e side, in high spirits; her son's illness had been a heavy burden on her heart. After Xiao Yu examined her son yesterday and she confirmed there were no issues with his prescription, she tried it out...Chapter 66: Acupuncture (Requesting Recommendations and Collections)
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"Little brother, it's ready, the medicine has boiled!" Just then, Zhou Ruoying’s voice came from inside the room.
Xiao Yu nodded at Song Hushan and Wan Hongguang before stepping into the inner chamber.
After entering the room, Xiao Yu looked at Wan Jiayi lying on the sickbed and instructed Zhou Ruoying and Song Hualing, "Take off her clothes and help her sit up."
Hearing Xiao Yu’s words, Song Hualing showed a conflicted expression. Although his daughter was unconscious now, undressing her in front of a man… Song Hualing took a deep breath and quickly composed himself; nothing is more important than having his daughter regain consciousness.
Very soon, Song Hualing and Zhou Ruoying had stripped Wan Jiayi’s clothes off and helped her sit up. Xiao Yu only cast a glance at Wan Jiayi with no change in expression whatsoever, as if she was just looking at a piece of wood. Song Hualing and Zhou Ruoying stared at Xiao Yu in astonishment; after all, Wan Jiayi's appearance is not to be trifled with, yet Xiao Yu’s face remained unchanged upon seeing her
Wan Jiayi may indeed be very beautiful, but as a doctor, Xiao Yu cannot afford to lack such composure if he wants to live up to the name of 'healer.'
Xiao Yu walked over to the sauna room and looked inside; steam was already rising with medicinal fragrances wafting out. Closing his eyes, Xiao Yu took deep breaths to inhale the medicinal scent before moving aside to find a pair of scissors to cut two arm-sized holes in the sauna fabric.
Seeing Song Hualing and Zhou Ruoying had helped Wan Jiayi sit up, Xiao Yu said, "Help her into the sauna room, then put your hands through the hole beside it to support her."
After ensuring they were ready, Xiao Yu took out his acupuncture needle case, gently opened it, and a gold needle appeared in his hand as he wiped over the case. He quickly inserted five gold needles at key organ points on Wan Jiayi’s body before taking out finer needles to lightly insert into nine acupoints on her head such as Shenting, Benshen, Baihui, and Rangu.
After completing the acupuncture, Xiao Yu zipped up the makeshift sauna room and sat in lotus position at its front. Every five minutes, he would flick each gold needle once, repeating this cycle for half an hour.
Half an hour later, suddenly the gold needles on Wan Jiayi's head started to tremble by themselves, emitting a faint sound like that of mosquitoes flapping their wings. Xiao Yu quickly stood up and his hand moved gracefully like a sprite over Wan Jiayi’s head, removing all the gold needles from her scalp. Immediately after, he removed the needles from her body.
Seeing the needles tremble by themselves, Zhou Ruoying and Song Hualing were instantly filled with surprise. They had consulted many traditional Chinese medicine practitioners for Wan Jiayi's illness before, but they had never seen such an acupuncture technique.
Xiao Yu then glanced at the clay pot; the water inside was almost completely evaporated. He said to Song Hualing and Zhou Ruoying: "It’s done, you can lift her out now!"
By this time, Song Hualing and Zhou Ruoying were already drenched in sweat, extremely fatigued.
Xiao Yu said: "That's it for today, we'll continue tomorrow." He then walked out of the inner room.
In the outer room, Wan Hongguang was pacing back and forth. At this moment, he didn’t have any air of a市委書記 (city party secretary), only that of an anxious father waiting for news about his daughter.
"Brother-in-law, stop walking around! You're making me dizzy. Don't worry, with Xiao's help, everything should be fine!" Song Shushan looked at Wan Hongguang who had been pacing for almost half an hour and said helplessly.
"Sigh... I know there shouldn’t be any problem with Xiao around, but I can’t control myself," Wan Hongguang sighed helplessly in response to Song Shushan's words.
“Splash…”
The door of the inner room was pulled open, and Xiao Yu quickly walked out.
"Brother Xiao, how is it" Upon seeing Xiao Yu emerge, Song Shushan and Wan Hongguang rushed to his side, asking anxiously.
“It went fairly smoothly.” Xiao Yu nodded wearily. Half an hour of continuous acupuncture was no small feat for him either.
"Alright, alright, I knew Xiao Brother would definitely handle it well!" Song Hushan said cheerfully upon hearing that everything went smoothly according to Xiao Yu.
