Dogskin Patch (3)
âThis is the spot. Donât stick at the wrong position, and donât touch the plaster if youâre not using it. Open it only when you are going to use it because it will activate the alchemy formation inside and lose its effectiveness after!â Alvin followed Ye Langâs instructions to stick the patch on the appropriate location.
âAlright!â Chen Pi nodded, watching Alvin. He felt like something was wrong but he couldnât place a finger on it.
âOkay! Take these. You look like you donât have much money with you. If you donât have any place to stay, just go to the shelter. You will be given food inside, but you must listen to their instructions. They will give you a job, and also pay you,â said Alvin after he packed everything.
The shelter wasnât just a huge building. It was a huge residential area with thousands of houses. There was even an enormous canteen that provided free meals every day.
However, everyone who lived there must contribute to do what they could!
When these people slowly settled down, the shelter would finally arrange for a new place for them to stay. However, they were places with rent and they had to deal with their own affairs.
Many singles still preferred to live in the shelter because they didnât have to cook for themselves.
And that was why the number of people inside grew and grew- to a point where there was a problem!
In the end, the Miracle District had to take action. They opened a new residential area for these people also with a cafeteria for food- but it was a profit-earning business and they had to pay for their food. They kept the prices low though.
And that was how the people who ran the cafeterias earned their living, while the singles loved this arrangement. It was a win-win. The news of this town-planning model soon spread across the mainland as the people were very happy.
Once again, Ye Lang hadnât expected this to happen but heâd single-handedly influenced the entire mainlandâŠ
âAlright, I understand. Iâll work, but I donât want the money. Weâre alright if you give us a place to stay and food to eat,â Chen Pi shook his head humbly. He felt like it was already enough for them to provide him with food and shelter.
âJust take the money! This is what you deserve, no one here will exploit you!â huffed Alvin. He opened the door to leave, he had things to do.
âOh, right,â when Chen Pi answered, Alvin had already left. He picked his mother upon his back, then walked outside.
âGo look for the old man in Room 4, heâll cure you! Hey, Alvin, whatâs this? Arenât you in charge of assigning the patients?â said Ye Lang, frowning after he had to talk to a patient.
âI did tell them that, but they wouldnât listen. They wanted you! Not only these people, but there are many people queueing up outside⊠The rest of the doctors couldâve cured them early on but they didnât trust them,â sighed Alvin.
It was a common phenomenon. Of course the patients would want the best doctor there. Even if their illness wasnât very serious, perhaps just a small cold, they still wanted to meet the famous doctor.
Unfortunately, this was a waste of resources.
âTheyâre all doctors! Why must they come see me? Donât they know by wasting my time, theyâre wasting many other patientsâ lives?!â lamented Ye Lang, feeling a headache coming on.
ââŠâ The patients fell silent. They knew they were being selfish, but they were still going to do it anyway.
âBrother, your approach is useless! Let me talk to them! All of you, listen to me! If anyone does this again, where you insist to come here even when you can be treated by other doctors, not only will you not get to meet my brother, we will never treat you ever again in the future!â threatened Ye Lanyu cruelly. She didnât want her brother to exhaust himself over all these trivial matters.
She might be able to accept it if he was toiling over saving another personâs life, but not for long. She didnât want this to be a long-term thing for him, you could say she was being selfish too!
And at this point, the seventh princess added, âThe doctors here will consult Ye Lang here too if there are any problems. The result will be the same! Ye Lang needs to care for so many people here, and there might be fewer people in the other wings. You might even receive a lot more care and better service there!â
âShe makes senseâŠâ
âYeah, arenât they all the same!â
Soon, everyone in the crowd started discussing amongst each other, and many left to see the doctor they were assignedâŠ
Ye Lang could only say: you really need the bad cop and good cop to solve a problem- and theyâre both the best team for this!
Another drama happened at this moment.
âAhâŠâ
Chen Pi, who was leaving, shrieked suddenly.
â??â Everyone stopped to look at Chen Pi in confusion. What was he doing?
âYou⊠You⊠YouâŠâ Chen Pi, with his mother on his back, pointed at Alvin but could only say three words.
Alvin turned around. Once he confirmed Chen Pi was calling for him, he finally asked, âWhat about me?â
âYouâre a man, how could you stick the patch on my mother?!â raged Chen Pi.
ââŠâ Alvin was speechless, and everyone else fell silent too.
On this mainland, people were still conservative about males and females. It wasnât as conservative as ancient China, but touching a ladyâs back was frowned upon.
âSilly child, what are you talking about? Heâs aâŠâ The old woman reddened, smacking Chen Pi.
âMom, he still canât do that even if heâs a doctor! And itâs just sticking a patch, why could he get a woman to do it?!!â
âYeah, we shouldâve gotten a girl to do it,â nodded Ye Lang in agreement.
ââŠâ Ye Lanyu and the rest were speechless. Why are you agreeing with him?!
âYeah, doctor, donât you have girls working with you? Why not get her to do it?â Chen Pi pointed at Little Xin standing behind Ye Lang. He felt like she was more suitable for the job. As for Ye Lanyu and the seventh princess⊠Well, he didnât want to consider that possibility.
âYou mean Little Xin? Sheâs not suitable! I should get a female nurse⊠Why havenât I thought of it before? Alvin, weâve been doing this for so long, why hasnât anyone scolded you yet? This is very odd indeed!â Ye Lang was puzzled. He had completely forgotten about this, but other people shouldnât have.
During the many months he had been giving treatments, there were many females among his patients- some were even teenage girls. Alvin had helped him with everyone, so why hadnât anyone spoken up about it? That was odd indeed!