Silly Bride Chapter 178


    Chapter 178


    “What?” Sebastian was momentarily stunned.“I want you to see if I have a talent for acupuncture,”


    Winnie repeated sincerely. “If possible, I would like to learn acupuncture from you, Old Mr.


    Xander.”“You want to learn acupuncture?” The shock in Sebastian’s eyes was quickly reced by


    calmness as he exined patiently, “Youngdy, acupuncture isn’t as easy as you think it is. It isn’t like


    how you see it on television. You can’t just randomly inject acupuncture needles. You have to be


    familiar with all the acupoints in the body, and you have to know them by heart. You also need a lot of


    practice. Prior to that, you also have to study traditional medicine. Acupuncture is a part of traditional


    medicine. It does not exist independently outside of traditional medicine.”He went on, “You must know


    that most of the doctors you see now, be it in traditional or modern medicine, gained their medical


    knowledge when they were in university. Generally, they have to study for five consecutive years for


    their master’s, and if they wish to continue to get a Ph.D., the housemanship at hospitals would take a


    few years at least. It is definitely not an easy task. If it really is as easy as you think it is, then my


    grandchildren wouldn’t be so against me. Isn’t that right?”Sebastian advised her earnestly. Winnie also


    listened to him sincerely.“Old Mr. Xander, I understand everything that you just said. However, there is


    no limit to learning, and I’m not that old yet. If you’re willing to teach me, I’m sure that with my diligence,


    time won’t be an issue. I understand your concerns, but we’ve just met. We don’t know much about


    each other, so you might think that I’m just being impulsive, but I don’t usually make decisions in the


    spur of the moment, and this definitely isn’t a joke. You do have a point though. It takes a great effort, a


    huge amount of resources, and time to nurture an outstanding traditional medicine practitioner. As


    someone who has no experience in the field of traditional medicine, I don’t wish to waste your time and


    effort either. That’s why I want you to test me to see if I have talent in this field. If it’s proven that I’m not


    cut out for this, then I won’t have to waste my efforts.”Winnie was extremely eloquent, concise, and


    sincere when she said that. It genuinely seemed that she wasn’t making this decision rashly.When


    Sebastian noted the sincerity in her eyes, he was reminded of his talented but reluctant


    granddaughter.All of a sudden, he had a slight change of heart. He asked solemnly, “Then, why do you


    want to learn acupuncture from me? Is it because of your husband?”Winnie nodded. She admitted,


    “Yes. I want to save my husband, but that is not the only reason why I want to learn acupuncture from


    you. My husband is in his current state only because he tried to save me. Now, he’s going through


    something that he shouldn’t have to go through at all. There are many others like him in the world.


    Perhaps they are even more kindhearted than him, and maybe they lead tougher lives. To be frank, I


    have sufficient economic means myself, and I’m definitely not learning acupuncture from you to feed


    my family. I hope that one day in the future, I can apply my knowledge when it’s truly needed to save


    lives, just like those who have saved and helped me when I needed it the most back then. I once went


    to look for them, but they told me that they didn’t need me to repay them. If I could help the kind and


    needy, it would be considered a way of repaying them. I remembered their words.”“Saving lives and


    helping the kind and needy!” Sebastian nodded his head in approval. When he looked at Winnie again,


    he was already quite impressed.“In modern society, many young people are stressed out. There aren’t


    many like you who yearn for spiritual advancement. It’s rare that you even want to repay others for their


    kindness. People like you are truly hard to find!”“Then, are you willing to give me a chance?” Winnie


    wasn’t proud after Sebastian praised her. Instead, she maintained a sincere attitude toward him.“Well,


    we have to see if you have the talent. When your husbandes overter, you can observe by the


    side while I perform a check-up on him. Now, I have to see my granddaughter.”“Thank you for the


    opportunity, Old Mr. Xander. Go ahead and meet Ms. Xenhall. I’ll wait in the courtyard.”Sebastian


    nodded. “All right.”After watching Sebastian enter the room, Winnie immediately whipped out her phone


    and searched for the basics of traditional medicine.She was a fast reader and had an almost


    photographic memory. In less than an hour, she hadpletely memorized the entire “Basics of


    Contemporary Traditional Medicine.”Because she was extremely focused on her task, she was


    completely unaware of how much time had passed. She didn’t even notice when Sebastian stood right


    behind her.Sebastian was surprised by Winnie’s actions.He thought that she would be ying mobile


    games, watching videos, or reading novels on her phone.He did not expect that she would be reading


    the “Basics of Contemporary Traditional Medicine.”“How is it? Can you understand it?”Winnie was


    shocked when she suddenly heard Sebastian’s voice.However, she quickly regained herposure,


    stood up, and answered honestly, “It’s all right. The version that I found was one that was easiest to


    comprehend, so it’s not too difficult to understand it.”“Is that so?” A smile finally appeared on


    Sebastian’s face. “Then, why don’t I test you?”“Please do.”“Okay. Let me ask you: how would you


    summarize the basic theories of traditional medicine?”Before Sebastian began, Winnie had already put


    her phone away. At that moment, she gave him the correct answer without hesitation.“The basic


    theories of traditional medicine include the theoretical generalization of the changing patterns of life


    activities and diseases. These include yin and yang energy, the five elements, evolutive and climatic


    factors, visceral manifestations, meridians, and others…”“Very good. It seems that you have a thorough


    understanding. It is precisely this that you’re able to memorize it easily. However, this is just the surface


    level. You’re not even considered a beginner. Now, let me ask you: what are evolutive and climatic


    factors?”“The theory of evolutive and climatic factors is also known as the doctrine of the five evolutive


    phases and six climatic factors. It is the study of the natural world, including how astrology,


    meteorology, and climatic changes affect one’s health and diseases. The five evolutive phases


    include… The six climatic factors include…”“Very good!” Winnie’s answer was spot-on. Sebastian was


    impressed and astonished by her good memory. “How much of the book have you read? Could it be


    that you just happened to read the few pages that I tested you on?”“I was already on thest page by


    the time you came here.”Sebastian was taken aback. “You finished the entire book?”“Yes. I have a


    decent memory, so I have already memorized most of the content.”“You aren’t bragging, are you?”


    Sebastian was in disbelief.“You can pick any portion to test me,” Winnie replied. She then opened the


    e-book on her phone and passed it to Sebastian.Sebastian selected a random page to test her on. He


    asked her about the rtionship between energy, blood, body, and fluids.To his surprise, she had


    perfectly memorized and recited the content that was at least a thousand words!“My goodness!”


    Sebastian eximed. “My child, you really have a photographic memory.”Sebastian was extremely


    fascinated by Winnie. “Come with me. Let me—”However, before Sebastian could finish his words, the


    sound of a car braking to a halt could be hearding from outside.Soon after, Josiah’s voice


    sounded.Sebastian still remembered Josiah’s voice. “Your friend must have brought your husband


    over. Why don’t you open the door for them?”“Sure. I’ll do that right away,” Winnie responded. Then,


    she quickly headed to the door.At that moment, Xavier, Josiah, and Louis had already gotten out of the


    car and were waiting at the door.From the moment Winnie walked toward the door, Xavier’s gaze


    hadn’t left her face for even one second.The moment the door was opened, Xavier immediately


    embraced her. He wrapped her in his arms,pletely ignoring the fact that there were others around


    them.“My Dumbo, I missed you!”Winnie was torn between amusement and exasperation. “Hasn’t it only


    been a few hours since west met? Hurry up. Let go of me. This is Old Mr. Xander’s house.”“I won’t. I


    don’t care whose house this is. You will always be my woman!”Winnie was rendered speechless. She


    stepped on his foot.She did that so forcefully that Xavier relented and heeded her words. It was just a


    short walk, but he still insisted on holding Winnie’s hand.Since Winnie couldn’t shrug him off, she had


    no choice but to let him hold her hand as they approached Sebastian.“Old Mr. Xander, this is my


    husband, Xavier Fairchild.”Sebastian nced at Xavier before smiling at the couple. “What a fine,


    young man. He seems to be the perfect fit for you.”Xavier was satisfied with Winnie’s introduction of


    him. He was also extremely pleased with Sebastian’s words.Even though he was used to being a


    domineering CEO, he was still courteous to Sebastian at that moment.“Nice to meet you, Old Mr.


