Chapter Twenty-Five: Getting What One Wishes For

  "Nameless, I've come to see you." Fu Xin and Fu Wen followed the old man with no name for a while, then the sound of opening doors came from the great hall, followed by a loud and clear voice.

  "Come less, Li old ghost, if you're going to freeload, don't pretend to care about me. Alright, you lucky old man, today I have wine and meat." Wu Ming didn't have the pettiness of other old rascals; when an old friend came to visit, he had just received new wine and meat, so he invited him to share together.

  At this time, Fu Xin and several others saw an old "immortal" wearing a Taoist robe walking in from the left archway, followed by a girl who looked very timid.

  "It's you...!" At this time, Fu Xin and the girl exclaimed in unison. The girl was none other than the one Fu Xin had almost collided with last time, Lao Dao's Xiao Ying.

  "Xiao Ying..." muttered Fu Xin.

  "Xiaoxinzi, do you know this old Li's granddaughter? However, Old Li, your granddaughter is indeed as you said, quite delicate and pretty. Not bad, the two of them are a good match." The old man with no name had very sharp ears, and Xiao Xin's murmurs were immediately caught by him, and he began to play matchmaker.

  "Haha, I didn't deceive you, did I? However, you old fellow still likes to randomly dot the mandarin duck's score. By the way, are these two guys your apprentices?" Li asked with a smile after hearing the old man praise his beloved granddaughter.

  "You...how did you know my name?" Xiaoying's face turned bright red as she asked with a hint of shyness.

  "How could I have known that you were my beloved wife in your past life?!" Fuxin said.

  The girl's name is Zhong Ying, and in her past life, she was Pei Xin's wife!

  In his previous life, Fu Xin had an unexpected illness and met Zhong Ying, who worked in the hospital. Don't think about nurse uniforms being seductive, Zhong Ying wasn't a nurse, she was the chief physician of the hospital, young and skilled in traditional Chinese medicine, with countless people coming from far away to seek her medical expertise.

  Fu Xin's encounter with her was just a beautiful coincidence. At that time, Fu Xin had acute appendicitis and needed surgery. Surgery was the job of Western medicine surgeons, but at that time, the hospital received some patients, and all the surgeons in the hospital were busy doing something in the operating room.

  What's going on with this new patient? This is acute appendicitis, we have to operate immediately! Either transfer him to another hospital or get the doctor here quickly to perform surgery.

  Just as the new teacher and classmates were preparing to transfer to a new hospital, Zhong Ying, who was still wearing her doctor's uniform and getting ready for work, received this news.

  But a deputy director of the hospital was also there, and he didn't know what had gotten into Zhong Ying either. She actually volunteered to perform the surgery herself.

  The dean would not agree, although Zhong Yun had excellent medical skills in traditional Chinese medicine, she was young and inexperienced in surgery. If something went wrong, he could not afford to take the responsibility, especially with a professor from Beijing University standing beside him.

  At this time, Fu Xin, who was lying beside him, saw Zhong Ying's confident expression and suddenly chose to believe him. He opened his mouth and said, "Let Dr. Zhong do it, I trust her."

  The fate of the two people began from here...

  Later, Fu Xin began to pursue Zhong Ying, and Zhong Ying also had a good impression of him. After learning that they came from the same place, both sides went home to see their parents, and eventually, the couple got married.

  Later on, they had a crystallization of their love for each other, a son.

  Then later, there was no later...

  Zhong Ying died in childbirth.

  At that time, Fu Xin was working and when he rushed to the hospital, Zhong Ying had already passed away, choosing to save the child and giving up her precious life.

  After losing his beloved, Fu Xin devoted himself to work, aside from taking care of his son, and eventually collapsed at his desk.

  "Uh... I was just randomly guessing, how did you know that I..." Putting down the memories in his heart, Fu Xin walked forward. He had an appointment to drink with Wang Tuo at the Fat House tonight. The two of them were going to have a good time and forget about their troubles.

  "That day on the road, I'm so sorry to have crashed into the mountain...” Zhong Ying didn't say much more, her face red as she brought up what had happened a few days ago.

  "Ah! That's you... uh, didn't notice..." Fu Xin suddenly felt a bit embarrassed and his face turned red. He quickly looked away, trying to hide his awkwardness.

  "Hey, kid! Don't lie to me here. How did you know my granddaughter's name and call her so intimately? Xiao Ying, humph! Did you go investigate my granddaughter or something? Looking at your face, you're not a good person!"

  Zhong Ying stood aside shyly and didn't dare say anything, but that doesn't mean Mr. Li didn't mind; once he knew they were strangers, he became impolite.

  "Uh, senior, I don't..." Fu Xin had indeed married Zhong Ying as his wife in his past life, but he didn't know the old Taoist priest. Even if he did, he wouldn't dare call out to him, that would be even more presumptuous.

  This isn't saying that Lao Daoshi died early, but rather that Fu Xin knew of Lao Daoshi's existence, but had never seen him.

  When the two got married, the old Taoist priest went on a journey to the four seas and was nowhere to be found. Later, when Zhong Ying died, he didn't dare to look for the old Taoist priest.

  Not to mention the old Taoist priest, even at Zhong Yun's home, they only send a lot of gifts every year during holidays, but dare not stay long, and leave after sending the gifts. When his son wants to visit his grandparents, he also sends him there and then leaves, as he really dares not face Zhong Yun's family members.

