Dark Wood
Liu Chengde also saw the comments and blushed to his ears. He lowered his head in embarrassment and said, "Excuse me, everyone. I... I am indeed a Xia doctor. My ancestors have been doctors for three generations, specializing in gynecology, especially in treating infertility. I have helped my patients become pregnant successfully, if not a thousand."
There was pride in his tone as a doctor.
"But unfortunately... my wife, we've been married for over ten years. I've used up all my life's knowledge, searched through all the ancient books, and tried everything, but she just can't get pregnant."
"We went to the best hospital in the country and underwent a comprehensive examination. The results showed that both of our body functions were normal and we did not have any physiological problems.
Experts say this is medically called unexplained infertility, so let's relax and let nature take its course."
He smiled bitterly.
"We've been hearing the phrase 'let nature take its course' for over a decade. I've cured so many people and received so many banners, but every time my wife sees someone leaving my clinic with a baby, the envious yet lost look in her eyes makes me feel guilty and self-blame."
"She always says it's okay, that having me by her side is enough, but I know that she dreams of having a child of our own.
She would cry secretly at night, thinking I was asleep, but I knew everything."
At this point, Liu Chengde, a 40-year-old man, could no longer hold back his tears. He took off his glasses, wiped his tears, and continued:
"God Zhong, I'm not a good husband, much less a good doctor. I'm connecting today to ask for nothing else. I want to have a child with my wife, so that we can be parents for once in our lifetime and fulfill our dream. Please, grant us this wish!"
After saying that, he stood up, bowed deeply to the screen, and did not stand up for a long time.
In the live broadcast room, the barrage of ridicule and laughter turned into sighs and sympathy.
"Alas, I started crying while laughing. This is real life."
"It's so sad that a doctor can't heal himself, and can't save himself when he can save others."
"I can't bear to see this. It's too painful. I hope Master Zhong can help him."
"This Doctor Liu really loves his wife."
Zhong Ling listened quietly, then she put down her teacup and said:
"I received your wish."
"You are a good doctor and a good husband, but your fate is just a little bit off."
Liu Chengde suddenly raised his head, his eyes gleaming with brilliance: "Zhong...Zhong Shen, what do you mean?"
Zhong Ling didn't answer him directly, but said calmly, "In your clinic, on the wall with the meridian map hanging on it, three steps to the left and two feet down, is there a wooden box hidden in the wall?"
Liu Chengde looked puzzled, "I...I don't know."
"Go and get it out." Zhong Ling said.
Liu Chengde did not dare to delay at all. He quickly ran to the wall and groped his way to the location according to Zhong Ling's instructions.
He fetched tools, carefully pried open a loose brick, and actually pulled out a palm-sized rosewood box from it.
He held the wooden box in front of the camera.
Zhong Ling's eyes fell on the wooden box. "Open it."
Liu Chengde opened the box as he was told. Inside the box was a dark, irregularly shaped black block.
"What...what is this?" Liu Chengde was confused. "This house was passed down from my grandfather. I never heard him say there was anything hidden in the walls."
Zhong Ling explained:
"This is the heartwood of a piece of dark wood, and it is a dark wood that grows in an extremely dark place.
This house was built by your grandfather when he was young. One of the builders had a wife who couldn't get pregnant, so the couple went to your grandfather for treatment. Your grandfather said that there was something wrong with the man. The woman felt hurt and was very angry, but she didn't show it.
When your grandfather asked him to help build a house, in order to take revenge on your grandfather, he deliberately took the trouble to find the core of the dark wood and hid it in the wall.
Fortunately, your ancestors have been practicing medicine for three generations, saving the dying and the wounded, and have accumulated a lot of merit. Plus, your grandfather and your father don't live here, so your health is fine."
"On the contrary, since you and your wife have lived here all year round, most of the merits have been absorbed by it. At the same time, the evil energy it emits is constantly corroding the people living in the house, so the yin and yang in you and your wife's bodies have long been unbalanced.
No matter how skilled your medical skills are, they can only treat acquired illnesses, but they cannot change the fundamental problems caused by your innate environment. This is the real reason why you have been childless for so many years."
Liu Chengde was stunned when he heard this. He had been practicing medicine for half his life and had never thought that the problem might lie in Feng Shui metaphysics.
"Then...what should we do?" he asked anxiously.
"Simple."
As Zhong Ling finished her words, she looked at the screen and made a virtual grab at the air.
In the live broadcast, the dark and gloomy wood core of the rosewood box in Liu Chengde's hand suddenly trembled violently, making bursts of "sizzling" sounds. Wisps of black air visible to the naked eye were forcibly drawn out from the wood core, twisting and struggling in the air, and finally screamed and disappeared.
But in just a few seconds, the color of the gloomy wood core changed from pitch black to dark brown, and there was no longer any trace of evil aura.
After doing all this, Zhong Ling slowly spoke: "The evil spirit has been removed. The remaining merit will benefit you and your wife. Within three months, there will be good news about your wife."
Liu Chengde stared blankly at the wood in the wooden box that had changed color, and was completely dumbfounded.
The problem that had troubled him and his wife for ten years, countless days and nights of torment and pain, was solved in just a few seconds?
He fell to his knees with a thud and kowtowed to the screen.
"Thank you, Master Zhong! Thank you, Master Zhong! We, my wife, will never forget your great kindness!"
Zhong Ling felt the pure power of the wish, nodded with satisfaction, and disconnected the call.
In the live broadcast room, the audience in front of the screen were shocked again:
"Holy crap! Feng Shui is real! Sunken wood, I've learned a lot. I'm going to go home tonight and check if there's any in my walls."
"Wake up, the one upstairs! Your house is made of reinforced concrete, not an old brick and tile house. Besides, even the god Zhong said that thing grows in extremely yin places. It's not like cabbage, so it's not that easy to come across."
"Dr. Liu Xia made a killing! Not only did he resolve a decade-long issue, but he also got a child for free. It was worth it!"
"Am I the only one whose focus is off? Master Zhong actually knows medicine? He can even calculate when someone's wife will get pregnant. What kind of divine manipulation is this?"
"Traditional Chinese Medicine, Feng Shui, Metaphysics... I feel like what I've been studying for so many years is fake."
"Okay, let's do the second live broadcast."
As soon as he finished speaking, the microphone connection application on the screen finally froze on one ID - "Code Monkey is the Hardworking Emperor".
The screen switched to a man who looked to be about thirty years old. He was wearing a plaid shirt, his hair was a little messy, his eye sockets were deep, and the thick glasses could not hide the dark circles under his eyes. He looked very tired.
The man seemed to have not expected to be chosen. He was stunned for several seconds, adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then spoke: "Zhong...Zhong Shen, is it really me?"
"It's you." Zhong Ling said concisely.
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