Chapter 119 — Too Late for Regret [Begging for Monthly Tickets, Dear Readers — Monthly Tickets, Please Give Me Monthly Tickets!]
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Liu Tianyi noticed nothing, but Old Master Liu, old as he was, was exceedingly shrewd; from the faint smile on Guan Xuemin's face he read the meaning hidden within it... and his heart gave a lurch. He had, perhaps, let slip a fine chance to cure his old ailment.
Recalling carefully how indifferent Wei Zhao's expression had been that day, it seemed there were words he had left unspoken; perhaps he really did have a way, who could say?
At this thought, Old Master Liu felt some regret. Clearly he had not been warm enough. That day, plainly, Wei Zhao had taken offense at his family over the matter of Wang Xinyan, and had treated him only so that his friend would not be dragged into it...
"If he contacts you, please be sure to inform me, Mr. Liu. I would be much obliged." Guan Xuemin had no other recourse; in the present circumstances he could only pin his hopes on that master taking a whim to call the Liu family.
Only at this moment did Liu Tianyi's heart give a sudden leap. Guan Xuemin had said "obliged" twice in a row—a tone and manner he had not used once since the moment they walked in.
Though the Liu family held high position and great power, Guan Xuemin had no need to ask anything of them. On the contrary, every great family had favors to ask of Guan Xuemin, and so the Liu family never put on airs before him. That was also why he had slapped his wife earlier. Did she think she could scold Guan Xuemin at will? If word got out, the other great families would laugh themselves sick, saying the Lius were great fools for daring to offend a miracle doctor...
Yet for the sake of a young doctor, Guan Xuemin had twice addressed him with the polite "obliged." Dull as Liu Tianyi was, he now understood how important that young doctor was in Guan Xuemin's heart... And he himself, back then—ah.
"Certainly, certainly." Liu Tianyi was, after all, a man of high station; regret lay in his heart, but little of it showed on his face as he spoke politely to Guan Xuemin.
"Mm. Then see to your lodgings first; the formal needling begins tomorrow." Guan Xuemin nodded and rose to his feet, a hint that the visit was over.
"Very well, Professor Guan. We will take our leave." Liu Tianyi supported Old Master Liu, and with Wu Huiru, her head bowed and her face covered, went downstairs...
Guan Xuemin did not see them off. Instead he turned to Yang Huaijun. "Xiao Yang, you were not waiting anxiously?"
"No, Grandfather Guan. Those people just now were...?" Yang Huaijun had never met this family; they did not look like locals, especially with Liu Tianyi mentioning Yanjing and such.
"Oh, the Liu family of Yanjing, a great clan. The patient is the old master of the Liu family—Liu Zhenhu, eighty this year. His health is still fairly sturdy, only he is plagued by an old ailment..." Guan Xuemin, having no need to be reserved with Yang Huaijun, spoke directly of the Liu family's affairs; the two were already well acquainted.
"So it is the Liu family of Yanjing. No wonder a single phone call could make the principal prepare lodgings..." Yang Huaijun smiled.
"Let us continue as before... For you, acupuncture no longer has much effect, but it is better than nothing. Keep at it. Next week I go to Yanjing for a traditional Chinese medicine symposium; I will present your case for discussion with the others and see whether there is any way..." Guan Xuemin said.
"Heh... holding it steady is already quite good... Since I can no longer return to the battlefield, doing solid work in the police force is fine too." Yang Huaijun took it philosophically.
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