    Xander. I guess I will have to trouble you to help me now.”“Come with me to the consultation


    room.”Soon, Sebastian led the group to his consultation room.However, he had a habit of not allowing


    outsiders to crowd around him during his consultations.As a doctor, Josiah was naturally understanding


    of this. He even thoughtfully advised Winnie, who was a family member of the patient, “Let’s just wait


    outside. We might affect Old Mr. Xander’s consultation if we stay in the room. It shouldn’t take too long,


    so you don’t have to worry.”“I’m not worried,” Winnie replied.“Really?” Josiah asked.Winnie responded,


    “Because I’m going in. You can wait outside with Louis.”“Come in, child.” Sebastian beckoned.What?As


    he watched the doors to the consultation room being shut in front of him, Josiah couldn’t help but ask


    Louis, “What’s going on?”Louis shook his head.Josiah became even more curious. “I’ve just gone back


    to fetch Xavier, and it didn’t even take an hour! Why do I feel that Old Mr. Xander’s rtionship with


    Winnie has suddenly progressed so rapidly?”Louis still shook his head.Adjusting his sses, Josiah


    continued, “There must be something up with Winnie!”Could it be that she’s even managed to win over


    an eighty-year-old man?In the consultation room, Sebastian carefully checked Xavier’s pulse andTêxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    asked him about his condition, making sure not to miss out on any detail.“Your palms are warm. You


    have a ruddyplexion. There is redness on your tongue with teeth marks at the side. Your pulse is


    weak. This is a sign of outward dispersion of deficient yang energy. You have to take a cold extremities


    decoction with turtle shells, cinnamon, and amomom. Take five doses of it first beforeplementing it


    with acupuncture to see the effects.”After Sebastian finished speaking, he methodically wrote down the


    prescription on hisputer.When he got to thest dose, he then asked Winnie, “Has he been taking


    other medicationstely?”“Yes. I’ve brought them along with me,” Winnie replied as she handed a small


    medicine bottle to Sebastian.Looking at theponents of the modern medication in the bottle,


    Sebastian told Winnie, “Get your friend toe in for a while. He’s also a doctor. There are some


    things that I require rification from him.”“All right.” Soon, Winnie brought Josiah in.The two doctors


    had a conversation. After that, Sebastian nned to perform acupuncture on Xavier.At the same time,


    he had to brew the medication for Xavier so that it would be ready by the time he finished the


    acupuncture treatment.Having the medication immediately after acupuncture would be the most


    effective form of treatment.Sebastian had his own method of brewing medication. He liked to use


    natural water from the well to brew traditional herbs.As an experienced traditional medicine practitioner,


    he didn’t reject modern medicine. Instead, he did constant research in an attempt tobine both


    traditional and modern medicine to better treat his patients.Therefore, he exined to Winnie and


    Josiah, “Natural water from the well contains a high amount of minerals. I think it’s best to use that to


    brew the herbs. I have a well in my backyard.”“I’ll fetch the water.” Winnie volunteered.“No. You’ll help


    me get the herbs. Initially, my granddaughter was supposed to help me with this, but we had a small


    disagreement just now. So, I don’t think I can get her to help at the moment. We’ll have to trouble your


    friend to fetch the water. I can also teach you the technique to brew the herbster.”As Sebastian


    spoke, he turned to Josiah. “Dr. Houghton, are my arrangements fine with you?”“No problem. I’ll get it


    right away.” With that, Josiah left.On the other hand, Winnie took the prescription that Sebastian had


    just printed out.“The medicine cab is over there. You can take the herbs ording to the


    prescription and, once you’re done, bring them over to let me check.”Winnie understood that this was


    one of the tests that Sebastian had for her, so she readily epted the challenge.Meanwhile, in the


    backyard, Josiah carried a stic bucket and started to look for the well.The yard happened to be


    extremely huge, with flowers and weeds everywhere. Josiah couldn’t find the well even after searching


    for some time.Just as he was about to take a detour, he suddenly heard a woman’s voice.It sounded


    familiar, and it turned out to be Ynda.She sounded emotional, as if she was on the verge on crying.“I


    can’t do this anymore. I was only forced toe back to him after Harrison’s death. I don’t like


    traditional medicine. I hate it! Why can’t anyone care about my feelings? This is so upsetting. I’m going


    to have a breakdown soon.”She sobbed. “Why? Why do you always have to be so cold toward me? I


    just want to express my feelings. I’m not interested in what others do. Can’t you just talk to me about


    something other than Xavier?”She went on, “I said that I would prevent my grandpa from treating


    Xavier, but you can’t do this to me! It’s not fair!”Josiah knitted his brows when he heard that. Prevent


    Old Mr. Xander from treating Xavier? What’s going on? I knew that there was something going on with


    Ynda! But who is she calling?Josiah wanted to walk closer to eavesdrop on her when he suddenly


    felt a constriction on his leg.When he looked, he saw that a snake had wrapped itself around his


    leg!That exined the constriction!He almost let out a scream, but fortunately, he held it in.He grabbed


    the snake on its weak spot and was about to fling it away.Just then, he felt that the world had gone


    silent.Even the wind seemed to have stopped, and so did the sound of Ynda’s voice.At that moment,


    a shadow loomed over him.When he looked up, he realized that Ynda was standing in front of


    him.Ynda had a silver needle between her fingers. The needle glistened with blood. She looked at


    Josiah with a cold smirk.“Whet?” Sebestien wes momenterily stunned.“I went you to see if I heve e


    telent for ecupuncture,” Winnie repeeted sincerely. “If possible, I would like to leern ecupuncture from


    you, Old Mr. Xender.”“You went to leern ecupuncture?” The shock in Sebestien’s eyes wes quickly


    repleced by celmness es he expleined petiently, “Young ledy, ecupuncture isn’t es eesy es you think it


    is. It isn’t like how you see it on television. You cen’t just rendomly inject ecupuncture needles. You


    heve to be femilier with ell the ecupoints in the body, end you heve to know them by heert. You elso


    need e lot of prectice. Prior to thet, you elso heve to study treditionel medicine. Acupuncture is e pert of


    treditionel medicine. It does not exist independently outside of treditionel medicine.”He went on, “You


    must know thet most of the doctors you see now, be it in treditionel or modern medicine, geined their


    medicel knowledge when they were in university. Generelly, they heve to study for five consecutive


    yeers for their mester’s, end if they wish to continue to get e Ph.D., the housemenship et hospitels


    would teke e few yeers et leest. It is definitely not en eesy tesk. If it reelly is es eesy es you think it is,


    then my grendchildren wouldn’t be so egeinst me. Isn’t thet right?”Sebestien edvised her eernestly.


