"Go back and take a shower before sleeping? No more treatment needed?"
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Old Master Zheng was stunned.
Good heavens, although he had fallen asleep in the medicinal bath, it had only been a little over ten minutes.
And now, after such a short time, he was being told to go home?
"Huh? Why does it smell so bad?"
After regaining consciousness, Old Master Zheng finally smelled the unpleasant odor from the medicinal bath and instinctively got up, stepping out of the wooden tub.
A man in his seventies, wearing only red underwear and with his chest bare, looked somewhat comical.
"What's wrong with this medicine? Why does it smell so bad?"
Old Master Zheng pointed at the tub, a hint of anger in his voice.
While he didn't understand pharmacology, he knew that even if a regular medicinal bath wasn't fragrant, it should at least have a medicinal aroma, not the stench of a sewer.
There was something wrong with these herbs!
"Uh... Mas... Master...."
Butler Zheng swallowed nervously at the sight of his master's expression, at a loss for words.
"What is it, speak up. Did someone tamper with the herbs?"
Seeing Butler Zheng hesitating, Old Master Zheng's mind began to race.
He knew there were many people in Hangzhou who wished him dead, and he couldn't be sure if the herbs had been tampered with.
However, his decision to seek treatment at Fifth Hospital was sudden, and very few people knew about it!
Could it be the doctors at Fifth Hospital?
At that moment, Old Master Zheng began to speculate, carefully reviewing the doctors he had met in the conference room, wondering which one might be problematic.
But as he turned his head, he saw Vice President and the others staring at him with expressions of disbelief.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Old Master Zheng was bewildered.
What was going on with these people? Their gazes made him feel like he was being looked at by an alien.
"Mas... Master, you... you stood up on your own."
Finally, Butler Zheng regained his composure, pointing at Old Master Zheng and speaking hesitantly.
"Hmm? That's right! I stood up! I really stood up on my own!"
"Hahaha! I stood up, I've stood up again!"
Only then did Old Master Zheng fully realize what had happened, and he erupted in joyous laughter.
His hearty, excited laughter could be heard throughout the ward and even down the entire corridor.
Osteoporosis had left him paralyzed in both legs, unable to care for himself. But now?
He had only been in the medicinal bath for a little over ten minutes, and he could stand up on his own?
This Xie family's medicinal bath was truly legendary!
"Director Xie, you are truly a divine doctor of this era! Zheng thanks you sincerely!"
Then, Old Master Zheng turned and bowed deeply to Xie Yun, his expression filled with sincerity.
"You are too kind, Master. Treating patients is simply the duty of a physician."
Hearing Old Master Zheng's praise, Xie Yun was overjoyed but forced herself to appear calm.
She knew that from this moment on, from today, the Traditional Chinese Medicine department of Fifth Hospital would become famous in Hangzhou.
The reputation of their Xie family would finally be restored!
"Good, good, good! Director Xie, may I ask if I am completely cured now? Do I still need further treatment?"
Seeing Xie Yun's reserved demeanor, Old Master Zheng nodded slightly, his eyes showing a hint of admiration.
Not arrogant or impatient, a true descendant of the Xie family!
"Some treatment is still needed, but you can take the herbs home. Soaking them at home is just as effective."
Xie Yun quickly explained.
"Very well, in that case, thank you!"
Hearing Xie Yun's words, Old Master Zheng was even more pleased.
"Oh, by the way, Master, since you are already at the hospital and it's still early, why not take this opportunity to undergo a full-body examination using the hospital's Western medicine equipment?"
Xie Yun then seemed to recall something and prompted Old Master Zheng.
"Oh? An examination using equipment? Don't you need to use your Traditional Chinese Medicine methods to examine me?"
Hearing Xie Yun suggest using Western medicine equipment for an examination, Old Master Zheng was slightly surprised.
In his impression, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western medicine had always been at odds. Yet here was Xie Yun, a practitioner of TCM, advising him to use Western medicine for an examination?
"Hehehe, Master, as far as I'm concerned, whether it's Western medicine or Traditional Chinese Medicine, as long as it truly benefits the patient, I will recommend it."
"Moreover, Traditional Chinese Medicine has been passed down for thousands of years and is broad-minded. It will never seek to compete with others. Our focus is always on how to better treat patients."
Xie Yun spoke with a light tone, but her words were difficult for the other people in the department to digest.
Her statement seemed to encourage Old Master Zheng to undergo an examination, but it was actually a subtle jab at the narrow-mindedness of Western medicine.
"Good, well said, 'broad-minded.' Vice President Huang, is it? Then please arrange a full-body examination for me."
Hearing Xie Yun's words, Old Master Zheng's doubts were completely dispelled, and his impression of Xie Yun improved further.
It was truly not easy for a doctor to be so genuinely dedicated to the patient.
"Yes, yes, yes, Master, we will arrange it immediately!"
Upon hearing the master's command, the Vice President dared not delay and quickly led his subordinates to prepare.
Even Huang Junjie, at this point, was too embarrassed to stay any longer and followed the group away in dejection.
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't understand how Old Master Zheng's illness, which was so severe, could be cured by a mere herbal soup in just over ten minutes.
After everyone had left, Xie Yun instinctively closed the ward door, her body suddenly going limp as she collapsed onto the floor.
Two streams of tears flowed down from her eyes.
"Grandfather, the slanders against my Xie family for so many years will finally be washed away!"
Xie Yun gazed blankly out the window, taking out an ancient, dragon-carved jade pendant from her pocket. Her eyes were filled with relief.
"Huh? This jade pendant...."
Seeing the jade pendant in Xie Yun's hand, Lin Chen felt a jolt.
He had one of these jade pendants too.
Before his release from prison, his master had only two requests: one was to uncover the truth of what happened back then, and the other was to protect the person who possessed this jade pendant with all his might!
And now, Xie Yun had one?
"I'm sorry to have made you see me like this. This jade pendant is a memento left to me by my grandfather."
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Xie Yun wiped away the tears from her eyes and slowly stood up.
"Your grandfather's memento? But wasn't your grandfather named Xie Jianguo?"
Lin Chen grew even more puzzled.
Besides the one he held, there were only three of these dragon-carved jade pendants! He had never heard of one being in Xie Jianguo's possession.