Ch 5: Those who wronged me are now begging me for mercy

Let Me Show You My Heart

“What happened?” The doctor asked, puzzled.

“…” The pig farmer hesitated for a few seconds before finally explaining, “The person who did the initial bandaging for me was the veterinarian from our village livestock station.”

Worried that the doctor might feel slighted, the pig farmer quickly added, “Our young Dr. Rong is a top graduate from a prestigious university. He’s really amazing!”

“…” So, anyone who can be a doctor must have a university degree, right? The farmer’s oddly reverent tone left the doctor feeling even more awkward.

Meanwhile, the loan shark was not having a much better time than the hospital.

Rong Ziyin had been stationed in the village for nearly half a month now, yet there hadn’t been any bad news about him. The rich young master, who had been keeping an ear out for updates, finally got released from his family’s restrictions and immediately went to the loan shark to check on Rong Ziyin’s situation.

“Has that bastard paid back any money?” The rich young master asked, clearly most concerned about this issue.

The loan shark’s expression turned grim, as he had no good answer to give. If he said the debt hadn’t been paid, it wouldn’t be entirely true since Rong Ziyin had made some payments. But if he said it had been paid, it only amounted to sixty yuan in total. Considering the temper of the young master in front of him, there would be no good outcome from this revelation.

As the loan shark hesitated, the young master grew even more impatient. He pushed the loan shark aside, opened the lending company’s computer, and logged into the Alipay account.

“No need for you to explain, I’ll check it myself.”

To solidify the trap against Rong Ziyin, the young master had meticulously planned everything, ensuring that the Alipay account was registered under a clean, unrelated individual, with no ties to his own phone. The account could only be accessed through the company’s computer.

As soon as he opened the account and saw the two thirty-yuan transfers from Rong Ziyin, it was as if someone had slapped him in the face. Enraged, he immediately smashed the mouse.

Thirty yuan could barely buy a cup of milk tea. If Rong Ziyin hadn’t paid at all, the young master might not have been so furious. But the way Rong Ziyin was “honestly” repaying in such small amounts was infuriating.

“Call him! Right now! No chit-chat, just demand payment!”

“Okay, okay,” the loan shark quickly dialed Rong Ziyin’s number as the young master fumed.

After a single ring, a recorded message played: “Sorry, the number you dialed is currently powered off. Please try again later.”

“Uh… maybe he’s sleeping,” the loan shark suggested cautiously.

The young master was livid, practically jumping in rage.

Great, he’s sleeping! After pushing them to the brink of insanity, Rong Ziyin was peacefully sleeping.

The young master threw his phone in frustration.

“Fine! Call him every half hour until morning! I want to see when he finally wakes up.”

When Rong Ziyin finally woke up, washed up, and turned on his phone to receive the call, both the young master and the loan shark had stayed up all night.

By then, their initial anger had subsided, and when the call connected, they were left awkwardly speechless.

After waiting for half a minute with no response, Rong Ziyin hung up.

The debtor hanging up on the creditor! The loan shark was on the verge of a breakdown, and the young master wanted nothing more than to grab the phone and call back himself.

Just then, he received a transfer notification: Rong Ziyin had sent him eight yuan.

Apparently, it was the money from the four salted eggs Rong Ziyin had won in the five-draw pull the day before.

However, the young master and the loan shark didn’t know this and were left staring at the auspicious eight yuan, almost coughing up blood in fury.

After staying up all night, though, their anger had dulled. The young master and the loan shark were too tired to even get angry anymore. Given Rong Ziyin’s stubbornness, there wasn’t much they could do.

After a long pause, the young master finally said, “Send him a message: Don’t bother transferring anything less than a thousand yuan. I’ll refuse it.”

With that, he left, frustrated and defeated.

He had no way to deal with Rong Ziyin. The previous incident had already reached his grandfather’s ears, and if he dared to openly target Rong Ziyin again, he would likely face serious repercussions.

Yet, the thought of having to tolerate this situation left him feeling miserable.

Ironically, the source of their enmity was Rong Ziyin’s excellence.

Rong Ziyin was a well-known top student in their department, and he was also quite handsome. The young master’s grandfather had visited the school once, and it happened to be on a day when he met Rong Ziyin.

After just a few words, the old man praised Rong Ziyin, calling him someone destined for greatness.

But what was Rong Ziyin studying? Veterinary medicine! When the young master was placed in that program, it became a joke in his family. To this day, his father still couldn’t openly admit what his son was studying.

Yet, his grandfather praised Rong Ziyin?

The young master’s grandfather had slighted his own grandson while elevating an outsider. Even though he knew it was just a passing comment, the young master’s resentment and jealousy toward Rong Ziyin had rooted deep within him.

In real life, money rules all. The young master was determined to grind Rong Ziyin into the dirt to show everyone the harsh reality.

However, the true reality was that Rong Ziyin had used the anger points they provided overnight to accumulate enough coins to win fifteen more salted eggs.

As Rong Ziyin carefully placed the salted eggs into a basket, he received a message on his phone from the loan shark.

“Don’t bother transferring less than a thousand yuan.”

Short and direct.

But after thinking for a moment, Rong Ziyin slowly typed out a reply. When the system saw it, it nearly burst out laughing.

“I refuse.” Equally short and direct, it almost gave the loan shark a heart attack. Yet, there was no law stipulating that debtors had to make minimum payments of a certain amount.

System: “I say, aren’t you worried that milking the same cow over and over will leave it bald?”

Rong Ziyin: “I don’t think it’s enough.”

