By the time they returned to Tang City, the sun had already set.
Ye Cheng did not enter the city but instead left directly with the guards stationed outside.
Upon returning, Qin Lily specifically inquired about the condition of Ye Cheng's friend, the young master from the Zhang family. What she found out was shocking.
It was said that when the young master from the Zhang family was taken to the Qin Divine Medical Clinic for treatment, he suddenly went berserk and attacked people!
He grabbed two people in quick succession, and those two people turned into dried corpses on the spot, dead.
Everyone at the Qin Divine Medical Clinic was terrified and kept their distance.
Even though her third uncle, Qin Zhaoping, was highly skilled in medicine, he couldn't tell that the young master from the Zhang family was possessed by a ghost, so how could he treat him?
Qin Lily sneered, knowing that the young master from the Zhang family would come looking for her within two days at the latest.
The next day.
Qin Lily woke up early and saw that Qin Lumin had already opened the medical clinic and was sitting inside sorting herbs.
"Good morning, brother~" Qin Lily sweetly greeted.
Qin Lumin smiled gently, "Why don't you sleep a bit longer? I can handle the herbs."
Qin Lily cheerfully replied, "It's alright. Early risers stay healthy. Be careful not to stand too long, brother. I'll change your bandages tomorrow."
To avoid arousing suspicion in her brother, she had been deliberately slowing down the treatment process, even pretending to change his bandages. Next time, she would fully heal his leg. After all this time, he probably wouldn't find it strange anymore.
"Okay." Qin Lumin smiled warmly, thinking his sister was the most considerate and wonderful person in the world.
"Aren't you going to sleep a bit more?" Seeing Qin Lily dozing off at the table, Qin Lumin reminded her with some concern.
Qin Lily shook her head, "No, if I go back to sleep, what if a patient comes in?"
Qin Lumin thought about it and agreed. Although he knew some medicine, he hadn't received their father's true teachings and wasn't as skilled as Lily.
So, he said no more. The siblings quietly waited for patients, with one sorting herbs and the other dozing off.
The entire morning passed.
Not a single patient showed up, while the Qin Divine Medical Clinic across the street was bustling.
Qin Lumin was worried, but Qin Lily reassured him, "Don't worry, brother. We might get some patients this afternoon." She wasn't anxious at all.
Qin Lumin could only continue waiting.
Another afternoon passed, still without a single patient. Meanwhile, the Qin Divine Medical Clinic became even busier, with a long line of patients nearly stretching to their clinic's door.
Comparing the two clinics, Qin Lumin felt like their clinic might have to close down by tomorrow.
The line of patients waiting to see a doctor at Qin Shen Medical Clinic extended all the way to the newly opened "Sai Huatuo Medical Clinic" run by Qin Lily.
Among these people, some had come from other cities. Their conditions had not improved, and they had heard of the famous Qin Shen in Tang City, so they made the special trip. Others were locals with minor ailments, but because Qin Shen's medical skills were renowned in Tang City, they preferred to wait in line and get their prescriptions from him, even if the wait was long.
The weather was very good that day, and after noon, the sun was scorching. Many patients waiting in line felt increasingly impatient. Seeing the line barely moving, they started looking around to pass the time. To their surprise, they noticed the "Sai Huatuo Medical Clinic" across the street.
"Is this a new clinic? I hadn't heard of it before."
"Yes, it seems to be new. It just opened yesterday. I heard that Ni Yan visited it once."
"Ni Yan? You mean the young master of the Ni family? What illness did he have? Was he cured?"
"Who knows what illness it was. He went in for some time and then came out."
The crowd was full of speculation, but because they didn't know the doctor or the quality of the medical skills, they preferred to stand in the sun and wait rather than visit Sai Huatuo Medical Clinic.
At this moment, a middle-aged woman pulled a little girl about seven or eight years old out of the line.
"It's too hot, Lanlan. Let's go to that new clinic and see."
The girl called Lanlan remained silent.
Someone in the line advised, "Aunt Zhang, that clinic is new. We don't know how good the doctor is, and we don't know if their medicine is expensive or effective... What if the medicine is expensive and doesn't work?"
The middle-aged woman insisted, "My little Tian is still waiting at home. We don't have time."
Many people knew Aunt Zhang's family and her other child, Li Tian. Li Tian was mentally challenged, almost twenty-one, and still wetting his pants.