How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 248

Tang Chenghu Comes to Beg Me, Only Then Will I Save the Old Man

Chapter 248 Tang Chenghu Comes to Beg Me, Only Then Will I Save the Old Man

Soon, Miracle Doctor Xue and his two apprentices finished dinner.

After a short rest, they went to treat Tang Hengyu.

Tang Hengyu greeted Miracle Doctor Xue into the room with a smile. The two chatted about his condition and feelings and conducted a basic diagnosis through observation, listening, questioning, and pulse-taking.

Then, Miracle Doctor Xue asked his apprentice to bring the medical kit and took out a row of silver needles.

Tang Xia’s eyes lit up. He was really going to use acupuncture.

Tang Xia quickly reminded, “Dad, quickly tell Miracle Doctor Xue not to puncture the philtrum point [the vertical groove between the nose and upper lip].”

Tang Chenghu said, “Xiaxia, if you keep messing around, Dad will get angry. Miracle Doctor Xue is treating your grandfather. Can’t you be serious?”

Tang Xia said, “Dad, you don’t have to believe Yang Chen, but you must believe me. I wouldn’t joke about Grandpa’s health. Just remind Miracle Doctor Xue. He can consider it, but he doesn’t necessarily have to listen, right?”

Tang Chenghu said, “Right about what? What if anyone could interfere with how a doctor treats a patient? Don’t talk. Miracle Doctor Xue’s medical skills are superb. Does he need to listen to the advice of an amateur?”

Tang Chengbao was even more unhappy. He had spent a lot of money and used connections to invite Miracle Doctor Xue from Beijing. Tang Xia’s words were not only questioning Miracle Doctor Xue’s medical skills but also questioning his intentions.

“Xiaxia, Miracle Doctor Xue has never made a mistake. The patients he treats are all dignitaries. If his medical skills weren’t good, he would have been eliminated long ago. Would he still be called a miracle doctor? Are you suspecting that your second uncle has bad intentions and wants to harm your grandfather on purpose?” Tang Chengbao said unhappily.

Tang Xia quickly explained again, “Second Uncle, don’t misunderstand. I didn’t mean that. I know Yang Chen’s character. He really wouldn’t joke with me about this kind of thing.”

Tang Chengbao said, “Humph! He has already threatened us, saying he’d rather kill a thousand than let one go [a Chinese idiom meaning to punish severely to deter others]. Do you think he has good intentions towards us? Don’t be so love-struck, girl. You believe everything he says.”

The two aunts also advised Tang Xia not to talk nonsense, as it would be bad if she interfered with Miracle Doctor Xue’s treatment.

Tang Xia couldn’t care less and shouted, “Miracle Doctor Xue, don’t puncture Grandpa’s philtrum point, or he will vomit blood!”

Miracle Doctor Xue frowned. He was really planning to puncture the philtrum point.

“Mr. Tang, who is shouting outside?” Miracle Doctor Xue asked with a smile.

Tang Hengyu replied with a smile, “It’s my eldest granddaughter, Tang Xia. Miracle Doctor Xue, don’t listen to her. Just treat me as you see fit.”

Miracle Doctor Xue said with a smile, “Why not let her come in and share her opinion? More wisdom, more security.”

Tang Hengyu said, “Miracle Doctor Xue, don’t mind her. She doesn’t know medicine. What opinions would she have? Just treat me as you see fit.”

The more authoritative the expert, the less they tolerate others’ doubts.

Moreover, Miracle Doctor Xue was really going to puncture Tang Hengyu’s philtrum point, but Tang Xia shouted not to let him. Wasn’t that denying his medical skills?

How could he tolerate this?

He couldn’t!

Miracle Doctor Xue said loudly, “Miss Tang, come in and speak.”

Tang Chenghu sighed and whispered to Tang Xia, “Xiaxia, don’t talk nonsense. If you interfere with Miracle Doctor Xue’s treatment, your grandfather will bear the consequences. Understand?”

Tang Xia nodded and walked in.

