Chapter 629
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Director Zhu was cursing with spittle flying everywhere; the air was practically filled with it.
Gu Ning simply stood upright, and Tang Yuxin pressed her palms together above her forehead, also listening to Director Zhu’s nagging, feeling an uncanny warmth, even though to some, the Director’s persistent complaints were an inescapable torment.
Director Zhu was extremely reluctant, but in the end, he still agreed to Tang Yuxin’s request for leave, directly granting her half a month off.
That should be enough, right?
Last time it was also supposed to be half a month, but what a good outcome it became, extending to more than half a year.
This time, she’s back again with another half a month, her year being whittled away like this.
When Tang Yuxin finished applying for leave and left, she chose to walk in quiet places.
She hadn’t thought about encountering that person unprepared.
“What are you avoiding?”
Gu Ning’s voice sounded from behind her.
With such a terrifying insight, Tang Yuxin stopped in her tracks.
This time she didn’t repeat the excuse of “I’ll tell you later” or “You’ll find out in time,” or “It’s inconvenient to say now.”
“I don’t want to run into Tong Shu.
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You know we don’t get along, and like this…” She tapped the hat on her head, “I really feel quite unconfident.”
Gu Ning simply pursed his lips slightly and this time, did not continue her thought.
Tang Yuxin, knowing that the topic was somewhat uninteresting, and even she herself found it dull, not to mention others.
She adjusted her hat down once more, considering the chances of encountering that woman despite taking such secluded paths.
If she still encountered her, it could only mean her luck was exceptionally bad.
And yet, she did encounter that slim possibility.
Once inside her dormitory, Tang Yuxin let out a sigh of relief.
Here she was safe; normally, the main entrance to the hospital was far from here, and if you didn’t live here, you wouldn’t come by casually.
And Tong Shu herself was too disdainful to associate with these common people without status or background, so Yuxin was very safe here.
Yes, very safe, but it was a safety filled with suffocation.
She hadn’t done anything wrong, yet she had to fear the person who had once harmed her.
As she stood there indignant, on the verge of becoming a resentful youth, Gu Ning had already taken the initiative to start cleaning.
The place hadn’t been lived in for half a year; even if she wasn’t going to stay now, it still needed cleaning.
Otherwise, would she have to sleep on the floor tonight?
Only after Tang Yuxin had dwelled on her thoughts enough and found solace did she realize that Gu Ning was almost finished cleaning.
And there stood Tang Yuxin, beginning to realize just how useless she was.
“Sit,” Gu Ning pointed to the bench across from him, gesturing for Tang Yuxin to sit down.
Tang Yuxin obediently sat down, while Gu Ning’s expression was now overly calm, which, of course, made her feel even more suppressed.
Instinctively, Tang Yuxin adjusted her hat, perhaps also to divert her attention from her current feelings.
Gu Ning sat down as well and crossed his legs.
“Tang Yuxin.”
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“Here!” Tang Yuxin called out as she stood up, perhaps a memory lingering from her military training days.
“Sit,” Gu Ning then pointed to a spot next to him.
Tang Yuxin then sat back down, resting her hands on her knees with a furrowed brow that also bore a hint of suppression.
Gu Ning reached out, straightening Tang Yuxin’s cap that had gone askew.
Is your disappearance related to Tong Shu?
Tang Yuxin’s gaze flickered, and a trace of disbelief crossed her eyes.
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It was faint, but enough for Gu Ning to catch.
“Speak.”
Gu Ning was preparing for a psychological and attrition battle with Tang Yuxin.
He had guessed half of it, yet the remaining half remained an impenetrable mystery to him.
If this were a case of jealousy between women, the hatred that ensued wouldn’t be so deep as to sell someone to feel content.
Tong Shu’s nature might be somewhat willful, but whatever the Tong Family was, they were prosperous for centuries, with a certain reputation and status in the domestic field of Chinese medicine.
Tong Shu didn’t have the audacity to engage in human trafficking.
Don’t tell me that no one will find out or anything like that; there are no absolutes in this world.
If one wants to investigate, there are no secrets that can’t be uncovered.
It is easy to trace things back to their origin, especially when shadowy aspects still exist in the world.
He only wanted to hear Tang Yuxin tell what exactly happened, whether or not this matter was related to Tong Shu, or perhaps was there any connection to the Tong Family?
Tapping her knee lightly with her index finger, Tang Yuxin was also contemplating how much to reveal—whether to disclose everything or to withhold some information.
She truly hadn’t expected Gu Ning to have such keen perceptions, to deduce so much from just one of her phrases, and to be so close to the truth.
She removed her cap and ran her fingers through her short hair, which was like straw, stiff and devoid of color.
It would not be easy to restore it, much like her own body.
Although she had the means to nurse herself back to health, to be as hearty and robust as before, it would take time.
And until then, she had to wait for her hair to grow back.
It was always a process, always requiring time to adapt.
“My master was the village doctor in our village.
Since I was a child, he was the one treating illnesses in the village.
At that time, my parents divorced, and I had no one to take care of me…”
In a calm voice, Tang Yuxin began to speak of her past, of how she met Chen Zhong, how Chen Zhong taught her medical skills, and how since she was little, she used to sleep with acupuncture needles, developing a strong needle force.
Her needle movements were smooth and came naturally.
Formerly, she didn’t know what the Acupuncture Method Chen Zhong taught her was, only knowing that if it was used on a patient, it would preserve a trace of life force in them, and as long as that life force remained, the person wouldn’t die.
What she hadn’t expected was that there was another person in the world who knew the Chen Family’s Acupuncture Method, someone who coveted it for their own, and when they couldn’t use it, they resorted to kidnapping, demanding others to surrender what didn’t belong to their family in the first place.
And the person who wanted to take the Acupuncture Method from her family was named Tong Feng; the one who sold her was Tong Shu.
This was the Tong Family, the so-called National Doctor Tong Feng, who behind that seemingly kind and gentle facade, harbored such a vile and nauseating heart.