Chapter 223

Chapter 223: Chapter 222: Zhang Ruotong was very well-behaved, innocent, and sensible. In her heart, Ye Tianchen was a good person, someone who seemed unreliable and frivolous at times, but when he got down to business, he was very serious and possessed a charismatic manly allure.

After all, Ye Tianchen had helped her and also helped Murong Xin remove the poison. In Zhang Ruotong’s heart, Ye Tianchen was a good person, a big brother she wanted to interact with more.

"Then it’s a deal, I am a foodie, as long as you don’t get annoyed when the time comes!" Ye Tianchen stood up, stretched contentedly, and smiled at Zhang Ruotong.

"How could I? As long as you come to see me, I’ll make you something delicious!" Zhang Ruotong also replied with a sweet, innocent smile.

"Since you’ve said that, we can’t go back on our word. Let’s pinky swear!"

Ye Tianchen also had a good impression of Zhang Ruotong; even though they had only met once and couldn’t be considered very familiar, relationships between people are valued based on sincere mutual regard. From Zhang Ruotong’s eyes and speech, Ye Tianchen could feel that this young girl was truly kind-hearted, which made him want to take her under his wing as a little sister.

"Okay!" Zhang Ruotong stretched out her little pinky finger and made the promise with Ye Tianchen.

"Alright, your grandpa and I need to step out for a bit. You carry on with your work!"

As Ye Tianchen walked out cheerfully from the dining room, Zhang Ruotong was tidying up the bowls and chopsticks. She couldn’t help but blush when she thought about pinky swearing with Ye Tianchen—a boy—and touching his hand. This was the first time she had any physical contact with a boy her entire life. For some reason, Zhang Ruotong couldn’t understand why she kept dreaming about Ye Tianchen last night, dreaming of his selflessness in curing Murong Xin’s poison, dreaming of his dashing figure battling it out with Guitian Yilang.

The young girl’s heart began beating faster, and Zhang Ruotong couldn’t help but reminisce about those images, all related to Ye Tianchen—especially when he would smile mischievously and say all those rascally, unreliable things—she found it so charming.

When Ye Tianchen walked out into the yard, he saw Zhang Yide already sitting by the stone table in the courtyard with a medicine chest in hand. This old man, with white hair and beard, seemed like a hermit from a distant place. Known as Divine Doctor Ghost Hand, Ye Tianchen knew Zhang Yide’s life was very peaceful and he would never return to his old ways unless Murong Yudou sought him out.

Zhang Yide would treat common folks without charging a penny, but rich and influential people might not be able to hire him so easily. This was Zhang Yide’s principle in treating patients; he never differentiated between the poor and the rich, the essence of a medical practitioner’s highest realm—the heart of a doctor indeed shown here.

"Elder Zhang, I must let you know in advance that the patient I want you to treat has cancer, and it’s terminal, with only a few months left to live!" Ye Tianchen approached Zhang Yide and spoke earnestly.

"Let’s take a look. Cancer is incurable in today’s world, and I may not have a way to treat it, but at least I can extend the patient’s life by a few years, that’s the limit," Zhang Yide stated truthfully.

Ye Tianchen nodded. He knew Zhang Yide was not lying. Cancer might not be much in the apocalypse, but in the contemporary world, curing it was sheer fantasy, mainly due to the lack of such medicines—unlike in the apocalypse, where there were miraculous medicines that could even revive the dead.

Zhang Yide and Ye Tianchen left the Zhang family compound and just as they reached the gate, Zhang Ruotong suddenly came running after them, holding a lunch box in her hand. She handed it to Ye Tianchen and said, "Brother Tianchen, I noticed you really liked the braised rabbit meat, so I packed some for you to take back and eat!"

"Ah? Well... how could I accept this?"

While Ye Tianchen was saying he felt embarrassed, he had already taken the lunch box from Zhang Ruotong’s hands, earning a sweet smile from her as she didn’t know what else to say.

Zhang Yide glanced at his granddaughter, his eyes showing a hint of worry, then looked back at Ye Tianchen as though he had made a decision. He flagged down a taxi, took a seat inside, and after Ye Tianchen bid farewell to Zhang Ruotong with a smile, he too got into the front passenger seat.

"Driver, to the Kyoto Hospital!" Ye Tianchen, looking at the fragrant braised rabbit meat in the lunch box, couldn’t help but chuckle to himself.

One has to admit, Zhang Ruotong’s culinary skills were really outstanding. Ye Tianchen, who had reincarnated into the city, had tasted many exotic delicacies and was quite a foodie. His mother, Luo Yan, was a fantastic cook, and as for his little sister Ye Qianwen, well, her cooking was not quite praiseworthy. Of course, there was also another person Ye Tianchen couldn’t forget even if he wanted to, and that was Qi Ruxue. Even though Ye Tianchen wasn’t very fond of Qi Ruxue, he still considered her a friend. They often bickered, but Ye Tianchen had to admit Qi Ruxue’s cooking was truly excellent, especially her lobster—a dish he could never tire of.

