Wu Jinglin never dreamed that the situation would escalate to this extent. He had originally planned to cure Wei Hongzhi and use Wei's connections and status to open his own medicine hall in Fengning County.
But now it seemed that opening a medicine hall was out of the question, and he would be fortunate just to extricate himself from this affair.
Yet what excuse could he possibly come up with? It was at this moment that he couldn't help but think of Zhang Xiaobei, who had administered the acupuncture earlier.
"Old Madam Wei, this must be the result of that kid acting recklessly with the needles earlier," he said.
"Mr. Wu, this is all my fault for being impulsive and sending that kid away earlier. But no matter what, please help my son," pleaded Mrs. Wei.
Wu Jinglin inwardly groaned upon hearing this, searching for a reason to decline as Hao Jie strode into the room.
"Mom, how is Hong Zhi doing? I just heard the doctors outside say..."
