Chapter 53 - 52: I’m Here to See You Again (First Update)

Chapter 53: Chapter 52: I’m Here to See You Again (First Update)

Xu Jing couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her eye.

No, what kind of reward is this? This is a fright, right?

Cheng Qingqing also couldn’t help but look as if she’d swallowed a fly, "What normal girl would fancy a hooligan? I heard he often frequents brothels, with a bunch of beauties as confidantes.

Brother, you’re not joking, right?"

Cheng Xianbai coughed and said, "Although Zhou Wulang is a bit of a rascal, the Zhou Family is one of the top families in Anping County. Their Tianyi Hall has branches all over Great Chu, marrying into the Zhou Family would mean enjoying a lifetime of wealth and honor, and many girls from ordinary families would be willing to.

Enough about this, as long as you’re all okay, it’s best if today’s events stay with us and don’t get out."

Cheng Qingqing asked in confusion, "Why?"

Cheng Xianbai cast a deep glance at Xu Jing, "Didn’t I just say? Old Sir Zhou is desperate to find someone who can cure his grandson. If he finds out that Miss Xu has this talent and such extraordinary medical skills, I’m afraid there’d be a matchmaker at her door the next day."

Xu Jing: "..."

She couldn’t help but rub her temples in distress, "Please don’t say anything, I beg you."

"Don’t worry, we don’t want to let Miss Xu go either."

Cheng Xianbai suddenly leaned closer to Xu Jing and Cheng Qingqing, a face full of mystery, "Let me tell you, our Xinglin Hall’s luck has turned this time! Do you know who came over just now? Master Lin from Guangming Hall, Doctor Zheng from Huashou Hall, and Mr. Zhou from Tianyi Hall!

These big shots, who used to look down on us as if we were beneath them, all came today. I couldn’t believe it!"

Cheng Qingqing was immediately both surprised and worried, "I’ve been saying we’d definitely attract those big clinics’ attention. Brother, you have more connections. Do you know the style of these clinics? They... won’t suppress our Xinglin Hall, will they?"

Cheng Xianbai shook his head, "I don’t know much about those clinics’ heads, but I’ve heard the Zhou Family, who runs Tianyi Hall, has always been low-key in their actions, with a benevolent heart. Whenever there’s a disaster or epidemic, they lead in doing charitable work and should not easily suppress others.

Huashou Hall was founded by Doctor Zheng, who used to be an Imperial Physician. He retired and returned home two years ago. Many people seek his consultation because of his reputation, so he has no reason to suppress other small clinics.

Only the Lin Family of Guangming Hall has had rumors of being domineering in their actions. Although they are doctors, they are more like unscrupulous merchants. It’s hard to say what they might do."

Cheng Qingqing’s face couldn’t help but show more concern.

Seeing this, Xu Jing gave a faint smile and said, "It’s okay, if they want to suppress us, let them come."

The Cheng Brothers and Sisters looked at Xu Jing with astonishment, listening to her calmly say, "The business world is like a battlefield. I knew from the start that this would happen one day. Since it’s unavoidable, might as well prepare to face it.

Mr. Cheng, I need to ask you for a favor, which I intended to mention later."

After hearing what Xu Jing wanted to ask of him, Cheng Xianbai looked puzzled but, seeing Xu Jing’s confident demeanor, given that they were still offering free consultations, had no objections and headed outside.

The subsequent consultations proceeded relatively smoothly. Even though some deliberately caused trouble, they were either treated obediently by Xu Jing or driven away by the stern-faced Cheng Xianbai.

Seeing fifty patients meant a considerable workload. Excluding lunchtime break, Xu Jing didn’t finish work until nearly 8 p.m. (戊时).

As Cheng Qingqing sorted through the records of the day’s consultations, she was somewhat stunned, "Jing... Sister Jing, guess what? Among the fifty patients today, twenty-six had summer heat-related ailments!"

Fifteen of them even bought our medicine!

There were more people who wanted to buy medicine, and when Xu Jing said they weren’t selling, someone even protested that others had clearly purchased it, and he later showed off to others that he’d gotten some!

Cheng Qingqing: "..."

So much for not telling others! Am I the only honest one here?