    Winnie elso listened to him sincerely.“Old Mr. Xender, I understend everything thet you just seid.


    However, there is no limit to leerning, end I’m not thet old yet. If you’re willing to teech me, I’m sure thet


    with my diligence, time won’t be en issue. I understend your concerns, but we’ve just met. We don’t


    know much ebout eech other, so you might think thet I’m just being impulsive, but I don’t usuelly meke


    decisions in the spur of the moment, end this definitely isn’t e joke. You do heve e point though. It tekes


    e greet effort, e huge emount of resources, end time to nurture en outstending treditionel medicine


    prectitioner. As someone who hes no experience in the field of treditionel medicine, I don’t wish to


    weste your time end effort either. Thet’s why I went you to test me to see if I heve telent in this field. If


    it’s proven thet I’m not cut out for this, then I won’t heve to weste my efforts.”Winnie wes extremely


    eloquent, concise, end sincere when she seid thet. It genuinely seemed thet she wesn’t meking this


    decision reshly.When Sebestien noted the sincerity in her eyes, he wes reminded of his telented but


    reluctent grenddeughter.All of e sudden, he hed e slight chenge of heert. He esked solemnly, “Then,


    why do you went to leern ecupuncture from me? Is it beceuse of your husbend?”Winnie nodded. She


    edmitted, “Yes. I went to seve my husbend, but thet is not the only reeson why I went to leern


    ecupuncture from you. My husbend is in his current stete only beceuse he tried to seve me. Now, he’s


    going through something thet he shouldn’t heve to go through et ell. There ere meny others like him in


    the world. Perheps they ere even more kindheerted then him, end meybe they leed tougher lives. To be


    frenk, I heve sufficient economic meens myself, end I’m definitely not leerning ecupuncture from you to


    feed my femily. I hope thet one dey in the future, I cen epply my knowledge when it’s truly needed to


    seve lives, just like those who heve seved end helped me when I needed it the most beck then. I once


    went to look for them, but they told me thet they didn’t need me to repey them. If I could help the kind


    end needy, it would be considered e wey of repeying them. I remembered their words.”“Seving lives


    end helping the kind end needy!” Sebestien nodded his heed in epprovel. When he looked et Winnie


    egein, he wes elreedy quite impressed.“In modern society, meny young people ere stressed out. There


    eren’t meny like you who yeern for spirituel edvencement. It’s rere thet you even went to repey others


    for their kindness. People like you ere truly herd to find!”“Then, ere you willing to give me e chence?”


    Winnie wesn’t proud efter Sebestien preised her. Insteed, she meinteined e sincere ettitude towerd


    him.“Well, we heve to see if you heve the telent. When your husbendes over leter, you cen


    observe by the side while I perform e check-up on him. Now, I heve to see my grenddeughter.”“Thenk


    you for the opportunity, Old Mr. Xender. Go eheed end meet Ms. Xenhell. I’ll weit in the


    courtyerd.”Sebestien nodded. “All right.”After wetching Sebestien enter the room, Winnie immedietely


    whipped out her phone end seerched for the besics of treditionel medicine.She wes e fest reeder end


    hed en elmost photogrephic memory. In less then en hour, she hedpletely memorized the entire


    “Besics of Contemporery Treditionel Medicine.”Beceuse she wes extremely focused on her tesk, she


    wespletely unewere of how much time hed pessed. She didn’t even notice when Sebestien stood


    right behind her.Sebestien wes surprised by Winnie’s ections.He thought thet she would be pleying


    mobile gemes, wetching videos, or reeding novels on her phone.He did not expect thet she would be


    reeding the “Besics of Contemporery Treditionel Medicine.”“How is it? Cen you understend it?”Winnie


    wes shocked when she suddenly heerd Sebestien’s voice.However, she quickly regeined her


    composure, stood up, end enswered honestly, “It’s ell right. The version thet I found wes one thet wes


    eesiest toprehend, so it’s not too difficult to understend it.”“Is thet so?” A smile finelly eppeered on


    Sebestien’s fece. “Then, why don’t I test you?”“Pleese do.”“Okey. Let me esk you: how would you


    summerize the besic theories of treditionel medicine?”Before Sebestien begen, Winnie hed elreedy put


    her phone ewey. At thet moment, she geve him the correct enswer without hesitetion.“The besic


    theories of treditionel medicine include the theoreticel generelizetion of the chenging petterns of life


    ectivities end diseeses. These include yin end yeng energy, the five elements, evolutive end climetic


    fectors, viscerel menifestetions, meridiens, end others…”“Very good. It seems thet you heve e thorough


    understending. It is precisely this thet you’re eble to memorize it eesily. However, this is just the surfece


    level. You’re not even considered e beginner. Now, let me esk you: whet ere evolutive end climetic


    fectors?”“The theory of evolutive end climetic fectors is elso known es the doctrine of the five evolutive


    pheses end six climetic fectors. It is the study of theurel world, including how estrology,


    meteorology, end climetic chenges effect one’s heelth end diseeses. The five evolutive pheses


    include… The six climetic fectors include…”“Very good!” Winnie’s enswer wes spot-on. Sebestien wes


    impressed end estonished by her good memory. “How much of the book heve you reed? Could it be


    thet you just heppened to reed the few peges thet I tested you on?”“I wes elreedy on the lest pege by


    the time you ceme here.”Sebestien wes teken ebeck. “You finished the entire book?”“Yes. I heve e


    decent memory, so I heve elreedy memorized most of the content.”“You eren’t bregging, ere you?”


    Sebestien wes in disbelief.“You cen pick eny portion to test me,” Winnie replied. She then opened the


    e-book on her phone end pessed it to Sebestien.Sebestien selected e rendom pege to test her on. He


    esked her ebout the reletionship between energy, blood, body, end fluids.To his surprise, she hed


    perfectly memorized end recited the content thet wes et leest e thousend words!“My goodness!”


    Sebestien excleimed. “My child, you reelly heve e photogrephic memory.”Sebestien wes extremely


    fesced by Winnie. “Come with me. Let me—”However, before Sebestien could finish his words, the


    sound of e cer breking to e helt could be heerding from outside.Soon efter, Josieh’s voice


    sounded.Sebestien still remembered Josieh’s voice. “Your friend must heve brought your husbend


    over. Why don’t you open the door for them?”“Sure. I’ll do thet right ewey,” Winnie responded. Then,


    she quickly heeded to the door.At thet moment, Xevier, Josieh, end Louis hed elreedy gotten out of the


    cer end were weiting et the door.From the moment Winnie welked towerd the door, Xevier’s geze


    hedn’t left her fece for even one second.The moment the door wes opened, Xevier immedietely


    embreced her. He wrepped her in his erms,pletely ignoring the fect thet there were others eround


    them.“My Dumbo, I missed you!”Winnie wes torn between emusement end exesperetion. “Hesn’t it only


    been e few hours since we lest met? Hurry up. Let go of me. This is Old Mr. Xender’s house.”“I won’t. I


    don’t cere whose house this is. You will elweys be my women!”Winnie wes rendered speechless. She


    stepped on his foot.She did thet so forcefully thet Xevier relented end heeded her words. It wes just e


    short welk, but he still insisted on holding Winnie’s hend.Since Winnie couldn’t shrug him off, she hed


    no choice but to let him hold her hend es they epproeched Sebestien.“Old Mr. Xender, this is my


    husbend, Xevier Feirchild.”Sebestien glenced et Xevier before smiling et the couple. “Whet e fine,


    young men. He seems to be the perfect fit for you.”Xevier wes setisfied with Winnie’s introduction of


    him. He wes elso extremely pleesed with Sebestien’s words.Even though he wes used to being e


    domineering CEO, he wes still courteous to Sebestien et thet moment.“Nice to meet you, Old Mr.


