The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 1039 Tit for tat
"Dr. Liu? Dr. Liu?"

Liu Ziyu suddenly came to her senses.

Look at the patient in front of me.

She was a pretty young girl with bright, large eyes, who seemed to be carefully examining herself.

"Dr. Liu, what's wrong?"

Liu Ziyu was stunned.

Unexpectedly, she was able to notice her momentary daze and feel a secret, strange feeling in her heart.

He coughed lightly, trying to cover it up, saying, "It's nothing."

Of course, he wouldn't voice the inexplicable sense of disorientation that had just welled up within him—

I shouldn't be here.

I shouldn't be like this anymore.

But it's working hours now.

Doctors should, of course, be in the examination room.

Although it's such a tiny hospital near this village that being on time for get off work isn't that important, Liu Ziyu, as a responsible doctor, certainly still has basic ethical standards.

My gaze swept over the few remaining banners on the wall—

"Miraculous healing," "healing the sick," and "benevolent doctor"—these phrases are all included.

It was a dazzling, bright red.

After looking at it for a while, it looked as if blood was slowly flowing down the wall.

He stared blankly.

"Dr. Liu, are you really alright?"

The girl's voice brought him back to his senses.

He lowered his head to hide his embarrassment.

My gaze fell on the medical record book.

"Liu... Sheng, right?" she murmured the name. "You just said—you have a headache?"

"Yes, sometimes I have nightmares, where I feel like I've entered a strange clinic, and in a deep, secret room there seem to be many bottles and jars, all filled with formalin..."

"okay!"

Liu Ziyu abruptly interrupted, her voice louder than expected.

He looked up and met Liu Sheng's curious and inquisitive gaze.

My instinct was to dodge.

Quickly change the subject:
"It sounds like you have insomnia and vivid dreams, right? That's why you have severe migraines."

"I suggest you avoid watching anything too stimulating before bed and avoid overworking your brain. I will also prescribe some sleeping pills for you, one at a time, and take them as needed. I will also prescribe some painkillers for you, one when your migraine is severe."

He lowered his head and quickly wrote the prescription, his handwriting as messy as his heart.

"Okay, thank you doctor."

The girl smiled slightly, took the order, and got up to leave.

Just as she turned around, Liu Ziyu suddenly asked:
"You...know about formaldehyde?"

"Yes, I've learned a little bit about it."

"Yeah……"

He was a little surprised.

In this remote place, very few people have received an education.

Liu Sheng's figure quickly melted into the dim light of the corridor.

Liu Ziyu lowered her gaze and glanced at her watch.

Ten minutes until I can leave work.

It's time to prepare myself for the day to go home.

He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "After get off work, I should go back and study for my PhD application... that way I can go to a hospital in the city..."

However, at that moment, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the door.

Now Dr. Liu knew he couldn't leave.

The nurse rushed into the room anxiously.

"Dr. Liu is from the village—"

Before he could finish speaking, the group had already swarmed in.

A damp, earthy smell mixed with the stench of sweat, along with the cacophony of local accents, filled the clinic.

The group of people were putting a pale-faced girl who was moaning on the bed.

Liu Ziyu took a look—her abdomen was swollen high, unusual for a girl. The girl, not yet six years old, was rolling around in pain, clutching her stomach, covered in cold sweat, as if she had eaten something bad.

The others were still chattering away.

"Please save her! Dr. Niu!"

"She's Dr. Liu!"

"Dr. Liu, my child has been possessed by evil spirits! That Taoist priest said he's cursed by a malevolent star—"

"Master Zhu is a fraud, what else is there to say?"

"How is she a fraud! Wasn't she the one who cured your aunt?"

Liu Ziyu's nerves twitched.

Unable to resist, I raised my hand and shouted:

"Stop, stop, stop! Let the patient's family speak!"

But his words were completely drowned out by the chaotic noise.

Liu Tzu-yu had to reiterate.

But they still wouldn't listen. All the relatives—aunts, uncles, and great-uncles—were shouting at each other, filling the consultation room like a swarm of sparrows.

Liu Ziyu's temple veins throbbed.

He picked up the medical textbook he was studying for his doctoral entrance exam and slammed it heavily on the table.

"Shut up! All of you, shut up!"

The sound was so loud it made the air tremble.

In an instant, the entire consultation room fell silent.

Liu Ziyu took a deep breath and glanced at the crowd.

He pointed to the woman who most resembled this girl and asked:
"Tell me your name, age, and what happened?"

The woman was crying and speaking incoherently:
"My daughter... Yingzi, is five years old this year..."

Before she could finish speaking, the man next to her interrupted, saying, "It's all that damned woman's fault for ruining my child like this. I shouldn't have listened to that woman's nonsense."

Liu Ziyu frowned.

"Stop, stop, stop! Could it be related to that Celestial Master Zhu again?"

"Dr. Liu! How did you know!"

Liu Ziyu pursed her lips.

"Your village is constantly in trouble because of her, do you think I wouldn't have thought of that? The problem is, why don't you ever learn your lesson!"

