NOVPUBJust as Dai Shouyi marveled at Chen Nan’s medical skills,
a shy blush quietly bloomed on Wu Mei’s face.
How well Dai Shouyi’s kidneys were,
she knew as clearly as if she were looking in a mirror.
"Since young friend Chen has diagnosed my illness, I wonder if he could treat it?" Dai Shouyi asked politely, his face full of courtesy. Even though he was the secretary of the Jizhou City Committee, he held great respect for someone like Chen Nan who was considered an outsider in the field.
Chen Nan said, "Neurotic insomnia can be treated with acupuncture and herbal soups. As for the kidney issue, it can be improved with medicinal pills."
"The cost is fifty thousand!"
As soon as these words were out, a cold light flashed in Wu Mei’s eyes as she said coldly, "It’s an honor for you to treat Secretary Dai, yet you seek to profit by demanding fifty thousand... "
Before she could finish, Dai Shouyi let out a sharp, cold snort, "Shut up!"
Wu Mei’s face changed, not expecting Dai Shouyi to burst into such rage.
Dai Shouyi smiled at Chen Nan, "Don’t mind her, just follow your quoted price!"
Although he hadn’t expected Chen Nan to ask for a consultation fee of fifty thousand, it meant nothing to him.
This made him even more convinced that there was a true mastermind behind Chen Nan, for who else would dare to ask him, the city committee secretary, for such an amount?
Chen Nan said, "Then let’s head to your bedroom, Secretary Dai. I’ll start with the acupuncture. This needle will help you sleep soundly."
"Good." Dai Shouyi rose and led Chen Nan to the bedroom on the second floor.
The moment they entered the bedroom,
Chen Nan distinctly smelled something peculiar.
He was all too familiar with this scent. 𝚗o𝚟pub.𝚌𝚘𝚖
It always lingered in the air after he was with a woman.
Clearly,
Dai Shouyi and Wu Mei were more than just superiors and subordinates.
The two must have had a fierce battle just before.
Oh.
No, to be precise, it must have been a brief skirmish...
Once Dai Shouyi lay down on the bed, Chen Nan took out his carried silver needles, sterilized them, and slowly inserted one into a point atop Dai Shouyi’s head.
Watching Dai Shouyi’s face relax, a strong desire to kill surged in Chen Nan’s heart.
He knew.
It wasn’t just Nie Xiaoyu whose destiny in Jizhou had been tempered with.
There must have been many students from humble backgrounds like Nie Xiaoyu.
The root cause of all this
was the man before him.
And he, could simply tamper slightly during the acupuncture process.
Thus causing Dai Shouyi to mysteriously drop dead without anyone realizing.
Even an autopsy wouldn’t trace it back to him.
But ultimately, Chen Nan abandoned the idea because directly killing Dai Shouyi would be letting him off too lightly.
He wanted Dai Shouyi to be utterly disgraced, to live a life worse than death!
Only in such a way could he vent his dissatisfaction.
After inserting more than ten needles, Dai Shouyi, with a relaxed face, drifted into sleep, his wrinkles smoothing out, seemingly sleeping very soundly.
Chen Nan turned to the seated Wu Mei and politely said, "Secretary Wu, could you please find some paper and a pen? I’ll write a prescription, and you can have someone prepare the medicine."
"As long as you take it daily, Secretary Dai’s insomnia should be completely eradicated within a week at the latest."
Wu Mei stood up, fetched some paper and a pen, and handed them to Chen Nan.
Chen Nan wrote down several herbal ingredients and the method of decoction on the paper, and then handed it to Wu Mei.
Afterward, he removed the silver needles from Dai Shouyi’s head, stood up, and said, "Let’s leave it at that for now, I’ll go back and wait until I’ve refined the medicine."
"How about we exchange contact information? When I’ve finished making the medicine, I’ll send you a message, and then you can come by to pick it up."
A wave of dissatisfaction surged in Wu Mei’s heart. Across the entire Jizhou bureaucracy, no one dared to instruct her, and everyone who met her acted very respectfully.
After all, she was the personal secretary to the Secretary of the Municipal Committee!
However, Chen Nan seemed to not care about her at all. Although she was annoyed, she still added Chen Nan on WeChat and then called her driver to take Chen Nan back.
After getting into the Secretary of the Municipal Committee’s official car, Chen Nan took out his phone and set up a group in WeChat named "Prey."
He then classified Wu Mei under this group.
After doing all this, a sinister smile flashed across his eyes.
He wanted to seduce Wu Mei.
To put a metaphorical green hat on Dai Shouyi!
To vent his frustration with Dai Shouyi in this manner!
Chen Nan didn’t go straight home; instead, he went to the wellness hall and bought another set of herbs for refining kidney tonic pills before finally returning to Splendid Prospects.
During this time, Chen Nan also received a call from Liu Yiyi. Her voice revealed negativity and loss as she asked him why he had taken a long leave.
To this, Chen Nan could only say that he couldn’t adapt to life at school, but he would study diligently at home.
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Just as Chen Nan had returned home and opened the door, Nie Xiaoyu approached him incredulously, her face full of confusion, "Classes aren’t over yet, how come you’re back at this time?"
Despite saying this, she still opened the shoe cabinet and helped Chen Nan get his slippers out.
Chen Nan explained the reasons for his return.
Unexpectedly, Nie Xiaoyu didn’t blame him but said with a caring expression, "You’re like a bird that has left its cage, seen the vast world, and soared freely."
"Now that you’re back at school, it’s no different from being trapped in a cage."
"Coming back is also a good thing."
"It’s still you, my Xiaoyu, you describe it so aptly!" Chen Nan laughed heartily.
Nie Xiaoyu’s face quickly turned crimson, that "my Xiaoyu" making her feel very ambiguous.
Blushing, she said, "Oh, I bought the herbs you needed."
"Alright, go rest, I’ll go make the medicine."
"Oh, I need to use the stove, so let’s not cook lunch, just order takeout!" Chen Nan was someone who took action immediately; he entered the kitchen, rinsed the kidney tonic herbs clean with water, and began to get busy.
Unlike making scar removal ointments, preparing kidney tonic pills was a relatively more challenging task that tested one’s control over the heat.
A slight carelessness could lead to failure.
Luckily, Chen Nan had also made some medicines in the mountains before. Watching the herbs dissolve into a dark brown paste, he decisively turned off the heat, took the paste out with a spoon, and while it was still warm, he rolled it into balls.
By this stage, the medicine was considered successful.
"If only my cultivation could reach the Golden Core Stage, if only I had a Pill Furnace, making medicine wouldn’t be such a hassle!" Chen Nan sighed to himself.
After making the medicine, the gas stove’s steamer began to bubble up, and a sweet fragrance wafted out—it was the cooling soup he had prepared specially to cope with the heat.
After all, Jizhou was officially experiencing temperatures of thirty-five degrees Celsius.
With the cooling soup, it would help dispel the discomfort brought by the harsh heat.
He turned off the stove, humming a tune as he walked to the dining room. Seeing Nie Xiaoyu looking worried, he couldn’t help saying, "Why the sad face? Who has upset my Xiaoyu?"