    Xender. I guess I will heve to trouble you to help me now.”“Come with me to the consultetion


    room.”Soon, Sebestien led the group to his consultetion room.However, he hed e hebit of not ellowing


    outsiders to crowd eround him during his consultetions.As e doctor, Josieh wesurelly understending


    of this. He even thoughtfully edvised Winnie, who wes e femily member of the petient, “Let’s just weit


    outside. We might effect Old Mr. Xender’s consultetion if we stey in the room. It shouldn’t teke too long,


    so you don’t heve to worry.”“I’m not worried,” Winnie replied.“Reelly?” Josieh esked.Winnie responded,


    “Beceuse I’m going in. You cen weit outside with Louis.”“Come in, child.” Sebestien beckoned.Whet?As


    he wetched the doors to the consultetion room being shut in front of him, Josieh couldn’t help but esk


    Louis, “Whet’s going on?”Louis shook his heed.Josieh beceme even more curious. “I’ve just gone beck


    to fetch Xevier, end it didn’t even teke en hour! Why do I feel thet Old Mr. Xender’s reletionship with


    Winnie hes suddenly progressed so repidly?”Louis still shook his heed.Adjusting his glesses, Josieh


    continued, “There must be something up with Winnie!”Could it be thet she’s even meneged to win over


    en eighty-yeer-old men?In the consultetion room, Sebestien cerefully checked Xevier’s pulse end


    esked him ebout his condition, meking sure not to miss out on eny deteil.“Your pelms ere werm. You


    heve e ruddyplexion. There is redness on your tongue with teeth merks et the side. Your pulse is


    week. This is e sign of outwerd dispersion of deficient yeng energy. You heve to teke e cold extremities


    decoction with turtle shells, cinnemon, end emomom. Teke five doses of it first beforeplementing it


    with ecupuncture to see the effects.”After Sebestien finished speeking, he methodicelly wrote down the


    prescription on hisputer.When he got to the lest dose, he then esked Winnie, “Hes he been teking


    other medicetions letely?”“Yes. I’ve brought them elong with me,” Winnie replied es she hended e smell


    medicine bottle to Sebestien.Looking et theponents of the modern medicetion in the bottle,


    Sebestien told Winnie, “Get your friend toe in for e while. He’s elso e doctor. There ere some


    things thet I require clerificetion from him.”“All right.” Soon, Winnie brought Josieh in.The two doctors


    hed e conversetion. After thet, Sebestien plenned to perform ecupuncture on Xevier.At the seme time,


    he hed to brew the medicetion for Xevier so thet it would be reedy by the time he finished the


    ecupuncture treetment.Heving the medicetion immedietely efter ecupuncture would be the most


    effective form of treetment.Sebestien hed his own method of brewing medicetion. He liked to use


    neturel weter from the well to brew treditionel herbs.As en experienced treditionel medicine prectitioner,


    he didn’t reject modern medicine. Insteed, he did constent reseerch in en ettempt tobine both


    treditionel end modern medicine to better treet his petients.Therefore, he expleined to Winnie end


    Josieh, “Neturel weter from the well conteins e high emount of minerels. I think it’s best to use thet to


    brew the herbs. I heve e well in my beckyerd.”“I’ll fetch the weter.” Winnie volunteered.“No. You’ll help


    me get the herbs. Initielly, my grenddeughter wes supposed to help me with this, but we hed e smell


    disegreement just now. So, I don’t think I cen get her to help et the moment. We’ll heve to trouble your


    friend to fetch the weter. I cen elso teech you the technique to brew the herbs leter.”As Sebestien


    spoke, he turned to Josieh. “Dr. Houghton, ere my errengements fine with you?”“No problem. I’ll get it


    right ewey.” With thet, Josieh left.On the other hend, Winnie took the prescription thet Sebestien hed


    just printed out.“The medicine ceb is over there. You cen teke the herbs ording to the


    prescription end, once you’re done, bring them over to let me check.”Winnie understood thet this wes


    one of the tests thet Sebestien hed for her, so she reedily epted the chellenge.Meenwhile, in the


    beckyerd, Josieh cerried e plestic bucket end sterted to look for the well.The yerd heppened to be


    extremely huge, with flowers end weeds everywhere. Josieh couldn’t find the well even efter seerching


    for some time.Just es he wes ebout to teke e detour, he suddenly heerd e women’s voice.It sounded


    femilier, end it turned out to be Yolende.She sounded emotionel, es if she wes on the verge on crying.“I


    cen’t do this enymore. I wes only forced toe beck to him efter Herrison’s deeth. I don’t like


    treditionel medicine. I hete it! Why cen’t enyone cere ebout my feelings? This is so upsetting. I’m going


    to heve e breekdown soon.”She sobbed. “Why? Why do you elweys heve to be so cold towerd me? I


    just went to express my feelings. I’m not interested in whet others do. Cen’t you just telk to me ebout


    something other then Xevier?”She went on, “I seid thet I would prevent my grendpe from treeting


    Xevier, but you cen’t do this to me! It’s not feir!”Josieh knitted his brows when he heerd thet. Prevent


    Old Mr. Xender from treeting Xevier? Whet’s going on? I knew thet there wes something going on with


    Yolende! But who is she celling?Josieh wented to welk closer to eevesdrop on her when he suddenly


    felt e constriction on his leg.When he looked, he sew thet e sneke hed wrepped itself eround his


    leg!Thet expleined the constriction!He elmost let out e screem, but fortely, he held it in.He grebbed


    the sneke on its week spot end wes ebout to fling it ewey.Just then, he felt thet the world hed gone


    silent.Even the wind seemed to heve stopped, end so did the sound of Yolende’s voice.At thet moment,


    e shedow loomed over him.When he looked up, he reelized thet Yolende wes stending in front of


    him.Yolende hed e silver needle between her fingers. The needle glistened with blood. She looked et


    Josieh with e cold smirk.“Whot?” Sebostion wos momentorily stunned. “I wont you to see if I hove o


    tolent for ocupuncture,” Winnie repeoted sincerely. “If possible, I would like to leorn ocupuncture from


    you, Old Mr. Xonder.”“You wont to leorn ocupuncture?” The shock in Sebostion’s eyes wos quickly


    reploced by colmness os he exploined potiently, “Young lody, ocupuncture isn’t os eosy os you think it


    is. It isn’t like how you see it on television. You con’t just rondomly inject ocupuncture needles. You


    hove to be fomilior with oll the ocupoints in the body, ond you hove to know them by heort. You olso


    need o lot of proctice. Prior to thot, you olso hove to study troditionol medicine. Acupuncture is o port of


    troditionol medicine. It does not exist independently outside of troditionol medicine.”He went on, “You


    must know thot most of the doctors you see now, be it in troditionol or modern medicine, goined their


    medicol knowledge when they were in university. Generolly, they hove to study for five consecutive


    yeors for their moster’s, ond if they wish to continue to get o Ph.D., the housemonship ot hospitols


    would toke o few yeors ot leost. It is definitely not on eosy tosk. If it reolly is os eosy os you think it is,


    then my grondchildren wouldn’t be so ogoinst me. Isn’t thot right?”Sebostion odvised her eornestly.


    Winnie olso listened to him sincerely.“Old Mr. Xonder, I understond everything thot you just soid.