Rong Ziyin’s bright future had been destroyed by the loan shark and the young master. He remained optimistic only because of his natural disposition, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t angry.

At the moment, he had no power, influence, or hard evidence, so he had to bide his time. Otherwise, he would have sent them to prison already.

System: “Are you really planning to pay off the debt?”

Rong Ziyin chuckled. “Of course not. The truth will come out eventually.”

Everyone thought Rong Ziyin had accepted his fate by moving to the village’s livestock station. But in reality, he was always planning his comeback, waiting for the right moment.

As for that ridiculous debt? Whoever created it would pay it back. And the young master who framed him? Rong Ziyin wouldn’t let him off lightly. It was only a matter of time before he’d send him off to sing “Tears Behind Bars.”

Thinking about how the young master contributed to the gold coin value yesterday, a small ripple of emotion stirred in Rong Ziyin’s heart.

However, Rong Ziyin quickly adjusted his mood and headed to the animal husbandry station. An ant can’t shake a tree. Confronting things head-on would only end badly; some matters need to be handled slowly and methodically.

**

By the time Rong Ziyin sat back at the lab bench, his emotions had completely calmed, and he quickly immersed himself in work.

After a night of cultivating the samples, the bacteria had begun to develop. Rong Ziyin made some notes, then opened his computer to draft a report, which he submitted to the system to apply for national compensation on behalf of the villagers.

Bird tuberculosis is a contagious disease, and since the neighboring village still hadn’t completed a thorough inspection, it suggested the bacteria might have already spread widely.

Moreover, according to the laws in Huaguo, animals diagnosed with infectious diseases that undergo proper disposal are eligible for state compensation. However, this compensation must be approved by a provincial-level department or higher. Although Rong Ziyin could diagnose the disease at the local level, the final decision would come from the higher authorities.

Therefore, to avoid delaying the overall epidemic prevention efforts and ensure the villagers receive their compensation, Rong Ziyin quickly sent the bacterial samples to Beijing after submitting his report.

As for Rong Ziyin, he had another important task ahead. Today, he needed to inspect all the ducks in the village to check for any signs of tuberculosis infection.

Given that the village’s husbandry station was small, bringing all the ducks there wasn’t feasible. So Rong Ziyin took his medical kit and visited each household, helping the villagers disinfect their duck sheds along the way.

After a busy day, Rong Ziyin reaped significant rewards, accumulating over 10,000 gratitude points. The best part was that the other ducks in the village showed no signs of illness, much to everyone’s relief.

As the clock struck five in the afternoon, Rong Ziyin stood at the gate of the last house, ready to finish the inspections before taking a rest.

But as he stepped inside, he realized that this was the home of the family whose boar had injured people the night before.

The scene was vastly different from the previous night when the farmer was covered in blood and in critical condition. Now, although the farmer was still using crutches, he looked energetic, almost as if he hadn’t been injured at all.

This wasn’t normal, considering the blood loss and the fracture. The fact that he could be up and about the next day was likely due to the additional effects of the “Thunderstrike” skill that Rong Ziyin had acquired from the system.

Seeing its effect on a human was one thing, but Rong Ziyin wondered how it would work on animals or plants. He did some quick calculations in his mind but couldn’t come up with a precise answer.

The farmer, however, didn’t care about such details. The moment he saw Rong Ziyin, he immediately called for his wife and son to come out and entertain him.

Rong Ziyin, who had come to inspect the ducks, found himself seated inside with a sweet slice of watermelon in hand before he even got started on his work.

“How’s the injury? What did the doctor say?” Rong Ziyin asked, inquiring about the farmer’s condition.

“The doctor said it’s fine, thanks to you, Dr. Rong!” The farmer recounted the praises from the county doctor, adding 2,000 gratitude points to Rong Ziyin’s total.

Meanwhile, the farmer’s wife and the boy who had fetched Rong Ziyin the previous night also began displaying messages of gratitude over their heads.

The boy, in particular, had a little Minion emoji with a face full of admiration, complete with heart-shaped eyes popping up in his speech bubble.

Finding the kid amusing, Rong Ziyin patted the boy’s fluffy head. The little hearts in the boy’s admiration emoji immediately began to bounce even more vigorously, earning Rong Ziyin an additional 3,000 admiration points.

System: Wow! Keep it up, and with another 2,000 admiration points, you can recruit him as your follower to do your bidding.

Rong Ziyin: There are plenty of cows and horses in the countryside. I don’t need someone to act as a beast of burden. Ever heard of the core socialist values? Reject blind and excessive worship.

That made so much sense that the system was left speechless.

After finishing his watermelon, Rong Ziyin got to work inspecting the ducks. This family focused mainly on pig farming, so there weren’t many ducks to check, allowing him to finish quickly.

The boy followed closely behind Rong Ziyin, his admiration points climbing steadily as he watched the professional and efficient way Rong Ziyin worked.

By the time Rong Ziyin was ready to leave, the admiration points had reached 4,000, with the boy trailing after him like a little shadow.

“Do you like this? Do you want to become a vet too?” Rong Ziyin asked.

“Yes!” The boy nodded seriously, “Dr. Rong, you’re amazing! I want to be just as amazing one day.”

Kids at that age often latch onto the idea of becoming like the impressive people they see. Rong Ziyin didn’t take it too seriously.

But the boy’s admiration only deepened at what he perceived as Rong Ziyin’s calm and mysterious demeanor, causing his admiration points to surge past 5,000.

System: Follower candidate available for recruitment.

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