From Evil Sect Leader to Doctor Chapter 604 - 575: Entrustment

Xu Chunliang said, "The reason they dare to claim it as their own is because we ourselves don’t value it and don’t know how to declare our sovereign rights."

Zhou Renhe remarked, "I have been to South Korea. There, Korean dicine flourishes everywhere, and in the hearts of their people, Korean dicine holds a higher status than Western dicine. They believe the things that were originally taken have beco part of their cultural heritage. Although what was stolen from Chinese traditional dicine is just a drop in the ocean, due to our negligence, countless secret formulas have already vanished."

Xu Chunliang said, "Rest assured, I won’t let anything happen to Huichun Hall. If this Huang Youlong dares to cause us trouble, I will make him pay a hundredfold."

Zhou Renhe pursed his lips. This young man indeed had the sa fierce determination he once had. This is the legacy of blood. Although today was their first eting, the sense of familiarity was indescribable.

Zhou Renhe said, "You are still young and have a bright future ahead of you. You must avoid making the mistakes I made back then."

In those days, he resented the Huang Family so much that he almost wiped them out. Yet, he didn’t feel any joy from revenge afterwards. To protect him, his master chose to take his own life, and his master’s wife succumbed to depression. He beca the enemy in the eyes of the Xu Family. Ever since Xu Changying’s death, he lived in endless pain. Of course, he didn’t want his grandson, Xu Chunliang, to repeat the sa mistakes.

Xu Chunliang laughed, "Rest assured, I know how to protect myself."

Zhou Renhe nodded with relief, "I knew I wasn’t wrong about you."

Xu Chunliang sipped so tea and said, "Sir, were you waiting for specifically today?"

Zhou Renhe laughed, "I go to Hongxing Tea House almost every day, always wanting to talk to you but never finding the right opportunity. I didn’t expect to et you today."

Xu Chunliang said, "I thought you had arranged to et with Mo Han."

Zhou Renhe asked, "Mo Han?"

Xu Chunliang said, "She’s the girl who t with at Hongxing Tea House today."

Zhou Renhe thought for a mont, shook his head, and said, "I don’t know her, but she’s indeed beautiful. Is she your girlfriend?"

"She’s not my girlfriend. By the way, do you know Shi Taiping?"

Zhou Renhe replied, "I know him, the owner of the Bogu Pavilion. He interacts with my son, Yiwen, a lot."

Xu Chunliang pondered, wondering if Shi Taiping’s dragon bones ca from Zhou Yiwen. Perhaps Zhou Renhe could help him find the answer. Xu Chunliang began his story from when his grandpa donated the dragon bones to the Dongzhou Museum, but he didn’t tell Zhou Renhe that the Inner Canon of Huangdi Heavenly Nurturing Chapter was on those bones. He rely emphasized the preciousness of the inscriptions on them.

After listening to his story, Zhou Renhe softly said, "Back then, Huichun Hall did indeed have two large boxes of dragon bones, which were used as dicinal materials. It was common for dragon bones to have inscriptions; no one considered them treasures."

"Two large boxes?" Xu Chunliang was shocked to find that the Old Xu Family had so many treasures.

Zhou Renhe continued, "Yes, two full large boxes. More than half were collected from the people. When we inspected Huichun Hall back then, we moved the two boxes of dragon bones to a warehouse for storage. Later, soone moved one of the large boxes away, and the dragon bones were discarded into the garbage pile behind the warehouse because the boxes were valuable, but no one wanted the bones. They even thought they were unlucky."

Xu Chunliang asked, "Where are those dragon bones now?"

Zhou Renhe answered, "I found them later and buried the dragon bones on a nearby hillside. I almost forgot about them until you ntioned it. Only one box of dragon bones was returned to Huichun Hall."

Xu Chunliang was both surprised and delighted, realizing that half of the dragon bones were buried by Zhou Renhe. It seed the treasure was no longer out of reach.

Zhou Renhe took out paper and pen, wrote down the address, and even sketched a map from mory.

Xu Chunliang carefully stored the address. Zhou Renhe pointed to the Huichun Hall signboard and said, "This signboard was left by your great-grandfather when he practiced dicine in Jizhou. Everything inside is partly your great-grandfather’s and partly mine. It’s ti to hand it over to the Old Xu Family." He handed a key to Xu Chunliang.

Xu Chunliang said, "Thank you, sir."

Zhou Renhe said, "I’m getting old and don’t have much ti left. I only hope that our Old Xu Family can preserve the Huichun Hall signboard and that you younger generations can live peacefully. In the past, I might have been able to do sothing for the Xu Family, but now I’m powerless."

Xu Chunliang said, "If Grandpa were to know all you’ve done for the Xu Family, he would certainly forgive and forget about past grievances."

Zhou Renhe said, "I haven’t done much. In fact, it’s the Xu Family that’s been burdened by . If it weren’t for my insistence on revenge back then, he wouldn’t have lost his father at a young age. His life hasn’t been easy either. Child, don’t forget your promise to ; what we discussed today must not be disclosed to a third party."

Xu Chunliang nodded, understanding Zhou Renhe’s well-aning intention.

Zhou Renhe stood up and took him to a room on the west side. Along the wall were four camphorwood boxes filled with his dical insights accumulated over the years. Under his master’s tutelage, his guidance surpassed even Xu Changshan’s, but since leaving Huichun Hall, he hadn’t used Xu Family’s secret redies to treat anyone. After founding Renhe Hall, the focus was on treating bone injuries, with secret recipes passed down from his maternal grandfather’s Zhou Family.

