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"…" The fifth brother collapsed to the ground in shock.

Red River Town, Ding Liang

The next morning, not long after his hospital had been opened, Ding Liang was busy working at his desk. The shop assistant at the counter ran to his side anxiously, with a head full of sweat.

"Grand Master Ding, not good, Miss Xia Li is sick. Her hubby is standing on the first floor looking for you!"

"What, Xia Li is sick?" Ding Liang put down the chopsticks in his hand and stood up, his eyes filled with suspicion. But he still walked out of the study and reached the first floor. Sun Chun was currently standing in the room, staring at the direction of the second floor.

"Young Master Sun, what's wrong with Miss Xia Li?" Ding Liang asked anxiously.

"Grand Master Ding, are you free to come with me? It's related to painkillers. " Sun Chun whispered into Ding Liang's ear.

Ding Liang looked at Sun Chun, the curiosity in his eyes became even stronger, he thought for a moment, then nodded.

"It's alright, I'll let my servant watch over the hospital for the time being and make a trip with Young Master Sun." Ding Liang said, as he walked to the front of the shop assistant and instructed her in a few words.

The servant went to the backyard and took a carriage to the hospital's entrance, Ding Liang took a few ingredients to get on the carriage, Sun Chun drove the carriage and left the hospital, the servant then hung a sign on the carriage and closed the gate.

The carriage entered Tianshui Village and stopped in front of Xia Li's courtyard. Sun Chun and Ding Liang alighted from the carriage.

This was the first time Ding Liang came to Xia Li's courtyard, he looked at the courtyard that was swept clean, the cool and fresh air permeated his entire body, and a burst of melodious bird calls resonated in his ears, causing him to feel extremely happy.

"Grand Master Ding, this way, please."

Sun Chun led Ding Liang into his own room. At this time, Xia Li was lying on the bed and resting with his eyes closed, with his hair neatly combed behind his ears. His face was pale white, and after hearing the sounds, he smiled slightly at Ding Liang.

"Grand Master Ding, I'm sorry, but I haven't been feeling well these past two days. Today, I'll have to trouble you to personally show me what's going on."

Ding Liang looked at the simple arrangement in the room and politely waved his hand.

"Miss Xia Li, this is something I should do."

As Ding Liang said that, he sat in front of Xia Li's bed, pressed onto Xia Li's wrist, and closed his eyes.

Xia Li made a big face at Sun Chun, or maybe his emotions were going up and down a little bit, but Xia Li could not help but cough. It attracted Sun Chun's cold gaze, and with Sun Chun's expression, he laid obediently on the bed.

As a doctor, Sun Chun had his eyes closed and naturally did not notice the interaction between the two.

Xia Li also felt that the heavens were helping her. She had initially planned to pretend to be sick to coax Ding Liang over here, but who would have thought that after returning to this courtyard, Xia Li's brain had turned into paste after sleeping for an entire day. He was in a daze, sneezing and feeling dizzy.

Naturally, her condition caused Sun Chun to frown, but he was still unable to change her insistence. He temporarily could not cure her, so he invited Ding Liang to personally treat her, causing her to be even more convinced about her condition. This delay caused her illness to become even more serious, and it needed to be resolved through rest.

"Miss Xia Li, I brought some medicine for you. You can have your family boil a bowl of soup for us to drink later and rest well for a few days. The wind chill's symptoms should be able to be relieved." Ding Liang opened his eyes and said.

"Okay, Grand Master Ding. However, I will have hubby personally bring you here this time. There is still an important matter, remember it well."

Ding Liang nodded as he waited for Xia Li to continue speaking.

So, in order to not implicate the Grand Master Ding, it's best if we don't go in openly. I have twenty painkillers here, you take good care of them, the silver you got from selling painkillers this month, after a period of time, I'll think of a way to get it from you. "Su Yun said." Alright!

"If, after you return, someone asks you for your purpose in coming to this courtyard, you just so happen to say that I am sick today, you have come to treat it. Cough, cough."

After Xia Li finished speaking, he could not help but cough out a sound.

Ding Liang was silent for a good while, his complexion slightly changed, and a trace of fear flashed past his eyes. However, the moment he saw Xia Li's sickly appearance, he also could not help but voice out his worries.

"Miss Xia Li, to be honest, I also do not wish to offend the people of Rich Man Yang. You are right, during this period of time, we have distanced ourselves a bit, and are good to both sides.

Ding Liang was reasonable and intelligent, he did not show too much fear of Xia Li and also admitted that he was afraid of the Rich Man Yang.

Sun Chun stood at the side and silently sized up Ding Liang.

Xia Li secretly looked at Sun Chun, he nodded, and then took out a rectangular red wooden box from the cupboard and placed it beside Ding Liang.

Ding Liang finished writing on the medicine recipe at Sun Chun's table, picked up the red wooden box, and opened it to take a look. The red orange pill, compared to the small white pills that he had given her before, had a sweet and fragrant smell of grass, making people unable to resist eating it.