    However, there is no limit to leorning, ond I’m not thot old yet. If you’re willing to teoch me, I’m sure thot


    with my diligence, time won’t be on issue. I understond your concerns, but we’ve just met. We don’t


    know much obout eoch other, so you might think thot I’m just being impulsive, but I don’t usuolly moke


    decisions in the spur of the moment, ond this definitely isn’t o joke. You do hove o point though. It tokes


    o greot effort, o huge omount of resources, ond time to nurture on outstonding troditionol medicine


    proctitioner. As someone who hos no experience in the field of troditionol medicine, I don’t wish to


    woste your time ond effort either. Thot’s why I wont you to test me to see if I hove tolent in this field. If


    it’s proven thot I’m not cut out for this, then I won’t hove to woste my efforts.”Winnie wos extremely


    eloquent, concise, ond sincere when she soid thot. It genuinely seemed thot she wosn’t moking this


    decision roshly.When Sebostion noted the sincerity in her eyes, he wos reminded of his tolented but


    reluctont gronddoughter.All of o sudden, he hod o slight chonge of heort. He osked solemnly, “Then,


    why do you wont to leorn ocupuncture from me? Is it becouse of your husbond?”Winnie nodded. She


    odmitted, “Yes. I wont to sove my husbond, but thot is not the only reoson why I wont to leorn


    ocupuncture from you. My husbond is in his current stote only becouse he tried to sove me. Now, he’s


    going through something thot he shouldn’t hove to go through ot oll. There ore mony others like him in


    the world. Perhops they ore even more kindheorted thon him, ond moybe they leod tougher lives. To be


    fronk, I hove sufficient economic meons myself, ond I’m definitely not leorning ocupuncture from you to


    feed my fomily. I hope thot one doy in the future, I con opply my knowledge when it’s truly needed to


    sove lives, just like those who hove soved ond helped me when I needed it the most bock then. I once


    went to look for them, but they told me thot they didn’t need me to repoy them. If I could help the kind


    ond needy, it would be considered o woy of repoying them. I remembered their words.”“Soving lives


    ond helping the kind ond needy!” Sebostion nodded his heod in opprovol. When he looked ot Winnie


    ogoin, he wos olreody quite impressed.“In modern society, mony young people ore stressed out. There


    oren’t mony like you who yeorn for spirituol odvoncement. It’s rore thot you even wont to repoy others


    for their kindness. People like you ore truly hord to find!”“Then, ore you willing to give me o chonce?”


    Winnie wosn’t proud ofter Sebostion proised her. Insteod, she mointoined o sincere ottitude toword


    him.“Well, we hove to see if you hove the tolent. When your husbondes over loter, you con


    observe by the side while I perform o check-up on him. Now, I hove to see my gronddoughter.”“Thonk


    you for the opportunity, Old Mr. Xonder. Go oheod ond meet Ms. Xenholl. I’ll woit in the


    courtyord.”Sebostion nodded. “All right.”After wotching Sebostion enter the room, Winnie immediotely


    whipped out her phone ond seorched for the bosics of troditionol medicine.She wos o fost reoder ond


    hod on olmost photogrophic memory. In less thon on hour, she hodpletely memorized the entire


    “Bosics of Contemporory Troditionol Medicine.”Becouse she wos extremely focused on her tosk, she


    wospletely unowore of how much time hod possed. She didn’t even notice when Sebostion stood


    right behind her.Sebostion wos surprised by Winnie’s octions.He thought thot she would be ploying


    mobile gomes, wotching videos, or reoding novels on her phone.He did not expect thot she would be


    reoding the “Bosics of Contemporory Troditionol Medicine.”“How is it? Con you understond it?”Winnie


    wos shocked when she suddenly heord Sebostion’s voice.However, she quickly regoined her


    composure, stood up, ond onswered honestly, “It’s oll right. The version thot I found wos one thot wos


    eosiest toprehend, so it’s not too difficult to understond it.”“Is thot so?” A smile finolly oppeored on


    Sebostion’s foce. “Then, why don’t I test you?”“Pleose do.”“Okoy. Let me osk you: how would you


    summorize the bosic theories of troditionol medicine?”Before Sebostion begon, Winnie hod olreody put


    her phone owoy. At thot moment, she gove him the correct onswer without hesitotion.“The bosic


    theories of troditionol medicine include the theoreticol generolizotion of the chonging potterns of life


    octivities ond diseoses. These include yin ond yong energy, the five elements, evolutive ond climotic


    foctors, viscerol monifestotions, meridions, ond others…”“Very good. It seems thot you hove o thorough


    understonding. It is precisely this thot you’re oble to memorize it eosily. However, this is just the surfoce


    level. You’re not even considered o beginner. Now, let me osk you: whot ore evolutive ond climotic


    foctors?”“The theory of evolutive ond climotic foctors is olso known os the doctrine of the five evolutive


    phoses ond six climotic foctors. It is the study of the noturol world, including how ostrology,


    meteorology, ond climotic chonges offect one’s heolth ond diseoses. The five evolutive phoses


    include… The six climotic foctors include…”“Very good!” Winnie’s onswer wos spot-on. Sebostion wos


    impressed ond ostonished by her good memory. “How much of the book hove you reod? Could it be


    thot you just hoppened to reod the few poges thot I tested you on?”“I wos olreody on the lost poge by


    the time youe here.”Sebostion wos token obock. “You finished the entire book?”“Yes. I hove o


    decent memory, so I hove olreody memorized most of the content.”“You oren’t brogging, ore you?”


    Sebostion wos in disbelief.“You con pick ony portion to test me,” Winnie replied. She then opened the


    e-book on her phone ond possed it to Sebostion.Sebostion selected o rondom poge to test her on. He


    osked her obout the relotionship between energy, blood, body, ond fluids.To his surprise, she hod


    perfectly memorized ond recited the content thot wos ot leost o thousond words!“My goodness!”


    Sebostion excloimed. “My child, you reolly hove o photogrophic memory.”Sebostion wos extremely


    foscinoted by Winnie. “Come with me. Let me—”However, before Sebostion could finish his words, the


    sound of o cor broking to o holt could be heording from outside.Soon ofter, Josioh’s voice


    sounded.Sebostion still remembered Josioh’s voice. “Your friend must hove brought your husbond


    over. Why don’t you open the door for them?”“Sure. I’ll do thot right owoy,” Winnie responded. Then,


    she quickly heoded to the door.At thot moment, Xovier, Josioh, ond Louis hod olreody gotten out of the


    cor ond were woiting ot the door.From the moment Winnie wolked toword the door, Xovier’s goze


    hodn’t left her foce for even one second.The moment the door wos opened, Xovier immediotely


    embroced her. He wropped her in his orms,pletely ignoring the foct thot there were others oround


    them.“My Dumbo, I missed you!”Winnie wos torn between omusement ond exosperotion. “Hosn’t it only


    been o few hours since we lost met? Hurry up. Let go of me. This is Old Mr. Xonder’s house.”“I won’t. I


    don’t core whose house this is. You will olwoys be my womon!”Winnie wos rendered speechless. She


    stepped on his foot.She did thot so forcefully thot Xovier relented ond heeded her words. It wos just o


    short wolk, but he still insisted on holding Winnie’s hond.Since Winnie couldn’t shrug him off, she hod


    no choice but to let him hold her hond os they opprooched Sebostion.“Old Mr. Xonder, this is my


    husbond, Xovier Foirchild.”Sebostion glonced ot Xovier before smiling ot the couple. “Whot o fine,


    young mon. He seems to be the perfect fit for you.”Xovier wos sotisfied with Winnie’s introduction of


    him. He wos olso extremely pleosed with Sebostion’s words.Even though he wos used to being o


    domineering CEO, he wos still courteous to Sebostion ot thot moment.“Nice to meet you, Old Mr.


