The VIP room was well equipped. Qin Haodong fetched a pot of hot water.
"Mr. Qin, Let me help," said An Biru.
"No, you don't know where her injuries are. You would easily touch them," he said and began cleaning off the blood stain on Lin Momo's body with a towel.
An Biru did not say anything more but stared at the young man in front of her. His moves were so gentle and his expressions were serious as if he was wiping a precious treasure. An Biru wondered how a young man, barely in his twenties, could be so mature.
Qin Haodong eventually wiped off all the blood, revealing a stunning face.
Although he had seen many saints and magical princesses, and the few women in the Cultivation World were all exceptionally beautiful, he was still amazed by Lin Momo's beauty. He realized that, at the first sight of Tang Tang, Qin Haodong had regarded Lin Momo as his woman.
"Why isn’t Tang Tang's father here?" he asked.
"Tang Tang has no father." An Biru sighed and continued, "Boss never told us who Tang Tang's father was, and the man didn't show up even once. Momo might have her reasons, but that cold-blooded bastard has never come to see his own daughter. If I ever find out who he is, I'll kick him in the balls,"
An Biru said angrily. She was not only Lin Momo's assistant but also her good friend.
Qin Haodong coughed, nearly choking on his own saliva.
"Doctor Qin, are you ok?" An Biru asked.
"I'm fine... I'm fine..." Qin Haodong moved his knees together subconsciously and changed the topic. "Miss Lin is such an outstanding woman. There must be many people wooing her. Didn't she consider getting married again?"
"No. She might be deeply hurt by that bastard. Ever since she had Tang Tang, her character has changed so much and she has become aloof to everyone. She hasn’t even had any boyfriends, let alone marriage."
Qin Haodong felt relieved after hearing the answer, and a sense of pity for her rose in his heart.
"What happened today? How did she get injured?"
In view of Lin Momo's status and the bodyguards with her, she shouldn't have suffered such a serious accident.
An Biru answered, "Boss and I were on the way to Tang Tang's kindergarten to take her home, but when we were crossing a road, a black car without any license tag ran over Momo."
Qin Haodong frowned and asked, "Did you see the driver?"
"No, the car didn't even stop after hitting us and just sped up to get away. I felt that it was not just a normal accident, so I told Zhang Debiao and some other bodyguards to take Momo to hospital and I went to pick up Tang Tang, afraid that something else would happen to her.
"I called the police just now, only to be informed that they had found the car at the bottom of a cliff and the driver had broken every bone in their body."
Qin Haodong said in cold tone, "This is no accident; this is murder."
An Biru replied, "It's normal. After Momo took over the president's place, the business of Lin's Group has had two major expansions. It affected other's interests, so, naturally, there are some people wanting her to die. What's more, our group is not peaceful internally. Many people are coveting the president's position."
Qin Haodong stared at nothing for a few moments, contemplating all the ways he would deal with anyone who hurt Lin Momo, and a cold atmosphere filled the room.
"What's happening? Is the air conditioner set too low?"
An Biru closed her collar more tightly and went to crank the heat up.
The following morning, Qin Haodong pulled out the remaining needles from Lin Momo. After a night of nourishment of Green Wood Genuine Qi, most of her wounds were healed, which was a miracle in the history of modern medicine.
However, Qin Haodong still shook his head at it. His divinity was low, restricting his medical skills. If he still possessed the magic that he had in the Divine World, he could’ve cured her in seconds."
After Qin Haodong pulled the final needle out of her, Lin Momo opened her eyes and sat up.
Though she was badly injured last night, she had still been aware, and she knew everything that had happened since the accident.
She said, "Thank you, Doctor Qin."
Qin Haodong observed Lin Momo. An Biru was right – he couldn’t feel any warmth from her words and could hardly attach her to the enthusiastic girl he met that night. Aloof didn’t even begin to describe her.
"You're too welcome, Miss Lin. I was just doing my job," Qin Haodong replied.
Seeing that the intern was staring at her, Lin Momo frowned. She did not like being stared at.
"Sister An, write Doctor Qin a check for one million RMB as a token of my appreciation."
Qin Haodong said, "No, that’s not necessary; Mr. Lin has paid me with a house."
"That's my father's gift, and I have mine for you. After all, nothing can be worth more than my life."
Lin Momo was terrified of what would happen to Tang Tang if she had died.
An Biru, standing beside Lin Momo, was astonished. Last night when Qin Haodong told Tang Tang that Lin Momo would recover the next morning, she thought it was a lie to comfort the child; she didn’t think he was serious. She shook off her amazement, took out a check book from her bag, and wrote a check for one million RMB."
"Miss Lin, I've told you that I can't accept this." Qin Haodong did not take the check.
Lin Momo asked, "Well, Doctor Qin, is it too little for you? Tell me a number and I'm sure I can satisfy you."
