Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 74 Restoration of Appearance
Huang Sixi waved his hand at Zeng Jing and said, "You don't have to rush. If you can't finish it in seven days, then do it in half a month. I won't think you are wasting your work. The key is that you have to make the clothes exquisite and comfortable."

After saying that, he walked to the snack stand next to him and sat on the bench in front of the stand.

"Auntie, give me a bowl of mugwort tea!"

"Okay, this weather is perfect for drinking mugwort tea!"

The stall owner is an old lady with gray hair, and the neighbors call her Grandma Cai.

She was originally a very talkative person. Just now, when she saw Huang Sixi pointing at Tangji Teahouse and saying that it was his own shop, she couldn't help but want to chat with Huang Sixi, but she was worried that it would affect Zeng Jing's business, so she didn't say anything.

At this moment, Huang Sixi sat in front of her stall and asked her clearly.

"Sir, you look unfamiliar. Did you just move here? Which street is your house on?"

"It's at the Tang family's old house on the front street!"

"Hey, you bought Tang's Teahouse and live in the old Tang family house. Are you a relative of Old Tang? But he doesn't seem to have any relatives in the capital."

"I am a relative of Mr. Wan. According to seniority, Mr. Wan is my cousin."

"Oh, so it's Old Tang's son-in-law's family. That's right. I watched Old Tang's daughter grow up. I often hugged her when she was a child. We have a very good relationship! Mr. Wan, the day before yesterday I saw Old Tang's son-in-law and Old Tang's daughter packing their luggage to leave the city. Have they returned to Gusu?"

"You are right, Auntie. I was the one who drove them out of the city that day. But Auntie, Mr. Wan and I are cousins. My last name is Huang, and I am the fourth child in the family. You can call me Ah Si."

"Yes, yes, it's my cousin. Auntie is old and sometimes confused. Please don't be offended, Mr. Si! Come, have some sesame balls and mint cakes. They are Auntie's specialties..."

Huang Sixi accepted everything that was offered to him. As long as Cai Po handed him some snacks, he would wolf them down, but he also put some change on Cai Po's stall.

Seeing how generous he was, Mrs. Cai kept praising him for being young and promising, and saying that he was worthy of the Wan family's trust. She also said that if the neighborhood encountered any difficulties in the future, he could come to Mrs. Cai.

Huang Sixi agreed with a smile. When he turned around, he saw Zeng Jing standing next to the stall, watching him eat quietly.

He handed the plate over: "Boss Zeng, would you like some too?"

Zeng Jing smiled and shook her head. She raised the measuring tape in her hand and said, "Mr. Huang, I need to measure your size so that I can make clothes for you!"

Huang Sixi immediately stood up and said, "You can measure as you like!"

Zeng Jing came closer, picked up a measuring rope, and began to circle him.

Because she was standing relatively close, Huang Sixi could observe her closely.

Her appearance had been changed by Li Guishou a long time ago, but the disguise seemed incomplete.

Huang Sixi discovered that there were several shallow bloodstains on her face, as if the wound had not healed.

"What happened to your face? Is it hurt?"

She quickly reached out her hand and covered her face: "I accidentally scratched it! It's a bit ugly, I hope it didn't scare Mr. Huang!"

"I've seen even more serious injuries. How could that scare me?"

Huang Sixi asked her, "I am actually a doctor and have experience in treating trauma. Boss Zeng, do you need me to diagnose and treat you?"

"Master Si is a doctor?" Mrs. Cai stretched out her arm and put a few more pastries on Huang Sixi's plate, saying:
"Being a doctor is very important. Being a lady is respected by everyone. It's much better than being a teahouse owner."

"Auntie, I plan to renovate the teahouse and then open a clinic." Huang Sixi said to Mrs. Cai:

"If you know a skilled decorator, please introduce him to me."

"I'll leave this to you. Go find Master Liu from Dongtang Old Street tonight and ask him to help you." Aunt Cai was eager to help:
"Are you home tonight?"

"Yes, I am here during the day. I will go home and wait after visiting the teahouse."

Huang Sixi had already found Xiyu, so naturally he didn't need to go through the streets anymore.

He looked back and said, "Boss Zeng, do you want me to take care of your facial injuries?"

Zeng Jing hesitated for a moment and declined politely, "I think this is a minor injury and it won't be a big deal. If it still doesn't heal in a few days, I'll come and trouble Master Huang again."

"That's okay too."

Huang Sixi did not force it: "These days, if I'm not in the teahouse, I'll be in the Tang family's old house. You can come to see me anytime."

The knife wound on her face has not healed yet and cannot be exposed to water, otherwise it will worsen the injury.

As luck would have it, the two were chatting when, with a crack, lightning and thunder, a shower of rain began.

