Indeed, her body was becoming increasingly frail. Wen Jinjin had once thought of herself as a skilled doctor and wondered if she could help Tang Rao upon her return. But then she shook her head, mocking herself: "Given my condition, I talk about helping Tang Rao, yet I'm unsure if I can even survive."
Her forehead beaded with fine sweat, and to avoid looking too disheveled, she rely wiped the sweat off her face with a handkerchief.
Finally, there was movent at the door. The people standing outside wore joyful smiles. If they had known this gesture would work, they would have done it sooner and wouldn't have had to wait until now.
But as Wen Jinjin leaned against the door and erged, their faces instantly beca as grim as dirt.
How could the Divine Doctor they had in their hearts, soone so extraordinary and philanthropic, have beco so weak as to be blown over by the wind? And why was she so frail? Wasn't she supposed to be a Divine Doctor? Couldn't she prescribe herself so dicine and treat herself properly?
"Divine Doctor Wen, you finally ca out! What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Just monts ago, these people were harshly criticizing Wen Jinjin, but now that she had erged, they all seed to change sides, sympathizing with her, speaking up for her, and expressing concern for her well-being. Even Bei Lin couldn't help but curl her lips; she had thought everyone in the peach blossom village was like the old lady who sold her the house, but it turned out that bad people were everywhere, regardless of the area.
"Weren't you looking for to treat your illnesses? Since I posted a notice refusing visitors, why do you still insist on forcing ?"
Wen Jinjin wasn't blunt about it.
In her efforts to treat illnesses and save lives, many tis Wen Jinjin hadn't charged a single penny. She thought doing good deeds would accumulate blessings for herself. But later she discovered that her thod of treating people for free had spoiled those in the peach blossom village who only knew how to take without giving in return, making them feel entitled to her treatnt. Not treating them or providing them with dicine was seen as wrong.
"Divine Doctor Wen, it's not that we haven't sought out a doctor, but my wife's illness is too severe and they refuse to treat her. Moreover, moreover..." The man dared not et Wen Jinjin's eyes but still spoke the truth, "Moreover, those doctors are greedy for money. I didn't spend that much money even when I got married, and yet they demand so much just to save my wife?"
Ha!
Not only Wen Jinjin but also Bei Lin almost burst into laughter.
"What you're saying is that your wife isn't worth that much money? Even if she bears children for your family and continues your lineage, when it cos to money, you would still choose to abandon your wife and unborn child, is that what you an?"
Bei Lin had never thought much of that man from the beginning, and upon hearing his words, her disdain for him only deepened.
"You old woman, what are you babbling about? Our family matters are none of your concern for finger-pointing and criticism!"
Being openly embarrassed, the man suddenly felt extrely awkward.
He didn't want to admit that what Bei Lin had just said was indeed what he thought.
But now wasn't the ti. He couldn't openly admit it, because once he did, all the efforts of dragging his wife down on the ground for pleading and getting soaked—none of those sufferings would hold any aning.
Moreover, he genuinely didn't have the money to treat his wife's illness. If he had the money, he would rather spend a couple of days in the Zuichun Brothel instead of paying to treat an old hag. He simply didn't want to.
"Just because the price the doctor asked was too high, you chose to kneel by my house and plead for days? Kneeling and pleading here for a few days can save you the cost of treatnt? Cough, cough, cough, but my rates are even higher than those of the average wandering doctor, now what?"
After coughing a few tis, Wen Jinjin's face looked even paler than before. Such a paper-thin figure, if there were soone taking care of her, she wouldn't have ended up like this.
Bei Lin watched from a distance, feeling compassion towards Wen Jinjin.
This fragile young girl, even while in poor health, still had to reason with a crowd of people, having to give a bunch of strangers an explanation.
"To be honest, because treating illnesses without charging money earlier depleted all my possessions, I can no longer offer free dical services. Everyone, please return now."
With Wen Jinjin's issued decree to dismiss the guests, those waiting outside who had money were delighted. As long as Wen Jinjin was willing to treat them, they were willing to spend any amount of money. But for the couple kneeling on the ground, unable to gain any small advantage, needing to pay for treatnt and dicine, naturally they weren't happy, even holding grudges against Wen Jinjin.
"Out of money? Impossible! You treated others without charging, why charge us? You're clearly making excuses. Is it because you've been here in the peach blossom village for so long, acting as a Divine Doctor, that you no longer care about us poor people?"
Originally kneeling on the ground, crying for Wen Jinjin to help treat his wife's illness, the man now disregarded his still kneeling wife and stood up alone, pointed at Wen Jinjin's nose, demanding so 'justice' for himself.
Wen Jinjin almost laughed out of anger at this person.
"Simply unreasonable!"
Wen Jinjin realized that reasoning with soone who had a muddled mind and lacked decency was a waste of words. She turned around, intending to close the door to rest.
The peach blossom village wasn't without doctors; it was neither lacking nor excessive with her presence. This world inherently operated like this; the Divine Realm wouldn't halt growth due to the absence of one person, and she never felt she was that remarkable anyway.
As Wen Jinjin went inside, the man panicked and rushed directly into her courtyard, so startled that Wen Jinjin hadn't even had ti to close the door.
"No! You can't go inside. My wife's treatnt isn't done yet; you must finish treating her before you go inside."
The man displayed a fierce deanor, startling everyone watching, including Wen Jinjin.
She found it hard to imagine how twisted a person's mind must be to say sothing so shaless.
"Why? Just because I can treat illnesses? Or because you're soone of importance?"
Wen Jinjin couldn't tolerate threats from others; she never felt soone could coerce her into doing sothing she was unwilling to.
"Regardless, I don't care. If anything happens to my wife here, I absolutely won't let you off the hook. I'll call upon the elders of the peach blossom village to condemn you, to drive you—an outsider—out of the peach blossom village."
Threaten Wen Jinjin?
Wen Jinjin almost laughed out loud; unfortunately, her body was too weak for even the strength to laugh.
The feeling of one's body being drained was really too uncomfortable.
With a woman surrounded by more than a dozen n, seeing Wen Jinjin about to faint, if Bei Lin didn't step forward now, she would feel she wasn't a good person; her conscience would bear the burden.
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