"It's not about money," Qin Haodong said, "Miss Lin, if you really want to thank me, I would ask one favor."
Lin Momo wondered what request could be more precious than one million RMB, but then she thought of how Qin Haodong stared at her and made a guess.
She replied, "Doctor Qin, if you think that you can have designs on me because you saved me, you're wrong. I suggest you give up on that idea right now."
"What?" Qin Haodong was confused. After a moment, he understood what she meant and quickly said, "Miss Lin, you misunderstood me. It's not what you think. It's just that I get along very well with Tang Tang, and I’d like to be her godfather. That is my single request."
Although he also wanted to win Lin Momo's favor, he knew he should be patient. What was more urgent was to have Tang Tang call him father; being called uncle by his own daughter was upsetting.
Godfather was also a kind of father, and this was the best idea he could think of at that moment. It was certainly better than being called uncle.
"Seriously? You want to be Tang Tang's godfather?"
Lin Momo was surprised, and her face was flushed after she realized she was wrong to think that Qin Haodong wanted to woo her.
"Yes, I really like Tang Tang." Qin Haodong continued, "If you allow me to be her godfather, I can promise you that she won't fall ill for the rest of her life."
Lin Momo hesitated. It had always been a painful thing that Tang Tang did not have father. That hateful man disappeared after that night, and no news of him could be found.
Tang Tang had often asked Lin Momo why she did not have a father, and she didn’t know how to answer.
Lin Momo had a similar thought to Qin Haodong; maybe having a godfather was better than having no father.
What touched her most was that Qin Haodong promised her Tang Tang would not fall ill for the rest of her life. Every parent hoped their children would be healthy. After the accident, Lin Momo had a deeper appreciation for how precious one's life was.
"Okay. If Tang Tang agrees, it's fine with me."
"Thank you, Miss Lin!"
Qin Haodong suppressed his excitement for fear of arising Lin Momo's suspicion. As for Tang Tang, he was sure that she would be happy to accept him as her godfather.
Right then, An Biru chimed in, "Doctor Qin, can you give us details on what further treatment the boss needs?"
"Well, she needs no more treatment. She can leave the hospital right now."
"Really? Are you saying that Boss has fully recovered?" An Biru asked in astonishment.
It was already beyond her expectation that Lin Momo could look as recovered as she currently did. It would be little short of a miracle if she recovered totally.
"Well," Qin Haodong answered, "I mean that she doesn't need any in-patient treatments at the hospital. She looks fine in appearance, but her internal organs need more time to heal. If she wishes, Miss Lin can receive her treatment at home, and she will be fine after I do her some acupuncture and massage every day."
In fact, Lin Momo was completely recovered and needed no more treatment. He wanted to win Lin Momo's heart as soon as possible, and additional “treatment” would give him more opportunities to do so.
"Doctor Qin, how long will the acupuncture and massage treatment take?" Lin Momo asked.
"A first estimate would be two weeks, but it will also depend on how you respond to the treatment." He knew it was good to give himself some leeway in case he needed extra time.
Lin Momo got out of bed and stretched out her stiff limbs. She felt her body had recovered to the same level as before the injury. Qin Haodong was right – she was well enough to leave the hospital. She asked An Biru to sign the discharge papers.As they got to the gate of the hospital, they saw several limos parked in front of the gate. At the sight of Lin Momo, Zhang Debiao came up to her with a dozen bodyguards. After the incident yesterday, Lin Zhiyuan sent bodyguards to strengthen protection for his daughter.To Qin Haodong's disappointment, he saw only the bodyguards and no sign of Tang Tang. Luckily, he’d just laid some groundwork. In the name of going to Lin Momo's house for treatment, he got into the car with Lin Momo.At the gate of the Lins' villa, An Biru went back to work, and Qin Haodong followed Lin Momo into the house. As soon as they entered, they saw a mess. Lin Zhiyuan was holding Tang Tang in his arms and rushing to the door
"You... what... what are you talking about?" Gao Yan took two involuntary steps back."I said it's smelly. You know what I mean!"Neither Lin Zhiyuan nor Lin Momo understood what Qin Haodong meant.But Tang Tang hopped and cried, "I know! I know! Aunt Gao's breath really sticks. Once she did not wear a mask, and her breath smelled like fart and made me lose my appetite!"The others then realized that Qin Haodong meant that Gao Yan had halitosis and wasn’t referring to her offensive words. They had thought Gao Yan wore a big mask because of a doctor's natural obsession with cleanliness, but now they knew that she was covering up her bad breath.Although she took no offense to Tang Tang's words, Gao Yan was so ashamed that she wished she had disappeared.She didn't have bad breath as a child but somehow developed it in high school. In order to cure this unspeakable disease, she’d chosen to become a doctor. S