Huang Sixi saw her packing up the stall and hurried over to help, trying to stop her from doing it: "It's best to cover your face. External injuries should not get wet. I'll cover you with the cloth."

"Thank you, Mr. Huang."

Zeng Jing felt touched by the unexpected concern and wanted to ask more about Huang Sixi's situation.

As a result, Huang Sixi quickly covered the stall for her and then went to help Mrs. Cai.

Mrs. Cai began to praise Huang Sixi again: "Mr. Si is really kind-hearted. When you open the pharmacy, the people in our street will enjoy the happiness."

Zeng Jing stopped talking, but she followed Huang Sixi's advice and went to the eaves of the teahouse opposite to take shelter from the rain.

After Huang Sixi finished his work for Cai Po, he also came to the teahouse, opened the locked door, and invited Zeng Jing to rest inside.

Mrs. Cai trotted over and started praising Zeng Jing again. Zeng Jing was unable to get a word in for a long time.

That night, Grandma Cai brought Master Liu to Huang Sixi's house.

Huang Sixi discussed the renovation plan with Master Liu and started work in the teahouse the next day.

For several days in a row, Huang Sixi ran back and forth between the teahouse and the old house, but he never saw Zeng Jing setting up the stall again.

He went to ask Mrs. Cai about the situation.

Grandma Cai smiled and said, "Ah Jing is all alone. Whenever she gets a job making clothes, she will work at home and cannot run the stall. She will go out to sell cloth only after she finishes making your clothes. You just need to wait."

Huang Sixi waited for seven days.

Zeng Jing arrived at the teahouse lobby on time, found Huang Sixi who was supervising the decoration, and handed him a package: "Mr. Huang, your clothes and boots are ready, take a look and see if they fit you."

She has a strong sense of time and says she will finish it in seven days without wasting a single day.

Huang Sixi saw that she was wearing a veil that covered her face tightly, and her voice sounded low and hoarse, and she was obviously in a bad mood.

"Why are you covering your face?"

"My facial injuries are getting worse and it's ugly and embarrassing. I don't want to scare people."

"Since you are seriously injured, why are you still wearing clothes? You should come to me for treatment. Even if you don't trust me, you can always go find another doctor!"

Zeng Jing remained silent. She had actually searched all the Chinese medicine clinics in the city, but none of them worked.

She did not continue to talk about herself: "Mr. Huang, please try on the clothes first, so that I can complete my mission."

Huang Sixi immediately opened the package and tried on both coats and boots: "Your craftsmanship is excellent, the materials and workmanship are first-rate, and my money is well spent."

He put the new clothes on straight away.

Zeng Jing said cheerfully, "As long as Mr. Huang is satisfied!" She then asked, "Now I want to ask Mr. Huang to treat my facial injury. Is that convenient?"

Huang Sixi said: "Take off your veil first, so that I can see the extent of the deterioration."

She casually pulled off her veil, revealing a shocking face.

There were several bloodstains crisscrossing her face, as if they were caused by a chop. The edges of the bloodstains were red and swollen, causing her facial features to become distorted and her original appearance could no longer be seen.

"Ghost!"

In addition to Master Liu, there were several apprentices working in the lobby, all of them were young people full of vigor and vitality. Originally, they saw Zeng Jing was tall and had a straight and graceful figure, and they thought she was a rare beauty, so they were all secretly looking at her.

As a result, when she took off her veil, an apprentice was frightened so much that he screamed in surprise, as if he had seen a ghost, and he dared not look at her again.

She didn't care about the strange looks from the people in the lobby at all. She just raised her head and showed her injuries to Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi saw clearly that there was not much worry in her dark eyes, nor any shame. She was very calm.

Huang Sixi couldn't help but guess that she must be an exceptionally strong woman, and naturally had experienced a lot of hardships.

Master Liu, who was standing by, was furious when he heard the shouting. He slapped the apprentice in the face and said, "How dare you disturb the master? Go home and don't even think about me ordering you around anymore!"

Master Liu knew that Huang Sixi was a doctor. If he laughed at the patient and caused the doctor to lose his consultation fees, he would certainly lose his job.

He beat and scolded the apprentice and drove him out of the shop. Then he came back to warn the other apprentices: "Work honestly. If you dare to look around again, you will all be kicked out."

Huang Sixi focused on checking the injury, and after checking, he asked Zeng Jing: "It's not convenient to examine here, do you mind going home with me?"

Zeng Jing said nothing, just nodded and put her veil back on.

"Then come with me!"

Huang Sixi asked Zeng Jing to go out with him.

Master Liu followed behind, apologizing to Zeng Jing all the time.

Zeng Jing said it didn't matter.