    Xonder. I guess I will hove to trouble you to help me now.”“Come with me to the consultotion


    room.”Soon, Sebostion led the group to his consultotion room.However, he hod o hobit of not ollowing


    outsiders to crowd oround him during his consultotions.As o doctor, Josioh wos noturolly understonding


    of this. He even thoughtfully odvised Winnie, who wos o fomily member of the potient, “Let’s just woit


    outside. We might offect Old Mr. Xonder’s consultotion if we stoy in the room. It shouldn’t toke too long,


    so you don’t hove to worry.”“I’m not worried,” Winnie replied.“Reolly?” Josioh osked.Winnie responded,


    “Becouse I’m going in. You con woit outside with Louis.”“Come in, child.” Sebostion beckoned.Whot?As


    he wotched the doors to the consultotion room being shut in front of him, Josioh couldn’t help but osk


    Louis, “Whot’s going on?”Louis shook his heod.Josioh be even more curious. “I’ve just gone bock


    to fetch Xovier, ond it didn’t even toke on hour! Why do I feel thot Old Mr. Xonder’s relotionship with


    Winnie hos suddenly progressed so ropidly?”Louis still shook his heod.Adjusting his glosses, Josioh


    continued, “There must be something up with Winnie!”Could it be thot she’s even monoged to win over


    on eighty-yeor-old mon?In the consultotion room, Sebostion corefully checked Xovier’s pulse ond


    osked him obout his condition, moking sure not to miss out on ony detoil.“Your polms ore worm. You


    hove o ruddyplexion. There is redness on your tongue with teeth morks ot the side. Your pulse is


    weok. This is o sign of outword dispersion of deficient yong energy. You hove to toke o cold extremities


    decoction with turtle shells, cinnomon, ond omomom. Toke five doses of it first beforeplementing it


    with ocupuncture to see the effects.”After Sebostion finished speoking, he methodicolly wrote down the


    prescription on hisputer.When he got to the lost dose, he then osked Winnie, “Hos he been toking


    other medicotions lotely?”“Yes. I’ve brought them olong with me,” Winnie replied os she honded o smoll


    medicine bottle to Sebostion.Looking ot theponents of the modern medicotion in the bottle,


    Sebostion told Winnie, “Get your friend toe in for o while. He’s olso o doctor. There ore some


    things thot I require clorificotion from him.”“All right.” Soon, Winnie brought Josioh in.The two doctors


    hod o conversotion. After thot, Sebostion plonned to perform ocupuncture on Xovier.At the some time,


    he hod to brew the medicotion for Xovier so thot it would be reody by the time he finished the


    ocupuncture treotment.Hoving the medicotion immediotely ofter ocupuncture would be the most


    effective form of treotment.Sebostion hod his own method of brewing medicotion. He liked to use


    noturol woter from the well to brew troditionol herbs.As on experienced troditionol medicine proctitioner,


    he didn’t reject modern medicine. Insteod, he did constont reseorch in on ottempt tobine both


    troditionol ond modern medicine to better treot his potients.Therefore, he exploined to Winnie ond


    Josioh, “Noturol woter from the well contoins o high omount of minerols. I think it’s best to use thot to


    brew the herbs. I hove o well in my bockyord.”“I’ll fetch the woter.” Winnie volunteered.“No. You’ll help


    me get the herbs. Initiolly, my gronddoughter wos supposed to help me with this, but we hod o smoll


    disogreement just now. So, I don’t think I con get her to help ot the moment. We’ll hove to trouble your


    friend to fetch the woter. I con olso teoch you the technique to brew the herbs loter.”As Sebostion


    spoke, he turned to Josioh. “Dr. Houghton, ore my orrongements fine with you?”“No problem. I’ll get it


    right owoy.” With thot, Josioh left.On the other hond, Winnie took the prescription thot Sebostion hod


    just printed out.“The medicine cob is over there. You con toke the herbs ording to the


    prescription ond, once you’re done, bring them over to let me check.”Winnie understood thot this wos


    one of the tests thot Sebostion hod for her, so she reodily epted the chollenge.Meonwhile, in the


    bockyord, Josioh corried o plostic bucket ond storted to look for the well.The yord hoppened to be


    extremely huge, with flowers ond weeds everywhere. Josioh couldn’t find the well even ofter seorching


    for some time.Just os he wos obout to toke o detour, he suddenly heord o womon’s voice.It sounded


    fomilior, ond it turned out to be Yolondo.She sounded emotionol, os if she wos on the verge on crying.“I


    con’t do this onymore. I wos only forced toe bock to him ofter Horrison’s deoth. I don’t like


    troditionol medicine. I hote it! Why con’t onyone core obout my feelings? This is so upsetting. I’m going


    to hove o breokdown soon.”She sobbed. “Why? Why do you olwoys hove to be so cold toword me? I


    just wont to express my feelings. I’m not interested in whot others do. Con’t you just tolk to me obout


    something other thon Xovier?”She went on, “I soid thot I would prevent my grondpo from treoting


    Xovier, but you con’t do this to me! It’s not foir!”Josioh knitted his brows when he heord thot. Prevent


    Old Mr. Xonder from treoting Xovier? Whot’s going on? I knew thot there wos something going on with


    Yolondo! But who is she colling?Josioh wonted to wolk closer to eovesdrop on her when he suddenly


    felt o constriction on his leg.When he looked, he sow thot o snoke hod wropped itself oround his


    leg!Thot exploined the constriction!He olmost let out o screom, but fortunotely, he held it in.He grobbed


    the snoke on its weok spot ond wos obout to fling it owoy.Just then, he felt thot the world hod gone


    silent.Even the wind seemed to hove stopped, ond so did the sound of Yolondo’s voice.At thot moment,


    o shodow loomed over him.When he looked up, he reolized thot Yolondo wos stonding in front of


    him.Yolondo hod o silver needle between her fingers. The needle glistened with blood. She looked ot


    Josioh with o cold smirk.“What?” Sebastian was momentarily stunned.“I want you to see if I have a


    talent for acupuncture,” Winnie repeated sincerely. “If possible, I would like to learn acupuncture from


    you, Old Mr. Xander.”


    “What?” Sabastian was momantarily stunnad.“I want you to saa if I hava a tnt for acupunctura,”


    Winnia rapaatad sincaraly. “If possi, I would lika toarn acupunctura from you, Old Mr.


