Chapter Fifteen The Old Naughty Boy

  "Ouch! My old waist..." The one who was bumped into was an old man, with white hair and a look of over 80 years old, leaning against the wall, holding his waist, and gritting his teeth. If you didn't know better, you'd think the old man had done something indecent and hurt his kidneys!

  "Director Chen, are you okay?" A middle-aged doctor in his fifties rushed over to support the old man, rubbing his waist with his hand.

  "It's okay, just twisted a bit, no big deal." The old man tried twisting his waist a couple of times and found that there was no major issue, so he let out a sigh of relief. Only then did he have the energy to pursue the "culprit", but before he could even open his mouth, he discovered that the person who had bumped into him looked somewhat familiar.

  "You... aren't you the old man who went to the toilet without bringing toilet paper?" Officer Nang Ren recognized the old man he bumped into as the same old man who had touched his c-level medical skills in the toilet.

  "Hmm..." Upon hearing this, the old man also remembered who Shangguan Neng was and burst out laughing: "It's you young fellow! Thanks again last time. What brings you here? Are you seeing a patient?"

  "Hmm, I suppose!" Officer Neng Ren saw the old man wearing a white robe and asked: "Are you the doctor?"

  "Ah! Haha." The old man chuckled, looking at Shangguan Nian'er with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Youngster, your complexion is quite good! Your face doesn't show any signs of illness or disaster, all the indicators are very healthy, it's astonishing!"

  "Hmm..." Officer Nang Er rubbed his head: "Being healthy is surprising? Are you saying that I have to be unhealthy to be normal?"

  "Kid, you've got it wrong." The old man shook his head and said seriously: "People who eat grains and miscellaneous food can't avoid having some underlying diseases. No matter how healthy a person is, there will always be some minor, imperceptible health problems, such as crooked teeth, dark circles under the eyes, acne, etc. These are all manifestations of poor health, but you..."

  The old man took another close look at Shang Guan's face and was shocked: "There isn't a single problem, his vital energy is as strong as an elephant, this is extremely rare! Young one, how do you usually rest and exercise?"

  Shangguan Nengren said, "I also have some medical skills. I understand the old man's problem. After listening to his explanation, Shangguan Nengren shook his head: "It's just a normal routine! As for exercise... this, really doesn't exist."

  Indeed, he doesn't seem to have any other exercise besides riding a bicycle to and from school.

  "That's because there's something wrong with what you're eating..."

  "It's your food that's the problem!" Officer Nangeng scowled, not knowing why the old man was being so chatty. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have given him toilet paper that day, and would have let him squat to death.

  "Cough, kiddo, I didn't mean it that way." The old man also knew he had used the wrong words and hurriedly explained: "What I meant to say is, do you usually eat something different from others? After all, your physical indicators are too healthy, in this environment where pollution is severe in all aspects, being healthy is a bit out of place."

  "There's nothing different, others eat what I eat. For example, have a cup of Sanlu milk for breakfast, two Sudanese salted duck eggs at noon, and a more sumptuous dinner made with gutter oil-refined spicy little lobster, and before going to bed, have another cup of Shengyuan, isn't it very green and healthy?" Upper official Nengren said with sarcasm.

  "Hum!" The old man's beard quivered with rage as he slammed his fist against the wall: "These scoundrel merchants!"

  Shangguan was stunned for a moment, didn't expect the old man still had a conscience, but...

  "Hey... old man, doesn't your hand hurt?"

  The old man's face turned bright red with rage, his hands clenched into fists, and tears streaming down his face: "You're killing me!"

  “……”

  A middle-aged man beside him covered his face with one hand, ashamed to be seen by others.

  "Grandpa! What are you doing?" A coquettish voice came out of the hospital room.

  The old man heard this voice and burst out laughing: "Hehe, Tingting! Don't worry, Grandpa was just joking!"

  "Grandma... Grandpa!?" Officer Neng looked at Zhang Tingting, who was walking over with a pouting face, and stared in shock: "Head Monitor, did you just call this old man 'Grandpa'?"

  "Who are you calling old man? This is my grandfather, no way!" Zhang Tingting grumbled in dissatisfaction, turning her head to glare at the old man fiercely: "Grandfather, you're over 80 years old, how can you still act like a child? When we get home, Grandmother will scold you again."

  "Alright, alright, good granddaughter, it's Grandpa's fault, don't tell Grandma about this! Otherwise, she won't let me eat meat again." The old man smiled obsequiously: "Grandpa still has a bottle of homemade royal jelly, I'll give you half a liang later."

  "Hmph! Half a catty?" Zhang Tingting snorted, puffing out two hot breaths from her nostrils.

  "Hmm..." The old man smiled wryly: "Alright, alright, just one or two more, that's all! Can't have any more, you know Grandpa had a hard time getting this little bit, it's the last of this year's batch, if you want to eat again you'll have to wait till next year."

  "This is about right." Zhang Tingting smiled and pulled on the old man's hand: "Grandpa, how did you come here?"

  "I'll go take a look at the patient inside, it's your classmate." As soon as White Jade Hall was mentioned, the old man's face turned gloomy. This was the first time he had encountered such an injury, and although they had managed to save his life through emergency treatment, the critical period was still not over. If even a small problem arose, White Jade Hall might lose his life at any moment.

  "Doctor, you've come." Bai Yutang's mother wiped away tears from the corners of her eyes: "Thank you for your trouble."