  "I'm telling you, Lao Li, if people know, they just know, do you need to be like this? Although Fu Xin is not my apprentice, he's still the older brother of my apprentice! And besides, although he was a bit of a rascal in the past, he never had any bad habits like flirting with women, at most he just fought a lot."

  Nor did he know whether this nameless old man was helping or framing Xin, but in an instant, his misdeeds were exposed.

  "Besides, this kid went to be a soldier two years ago and was said to have gone onto the battlefield. His character shouldn't be bad, right? Now he's just come back in a few days, bringing wine and meat to see this old guy, and you're going to compete with me later. You say, how could he be so bad, why would he be a loafer?"

  After hearing what the old man said, it can be confirmed that he is helping Fu Xin.

  "Hmph...! A retired soldier can't match up to my granddaughter, it has to be an active-duty military officer!"

  The old Taoist listened and although he acknowledged in his heart that Fu Xin was not a swindler, for the sake of face, he would not admit it out loud. He immediately changed the subject.

  "Haha, Lao Gui Li, do you know why I retired? I retired honorably due to injury, and I was awarded second-class merit in the self-defense counterattack war! Hmph!" The old man immediately retorted.

  At this time, Fu Xin, who was standing aside, was very curious about why the old man knew so clearly what he knew, but he wisely chose not to ask.

  His question will only make things more complicated.

  "Xiao Ying, you go to the hall and sit for a while..." The old Taoist instructed, after Zhong Ying entered the hall, the old Taoist's tone changed, his words sharp as he said: "Young man, take off your clothes, let me see."

  Looking at you like this, I know you want to worship the nameless old devil as a teacher, but this nameless old devil is not willing to accept you as an apprentice, only willing to teach you some superficial things, and not willing to teach you the real thing.

  "If you can show me a place that satisfies me, I'll reluctantly accept you as my disciple."

  "When did taking disciples become like this? This old man isn't even afraid of the wind blowing his tongue off." Fu Xin muttered to himself in his heart, although he was muttering to himself, but he still knew that the old Taoist had some real skills.

  According to Zhong Yun, her Chinese medicine skills were learned from her maternal grandfather, who was the old Taoist priest in front of her.

  Then, Fu Xin honestly followed the old Taoist's words and did as he said. He put his hand on his waist and pulled down the red sweatshirt with green flower edges from his body.

  "Hmm, not bad, so many scars, indeed a young man who has been on the battlefield! Alright, put it on, and go home to prepare for the ceremony of becoming my apprentice. You, this disciple, I'll reluctantly accept." This old Taoist priest was actually asking Pei Xinnuo to take off his clothes just to see the scars on his body!

  "Haha, congratulations, Li Lao Gui, you finally found a worthy disciple and passed on your skills." The old man said with congratulations, while Pei Wen made a face at him, congratulating him on finally having a master.

  You should know, at first, Fu Xin was forced to teach him many things that the nameless old man didn't teach Fu Xin. He had been annoyed for a long time, if the nameless master found out, he would be expelled from the school.

  "You'd better not come here. This kid is just so-so, if you want to talk about a good apprentice, the one next to you is." After finishing speaking, the old Taoist looked at Fu Wen with some jealousy.

  "Shin-chan, hurry back home and get ready." The old man reminded him from the side.

  "Uh, I'll go back now." After saying that, Fu Xin put on a suit and ran out of the house. This master must be worshipped, not to mention anything else, just being able to get close to Zhong Ying at a close distance, he is willing to do so.

  Besides, the old Taoist priest is a man with real skills.

  Becoming an apprentice isn't complicated at all, just need to go home and write a master-apprentice note on red paper, hand it over to the old Taoist priest, kowtow three times, then offer a cup of tea and that's it, no need to give any gifts. This whole process of becoming an apprentice was still clearly remembered by Fu Xin when he became an apprentice under Fu Wen.

  Before long, Fu Xin came back with a normal expression, without being flustered or out of breath. It's clear that his physical condition is still quite good.

  The letter of apprenticeship was handed over to the old Taoist priest, who opened it and took a look. He said, "Not bad, this brushwork is quite good. You didn't get someone else to write it for you, did you?"

  The new brush character is the result of previous life's practice, so this master sticker must be written by himself. He immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, I wrote it myself, I have practiced calligraphy before."

  "Alright, I believe you, let's proceed!" The old Taoist priest sat calmly in the chair in the great hall, saying slowly.

  Fu Xin knelt down on the ground, facing the old Taoist and kowtowed three times. At this time, Fu Wen, who was waiting on one side, immediately helped Fu Xin pass over a cup of tea from the side. The teacup belonged to the unknown old man, and the tea leaves were brought from Fu Xin's home.

  Fu Xin respectfully handed the teacup to the old Taoist priest and said, "Master, please have some tea."

  The old Taoist didn't refuse either and naturally took the teacup from Fu Xin's hand, taking a sip. Seeing that his master had taken a sip, Fu Xin also stood up.

  "Congratulations! You two have finally gotten what you wanted! One wants to take on an apprentice, the other wants a master, perfect match, haha!" The old man cheered from the side.

  Fu Xin was even luckier; what he got wasn't just one wish, but also Xiao Ying...

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