He reached out to help her up, but in the process, the woman yelped in pain and fell back onto the ground with a thud.
“It hurts…”
She quickly grabbed her ankle. Only then did Xu Fei turn on his phone’s torch and see that her ankle had twisted.
It looked badly swollen and red, seemingly quite serious.
Fortunately, she’d run into Xu Fei. With no one else around, he wasn’t worried about being seen.
He pulled a silver needle from his sleeve, inserted it into the swollen area, and slowly channelled his true qi through the needle into her ankle.
After a few minutes, the sprained ankle was more or less healed.
“There, try standing up, it should be fine now!” Xu Fei said.
The woman hurriedly got up and took a couple of tentative steps, realising her foot no longer hurt.
Excitedly, she exclaimed, “It’s, it’s really better? That’s amazing! Was that acupuncture just now? Do you know Chinese medicine?”
Xu Fei replied calmly, “I learned a bit of Chinese medicine from my master. Since you’re alright now, that’s great, I’ll be off!”
He didn’t want to linger with her, but this attitude sparked a flicker of dissatisfaction in the woman.
She’d been a beauty since childhood, unanimously chosen as the school belle during her studies and holding the title for four years straight. Her suitors could form a line from here to the outskirts of the capital.
Though she thought herself above dating boring people, being admired and turning heads wherever she went naturally made her feel good.
Now, meeting Xu Fei, who’d saved her and was about to leave without even asking for her number, felt downright odd.
“Could it be my charm’s not enough anymore?” she muttered to herself before speaking up.
“Wait! I’m Yao Manyun. You were incredible saving me just now. If you really know Chinese medicine, there’s a patient at my home, could you take a look?”
Hearing this, Xu Fei stopped but didn’t turn around.
Seeing this, Yao Manyun quickly added, “Er, of course, you wouldn’t be helping my family for nothing. If you can cure them, the Yao family will reward you handsomely!”
Truth be told, the main reason Xu Fei paused wasn’t the offer, but because hearing “Yao Manyun from the Yao family of the capital” made him rack his brain to recall where this Yao family came from.
There were countless prominent families in Jiangbei alone, and the capital was no exception.
But after thinking hard, Xu Fei couldn’t place the Yao name, maybe he knew too little, or perhaps the Yao family wasn’t a top player in the capital.
So he shook his head helplessly, an action Yao Manyun caught from behind, prompting her to lower her head in disappointment.
“Not even this convinces you? Then…”
Before she could finish, Xu Fei turned around with a smile and said, “My master taught me that no matter when or where, if I encounter a patient, I must do my utmost to help. If it’s convenient, lead the way!”
At that, Yao Manyun, who’d been crestfallen moments ago, froze, then snapped out of it and happily pulled out her phone to make a call.
“Hello, Uncle He? Hurry and drive to near Jialan Bar to pick me up, I’ve found a miracle doctor for our family!”
