Chapter 93: Uncle Zha screws over nephew, pulls another slick move and breaks a leg again Chapter 93: Uncle Zha screws over nephew, pulls another slick move and breaks a leg again After Elder Tang confird his surgery, Zhou Zhongqing and several experts began to develop a surgical plan for him. The old gentleman was getting on in years after all, and although he had suffered a fall previously, with no serious external injuries, it still was a strain to his muscles and bones.
Considering he needed to undergo high-intensity surgery, the operation was not carried out imdiately but was scheduled before the end of the year, giving him a month to recuperate.
“Dr. Zhou, are you saying I can be discharged?” Elder Tang was overjoyed upon receiving the news.
“Your body is not in bad shape at the mont. Just make sure you take good care of yourself before the surgery. Moreover, I need to return to Beijing to help you prepare for the operation. There’s only one of those machines in the entire country, and many people are waiting in line for surgery with it. I have to consult with the hospital to decide on the exact timing of the surgery.”
“Thank you, I’m sorry to trouble you again,” Tang Wan didn’t know what else to say besides expressing her gratitude.
Zhou Zhongqing rely gave a polite smile, “I’m a doctor, this is my duty. Take this.”
As he spoke, he pulled a few sheets of paper from his pocket and handed them to Tang Wan. She took them, glancing over them briefly.
Aside from a plethora of dications prescribed, even Elder Tang’s daily als were specified.
“Strictly follow this. If he doesn’t cooperate, call at any ti.”
“Mm.”
Elder Tang frowned, “Wanwan, let see what he’s written.”
When he saw those pages, the corners of his mouth twitched viciously. They wanted to stuff him full of pills every day, and he had to give up alcohol, smoking, and rich sauces, and take 2,000 steps every day…
“Dr. Zhou, this is…” The old man’s eyelids twitched uncontrollably. Were they treating him like a lab rat?
Fattened up with dicine, just to be sent to the operating table!
Zhou Zhongqing’s expression remained indifferent, but his words were quite cutting and incisive, “Elder Tang, you are a respected figure in Pingjiang, admired by many. Persisting for just one month should be nothing difficult for you.”
“If you keep yourself healthy, your children will worry less. Ever since you were hospitalized, Miss Tang has been tirelessly looking after you. If you don’t care about your own health, at least consider your granddaughter’s.”
“If you really find it too challenging, I won’t insist, as after all, it’s your own body. As a doctor, it’s my duty to conscientiously provide treatnt and to be true to my conscience.”
Elder Tang clutched the paper tightly and looked at Zhou Zhongqing, who appeared kind and benevolent, yet his gaze was incredibly sharp.
To use reverse psychology, painting him into such a corner—if he couldn’t follow through with these, he’d just be a man of hollow reputation, and even a strange old man who didn’t care for his children.
Tang Wan rely stood by quietly, watching, but couldn’t help inwardly criticizing:
Dr. Zhou was being too harsh!
Jiang Jinsang, however, had remained silent from start to finish.
The Jiang family mbers, accustod to such scenes, knew all too well that the only doctor who could manage to make their Fifth Master obediently take his dicine and cooperate with treatnt was this one!
Skilled in various tactics, he was best at using reverse psychology. Elder Tang always claid he had a temper, but once in his hands, ending up on the operating table was only a matter of ti.
…
“Elder Tang, if there’s anything you can’t manage, you can tell straight,” Zhou Zhongqing raised an eyebrow.
The old man huffed angrily, “There’s nothing.”
“Then I will call you at random tis to check in, and I might even co to visit personally.”
“What do you an by that? You don’t trust ?” Elder Tang sneered. With the younger generation, including Jiangjiang, all present and watching him closely, he definitely had to set an example, “If I promise to do sothing, I will follow through.”
“I just need to know about your physical condition at all tis, don’t overthink it.”
“Hmph—”
However, being able to be discharged naturally put the old man in a good mood. Zhou Zhongqing had claid he might co for a personal checkup at irregular intervals; Elder Tang was not one to have his pride undermined, so he couldn’t let the doctor really look down on him.