"But... sometimes what she says is true."

The woman stammered, "We can't really say for sure when it will work and when it won't... Besides, there are some illnesses that even you doctors can't cure, like the stuff in my mother-in-law's kidneys, and the stuff in my father's brain—"

The conversation had drifted off-topic again.

Liu Ziyu tapped the table again, emphasizing, "Get to the point. What's wrong with Yingzi?"

The woman paused, then hurriedly said:

"She... has been seeming restless lately, has nightmares every night, and even... talks to her dolls!"

Liu Ziyu frowned and remained silent.

"I figured she must have bumped into something unclean, so I quickly went to find a Taoist priest..."

"And then? What did you drink?" Liu Ziyu already had a good idea.

"No, I didn't drink it. I didn't drink it this time... I just ate a 'spirit pill,' which was prepared by Master Zhu. It was made from cotton from a baby, dog blood, incense ash, and Guanyin clay..."

"Can you eat these things?!"

Liu Ziyu slammed her hand on the table and stood up, barely able to contain her anger.

The man behind the woman was also cursing: "I told you to believe in science, but you just wouldn't listen!"

"Then why don't you come back and take care of the family!"

"I'm going to work. If I don't work, will you all starve?"

"Then I'll go get a job!"

"What can you do? Can you drive long distances or carry bricks?"

"Why not? I'm the one who keeps the baby nursing at night, and I'm the one who carries the gas cylinder at home!"

Seeing that the argument was about to escalate into something far-fetched, the relatives who had been watching behind them immediately began to intervene before Dr. Liu could even intervene.

But this attempt to dissuade them only led to a chaotic cacophony of voices, with relatives on both sides taking sides, instantly escalating the argument into a conflict between two families.

Liu Ziyu felt a buzzing in her head.

Fortunately, there was a knock at the door at that moment.

A clear, melodious voice pierced through the noise:
"Dr. Liu, Dr. Liu!"

The crowd stopped arguing.

They both looked towards the doorway, where a pretty young girl stood.

Liu Ziyu remembered that it was the educated "Liu Sheng" who appeared like a ray of light amidst the chaos. Liu Sheng was slightly taken aback when she saw the scene inside the room.

"Ah... I hope I'm not disturbing you?"

"No problem, no problem." Liu Ziyu immediately showed a long-lost smile.

"But Dr. Liu, what about my child!" the woman said anxiously.

"Wait a moment."

Liu Ziyu stopped the impending uproar.

I took a deep breath, picked up my pen, quickly wrote a few lines of prescription, and sent it over by express delivery.

"Take it to the nurse for an IV drip."

"Oh? I need an IV drip? Won't that take a long time?"

"No, Dr. Liu, does she need an IV? Or can you just prescribe some pills?"

"She's clearly suffering from esophageal obstruction, and you still want her to eat?" Liu Ziyu said angrily. "Her condition is caused by internal inflammation, so she needs intravenous fluids! Any later and she'll have to have surgery!"

Everyone could only shut up in frustration.

The woman took the form and carried the girl on her back.

A group of people pushed and shoved their way out of the consultation room.

The noise was brought into the corridor.

Some snippets of conversation drifted into Liu Ziyu's ears:

"I told you there was no need to come to the hospital, it's all a money pit! See, they'll definitely give you an IV drip as soon as you come here!"

"Oh dear, please say less... what if the child's condition really becomes an emergency?"

"Ha, you're so easily scared. This Dr. Liu from who-knows-where just said a few words and you got frightened, which is why you got scammed."

"Yes, he even cursed Yingzi to need surgery. Sister-in-law, don't listen to him..."

"We'll ask about the price later. If it's too expensive, we won't get the IV. I'll also ask my second uncle; he learned to prescribe medicine from a doctor, maybe he can help..."

"Go away, go away! Your second uncle might not even be as good as Master Zhu! At least Master Zhu actually studied under that old Taoist priest!"

"So, this Dr. Liu is even less capable than Master Zhu? Then what are we doing here?"

The gossip gradually faded away.

Liu Ziyu's face turned pale and then red as he listened.

His palms were pressed firmly against the table, his knuckles turned white, and he almost dug them into the wood.

"Dr. Liu, are you alright?" Liu Sheng asked again.

Liu Ziyu looked up and forced a smile.

He had a good impression of this educated girl and didn't want to appear embarrassed in front of her.

"Dr. Liu, I have faith in your abilities."

"Of course, I did graduate from a proper medical school! I have a master's degree! They... don't know anything!" Liu Ziyu said breathlessly.

"They may not understand what a master's degree is."

"But what do they know about being a Celestial Master? They don't understand the status of a Celestial Master at all, or why they would come to this place! Not to mention... there's no such thing as a woman being a Celestial Master!"

Liu Ziyu sneered, his tone becoming increasingly contemptuous.

"No woman is a Taoist priest?" Liu Sheng repeated.

"Of course!"

“I know people from Longhu Mountain, and I heard it all clearly. That woman Zhu Yun’s training is some kind of nonsense, just charlatanry! What does she know!”

