Open a Clinic to Cultivate Myself Chapter 161

Xin Changjiang and Zhu Hongqin exchanged pleasantries with Bai Jing without hiding their joy. Especially Zhu Hongqin, she held Bai Jing's hand tightly, talking and laughing. She was extremely affectionate to Bai Jing, as if she were her daughter-in-law. It was no surprise, because all parents would love to have a daughter-in-law like Bai Jing who was stunning, sexy, charismatic and competent. At such a “young” age, she had been the CEO of a tech company, worth over a billion yuan! To marry her was to get New World Technology.

“Xiaofeng, where's your father?” Xin Changjiang asked Li Xiaofeng.

“My father has a very important client today,” Li Xiaofeng replied. “He gave me carte blanche to talk about investing in New World Technology. So we don't have to wait for him. I'll talk about it in his place.”

“There will be no laggard among the children of a brave or talented man,” Xin Changjiang said with a smile. “You and Zhiyu are the best men in the world. The future belongs to you.”

He said this sentence on purpose to Bai Jing. He was implying that to marry his son was equivalent to marry the best man in the world.

Li Xiaofeng replied politely, “Uncle Xin, I'm flattered. I dare not compare with Zhiyu. He's been a role model for me all my life.”

Xin Changjiang smiled and finally turned his eyes on Ning Tao.

Ning Tao was dressed in plain clothes, carrying a medicine chest and a folding fan in his belt. Honestly, his image was a little strange. Compared with Xin Zhiyu and Li Xiaofeng, he was like a freak.

At the moment, Zhu Hongqin finally released Bai Jing's hand and put an end to the hot talk between a woman and her “daughter-in-law”.

“Oh, Bai Jing, is this your bodyguard?” Xin Changjiang asked. “I'll ask the butler to serve him.”

Bai Jing chuckled and said, “Uncle Xin, I can't afford a bodyguard like him. This is Ning Tao, Doctor Ning. He is a supernatural healer. He is today's Hua Tuo. ”

“Doctor?” Xin Changjiang's reaction was a little strange. No matter how he observed Ning Tao, he didn't think he was a doctor, let alone today's Hua Tuo. If such a young man was today's Hua Tuo, everyone in the pet hospital was today's Hua Tuo.

“Oh, is Doctor Ning your friend, Bai Jing?” Zhu Hongqin inquired.

Before Bai Jing could answer, Xin Zhiyu said, “Mom, Doctor Ning is a friend of Qing Zhui. I invited him here.”

“I see,” Zhu Hongqin said. “In a while…” She cast a glance at Xin Changjiang as if to ask his advice.

Xin Changjiang said simply, “Then come and sit at the same table with us.”

He appeared reluctant to this decision, but had to agree to sit at the same table with Ning Tao for the sake of his son and Bai Jing.

There was a unique dining culture in Hua Country. One could not sit at the same table without equal status. In addition, even if people of different status shared the same table, there were quite a few things to pay attention to, such as where to sit and how to drink. As Xin Changjiang, if it wasn't for his son and Bai Jing, he would refuse to sit at the same table with Ning Tao.

“Mr. Xin, I'd rather sit at the table with your butler,” Ning Tao said matter-of-factly. “You'll talk business, and I don't understand.”

“Okay, I'll ask the butler to treat you well later,” Xin Changjiang said. He was glad Ning Tao suggested it himself.

Bai Jing looked at Ning Tao with curious eyes, as if to guess his mind.

Ning Tao didn't really have any intention. He only came here for the sake of Bai Jing and Qing Zhui, or he wouldn't come even if they invited him to the Prosperous House with a large sedan chair. Learning that he was a doctor opening a clinic, Xin Changjiang treated him with contempt. He didn't care, but he felt uncomfortable sitting at a table with people like Xin Changjiang. He might as well stay away from him. Out of sight, out of mind.

Qing Zhui uttered, “Then I'll…”

Ning Tao interrupted Qing Zhui, “No, don't be wayward.”

Qing Zhui obediently shut her mouth.

There was a gleam of jealousy in Li Xiaofeng's eyes. In any case, he couldn't understand why a doctor who ran a clinic could make a beautiful woman like Qing Zhui so obedient.

Then they entered the hall. The decoration and furniture in the hall were also antique, just like the hall of a great official.

One after another, guests came, and most of them were relatives and friends of the Xin family. These people were presumably visiting the Xin family's future daughter-in-law. There were also some important people from Grand Dream Company who were here to talk business with Bai Jing. As more and more people came, the atmosphere became lively.

Ning Tao didn't talk to anyone, but took a seat at random.

Qing Zhui wanted to sit with Ning Tao, but Bai Jing let her stay. Li Xiaofeng swooping in, pestered Qing Zhui to chat, and did all he could to please her. However, Qing Zhui was absent-minded, looking at Ning Tao intentionally or unintentionally.

Ning Tao's eyes followed Bai Jing. All the way through, he felt something strange about what Bai Jing had done, and became increasingly suspicious of Bai Jing's ulterior motives in contacting the Xin family.

Bai Jing and Zhu Hongqin were talking, laughing, looking very affectionate. They were getting along well with each other, really like one's wife and mother.