"Doctor Qin, what are you going to cook?" asked Zhang Dafu enthusiastically as they got to the kitchen."Tang Tang has just recovered from her illness, so she'd better have a light meal. I'll just make her some porridge," Qin Haodong replied. "Do we have the ingredients for eight-treasure rice porridge?""Yes, but it's raw and hasn't been soaked. Porridge takes time to prepare.""Never mind, just give me the ingredients!" Qin Haodong insisted.Zhang Dafu silently despised Qin Haodong. It was pretty common knowledge that the ingredients for eight-treasure rice porridge needed to be soaked for no fewer than four hours prior to cooking. He was wasting his ingredients on a complete layman!But Mr. Lin had given orders to let Qin Haodong do what he wanted, so he gathered a small bowl of the ingredients and handed them over. After all, he wouldn’t be the one losing face.Qin Haodong took a look at the bowl and s
Qin Haodong did have something to do — he was going out to get a present for Tang Tang. Lin Momo had agreed to let him be Tang Tang's godfather, and he needed a gift for when his daughter called him “father” for the first time.The market was very big. There were small stalls lining the path for about two kilometers after the entrance, and behind them was a huge medicine wholesale market.In the wholesale market were large-scale wholesalers of medicinal materials which had high quality, so the prices were naturally higher.The stalls outside sold medicinal materials picked from the mountains by nearby medicine farmers. Their prices were lower, on average, but with good and bad materials mixed together, it was easy to get fake medicines.Qin Haodong didn't need to worry about these. As a practitioner, he was very sensitive to Spiritual Qi. He could distinguish the authenticity and the year of the medicinal materials at a glance.
"I can't take that much. I'll just choose a few."Qin Haodong took a bag from the stall. He put the hundred-year-old polygonum multiflorum and other needed medicinal materials into the bag."I’m sorry — I was too ignorant to recognize your ability." The vendor scratched his head with embarrassment."It's nothing."Qin Haodong waved his hand and then went ahead to the wholesale market. He looked at the bag in his hand; it wasn’t too heavy, but still awkward to carry. If only he had a Storage Ring. He once had a ring big enough to accommodate a mountain in the Divine World, but unfortunately, the ring was reduced to dust by Thunder of Nine Heavens.Qin Haodong sighed and walked into the medicinal materials wholesale market with the bag.The shops here were very large, far larger than the retail stalls outside, but the hundred-year-old ginseng was a rare material. He went to more than a dozen shops and did no
A chill rose from the old man's heart, but he wasn’t completely convinced. "Young man, forgive me my presumption, but how could you possibly know that?"What Qin Haodong said was totally true, and he had believed most of it. However, he was very surprised that the young man had not taken his pulse, nor any other form of examination. How could he be so sure of his diagnosis?"I am a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine adopts four methods of diagnosis, namely looking, listening, questioning, and feeling the pulse, and I just used the method of looking.""Grandpa, don't listen to his nonsense," said Wushuang. "There isn't any Chinese medicine doctor that is so young, and even if he is a traditional Chinese doctor, he can't reach the level of "looking" diagnosis. Even the medical master Zhang Tianhe needs to take your pulse when making a diagnosis, let alone a small doctor like him.""Small doctor? What makes you t
The hotel room was the perfect place to refine medicine. Because it was a gift for his daughter, the Lin family home was inconvenient for refining the Marrow-Cleansing Pill. Lin Zhiyuan had given him Villa No. 6 for saving Lin Momo’s life, but he didn’t even know where it was, so the hotel would do.With his divine skills, these low-grade pills were easy for him to refine. All he needed to do was extract the essence of various medicinal herbs and make pills.An hour later, twelve crystal clear Marrow-Cleansing Pills and nine Qi-nourishing Pills were placed on the hotel room’s tea table.It was still early, and there were a few hours before Tang Tang could leave school. After eating a simple meal he ordered from room service, Qin Haodong began to practice his divine skills. He needed to constantly improve if he could ever hope to achieve his previous Qi strength.Although the Spiritual Qi on Earth was poor, the support of Qi-nourish
"Oh my god, what kind of a medicine is this? It's amazing!"Looking at the peerless face in the mirror, Lin Momo opened the bath towel to reveal a stunning body. She took a moment to appreciate it."Mommy, Mommy, I'm coming."The door flew open, and Tang Tang ran in, followed by Qin Haodong.Lin Momo always left her bedroom door unlocked to let Tang Tang come and go. She froze like a sculpture and forgot to wrap her body with the towel.Qin Haodong was also frozen. He hadn’t expected her to be naked."Mommy, why are you naked? You're not shy at all."The little girl said, making a shy face."What..."Lin Momo suddenly realized she was naked in front of Qin Haodong. She screamed and quickly wrapped herself with the towel."You... why didn't you knock the door before coming in?" Lin Momo asked."Oh... I came with Tang Tang. She didn't knock, an