yu’s eyes, it was somewhat conservative.

However, Xiao Yu also knew that this wasn’t a major issue. It was just because doctor-patient relationships were tense these days that doctors preferred to have patients take more medication for two extra days rather than be thorough.

Awaited by the time these elderly people had their medicine, they felt very satisfied. Even though it appeared like minor ailments, treating them wasn’t cheap no matter if using Western or Traditional Chinese Medicine; it would cost hundreds of yuan to treat any one of them.

Now, however, they only needed tens of yuan at most and since the illness hadn’t been cured yet, even if it didn’t improve, they were cheated out of less than a hundred yuan.

The elderly people left Wan Sheng Hall with their medicine in hand.

Xiao Yu and Old Ye exchanged glances, nodding at each other. Xiao Hongyang’s foundation was solid, and after many years practicing medicine, he had developed his own medical methods.

"Mom, Senior Brother, now there isn’t anything to do anymore, why don’t you go upstairs for some rest"

Xiao Yu saw that the clinic had calmed down since all elderly people left after their checkups. They hadn’t rested properly since early morning. Seeing that nothing was happening in the clinic, he wanted them to go up and rest.

Not only would Old Ye leave tomorrow, but Xiao Jianying’s group also needed to depart from the sea city. Yun Xi and Lu Jianhong had already used up their days off and needed to return to work as well.

Xiao Jianying and Old Ye saw that there wasn’t much left to do here and that Old Ye’s purpose of testing Xiao Hongyang had been achieved.

Actually, Old Ye was somewhat aware of Xiao Hongyang's medical skills. He did this today so that Xiao Yu could see it; he knew that Xiao Yu would be hesitant to ask him directly, so he brought the subject up himself.

After Xiao Jianying and Old Ye left, only Xiao Yu and Xiao Hongyang remained in the room. Having never seen Xiao Yu’s medical skills before, Xiao Hongyang had been hoping for a patient to arrive so that he could witness Xiao Yu's abilities firsthand.

However, things did not go as planned, and no one came to see a doctor here again.

An hour, two hours passed. Since those elders left, no patient had come by. Xiao Yu didn’t pay much attention to this; the reputation of a clinic couldn't be established overnight. It needed time for accumulation so that people could gradually understand it.

The sun was slowly setting. Xiao Yu and Xiao Hongyang tidied up their desk. With no one expected to come today, they decided to close early and join their families for dinner.

"Erxi, you've been busy all day. You can leave now too!"

Xiao Yu finished packing his things and told Liu Erxi, who had arrived early this morning to open the clinic but hadn’t rested properly since then.

"Sure thing, Doctor Xiao!" Liu Erxi quickly replied and started to pack his own belongings.

“Doctor, are you about to close for the day” As they were packing up, a voice suddenly sounded from outside.

“Not yet! Is there anything I can help you with” Xiao Yu put down what he was holding and looked up as soon as he heard the voice.

Standing at the door was someone who Xiao Yu recognized: it was the breakfast stall owner, followed by a thin man in his thirties. The man behind him was abnormally frail and had an unhealthy pale complexion.

"Hello, please sit down!"

Xiao Yu pointed to one of the front seats and invited the breakfast stall owner over.

“Sure!” The stall owner replied, helping the thin man take a seat beside him.

This breakfast stall owner had witnessed everything that happened here this morning while setting up his stall.

Recalling Xiao Yu’s words when he came to eat breakfast at his place earlier and invited him to bring his son for an examination, the owner thought back then it was a joke since Xiao Yu seemed so young. He believed Xiao Yu was just another fraudster.

However, after seeing how the family of the little girl who played with Ouija boards paid their respects to Xiao Yu, he had second thoughts and wanted to take his son for an examination. Yet, he still worried that it might be a trap set by the family to lure him in.

Today’s grand opening scene of Xiao Yu's clinic left him utterly stunned. All the companies that came were well-known ones from Shenzhen. Hence, he realized that Xiao Yu could not possibly be a fraudster; how could this young doctor who knew so many CEOs want to deceive a mere breakfast stall ownererefore, there was no need to offend such a high-level figure at present.Zhang Dahai led everyone out of the police station and encountered Wu Shouye and an unfamiliar man who arrived late outside the...