Ning Tao took the initiative to extend his hand to Fan Huaying and said with a smile: "Mr. Fan, you're welcome. Nice to meet you."
This Fan Huaying gave him the impression that he was a person with a wide network of connections. Even Ding Congjun wanted to give him face. Such a person would not show kindness to him for no reason. He must have his own motives and purposes. But isn't this the way things are in today's world? How many people make friends without any motive or purpose? But it just so happened that he also needed to make a well-connected friend like Fan Huaying. If the other party took the initiative to show his kindness, of course he would not refuse.
Fan Huaying shook hands with Ning Tao and praised: "Brother Ning, you are a well-deserved miracle doctor. You have such high medical skills at such a young age. Your future achievements are limitless."
Ning Tao smiled and said, "Mr. Fan, we don't have to be polite. You are so polite, I am embarrassed to ask you for help."
"Brother Ning, what medicinal materials do you want to buy? Give me a list and I will help you get it done." Fan Huaying said.
Ning Tao felt a little sudden, "Now?"
Fan Huaying said with a smile: "I wholeheartedly want to make friends with you, brother Ning. I just overheard your conversation with Miss Jiang. I guess those medicinal materials must be very important to you. Friends' business is my business. If you If you believe me, just leave this matter to me."
Ning Tao had a look of embarrassment on his face. He wanted to give the list to Fan Huaying, but he didn't. It's not that he doesn't believe that Fan Huaying can't handle it, but that he has no money. It's your first time dealing with someone who is so enthusiastic, so you can't take advantage of them in vain, right? What's more, it's not a small sum of money.
Fan Huaying's observation skills are not average. As soon as Ning Tao showed an embarrassed look, he then said: "I actually want to ask Brother Ning to do me a favor. I wonder if Brother Ning is willing to give me this face?"
"What kind of work is it?" Ning Tao asked casually.
"Brother Ning, can you cure the burn?"
Ning Tao's heart was moved, but his face remained calm, "If it can be cured, where is the patient?"
A smile suddenly appeared on Fan Huaying's face, "I knew I had made the right friend. My friend is not in Beidu, but I believe she will charter a plane and fly over as soon as I call her, and we can meet at the earliest in the evening."
Ning Tao said: "Well, let's ask Brother Fan to make arrangements."
Since we are already "friends", calling him sir would be too polite.
"I'm going to make a call." Fan Huaying said, nodded to Jiang Hao, and then walked out the door with his cell phone.
Ning Tao looked at Fan Huaying's back. In his sight, Fan Huaying's body exuded colorful energy. He suspected that Fan Huaying was not an ordinary person, but Fan Huaying's talent was very ordinary now. Without the aura released by his spiritual power, he was not a cultivator.
Jiang Hao leaned close to Ning Tao's ear and said in a low voice, "That Fan Huaying saw that you didn't have money to buy medicinal materials, so he asked you to treat some burn patients. If you don't have money, tell me. I have them here."
Her observation skills are no weaker than Fan Huaying's.
Ning Tao smiled and said, "Isn't this great? I do him a favor, and he does me a favor. I don't have to owe him a favor, and he doesn't have to owe me a favor."
Jiang Hao frowned, "He wants you to treat burn patients. Burns are not another disease. Even if you are a good doctor, there is nothing you can do. Why don't you give him money and buy it with money?"
Ning Tao said: "I know you are worried that I can't cure Fan Huaying's friend, but don't worry, since I dare to agree, I am sure. Also, do you think he is a person who is short of money? Just now, he actually He saw that I had no money, so he asked me to help him. He didn’t want to embarrass me.”
Only then did Jiang Hao realize, "So that's it."
At this time, a group of people walked out of the room at the end of the corridor. The person walking at the front was none other than Ding Ye, who was chained to the bed by a group of famous doctors who could not even find the cause of the disease. His steps were steady, his face was rosy, and he didn't look sick at all.
"Dr. Ning, thank you." This was Ding Ye's first sentence. When he walked in front of Ning Tao, he even stretched out his hands to shake Ning Tao's hand.
Ning Tao quickly stretched out his hands and took Ding Ye's outstretched hands. "You're welcome, old man. If you want to thank me, just thank Jiang. I'm here because of her."
Ding Ye glanced at Jiang Hao and said with a smile: "No need to thank her. In my eyes, she is like my daughter. My daughter, what should I thank you for?"
Jiang Hao also smiled, as if he had let go of some burden and felt an indescribable sense of relief.
She always wanted to repay the Ding family's kindness, but she never had the chance. Owing someone a favor, knowing the favor but not being able to repay it, that was the burden in her heart. It was only now that she let go of that burden. Although the repayment of gratitude was achieved through Ning Tao, she obviously did not and did not want to treat Ning Tao as an "outsider".
Yan Song came to Ning Tao and without saying a word, he suddenly made a bowing movement.
Ning Tao hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold Yan Song's arm, preventing him from bowing, "What are you doing?"
Yan Song looked ashamed, "Dr. Ning, I'm sorry, I was blind and said something that offended you. I, Yan, keep my word. I said that as long as you can cure Ding Yezi, I will worship you as my doctor." Master, I want to worship you as my master now.”
Not only Yan Song's attitude changed, but also the attitudes of the famous doctors who had questioned Ning Tao before. They looked at Ning Tao with eyes full of curiosity and respect.
Ning Tao said politely: "Senior Yan, you are just angry, how can you take it seriously? I am not qualified to be your master, but we can become friends, if you are willing."
This Yan Song was annoying to him before, but now Yan Song was able to put aside his arrogance and become his disciple and fulfill the "bet" he just made. This is enough to show that Yan Song is a person who values his word and is worth making friends with.
