Chapter 35: A Spectacle Evoked By Abundant Imagination
Editor: TheSloth
The director’s speed was lightning fast, the patient had been sent into the sickroom as per his instructions. Jiang Chu was taken by surprise.
It was a cute little girl.
Jiang Chu felt agitated somehow, looking at the girl laying in the sickbed with a pale face due to the serious illness.
Don’t look at me like this… don’t look at me like this.
His heart kept repeating those words, begging pitifully. However, he had to show a calm face and speak about the status of the patient with the director.
The little girl’s grandfather---that retired officer from the Municipal Health Bureau, was with them too.
What a retired officer….he was obviously the previous director. The current director was his student and the successor chosen by him personally.
“Doctor Jiang, if everything is prepared, can we start the operation soon? Because I don’t want my granddaughter to suffer from this illness every day.”
Nevertheless, now, he was only an ordinary grandfather of a patient, with a helpless expression on his face.
Would the operation be successful?
This operation could be performed within 5 to 6 hours. His trembling hands might be prevented through medication.
“Mister Doctor, could you make Tingting better?”
Don’t look at me with this kind of expression…please don’t…
Jiang Chu gritted his teeth, “Director, she needs more time to prepare and adjust…I understand the feelings of her relatives, but you should know, more care should be taken when performing brain surgeries.”
Dean Ma nodded, “I understand. But I assure you, everything that you need will be prioritized. Don’t worry about the rest. They have decided to do the operation several months ago, since then, she has received good care, so the operation can take place anytime.”
Jiang Chu answered, “I got it.”
Tingting’s grandfather tightly grasped Jiang Chu’s hands. “Doctor Jiang, everything depends on you.”
Jiang Chu deeply breathed. “I’ll try my best.”
Not long after, Jiang Chu went back to his office and laid on his sofa with his eyes closed. As soon as he closed his eyes, he seemed to see the little girl’s gaze.
It made him restless and annoyed.
Jiang Chu fished out the black card from his pocket, staring at it, lost in thought.
It was as if voice entered his mind and said, “Come over here…come over here…your wish will come true…come over here…”
All of a sudden, his cellphone rang. Jiang Chu was startled by the sound. His hand trembled, causing him to drop the black card onto the ground.
Jiang Chu frowned. Finally, he answered the phone. It was from his ex-wife.
They had divorced earlier, and Jiang Chu got the custody over his son. But he did not forget about old times, allowing his son to stay with his ex-wife for several days every once in a while.
It reduced the stress since he was busy working in the hospital.
“What’s wrong?”
“Jiang Chu, our son fainted. I’ve called the ambulance and we are on the way to your hospital…what now? Looking at him in pain is breaking my heart!”
Hearing his ex-wife speaking in a sobbing tone, Jiang Chu’s face changed.
He rushed out of the office.
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……
Though Tai Yinzi was new, his memory was preserved when he was set free, different from the other black soul envoys.
Of course, Luo Qiu had to pay a little for keeping his memories.
Tai Yinzi came from the ancient society 500 years ago, so he must know more than You Ye about more matters concerning the eastern Taoists.
Except for the affairs in those 500 years where he was imprisoned in the jade.
“It took 15 days’ of my life… Too expensive.”
After he complained about the high price, Luo Qiu continued reading the book ‘Origins of Blue and White Porcelain’.
After a short while, Tai Yinzi went to Luo Qiu respectfully, handing him several papers filled with words. “Master, this is the entire Koan Sutra text I wrote from memory.”
Luo Qiu put away the book, before glancing it over.
But he didn’t understand it at all.
Tai Yinzi was an old monster with 500 years of life experience. He obsequiously said, “If master wants to learn the sutra, I can give you some guidance! Though Qi nowadays is weak, it’s easy for master to practice the basics after recently gaining the green jade from Yang Taizi.”
While Luo Qiu shook his head, “No, thanks. I’m just curious about it… Go learn the white card production from You Ye for now.”
Tai Yinzi had to leave disappointedly.