Huang Sixi told Master Liu to concentrate on the decoration and not worry about anything else, and then he returned to the lobby.

The Tang family’s old house was just in front of the clinic’s street, and it was there in the blink of an eye.

Huang Sixi invited Zeng Jing into the living room. After Zeng Jing sat down, Huang Sixi got straight to the point:
"Your wound is not a scratch! In my opinion, this is a sword wound. Someone cut your face with a sword. You must explain the injury clearly, otherwise I can't help you!"

Zeng Jing's eyes showed admiration: "Mr. Huang is young, but he has rich medical experience. You have a thorough understanding of my injuries!"

She paused for a moment and then confessed, "I was not beaten by anyone. I hired a famous doctor to do surgery to change my appearance. The man who did the surgery on me is called Li Guishou. Have you heard of him, Mr. Huang?"

Huang Sixi did not answer, but asked: "Since you have your own doctor who knows your condition best, why don't you go to him?"

Zeng Jing slowly shook her head: "I can't find him! I noticed red marks on his face half a month ago, but I searched everywhere where Li Guishou usually lives, but I couldn't find any trace of him!"

Huang Sixi has been in the "Sword Rain" world for nearly a month, and Li Guishou has been dead for just as long.

Zeng Jing naturally couldn't find it.

Huang Sixi suddenly pointed out: "That doctor operated on your face, but he was not responsible. He actually did not treat your wound thoroughly, which is why your injury recurred!"

Zeng Jing said, "It's not his fault. He told me clearly that I needed to rest on his hospital ship for three months after the operation. I only stayed there for two months. When I saw my face had recovered to its normal appearance, I left the hospital ship. It was my fault that I didn't follow the doctor's advice."

She did not evade responsibility, nor did she talk much about this topic. She only asked Huang Sixi: "Mr. Huang, do you have any way to heal my face?"

"I have!"

"Really?"

"Just listen to me and let me make it clear. It's never too late to be happy."

Huang Sixi confessed, "If you want to heal your face, I have only one way. I will heal you the same way that the doctor operated on you! He added some drugs to your face, which made your wounds worse. I have to remove them one by one. In other words, once I remove the traces of his operation, your facial injuries will be completely healed!"

This was indeed the best treatment Huang Sixi could think of.

He could also choose to remove the facial wound, but the wound was deep into the facial bones. No matter how he treated it, he had to restore the facial bones to finally eliminate the problem.

Zeng Jing also understood: "According to Mr. Huang's method, after the cure, should I return to my original appearance?"

Huang Sixi joked, "Pure natural is the best, no disease or disaster! The more you want to change, the more you will cause uncontrollable symptoms!"

"Mr. Huang is right."

Zeng Jing was lost in thought: "But I don't want my old face anymore."

"Excuse me, but was your appearance not so good before? That's why you want to change it?"

Huang Sixi said with a smile: "But you can't sacrifice your life just to become beautiful."

“It has nothing to do with beauty or ugliness.”

Zeng Jing glanced at Huang Sixi and said, "Mr. Huang, after I restore my original appearance, do you have any way to change my appearance for me?"

"can!"

"Is it really okay?"

"Really? I can! My disguise technique won't hurt your face, but it won't last long. You'll need to apply makeup every day!"

"Even if you don't want to change your appearance, women still need to put on makeup every day. This is not a problem for me!"

Zeng Jing was suddenly in a good mood. Before she came to see Huang Sixi, she had already given up hope because she had previously sought out all the famous doctors in the capital, and they all told her that there was no cure.

She never expected that Huang Sixi, the person she least expected, would give her the last hope.

She gave Huang Sixi a grateful smile and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Huang, how much is your consultation fee?"

"The consultation fee."

Huang Sixi was in no rush: "Let's talk while we're treating you. Your facial injury cannot be delayed for even a moment. I want surgery right away. If the injury continues to worsen, I will be helpless."

Zeng Jing did not object to immediate treatment, but asked, "Mr. Huang, where are you going to operate?"

Huang Sixi spread his hands and said, "My clinic is still under renovation, so you can't come in. You can either stay at my house or go to your own house. Whichever you think is appropriate?"

Zeng Jing felt that it was not appropriate to go anywhere. They were a single man and a single woman, and it was not appropriate to meet each other in person all day long.

She didn't want to cause trouble and attract gossip from outsiders, but her facial injury could no longer be delayed and had to be treated immediately.

No matter how inappropriate it is, you have to endure it.

She said to Huang Sixi, "Come to my house. I'll trouble you to run back and forth. When my face injury heals, I'll be willing to give you more medical fees."

She knew that this treatment would take a long time. She had stayed in the hospital ship for two months, so it would probably take at least as long this time.

(End of this chapter)