Chapter 002 Let Me Try
"Nonsense!" Li Shoucheng became furious after hearing this. He waved his hand on the table and knocked over a cup of hot tea.
"How could such a thing happen in the world? The female corpse disappeared, there must be other accomplices who helped to move it. The most important thing now is to wake up the man in the mental hospital and get the whereabouts of the other accomplices from him!"
"Okay, I understand!" Xiao Chen didn't dare to talk back, so he closed the door and left.
Li Shoucheng angrily poured himself another cup of hot tea, sat on the chair and looked through the information of this case. He didn't believe that there was really such a thing as a corpse being resurrected in the world. Someone must have pretended to be a ghost and transported the female corpse away in a special way.
Unexpectedly, the next morning, something happened that shocked Li Shoucheng.
Early in the morning, Xiao Chen hurried into the office: "Director, two elderly people came with a young girl. They said they found the girl at night. The girl has lost her memory and cannot provide the contact information of her relatives."
"Oh, then just follow the process. First compare it with the missing persons database. If it doesn't match, then publish an announcement in the media and ask the media to help find it. This is not the first time you have experienced this. Do you still need me to teach you?" Li Shoucheng, who had not slept all night, was a little impatient.
Xiao Chen said awkwardly: "But, Director, this girl is a little special."
Li Shoucheng asked unhappily, "How special is it? Do you have two noses or three eyes?"
"This..." Xiao Chen smiled awkwardly, "I'd better bring her here so you can take a look in person."
Li Shoucheng didn't know what Xiao Chen was up to, so he had to agree to meet the girl. Xiao Chen opened the door with an attentive look on his face and brought Bai Mian, who was waiting in the corridor, over.
As soon as the girl entered the room, Li Shoucheng felt that her features were somewhat familiar. Then Bai Mian took off her mask, and Li Shoucheng immediately remembered where he had seen this face.
On last night's case files.
Li Shoucheng picked up the case files in disbelief, and repeatedly compared the personal information of the female corpse with the girl in front of him, and finally confirmed that she was the person in the ID photo.
She is the body that went missing last night!
Seeing her standing alive in front of him, Li Shoucheng finally believed the theory of "resurrection from the dead", but what was going on? How could a dead person come back to life?
Li Shoucheng looked at the personal information of the female corpse again. The information showed that the girl's name was Zhou Xinyu. She was an orphan who had been living in the orphanage in Qingshui Town. She had just turned 18 two days ago. On Zhou Xinyu's 18th birthday, she went up the mountain alone and accidentally fell down the slope. She was dead when she was found.
Li Shoucheng pulled Xiao Chen over and quietly asked him, "Have you checked fingerprints?"
Xiao Chen nodded: "It has been confirmed, it is the same person."
Li Shoucheng suddenly felt a headache. In his nearly forty years of working career, he had never encountered such a thing. The hospital must have confirmed that Zhou Xinyu was really dead at that time before issuing a death certificate and the orphanage buried her. But now she is... This matter really cannot be explained by science.
Unless... there are supernatural factors...
Li Shoucheng carefully asked Xiao Chen and the girl to leave the office. He sat alone in the office and called his superior to explain the whole story.
After being reported through various levels, the case was reported to the National Bureau of Paranormal Investigation, which issued an order - do not publicize the matter for the time being, apply for a new identity for her, and observe her living conditions regularly.
After receiving the notice, Li Shoucheng immediately asked Xiao Chen to do as he was told. He was very satisfied with this way of handling the matter. After all, if the resurrection of the dead were to be known to others, the whole town would be in turmoil. Besides, Zhou Xinyu was already eighteen years old, and the orphanage no longer had the obligation to support her. Even if her original identity was restored, it would not do her any good. It would be better for her to change her identity and start a new life.
Xiao Chen took Bai Mian back to the service window and said to Weng Xuhua and Gao Jin, "We checked and there is no information about her in the system. Maybe she was an illegal resident before. I can help her register on the spot."
Gao Jin was a little surprised: "You're already this old, but you haven't registered your household registration yet?"
Weng Xuhua was very calm: "This is not surprising. In the past, some families would delay registering their children in order to have more children. Who knows what she has been through? Anyway, now that she has met us, we must treat her well."
In this way, Bai Mian had his own legal identity in the world and got an ID card with "Bai Mian" written on it.
After walking out of the police station, Weng Xuhua and Gao Jin stood at the door, discussing how to accommodate Bai Mian.
