Chapter 57 - 57 57 Ridiculously Fast

57: Chapter 57: Ridiculously Fast 57: Chapter 57: Ridiculously Fast It should be noted that the predecessors of the Hua Family regarded the reputation of “Rejuvenation Hall” as incredibly important, even more so than their own lives. If Hua Yi were to lose to Fang Bai in the medical competition, it would not just be a loss of his personal dignity, but also the dignity of “Rejuvenation Hall” and the entire Hua Family. It could be foreseen that, should Hua Yi lose, his days in the Hua Family would definitely be difficult. Su Yifei divided the four attendants, two men and two women, into two groups and had them stand in front of Fang Bai and Hua Yi, respectively. Then he waited to see how these scions of traditional Chinese medicine families would diagnose the illnesses. In Su Yifei’s view, Hua Yi was the genius of “Rejuvenation Hall,” a millennium-old traditional Chinese medicine family, and his medical skills were the authentic tradition of the Hua Family. Whereas, Fang Bai, using acupuncture in combination with traditional Chinese medicine to cure Su Linglong’s brain tumor, was regarded as a medical marvel. Therefore, Su Yifei really couldn’t decide who was the more superior in medical skills between these two. Of course, Su Yifei’s heart naturally leaned a bit more towards Fang Bai. After all, he had personally witnessed Fang Bai treating his sister, whereas he had only heard of Hua Yi’s name. After asking the male attendant in front of him to sit down, Hua Yi began to take his pulse, observe his complexion, smell his breath, and inquire if he had felt any recent abnormalities in his body—the entire diagnostic process strictly followed the procedures of traditional Chinese medicine. Compared to Hua Yi’s meticulous and by-the-book approach, Fang Bai’s method was much simpler and didn’t follow any particular routine. “You have kidney deficiency.” Fang Bai merely glanced at the attendant’s complexion and casually took his pulse, then said in a low voice, “In the future, smoke and drink less, avoid staying up late, exercise more… and you should find a girlfriend. Relying on your hands is not a solution, and doing it too frequently isn’t good… okay, next one.” Although Fang Bai’s words were veiled, the few people present were not children and naturally understood what “relying on hands” meant, Under the unusual gazes of his three colleagues, the male attendant blushed with shame, bowed his head, moved to the side, and thought of crying, feeling wronged, “Brother, you didn’t have to say it even if you figured it out! How can I face anyone at the hotel if this gets out?” After the male attendant stepped aside, another female attendant took her seat in front of Fang Bai. The female attendant seemed somewhat nervous, her fingers constantly fidgeting with the hem of her clothes, and from time to time, she glanced at the male attendant sitting in front of Hua Yi, as if she was worried about something. Fang Bai observed her complexion, took her pulse, then looked at her with a half-smile and said, “You’re a bit anemic, and you have gallstones… Although these aren’t serious illnesses, you still need to pay attention. Also, you’re more than a month pregnant, aren’t you?” Upon hearing Fang Bai’s last words, the female attendant’s face immediately showed a shade of paleness. And the male attendant sitting in front of Hua Yi visibly twitched his facial muscles. “Jin Feng!” The male attendant suddenly stood up and strode over to the attendant named Jin Feng, staring at her intently and said indignantly, “You’re really pregnant? How could you possibly be pregnant?” “Ahua, I…” Jin Feng didn’t dare to face the male attendant called Ahua and didn’t know how to respond, suddenly covering her face and beginning to sob. Ahua was Jin Feng’s boyfriend, and the two had been dating for nearly three years. During the three years of their relationship, both had agreed that they were still young and should focus on careers, with marriage and children being matters to attend to later. Therefore, during their intimate moments, they had always taken strict precautions to prevent the seed of life from sprouting. But Ahua had never expected that his girlfriend, with whom he had shared moonlit pledges of love over three years, would suddenly become pregnant without any warning. Jin Feng did not deny or defend herself against Fang Bai’s diagnosis, but only cried with her head bowed, which was sufficient to explain everything. Ahua could be certain that the child in Jin Feng’s belly was not his own. Jin Feng’s pregnancy could only mean one thing, that she had betrayed him and slept with another man. No wonder Jin Feng had been complaining of a poor appetite recently and occasionally experienced dry heaving. Even their favorite activity together had been repeatedly refused by her under the pretext of feeling unwell. Ridiculously, the naive him had thought she was genuinely feeling unwell and had showered her with care and concern. If it hadn’t been for Fang Bai’s words just now, he might still be in the dark. “Who is it?” Ahua, shaking all over with rage, reached out with both hands to grab Jin Feng’s shoulders and shook her violently as he roared, “Who is that man?” “It’s Zhao… Manager Zhao…” Jin Feng’s tremulous voice spoke through tears, “Manager Zhao said… as long as I accompany him… accompany him a few times, he could promote me and give me a raise, I…” Before she could finish, Ahua had already roared, his fists clenched as he charged out. Everyone in the room knew that Ahua must have gone to settle scores with Manager Zhao. The “Manager Zhao” Jin Feng referred to was none other than Zhao Yulong, the manager of the Four Seasons Spring Hotel. Although Su Yifei usually worked in the office on the top floor of the Four Seasons Spring Hotel, he seldom interfered with the hotel affairs, so here, Zhao Yulong was virtually the boss. “That Zhao Yulong, he’s capable all right, but way too lecherous. The character for lust has a knife above it, and he’ll inevitably meet his end over a woman’s belly!” Su Yifei sighed helplessly and said, “It’s hard for an honest official to settle domestic disputes. Fang Bai, Master Hua, you two just sit, I’ll go take a look… I hope they don’t make a big scene out of it, otherwise, it will affect the business of the hotel.” S~eaʀᴄh the novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Aren’t you going to give me that IOU before you leave? Fang Bai pointed to the IOU pinched in Su Yifei’s hand, checked the time, and said, “It took me thirty-eight seconds to diagnose the conditions of two people, and it seems both are accurate. As for this Master Hua, you didn’t diagnose even one, right? So in this medical skill exchange, it looks like I have the upper hand.” Hua Yi was not convinced. In the diagnosis of Chinese medicine, the Four Diagnostics were indispensable. Yet, Hua Yi found out that when Fang Bai was treating those two service staff members, he didn’t follow the usual practices at all, seemingly just casually glancing at the person’s complexion and taking their pulse before calling it a day. And judging from the reaction of those two service staff members, one male and one female, Fang Bai’s diagnosis must be correct. Thirty-eight seconds to accurately diagnose two people’s conditions seemed too fast to be credible. Even for that renowned member of the Hua Family in Yanjing, known as the first person in acupuncture, it would be difficult to accurately diagnose two individuals in such a short amount of time, right? “Could it be that Su Yifei was helping Fang Bai cheat?” This thought had just arisen when Hua Yi dismissed it himself. With Su Yifei’s status and position, he wouldn’t team up with someone for a mere one million yuan to deceive him. Moreover, those four service staff members had been casually called in by Su Yifei from the outside; they had not communicated with Fang Bai at all, not even eye contact.