Liu Ziyu spoke for a while.

I finally feel relieved.

In particular, Liu Sheng has not yet refuted this.

He felt incredibly elated.

"Don't worry, your illness isn't serious. Just listen to me and you'll get better."

As he spoke, he reached out to pat her on the shoulder.

But Liu Sheng easily dodged it.

When did you first meet the disciples of Longhu Mountain?

"Uh... recently! They said they came here to travel and enjoy the scenery." Liu Ziyu hadn't expected her to be interested in this. "But, let me tell you..."

He tried to lean closer to Liu Sheng and whisper, but she dodged him again. He wasn't annoyed and continued:

"I treated them to a few more drinks before they finally said they were looking for a senior sister who had defected from the sect."

"I suspect that senior sister is Zhu Yun's mother, hmph..."

"Then doesn't that mean she has a legitimate lineage?"

"Ha!" Liu Ziyu scoffed. "Inheritance? That's from someone who betrayed the sect! Talismans rely on divine will and divine power to function. If the lineage is severed, how can there be any divine response? That woman, she's all a fraud!"

Liu Sheng listened, seemingly lost in thought.

"I see."

"Little girl, are you curious about these things—"

Liu Ziyu smiled crookedly, feeling a little smug.

After all, in this remote town, he was the only master's degree holder, an intellectual with higher education.

In addition, he was under forty, with a handsome face and a refined demeanor.

He had seen that adoring look in a young girl's eyes many times before.

So he smiled and took another step forward.

"If you're interested, I can introduce you to him..."

But then he saw the girl staring wide-eyed at something behind him, as if she had seen something incomprehensible.

"Doctor, your back—!"

Liu Ziyu felt a sudden chill run down her spine.

I had just turned my head when I felt a pain in the back of my neck.

So accurate...

In the instant she lost consciousness, this absurd thought flashed through Liu Ziyu's mind.

The dim light sank completely into darkness.

……

The golden light of the setting sun reflected off the copper coin in Zhu Jun's hand, making it shine brightly.

She weighed it and counted it again and again.

He was laughing so hard his mouth almost stretched to his ears.

"Aunt Zhou, don't worry, with my talisman, everything will be fine."

"That's good... Xiao Zhu, I really don't want to see... see my dead husband again."

Aunt Zhou's "dead husband" is indeed a "dead husband," having been dead for decades, but recently he suddenly reappeared before Aunt Zhou's eyes.

In Zhu Yun's view, it was nothing more than Alzheimer's disease and mental derangement.

But of course she wouldn't say it out loud.

Making money off lunatics is the easiest thing.

"Oh, by the way, Xiao Zhu," Aunt Zhou lowered her voice again, "my sister-in-law advised me to go to the Red Letter Hospital and see Dr. Liu..."

Zhu Yun glared at her: "You absolutely mustn't go! They'll prescribe all sorts of expensive medicine for you, especially given your condition. They'll definitely prescribe something that will make you mentally impaired. You won't even be able to work then!"

"Ah?" Aunt Zhou trembled in fright and waved her hands repeatedly, "No, I won't go, I won't go!"

Zhu Yun snorted coldly: "And another thing, don't you think he's a lecher? He stares at female patients with a lecherous look all day long. Someone like you, who is still attractive, will definitely be taken advantage of by him!"

Aunt Zhou hurriedly hugged herself tightly.

"Forget it!"

Zhu Yun was extremely pleased that Liu Ziyu's business deal had been ruined.

That guy keeps saying she's a fraud and shouting about "believing in science," but it's already reached her ears.

She wouldn't hesitate to retaliate if she got the chance.

Zhu Yun hummed a little tune, walking towards home in the dim sunset, smelling the smoke rising from every house.

But as soon as she stepped into the yard, she saw her daughter, who was not even half her height, struggling to carry a bucket of water, swaying as she walked forward, splashing water all over the ground.

A burst of fire suddenly erupted.

"You useless piece of trash! You can spill water like this even when you're just trying to carry it?"

Her eyes swept around the room; the stove was cold, the vegetables weren't washed, and the rice wasn't cooked. Her voice immediately became even shriller:

"Where's the food? I work myself to the bone to earn money to support you, and you can't even cook a hot meal for me? How can you be so inconsiderate!"

The little girl lowered her head, her voice as soft as a breeze: "Mommy, I fell down, so I haven't had time to..."

"It's true that more success than failure leads to failure!"

Zhu Yun grew angrier the more she listened.

He raised his hand, about to slap her.

But then a clear, melodious female voice came from behind:
"Are you Master Zhu? I have an urgent matter to ask you."

Zhu Yun was taken aback and turned to look.

A pretty young girl stood outside the door, with clean features and neat clothes, her demeanor completely out of place in this village.

Business is coming in!

She immediately dropped her fierce expression, straightened her clothes, and greeted him with a smile:
"It's me, it's me. What can I do for you?"

She didn't notice that her own daughter was also staring blankly at the girl.