It's like searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly!
In the information left by her mother, the birthmark on her wrist was the mark of that miracle doctor.
To confirm further, Xin Jiuwei gave Wang Qing a wink, and Wang Qing understood, leading the guards forward.
"Stop! Why are you humiliating an old man here?"
The group ignored them. Wang Qing directed the servants to push the people away, and Xin Jiuwei personally helped the old man up.
The man who was leading the assault said to Xin Jiuwei, "We're doing our own thing. We advise you, young lady, not to meddle in other people's business!"
“Since I’ve seen this in broad daylight, how can I just ignore it?” Xin Jiuwei frowned and said, “What kind of grudge could possibly warrant such humiliation from you?”
The man sneered, "This isn't us bullying him. We agreed that he could only set up his stall here when our clinic was closed. Now look what's happened, he keeps coming to steal our business. Shouldn't we teach him a lesson?"
Although not everyone who practices medicine and saves lives does so without expecting anything in return, and it is understandable to treat a clinic as a business, Xin Jiuwei still cannot condone their actions in front of a clinic that displays a plaque proclaiming their medical practice and salvation.
She instructed the servants to take good care of the old woman, and then said to Wang Qing, "Bring me my purse."
Wang Qing was slightly taken aback. She was used to listening to her mistress, so she didn't say anything but took out her money pouch and handed it to Xin Jiuwei.
Xin Jiuwei took out several silver notes from her purse and handed them to the leading man.
"Consider this money as the rental fee for the stall from you. If this old man comes again in the future, just consider this space as rented to him. I will pay the rental fee to you every month on his behalf. Please don't make things difficult for him anymore, okay?"
The man looked at her warily for a moment, then took the silver note. "I need to report this to the shopkeeper. Please wait a moment."
He turned and went into the clinic, while Xin Jiuwei waited patiently in place.
After the old man was helped up, he remained silent upon seeing Xin Jiuwei's actions, as if she hadn't just helped him.
A short while later, the man returned.
"Our manager said that this old man has repeatedly caused trouble at the entrance of our clinic, and we really can't let him stay. The manager doesn't need this little bit of money every month, so please go back, young lady."
He returned the silver note to Xin Jiuwei and turned to leave.
As the men he brought left, they didn't forget to warn the old man, "If we see you again, things won't be so simple!"
The old man said nothing, bent down to pick up the overturned basket, and then slowly picked up the scattered medicinal herbs, some of which had been crushed into pieces.
Xin Jiuwei knelt down to help him, "Senior Bai."
The old man didn't speak, as if he hadn't heard.
“Senior Bai, I’m not helping you today out of kindness,” Xin Jiuwei said softly. “I am Qi Tang’s daughter.”
The old man paused, slowly turned his head to look Xin Jiuwei up and down, then turned back indifferently.
"I don't recognize him."
Xin Jiuwei remained silent and helped him pick up the medicinal herbs, then put them into the basket.
The old man slowly walked away, but Xin Jiuwei's voice, though gentle and soothing, struck him like a thunderclap, halting his steps.
"Senior Bai, my mother says you are a reliable person. If my life is hanging by a thread in the future, I can ask you for help."
"Jiuwei is now in a life-or-death crisis, her fate beyond her control."
"I hope that Senior Bai will also save Jiuwei from this predicament, considering that my mother saved your life back then."
The girl's voice was gentle and obedient as she slowly opened her mouth, making a final plea for help to her mother's deceased friend.
Bai Wangsheng hadn't thought about the girl he met more than twenty years ago for a long time.
It was a stormy night when he fell off his horse during a relentless chase and landed awkwardly in the mud outside a dilapidated temple in the mountains.
"Miss, please don't go there, it's dangerous!"
Bai Wangsheng was already dying at that time, and could only hear the young maidservant in the temple who was taking shelter from the rain expressing her disgust and fear towards him.
But he did not die. The young lady, who had been dissuaded by the maid, came over with an umbrella and sheltered him from the torrential rain.
He was taken into a dilapidated temple, where the young lady left him medicine and money to treat his injuries and save his life.
In return, he promised to do something for her.
The young lady didn't ask him to do anything immediately. It wasn't until much time had passed and Bai Wangsheng's injuries had completely healed that the young lady, Miss Qi, reappeared before him.
She asked him about a type of poison and whether he could create an antidote.
Is there any antidote in this world that Bai Wangsheng cannot create?
However, after the antidote was prepared, Miss Qi did not come to collect it. She only left him a letter saying that someone would come to collect it later.
Twenty years have passed in a flash. Sixteen years have passed since Miss Qi passed away, and the person who came to collect the medicine has finally arrived.
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