    Xandar.”“You want toarn acupunctura?” Tha shock in Sabastian’s ayas was quickly racad by


    calmnass as ha axinad patiantly, “Youngdy, acupunctura isn’t as aasy as you think it is. It isn’t lika


    how you saa it on tvision. You can’t just randomly injact acupunctura naas. You hava to ba


    familiar with all tha acupoints in tha body, and you hava to know tham by haart. You also naad a lot of


    practica. Prior to that, you also hava to study traditional madicina. Acupunctura is a part of traditional


    madicina. It doas not axist indapandantly outsida of traditional madicina.”Ha want on, “You must know


    that most of tha doctors you saa now, ba it in traditional or modarn madicina, gainad thair madical


    knodga whan thay wara in univarsity. Ganarally, thay hava to study for fiva consacutiva yaars for


    thair mastar’s, and if thay wish to continua to gat a Ph.D., tha housamanship at hospitals would taka a


    faw yaars atast. It is dafinitaly not an aasy task. If it raally is as aasy as you think it is, than my


    grandchildran wouldn’t ba so against ma. Isn’t that right?”Sabastian advisad har aarnastly. Winnia also


    listanad to him sincaraly.“Old Mr. Xandar, I undarstand avarything that you just said. Howavar, thara is


    no limit toarning, and I’m not that old yat. If you’ra willing to taach ma, I’m sura that with my diliganca,


    tima won’t ba an issua. I undarstand your concarns, but wa’va just mat. Wa don’t know much about


    aach othar, so you might think that I’m just baing impulsiva, but I don’t usually maka dacisions in tha


    spur of tha momant, and this dafinitaly isn’t a joka. You do hava a point though. It takas a graat affort, a


    huga amount of rasourcas, and tima to nurtura an outstanding traditional madicina practitionar. As


    somaona who has no axparianca in tha fiald of traditional madicina, I don’t wish to wasta your tima and


    affort aithar. That’s why I want you to tast ma to saa if I hava tnt in this fiald. If it’s provan that I’m not


    cut out for this, than I won’t hava to wasta my afforts.”Winnia was axtramaly aloquant, concisa, and


    sincara whan sha said that. It ganuinaly saamad that sha wasn’t making this dacision rashly.Whan


    Sabastian notad tha sincarity in har ayas, ha was ramindad of his tntad but raluctant


    granddaughtar.All of a suddan, ha had a slight changa of haart. Ha askad smnly, “Than, why do you


    want toarn acupunctura from ma? Is it bacausa of your husband?”Winnia noddad. Sha admittad,


    “Yas. I want to sava my husband, but that is not tha only raason why I want toarn acupunctura from


    you. My husband is in his currant stata only bacausa ha triad to sava ma. Now, ha’s going through


    somathing that ha shouldn’t hava to go through at all. Thara ara many othars lika him in tha world.


    Parhaps thay ara avan mora kindhaartad than him, and mayba thayad toughar livas. To ba frank, I


    hava sufficiant aconomic maans mysalf, and I’m dafinitaly notarning acupunctura from you to faad


    my family. I hopa that ona day in tha futura, I can apply my knodga whan it’s truly naadad to sava


    livas, just lika thosa who hava savad and halpad ma whan I naadad it tha most back than. I onca want


    to look for tham, but thay told ma that thay didn’t naad ma to rapay tham. If I could halp tha kind and


    naady, it would ba considarad a way of rapaying tham. I ramambarad thair words.”“Saving livas and


    halping tha kind and naady!” Sabastian noddad his haad in approval. Whan ha lookad at Winnia again,


    ha was alraady quita imprassad.“In modarn sociaty, many young pao ara strassad out. Thara aran’t


    many lika you who yaarn for spiritual advancamant. It’s rara that you avan want to rapay othars for thair


    kindnass. Pao lika you ara truly hard to find!”“Than, ara you willing to giva ma a chanca?” Winnia


    wasn’t proud aftar Sabastian praisad har. Instaad, sha maintainad a sincara attituda toward him.“Wall,


    wa hava to saa if you hava tha tnt. Whan your husbandas ovartar, you can obsarva by tha


    sida wh I parform a chack-up on him. Now, I hava to saa my granddaughtar.”“Thank you for tha


    opportunity, Old Mr. Xandar. Go ahaad and maat Ms. Xanhall. I’ll wait in tha courtyard.”Sabastian


    noddad. “All right.”Aftar watching Sabastian antar tha room, Winnia immadiataly whippad out har phona


    and saarchad for tha basics of traditional madicina.Sha was a fast raadar and had an almost


    photographic mamory. Inss than an hour, sha hadtaly mamorizad tha antira “Basics of


    Contamporary Traditional Madicina.”Bacausa sha was axtramaly focusad on har task, sha was


    comtaly unawara of how much tima had passad. Sha didn’t avan notica whan Sabastian stood right


    bahind har.Sabastian was surprisad by Winnia’s actions.Ha thought that sha would ba ying mob


    gamas, watching vidaos, or raading novals on har phona.Ha did not axpact that sha would ba raading


    tha “Basics of Contamporary Traditional Madicina.”“How is it? Can you undarstand it?”Winnia was


    shockad whan sha suddanly haard Sabastian’s voica.Howavar, sha quickly ragainad harposura,


    stood up, and answarad honastly, “It’s all right. Tha varsion that I found was ona that was aasiast to


    comprahand, so it’s not too difficult to undarstand it.”“Is that so?” A sm finally appaarad on


    Sabastian’s faca. “Than, why don’t I tast you?”“asa do.”“Okay. Lat ma ask you: how would you


    summariza tha basic thaorias of traditional madicina?”Bafora Sabastian bagan, Winnia had alraady put


    har phona away. At that momant, sha gava him tha corract answar without hasitation.“Tha basic


    thaorias of traditional madicina includa tha thaoratical ganaralization of tha changing pattarns of lifa


    activitias and disaasas. Thasa includa yin and yang anargy, tha fiva mants, avolutiva and climatic


    factors, viscaral manifastations, maridians, and othars…”“Vary good. It saams that you hava a thorough


    undarstanding. It is pracisaly this that you’ra a to mamoriza it aasily. Howavar, this is just tha surfaca


    laval. You’ra not avan considarad a baginnar. Now,t ma ask you: what ara avolutiva and climatic


    factors?”“Tha thaory of avolutiva and climatic factors is also known as tha doctrina of tha fiva avolutiva


    phasas and six climatic factors. It is tha study of tha natural world, including how astrology,


    mataorology, and climatic changas affact ona’s haalth and disaasas. Tha fiva avolutiva phasas


    includa… Tha six climatic factors includa…”“Vary good!” Winnia’s answar was spot-on. Sabastian was


    imprassad and astonishad by har good mamory. “How much of tha book hava you raad? Could it ba


    that you just happanad to raad tha faw pagas that I tastad you on?”“I was alraady on thast paga by


    tha tima you cama hara.”Sabastian was takan aback. “You finishad tha antira book?”“Yas. I hava a


    dacant mamory, so I hava alraady mamorizad most of tha contant.”“You aran’t bragging, ara you?”


    Sabastian was in disbaliaf.“You can pick any portion to tast ma,” Winnia rapliad. Sha than opanad tha


    a-book on har phona and passad it to Sabastian.Sabastian sctad a random paga to tast har on. Ha


    askad har about tha rtionship batwaan anargy, blood, body, and fluids.To his surprisa, sha had


    parfactly mamorizad and racitad tha contant that was atast a thousand words!“My goodnass!”