He did indeed follow the dical advice strictly for a month, but…
Zhou Zhongqing didn’t even make a single phone call to Pingjiang, let alone pay a visit!
The old man was so furious he nearly passed out in anger. It was clear Zhou had set a trap for him to fall into, and when he confronted him, Zhou rely responded indifferently:
“I didn’t supervise or check on you because I trust your character.”
“That’s sothing you can’t really refute,” thought the old man, unable to suppress his irritation.
Anyway, during the dical treatnt process, the doctor and patient never seed to stop bickering.
But that’s all in the past now.
…
The day of discharge from the hospital, Tang Yunxian had wanted to invite Zhou Zhongqing for a al, but he politely refused, so the family packed up their belongings and went straight back to the old house.
Tang Wan personally cooked so food, while Tang Yunxian and Old Tang set up a chessboard in the yard, with Jiang Jinsang responsible for watching the ga.
Jiangjiang was new to this place, and since there were no other kids in the Tang Family, he didn’t have much to entertain himself with. After wandering around for a bit, his eyes landed on the Hua i hanging in the corridor.
“Great-grandpa, what kind of bird is this? It’s so pretty,” Jiangjiang said with a smile, his little tiger teeth making him extra adorable.
“That’s a Hua i—its call is particularly loud and clear.”
“Can I take a closer look?”
“Sure, but don’t open the cage and don’t stick your hands in it. If it bites you, it’ll hurt a lot.”
“I know, I’m very well-behaved.”
After Jiangjiang made his promise, the old man allowed soone to take down the birdcage. Jiang Jinsang even had Jiang Cuo and Jiang Jiu stand guard, worried that the child’s playful nature might lead to getting hurt by the bird.
“Hey, nice to et you, I’m Jiangjiang!”
Yet Hua i remained aloof; Jiangjiang lay on his stomach watching it for a long ti, but the bird wouldn’t even lift its head, contentedly basking in the sun.
After talking to it for a while and getting no response, Jiangjiang simply took a bird teasing stick from the side and poked inside a couple of tis.
“Chirrup—chirrup—” Hua i fluttered its wings, warning him: I’ll bite if you’re not careful!
“Hehe, Uncle Jiang Cuo, it moved!” Jiangjiang looked over towards the two people behind him.
Jiang Cuo smirked wryly. It’s not a dead bird; of course, it would move if you’re poking it to death!
…
When it was ti for dinner, Jiangjiang washed his hands and sat next to Old Tang, looking exceptionally well-behaved: “Great-grandpa, I really like ‘Daidai.'”
“Daidai?” Old Tang furrowed his brows.
“That’s the Hua i—I nad it because it looks so dumb and cute.”
Hua i: …
Old Tang frowned—he knew his Hua i was quite clever, always receiving complints when taken out. How did it beco a dolt all of a sudden?
Once all the dishes were served, Jiangjiang eyed a plate of carrot and wood ear mushroom stir-fried with eggs, and his little face imdiately fell.
Jiang Jinsang leaned in and whispered, “Nobody likes a picky eater.”
To prove he wasn’t picky, Jiangjiang unconsciously picked out the carrots to eat, which led Tang Wan to think he was particularly fond of them. She placed the carrots closest to him, “You like carrots, huh? Then have more.”
“Mr. Five, would you like so?” Tang Wan politely offered to him.
Jiangjiang looked towards his own second uncle, hoping he’d help take so off his plate, “Uncle, won’t you eat so?”
But instead, Jiang Jinsang just leisurely enjoyed the shrimp with green pea stir-fry in front of him: “If Jiangjiang likes them, leave them for him. If he’s happy, I’m happy. It doesn’t matter whether elders eat or not; it’s important to make sure the children are taken care of.”
People from the Tang Family: Nice, caring for the young one.
Jiangjiang: “…”
Crappy uncle!
People from the Jiang Family: Mr. Five’s maneuvers are really… his tricks would break legs! He even scams his own nephew.
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