Tang Hengyu quickly reminded, “Xiaxia, don’t talk nonsense. It wouldn’t be good if you interfered with Miracle Doctor Xue’s treatment of Grandpa.”

Tang Xia quickly replied, “Grandpa, I’m just saying it for Miracle Doctor Xue to consider, not to interfere with him. Yang Chen said that Miracle Doctor Xue can use any method to treat you, but he absolutely cannot puncture the philtrum point; otherwise, you will vomit a lot of blood and your condition will worsen. So, I hope Miracle Doctor Xue will think carefully about whether the philtrum point should be touched. Please.”

Miracle Doctor Xue immediately asked, “Who is Yang Chen?”

Tang Xia said, “He’s the young man who said goodbye to me when you came.”

Miracle Doctor Xue: “Is he a doctor? Does he know a lot about medicine?”

Tang Xia: “He’s not a doctor. He just drives a taxi every day and does some investing on the side. I don’t know if he knows medicine, but he says he does. Grandpa, I know Yang Chen. He’s more serious than anyone when he’s serious. He would never joke about this kind of thing. So, please, Miracle Doctor Xue, you must carefully consider whether the philtrum point should be touched.”

Miracle Doctor Xue smiled disdainfully. Did he need to consider the words of a taxi driver?

Wouldn’t that be a waste of time?

However, Tang Xia was, after all, the eldest daughter of the Tang family, so Miracle Doctor Xue had to give her some face.

So, he replied with a smile, “Hehe… I understand. I will consider it carefully. Miss Tang, please go out.”

Tang Xia took it seriously, nodded, and got up to leave.

Miracle Doctor Xue’s disdainful smile already showed his true thoughts.

If Xue Wanchun, who was known as a miracle doctor, needed to listen to the advice of a taxi driver, then he could take off his title of miracle doctor.

Tang Chenghu blamed, “Xiaxia, do you know that doing this will interfere with Miracle Doctor Xue and may harm Grandpa? Is Grandpa’s health less important than his words in your heart?”

Tang Xia quickly explained, “Dad, that’s not what I meant. It’s because Grandpa’s health is the most important that I have to say it. I’m just letting Miracle Doctor Xue consider it and think carefully about whether there are any other effects of the philtrum point that he hasn’t considered. It’s not a bad thing.”

Tang Chengbao: “But he’s not a doctor! The most taboo thing to do is to have an amateur directing an expert.”

The family members were all blaming Tang Xia, while Miracle Doctor Xue had already started giving Tang Hengyu acupuncture.

Miracle Doctor Xue inserted needles into Shenting, Yintang, temples, Shixuan, philtrum, Yongquan and other points.

“Hehe… Mr. Tang, wait a few minutes, and you’ll be fine soon. I’ll write a prescription, and then you can take the medicine according to the prescription,” Miracle Doctor Xue said with a smile.

Tang Hengyu nodded and said, “Thank you, Miracle Doctor Xue.”

Miracle Doctor Xue walked to the table aside and sat down to write the prescription.

The Tang family members at the door were all intently watching Tang Hengyu lying on the bed.

At first, Tang Hengyu didn’t feel anything, but after a minute, he gradually felt pain in his chest, accompanied by a strange feeling of suffocation. After two minutes, he felt a rusty taste in his throat. After three minutes, he couldn’t bear it anymore and spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Puff…”

A large area of the quilt was stained red with blood.

“Dad!”

“Grandpa!”

“Grandpa!”

The Tang family members rushed in excitedly.

Miracle Doctor Xue quickly dropped his pen and ran over. Seeing Tang Hengyu trembling all over, his face turning purplish-red, and black-red blood constantly flowing from the corners of his mouth, he panicked.

Impossible, how could this be?

This shouldn’t be the reaction!

Tang Xia quickly asked, “Miracle Doctor Xue, did you puncture the philtrum point?”

Miracle Doctor Xue nodded, pointing to the needle on Tang Hengyu’s philtrum, and said, “I did!”

Tang Xia: “Oh no, didn’t I tell you that Yang Chen said not to puncture here? Why did you have to puncture it! Pull it out quickly! My grandfather is already like this, do you want to kill him!”

