Jiang Bai listened to the waiter's words as he walked towards the door.
By this time, a crowd of onlookers had gathered in front of the medicinal cuisine restaurant.
That's the downside of opening a shop in a residential area; too many people come to watch, and it's like a swarm of people crowding this area.
The woman kneeling at the door had her face covered by a veil, so all that could be seen was that she had a beautiful figure, with a head of glossy black hair draped down her back, and a waist so slender that it could be encircled by two hands.
Jiang Bai stepped forward and asked, "Young lady, is there anything I can help you with?"
Upon hearing this, the woman kowtowed deeply to Jiang Bai, pleading, "Please, Goddess Guanyin, save my life."
Jiang Bai:?
She subtly glared at the people eating behind her, then quickly grabbed the woman's hand to stop her from kowtowing any further.
She said, "Is there something urgent that's bothering you?"
The woman was still kneeling when she heard this and said, "I've heard that you, Master Jiang, have the ability to heal skin. Please, save me."
“I…” She calmed herself down and mustered her courage to say, “I want to get rid of my birthmark.”
"Birthmark?" Jiang Bai repeated.
The onlookers repeated it as well.
Then a woman said, "Birthmarks are not easy to remove; they're different from pimples..."
Acne is acquired. Even Kuai Yanhe's freckles only appeared after she turned ten. When they were born, their skin was smooth and even.
Birthmarks are different.
A birthmark is something a person is born with, and it is said to be a mark left by God's touch.
Someone chimed in, "Who would remove a birthmark? That's outrageous!"
"The only way to remove this is by cutting it off with a knife, right?"
Seeing the woman's empty and desperate eyes, Jiang Bai quickly pulled her up, nodded, and agreed, "I can try."
Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise appeared in the woman's eyes. She looked around at everyone and, with trembling fingers, removed the veil from her face.
Everyone gasped in surprise.
The reason is simple: if other people have birthmarks, they are only small ones. When everyone saw that the woman was wearing a veil, they knew that her birthmark was on her face, so they were actually somewhat prepared.
Unexpectedly, the woman's birthmark, a mix of black and red, covered almost the entire lower half of her face.
Now, even the most cynical person couldn't say anything to the woman. If the birthmark wasn't removed, it would hinder her life.
Kuai Yanhe's freckles alone were enough to get her rejected by the Ren family, let alone someone as truly "repulsive" as her.
The woman's eyes were filled with tears: "Master Jiang, if you don't save me, I really have no other choice. I've already been rejected by my fiancé five times."
A woman's youth is so important, yet she spent it time and time again under the disdainful gaze of others. Sometimes, she wished she could just die.
But her parents' love dissuaded her. If it weren't for them, she would have been drowned at birth, given that she was a little girl with such a severe birthmark on her face.
She said, "These days, the marriage proposals from matchmakers are all from good-for-nothing bachelors who are now in their fifties or sixties, or they are either mentally challenged people whose families can afford the dowry, but who are actually mentally deficient..."
As a woman, no matter how ugly she is, someone will want her as long as she can give birth to children. Although she is ugly, she is hardworking and capable, so some men have taken advantage of her.
What's wrong with being ugly? As long as the lights are off, they're all the same.
I'm not afraid of having a child who's just as ugly as her; I'll just have more. There's bound to be one that isn't ugly. As for the ugly ones, well, let them die.
This woman knew those people's psychology very well, which is why, after hearing the story of Jiang Bai's cure, she didn't even have time to confirm whether the story was true before running all night along the mountain road to kneel in front of the medicinal cuisine restaurant.
Her parents also urged her to get married, and she began to hesitate about whether to choose one of the old bachelors, someone who wasn't too bad.
But she didn't want to marry those men; she shouldn't have married them.
Jiang Bai nodded: "I understand."
As he spoke, he looked up at everyone and said, "Excuse me, everyone, this is a one-on-one private service. Could you please let this young lady skip the line? I promise it won't take up any of your spots. She is the sixth person who wasn't booked."
"Even if there is one more person, I guarantee that it will not affect the time and patience for each patient's treatment."
The onlookers weren't heartless; most nodded in agreement, and those who raised slightly different opinions were drowned out by the crowd's cheers.
The woman was stunned by everyone's kindness.
Is her birthmark serious? Yes.
Is she pitiful? Yes, she is.
But this is not life-threatening, and there are many people who are even more pitiful than her.
She followed Jiang Bai blankly as they walked inside.
Once they were in the courtyard, Jiang Bai asked her, "Where did you come from?"
The woman mentioned a village dozens of miles away.
Jiang Bai pressed further, "If you accept treatment, do you have a place to stay here?"
Seeing the woman shake her head, Jiang Bai said, "If you don't mind, you can sleep with my little girl."
Upon hearing her name called, the little girl ran over from a few meters away. Clever as ever, she took the woman's hand and said with a grin, "Sleep with me."
"Aren't you afraid..." the woman hesitated, "Aren't you afraid of me? Aren't you afraid that if you see me in the middle of the night, you'll have nightmares like you've seen a ghost?"
At night, her face was even more like that of a demon, and even her mother would sometimes gasp in surprise when she saw her.
"Why be afraid of ghosts? Besides, you don't look like a ghost." The little girl glanced at her and said, "I'm more afraid of people, especially men."
As she spoke, she pulled the woman along and led her into her bedroom.
Jiang Bai listened from the side, speechless for a moment.
Why did she feel that all the women around her were so feminist? Tian Rou was like that, and so was the little girl.
They are resolute and determined, and do not want to rely on men for survival like dodder flowers; they only want to earn money themselves, and make a lot of money.
This idea is so ahead of its time, it wasn't taught by her!
However, this is not bad either. Compared to the apathy, backwardness, and self-degradation of people like Aunt Wang and Wang Xiufen, Jiang Bai naturally prefers to be with these people.
Outside the gate of Anle Medicinal Cuisine Restaurant, the crowd lingered for a long time.
People were discussing it animatedly.
"I think Jiang is in trouble this time."
“That’s a birthmark, unlike the previous two.”
"That woman is so pitiful. If Jiang Bai can cure her, it would be a good deed."
“I think of my sister-in-law’s daughter. She couldn’t get married because she was ugly, so she had to stay at home for the rest of her life. It was better when her parents were still alive, but after they passed away, she had to rely on her brother and sister-in-law to make a living. That was when life became truly miserable.”
“If she can get rid of the birthmark, I’ll let my nephew come over too, he has one on his face too.”
"Come on, I know your nephew, he doesn't have any birthmarks on his face."
"Yes, there are some, but they're quite small."
How small?
"About the size of a sesame seed..."
"Get out! Get out! Get out!"
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