"Li Se, that person just now seemed like a big shot," Zhang Aimin murmured as she watched Eighth Master depart.
Li Se glanced at the business card. It bore only a name and a phone number, the name being Eighth Master.
He didn't know the man well and hadn't heard of him, but he pocketed the card. Judging by the man's demeanor alone, Li Se knew he was an extraordinary individual.
It was now noon. The two went to a nearby restaurant and ordered a few dishes.
"Li Se, I'm sorry about today. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten into that dispute," Zhang Aimin said apologetically.
Li Se smiled, "Min Jie, as I said, you are my woman. Of course, I have to protect you."
After lunch, Zhang Aimin went to work. Li Se received a call from Qiao Weiwei.
He had actually been planning to call Qiao Weiwei yesterday, but he didn't expect her to call him today.
"Where are you?" Qiao Weiwei asked directly.
Li Se told her his current location. Just as he was about to ask what was going on, Qiao Weiwei simply said, "Wait for me there."
With that, the call ended.
About half an hour later, Qiao Weiwei arrived on a motorcycle.
"Miss Qiao, why are you riding a motorcycle?" Li Se asked in surprise.
Qiao Weiwei's face was filled with resentment. "It's been so many days. If I don't contact you actively, will you never contact me?"
Li Se felt a bit sheepish. "I've been busy with many things and forgot."
"You're just making excuses!" Qiao Weiwei said indignantly. "You clearly don't have me in your heart. After all these days, you haven't even called once, and you call it forgetting. I think you've completely forgotten about me!"
For the past few days, Qiao Weiwei had been waiting for Li Se's call. She thought Li Se would definitely call her every day or two, but so many days had passed, and the guy hadn't called at all.
She was so angry.
She was a great beauty, so why wouldn't he even call?
Li Se quickly changed the subject. "You didn't come all the way here just to say this, did you?"
Qiao Weiwei was a bit displeased. "Is it not acceptable for me to come all this way to say this? As expected, men are all like this!"
Li Se was somewhat speechless. He really wanted to say, Miss Qiao, it feels like we don't have anything going on between us.
"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore." Qiao Weiwei then got to the point. "A friend of my father's has come to Qingyun City and is experiencing some health issues. He'd like you to see him."
"Okay, let's go." Li Se didn't stand on ceremony and straddled the back of the motorcycle.
The motorcycle wasn't large, and with Li Se on it, they were practically pressed against each other.
Qiao Weiwei's face flushed, but she didn't say anything. She started the motorcycle and sped off. She was indeed a martial artist from back then, with a rather fiery temper, and she rode the motorcycle extremely fast.
Startled, Li Se could only hold onto Qiao Weiwei and say, "Can you slow down a bit?"
"Haha, how about that? Scared?" Qiao Weiwei said triumphantly, not noticing that Li Se was holding her at that moment.
When they arrived at the entrance of a very luxurious hotel, Qiao Weiwei realized Li Se was still holding her and quickly said, "Why are you holding me?"
"You were riding too fast," Li Se released Qiao Weiwei, looking a bit helpless.
Qiao Weiwei gritted her teeth. "Hmph, I think you're taking advantage of me!"
"Let's go see the patient," Li Se said.
Soon, they reached the highest floor of the hotel, the presidential suite. The suite was very large, comparable to a typical three-bedroom apartment.
"Weiwei, I heard your father say you've invited a divine doctor. Where is he?"
A familiar voice came from the suite.
Upon hearing the voice, Li Se felt he had heard it somewhere before. As he got closer, he recognized him instantly – wasn't this the Eighth Master he had met at the cemetery that morning?
Eighth Master was also taken aback when he saw Li Se. After meeting Li Se that morning, he had made a decision to find a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner. He happened to hear from the Qiao family that there was a very skilled TCM doctor, so he asked them to invite this doctor to treat him. He never expected it to be the young man he met that morning.
"It's you?" Eighth Master exclaimed in surprise.
"Eighth Master," Li Se said respectfully.
"You know each other?" Qiao Weiwei asked, somewhat surprised.
Eighth Master chuckled. "We met this morning. I was going to pay respects to an old friend, but this young friend Li advised me not to, saying my body was too cold and it wasn't suitable for me to go to the cemetery."
Qiao Weiwei understood. "So that's how it is. That's great, Uncle Ba. He is the divine doctor; he can definitely cure your illness."
"Nonsense!"
Before Eighth Master could speak, a sarcastic voice rang out.
In the suite, there were several Western medicine doctors. The leading Western doctor stepped forward with a mocking expression. "So young, and you want to cure such a condition? What are you thinking?"
"Who are you?" Li Se asked, frowning.
"Tao Xiuming. I am an authority on asthma treatment," the man said arrogantly.
"When Dr. Tao was young, he published a paper on asthma that was recognized by the American Medical Association."
"Not only that, but Dr. Tao has also been recommended and will soon be eligible to apply for Imperial Physician status."
"..."
The doctors behind him were all flattering him.
Tao Xiuming waved his hand. "Not that soon, but I am confident I can become an Imperial Physician within five years!"
"Dr. Tao, can you cure Eighth Master?" Li Se asked calmly.
Tao Xiuming said, "Asthma cannot be cured fundamentally, but with long-term, standardized treatment, Eighth Master can achieve good or complete clinical control. The goal of asthma treatment is to achieve long-term symptom control and prevent future risks. Even with minimal effective doses of medication or without medication, patients can live and work like normal people."
He paused and continued, "Identifying and reducing exposure to risk factors. Some patients can identify the triggers for asthma attacks, allowing them to be removed or to avoid contact with these risk factors long-term. This is the most effective way to prevent and treat asthma. Combined with medication, asthma medications are divided into controller medications and reliever medications. Reliever medications include short-acting beta-agonists, short-acting inhaled anticholinergic drugs, and short-acting theophylline, as well as systemic corticosteroids."
Clap, clap, clap!
Several doctors applauded. "As expected of Dr. Tao."
Tao Xiuming said seriously, "Eighth Master, if you trust me, let me treat you. If you entrust this young man, I believe the risks are quite high. Setting aside whether he is even a doctor, even if he is, at this age, I don't think his medical skills are very good."
"Yes, too young."
"I wonder if he has any achievements?"
"What achievements could he possibly have? At his age, he's at most an intern."
"..."
The other doctors began to scoff and ridicule him. It wasn't that they looked down on Li Se, but at his age, he was, at best, an intern, still a long way from being a real doctor.