Seeing Li Mantang leading more than twenty people barging in, Doctor Jia also panicked. He looked at Lu Fan with a troubled expression, clearly hoping Lu Fan would leave but not saying it directly. As he was just a village doctor, he couldn't afford to offend Li Mantang, the village head.
Lu Fan glanced at the people behind Li Mantang and saw Li Erlengzi, Xu Sanhuai, and Fu Daniu among them. The three of them saw Lu Fan at that moment and immediately shivered. They swallowed their saliva, mentally cursing Li Mantang's ancestors.
This scoundrel had only told them to come over to beat someone up, but he hadn't specified who. If they had known it was the young miracle doctor Lu Fan, they wouldn't have dared to come even if they were beaten to death. Having been beaten twice, especially last time when they were turned into pig heads, had instilled deep fear in their hearts.
"You three! Come here!" A cold glint flashed in Lu Fan's eyes as he pointed at Xu Sanhuai and the other two and called out.
"Young miracle doctor! We were wrong. We didn't know it was you! If we had known, we wouldn't have dared to come even if you beat us to death!" The three men timidly took a few steps forward, then suddenly fell to their knees with a thud.
"What the hell is going on?"
Li Mantang and many villagers were stunned. Weren't these three guys known troublemakers? They were usually so arrogant they could touch the sky, but now they had completely caved in!
"Erlengzi! What the hell are you doing? Get up!" Li Mantang immediately shouted at Li Erlengzi.
"Get lost, you bastard! Are you trying to get me killed?" Li Erlengzi turned and cursed.
"Damn it...! Erlengzi, you don't want your house anymore? How dare you curse me!" Li Mantang was almost driven mad. I'm your clan uncle and the village head! How dare you curse me!
"Scram!" Erlengzi roared fiercely. I don't care if you're my third uncle or second uncle, if you keep babbling, believe it or not, I'll beat you! Beating you is better than being beaten.
No one expected Erlengzi to yell "Scram" at Li Mantang. Although everyone knew this kid was simple-minded and not smart, Li Mantang was the village head! Usually, he was the one bullying others, when had anyone dared to yell at him?
Even Li Mantang was completely stunned. Who gave this kid such courage?
"You three, keep an eye on them. Anyone else who dares to be disobedient and makes a fuss here, beat them out!" Lu Fan said to Erlengzi and the other two, then went to give Old Sun acupuncture.
Doctor Jia was surprised by Lu Fan's power. Even the three local thugs who were feared by everyone in the village dared not move against him. He didn't dare to speak and followed Lu Fan. He really wanted to see how this kid would perform acupuncture on Old Sun.
Lu Fan ignored the crowd. However, Xu Sanhuai and the other two got up from the ground and stood before everyone as if they had received an imperial decree. They had the posture of daring anyone to make a sound, ready to kill anyone who did.
The villagers were dumbfounded. No one dared to provoke these three scoundrels. Li Mantang was also bewildered. The turnabout was too fast. Before any action was taken, his side had already been completely defeated! What in the world was going on?
Everyone stared at Lu Fan as he performed acupuncture on Old Sun. Soon, Old Sun was covered in silver needles, and Lu Fan was sweating slightly on his forehead.
Old Sun was a five-guarantee household, with no one to care for him. He was also rather lazy and didn't exercise much. He had been bedridden for years, and his bodily functions had severely declined. Lu Fan had given the old man a pill beforehand; otherwise, one or two sessions of acupuncture might not have been enough to cure him.
After finishing the acupuncture, Lu Fan sat aside to rest, watching the minutes tick by. About half an hour later, Lu Fan stood up and gently manipulated each silver needle. Streams of internal energy flowed through the needles into Old Sun's body, impacting every acupoint.
After completing the process, another ten minutes passed. Lu Fan then began to withdraw the needles.
"Old Sun! Try moving around!" Lu Fan said to Old Sun while collecting the needles into a small bottle of disinfectant.
Old Sun actually moved himself off the bed. At first, he tentatively placed his feet on the ground and took two steps forward. Then, as if he had adapted, he walked around the room twice. His limbs were much steadier than when he first arrived, and his body was no longer swaying.
"Am... am I really healed? Young miracle doctor! Thank you, young miracle doctor!" Old Sun was so excited that he burst into tears and knelt down before Lu Fan. He had lived worse than a dog in recent years.
He might only eat one meal a day, and sometimes, when no one paid attention to him, he wouldn't even get a meal. It was a miracle that he had survived this long. Sometimes, when the village hosted guests, leftovers were sent to him, thrown onto the bed like feeding a pig, and he could eat until the food went bad.
Now he could move, and he no longer had to wait like a dead dog for others to feed him.
"Hey! Don't kneel! You're so old, you're shortening my lifespan! Get up quickly!" Lu Fan helped Old Sun up. He then took out a hundred yuan bill from his pocket and put it into Old Sun's hand. "Take this money to buy some food and nourish yourself! If your physique isn't up to par, your recovery will naturally be slow."
"Thank you... thank you, young miracle doctor!" Old Sun kept expressing his gratitude. He had never met such a kind person who not only treated him but also gave him money.
"Li Mantang! You cannot give Old Sun's resettlement housing to anyone else. Otherwise, I won't let you off!" Lu Fan said to Li Mantang after putting his things away, turning to leave.
"On what grounds...? I'm the village head, and you're not even from our village. It's not your place to boss me around!" Li Mantang shouted.
"Just because I said it! If you don't believe me, do you think I'll have those three beat you into a pig's head!" Lu Fan suddenly stopped and said to Li Mantang.
Gulp... Li Mantang swallowed his saliva and took a step back in fear. Because at Lu Fan's words, those three guys actually walked towards Li Mantang. Damn it! Don't you three idiots know which side you're on? Li Mantang mentally cursed their ancestors again.
Seeing that Li Mantang dared not say another word, Lu Fan turned and left. Just as Lu Fan reached the village entrance, preparing to return, he suddenly saw a young girl, about a dozen years old, giggling and running onto the road to play.
The girl was pretty and her clothes were clean, but she seemed mentally not entirely normal.
Whoosh... A small truck suddenly drove from a distance. Beep beep beep... A shrill horn blared from the vehicle. The little girl seemed startled by the sudden loud horn and stood there blankly, staring at the oncoming truck without dodging.
"Hey! Danger! Get out of the way!" Lu Fan's heart leaped with alarm. He rushed towards the little girl.