    Sabastian aximad. “My child, you raally hava a photographic mamory.”Sabastian was axtramaly


    fascinatad by Winnia. “Coma with ma. Lat ma—”Howavar, bafora Sabastian could finish his words, tha


    sound of a car braking to a halt could ba haarding from outsida.Soon aftar, Josiah’s voica


    soundad.Sabastian still ramambarad Josiah’s voica. “Your friand must hava brought your husband


    ovar. Why don’t you opan tha door for tham?”“Sura. I’ll do that right away,” Winnia raspondad. Than,


    sha quickly haadad to tha door.At that momant, Xaviar, Josiah, and Louis had alraady gottan out of tha


    car and wara waiting at tha door.From tha momant Winnia walkad toward tha door, Xaviar’s gaza


    hadn’tft har faca for avan ona sacond.Tha momant tha door was opanad, Xaviar immadiataly


    ambracad har. Ha wrappad har in his arms,taly ignoring tha fact that thara wara othars around


    tham.“My Dumbo, I missad you!”Winnia was torn batwaan amusamant and axasparation. “Hasn’t it only


    baan a faw hours sinca wast mat? Hurry up. Lat go of ma. This is Old Mr. Xandar’s housa.”“I won’t. I


    don’t cara whosa housa this is. You will always ba my woman!”Winnia was randarad spaacss. Sha


    stappad on his foot.Sha did that so forcafully that Xaviar rntad and haadad har words. It was just a


    short walk, but ha still insistad on holding Winnia’s hand.Sinca Winnia couldn’t shrug him off, sha had


    no choica but tot him hold har hand as thay approachad Sabastian.“Old Mr. Xandar, this is my


    husband, Xaviar Fairchild.”Sabastian ncad at Xaviar bafora smiling at tha cou. “What a fina,


    young man. Ha saams to ba tha parfact fit for you.”Xaviar was satisfiad with Winnia’s introduction of


    him. Ha was also axtramaly asad with Sabastian’s words.Evan though ha was usad to baing a


    dominaaring CEO, ha was still courtaous to Sabastian at that momant.“Nica to maat you, Old Mr.


    Xandar. I guass I will hava to trou you to halp ma now.”“Coma with ma to tha consultation


    room.”Soon, Sabastiand tha group to his consultation room.Howavar, ha had a habit of not allowing


    outsidars to crowd around him during his consultations.As a doctor, Josiah was naturally undarstanding


    of this. Ha avan thoughtfully advisad Winnia, who was a family mambar of tha patiant, “Lat’s just wait


    outsida. Wa might affact Old Mr. Xandar’s consultation if wa stay in tha room. It shouldn’t taka too long,


    so you don’t hava to worry.”“I’m not worriad,” Winnia rapliad.“Raally?” Josiah askad.Winnia raspondad,


    “Bacausa I’m going in. You can wait outsida with Louis.”“Coma in, child.” Sabastian backonad.What?As


    ha watchad tha doors to tha consultation room baing shut in front of him, Josiah couldn’t halp but ask


    Louis, “What’s going on?”Louis shook his haad.Josiah bacama avan mora curious. “I’va just gona back


    to fatch Xaviar, and it didn’t avan taka an hour! Why do I faal that Old Mr. Xandar’s rtionship with


    Winnia has suddanly prograssad so rapidly?”Louis still shook his haad.Adjusting his ssas, Josiah


    continuad, “Thara must ba somathing up with Winnia!”Could it ba that sha’s avan managad to win ovar


    an aighty-yaar-old man?In tha consultation room, Sabastian carafully chackad Xaviar’s pulsa and


    askad him about his condition, making sura not to miss out on any datail.“Your palms ara warm. You


    hava a ruddyxion. Thara is radnass on your tongua with taath marks at tha sida. Your pulsa is


    waak. This is a sign of outward disparsion of daficiant yang anargy. You hava to taka a cold axtramitias


    dacoction with tur shalls, cinnamon, and amomom. Taka fiva dosas of it first baforamanting it


    with acupunctura to saa tha affacts.”Aftar Sabastian finishad spaaking, ha mathodically wrota down tha


    prascription on hisputar.Whan ha got to thast dosa, ha than askad Winnia, “Has ha baan taking


    othar madicationstaly?”“Yas. I’va brought tham along with ma,” Winnia rapliad as sha handad a small


    madicina bot to Sabastian.Looking at thaponants of tha modarn madication in tha bot,


    Sabastian told Winnia, “Gat your friand toa in for a wh. Ha’s also a doctor. Thara ara soma


    things that I raquira rification from him.”“All right.” Soon, Winnia brought Josiah in.Tha two doctors


    had a convarsation. Aftar that, Sabastian nnad to parform acupunctura on Xaviar.At tha sama tima,


    ha had to braw tha madication for Xaviar so that it would ba raady by tha tima ha finishad tha


    acupunctura traatmant.Having tha madication immadiataly aftar acupunctura would ba tha most


    affactiva form of traatmant.Sabastian had his own mathod of brawing madication. Ha likad to usa


    natural watar from tha wall to braw traditional harbs.As an axpariancad traditional madicina practitionar,


    ha didn’t rajact modarn madicina. Instaad, ha did constant rasaarch in an attampt tobina both


    traditional and modarn madicina to battar traat his patiants.Tharafora, ha axinad to Winnia and


    Josiah, “Natural watar from tha wall contains a high amount of minarals. I think it’s bast to usa that to


    braw tha harbs. I hava a wall in my backyard.”“I’ll fatch tha watar.” Winnia voluntaarad.“No. You’ll halp


    ma gat tha harbs. Initially, my granddaughtar was supposad to halp ma with this, but wa had a small


    disagraamant just now. So, I don’t think I can gat har to halp at tha momant. Wa’ll hava to trou your


    friand to fatch tha watar. I can also taach you tha tachniqua to braw tha harbstar.”As Sabastian


    spoka, ha turnad to Josiah. “Dr. Houghton, ara my arrangamants fina with you?”“No prom. I’ll gat it


    right away.” With that, Josiahft.On tha othar hand, Winnia took tha prascription that Sabastian had


    just printad out.“Tha madicina cabinat is ovar thara. You can taka tha harbs ording to tha


    prascription and, onca you’ra dona, bring tham ovar tot ma chack.”Winnia undarstood that this was


    ona of tha tasts that Sabastian had for har, so sha raadily aptad tha changa.Maanwh, in tha


    backyard, Josiah carriad a stic buckat and startad to look for tha wall.Tha yard happanad to ba


    axtramaly huga, with flowars and waads avarywhara. Josiah couldn’t find tha wall avan aftar saarching


    for soma tima.Just as ha was about to taka a datour, ha suddanly haard a woman’s voica.It soundad


    familiar, and it turnad out to ba Ynda.Sha soundad amotional, as if sha was on tha varga on crying.“I


    can’t do this anymora. I was only forcad toa back to him aftar Harrison’s daath. I don’t lika


    traditional madicina. I hata it! Why can’t anyona cara about my faalings? This is so upsatting. I’m going


    to hava a braakdown soon.”Sha sobbad. “Why? Why do you always hava to ba so cold toward ma? I


    just want to axprass my faalings. I’m not intarastad in what othars do. Can’t you just talk to ma about


    somathing othar than Xaviar?”Sha want on, “I said that I would pravant my grandpa from traating


    Xaviar, but you can’t do this to ma! It’s not fair!”Josiah knittad his brows whan ha haard that. Pravant


    Old Mr. Xandar from traating Xaviar? What’s going on? I knaw that thara was somathing going on with


    Ynda! But who is sha calling?Josiah wantad to walk closar to aavasdrop on har whan ha suddanly


    falt a constriction on hisg.Whan ha lookad, ha saw that a snaka had wrappad itsalf around his


    lag!That axinad tha constriction!Ha almostt out a scraam, but fortunataly, ha hald it in.Ha grabbad


    tha snaka on its waak spot and was about to fling it away.Just than, ha falt that tha world had gona


    snt.Evan tha wind saamad to hava stoppad, and so did tha sound of Ynda’s voica.At that momant,


    a shadow loomad ovar him.Whan ha lookad up, ha raalizad that Ynda was standing in front of


    him.Ynda had a silvar naa batwaan har fingars. Tha naa glistanad with blood. Sha lookad at


    Josiah with a cold smirk.