d hour, each of them walked out with their wrists dangling.However, they only had half an hour break time since there were two classes scheduled in the afternoon, and another class would follow soon.T...Chapter 674: Persistent Cough

"Director Lin, you're too polite! I'm here to learn as well!" Xiao Yu responded politely when he heard the elder speak so courteously.

Although this was their first meeting, Xiao Yu had a very good impression of Director Lin. Despite his advanced age and his position as a department director at Hangcheng Hospital, he could still humble himself and treat a young person with such courtesy. This demonstrated his broad-mindedness; otherwise, even if Xiao Yu were a national master, there would be nothing he could do about people who didn't care to acknowledge him! After all, Xiao Yu was too young!

"Haha, Old Lin, I've left Master Xiao in your capable hands. You must take good care of him!" Hearing the two speak so politely to each other, President Zhou couldn’t help but chuckle and say this to Director Lin.

"Old Zhou, don't worry! If anything goes wrong, you can come to me!" Upon hearing President Zhou’s words, Director Lin patted his chest and assured him.

"Master Xiao, we’ll be putting a bit of trouble on your shoulders these days. If there's anything you need, feel free to let us know!" After nodding upon hearing Director Lin’s words, President Zhou turned around and said this to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu nodded in acknowledgment and exchanged a few more words with Wang Chengzhi before President Zhou led Wang Chengzhi away. After all, they had their own work to attend to.

Just as President Zhou led Wang Chengzhi out of the outpatient building’s main entrance, a thirty-something-year-old man leading about thirty workers carrying several large boxes was walking toward the outpatient hall from outside.

The moment this young man spotted President Zhou, he hurriedly approached him and said, "President, the banners are all set!" Then, after speaking to President Zhou, he nodded at Wang Chengzhi as a greeting.

This thirty-something-year-old was President Zhou’s assistant, Wang Ping. After landing from his flight yesterday, President Zhou instructed Wang Ping to make some banners promoting Xiao Yu's clinic visit at Hangcheng Hospital; not only were these hung up, but President Zhou also ordered an advertisement placed in today's morning newspaper.

"Alright, go hang those banners!" Upon hearing what Wang Ping said, President Zhou nodded and gave the instruction.

Wang Ping responded with a sound of acknowledgment before leading the workers away to head toward the hospital’s main entrance.

In the chief physician's office at the Traditional Chinese Medicine department,

As soon as President Zhou left, Director Lin hurriedly said to Xiao Yu, "Master Xiao, please take a seat!"

"Little Li, go and brew some tea for Master Xiao," said Director Lin before turning around to speak to a thirty-something-year-old doctor in a white coat standing beside him.

"Um, okay..." Upon hearing Lin's words, the doctor was taken aback for a moment before quickly responding.

It turned out that when these doctors heard Xiao Yu was actually a national master in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), they were all stunned. They had never seen such a young TCM national master before; not only had they never seen one, but they hadn't even heard of one either. Since becoming TCM practitioners, they had studied the field and its current state, yet none of them had ever heard of a TCM national master so young within the country.

Actually, mainly because their status in the medical community was too low, they simply did not have access to the level of national masters. They only knew that there was an exchange meeting for medical professionals but were completely unaware of what transpired during such meetings.

Not just them; even if it weren't for Director Lin's age and experience—having practiced medicine for decades—he wouldn’t know about this either.

"Director Lin, is this young man really a national master" Another doctor walked over to Director Lin’s side with a look of confusion and asked him quietly.

"Hehe, how could there be any mistake about that" Upon hearing the doctor's question, Director Lin chuckled softly in response.

Hearing Director Lin’s definite words, these doctors involuntarily sucked in their breaths. The reason for this was Xiao Yu's youth; when they were his age, they were merely interns with no understanding of medicine at all! But here was Xiao Yu, already a national master by this age—this made them feel envious and inferior.

At eight o'clock, Director Lin brought Xiao Yu to the TCM (1) diagnosis room, seating him in the main position while he sat opposite him.

The other young doctors didn't leave but stood by the side, considering this a rare opportunity for them. Even for Director Lin, it was a rare chance; he hoped to learn something from observing Xiao Yu's treatment methods and thus did not go to any other diagnosis rooms.

"Little Zhao, please call in the patient!" When the clock on the wall struck eight o'clock, Director Lin said to a female doctor around thirty years old standing next to him.

"Yes, Director Lin," the female doctor responded and walked out of the room.

...Coughing...

A moment later, footsteps could be heard from outside. Before the person even approached, a loud coughing sound echoed through the corridor.

