Ch 45 (Part 3): Rebirth of the Tool Man in a Pampered Protagonist Novel

Li Xiao and his brother were typical rural college students with a very ordinary family background. Their hometown was in the mountains, remote and impoverished. When they were young, they had to climb mountains and walk several miles to go to school.

So in places like Li Xiao’s hometown, medical treatment was very inconvenient. Even now, there were still some unlicensed barefoot doctors. It was unknown whether they had great skills, but they could treat the common ailments of the villagers.

Many people saw them as swindlers, using the guise of traditional Chinese medicine to deceive others for food and drink.

However, after experiencing Li Xiao’s stretching and cupping technique, Fang Ziyang felt that his grandfather might be extraordinary.

Although he didn’t understand traditional Chinese medicine, he had grown up in a comfortable environment and had a broad range of experiences. He still had discerning eyes.

“Is your grandfather really a miracle doctor?”

Fang Ziyang asked with great interest.

Li Xiao nodded confidently, “Yes, my grandfather’s medical skills are absolutely reliable. He treats all the big and small illnesses in our village, and there hasn’t been any problem for so many years. Every time, the patients recover completely.”

“But my grandfather has a conservative mindset, and combined with his experience of being scared when he was thrown into the cowshed during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, he became very timid. For a long time, he didn’t dare to treat people anymore. Even when he resumed his practice, he didn’t dare to leave the village. That’s why he doesn’t have a traditional Chinese medicine license. Outsiders don’t believe it, so only people from our village and surrounding villages go to him…”

At this point, Li Xiao felt a bit embarrassed, as if what he said didn’t match the title of a miracle doctor.

He scratched his head and continued, “Well, maybe you think I’m exaggerating, but I really believe that my grandfather is a miracle doctor. Originally, my grandfather planned to pass on this skill to my brother and me. It’s said that our family has had imperial physicians for several generations, and the family tradition must be passed down…”

“But my brother and I don’t have much talent for medicine. I only know a bit about the stretching and cupping techniques I just did for you. If there’s a chance, I can ask my grandfather’s disciple to come and show you. My elder brother Ming is my grandfather’s closed-door disciple. He has been learning from him since he was young and is planning to study traditional Chinese medicine and get a license at night school.”

“Ming?”

Fang Ziyang felt that the surname was somewhat familiar. “The surname of your grandfather’s closed-door disciple is quite rare…”

Li Xiao nodded in agreement and then smiled mischievously. “Not only is the surname rare, but guess what the full name of my elder brother Ming is?”

“What is it?”

“Ming Bai!”

Li Xiao burst into laughter.

“Ming Bai, ‘understand clearly,’ hahaha! You didn’t expect that, did you? That’s the name my grandfather gave him because when he found Ming Bai, he thought he was too thin. So he gave him this name, saying that the name would make him grow strong and tall like a cypress tree. I don’t know if it worked or not, but my brother Ming has been teased about it since he was young, hahaha…”

Li Xiao continued to laugh.

However, Fang Ziyang’s face suddenly changed as he listened.

Ming Bai!

It was actually Ming Bai!

The same Ming Bai who was used and then discarded by Yan Tong, causing him to fall from grace!

Fang Ziyang didn’t expect to hear this name from Li Xiao’s mouth.

He remembered that Ming Bai was also one of Yan Tong’s backup lovers.

But unlike Xie Zheng, Fang Qianhao, and the others who were completely captivated, Ming Bai fell in love with Yan Tong but didn’t lose his senses. After gradually discovering Yan Tong’s hypocrisy, Ming Bai wanted to leave.

However, at that time, Ming Bai had become one of Yan Tong’s key players. If he left, it would bring about significant losses and crises to Yan Tong. Once Ming Bai left, the cooperative relationships between Yan Tong and those influential figures in the medical field would collapse. After all, although Yan Tong had the prescriptions, he needed trustworthy people to help him with research and operation. Moreover, Ming Bai had already learned all the prescriptions at that time.

Yan Tong tried to persuade Ming Bai to stay, but Ming Bai had already seen through his true nature and was tired of being one of his backup lovers.

So Ming Bai firmly refused the persuasion.

And the consequence of rejecting Yan Tong was that Ming Bai was sued, falsely accused of stealing research results, and he ended up in ruins, imprisoned…

Yan Tong would never show mercy to those who didn’t support him and didn’t listen to him, even if they had loved him and made sacrifices for him.

Because in his previous life, he had been secretly monitoring everything about Yan Tong and biting onto revenge tightly, he knew everything about what was happening around Yan Tong.

This unfortunate Ming Bai was naturally known to Fang Ziyang as well.

At that time, he even felt somewhat sympathetic because there weren’t many men who could wake up from Yan Tong’s enchantment.

It turned out to be Ming Bai.

The same Ming Bai who helped Yan Tong use prescriptions to win over countless influential friends…

Fang Ziyang’s heart surged with excitement. He needed talents like this now! Why did he forget about Ming Bai when he was planning the pharmaceutical company!

