The Real Master
Translated by Lys
Sometimes when a leaf blinds the eye, the most correct answer gets ruled out. When the answer is right in front of you, all the previous reasoning naturally makes sense.
At this moment, An Hui had no choice but to believe in Dr. Su's abilities. Such people who could see through the future really existed in this world.
No wonder so many important people believed in this stuff. So it was true? "This isn't my fault—I'm not stupid. It's He Li who deceived me.
Right?" An Hui consulted with her husband and daughter. "But Mommy, have we offended the master now?" Sun Xiaofeng said.
"...Ignorance is no crime." An Hui couldn't stay lying down. "No, I need to go apologize to the master." Sun Zhonghao immediately pressed her down.
"The most important thing now is to recover from your injury. I'll go apologize with Barbie. I'll buy some gifts to bring over.
You can go when you're better. Didn't the master also tell you to rest well?" "That's true. If I look like this, won't the master know I didn't believe her?"
An Hui didn't dare to cause any more trouble. She lay back down, and after thinking, instructed Sun Zhonghao to definitely buy good gifts.
Expensive ones. Don't be stingy. Sun Zhonghao: "..." "No, I'm still angry. I need to call He Li to yell at her." But He Li was busy outside all day, and only came home when everyone got off work in the afternoon.
Today He Li had a bountiful harvest—she and Ding Lanxiang had finalized the shop location, not far from Su Fuling's place, and it was still within the Sifang Association's territory. Doing business there gave a sense of security.
The only dissatisfaction was that her son couldn't successfully withdraw from the gang. She tied on her apron to prepare delicious food to reward herself, saying as she did: "Ah Shan really isn't considerate.
He won't even let me quit the gang." "Ah Shan ge said there are rules on the street—you can't just quit whenever you want.
I need to be observed for a period first, confirm I won't join another gang, and then I can formally quit. Otherwise, I'll be treated as a traitor."
He Li complained: "If I had known, I wouldn't have joined in the first place. I don't even have the freedom to quit the gang."
Li Liang said, "Mommy, there's no help for it—the Sifang Association's rules are like this. Some traitors who leave the Sifang Association also take the gang's secrets to other gangs.
Actually, all the other gangs in Harbor City are like this. Some even require paying a lot of money to quit. Ah Shan ge agreeing to let me not participate in activities anymore is already very good."
Having混过江湖, Li Liang also understood the principle that when you're in the Jianghu, your body is not your own. Some things aren't something Ah Shan ge can decide alone.
If he made an exception for him, other henchmen would be dissatisfied—everyone would want to follow his example, entering and leaving freely, which would cause chaos in the Sifang Association later. So Ah Shan ge first kept his name, but later wouldn't let him participate in fighting and killing, making him an idle member of a branch.
After a long time, he would slowly withdraw. He Li sighed, "Alright, this is already very good." The house phone suddenly rang.
He Li picked it up, and as soon as she did, she heard a deafening roar from the other end, "He Li, you finally picked up. You lying woman, you actually deceived me!
You even deceived the police!" He Li: "...An Hui, are you crazy?" "You're the crazy one! You deceived me! You made me suffer a huge loss, you know?"
He Li said, "What's that got to do with me lying in the hospital? If you're going crazy, I'll hang up." "You still won't admit it.
You said the car accident last time was Master Zhao who calculated it for you—but actually it was Dr. Su, wasn't it?" Hearing this sentence, He Li's hand that was about to hang up paused, and her eyes widened.
"You... what are you saying nonsense about? I don't understand what you're saying?" "Hmph, you still want to deceive me.
But with my intelligence, you can't fool me. I know all the truth now." He Li said, "I really don't understand what you're talking about."
"Pretending to be crazy!" An Hui hung up in anger. Here, He Li was truly confused: "It's over, over. How does An Hui know that the master from last time was Dr.
Su?" Beside her, Li Liang lowered his head guiltily. "That... might have something to do with me." He Li said, "What's going on?
Did you tell her? How could you betray Dr. Su?!" Li Liang said guiltily: "Barbie came to me, saying her mother was very unlucky and she was worried.
She wanted to find a master to calculate. Of course I didn't want her to be deceived. So I let her go to Dr. Su for a checkup."
He Li quickly said, "You betrayed Dr. Su like that?" "No, I didn't mention the car accident last time. Since Master Zhao already claimed it, of course I wouldn't bring up Dr.
Su." Li Liang immediately explained, afraid that if he spoke one second too late, his mother's palm would slap his forehead.
"I just recommended them to go to Dr. Su for a checkup. Just like Dr. Su advertised—checkups can predict whether someone will get injured that day.
Dr. Su already made advertisements, so this shouldn't be a secret, right?" He Li relaxed, but still wasn't happy: "I shouldn't have told her anyway.
She doesn't listen to advice anyway. If she goes crazy and disturbs Dr. Su, and Dr. Su finds out she was introduced by you, what if she starts disliking us?"