Miracle Doctor Xue quickly stepped forward and pulled out all the needles, but Tang Hengyu’s symptoms did not alleviate. Instead, he spat out several mouthfuls of blood on the floor.

“How could this be? How could this be? Impossible!” Miracle Doctor Xue muttered to himself.

Tang Chenghu: “Call an ambulance quickly!”

Tang Chengbao quickly called an ambulance and rushed Tang Hengyu to the People’s Hospital.

Because it was the Tang family’s old patriarch, the hospital called in experts overnight to rescue him.

After more than two hours of rescue, Tang Hengyu’s life was saved.

The attending doctor scolded, “I told you before about the old man’s illness. It can’t be cured. It can only be relieved with medication. Why don’t you believe it? You even went to some classical medicine expert to treat the old man. If classical medicine was useful, could our Western medicine have developed so well? Some quacks are no different from scammers. How can such a big family like yours not understand this?”

No matter who it is, anyone who enters the hospital and is scolded by the doctor has to nod and accept it honestly.

Even the Tang family members with strong backgrounds had to listen obediently to the doctor’s words.

Tang Chengbao was the one who found Miracle Doctor Xue, so he had the greatest responsibility.

Originally, he wanted to extend the old man’s life. As long as the old man was alive, there would be no conclusion on who would be the future head of the Tang family.

If the old man was gone, Tang Chenghu would be the biggest in the Tang family. Who could ask him to hand over power to Tang Chunlai?

But he never expected that Xue Wanchun, who was famous and called a miracle doctor, was actually an incompetent doctor with only a reputation. It was really infuriating.

Tang Chengbao: “Dr. Chen, how is my dad’s condition? Can he still be cured?”

The doctor shook his head and said, “The old man’s condition could have been relieved with medication, but now that he’s been messed with by a quack, even a miracle doctor can’t save him. According to my estimation, you should be mentally prepared. The old man can only live for another ten days or half a month at most.”

“What?”

“Ah? How could it be so serious!”

“Second brother, where did you find this scammer? Dad is going to be killed by him.”

“What do we do now? Are we just going to watch Grandpa die slowly? Wuwu…”

…

The family was in chaos in an instant.

Tang Xia wiped her tears and quickly called Yang Chen.

At this time, Yang Chen was driving a passenger, so he definitely couldn’t answer the phone, so he swiped to hang up.

“What should I do? Yang Chen won’t answer my call. He must have guessed that something happened to Grandpa. Right, Dad, he said that you have to beg him before he will save Grandpa. Hurry up and beg him,” Tang Xia said.

Tang Chenghu was furious and raised his hand to slap Tang Xia in the face, scolding, “Enough! What time is it? You’re still messing around! Grandpa doesn’t have many days to live, and you still blindly believe his words.”

Mom quickly hugged Tang Xia and complained, “Why are you hitting Xiaxia? She kept reminding you not to puncture the philtrum point. Did any of you listen? She said that once the philtrum point was punctured, Dad would vomit a lot of blood. Look, was she wrong?”

Everyone was silent.

Could it really be the philtrum point that caused it?

Tang Chengbao didn’t dare to take the responsibility of killing his father, so he quickly said to his elder brother, “Big brother, hurry up and try to find Yang Chen. We don’t have a better choice now. There’s no harm in trying.”

The attending doctor said helplessly, “Why is it that no matter how much I tell you, it’s useless? If you let the scammer give the old man another injection or medicine, we Western medicine won’t be able to do anything. If you’re not satisfied with our hospital’s treatment, I suggest you transfer to Longmei Hospital. It represents the most advanced medical technology today. If they say the old man can only live for another ten days or half a month, you can give up. Listen to my advice, don’t believe in classical medicine anymore. Quacks are all scammers.”

At this time, Yang Chen called Tang Xia back.

Tang Xia quickly answered the phone and said crying, “Wuwu… Achen, my grandfather really vomited blood. The doctor said he has at most ten days or half a month to live. Wuwu…”

Yang Chen: “Didn’t I tell you to remind Miracle Doctor Xue not to puncture the philtrum point?”