"Do you have a girlfriend, kid?" Zhang Yide suddenly turned and asked Ye Tianchen.

"Why are you asking that? Just to let you know, my sexual orientation is perfectly normal, and I’m especially not interested in old guys!" Ye Tianchen said with a mischievous grin.

Zhang Yide’s face darkened, and he was tempted to give Ye Tianchen a thrashing; the kid was just too irritating at times. If it weren’t for being in a taxi, afraid of scaring the driver, the centenarian would have already lost his patience.

"Nothing, just asking!" Zhang Yide said with a stern look on his face.

"Heh, with my handsome and suave appearance, like a fine scholar in the breeze, I’m like a firefly in the dark night, a golden beetle in the field, shining and radiating heat wherever I go. There are so many beauties chasing after me, but the goddess of my dreams has yet to appear. I’m still waiting for her..." Ye Tianchen spoke earnestly as he looked straight ahead.

Zhang Yide was already speechless. It was hard for a hundred-year-old man to have much in common with a young man in his twenties like Ye Tianchen. However, the taxi driver next to them, a cheerful and talkative man around forty, couldn’t help but laugh when he heard Ye Tianchen’s words, "A young and confident guy like you is really rare. Young people should be full of energy. The elderly gentleman behind must be your grandpa, right? He looks incredibly healthy, life of a hundred years!"

Hearing the driver’s words, Ye Tianchen was on the verge of a breakdown, the driver actually mistook Zhang Yide for his grandpa, while Zhang Yide smiled smugly to himself, looking at Ye Tianchen’s embarrassed expression, thinking, "You cheeky brat, you’re not serious even for a day. You’ll get your comeuppance sooner or later."

For masters like Ye Tianchen and Zhang Yide, they cannot and should not argue with ordinary people, especially such kind-hearted ones. When someone converses with you kindly and enthusiastically, even if they misidentify someone, you can’t just beat them up.

"Elder driver, you’ve got great eyesight indeed, recognizing that we’re not grandfather and grandson in an instant!" Ye Tianchen chuckled as he spoke.

"Ah? No, sorry, my mistake, I apologize, young man!" the taxi driver said with a smile.

"No problem!" Ye Tianchen nodded and replied with a smile.

"Even if you don’t mention him, it would be appropriate for you to call me grandpa too, I’m already a hundred years old. How old are you guys? Hurry up and call me grandpa!" This time, Zhang Yide also joined in the joke.

Now, this left Ye Tianchen and the taxi driver speechless. The older the ginger, the spicier it gets, right? When it comes to joking around, these old folks can sometimes be such fun that you don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

It wasn’t until around two o’clock in the afternoon that Ye Tianchen and Zhang Yide arrived at Kyoto Hospital. Before that, Ye Tianchen had called Xiao Ya, asking her to hurry to Kyoto Hospital because he had a surprise for her.

When Ye Tianchen brought Zhang Yide into Xiao Ya’s mother’s ward, he found that Xiao Ya had already been there waiting inside, chatting happily with her mother. However, Xiao Ya’s mother’s face was still extremely pale, even more so than a few days ago. It seemed that the director of Kyoto Hospital hadn’t lied to Ye Tianchen, Xiao Ya’s mother didn’t have much longer to live, at most, half a year.

"Yaer, this is Master Zhang, an expert in medicine. He can definitely cure your mother’s illness; he has already promised me!" Ye Tianchen introduced Zhang Yide to Xiao Ya with a broad grin.

"Grandpa Zhang, hello, thank you for coming to treat my mother!" Xiao Ya said to Zhang Yide with some excitement, very politely.

"Hmm!" Zhang Yide nodded and glanced at Ye Tianchen disapprovingly. The guy hadn’t even gotten his permission before saying he could cure Xiao Ya’s mother’s illness. That was very irresponsible.

Xiao Ya stood aside, and Ye Tianchen gave her an approving smile. He didn’t want to see Xiao Ya sad. She was a kind-hearted girl, pure of heart, without a single flaw, and also, she looked exactly like the woman Ye Tianchen had deeply loved before the apocalypse. This gave Ye Tianchen a sense of attachment he couldn’t shake off or let go of.

Zhang Yide didn’t say much. He and Ye Tianchen had made a bet, and since Ye Tianchen had cured Murong Xin of her poison, saving him and his granddaughter Zhang Ruotong, it was only right for him to fulfill his promise to treat Xiao Ya’s mother.

Seeing Zhang Yide sitting beside Xiao Ya’s mother’s bed, he used the most traditional method of Chinese medicine—inspection, smelling, asking, and pulse-taking. There didn’t seem to be anything strange or miraculous about his methods, except that Ye Tianchen felt a bizarre superpower emerging. This must be the special superpower that Zhang Yide, the Healing type Superpower User, possessed, allowing him to detect any ailment within the human body with great precision.

"Don’t worry, your mom will be fine, she will definitely get better!" Ye Tianchen said soothingly, with a charming smile to Xiao Ya. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)