"Anzi, escort Doctor Lee out of the Heavenly Medicine Clinic,"
Doctor Zhao said solemnly. Anzi nodded and, without waiting for Anzi to ask Doctor Lee to leave, Doctor Lee, feeling embarrassed to stay, heavily lifted his foot and started walking out. He knew that once he was expelled from the Heavenly Medicine Clinic, a dire fate awaited him. He didn’t beg for mercy because he knew it was useless to do so now, and he could only blame himself for everything.
Once everything had settled down, Su Qing had no intention of staying either. The recent event had extinguished her passion to work there.
"Please wait a moment, young lady," Doctor Zhao said, addressing Su Qing as she was about to leave.
Su Qing stopped and turned to look at Doctor Zhao, who stood before her with a gentle smile, apologetically saying, "I’m sorry for the unpleasantness earlier. May I ask for your surname?"
"My name is Su Qing."
"May I call you Su Qing, then?"
She nodded, and Doctor Zhao, with a smile, asked, "Su Qing, do you practice medicine?"
Once again, Su Qing nodded. Doctor Zhao invited her to sit in his room, and she looked at Doctor Zhao, then lifted her foot and walked towards the room where Doctor Zhao treated patients to sit down.
The room was decorated in a simple manner, with no extravagant adornments—only a table and stools for seeing patients, a cupboard full of medical books, and a small table in the center neatly set with tea implements.
Doctor Zhao and Su Qing sat opposite each other, and Doctor Zhao poured tea for Su Qing, then gently asked, "Su Qing, how did you know that patient had gastroenteritis earlier?"
"From the color of her face," Su Qing replied softly. Doctor Zhao nodded slightly, clearly impressed.
"Your medical skills are formidable. Would you be interested in holding consultations at my Heavenly Medicine Clinic? I know you are quite young and might still be in school. You could come and sit in at the clinic whenever you have time," Doctor Zhao offered, hoping Su Qing would agree to stay.
"Don’t worry, you will be treated fairly."
Doctor Zhao was very sincere, and after a moment of contemplation, Su Qing agreed.
At this, Doctor Zhao was delighted and asked with a smile, "Su Qing, how did you know earlier... earlier that Doctor Lee had accepted someone else’s money?"
Could this young lady also tell fortunes?
Looking at Doctor Zhao, a glint flashed across Su Qing’s beautiful eyes, "I can tell fortunes."
She had to use fortune-telling as a cover for her particularly unusual eyes.
"So, you can tell fortunes too?!" Doctor Zhao exclaimed in amazement, staring at Su Qing, who genuinely could tell fortunes.
"Too? Does Doctor Zhao also know someone who can tell fortunes?" Su Qing sensed something off in his words and asked with a tense heart.
Doctor Zhao nodded, then revealed a wry smile, "Our Heavenly Medicine Clinic’s owner can too. Not only is she skilled in medicine, but she can also tell fortunes."
"What did you say?" Su Qing’s beautiful eyes widened in shock as she looked at Doctor Zhao.
He said the owner of the Heavenly Medicine Clinic was adept at both medicine and fortune-telling?
"Our boss, Qin Qin, is not only skilled in medicine, but her fortune-telling prowess is also extraordinary. Originally... well, let’s not talk about the past."
Qin Qin? The owner of Top-Grade Heavenly Fragrance and the Heavenly Medicine Clinic, who was rumored to be deceased? Who exactly was she? Why did she, like Su Qing, possess both medical skill and fortune-telling abilities? Could there be a connection between the two of them?
"Doctor Zhao, there are only a few Life-Nourishing Pills left in the shop. Could you bring some out?"
Anzi walked in from outside, and Doctor Zhao moved toward the bookshelf, opened a cabinet, and took out a plain box. He glanced inside and then handed it to Anzi.
"May I take a look?" As Doctor Zhao opened the box, Su Qing caught a familiar scent. Although slightly different, the fragrance was distinctively familiar, so much so that it made her heart tremble.
Anzi glanced at Doctor Zhao, who, upon seeing Su Qing stand up, allowed Anzi to hand the Life-Nourishing Pills to Su Qing.
She received the box, then opened it. The familiar scent reached her again as she looked at about twenty Life-Nourishing Pills laid inside, and her gaze subtly tightened.
"Su Qing, is something amiss?" Doctor Zhao, observing Su Qing’s stunned expression, asked with curiosity.
Coming back to her senses, Su Qing shook her head. "It’s nothing, I just think these Pills are quite good. Did you refine them, Doctor Zhao?"
Doctor Zhao nodded, his expression growing slightly wistful as if recalling something, "These Pills were also taught to me by Qin Qin."
Hiding her shock, Su Qing knew she had similar Life-Nourishing Pills in her possession, albeit the ones in her space were evidently stronger than these. However, the method of refining these Life-Nourishing Pills by Doctor Zhao was definitely identical to most of those in her space.