"Old man, do you plan to let her stay in Cixin Hall for a long time?"
"Of course. She has lost her memory and has no money. It is definitely not possible for her to go out into society alone like this."
"I don't mind. It's just a matter of having one more pair of chopsticks. But why are you going to keep her? She's already an adult, and we can't go through the adoption procedures. If we hire her as an employee, we have to pay her a salary. You know, our shop can't afford to pay one more salary..."
Weng Xuhua raised his head and looked at Bai Mian who was standing not far away. Bai Mian seemed to be deaf to their discussion. He just stood quietly under the shade of the tree, teasing a newly grown leaf.
"I want to take her as my apprentice."
Weng Xuhua was referring to the old-fashioned master-apprentice relationship, where a master takes in an apprentice, provides him with food and shelter, teaches him skills, and the apprentice helps the master with work and does not ask for any salary.
Gao Jin was a little worried: "This method is good, but will she be willing? She is young and beautiful, can she calm down and learn those boring things of yours?"
Weng Xuhua said to himself: "I think this kid can do it."
After some discussion, Weng Xuhua walked up to Bai Mian and told her his plan. To Gao Jin's surprise, Bai Mian agreed easily, and the two became master and apprentice.
"That's great, that's really great!" Gao Jin was overjoyed. This way, he didn't add too much financial pressure to the family, and he helped the child at the same time. It was really the best of both worlds.
Weng Xuhua and Gao Jin brought Bai Mian back to Ci Xin Tang. This time, the couple formally introduced their shop to Bai Mian.
The store here is rented. Because it is located on the edge of the county town, the rent is particularly cheap. For the same reason, there are very few people who come to see a doctor on a normal day, and the income from the store is barely enough to make ends meet.
The first floor of the shop is Ci Xin Tang, and the second floor is where Weng Xuhua and Gao Jin live. There are several empty rooms on the second floor, and Gao Jin cleaned up one for Bai Mian to live in.
In addition to the old couple, there are two other employees in the store. One is a middle-aged man with a lame leg and a bad temper. Others call him Lame Brother. The other is a young woman with a well-behaved and lovely appearance. She looks to be about 25 years old. Her surname is Yang, and others call her Xiao Yang.
Bai Mian called out "Sister Xiao Yang" to the woman, but she didn't respond at all. Gao Jin explained to Bai Mian that Xiao Yang was deaf-mute, and if she had anything to say, it would be best to send her a WeChat message directly.
It turned out that the two employees in the store were disabled. Bai Mian was slightly shocked and once again lamented the kindness of the old couple. Even though they were so financially tight, they were still willing to spend money to hire two disabled people as employees.
Today is Bai Mian's first day as an official apprentice. Weng Xuhua is not in a hurry to teach her Chinese medicine. He just lets her sit in the store and get familiar with the environment first.
After sitting in the store for a while, Bai Mian came to the conclusion that Ci Xin Tang did not need to hire any additional employees. These old couple were enough. An hour had passed and only one customer came, who just bought a pack of sour plum soup and left.
Although there were no guests, Weng Xuhua still sat at the table with his back straight and kept the desktop spotless. Gao Jin was cutting vegetables in the kitchen, preparing today's lunch. Sister Yang was sitting in front of the glass window, crocheting wool. Lame Brother was leaning against the medicine cabinet, watching short videos on his mobile phone.
Seeing how absorbed he was in brushing the screen, Bai Mian curiously leaned over to take a look, and saw a sexy woman shaking her buttocks on the screen.
When he found out that his screen was being peeped at, Lame Brother was a little unhappy. He complained, "Hey, you're not here to supervise for the boss, are you? I'm not slacking off. I'm slacking off openly. There are no patients now, so what else can I do but slack off?"
Bai Mian had no intention of arguing with him, so he looked at his phone and asked, "What are you browsing?"
Seeing that Bai Mian didn't recognize the app on his phone, Lame Brother was a little surprised: "Flash APP, this is the most popular short video live broadcast APP now, almost everyone uses it, are you a modern person? How come you don't even know this!"
Although Bai Mian was somewhat unfamiliar with modern technology, she had a strong ability to understand and understood it immediately.
"You mean, if I download this app, I can share the pictures of our store through my phone so that other netizens can see them?"
"Yes!" Lame Brother looked at Bai Mian as if he was an alien.
Bai Mian had an idea: "Why not use live streaming to attract customers to the store?"