Eventually, it wasn’t that they didn’t want to sell more, but they had sold out of the medicine they brought with them. Those patients had to leave disappointed, with many insisting they would return the next day and urging them to bring more medicine.

Cheng Qingqing got her first taste of being chased by people eager to do business.

It was... indescribably satisfying!

Upon hearing this, Xu Jing smiled slightly, "This is just the beginning."

While previously conducting field inspections with Chunyang and Chunxiang at the major clinics, she noticed that this season had a lot of patients suffering from summer heat-related ailments, plenty of them, prompting her to create a special medicine for such ailments to sell.

Cheng Qingqing couldn’t help but feel a bit of pity for her clueless Chung Xianbai.

Her foolish brother was shouting just a few days ago at home, claiming if Miss Xu’s medicine could sell for one hundred cents, he’d write his name backward!

She didn’t have the heart to tell him that they had already sold way more than one hundred cents’ worth of medicine today.

And Sister Jing’s medicine hadn’t even been officially launched yet!

She also couldn’t face telling her late father, that his son seems... may have to change his surname.

Since they would have to rise early for free consultations the next day, Xu Jing packed up briefly and went home to rest. The following day, when she arrived at Xinglin Hall, to her relief, she noticed that the number of patients genuinely seeking treatment outnumbered those who seemed like troublemakers, and the queue was noticeably longer than the previous day!

Moreover, many people barely had the chance to sit down in the consultation room before urgently asking if there was more of the miraculous medicine they had from the day before.

According to them, those who purchased the medicine yesterday showed off back home. Around this time, with plenty of people suffering from summer heat-related ailments, some were curious and begged to try a pill, and once they did, their discomfort was immediately alleviated by more than half!

People who originally couldn’t eat suddenly found themselves hungry and returned home with a voracious appetite; those who were previously lethargic felt much more awake; those who couldn’t stop having diarrhea found it much less severe than the previous days...

In such communities, secrets don’t stay hidden for long. Overnight, the rumor of Xinglin Hall’s lady doctor having crafted a miraculous medicine for summer heat ailments spread among the people. You could say that a good half of the people who came for consultations early that morning came for the miraculous medicine.

Truth be told, even Xu Jing was a bit surprised by the rapid spread of the news. She deliberately brought more medicine today, but it was already sold out by mid-morning.

Seeing that many patients in line were there primarily for the medicine, Xu Jing had to end the morning consultations early and take advantage of the noon break to let Cheng Xianbai go to her place to fetch more medicine.

Despite Cheng Qingqing’s reluctance to let her foolish brother in on this matter, Cheng Xianbai was already aware of it.

When Xu Jing called him in, his expression was very complex and his gaze was extremely complicated.

Xu Jing raised an eyebrow, not understanding the oddity with Cheng Xianbai, said, "Mr. Cheng..."

She was just starting when the man before her raised his right palm with a serious expression and said, "Miss Xu, from now on don’t call me Cheng Xianbai, please call me—Bai Xiancheng!"

Xu Jing: "..."

Has this guy lost his mind?

Cheng Qingqing was speechless to the extreme, but she couldn’t just watch her brother change his surname. She seriously told Xu Jing, "Sister Jing, don’t mind him. My brother fell on his head as a child, and since then, his mind hasn’t been quite right from time to time."

Bai Xiancheng, no, Cheng Xianbai: "..."

It’s your damn head that got banged up!

He... he just had some vision problems!

But Cheng Xianbai wasn’t in a rush to change his surname. Seeing that Xu Jing was clueless, he played dumb and was more than happy to go along. After hearing what Xu Jing asked of him, he happily ran out.

Cheng Qingqing silently rubbed her forehead.

Can her brother really help her find a sister-in-law in the future?

The Old Cheng Family is going to die out!

She angrily put the matter behind her, took out the food that Chunyang had just delivered, and called Xu Jing, "Sister Jing, come and eat. After lunch, you can rest for a while..."

Xu Jing responded, but out of the corner of her eye noticed the curtain at the door moving slightly.

She thought it was Cheng Xianbai coming back, and in the next moment, she saw a small head poke in from outside, a pair of mischievous eyes scanning the room, quickly locking onto Xu Jing, and instantly bending into crescent moons, the voice crisply said, "I’m here to see you again!"