Hearing that things went relatively smoothly, Wang Zi rolled her eyes and thought to herself, Just keep bragging! We'll see how long you can carry on!
"Xiao Brother, when do you think it would be appropriate for the next treatment" Wan Hongguang asked.
"How about tomorrow morning" Xiao Yu replied after a moment of consideration.
"Doctor Zhao and Doctor Xu, right There's nothing else to do today, let them rest," Song Hushan said politely to Zhao Jing and the others when he noticed that Xiao Yu looked exhausted. He quickly ushered him over to sit on the sofa.
Xiao Yu, who was sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed in meditation, was suddenly awakened by a rapid ringing of the phone. When he checked it, he saw that it was a call from his mother and quickly answered.
"Mom!" The caller was indeed Xiao Yujing's mother, XIAO Jianying. Over these past several months, whenever there were calls, they were initiated by her to inquire after him with care, whereas Xiao Yu seldom reached out proactively as a son.
"Little Yu, how is the patient you saw today" Upon connecting the call, XIAO Jianying's first concern was about his patient. This made Xiao Yu feel slightly disappointed; since he started practicing medicine, it seemed like his mother had changed quite a bit.
"It went well, the treatment proceeded smoothly," said Xiao Yu with confidence when talking about treating patients. Such confidence was something new, as previously whenever his maternal grandfather asked him to see patients, Xiao Yu would always make excuses and put on a long face. Now, even though he hadn't explicitly expressed love for practicing medicine, he had gradually grown accustomed to the feeling of it, no longer rejecting it.
"Mm-hmm, that's good. When treating patients, be meticulous; 'details determine success or failure' applies here too!" Sensing Xiao Yu’s newfound confidence, XIAO Jianying reminded him carefully with advice she had derived from her own life experiences, even though she knew he was already more skilled than her in medicine.
"Yes, Mom, I'll remember that," Xiao Yu's face softened as he replied. Even though his mother didn't offer the usual care over the phone, he knew she cared about him; it was just a matter of how she expressed it differently.
"By the way, Little Yu, when will you be coming back" XIAO Jianying suddenly asked.
Xiao Yu originally planned to go back today since he had nothing to do, but suddenly a bad feeling arose in his heart, as if something unpleasant was about to happen. So he said, "This patient needs long-term acupuncture treatment, so I might need to stay here for a few more days—at least half a month and at most one month."
"Oh... Is that so..."
Xiao Yu sensed a hint of satisfaction in his mother's voice. Besides her, there seemed to be someone else whispering on the other end of the phone as well. This intensified Xiao Yu’s bad feeling.
Following this, Xiao Jianying said, "Xiao Yu, didn't I tell you about it a few days ago Your matchmaker introduced a girl who works in Ancient City. Just now, your matchmaker came over and told me that the girl is on leave these two days and wants to meet you. So正好你就在古城！you’re already in Ancient City!"
Indeed, he couldn’t evade it this time around. A mother knows her son best; she probably knew how Xiao Yu would respond from the start! A trace of苦笑bitter smile appeared on Xiao Yu's face as he said, "I understand, Mom."
"Haha…... Still, Mom is great..."
"Xiao Yu, you’re in Ancient City This makes things convenient. I’ll give them your phone number and let them contact you themselves…"
Suddenly, Xiao Yu heard Xiao Yu's laughter and an unfamiliar woman’s voice from the other side of the call; it was probably Second Column’s mother.
"Alright then, Xiao Yu, I'll send you her phone number shortly. You can contact her yourself. By the way, Second Column’s mom has also asked for your phone number to get in touch with the girl's parents."
Xiao Yu's mother hung up after saying this. Sitting on the sofa with his phone still in hand, Xiao Yu was lost in thought when a text message arrived. It contained the name and contact details of the woman his mom had mentioned.
"Little brother, what’s wrong" Zhou Ruoying and Song Hualing walked out from inside the room without being noticed by Xiao Yu. Seeing him sitting there with a bitter smile after hanging up the phone, they couldn't help asking curiously.
"Uh…... Nothing, Sister. I have something to do in the afternoon, so I’ll be leaving now. See you tomorrow!" Upon hearing Zhou Ruoying's question and seeing Song Hushan and others staring at him with strange expressions, Xiao Yu remembered that his voice had been particularly loud during the call. His face flushed red immediately, and he fled hastily.ntion to examine his wife, Ma Lei immediately responded.Xi Yu followed Ma Lei to the room where objects were being thrown, and saw that the door was secured with a padlock from the outside. Ma Lei unl...