It's clear that the serious illness has been completely cured, and the vital energy is slowly recovering!

"No...impossible...this is absolutely impossible!" Yang Zijie abruptly pulled his hand back, staggered back two steps, his face deathly pale, his lips trembling, and his eyes were filled with horror and disbelief as he looked at Zhang Zhihe's wife.

The confidence and understanding he had built up throughout his medical career were completely overturned and shattered at this moment!

Zhang Zhihe's heart skipped a beat when he saw Yang Zijie's distraught expression.

It’s over!

Could it be that there was something wrong with the method used by the Xu brothers?

It only looks good on the surface, but is it actually worse inside?

He immediately tensed up and rushed forward, cautiously asking, "Dr. Yang... Dr. Yang, what's wrong with my wife? Please don't scare me!"

"How is it?" Yang Zijie suddenly turned his head, grabbed Zhang Zhihe's arm with astonishing strength, and a kind of crazy light flowed in his eyes.

"Zhang Zhihe! Tell me honestly! What exactly happened?! Who treated your wife's illness?! What method was used?! Tell me now!"

His voice trembled with excitement, filled with urgency and an indescribable longing.

Zhang Zhihe was taken aback by his reaction.

This tone... doesn't sound like things are bad?

He blinked, then looked at Yang Zijie's utterly shocked expression, and suddenly realized!

Oh My God!

Physician Yang is... is he amazed by the medical skills of the Xu brothers?!

A surge of immense joy and relief instantly dispelled my previous worries!

Zhang Zhihe let out a long sigh of relief, and the cold sweat that had broken out on his back slowly subsided.

At the same time, his gratitude to Xu Kuo was as boundless as a surging river, beyond words!

"Dr. Yang, please calm down, please calm down!" Zhang Zhihe soothed the agitated Yang Zijie with a hint of pride and relief on his face.

"It's...it's that friend I mentioned yesterday, named Xu Kuo. He...he's incredibly skilled, I heard he's a magician, but who knew his medical skills were so amazing! He came over yesterday to give me a few acupuncture treatments, and who would have thought...hey, who would have thought he actually saved me!"

He tried to downplay his feelings, but he couldn't hide the excitement and gratitude in his words.

"Xu Kuo? Magician? Acupuncture?" Yang Zijie murmured these words repeatedly, his eyes still unfocused.

Acupuncture can treat tuberculosis, especially terminal tuberculosis, and it works immediately?

This is simply a medical miracle!

A storm raged within him.

“Yes, yes, that’s him!” Zhang Zhihe nodded repeatedly.

Yang Zijie took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and looked at Zhang Zhihe with unprecedented solemnity and pleading.

"Brother Zhang! No, Brother Zhang! Could you... could you introduce me to this Master Xu Kuo? I... I wish to learn from him in person! Such divine skills, if we could learn even a fraction of them, would be a blessing for all living beings!"

At this moment, he no longer had any airs of a "miracle doctor" and was just like a devout apprentice.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhihe was happy for Xu Kuo and quickly agreed, "Hey! What's so difficult about that! When Brother Xu Kuo has time, I'll definitely take you to meet him! He's a very easy person to talk to!"

"Alright, alright! Then I'll have to trouble you!"

Yang Zijie rubbed his hands together excitedly, as if he had seen the door to a new world of medicine.

However, just as the atmosphere in the room eased slightly, and the two were both immersed in their shock and anticipation of Xu Kuo's miraculous medical skills—

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The courtyard gate was pounded violently, the sound urgent and heavy.

Zhang Zhihe frowned, his face full of doubt.

"Who is it? Why is there such a commotion?"

His house was usually deserted; apart from Xu Kuo and Yang Zijie, almost no one would come to his door on their own initiative, let alone knock on it in this way.

Moreover, his wife really needs to rest right now.

He walked forward with a puzzled look and opened the creaking door.

The scene outside the door made Zhang Zhihe's pupils shrink instantly!

There stood Wang Chengxiang with a sinister grin on his face at the door!

Beside Wang Chengxiang stood a middle-aged man in cadre uniform with a gloomy face—Wang Chengxiang's father, Wang Ming, the brigade secretary.

What alarmed Zhang Zhihe even more was that behind the two men were several security guards in uniform!

Before Zhang Zhihe could react, Wang Chengxiang, his eyes filled with malice, suddenly raised his foot and kicked Zhang Zhihe hard in the stomach!

"Thump!"

Zhang Zhihe grunted, and was kicked so hard that he flew backward and crashed to the ground, where he couldn't get up for a long time!

"You rotten bastard!" Wang Chengxiang spat, stepped forward, pointed at Zhang Zhihe on the ground from above, and questioned him fiercely.

"Tell me! Where is that brat who beat me up while we were eating together?! Hand him over!"

Zhang Zhihe clutched his stomach, wincing in pain, but upon hearing these words, he immediately understood.

They really came for Xu Kuo and his brothers, those damned bastards!

He gritted his teeth, enduring the excruciating pain, and forced out a few words: "I...I don't know what you're talking about!"

He can take a beating, but he will never betray the benefactor who saved his wife's life!

"Still being stubborn?!" Seeing this, Wang Chengxiang became even more furious and raised his foot to kick again.

"Alright." Wang Ming stopped his son with a gloomy face, his cold gaze sweeping over Zhang Zhihe on the ground, his words revealing a sense of oppression.

“Zhang Zhihe, don’t push your luck. I know that kid has a special relationship with you. Where are you hiding him? Tell me honestly, and you’ll suffer less. Otherwise…”

He didn't say what he was going to say next, but the threat was obvious.

Zhang Zhihe struggled to get up, glaring at Wang Ming: "Secretary Wang! You...you're trespassing! Have you no regard for the law?!"

"The law?" Wang Ming sneered.

"Talking about the law with someone like you who protects bad elements? Humph!" He waved his hand and ordered the security guards behind him.

"Arrest him! I bet he won't learn his lesson until he's faced with death! Charge him with 'unlicensed street performance' and 'disturbing public order,' and take him away!"

Zhang Zhihe was trembling with anger. This was clearly a fabricated charge; they could always find a pretext!

It's obvious they're targeting Xu Kuo, making an example of him!

"You...you're framing me! This is revenge!"

"Take him away!" Wang Ming completely ignored his explanation.

Two security guards immediately stepped forward and roughly lifted Zhang Zhihe up.

"Hey, hey, hey! Secretary Wang! Captain Wang! Let's talk this out! Let's talk this out!"

Yang Zijie, who was standing nearby, was startled when he saw this. Although he didn't know what was going on, he saw that someone was about to be arrested, so he quickly stepped forward to try to mediate. "Zhang Zhihe is an honest man. Is there some misunderstanding?"

"Get out of here, you old bastard!" Wang Chengxiang was seething with anger and had nowhere to vent it. When Yang Zijie approached, he pushed him away without thinking and cursed, "This is none of your business! Mind your own business, or I'll take care of you too!"