Tang Xia: “I reminded him. My mouth was dry from talking, but no one believed me.”

Yang Chen: “Sigh… It’s all fate. Have your dad come to beg me within three days. After three days, there’s no need to come. It’s useless even if I go. I’ve given you the opportunity. Whether you seize it or not depends on your own thoughts. Don’t think I don’t love you or anything. If I didn’t love you, I wouldn’t even give you the opportunity.”

Tang Xia: “I know. Then I’ll let my dad answer the phone. Can you talk to him?”

Yang Chen: “I won’t say it. Discuss it yourselves. Remember, starting from when your grandfather vomited blood, three days, which is within 72 hours. Don’t look for me after this time. I can’t do anything, and don’t affect our relationship. Hanging up, I’m going home from work.”

Tang Xia: “Okay, I know.”

Hanging up the phone, Tang Xia quickly told her dad what Yang Chen said, “Dad, Yang Chen said that you have to beg him before he will come to treat Grandpa. He also said that there’s a maximum of three days, starting from the moment Grandpa vomited blood; only finding him within 72 hours will save him. Dad, he’s just angry that you threatened him and drove him away. Just say a few nice words, Grandpa’s health is the most important.”

Before, everyone didn’t believe that Yang Chen could see a doctor, but he guessed that the old man would vomit a lot of blood, so now the Tang family members somewhat believe that he really can see a doctor.

“Big brother, why don’t you go try it?”

“Yes! Dad’s health is the most important. There’s no harm in trying. If you don’t try, there’s no hope.”

“Uncle, go try it.”

“Uncle, go try it. If you’re unhappy, you can settle the score with him after he treats Grandpa. Now, Grandpa’s health is the priority.”

…

Tang Chenghu gritted his teeth and didn’t speak.

He wasn’t struggling with the issue of face but with whether to save the old man.

If the old man suddenly died now, Tang Chenghu would be the biggest, and he could rightfully let Tang Xia take over. If anyone disagreed, he would directly kick them out of the Tang family and let them fend for themselves in the future.

Moreover, the old man had previously chosen to let Yang Chen come to the house to take a look, which actually meant that he had made a decision in his heart to let Tang Xia marry as soon as possible and let Tang Chunlai take over as the head of the family.

Tang Chenghu was also a very scheming person, especially after being with the old man for fifty years, so he naturally knew the meaning behind the old man’s words and actions.

Since the old man had already considered letting Tang Chunlai take over as the head of the family, why should he save him?

He didn’t favor Tang Xia, so why save him?

But after hesitating again and again, Tang Chenghu still couldn’t bear to watch his father die; after all, he was his own father.

At this time, the nurse came out and said, “Excuse me, which one is Tang Chenghu? The old man said he wants to chat with Tang Chenghu alone.”

Tang Chenghu quickly walked into the ward.

The nurse closed the door, leaving only Tang Hengyu and Tang Chenghu inside.

Tang Hengyu said weakly, “Ahu, we’ve been together for fifty years, and I know you can guess what I’m thinking. I gave you the opportunity. As long as you have another child, maybe it’ll be a boy, I’ll definitely favor you. From childhood to adulthood, I’ve favored you the most, treated you the best, and been the strictest with you. From the moment you were born, I’ve been training you as my successor. Hehe… My greatest pride in this life is having a son like you. Except for not giving me a grandson, everything you’ve done has satisfied me. I heard Xiaxia say that Yang Chen wants you to beg him before he’s willing to come and save me. This means that my life is in your hands, and your slightest mistake can determine my life or death. Actually, Dad is very conflicted. I want your lineage to continue the Tang family, but I can’t let Xiaxia, a girl, take over as the head of the family. Even if I recruit a son-in-law, it’s not orthodox. Now it’s good, you can use Yang Chen to threaten the Tang family, and for the sake of maintaining the Tang family’s honor, don’t go to beg him. If he doesn’t come to save me, I can die. When I die, everything in the Tang family will automatically be managed by the current head of the family. You’ll be the biggest in the Tang family, and you’ll decide the future of the Tang family. I don’t have to worry about it. I love you, I love your children, but I can’t watch the Tang family fall into the hands of outsiders. I’m conflicted. But, Ahu, I hope the decision you make won’t make you regret it, and you’ll have the face to see the ancestors of the Tang family in the future. Dad only has this one request, can you promise me?”

