Chapter 841 — Young Master Bing's New Idea
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In other words, from the outside Zhen Yingjun's body appeared perfectly healthy, yet his meridians were sealed by some inexplicable force. This left the doctors at the Chinese medicine hospital puzzled. When they asked about Zhen Yingjun's medical history, he was too ashamed to admit that he had brought heaven's wrath upon himself, so he hemmed and hawed and said nothing of use.
The less he told them, the harder it was for the doctors to find a suitable course of treatment. All they could do was let him try and see.
Try and see? How could Zhen Dazhou settle for "trying and seeing"? This was his one and only son. Now that the boy had been reduced to this state — if he could not be cured, what good would a vast family fortune do him with no one to inherit it?
So Zhen Dazhou became desperate. He begged Zou Tiandi to ask around among Songshan City's high society to see if there was some miracle doctor capable of curing Zhen Yingjun's affliction. Zhen Dazhou was willing to put up one million yuan as a reward!
Zhen Dazhou was truly frantic, or he would never have dangled so much money. He dragged Zhen Yingjun from one specialist clinic to the next, but not a single doctor could offer any promising course of treatment for the boy's condition.
Large hospitals offered their opinions, and so did private clinics, but the verdict was always the same: they could try and see, and not one of them dared promise a guaranteed cure.
Meanwhile, the cooperation between Zhen Dazhou and Zou Tiandi had stalled. In truth, this was exactly what Zou Tiandi wanted to see. He no longer dared have anything to do with the Zhen father and son. These two unlucky wretches had provoked Wei Zhao and brought this calamity upon themselves — and they still expected him to work with them? In their dreams!
What annoyed Zou Tiandi was this: since the Zhen father and son were no longer interested in doing business, why didn't they pack up and leave? What were they still hanging around for? Didn't Donghai have plenty of fine doctors too? Why keep loitering in Songshan City?
In fact, Zhen Dazhou still harbored a measure of superstition in his heart. Since Zhen Yingjun's trouble had started in Songshan City, he believed a solution must also be found in Songshan City. Everything was governed by the cycle of cause and effect! This, too, was why he insisted on remaining in Songshan City for the time being.
At the Geili Fuyun Bar, Li Cihua reported to Zhao Qibing, seated in his wheelchair, on the recent goings-on in Songshan City. The demolition and relocation were proceeding smoothly. The residents of the shantytown had received their compensation and happily moved out — it was just that the total payout had been a bit on the steep side.
Having finished speaking about the demolition matter, Li Cihua recounted the Zhen father and son's plight from Donghai and their plea for help as if sharing some curious tale of the supernatural. But to his surprise, Zhao Qibing's eyes lit up at once: "He said he would offer a million in reward money? This business of treating illnesses seems remarkably profitable!"
"That it is — after all, life is worth more than money!" Li Cihua nodded and said: "And I hear Zhen Yingjun's illness is rather unusual too, contracted because he offended Wei Zhao..."
There are no walls in the world without leaks. Especially with both Zou Tiandi and Zou Ruoguang in the know, there was precious little to keep secret. In Songshan City's upper circles, everyone more or less knew by now that Zhen Yingjun had brought retribution upon himself by offending Wei Zhao!
Who was Wei Zhao? Why, he was the ruthless man who had crippled Zhao Qibing and toppled Qibing Tower! The young masters of standing all knew this perfectly well; it was only out of fear of Zhao Qibing's tyrannical might that none dared so much as mention it casually.