When Ning Tao looked at Zhu Hongqin, he suddenly remembered something and thought to himself, “No, Zhu Hongqin, Zhu Hongqin… Her name is just one word different from Zhu Hongyu. What relationship does she have with Zhu Hongyu, the daughter of the third Crown Prince?”

Then he thought of the man he had neve met, Bai Sheng.

Assuming Bai Jing was following Bai Sheng's instructions, were Bai Sheng and Bai Jing after the Xin family's money? Maybe not!

With his thinking and analysis, Ning Tao could not help but come up with the incomplete skull written with the prescription of the Ancestor-seeking Elixir. He could not help being excited. If the Xin family had other part of Zhu Hongyu's skull, he would have a chance to get the complete prescription of the Ancestor-seeking Elixir!

Later, Ning Tao quietly aroused his skill of looking and smelling, and a large group of innate auras immediately came into sight. Everyone's innate aura was different, and they crowded in a space, making him feel like he was in a thick pool of dye. Besides, the odors of different people and objects flooded into his nasal cavity, leaving no odors omitting.

However, he didn't catch the smell of Zhu Hongyu's skull after “detection and investigation”, nor did he see any demon aura other than Bai Jing's and Qing Zhui's. It was just a try, and he didn't give up. If the Xin family did have part of Zhu Hongyu's skull, they would have hidden it in a secret room or safe. In that case, how could Ning Tao easily smell it?

Ning Tao withdrew from the state of looking and smelling and quietly observed Zhu Hongqin.

Everything was normal in Zhu Hongqin and she seemed just a pampered woman.

Bai Jing and Qing Zhui naturally became the focus of the whole hall. Many people were talking about them, and some people even boldly speculated when Xin Zhiyu and Bai Jing's wedding would be held, as if they were really going to get married. As for Qing Zhui, many people mistook her for Li Xiaofeng's girlfriend, and thought they were a perfect match.

These comments made Ning Tao want to laugh.

When the dinner started, Bai Jing and Qing Zhui sat together. Of course, Xin Zhiyu and Li Xiaofeng sat next to them. While Bai Jing dealt with this kind of situation easily, Qing Zhui seemed uncomfortable and cast glances at Ning Tao from time to time.

Ning Tao sat at a table with some people he didn't know. He had no interest in making friends with these people and left the hall after grabbing a bite.

Leaving the hall, he wandered around in the Prosperous House, looking for the possible part of Zhu Hongyu's skull that he suspected with his abilities of looking and smelling.

Unconsciously, Ning Tao came to an ancient building, which was locked. Above the door was a plaque that read “The Xin Clan's Ancestral Temple”. In addition to this plaque, this ancestral temple was also a real ancient building, and the bricks were hundreds of years old. The building must have been bought from somewhere and brought here to be rebuilt.

Ning Tao's nose twitched, but he didn't smell anything unusual. Yet he was still very curious about whether there were any spirit tablets of characters related to Zhu Hongyu in the Xin Clan's Ancestral Temple. Driven by curiosity, he went up to the locked door.

Suddenly, a sense of crisis came over him, as if someone was following him with a knife!

Ning Tao jerked around and looked in one direction.

It was a wooded forest behind the Prosperous House. A tree shook, but soon came to a standstill. Apart from this, there was no other movement, neither the innate aura released by life, nor the strong demon aura. Stranger still, the sudden sense of crisis was gone, as if it were just an occasional illusion.

“There you are, Mr. Ning,” said a voice.

Ning Tao looked toward the sound source and spotted a man in a tuxedo coming toward him. He was the butler of the Xin family. Ning Tao had met him, who arranged the seat for him at dinner, but didn't know his name.

The butler stopped in front of Ning Tao and said politely, “Doctor Ning, our Young Master asked you to the Music-listening Building for tea.”

Ning Tao nodded his head and said, “Okay, please take me there.”

The butler led the way, and Ning Tao followed slowly, pulling out the Unbreakable Fan and fanning himself gently.

Was that sudden sense of crisis just an illusion?

Ning Tao didn't think so. He preferred to believe that it had really happened.

Just as he followed the butler away, that tree shook slightly again…

Soon, under the guidance of the butler of the Xin family, Ning Tao arrived at the Music-listening Building. It was a small building built beside a pond. In ancient times, it was probably a place where the girl of a rich family specialized in needlework.

Several girls in ancient court costumes were performing kungfu tea for the guests in the Music-listening Building. Bai Jing and Qing Zhui were sitting at a tea table with not only Xin Zhiyu and Li Xiaofeng, but also several young men and women who came over at some time. Those young people were all well-dressed and had an extraordinary temperament. Although they couldn't compare with Xin Zhiyu and Li Xiaofeng, they were not much worse than the two young men.

“Here it is, Mr. Ning. I won't take you in. Go in yourself,” said the butler of the Xin family.

Ning Tao nodded and walked over.

“Xiaofeng, did you mean the guy?” A young man asked Li Xiaofeng as he saw Ning Tao.

“Huh, he's holding a folding fan. What an elegant person!” a girl sneered.

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