Chapter 12: Bossy Boy Toy

A chill rose from the old man's heart, but he wasn’t completely convinced. "Young man, forgive me my presumption, but how could you possibly know that?" What Qin Haodong said was totally true, and he had believed most of it. However, he was very surprised that the young man had not taken his pulse, nor any other form of examination. How could he be so sure of his diagnosis? "I am a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine adopts four methods of diagnosis, namely looking, listening, questioning, and feeling the pulse, and I just used the method of looking." "Grandpa, don't listen to his nonsense," said Wushuang. "There isn't any Chinese medicine doctor that is so young, and even if he is a traditional Chinese doctor, he can't reach the level of "looking" diagnosis. Even the medical master Zhang Tianhe needs to take your pulse when making a diagnosis, let alone a small doctor like him." "Small doctor? What makes you think I'm small?" Qin Haodong laughed at the girl and said, "If I told you that Zhang Tianhe once tried to apprentice himself to me, but I refused, would you believe it?" "You’re full of nonsense! How could Master Zhang apprentice to you? It's more plausible that you apprenticed to him." She then turned her head and said to the old man, "Grandpa, I think this man has ulterior motives. He must have inquired about your condition in advance and came here to deceive us. Otherwise, how could he appear just when we are buying ginseng? What a coincidence!" "You mean I'm a swindler?" Qin Haodong asked. "Isn't it obvious? You are a swindler and a stupid one! Do you think you can deceive us by inquiring about my grandpa's illness from other sources? You wish!" she said with great certainty. "Since you believe that I previously inquired about your grandfather's illness, I'd like to diagnose something that I couldn’t possibly have asked anyone about," Qin Haodong said, with his eyes rapidly surveying the woman. "Wh-what are you going to do?" Despite being fearless, Wushuang was now a little nervous. This man made her feel uneasy in a way she ever had before. "When you were 13 years old, you had your first menstruation, but because you’re a warrior and channel Yin Qi, the amount of bleeding was not much. "Since last year, you began to experience abdominal pain and blood clot spills during menstruation. Today is the third day of your menstruation. You must have had abdominal pain and taken brown sugar water to drive away the cold. Is that correct?" "A-a-aha?" was all the response Wushuang could manage. She looked at Qin Haodong's face in horror. She hadn't even mentioned this to her parents! Was he a devil? "How about it? Am I right? Or do you still think I found this out from someone else?" Qin Haodong said with a grin. "Bastard!" Her cheeks flushed. How could anyone have told him about that? She stepped aside without any further response. At this time, the old man had seen that Qin Haodong, with such amazing medical skill, was by no means an ordinary person. Being the warrior he was, he took decisive action. "My friend, I apologize for any offense caused by my doubts." He set the big red box on the table and pushed it toward Qin Haodong. "Magic doctor, thank you for saving my life. This ginseng is just a little token to show my respect to you. Please accept it!" Qin Haodong took the box without hesitation. The salesman next to him was baffled. Who was this man? In under three minutes, he’d convinced someone to give away medicine worth five million yuan — it was even offered with both hands! The old man said, all smiles, "My name is Nalan Jie, this is my granddaughter Nalan Wushuang. May I have your name, please?" "My name is Qin Haodong!" Nalan Jie added, "Magic doctor, please help me to see what my condition is now." Qin Haodong said, "Your lung meridian stagnation has reached a very serious level, and now there are symptoms of cough with bloody sputum. If you do not get effective treatment, you will likely live for three months." "Three months?" Even though Nalan Jie was not afraid of death, he couldn't help but feel lost when he heard that he had only three months to live. Nalan Wushuang, no longer suspicious of Qin Haodong, stepped forward and said, "Doctor Qin, please, save him. If you can cure my grandpa's illness, I will give you whatever you ask for!" Qin Haodong gave her a meaningful