Zhou Renhe asked Xu Chunliang to find ti to move everything here to a safe place.

In the afternoon, Xu Chunliang took the high-speed train back to Dongzhou. Upon arrival at the high-speed train station, it was raining heavily outside, and i Ru Xue had driven over to pick him up. Seeing Xu Chunliang carrying many local specialties, i Ru Xue opened the trunk to help him load the items.

"Why did you buy so many things?"

Xu Chunliang said, "Just so local specialties for the old gentleman to try." He asked i Ru Xue to turn around.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Chunliang took out a gold hairpin and inserted it into i Ru Xue’s hair bun.

i Ru Xue thought he had bought so imitation antique from a tourist spot in Jizhou. Annoyed that he had ssed up her hairstyle, she removed the hairpin to take a look. To her surprise, the hairpin featured a ticulously carved, lifelike phoenix ready to soar. The phoenix’s eyes were inlaid with rubies, its body with turquoise, and underneath the wings, there was an inscription: Manufactured by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

i Ru Xue, being knowledgeable and well-traveled, knew these four characters represented sothing crafted by the Imperial Palace. In shock, she asked, "Where did this co from?"

Xu Chunliang replied, "You don’t need to worry about that, just know it wasn’t stolen."

i Ru Xue said, "This is an artifact from the Imperial Palace. If you don’t explain clearly, I wouldn’t dare to keep it."

Xu Chunliang said, "It was passed down from my great-grandmother."

i Ru Xue asked, "Really?"

"Of course it’s true, when have I ever lied to you?"

i Ru Xue said, "Your Xu Family really is a prominent family."

Xu Chunliang laughed, "eting is your good fortune."

i Ru Xue retorted, "Why isn’t it your good fortune?" She reinserted the phoenix hairpin into her hair bun, looked at herself in the mirror, and smiled, "I wouldn’t dare to walk around with such a precious thing."

Xu Chunliang looked at her with a smile and said, "Beautiful!"

i Ru Xue blushed and said, "Cheesy!"

Xu Chunliang’s phone rang; it was his grandpa calling, asking if he had arrived in Dongzhou. Xu Chunliang had sent the old man a ssage in advance. Originally, Xu Chunliang planned to have dinner alone with i Ru Xue in the evening, but i Ru Xue insisted he go ho early. After all, it was important to spend ti with his grandpa since he was back.

Huichun Hall had already been moved. Xu Changshan recently went to stay at the villa in Hidden Lake Villa. The best thing about living there was the peace and quiet, but it was also quite lonely. In the past, he could see neighbors just by stepping outside; now, it was rare to see anyone, as every household kept their doors shut, lacking the friendliness of neighborly interaction.

Zheng Peian had also been busy with the hospital’s construction recently, so he seldom visited.

Zhen Chun had been in Dongzhou these past couple of days, but the girl was out most of the ti except for sleeping there at night. Even when she ca back, she rarely chatted with the old man.

When Xu Chunliang and i Ru Xue arrived, the old man was sitting in front of the door watching the rain, looking sowhat expectant.

Xu Chunliang put down the local specialties, and i Ru Xue greeted, "Hello, Grandpa Xu."

Xu Changshan smiled and said, "Xiaoxue is here too."

Xu Chunliang said, "She picked up from the train station, or else I’d have been caught in the rain."

Xu Changshan said, "You should’ve told Xiaoxue was coming, I’d have prepared sothing delicious."

Xu Chunliang said, "What do you an? I don’t get anything delicious when I co back?"

Xu Changshan said, "Xiaoxue is a distinguished guest."

i Ru Xue said, "Grandpa Xu, please don’t be so formal with ."

Xu Chunliang said, "Exactly, we’ll all be family sooner or later; there’s no need to be so distant."

i Ru Xue blushed again and said softly, "You two chat away. Chunliang and I just bought so braised dishes on the road; I’ll go prepare them."

Xu Chunliang said, "I brought so marinated duck and salted eggs from Weishan Lake, sorry for the trouble, Secretary i."

Xu Changshan laughed and said, "I love the salted duck eggs from Weishan Lake, and you talk about not being distant, yet you call her Secretary i."

i Ru Xue said, "Town Mayor Xu, you’re teasing ."

Xu Changshan laughed heartily. This old man understood everything; he watched the young couple flirt and banter and sent Xu Chunliang to lend a hand.

When Xu Chunliang entered the kitchen, he was chased out by i Ru Xue, who told him to chat properly with the old man, leaving dinner preparation to her.

Xu Changshan glanced towards the kitchen and said in a low voice, "When are you two getting married?"

Xu Chunliang couldn’t help but laugh, "Grandpa, you’ve just closed Huichun Hall a few days ago, and already you’re restless: ’No rush, we’re still young and are planning to focus on our careers first.’"

Xu Changshan said, "Both of you are very successful in your careers, leading others at such a young age. That said, building a career shouldn’t delay starting a family either. Take advantage of my current mobility and let help with the kids."

Xu Chunliang laughed, "You’re really thoughtful, but I’m still like a kid myself; I haven’t even considered having children."

Xu Changshan seriously said, "Among the greatest filial pieties, having no descendants is the worst."

Xu Chunliang said, "Grandpa, you should just reopen Huichun Hall, or you’ll get bored to death; how about I find you a companion since you’re still in great health?"

"You brat, what nonsense are you talking about? Believe it or not, I’ll give you a beating!"