  "Hmm." The old man nodded and walked over to the bedside to take a look at Bai Yutang's condition, asking the middle-aged doctor beside him: "How has the patient reacted today?"

  "Director Chen..." The middle-aged doctor's face was very heavy, shaking his head: "Overall still relatively stable, but still hasn't passed the critical period. According to analysis, it seems that the patient himself has lost the will to live, and is likely..."

  "No... it can't be!" White Jade Hall's mother burst into tears: "Doctor, no! How could my son think of dying? He's only eighteen years old! Please save him for me! I beg of you..."

  Bai Yutang's mother cried and was about to kneel down.

  "Ah? Don't! Absolutely don't!" The middle-aged doctor hurriedly went to support her, comforting her by saying: "Please be at ease, our hospital also hopes that your son can safely pass the critical period. After all, life is precious, we will do our best to treat him."

  The old man took a look at Bai Yutang's condition, let out a light sigh, and his face turned somewhat heavy.

  Zhang Tingting looked at Xiang Beibei with an expressionless face and thought: Seeing others in pain, don't you feel guilty?

  Shangguan helped the old man walk up and, together with the middle-aged doctor, lifted White Jade Hall's mother to her feet, inadvertently touching the doctor's hand.

  "Found D-rank medical technique, will you absorb it?"

  Shangguan Nengren sighed and said: "Absorb."

  "Absorption successful, host acquires D-level medical skills."

  "Auntie, don't worry! I believe Bai Yutang will get better." Shang Guan Neng comforted.

  Bai Yutang's mother was in tears, although she asked the doctor to save her son, it was just a desperate cry as a mother. In fact, she also knew that her son might not be saved. These days, watching her son getting thinner and thinner every day, her heart was broken.

  Seeing the despair in Bai Yutang's mother's eyes, Shang Guan Nengren fell silent for a long time, then turned around and pulled Xiang Beibei's hand, his voice laced with fatigue: "Beibei, let's go!"

  Bai Bai looked at Shang Guan Neng Ren's tired expression and nodded lightly: "Mm-hmm, let's go!"

  The two bid farewell to Bai Yutang's mother. Bai Yutang's mother insisted on seeing them off, but was eventually persuaded to stay behind.

  "Thank you for coming to see Yutang today, Yutang would be very happy if he knew."

  It was a polite phrase, but hearing it made him feel so annoyed, and Ou Guan's heart was a bit messy.

  "Want to go together?"

  Zhang Tingting looked back at Beibei with a profound gaze, shaking her head slightly: "No need, I'll eat at the hospital at noon, you guys go ahead!"

  She gave Beibei a faint smile: "Whatever."

  Shangguan Nengren and Xiang Beibei left, the old man observed Bai Yutang's condition again, handed over some things, and took Zhang Tingting out of the ward.

  "Ting Ting, is that kid your classmate?" The old man asked his somewhat distracted granddaughter as they walked in the corridor.

  "Uh-huh." Zhang Tingting nodded and hummed softly: "A foolish kid, being played around by a fox spirit all day long."

  "Oh?" The old man looked at Zhang Tingting with interest and chuckled: "Tingting, you don't have a crush on that kid, do you?"

  "Hmm?" Zhang Tingting glared at the old man with a fierce gaze. The old man rubbed his nose: "Consider it unsaid."

  "Hmm!" Zhang Tingting quickened her pace by two steps, and the old man hurried to catch up: "Tingting, Grandpa wants to discuss something with you."

  "What's the matter?" It was hard to believe that Zhang Tingting, who used to be kind-hearted towards others, had no respect for her own grandfather. She spoke in a harsh tone, with a hint of impatience.

  "Heh heh......" The old man chuckled: "Grandpa has taken a liking to that young fellow, introduce him to Grandpa!"

  "Wha...!" Zhang Tingting took three steps back, her body pressed against the wall, her face filled with shock as she stared at the old man: "Gr...grandfather, I knew you were perverted, but I didn't think you'd sunk to the point of liking men..."

  The old man cried and laughed: "What are you talking about! Your grandfather is normal in all aspects, otherwise your grandmother would have broken my old bones."

  "Ah..." Zhang Tingting let out a breath and glared at the old man with dissatisfaction: "Who told you to say that kind of thing, it's easy for people to misunderstand!"

  "You're talking like that, Grandpa is very sad!" The old man pulled his sleeve and frequently 'wiped away tears'.

  Zhang Tingting's face was covered in black lines. In Zhang Tingting's memory, her grandfather had always been a mischievous person who loved to play pranks and cause trouble. The most despicable time was when he stuffed himself into the freezer for 20 minutes, then crawled out pretending to be dead, scaring hundreds of relatives and friends so much that they were in an uproar.

  But since then, grandma has been unable to tolerate grandpa.

  Because Grandpa was a meat-eater, he wouldn't be happy without meat at every meal. So from then on, whenever Grandpa acted up, Grandma would make him eat vegetarian food, not even a bit of meat or fish, and after half a year, he had become much more subdued.

  They say that old people are like kids, and grandpa is just such a person. He's over 80 years old, but he still loves to play and cause trouble like a kid. He often says scary things and does weird stuff.

  This old stubborn child-like person is actually the honorary dean of Huabei City Hospital, with superb medical skills, proficient in both Chinese and Western medicine, and even among the best in the country. In his early years, he was a private doctor for leaders at the Central Military Hospital, and only retired to return to his hometown in Huabei to enjoy his old age after growing older in recent years.