look, which made her blush again. She hurried to add, "I mean, no matter how much money you want, my family can satisfy you." Although Nalan Wushuang had corrected her ambiguous words, Qin Haodong couldn't help looking at her for a while longer. He had to admit that she was quite attractive, despite attacking him only moments before. Nalan Wushuang looked at Qin Haodong, eagerly awaiting his answer. "As we seem fated to meet, I'll help you this time!" Qin Haodong said lightly. "Magic doctor, do you mean that you can cure me?" Nalan Jie asked in surprise. Qin Haodong laughed and said, "Since you have called me magic doctor, wouldn’t it hurt my reputation if I couldn't?" "Great! When can we begin?" Nalan Jie asked eagerly. "You have too much cold in your body now, in this case, the treatment won't be very effective. I'll write you a prescription for all the necessary medications. You’ll need to take a medicated bath for 12 hours. I'll dredge your meridians early tomorrow morning after your body's cold has been emptied." Then Qin Haodong wrote a prescription and handed it to Nalan Jie, giving him the instructions of the medicated bath. "Medicines are a piece of cake since they can be bought in Shennong Pavilion," Nalan Jie said, handing the prescription to the employee next to him, asking him to fill the prescription. Then he said to Qin Haodong, "Magic doctor, you are also here to buy medicine. If you need anything, bring them to me. I'll pay for you." After buying the medicinal materials, Nalan Jie went home to have a medicine bath, followed by the two bodyguards. Nalan Wushuang was given the task of driving Qin Haodong home. Qin Haodong followed Nalan Wushuang to a red Hummer. "Where are we going?" After boarding the car, Nalan Wushuang asked. "Find a good hotel and get a room." Nalan Wushuang's hands jerked, nearly causing them to crash with the guardrail next to them. "What did you say? Who's going to get a room with you?" Nalan Wushuang cried. Qin Haodong said with a smile, "Didn't you just say that as long as I can cure your grandfather's illness, you can satisfy all my requirements?" "If you can't cure my grandpa, I'll kill you." Nalan Wushuang then stamped on the accelerator, and the Hummer rushed forward with a fiery roar of the motor. Now it was Qin Haodong's turn to be confused. He was just kidding. Did this girl really want to get a room with him? Soon, the Hummer pulled up in front of a five-star hotel, and they went to the reception together. Qin Haodong looked at the furious Nalan Wushuang and said, "Don't hesitate! Hurry up and get a room!" "Can't you do it yourself?" Nalan Wushuang said sulkily. "I don't have any money!" Qin Haodong said boldly. "You..." Nalan Wushuang suppressed her anger; the man in front of her was the only hope of curing her grandpa's illness. She picked up a bank card from her bag and flapped it on the reception. The receptionist looked at Qin Haodong strangely, as he had never seen a boy toy be so bossy to an attractive woman. Soon the room was booked, and Nalan Wushuang went into the room with Qin Haodong. Once the door closed, she became nervous. Did this guy really want to do that with her? If he threatened her with Grandpa's illness, should she submit or resist? If she resisted, would he treat Grandpa? As she was struggling with this, Qin Haodong turned around and said, "Why are you still here? This is my room. You don't want to stay here, do you? "W-What do you mean?" "Miss, I meant I need a room, not we need a room. I brought you into the hotel only because I don't have any money at the moment. Now I’ve got my room, and I have things to do. You can go now." Seeing Nalan Wushuang's dull expression, he said, "Do you really want me? I have to tell you, I'm not a casual person." "You b-bastard..." With crimson cheeks, Nalan Wushuang stamped her feet and turned to run out the door! "Wait a minute!" Qin Haodong cried. Nalan Wushuang turned around nervously. "You said I should go. You can't take it back now!" "Did I say that I was taking it back? It's just I don't have money for lunch. Leave me some money!" He still had nothing but the coin in his pocket. Nalan Wushuang grabbed a handful of money from her bag and slapped it on the table next to her before walking away in disgust. As the door closed, Qin Haodong smiled. Then he took the medicinal materials from the bag and began to make medicine.