When it comes to being cunning and calculating, Tang Chenghu is definitely top-notch, but compared to Tang Hengyu, he’s just a child.

Tang Hengyu knew that his life was in Tang Chenghu’s hands, and only by using this kind of self-sacrificing strategy could he save his own life.

Like father, like son, Tang Hengyu knew that Tang Chenghu would definitely save him after hearing these words.

In any case, the Tang family cannot fall into the hands of outsiders, even if Xiaxia recruits a son-in-law, it is not an orthodox inheritance.

There is clearly a grandson, Tang Chunlai, why not choose an orthodox inheritance?

Sure enough, Tang Chenghu burst into tears on the quilt.

His psychological defense line was completely shattered by the old man’s words.

Thinking about how he was indeed favored by his father when he was a child, Tang Chenghu felt that he couldn’t let his father die like this.

Tang Hengyu: “Son, don’t cry. Let Dad do one last thing for you, go call them all in.”

Tang Chenghu: “Dad, what are you going to do?”

Tang Hengyu: “Go call them all in.”

Tang Chenghu nodded, wiped his tears, got up and went out to call everyone in.

Next was the old man’s most peak acting and the most brilliant step.

“Everyone listen carefully, Yang Chen is arrogant and despotic and doesn’t take my Tang family seriously. My Tang family has never been threatened like this in generations, and I absolutely can’t tolerate this. Even if I die, I will never let Ahu, who represents the honor of the Tang family, go to beg him. You are all adults and should understand a principle: the honor and integrity of a big family are always more important than life! I would rather die hard than choose to live in a cowardly way! Have you all heard clearly? If Ahu dares to go to beg Yang Chen, you must dissuade him. If he insists on going to beg Yang Chen to save me, even if I get better, I will definitely severely punish him!” Tang Hengyu said.

“Dad, don’t be like this! Living is more important than anything else!”

“Yes! Grandpa, your living is our blessing, you can’t think like this!”

“If the person is gone, what’s the point of having so-called face? Besides, Yang Chen is Xiaxia’s boyfriend, so he’s not an outsider. Sooner or later, we’ll be a family, why bother to be so clear?”

“Grandpa, your health is more important than anything else, so don’t think so much, and let Uncle talk to Yang Chen.”

…

Tang Hengyu suddenly trembled and said, “You… you want… want to make me angry to death now, don’t you? You… you…”

Then he “fainted.”

The doctor quickly came in to take a look and found that the old man’s various vital signs hadn’t changed, so why did he faint?

Anyway, there was no problem with his vital signs, so let him faint for the time being.

The Tang family members quickly begged Tang Chenghu to talk to Yang Chen quickly and couldn’t really watch the old man die like this.

Tang Chenghu nodded and said, “Okay, don’t say anything, take care of Dad. Xiaxia, call Yang Chen, I’ll go talk to him.”

Tang Xia nodded and quickly called Yang Chen.

Yang Chen had just finished sending off his last guest, so he agreed to meet Tang Xia at Longmei Hospital because he happened to be here.

Originally, Tang Xia wanted to go together, but Tang Chenghu refused, and he went to see Yang Chen himself.

Tang Xia felt that her dad might be embarrassed to say some soft words to Yang Chen in front of her, so she didn’t go with him.

In the ward, Tang Hengyu slowly opened his eyes, his eyes showing a firm will.

That’s right, he was pretending to be unconscious so that Tang Chenghu could go to find Yang Chen, and he didn’t have to pretend to refuse.

When he was cured by Yang Chen, he could blame his son for not listening, not only clearing himself but also getting an excuse to punish his son. His cunning and calculation were reflected to the fullest at this moment.

