Chapter 320 — Telling You Some Bad News
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"Mr. Liu, I said I could cure Old Master Liu for ten years, and ten years it is! That marrow-cleansing and bone-purging treatment, I'll even throw it in for free..." Wei Zhao paused here. "But the bad news is that ten years from now, you will have to prepare money again! Thanks to the marrow-cleansing and bone-purging, Old Master Liu can live well beyond ten years..."
"What?!" Liu Tianyi was stunned for a moment, then both shocked and overjoyed! How was this bad news? This was the best news imaginable! How could it possibly be bad news? What did preparing money ten years from now matter, so long as his father lived on, the Liu family would keep on flourishing! Liu Tianyi was so excited he could barely speak: "Divine Doctor Lin... say no more, you are the savior of our Liu family!"
Wei Zhao waved a hand. "All right, I'm tired. I need to rest a while..."
"Of course, of course! Divine Doctor Lin must rest, I'll take my father to bathe first!" Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Liu Tianyi did not dare disturb him further. He had wanted to say more words of thanks, but swallowed them back.
Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Liu Zhenhu was overjoyed as well! Not only could he live another ten years, but several more years beyond that ten? This was truly good news!
"Tianyi, after this is done, you must prepare another generous gift for young Divine Doctor Lin! The consultation fee is the consultation fee, and the thank-you gift is the thank-you gift. The two must not be mixed together!" Liu Zhenhu understood how vital a divine doctor was to a family, and naturally would not let slip any chance to cultivate good relations with Wei Zhao!
By now Liu Zhenhu would never again look down on Wei Zhao. Ambition does not depend on age; young as Wei Zhao was, real ability was what counted!
"Yes, Father! I understand." Liu Tianyi nodded hurriedly and moved to help his father up.
"No need. I feel as if I've grown ten years younger, as though I'm back in my seventies -- my body feels wonderful, and I have strength again!" Liu Zhenhu waved him off and rose to his feet on his own, walking a few steady steps about the room. "Good, very good..."
Liu Tianyi was astonished all the more. He had not doubted Wei Zhao's words before, but seeing was believing, and nothing was more striking than the sight before his eyes! His father, who once needed someone to support him when he walked and could not walk quickly, was now striding briskly. Was this still a man over ninety?
In that moment, Liu Tianyi made up his mind: whatever the cost, he would build a good relationship with Wei Zhao! This was a rising star in the medical world, and if his family moved first, then once word spread and every great house came swarming to curry favor with Wei Zhao, there would be nothing left for the Liu family, and the Liu family would have nothing to show for itself.
Liu Tianyi, Liu Zhenhu, and Guan Xuewen left the room, closing the door behind Wei Zhao.
Though Wei Zhao was somewhat tired, he silently ran through the mental cultivation formula of the first layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon Art, and the energy he had spent was replenished. He recovered his former spirited appearance.
"You little rascal, how can you be so devious? You can't cure the man's illness outright, yet you make him prepare money to come back for treatment in ten years... and he's still grateful to you..." Jiao Yazi's voice rang out.
"Well, what was I supposed to say... that I hadn't cured him..." Wei Zhao broke into a sweat. He really had been a bit devious.
"Still, you're not devious enough. Not as devious as my martial uncle. If it were him, he would have charged separately for the marrow-cleansing and bone-purging as well!" Jiao Yazi said.
Wei Zhao nearly fainted on the spot.