Dongshan City’s Medical Bureau and Medical Association have agreed to open a new pharmacy in Xiuyue Square.

"Something’s not right, Xia Zhu, this news is a bit off. They just agreed to open a new pharmacy, but didn’t say the license would be given to us..."

"We applied for it, why wouldn’t they give it to us?" Xia Zhu was also stunned and asked in confusion.

"It’s not the same. If someone meets the conditions to open a pharmacy, wouldn’t they also be able to apply to the Medical Bureau and Medical Guild for a license and a trade permit?" Lin Miao asked.

"In theory, yes." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Have we submitted our application?"

"My father submitted it himself, a long time ago, and besides, this opportunity came about because of our application. Why should the Medical Bureau and Medical Association give it to someone else?"

"Hey, Mr. Xia needs to keep a close eye on this to prevent others from benefiting from our efforts." Lin Miao was reluctant to trust these people. When it comes to conflicts of interest, even doctors who save lives can be at each other’s throats.

This little catfish stirred up the medical community of Dongshan City. He wasn’t part of their circle, and no matter how skilled he was, they instinctively rejected him.

This is the exclusivity of the circle.

Unless you lower yourself and slip into that circle, though what you gain will be what others leave behind.

Lin Miao refused to grovel to these people.

Of course, not everyone in the circle is a villain. At least there’s Xia Yuan and Mr. Xu An, who don’t put up barriers and are willing to mentor the younger generation without being stuck on conventions.

However, such people are too few, only a small part of the medical community in Dongshan City.

Without backing and roots, a mere word from others could take you years or even decades.

But how many years does one have to waste in life?

Therefore, the rise of a strong individual is never following a usual path, and even advancing on the corpses of others is unavoidable.

"I’m going to talk to my father!" Xia Zhu, upon hearing this, got anxious.

"Junior Brother, could it really be like this?" Sun Youwei also furrowed her brows. She had never considered these things and naturally didn’t understand.

"Just watch. If they wanted to give it to us, they would’ve done so since we already submitted our application. But now, they’ve only agreed to open a new pharmacy without mentioning our application at all. Their intentions are crystal clear!" Lin Miao sneered, "What I’m worried about now is, what cards they will play?"

To stop him from obtaining the pharmacy’s trade permit, either place conditions on him, impose special clauses. But since he doesn’t hold shares in the pharmacy, restricting him won’t work, leaving only one option: find someone to compete with him for this opportunity.

"Junior Brother, don’t worry too much, isn’t Mr. Xia around?" Sun Youwei gently patted Lin Miao’s hand and said.

They called Xia Yuan "Xia" or "Uncle", and Xia Zhu called them "Master and Mistress", the seniority titles were all mixed up.

Each to their own, it doesn’t really affect anything.

Let’s start the consultation, can’t delay our main duties.

Next!

Ye Mi Yuan stood up, adjusted his collar slightly, and pushed aside the thick curtain to enter, taking in the scene.

He saw Lin Miao sitting at the consulting position. He had tracked Lin Miao before, but this was the first time facing him so closely.

This young man’s appearance was indeed quite good, not as immature as one would expect at this age, with an extraordinary demeanor, and a calm and magnanimous presence.

Sitting opposite him was a young and beautiful lady, wearing a long gray-white dress, neatly tailored. Even so, it couldn’t conceal her amazing elegance, no wonder that lecherous Mr. Xue would do anything to win her.

No, add to that his family’s Mr. Ye.

In his years as an arresting officer, he found that men getting into trouble over beauty accounted for at least a third.

Lin Miao was also briefly taken aback seeing the visitor, how could it be this guy? Hadn’t he been taken back to Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion by Mr. Xue’s people?

He thought he was taken back by Mr. Xue’s people; what was he doing here?

However, although shocked, he didn’t show any trace of surprise. Having seen so many incredible things in the past, remaining calm and collected in the face of chaos is an essential quality for an excellent physician.

If you encounter a critical patient and the doctor panics, how can one trust him to save lives?

"Not even a bit surprised?" Seeing Lin Miao’s eyes carry a touch of an "inquiring" look at him, Ye Mi Yuan wondered if he truly didn’t recognize him.

"Mister, please tell me, where do you feel unwell?" Lin Miao formally asked, having repeated such questions hundreds and thousands of times, it required almost no thought.

"Mr. Lin, I was injured. A few days ago, I went out and encountered robbers. They stole my belongings, captured me, and tortured me..." Ye Mi Yuan lowered his voice and began to narrate his fabricated story to explain his injuries.

Forging injuries to deceive a highly skilled physician, wasn’t he just meeting his doom?

So, fabricating a backstory for how one got injured is necessary.

"Injury, internal or external?"

"Both internal and external injuries. After escaping the bandit camp, I noticed severe chest pain and started coughing up blood in the past few days. Mr. Lin, you must save me; I’m just a lone rider. My family depends on me; I have an eighty-year-old mother to care for and young children in need..."

Lin Miao had to suppress his laughter, he’d heard such fabricated tales for so many years. Couldn’t they change it up a bit?

But his story had no obvious flaws. To a regular person, he could indeed fool them.

Lin Miao slightly tilted his head and saw a thick red scar under Ye Mi Yuan’s neck, a whip mark. Although the wound had been treated, it was still a bit inflamed.