“Son, don’t blame Dad for scheming against you; the Tang family must not fall into the hands of outsiders. If Dad doesn’t do something, the Tang family will have to change its name to Yang in the future; how can Dad have the face to see the ancestors,” Tang Hengyu thought to himself.

In Tang Hengyu’s view, Yang Chen was too strong. Once he married Tang Xia in the future, and Tang Xia took over the Tang family, it would be equivalent to Yang Chen taking over the Tang family, and everything in the Tang family would have to change its name to Yang in the future.

How could the achievements of generations of efforts be handed over to others in this generation?

In ancient dramas, in order to compete for the throne, even fathers and sons, even brothers, could fight to the death.

A large family like the Tang family, which controls tens of billions of assets, can be understood as the ancient struggle for the throne.

One is the temptation of the country, and the other is the temptation of tens of billions of assets, which no one can resist.

Soon, Tang Chenghu met Yang Chen at the entrance of Longmei Hospital.

But neither of them spoke. If Tang Chenghu didn’t speak, Yang Chen would definitely not speak first.

After the two sat awkwardly for more than ten minutes, Tang Chenghu finally spoke.

“Please save my dad; whatever conditions you have, just name them.”

Yang Chen closed his eyes in disappointment. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes very calmly and said, “Tens of billions of assets can’t tempt you? Once the old man gets better, he will definitely find a way to empty you; do you believe it? I thought you would decisively abandon the old man who has decided to abandon you, but you are still delayed by family affection.”

Tang Chenghu looked at Yang Chen with a shocked expression and said, “You… what do you mean?”

Yang Chen: “I deliberately threatened you in the Tang family to intensify the conflict between the two sides. I had already seen that the old man would not live long, but I didn’t expect you to find a miracle doctor to treat him and accelerate this process. With the intensification of the conflict between us, I can rightfully ask you to beg me, and I will be willing to save the old man. But you can use the reason of maintaining the Tang family’s honor not to come to beg me, and the old man will not be saved. I mainly want to control the initiative in your hands. Xiaxia is my girlfriend, and I will definitely stand by you. From the moment the old man wanted to see me, you should have guessed that he had the idea of passing the position of the next head of the family to Tang Chunlai. As long as Tang Xia gets married earlier, you will have no choice. The Tang family members all agree that I and Xiaxia are together and can get married earlier, but you prevent me from being with Xiaxia and deliberately drive me away. In fact, you want to delay the time for Xiaxia to get married so that you have enough time to plan everything and pass the position of head of the family to Xiaxia in the future. Am I right?”

Listening to Yang Chen accurately analyzing the Tang family’s thoughts, Tang Chenghu was so shocked that he couldn’t speak.

How could Yang Chen, at such a young age, have such a deep city?

Not only could he guess the Tang family’s thoughts, but he also calculated every step. This kind of wisdom is not commensurate with his age.

“You… how did you guess it? It’s not even a little bit wrong!” Tang Chenghu asked in great shock.

Yang Chen smiled and said, “When I was 15 years old, my parents died in an accidental car accident. From then on, I experienced the warmth and coldness of human relationships [a Chinese idiom describing the fickleness of human relationships]. Later, I experienced many people and things, and I understood human nature too thoroughly. If I guessed correctly, you originally planned not to come to beg me so that the miracle doctor Xue would bear the blame for killing the old man, and you could be the only one. But the old man must have said some heartfelt words to you, which moved you to tears, and that’s why you came to beg me to save him. Even, I can guess that the old man should be in a coma now, right? Hehe…”

Tang Chenghu’s eyes and mouth widened in surprise, and said, “Oh, I’ll go, you’re really a god; you really guessed it all right. Good boy, you have something. Are you studying psychology? Or did you install a bug on me?”

Yang Chen: “Haha… I’m not as old as you, but my understanding of human nature is definitely deeper than yours. The old man is more afraid of death than anyone else now. He has to survive in order to gradually transfer the power in your hands to Tang Chengbao and Tang Chunlai. After telling you so much, think carefully again, do you still want me to save the old man?”