Heming Medical Hall is doing really good business today. Many people were buying mugwort, and there are also many people who are suffering from the spring wind. For a while, the income and expenditure of cold medicine in the medical hall are huge.
When Xu Hang was pounding nutmeg at the counter, Gu Fangfei came in with the green-robed woman. As soon as they came in, the green-robed woman knelt down and kowtowed. Xu Hang helped her up and asked the shop assistant to take her away to get the medicine.
When there was no one around, Gu Fangfei said, “Mr. Xu, I want to talk to you. Is it convenient?”
He poured out the nutmeg powder, wrapped it in oil paper, divided it into several small packages, packed them one by one, strung them with thin ropes, and said, “I am going to deliver medicine to the temple in the East Street. If you don’t mind, we can talk on the way.”
After leaving the medical hall, they go east.
Only now did Gu Fangfei look at Xu Hang carefully. He was indeed handsome and had an extraordinary demeanor. However, she felt that he and Duan Yelin were not of the same kind. She didn’t know how the two were related. She didn’t dare to ask in detail, so she could only find an excuse tactfully: “I was deeply moved by Mr. Xu’s kind assistance yesterday. I didn’t expect that there would be someone as open-minded as you in Hezhou City.”
“You are too kind. I chant Buddha, Buddha says all beings are equal. This is different from what the Miss is doing, the Miss is fighting for women’s rights. And this is all I can do. I am far inferior to you.”
Gu Fangfei chuckled, “Mister, you are really too modest. If it were any other physician, they would definitely not be willing to save an actress.”
“Even though she sang a little weakly, that green robe woman had a great voice, and it would be unfortunate if she died.”
“Mister knows a lot about the opera?”
“It’s just a hobby. Unfortunately, the Baihua Group is far inferior to the Lihua Group of the past. Now we can’t hear the famous actors perform anymore.”
Talking about the opera, the usually quiet Xu Hang unexpectedly became more talkative.
“Although I don’t understand opera, but I will definitely invite you to listen next time if there is a good troupe.” Gu Fangfei smiled as she listened: “I don’t know why, but I always feel that this is not the first time I have met Mister, maybe it’s fate, so I just saw you briefly yesterday and wanted to pay you a visit today.”
By now they had reached the street. Xu Hang stopped and looked straight at Gu Fangfei. She was wearing a pink cocktail dress and her hair was curled. She was as bright as the foreign woman painted on the cigarette box and had a gentle smile on her face.
“Miss Gu, do you need me for something?”
“Eh?” Gu Fangfei’s eyes widened slightly, then she covered her mouth with her hand, a little embarrassed. “Was I so obvious?”
Xu Hang said softly, “If you have anything to say, just say it.”
Gu Fangfei bit her lip. “It’s really shameless of me to say that. I originally wanted to ask Commander Duan for help, but I don’t have any friendship with him, so I wanted to find some backdoors… well… Mr. Xu seems to be able to talk to Commander Duan, so… so…”
The more she talked, the more she felt that she was asking too much. Gu Fangfei took the risk and boldly said, “If Mr. Xu is willing to help me, I will be very grateful to you regardless of whether it succeeds or not! If you have the conditions, you can… well, I know that Mr. Xu is not someone who values money. If there is anything I can help with in the future, I will definitely do my best to help!”
After that, there was silence. In fact, these words were very offensive. Gu Fangfei saw from yesterday that Duan Yelin and Xu Hang were not in a relationship of mutual consent. Today, she came to ask for help, which was equivalent to exposing that she knew about this in front of Xu Hang. If Xu Hang was angry about this, she would have offended two people in a row.
She was still a little nervous in her heart, but the reason why Gu Fangfei was so bold was because based on her first impression, she felt that Xu Hang would not reject her.
Sure enough, Xu Hang asked, “Say, what’s the matter?”
“Is Mister willing to help me?” Gu Fangfei was very surprised.
Xu Hang said, “I will just mention it, whether he listens or not is not up to me.”
Gu Fangfei held Xu Hang’s hand and smiled happily: “Thank you!”
Then she explained the whole cause and effect like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube. Although she hadn’t conveyed the details yet, but seeing Xu Hang’s attentive listening, it seemed as if the matter had already been successful.
When saying goodbye, Gu Fangfei walked a few steps away and turned back: “By the way, Mister, when I said that I felt that I had a connection with you, it was not just a polite remark, but a sincere one.”
Xu Hang nodded, and Gu Fangfei waved for a rickshaw and left.
When he could no longer see her shadow at the end of the street, Xu Hang said to himself, “I should be the one thanking you.”
Then he turned and walked back to the medical hall, and at the corner of the street, he threw the bag of nutmeg powder into the pile of rotten vegetable leaves.
Nutmeg is a good medicine for nourishing the internal organs and treating the spleen and kidneys, but even a little bit more can cause paralysis of the body and confusion of the mind.
The same is true of human hearts.