Yan Song smiled and said, "Of course I am willing. It is my honor to have a friend like you, Dr. Ning."
At this time, a woman walked in at the door. She was in her early thirties, well-dressed, dignified and beautiful. She held a gift box in her hand and stood beside Ding Congjun as soon as she arrived.
She is Ding Congjun's wife Bai Binglan, who is also a soldier.
Jiang Hao said hello, "Hello, sister-in-law."
Bai Binglan smiled at Jiang Qiao as a greeting, and then looked at Ning Tao, "Is this Dr. Ning?"
Ning Tao nodded and said, "Hello, sister-in-law."
Bai Binglan held the gift box and handed it to Ning Tao, "I'm sorry, please accept it."
"No, no, no, I came here because of Jiang Hao. I can't accept your consultation fee." Ning Tao said, without reaching out to take it. In fact, when Bai Binglan came in with the gift box, he suspected that the box contained medical fees. Then he awakened his nose to smell, and the gift box indeed exuded a strong smell of money.
Bai Binglan glanced at Ding Congjun with some embarrassment.
Ding Congjun said: "Doctor Ning, just accept it. I asked Binglan to prepare this for you. It's only 100,000 yuan. Please don't dislike it."
Ning Tao said: "It's not that I don't like it, but I can't accept it. Let alone one hundred thousand yuan, I can't accept even ten yuan."
If he accepts it, the meaning of Jiang Hao's repayment will be gone.
What else Ding Congjun wanted to say, Bai Binglan suddenly took the gift box back and touched her husband with her elbow, "Stop talking, it's because you asked me to prepare the medical fee before you understood the situation clearly. What are we talking about as a family?" Money? It’s hard to talk about money.”
Ding Congjun was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood something, and said with a smile: "Haha, it seems that I really blame me for not understanding the situation. Jiang Hao, it's true for you too, you didn't bring back such a good boyfriend. Give us an introduction.”
"I..." Jiang Hao blushed, but explained one word.
Ning Tao was very embarrassed. When he was about to explain, Fan Huaying came in from the door and said straight to the point: "Brother Ning, my friend is already on his way to the airport, and we just want to have dinner together."
Before Ning Tao could say a word, Ding Ye spoke up and said: "Huaying, where are you going to take our distinguished guests? I don't think you should leave. Call your friends over. We will be there today." Let’s have a simple dinner at home. Hello Jiang, Binglan, you two go and cook.”
Jiang Hao and Bai Binglan responded immediately.
Fan Huaying smiled and said, "Being respectful is not as good as obeying orders, then I'm going to bother you."
Not long after Jiang Hao and Bai Binglan went to the kitchen, a group of famous doctors headed by Yan Song said goodbye and left. Ding Ye asked Ding Congjun to see off the guests, and he accompanied Ning Tao and Fan Huaying to drink tea in the living room. After chatting for a while, he stopped talking. Fan Huaying didn't understand the truth, so he immediately found an excuse and went out.
After Fan Huaying left, Ding Ye said: "Xiao Ning, the question you asked me in the room before was not that I didn't want to tell you, but..."
Ning Tao didn't urge him, just looked at him quietly.
After a few seconds, Ding Ye said again: "That was an old thing more than 30 years ago. That year we were at war with Vietnam. At that time, I was a scout. I was ordered to sneak into the area controlled by the local government for reconnaissance. Enemy situation. I lost my way in the forest and somehow found a cave. I still remember that it was raining heavily that day and I was cold and hungry... "
Ning Tao was attracted by this story and listened attentively.
"I was searching in the cave, expecting to find wild fruits or something, but I found a snake. It was injured and covered in blood. I was going crazy with hunger and wanted to eat it. I stabbed it with a dagger. I thought it was dead, but just when I was about to catch it, it suddenly ran away, and my dagger was still stuck in its body..." At this point, Ding Ye fell silent, his eyes were dazed, and confusion and fear were faintly visible.
"What happened next?" Ning Tao couldn't help but ask.
Ding Ye didn't speak, but stood up and walked to a solid wood partition in the living room. He took out a cloth bag from a drawer at the base of the partition, then came back and handed the cloth bag to Ning Tao.
Ning Tao opened the cloth bag, and a rusty dagger was immediately revealed. He said in surprise: "This dagger...couldn't it be the dagger you stabbed into that snake?"
Ding Ye nodded, "That's the dagger, with my name on the handle."
Ning Tao picked up the dagger and looked at the wooden handle of the dagger. Sure enough, the name "Ding Ye" was engraved on it. He suddenly felt confused and curious, "Then how did it get back into your hands? "
Ding Ye was silent for a moment before saying: "Half a month ago, when I was walking home, I saw this cloth bag. I opened it and found that it was the dagger I lost back then. I checked all the surveillance cameras nearby, but there was nothing there. I found the person who left the bag at my door. I have been sick since then. I can’t figure out what happened. I didn’t connect my illness with my dagger. Today you ask me who I offended. , or my enemy, I just woke up from a dream... Do you think it was the snake who came to take revenge on me? "
Ning Tao is still immersed in Ding Ye's weird story and can't get out of it. A snake that was stabbed by a dagger decades ago comes back to seek revenge. Should he believe this is true
"Xiao Ning?"
Only then did Ning Tao come back to his senses. He wrapped the dagger and said, "Old man, can you leave this dagger to me for safekeeping temporarily? I will go back and study it. If this is the reason for your illness, I will Take away the dagger and you will be safe."
Ding Ye said: "Take it, I'm scared when I see it now. If you find anything, you must tell me."
Ning Tao nodded, and then put the cloth-wrapped dagger into his small medicine box.