Don't wait for the empty branch

Ruan Zhen was awakened by a loud knock on the door early in the morning. Ruan Zhen rubbed her sleepy eyes, changed her clothes and went to open the door.

"Doctor Ruan, please save our wife!" He opened the door and saw that it was the housekeeper of the Li Mansion on the west side of the city.

Li's mansion is far away from where Ruan Zhen lives, and he can't be found when looking for a doctor, and Ruan Zhen hasn't been there a few times, so why did you come to see him this early in the morning.

The butler then began to explain that it turned out that the wife of Li's mansion seemed to be suffering from an emergency, and the doctor who often went to Li's mansion happened to go to the small town next door and couldn't make it back for a while, so he came to beg Ruan Zhen after someone introduced him.

Naturally, Ruan Zhen had no reason to wait until death, so she packed her medicine box and was ready to go.

At this time, Liang Xie finally woke up, Ruan Zhen explained to him, and went out.

When he walked out the door, he saw that Li's mansion had prepared a sedan chair for him.

As soon as Ruan Zhen raised his eyes, he saw Feng Jiuling standing beside the sedan chair.

He still held the sword in his hand, as if he had come in a hurry.

Ruan Zhen only glanced at him, then opened the sedan chair and sat in.

When he arrived at Li's mansion, he cut off the wife's pulse. It wasn't a serious illness, and she could recover after taking medicine for a few days.

Ruan Zhen kept the prescription, exchanged a few words of goodbye with the people in Li's residence, and walked out with the medicine box.

Feng Jiuling was still waiting for him outside with his sword in hand.

Ruan Zhen raised her legs as if she hadn't seen him and was about to leave, but Feng Jiuling grabbed his arm.

"Why don't we go have a cup of tea?" Feng Jiuling said.

Ruan Zhen didn't say to go, nor said she couldn't go, and walked forward.

Feng Jiuling followed him right behind.

Ruan Zhen's medical clinic is far away from Li's residence, so even if he walks quickly, it will take a lot of time, not to mention that his legs are still lame.

Feng Jiuling followed after a while, and seeing no one around, he hugged him from behind.

Ruan Zhen stopped.

Feng Jiuling said, "There is a teahouse in front, why don't we go have a cup of tea?"

His tone was full of impotent begging.

Ruan Zhen was cruel, but found that she still couldn't refuse

So the two of them turned a corner and walked into the teahouse.

This teahouse is very small, there is only a dilapidated wooden plank on the low eaves, and the name can barely be seen crookedly.

The location of this teahouse is not very good, so there are only a few scattered customers.

But maybe because of the fundraising conference, there were still more people than before. The owner of the teahouse also seemed very happy, and his son who looked a little slender kept greeting the guests.

Feng Jiuling asked for a very ordinary pot of "red robe", filled Ruan Zhen's cup opposite him, and filled his own cup.

Feng Jiuling didn't know what to say. Although he had dreamed of this scene many times in his dreams, but it really came true, but he felt that he was dreaming, so he couldn't say anything.

Ruan Zhen didn't know what to say.

There seemed to be nothing more to say between them.

The two of them were silent, and they heard the people next to them still talking. They were probably people from the world, so what they were talking about was this fundraising conference.

That's right, and this thing, Ruan Zhen almost forgot.

It was precisely because of this that Feng Jiuling met him by chance here.

However, it was meaningless to Ruan Zhen, whether it was the fundraising conference or Feng Jiuling who was sitting opposite.

He only listened to the people next to him: "Do you think the leader this time is He Fengtian, the leader of Tianxing Tan Tan, or Feng Jiuling, the leader of Jiangjialou?"

The other said, "However, it is certain that it will definitely not be Shi Ming, the owner of the Mirage City."

"That's natural, when the "ghost gate" was besieged and suppressed, it was the traitors in Xiaoyao City that caused the Chaoshan Mountain to be wiped out."

When Feng Jiuling heard this, his hands clenched into fists.

Ruan Zhen naturally noticed it too.

Then Ruan Zhen got up and walked out without saying a word.

Feng Jiuling didn't chase him out.

He sat there the whole time, and only waited until the tea was completely cold before he picked it up and drank it all, including Ruan Zhen's cup.

But why is the tea today so bitter?

Ruan Zhen came back with great difficulty, Liang Jiebi came up to him as soon as he entered the door, and said, "Why did it take you so long to come back?"

Ruan Zhen ignored him and walked straight into her room.

After thinking about it, he folded back and locked the door tightly. Anyone who has lived here for a long time knows that if Dr. Ruan's door is locked, it means to rest, and he will not bother him if there is nothing important. .

Although Liang Xie was puzzled, he had nothing to do with Ruan Zhen's strange temper and could only let him go.

After returning, Ruan Zhen didn't go out all day.

At night, Ruan Zhen was lying on the bed.He didn't use "Tiantang San" any more, just closed his eyes and meditated.

This time he didn't think of Feng Jiuling, but another person...

His younger brother Xia Qing.

woo woo woo...

The sound of sobbing came from the bottomless darkness, faintly appearing, Ruan Zhen lit the lantern, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and shouted in that direction, "Who is there!"

The sobbing stopped immediately and turned into a forbearable gasp. Obviously, that person didn't want to be discovered by others.

Ruan Zhen wanted to turn back with the lantern, but hesitated again and again, and still went to the dark place.

It was only when I got close that I could see the person in front of me clearly. It turned out to be my junior brother Xia Qing. "Why are you here?" Ruan Zhen asked softly.After finishing speaking, he bent down, and saw the tears on Xia Qing's face clearly.

"Why are you crying? Isn't it just that the master reprimanded you a few times, what's wrong with crying?" Ruan Zhen handed him the lantern in his hand after speaking, "It's getting late, I'm afraid you'll catch a cold if you stay here, go back quickly have a rest!"

After Xia Qing finished speaking, he forced a grin, "Thank you third brother", he took the lantern that Ruan Zhen handed over, and said, "Brother, please rest."

"It's not worth the loss to be eager for success. If you want to become a genius doctor, you can't care about the gains and losses of those benefits. You should be clear about this."

"Thank you for teaching, brother, but Xia Qing's noise here is not because of Master's reprimand."

"Why is that?"

"Brother, I'm afraid I don't understand"

……

Ruan Zhen really didn't understand why Xia Qing, who was the last apprentice accepted by his master and loved by his seniors, would secretly weep outside his yard.

Until he overheard the conversation between the second senior brother and Xia Qing.

..."Xia Qing, you are my junior, let alone we are all men"...

Ruan Zhen recalled the usual things and vaguely understood.

In every heart there is someone who is different, for Xia Qing, that person is probably the second senior brother.

Xia Qing finally bid farewell to her teacher and went down the mountain.

……

Similarly, at that time, he would never have expected that one day he would bid farewell to his mentor, abandon his fellow students, and leave this paradise for the same reason.