Luo Qiu had a short glance at the eastern Taoist book that he couldn’t understand, then simply threw it. He only believed in costs and benefits, not those Taoist teachings that require one to cleanse themselves from worldly desires.
As the number of transactions increased, he would become stronger and his abilities would also improve, furthermore, it could even contribute to his endless life, so he didn’t want to practice Taoism.
Luo Qiu went on reading ‘Origins of Blue and White Porcelain’, until closing time. He stretched himself, “Jiang Chu might not come here. I’m going home now.”
Before he left, Luo Qiu placed the green jade into the warehouse which took 30 days of his lifespan.
Then he went home.
Ren Ziling hadn’t come back yet because she was working overtime to finish typesetting before printing.
Luo Qiu pushed open the door of Ren Ziling’s room and walked to her bed. He raised up her mattress and put the green jade under it.
“It’s for her birthday half a year later.” Luo Qiu mumbled. “Well, this woman is quite…”
Luo Qiu shook his head after viewing the messy clothes she threw about everywhere. He thought he should clean this room but changed his mind in the end.
However just as he thought of it, all the messy clothes started floating in the air.
Luo Qiu was shocked and shuddered, which caused those clothes in midair to fall one after another. A pair of red lacy underwear fell exactly right by his foot.
Luo Qiu kicked it away subconsciously.
Unexpectedly, Ren Ziling’s voice appeared, sounding frighten. “Luo Qiu…you…what are you doing here?”
Let’s take a look at the situation first.
Due to Luo Qiu’s thought of cleaning the room, the clothes became even messier.
Then, maybe due to the viciousness of the universe, some private clothes( you know), fell down around him.
Try imagining this awkward spectacle coming into Ren Ziling’s sight.
Chapter 36: Go to Hell You Idiot Driver!
Editor: TheSloth
Luo Qiu understood.
As a human being, one tends to bump into some pretty embarrassing stuff in one’s daily life, even among relatives.
He was adapt in observation, so it was easy to understand what Ren Ziling’s was thinking just from her expression.
During puberty, due to access to a wide range of information, different sexual preference were easily formed. The longing for older women was usually due to lack of maternal love…etc.
But according to Luo Qiu’s understanding of Ren Ziling, all of these thoughts would point to only one conclusion.
“This is all my fault…neglecting all these details.” Ren Ziling took a deep breath, “Leave me alone, I need to think about this problem.”
Ren Ziling suddenly shut her door.
The two were separated just like that, by a mere door, as time slowly passed.
When the door was opened once again, Ren Ziling revealed a serious expression, looking at Luo Qiu. “Luo Qiu, we need to have a serious talk. Listen, it is nothing to be ashamed off. Be optimistic.”
Luo Qiu had the impulse to cover his face, he had a million words to choose from, but in the end, merely left a “Have a good sleep.”
“What…”
All Ren Ziling felt was a strong drowsiness, which made her not able to keep her eyes open. In a flash, she leaned against the door and slumped down until she sprawl on the floor, before finally falling asleep.
Luo Qiu stretched out his finger and pointed her. Ren Ziling’s body floated up from the floor, before sending her back to bed. He eyed the sleeping Ren Ziling with a little annoyance.
Luo Qiu shook his head. The space near him suddenly turned warped slightly. The next second, the puppet with a beautiful face walked out from the space.
“Master, what is the matter?”
Luo Qiu said, “You Ye, can you hypnotize her and erase a small part of her memory?”
You Ye nodded after looking around the room, “Sure. However one will be doubtful if there was a blank period in one’s memory. It’s better to make up a story to fill this blank.”
Luo Qiu considered it for a little while, “How about this. ‘I didn’t see Luo Qiu after returning home. Since I was too tired to take a shower, I fell onto bed and fell asleep immediately’.”
“Understood.”
You Ye walked to Ren Ziling, pressed her palm against Ren Ziling’s forehead, then lowered her head and whispered some words into Ren Ziling’s ear.
Soon, You Ye stood up, “Master, she will only think of what you said just now when she wakes up tomorrow.”