Looking at Li Xiao, who was still laughing foolishly because of the name Ming Bai, Fang Ziyang nodded in excitement.

“Alright, as you said, when can you bring your brother Ming out for me to meet? I’m really curious about what kind of person your grandfather’s closed-door disciple is. Can you bring him during the summer vacation after the college entrance examination? If not, then I’ll go to your hometown with you during the summer vacation!”

“Alright, let’s just go to our hometown then. Although Ming is also amazing, the most incredible one is my grandfather. He never leaves our hometown. Otherwise, he would definitely be a prominent figure in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. When the time comes, I’ll show you our hometown. The beautiful mountains and clear waters are much better than any tourist attraction…”

Li Xiao warmly invited, not feeling inferior at all because of his rural background, but rather proud of his hometown.

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“Okay, then let’s go to your hometown during the summer vacation!”

Fang Ziyang readily nodded.

The two quickly agreed on the plan.

Li Xiao laughed heartily, breaking his gentle image, and playfully punched Fang Ziyang’s shoulder. He called him a “good brother” and then went to the bathroom to take a shower. After all the stretching and cupping, he wasn’t tired, but he had the scent of medicinal herbs all over his body and needed to wash up before going out.

And at that moment…

Someone finally arrived.

“Bang, bang, bang!”

“Bang, bang, bang!”

The sound of urgent knocking on the door resounded loudly.

Fang Ziyang was startled and quickly put on his pants. He put on a white T-shirt and hurried downstairs to open the door.

But when he opened the door, he was stunned to see someone unexpected standing before him—Xie Zheng.

Xie Zheng’s expression seemed a bit unpleasant. His handsome face was clouded with darkness, and his sharp and profound eyes seemed to be filled with fire at the moment. His already serious and intimidating expression appeared even more terrifying today.

Fang Ziyang was frightened by the man’s appearance, feeling a bit scared and stuttering, “Xie, Brother Xie, why did you come to my house?”

There was no way around it.

He was already quite afraid of Xie Zheng, and now, seeing him in this seemingly ferocious state, he couldn’t summon the courage.

However, Fang Ziyang’s scared and stuttering expression appeared to Xie Zheng as a guilty conscience of someone who had been caught doing something wrong.

Seeing the young man’s slightly wet hair sticking to his face after just taking a shower, the faint blush on his fair skin, and his moist eyes that seemed as if he had just been “seriously bullied” and cried…

And also, due to the thin fabric of the white T-shirt, the faint traces of red marks left by the cupping could be vaguely seen, resembling the aftermath of some intense activity…

Xie Zheng understood everything without any need for explanation.

Hasn’t he seen the same situation portrayed in TV dramas countless times? It seemed that the things he accidentally overheard earlier were all true!

Xie Zheng exuded a cold aura. “Why do you think I came here?”

His tone was truly intimidating.

Fang Ziyang looked at the terrifying man in front of him, swallowed hard, and felt both inexplicably and confusedly, “…” What was he supposed to know?

But this expression on Fang Ziyang’s face, in Xie Zheng’s eyes, turned into an attitude of not caring about being caught.

Xie Zheng’s heart felt as if it had been fiercely struck by something. He felt an inexplicable anger.

“Fang Ziyang, even though you’re a boy, you’re not taking care of yourself at all. By doing this, are you being fair to your brother? Are you being fair to your mother?”

You’ve only known each other for less than a week and you’ve already slept together. Is this young man really so foolish? He was just deceived by Xie Wenxu, and now he was jumping into another fire pit? And this time, it’s even more serious. He gave himself away to someone else. Wasn’t he afraid of being used and abandoned again?

And also!

“You asked me to help you find the owner of that ring, right? Although there has been no news, you have liked that person for so long, and you asked me to help you find them. But now, you’re acting like this with someone else. Don’t you think you’re being unreasonable?”

Xie Zheng’s serious and stern expression showed signs of breaking, and his gaze seemed to view Fang Ziyang as a scumbag who played with people’s emotions.

As for Fang Ziyang, who was faced with Xie Zheng’s gaze:…

He felt that Xie Zheng must have taken the wrong medicine today.

He was about to ask what Xie Zheng meant when Xie Zheng angrily interrupted him, “Where’s Li Xiao?!”

The topic changed too quickly, and Fang Ziyang couldn’t keep up with the train of thought to understand the underlying meaning.

Hearing the question, his reflexive response was, “He’s in the bathroom, taking a shower…”

“!”

Xie Zheng’s eyes blazed even brighter, and with a cold expression on his face, he pushed Fang Ziyang aside and strode upstairs toward the bathroom.

Fang Ziyang stood in a daze, completely clueless about the current situation.

It wasn’t until a piercing scream echoed from the second floor.

“Ah!”

Fang Ziyang trembled in fear.

Secretary Li, who had just caught up and heard the scream, wanted to shout to stop it, but when he saw Young Master Fang, who looked like he had been “seriously bullied,” his voice abruptly stopped.

Then he silently gritted his teeth and pounded his chest and stomped his feet in frustration: “You damn little brother, you’ve caused trouble for me!”

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