"Ah, it shouldn't be now. Ah Hui yi should know Dr. Su's abilities now, so she won't go disturb Dr. Su, right?" ... He Li suddenly fell silent, then raised both eyebrows, gloating: "How did she find out Dr.
Su is really powerful?" Li Liang: "..." ... Su Fuling decided to start free consultations in the afternoon. After discussing with her two apprentices, she remade the signboard.
Although it seemed free, the charging items also increased. For example, decocting medicine, custom-made pills, custom health tea—these could all charge fees.
She had chosen to charge consultation fees in the afternoon because if it were free all day, people wouldn't cherish it and wouldn't want to come. Now it was different—Su Fuling's Medical Clinic was really famous nearby.
People who came every day needed to queue up. And they all came in the morning, leaving no time for people to even drink water.
Some had to come back the next day. There was no shortage of patients now. What was lacking was convenient treatment methods.
Su Fuling promoted Chinese medicine treatment plans, but anything involving taking Chinese medicine didn't go smoothly. Because decocting medicine was really troublesome.
It wasn't as convenient as taking Western medicine pills. So for treating minor illnesses, Su Fuling tried to provide simple methods, trying to get clients to accept treatment so she could earn Merit Points.
Only Zhao Facai still couldn't understand: "Master, after other shops become famous, they all raise prices to earn more money." "A Fa shu, don't be too proud.
Although people give face, it's still because it's relatively cheap here. People living in this area aren't very well off—if the fees are too high, they'll prefer to go to big hospitals."
"Alright, I'll listen to Master." Zhao Facai thought to himself—maybe Master wouldn't make money from the Medical Clinic and would switch to fortune-telling.
He really didn't need to worry. Su Fuling smiled, "Don't worry about not making money. Starting tomorrow, I'll bring you both to make Medicinal Plasters to sell.
As long as more guests come here, we won't worry about making money." Chen Shasha said, "Dr. Su, I'm not worried. You're so capable—you'll succeed at whatever you do."
Zhao Facai暗暗道 (thought to himself), really knows how to flatter. Tomorrow he must work harder to make Master happy. In the evening, Su Fuling naturally had to go deliver food for her uncle.
But Su Jue Ming wasn't very happy. A regular client was taken away. Su Jue Ming said: "The client from yesterday's house call suddenly doesn't want me to go anymore, saying they have cooperation with someone else.
Unless it's an emergency, they won't look for me." Su Jue Ming was depressed—he couldn't say these things to his wife, afraid she would worry about livelihood issues.
He could only complain to his niece. Su Fuling said, "Ah, why did they suddenly switch to cooperate with someone else?" "I don't know."
Su Jue Ming sighed. "I don't know how others steal business. These people really have methods. In Harbor City, even..." even black work was being stolen.
Of course, he swallowed back the latter part. Speaking of cooperation, Su Fuling remembered she also had cooperation with Chen Shan.
But she couldn't tell her uncle about this. Her uncle was an honest person—he definitely wouldn't want her to have dealings with gangs.
Su Fuling said, "Uncle, I'm going to make Medicinal Plasters to sell recently. Why don't we do it together? Develop more products to sell.
We can make more money." Su Jue Ming heard her arrangement and laughed: "Ah Ling really is ambitious. In such a short time, not only did she establish herself and have her own Medical Clinic, but she's also started developing new business.
Then let's do it together. After all, we're two streets apart, so it won't affect each other's business." Su Fuling said, "Either of us making money is fine.
And uncle, my business is picking up now. I'm planning to also offer free consultations in the afternoon, hoping to attract more clients.
If my clients don't want to accept Chinese medicine treatment, I'll refer them to you. Uncle, see which diseases you're good at treating."
Although her uncle wasn't very good at Chinese medicine, in Western medicine, he could give injections and medication. He could treat basic illnesses.
Su Jue Ming: "..." Sigh, he really was getting old—he couldn't even compare to Ah Ling now. Ah Ling even needed to help recommend clients to him.
But thinking about it, they were family, so maybe there was no need to be so calculating: "That's fine—my medical skills are actually quite good." In the evening, Su Fuling made a list of medicine-making items in the System.
She also frantically studied some books on medicine-making. Early in the morning, she didn't go to the Medical Clinic, but went with her uncle to buy Chinese medicine.
This time, the pharmacy owner was very polite. "Ah, Little Su boss is here. What medicines do you need this time? Just say the word—I'll definitely give you the best."
Su Fuling noticed the change in his attitude and was surprised. Was it because she introduced clients? Immediately, she heard the boss say, "You should have just said you knew ge shan earlier."
Su Fuling: "...!!!" Su Jue Ming said, "What ge shan?" Su Fuling said, "Oh, someone came to my shop for a checkup before, and I recommended them to buy medicine.
Probably the boss's friend. Right, boss?" She blinked at the boss. The pharmacy owner was smart and reacted, laughing: "Yes, yes—that's just an old friend of mine.
If I had known it was an acquaintance, I definitely would have given a discount."