Luo Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, “Thanks, you worked hard. Go back to the club.”
You Ye didn’t stay long. She disappeared as soon as she heard the order, leaving through where she came.
Luo Qiu took one last glance at Ren Ziling, levitating the quilt to cover her body, then closed the door gently and went back to his room.
He was not sleepy, so he turned on his laptop and logged into his account. He found two answers to his question.
First one: Are there only these words? Is there anything else? Because for ancient words, the same ones throughout different times would be similar. Thus it’s hard to distinguish which kind of words it was if no further evidence can be shown.
Second: It is probably Coptic Language, which was invented in later period in Ancient Egypt. But I’m not sure. It’d better if there were more references.
Luo Qiu thought about it, then renewed the question after adding a screenshot of some other words, which were merely the most clear and legible sentences.
After he posted it, Luo Qiu waited for a moment. Nobody answered him, so he turned off his laptop, then lay on his bed with his cellphone searching Coptic Language on the internet.
“In 3rd century AD…there were plenty of Greek literature copied into Coptic Language, especially the parts of the Christian lection…what the hell is this?”
Luo Qiu felt sleepy as he read the information. Without realizing it, he fell asleep.
……
The next day, he was awaken by a sound coming from the kitchen.
It turned out Ren Ziling was cooking breakfast in the kitchen, full of energy. There were toasts, fried eggs, sliced ham and cherry tomato salad for a balanced diet.
It had been a long time since he had breakfast cooked by Ren Ziling.
“Luo Qiu, you got up?” Ren Ziling walked out of the kitchen, wearing an apron and holding two glasses of milk. “I wonder why I’m so spirited today! Have a taste of my cuisine!”
“…are any special skills needed for toast and fried eggs?”
Ren Ziling gave him an angry stare, knocking Luo Qiu’s forehead, “Don’t prattle on, are you going to eat it or not?”
Luo Qiu shrugged his shoulders and started to butter the bread.
Ren Ziling bit the bread and asked Luo Qiu, “Hey, have you been up to anything wrong lately? You’ve been coming back late, unlike a lonely single man, who should be back home early.”
Luo Qiu was already used to this woman’s sarcasm, so he didn’t feel anything and threw out his appropriate response which was prepared in advance. “I’m working part time recently, and will normally return late in the evening.”
“But you said you were travelling the last two times.” Ren Ziling wouldn’t be deceived that easily.
Luo Qiu just repeated his 3 words, “Part time job.”
“…”
Right at this time, Ren Ziling’s cellphone rang. Therefore she had to put a hold on this topic and answer the phone. Her expression changed after listening to the other side, then she rushed off to get ready to leave, “We’ll continue this subject later. I have to go to the newspaper office now.”
Actually Luo Qiu had always admired Ren Ziling for straightforward character.
Like now, she hurried into her room to change clothes, combing her hair while walking, searching for her keys, rushing out of the door then coming back again to grab and bite bread with butter that Luo Qiu was just about to eat, then rushed out again.
“I’ll talk with you about your part time job later!”
Ren Ziling yelled at him as she closed the door.
Luo Qiu sighed. Finally he could have his breakfast quietly. While taking a bit from the bread, he prepared to watch the morning news. However, he found a folder near the TV stand.
The phone rang at this time.
“Hey, Luo Qiu? Do you see a folder with a drawing of a circle on it??”
“It’s on the TV stand.”
“Good! Come on my boy! Listen, can you send it to my company? I’m now on the way to another place and have no time to return home! F*ck! The idiot in front! Do you know how to drive?”
Ren Ziling continued along with the sound of a harsh horn, “I know you’re the best! Mum will recommend a girlfriend to you some day…Hello? Hello? Brat, hanging up on me?!! F*ck you b*itch, are you able to drive?!! If you piss me off, I’ll give you trouble! Go to hell you idiot driver!!!”
As Ren Ziling smashed the gas pedal, her dark red MINI-CLUBMAN rushed out like an arrow, going down the highway.
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