Lame brother made a face that made him laugh: "Come on, not everyone can become popular through live streaming. Those who can become popular are all the work of the team. Look, either someone is writing the script or making up the jokes, or there are handsome men and beautiful women twisting and turning in front of the camera. What can our store use to attract the audience? Should we let Boss Weng do the twisting, or should we let me do it?"
Although she was criticized by Lame Brother, Bai Mian did not give up the idea. She borrowed an old mobile phone from Weng Xuhua, downloaded the Flash APP, registered an account with her ID card, activated the live broadcast function, and named the live broadcast room "Ci Xin Tang".
After everything was ready, Bai Mian found a mobile phone stand, placed the phone on the stand, pointed the camera at Weng Xuhua's pulse diagnosis case, and started the first live broadcast.
It’s just like what Brother Que said, when ordinary people do live broadcasts, no one watches them. Even if one or two people click in occasionally, they will leave quickly.
But Bai Mian was not in a hurry, she had a hunch - Ci Xin Hall was where her good fate began.
Not long after, a woman rushed in through the door, holding a little girl in her arms. As soon as she entered the door, she shouted:
"Doctor, save my daughter!"
Weng Xuhua hurriedly got up, walked to the woman, took the child, and placed the child on the bed beside him. He saw that the girl's face was red and swollen, her mouth and tongue were swollen, and there were large patches of red rashes on her body.
Before Weng Xuhua could ask, the woman rushed to say, "Doctor, my daughter is allergic. She is born allergic to seafood. She has had two attacks before. I have seen them before, and the symptoms are exactly the same as now!"
Weng Xuhua asked: "What did you feed the child yesterday and today?"
The woman quickly recalled: "Yesterday's three meals were all home-cooked meals, without any seafood. My child is allergic, and I usually avoid eating shrimp. This morning I gave her a small bowl of egg noodles, and then I took her out for a walk, and then..."
"Oh right! A few minutes ago we walked past a snack shop and the kid insisted on eating spicy noodles, so I bought her a pack. It must be this pack of spicy noodles that caused this. I don't know what unclean stuff was added to it. Damn it, I'm going to sue these businesses!"
After hearing what the woman said, Weng Xuhua became a little suspicious: "So, the child's diet these past two days has nothing to do with seafood. How did she come into contact with the allergen?"
The woman was about to cry: "Doctor, don't think too much. Anyway, my daughter must be allergic to seafood. Please think of a solution!"
"Okay, don't worry," Weng Xuhua put his fingers on the girl's wrist and checked her pulse. "It's indeed a sign of allergy. Let me write a prescription for vomiting and let her vomit what she ate."
After saying that, he stood up and went back to the pulse diagnosis desk and wrote down a prescription. Lame Brother also changed his previous nonchalant attitude and quickly took out a few medicines from the cabinet according to the prescription. Sister Yang took the herbs tacitly, poured them into the medicine jar, and quickly boiled them on a high fire.
In just a moment, the emetic soup was ready. Weng Xuhua poured a bowl of it, blew it cool, and slowly fed it down the girl's throat.
After drinking the emetic soup, the girl struggled to sit up from the bed and vomited violently. She not only vomited out the spicy strips and egg noodles she had eaten this morning, but also last night's overnight meal.
After she vomited, Weng Xuhua helped the little girl back to bed and comforted her mother: "She will feel better after she vomited. At least the allergens have left her body. Her condition will not get worse. Now I will write a prescription to help her reduce the swelling as soon as possible."
The woman breathed a sigh of relief: "I feel relieved now. Thank you, doctor. You really saved my daughter's life!"
Weng Xuhua waved his hand and went back to the desk to write a prescription. Before he finished writing the prescription, the girl on the bed over there became more seriously ill. Just now she could still speak a few words with a slurred tongue, but now she couldn't even breathe. The redness and swelling on her face became more severe, and her lips turned purple. It was already very dangerous at first glance.
The girl's mother screamed and rushed towards Weng Xuhua, grabbing his collar tightly and pulling hard, shouting, "You quack! Look, you are about to kill my daughter!"
Weng Xuhua also looked panicked, which was unusual for him. He muttered to himself, this shouldn't be the case. This is clearly a symptom of an allergy. It should be relieved after vomiting...
The girl was in critical condition, and Weng Xuhua did not dare to prescribe medicine rashly. Just when the store was in a stalemate, Bai Mian suddenly stood up, walked to the girl's mother, and said calmly:
"Let me try, okay?"
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