NOVPUBChapter 70: Chapter 70: Do Not Believe
Chapter 70 -70: Do Not Believe
“Where did you say this person was?” Wang Jianli felt cornered. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he couldn’t bear to give up.
“At my house!”
Qian Cheng sneered.
“What kind of joke are you playing? What time is it now, and you’re still thinking of ingratiating yourself with the powerful? You can’t possibly say this Divine Doctor is a relative of your family, can you?”
Zhao Dachuan also knew that no one would believe such words. Let alone others, if he heard someone else say this, his first thought would be that the person had gone mad with the desire to forge a connection with Chief Wang. But at this moment, he had no choice but to be bold. One couldn’t let others truly believe he was acting out of self-interest, after all.
“It’s my nephew’s wife’s sister. She just came yesterday. My nephew has been bedridden for more than a decade, and all the doctors said it was incurable, that he would have to spend his life in bed. But yesterday afternoon, after just one acupuncture session, I saw with my own eyes last night; although he wasn’t jumping around, he was already walking on his own, genuine walking, that’s the evidence right there.”
He even provided an example.
Qian Cheng’s face was full of mockery. To think such words could be uttered, truly absurd.
Wang Jianli slapped his thigh, “Qian Cheng, go invite them! Bring that person here!”
Qian Cheng panicked, “Dad, you believe such people? This is just to grab some attention. Think about it, how could someone paralyzed for more than a decade suddenly walk? It must be a ploy designed by his family to draw attention. Who knows if his nephew is actually fine, and they’re all in on some tall tale together. We’ve seen too many of these cases, with all those folk performers and so-called Divine Doctors, aren’t they all about mystifying things just to swindle money?”
Zhao Dachuan was furious, “I am not talking nonsense. If you don’t believe me, ask the people here. They all work in the same factory area; everyone is aware of my nephew’s situation. It’s not possible to be pretending for more than a decade.” He dared them to disbelieve them.
The surroundings were filled with people from the processing plant, colleagues who had worked with Zhao Dachuan and were acquainted with the situation in his family. Hearing this, they also began to speak up. 𝖓𝔬𝖛𝔭𝔲𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
“That’s true. His nephew’s son has been paralyzed in bed for over a decade, everyone knows that. You can’t fool people with that. But whether he has recovered, we don’t know.”
“That child is a pitiable one.”
“That child doesn’t even go out, unless his brother and sister-in-law take him out to see a doctor. He never leaves the house otherwise.”
“Old Zhao, why didn’t you speak up sooner?”
Everyone was surprised by Zhao Dachuan’s sudden mention of a Divine Doctor.
Zhao Dachuan saw that many people still didn’t believe him, even though he had explained, but nobody mentioned the doctor’s matter.
“Chief Wang, how about this, I’ll call my nephew here for you all to see for yourselves. But if this causes any delay, you can’t blame me.” Zhao Dachuan was full of grievance. Although he had always been slick in his life, he never did bad deeds. He just liked to weigh his options, naturally doing more of what benefitted him. But this wasn’t a big flaw. Besides, this time, he was truly moved by Chief Wang’s sorrow, and the result? Suspicions cast upon him.
It was a greater injustice than that of Dou E.
Wang Jianli stopped Qian Cheng who was about to say more, “Go invite the doctor over, no matter what. Now that Xiaohan is already like this, we have to try. What if… What if it works?” Qian Cheng understood that his father-in-law was truly grasping at straws! It wasn’t that he believed so much in this so-called Divine Doctor but that he was seeking a slim chance.
He nodded, “Okay, Dad, I’ll take care of it right away!” He gave Zhao Dachuan a disdainful glance, “Master Zhao, follow me! I don’t know where this Divine Doctor lives!”
Zhao Dachuan was furious. He had good intentions.
In his life, he had always been fickle, never taking a firm stand. Just the one time he decided to do a good deed, he ended up being misunderstood. Looking up at the sky helplessly, he thought, Oh Heavens, why don’t you let it snow!
But the words had already been spoken, and things had come to this point. Now, even if he faced complaints, he had to lead them to the person in question. Otherwise, he’d indeed end up making enemies.
For some reason, a sense of complaint arose within me. Why did I even bother with all this? A hot head leads to a loose tongue—that’s exactly what landed me in this mess.
I led Qian Cheng to my place.
This time, I didn’t greet Qian Cheng with a smile. After all, I was clear-headed. Even if I brown-nosed him until the cows came home, he probably already had a fixed negative impression of me and didn’t consider me a good person.
So I might as well save my spit.
Upon arriving home, just as we entered the courtyard, I saw Bai Xiao and Bai Ju washing their faces.
“Bai Xiao, this is Qian Cheng, from the provincial department. He’s the one your aunt mentioned last night—the family member of the child who’s seriously ill,” Zhao Dachuan braced himself as he spoke, then pointed at Bai Xiao, “This is the Divine Doctor!”
Bai Xiao couldn’t hold back and let out a snort of laughter.
Since when did she acquire the fame of a Divine Doctor?
If she went out with that title, she would be a laughingstock. Everyone pictures a Divine Doctor as an old man with gray whiskers, a hunched back, short and plump, with a face full of kindness. She figured no one who saw her as she was would have the confidence, and if they didn’t suspect that she was out to scam and freeload, she would be surprised.
As expected, upon seeing Bai Xiao, Qian Cheng’s gaze and facial expressions were filled with a clear message, “This is a charlatan, and a female one at that.”
“You’re the Divine Doctor? Can you… can you be a bit more professional? Who would be fooled by that look? A girl who’s barely eighteen or nineteen and doesn’t study properly, instead pretending to be a Divine Doctor. You don’t even consider whether or not others would believe you when they see you like this.”
Qian Cheng didn’t hold back and openly disrespected Bai Xiao.
Bai Xiao dried her hands and tossed the towel into the basin.
“Well, please, the door is right there. I surely won’t stop you!”
She didn’t understand why he bothered degrading her when she didn’t even ask for any of this.
Qian Cheng found it amusing, wow, such a fiery temper!
She really thought she was the Divine Doctor.
Zhao Dachuan’s face turned sour. He wished he could slap himself. It was all his fault. Why did he have to talk so much? If he hadn’t been so talkative, they wouldn’t have been looked down upon to this extent.
It was as if they had been visited just to be humiliated.
“Feeling insecure now? If you can’t cure it, just say so. You’re young, it’s best to just be honest, but here you are putting on an act,” Qian Cheng was unimpressed.
Even if such a charlatan were to be taken back, they would likely end up playing the fool.
Bai Xiao shook her head; this guy really needed to be put in his place. Was his mouth always so filthy? He came to request a doctor, not to offend people.
In her past life, even if coerced, anyone who came to her for help dared not be anything less than utterly respectful. This was the first time she encountered someone as idiotic as this.
Qian Cheng left.
