Chapter 2632: Chapter 2633: Zhang Youfu’s Secret Treasure
That night, Lin Yi didn’t leave and planned to stay over at Zhang Youfu’s place.
The doctors and nurses at the hospital also paid special attention to Lin Yi, coming over frequently to check on Zhang Youfu’s condition.
“Who exactly are you to have such influence?” Zhang Youfu asked,
“Before you ca, I never received such good treatnt.”
“Just got so money, smoothed so connections, it’s no big deal,” Lin Yi said,
“But you, staying here alone, didn’t your family say they’d co to see you?”
“If I had family, I wouldn’t have gone up the mountain to beco a Daoist priest.”
“Need to find a few technicians to take care of you?”
“Let’s wait until our senior brother’s injury heals, now’s not the ti for big moves.”
“You’re really incorrigible.”
“Senior brother, I’m also trying to boost dostic demand, drive GDP growth, and promote industry prosperity and stability—all for the country’s and people’s benefit. Don’t be too narrow-minded.”
“Senior brother is aweso, you being able to scam for 600,000 yuan isn’t without reason.”
“Junior brother, don’t belittle yourself, when there’s a chance, senior brother will teach you all these tricks.”
“You better go to sleep early, I’m going out for a walk.”
“Where to?”
“Talk heart-to-heart with the little nurse at the nurse’s station, I ca all the way here, can’t just let it be for nothing.”
“You’re really sothing else.”
Walking out of the hospital room, Lin Yi went outside the hospital to breathe so fresh air.
After chatting with Ji Qingyan and Mi Li for a while and watching so videos of the child, he returned to the room.
When he got back, Zhang Youfu was already asleep.
Lin Yi did nothing else, lying down clothed on the adjacent bed, ready to rest.
Ring ring ring——
In the early hours, Lin Yi was woken by his phone ringing.
He picked it up and saw it was Xiao Bing calling.
“Lin Bro, sothing happened here, four people ca sneaking around to steal, but we caught them.”
“Who are they?”
“All foreigners, and one of them is E-level.”
Xiao Bing’s tone was particularly serious, “Things don’t seem right here, should we investigate?”
“Lock them up first, wait for to co back, I’ll interrogate them myself.”
“Okay.”
After discussing business, Lin Yi hung up the phone.
Zhang Youfu’s voice faintly arose.
“What happened? If you have sothing to do, just go, don’t mind .”
“There’s trouble at ho, soone tried to steal sothing again, and they’re all experts.”
Zhang Youfu’s expression changed, and he was silent for a long ti, not anticipating this.
“I’m not too sure about your situation, but I have a premonition that with just yourself, it’s hard to deal with these people.”
Lin Yi said,
“If you’re by yourself, holding onto your stuff isn’t easy, this ti you were lucky, next ti you might not be. That thing, you know better than who will end up with it.”
“I get what you an.”
Zhang Youfu looked at Lin Yi, in the dark ward, only moonlight shone in, both eting each other’s eyes, realizing the gravity of the situation.
“I can tell you, but I hope you keep it secret.”
“Go ahead, I’ve got that level of trust.”
After a long silence, Zhang Youfu spoke,
“In my possession is a statue, given to by my master, and he said it ca from the ti of Daoism’s founder Zhang Daoling.”
“That’s impossible, from his ti to now is nearly 1900 years, how could it have survived intact?”
“I don’t know the specifics either; when I received the statue, I was just forty and didn’t pay it any mind.”
“And then? Have you discovered anything new?”
“Yeah.” Zhang Youfu nodded, “You might not believe it, but the statue has a miraculous ability to heal people on its own.”
“That’s impossible!”
Lin Yi’s eyes widened, goosebumps rising in the dark night.
“It’s true, just listen to ,” Zhang Youfu said,
“The reason I ca to Shangqing Palace to beco a Daoist priest wasn’t that I wanted to give up worldly desires but because I got cancer. The doctor said I had at most three years left.”
Lin Yi frowned, pondering Zhang Youfu’s story.
He took over the head position at Shangqing Palace when he was forty.
In other words, he ca to Shangqing Palace even earlier.
After twenty or thirty years, he’s still alive and well. Combined with his tone and attitude, it’s enough to show that this affair is related to the statue.
“Take it slow, best to be detailed.”
“When I got the statue, I never took it seriously, just placed it on the table as an ornant,” Zhang Youfu said,
“You know, senior brother has no flaws and loves cleanliness…”
“Wait, did you an to say no flaws?”
“Are you doubting my ability?” Zhang Youfu said,
“If there’s a flaw, it’s that my hair is thinning, or else I’d be a chaste god like figure.”
“Alright, alright, whatever you say, let’s continue.”
“Where was I?”
“You said you love cleanliness.”
“Yes, yes, that’s it.” Zhang Youfu said,
“After using the statue as an ornant, I neglected it, but I would often clean it.”
Zhang Youfu paused, then continued,
“It has a peculiar look, and I would occasionally play with it until over a year later, I suddenly found my health hadn’t worsened, so I went to the hospital for a full check-up. The doctor said the cancer cells in my body had been controlled, not only not spreading but even reducing.”
“So you got excited and couldn’t let go of the statue?”
“Sigh…” Zhang Youfu sighed and said,
“How was I to know it had such miraculous effects at the ti? Looking back, I was too naive, a fool for once.”
“What happened?”
“I got conned by the doctor to buy over 40,000 yuan worth of anti-cancer drugs, damn it.”
Lin Yi: …
“Well, it’s a stroke of payback.”
“Who says it’s not,” Zhang Youfu said,
“At the ti, I saw hope for survival, didn’t think much, just kept taking the dication, until five years ago, soone tried to steal the statue. I eavesdropped on their conversation and heard them say the statue had healing powers. It was then that I turned my attention to it.”
“Are you so sure their words were true?”
“I did experints afterward. Whether due to coincidence or placebo, the results were as I expected, so I firmly believe the statue is highly likely to have special effects. That’s why I haven’t left Shangqing Palace all these years, fearing it would be stolen by so mastermind.”
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