ent winds gradually settled, he noticed a black mist floating halfway across the hall.This dark mist slowly took on human form—it was clearly the ghost of the old Taoist who had been shredded apart by...Chapter 673: Friends

"Hello Dean..."

"Hello Dean..."

...

At this moment, the doctors sitting down all stood up to greet the dean.

Hearing their greetings, Director Zhou smiled and nodded at them.

The doctors were immediately filled with excitement upon seeing the warm expression on Director Zhou's face.

To them, the dean was an existence far above them. As small fry like them rarely had a chance to talk to the dean, their excitement knew no bounds when they saw him in their department today.

"While my place is not a den of danger, you would not come here for nothing, Dean Zhou. What’s on your mind"

Upon hearing Director Zhou's words, Chief Lin snorted coldly and did not take the bait to respond.

"Haha, Old Lin, I’m being wronged! I’ve always had you Traditional Chinese Medicine Department in my heart. That’s why today is a good day for your department!"

After hearing Director Lin's words, President Zhou did not get angry but laughed and said.

It turned out that President Zhou had not informed Director Lin about Xiao Yu's arrival. Although the two men have been friends for over thirty years, in recent years, with the decline of the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, there has been some resentment between them due to insufficient support from the hospital for the TCM department.

This time, upon learning that Wang Chengzhi knew Xiao Yu, President Zhou had an idea. Although Director Lin is the head of the TCM department, he comes from an academic background and does not have a lineage or tradition behind him, so he has not reached the level of a master. Therefore, he hopes that Xiao Yu's arrival will invigorate the TCM department and at least raise its profile.

Although he doesn't know if it will be successful, this is also helping Old Lin out and proving that he hasn't forgotten about the TCM department.

"Oh What good news If there's really some good news, I'll treat you to drinks tonight!" Director Lin was taken aback upon hearing President Zhou's words and said.

When President Zhou first arrived, he just habitually mocked him a few times. He didn't expect that this Old Zhou would actually bring him good news.

"Haha, I've invited a national master to see patients for your TCM department!" Upon hearing what Old Lin said, President Zhou gave an enigmatic smile and replied.

Upon hearing President Zhou's words, Director Lin abruptly stood up from his seat, looking anxious as he asked, "Which national master"

"Ahem! Really. Oh, recently without good tea, my mouth feels bland!" After hearing Director Lin's question, President Zhou did not answer but instead lightly coughed and said.

At this moment, President Zhou did not put on his airs as the hospital president. Having known each other for thirty years, when he first came to the hospital, Director Lin was already a doctor here; back then, Director Lin had helped him out quite a bit. Hence, while they were superiors and subordinates at work, they were also close friends privately. Knowing this, Director Lin speaks without restraint around President Zhou, something he wouldn't do with another president.

Hearing President Zhou's words, Director Lin showed a pained expression as he said, "Alright, I'll give you one-third of my precious Tie Guan Yin!"

"One third Old Lin, that's not sincere of you!" After hearing Director Lin's words, President Zhou shook his head and said.

Xiao Yu and Wang Chengzhi chuckled when they saw the two men's interaction. However, from this scene just now, they also witnessed their true friendship, one that didn't change with alterations in status.

This was much like how Xiao Yu interacted with them; he could be considered the least noticeable person at school. But Wang Chengzhi and his second brother Zhuosimo did not show any difference due to their different statuses but instead became his best friends. Therefore, when witnessing their interactions, Xiao Yu felt deeply moved.

"Half! At most half! Not one more centimeter!" After hearing President Zhou's words, Director Lin looked at him and said with gritted teeth.

"Alright then, it’s settled. I’ll come to your place tonight to pick it up!" Upon hearing Director Lin's response, President Zhou quickly agreed without any hesitation.

"Can we now call him the national master" Director Lin glared at President Zhou and asked.

"Doctor Xiao, you must think me a laughingstock. This is our hospital’s Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) department director, Lin Mu, and he's been my close friend for many years!"

"Haha, Old Lin, this is the TCM national master I told you about, Master Xiao Yu!"

After hearing Director Lin’s words, President Zhou introduced them to each other.

"Old Zhou, did you bring me here just for your tea Is this the national master you recommended" Upon hearing President Zhou's introduction and looking at Xiao Yu, Director Lin didn't speak but instead looked back at President Zhou.

The moment he saw Xiao Yu, he felt that President Zhou was deceiving him. Xiao Yu is only in his twenties! A national master at such a young age He had never even heard of it before.

President Zhou knew that as a good friend of Director Lin, he would naturally understand what the other meant. Thus, he said to him: "Old Lin, take some time to think about it. Recently, has anything major happened in the medical community"

After hearing President Zhou's words, Director Lin lowered his head and pondered deeply because he knew that President Zhou would never deceive him when it came to important matters. But could there really be such a young national master

"Wait a moment, could it be… right, the person is called Xiao Yu!" While in deep thought, Director Lin suddenly recalled an urban legend circulating within the traditional Chinese medical community recently—a young heir of a famous TCM family had cured a child that all other doctors nationwide failed to treat at the national medical exchange conference. This doctor was named Xiao Yu and was said to be the successor of the Resuscitation Xiao Family.

He hadn't heard about this Resuscitation Xiao Family before, but after learning about it later on, he specially inquired more about them and found out what kind of existence they were.

As for such medical skills passed down from a family lineage, Director Lin was extremely envious. He also loved traditional Chinese medicine very much and had already been practicing medicine for several decades. However, the medical knowledge he possessed was all self-taught after graduating from school, relying solely on his own exploration to reach where he is today.

Moreover, when he began studying TCM, he was already in his mid-20s, nearly two decades later than those disciples of traditional Chinese medicine families. Therefore, he often felt regretful. If he were a disciple of a TCM family lineage, he might have also entered the ranks of national masters by now! After all, relying on self-exploration to reach where he is today showed his aptitude and perseverance.

"Old Zhou, could this person be the Master Xiao who shone brilliantly at the exchange conference" Upon reaching this conclusion, Director Lin asked President Zhou.

Although it was a question, in reality, he had already made up his mind. He never expected Xiao Yu to be so young because he didn't have the qualifications to attend the exchange conference and thus hadn’t met him personally. However, he heard that Master Xiao was extremely young, but he couldn't imagine how incredibly youthful Xiao Yu actually was.

President Zhou nodded with a light chuckle upon hearing Director Lin's words: "Hehe, Old Lin, your tea wasn't wasted!"

"Master Xiao, I apologize. I didn’t recognize you just now and offended you," said Director Lin apologetically to Xiao Yu after hearing President Zhou’s words.

Although he was much older than Xiao Yu, when Director Lin spoke these words, there wasn't a trace of awkwardness. After all, this generation greatly respected knowledge, and since he himself had been self-taught, if he could observe Master Xiao practicing medicine now, it might give him some inspiration. Therefore, he was particularly courteous towards Xiao Yu.o knew this skill, but his master didn't know if that person was alive or dead; Zhang Dahan had also learned it from that person.The specific name of that person wasn't mentioned by his master, but ev...