When the wound becomes inflamed, it feels irritating and itchy, and the collar rubbing against the wound makes it itch even more. So, he opened his collar to expose the wound, so it wouldn’t itch so much.

But doing so exposed the whip marks on his body.

As usual, he checked the tongue coating, then asked him to extend his arm to take his pulse.

The pulse was slow, indicative of tendon injury, muscle contraction, and stagnated blood. It seemed this guy was beaten severely at Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion. But how did he regain his freedom?

Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion is always arrogant and domineering, disregarding human lives. So many guards died without even a report, as if their deaths were as insignificant as losing a few farming animals. Yet, this person who appeared at the scene where Mr. Xue was "eunuchized" managed to come out alive and boldly seek him out for treatment?

This guy has a deep background. He came deliberately to test me!

Did Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion send him?

"This wound has been here for at least three to five days. Why are you only getting treatment now?" Lin Miao released his wrist and asked.

Ye Mi Yuan noticed that when Lin Miao was taking his pulse, he surprisingly felt a bit nervous. Having seen Lin Miao battle Du Ziyu, he clearly understood that this little physician in front of him was no less skilled than him. Once his identity was discovered and his wrist was held, he would have no escape.

He even thought if they really got into a fight, he would immediately hold Sun Youwei hostage. But the other party had no such intention and released his wrist, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief.

These subtle inner emotional changes might not be visible to outsiders, but the pulse cannot deceive.

This guy was nervous just now, further proving he had a guilty conscience.

"It’s just that injuries are commonplace, didn’t take this seriously. Last night, my chest pain worsened, couldn’t sleep all night, that’s why I came to see you, Mr. Lin!" Ye Mi Yuan explained, pretending to be relaxed.

"I’ve understood your internal injury, lay down there, let me check your external wounds." Lin Miao pointed to the examination table.

"No need to check the external wounds, they are just skin injuries?" Ye Mi Yuan hesitated; he didn’t want to be half-naked in front of Lin Miao.

"If external injuries are not treated, they will infiltrate the tissues, and the toxin will enter the bones. At that point, not even immortals could save you." Lin Miao threatened.

"Toxin, I’m not poisoned..."

"This toxin isn’t what you think, but an external evil. Are any of your wounds red and unbearably itchy, always scratching it?"

"Yes, but what does that have to do with toxins?"

"It has a lot to do with it. If you had no internal injuries, some external wounds wouldn’t be a big deal—just delay some time, at worst rotting a piece of flesh, digging it out, and growing anew—but now you have internal and external injuries..."

"Stop, Mr. Lin, don’t say it anymore, I’ll check, check." Ye Mi Yuan hurriedly replied. Ye Shengyuan had treated this wound, but for the purpose of seeing Lin Miao, he naturally had to handle the wound to avoid being recognized. If he doesn’t let it be checked today, he probably can’t leave, so he reluctantly agreed.

"Lie down and take off your top." Lin Miao instructed, smoothly pulled up the screen, "Sister, please step out for a moment."

Sun Youwei saw Lin Miao’s gesture, a trace of surprise in her eyes, then she got up and pushed open the thick curtain to walk out.

Ye Mi Yuan didn’t see nor doubt, after all, him being a man checking half-naked, it wasn’t appropriate for Sun Youwei, an unmarried young woman, to stay here.

"These bandits are so ruthless!" Lin Miao observed the intersecting whip marks on Ye Mi Yuan’s chest and back, some even turning over the flesh.

These wounds were obviously treated, and the person handling them was very professional, even used medicine, otherwise, it wouldn’t look this way.

"Has brother seen a physician?"

"Um, no, I’ve handled it myself. We who travel on errands often get injured, so there is always medicine at home, learned to handle it myself, long been used to it."

"You could handle the chest, but the back wounds, perhaps your wife helped?"

"Yes, yes my wife." Ye Mi Yuan mumbled.

"Want to try my specially formulated golden sore medicine? Might be better than what you have." Lin Miao smiled slightly, as a doctor, how could he not see this front and back whip injury was treated by the same person. To lie in front of a doctor, really suicidal.

"Mr. Lin also has golden sore medicine?"

"Of course, I also treat urgently injured external patients, having some golden sore medicine is natural." Lin Miao said, then went to the cabinet to fetch a large blue bottle.

"Wait, Mr. Lin, does this medicine cost money?" Ye Mi Yuan asked, looking up.

"No charge, but if I ever open my own clinic, then it’ll be charged, treating this injury would cost at least eight to ten taels of silver." Lin Miao chuckled, uncorked the bottle, started sprinkling homemade golden sore medicine on the wounds.

"Mr. Lin, this medicine feels good, cool and refreshing when applied..." Ye Mi Yuan felt Lin Miao’s medicine was much better than his own, overall just "comfortable".

"Here, take this medicine."

"What medicine?"

"For treating your internal injury, one pill is effective, this one sells for ten taels of silver!" Lin Miao said, "made from the most precious herbs."

Ye Mi Yuan hesitated a bit, but still threw it in his mouth and swallowed with water. He was here to see a doctor; Ye Shengyuan knew if Lin Miao made him not get better, he couldn’t escape.

Not eating such valuable medicine would certainly raise suspicion.

"Heh heh, you should sleep a while, wait for the Arresting Department to come!" Lin Miao said with a smile as he took away his teacup.

"What did you make me eat..." Ye Mi Yuan’s head tilted, his vision blackened, and he collapsed onto the table.