"Miss Xia Li, the painkillers you have made this time were round and transparent, and they had a nice smell. The patient will definitely like it." Ding Liang looked at the painkillers in the box, he loved them, and could not help but praise Xia Li.

Xia Li nodded, and wanted to laugh, but the headache became even worse, he could not stop coughing. He walked over and supported her, laying down, and leaned over her ear, warning her.

"Leave the rest to me. Rest well."

Xia Li nodded, closed his eyes to rest, and did not speak anymore.

Ding Liang placed the pain-relieving medicine into his bag, picked up the written prescription, and placed it on the table. Then, he followed Sun Chun out of the room and into the carriage.

Sun Chun drove the carriage to take Ding Liang to town, and took some cold medicine, then walked back to town by himself.

Just as Ding Liang returned to the hospital, he locked the medicine box that contained the pain-relieving pills. Not long later, the sound of the shop assistant crying for help came from outside the hospital.

Ding Liang went down to the first floor and looked over. The shop assistant was pressed to the ground by fifth brother, crying loudly, the table and chairs were also kicked down, the scene was a mess, even the patients who came to see him were scared away.

Ding Liang looked at the short, fiendish fifth brother in front of him, his hands inside his sleeves were trembling, trying to force himself to calm down. He recognised the fifth brother, and politely greeted him.

"Fifth Manager, what wind brought you here today?"

"Ding Liang, according to the investigations conducted by my subordinates, in the past half a month, Xia Li has come to your hospital multiple times and is in close contact with you. Tell me, what's going on?"

The fifth brother stepped on the shop assistant's head, the shop assistant's face was pressed up against the ground, his mouth was crooked, and was crying loudly. However, he did not dare make a sound, and could only helplessly look at Ding Liang.

Ding Liang knew that Ol 'Five was using the shop assistant's name to threaten him, countless of thoughts flashed through his mind. He had never thought that there would be a day when he would be targeted by the people from the God of Fortune, and right now, he was riding a tiger and had no way of getting down.

Miss Xia Li has a patient at home, she often comes to get medicine, and the reason she came here today, is also to bring me over to treat her. This is the prescription I wrote for her, I hope that you can take a look.

Ding Liang took out the prescription that he wrote and gave it to Ol 'Five.

The fifth brother took the prescription casually, and shattered it into pieces in front of Ding Liang. Taking a step forward, he grabbed Ding Liang by the collar, and roared fiercely.

"Cut the crap. What is your relationship with Xia Li?"

Ding Liang's body continued to tremble as he gritted his teeth, "The relationship between doctors and patients."

The fifth brother was so angry that he pushed Ding Liang onto the counter, raised his right fist high up and threw a punch towards Ding Liang's chin.

Bang! Ding Liang's front teeth fell out and his body slid down the counter.

The shop assistant was so scared that he curled up on the floor, not daring to make another sound.

Ding Liang only felt hot and moist blood flowing out from his lips. After being numb for a short while, intense pain struck him and he wiped the blood off his lips with a trembling right hand.

The fifth brother slowly squatted in front of Ding Liang, scaring Ding Liang into leaning against the counter, yet he could not retreat.

"Don't fight …" Ding Liang was afraid, and said with a trembling voice.

"Then make it clear, what is the relationship between you and Xia Li? She came in and out of your hospital many times, could it be just to see a patient? "

The fifth brother pinched Ding Liang's chin and smiled sinisterly.

"No, it's fine." Ding Liang leaned on the counter, the fear in his heart expanded limitlessly, but he still did not plan to sell Xia Li out. As a doctor, it was difficult for him to cross the threshold of betrayal in his heart. Even if he was beaten to death, he did not want to be despised by Xia Li.

"Old thing, it's really a rock in the latrine. It stinks and is hard!" The fifth brother kicked Ding Liang, he dared not kill him in the end, so as to avoid getting into a life and death lawsuit, he left the hospital angrily.

"Ding …" Doctor, are you all right? " The shop assistant who was lying on the ground, looked at the now empty hospital, crawled to Ding Liang's side, and helped him up.

"Pain …" Ding Liang looked at the empty hospital, he was extremely sad, his business with hospital was going to lose at his hands.

His palm became blood-red and he was so angry that he was about to explode. Even though Ding Liang had been beaten to such a state, Ding Liang's bottom line had still not been found out.

The two cowards followed behind him. They were separated by a safe distance and treated themselves like thin air.

"Ma Hua, come here!" The fifth brother shouted to one of his men.

"Fifth brother, what orders do you have?" The buck toothed brute with the carrot head approached the fifth brother's side and asked with a trembling voice.

"Send a few more people to stand guard at Ding Liang's hospital day and night to see if anyone inside will see Xia Li and her family. If they see anything, report it to me immediately."

"Yes, fifth brother." Ma Hua agreed and immediately went to do his work.

The fifth brother, who was feeling depressed, found a tavern and drank to relieve his boredom.