This series of persistent coughs lasted for quite some time; upon hearing them, Xiao Yu’s eyebrows slightly furrowed. The coughing seemed to get more intense and appeared unstoppable...

Knock knock... "How are you Feeling better"

Amidst the coughing, there were also sounds of people talking and patting, clearly someone was patting this person's back to alleviate his discomfort.

Xiao Yu frowned as he listened to the man's coughing. It wasn't until the man's coughs subsided that Xiao Yu's frown eased up.

"Ah, chronic cough!"

When Xiao Yu finally heard nothing but a whisper of coughing from the man, sitting on his seat, he sighed and muttered to himself.

"Master Xiao, what did you say" The director Lin, seated opposite Xiao Yu, faintly heard a murmur from him due to its low volume, so she asked softly without hearing it clearly.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu shook his head and didn't elaborate further.

At that moment, the female doctor was followed by two men and one woman as they entered the room.

"Excuse me, is there an expert here to see patients"

The three people observed in astonishment when they saw a handful of doctors inside after entering the room. They then looked at Xiao Yu and Director Lin sitting on the seats and asked.

Xiao Yu turned his gaze towards these three individuals who entered, noticing that among them was an elderly couple around sixty years old along with a young man in his thirties.

"Yes, grandma! Today there is a master of Traditional Chinese Medicine at our hospital for consultation. You've come just in time!" Xiao Zhao, who led these people into the room, turned and explained to them.

Upon hearing Xiao Zhao's words, the elderly woman's expression became even more puzzled as she scanned each doctor inside the room.

"Are you kidding me Where is the expert then" After carefully observing every single doctor in the room, the elderly woman couldn't help but speak up.

It turned out that this elderly woman and her family had visited this hospital over a month ago for their illness. At that time, they had booked an appointment with an expert recommended by Director Lin. However, after taking traditional Chinese medicine prescribed by him for a whole month, their condition showed no signs of improvement whatsoever. This led them to plan on seeking inpatient treatment using Western Medicine upon their return visit. But when they were queuing up in the lobby, they noticed banners and announcements about a grandmaster of Traditional Chinese Medicine at this clinic. Therefore, they decided to come here once again.

However, now that they had arrived, seeing still the same old doctor made them feel rather disappointed. To begin with, after taking medicine for an entire month without any improvement in their condition, it was a waste of money and time. Additionally, there were times when the patient would cough so severely after taking his medication that he would vomit it right back up.

"Auntie, that's just your joke. How could we deceive people Those two sitting over there are the experts!" Upon hearing the old lady’s words, Xiao Zhao’s face changed slightly, but he still pointed at Xiao Yu and Director Lin while introducing them.

After seeing where Xiao Zhao was pointing, the old lady glanced at both Xiao Yu and Director Lin before telling the elderly man she supported and a young fellow beside her, "Old man, boy, let’s go see a Western doctor!"

"Alright, alright. Let’s go."

The other two people also saw the so-called experts. Upon hearing what the old lady had said, they nodded in agreement.

"How come Sister-in-law, don’t we look like experts" When Director Lin sitting down heard them about to leave, he spoke up.

“Haha, Director Lin, it’s not that you don't look like an expert. But my old man’s illness was treated here last month by you. We took your herbal medicine for a whole month but there's no improvement at all. Today we came with the intention of being hospitalized. It’s only because we heard that a grand master and big expert has come, so we thought we’d have a look!" Upon hearing Director Lin speak, the old lady smiled shyly.

“Cough cough…” When he was drinking tea sitting down, Director Lin choked on his sip after hearing her words. His head bowed while making loud coughing sounds.

Even when he stopped coughing and raised his head up, Director Lin felt extremely embarrassed at the moment! It was even more so with Xiao Yu watching him. He just couldn’t bring himself to show a face now.

The doctors standing beside him were also feeling awkward as well. Though they didn't know why someone so young like Xiao Yu could be called a grand master, he was one now. How would he look upon their department in light of the situation

After saying her words to Director Lin, the old lady led her family out.

In that moment, Director Lin had no face to stop them from leaving because back then when they came to see a doctor here, he failed to cure their illness.

"You’ve been coughing for over twenty years" Just as this family reached the door, someone’s voice suddenly rang out behind them.

“Yes, it's been 24 years,” The family stopped in their tracks after hearing that voice. Sighing heavily, they said with a bitter and helpless expression on their faces.

(To be continued)uch favor from this elderly man; even though he knew medical techniques, he was still just an ordinary person.Doctors are scarce everywhere else but not traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. Wit...