Su Yanke's mind was in a bit of a turmoil at the moment. The faces of Manager Liu and Dr. Liu in front of her kept appearing in her mind. They separated and then merged. Su Yanke rubbed her throbbing temples and was sure that their eyebrows and eyes were really identical!
"Miss... Miss?" Dr. Liu, seeing Su Yanke staring blankly at him, said somewhat bashfully.
Xiaobao also tugged at the corner of Su Yanke's clothes. Su Yanke came back to her senses and forced a shy smile.
"Sorry, Dr. Liu. You look so much like someone I used to know. I misrecognized you and got a bit dazed."
When Dr. Liu was being stared at by Su Yanke before, his heart was pounding very fast. Hearing what Su Yanke said, for some reason, he suddenly felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him and felt a chill all over.
Dr. Liu knew that his current state was not right, so he tried hard to cover it up.
"Dr. Liu, I'll get straight to the point. I came today to ask you to see something!"
"What thing?" Dr. Liu had a vague premonition in his heart, but still subconsciously evaded the question and asked.
"The copper coin, that is, the black stone!"
"What is that... How do you know about it? What do you want it for? Who on earth are you?" Dr. Liu originally wanted to play dumb, but looking into Su Yanke's eyes, somehow he just couldn't say the words to deceive her.
Wait, the eyes!
Su Yanke's eyes were healed!!?
"Your eyes...!"
When Dr. Liu asked this, his voice even trembled a bit.
"Yes, they're healed. Want to know the reason?"
Seeing the strange light flashing in Dr. Liu's eyes, Su Yanke suddenly had an idea. Maybe she could make Dr. Liu hand it over willingly.
As expected, Dr. Liu nodded hurriedly when he heard this and stared at Su Yanke's eyes without blinking.
"It depends on you then!" Su Yanke looked at Dr. Liu with a smiling face, looking as innocent as could be.
Dr. Liu was dazzled by Su Yanke's smile. His mind became a bit dull and he said stupidly, "What... What can I do?"
"Actually, I owe my quick recovery to you, Dr. Liu!"
"Me?" Dr. Liu was obviously quite surprised. He pointed at himself with an expression of disbelief.
Hearing this, Dr. Liu's mind started to work. He recalled the process of diagnosing Su Yanke and suddenly thought of something.
"No... It can't be. This is impossible!" Dr. Liu didn't know what he had thought of, and his face turned a bit pale.
Dr. Liu's attitude made Su Yanke feel a bit puzzled. It seemed that Dr. Liu cared too much about the copper coin. Did he know something?
"Dr. Liu! Dr. Liu?"
Su Yanke's shouts woke Dr. Liu up from his daze.
"You... You..."
Su Yanke watched as Dr. Liu stammered for a long time without saying anything. She finally said to Dr. Liu, "Dr. Liu, just say what you want to say directly!"
Dr. Liu looked at Su Yanke for a long time. It seemed that he had made some kind of determination. He heaved a deep sigh, invited Su Yanke and the others in, and then turned around and went back into the house.
As soon as Su Yanke entered the door, she smelled the familiar fragrance of medicinal herbs. The house was very simple. There was a big medicine counter and a set of table and chairs in the middle. There was a small bed by the window on one side, and there were a few potted plants on the opposite side. Around the bed, there were some messy clothes lying around. There was nothing else besides that.
The first impression this house gave Su Yanke was that it was like an ancient - style office.
Dr. Liu walked to one side of the bed and picked up a small medicine chest.
Xiaobao was very familiar with this medicine chest. It was the one Dr. Liu had used when he treated his sister before.
It was Dr. Liu's habit. In order to prevent being suddenly called out to see a patient while sleeping, he would be able to pick up the medicine chest and go out for a visit as soon as he opened his eyes. In the mind of a doctor, time was life!
Dr. Liu opened the chest and took out all the things inside. Su Yanke was sharp - eyed and noticed that there was a part at the bottom of the chest with a different color. Sure enough, Dr. Liu pressed hard on that part the next moment, and that part moved aside. A small stone was inlaid inside.
As soon as Su Yanke saw the stone, her eyes fixed on it.
Dr. Liu carefully picked up the stone with the gauze beside it and came to a small table in front of Su Yanke.
He carefully placed it on the table and said to Su Yanke in a rather complicated tone, "Do you really know what it can do?"
Su Yanke was stunned when she heard this. "Dr. Liu, please enlighten me!"
Dr. Liu looked at the copper coin, as if looking through it to another place.
Next, Su Yanke listened as Dr. Liu began to tell the origin of the copper coin.
Dr. Liu's ancestors were very powerful fortune - tellers. There was no one within a hundred - mile radius who hadn't heard of his reputation. As long as it was a fortune he told, there was not one that was inaccurate. And all of this was because of this stone.
According to Dr. Liu's ancestors, this copper coin was obtained in a place where few people ever went. At that time, there was no human habitation within a hundred - mile radius, and the surrounding area was full of dense forests.
Dr. Liu didn't know why his grandfather had gone to such a sparsely populated place. He didn't ask at that time, so when Su Yanke asked, there was no answer.
At that time, when his grandfather was climbing a mountain, he found a sinkhole. This sinkhole was very deep. It was said that if you threw a big stone into it, there would be no sound!
At that time, his ancestor only felt shocked and didn't really go down to check. When he was about to leave and continue on his journey, he found a small shiny thing not far away. His ancestor was curious at that time. Since the thing wasn't far away, he decided to go and get it to have a look.
The thing was on the edge of the sinkhole. Although it wasn't far away, there was still a certain degree of danger. His ancestor spent quite a bit of effort to get it.
It was very strange. When he saw it before, it was clearly shiny, but when he really got it in his hand, there was no light at all. His ancestor was quite depressed at that time and thought he had been seeing things.
After that, he didn't take it seriously and just stuffed it into his pocket and left.
What really made his ancestor discover the magical properties of this stone was during an illness. At that time, for some unknown reason, many of his ancestor's organs began to fail, and he was on the verge of death.
Just when his ancestor was about to despair, his little grandson ran to his bedside and stayed with him all night. The next day, his body actually showed signs of improvement. All of a sudden, the whole family was extremely excited and thought that it was the filial piety of the little grandson that had moved heaven. So they let the little grandson accompany his ancestor for another night. Sure enough, his ancestor's body gradually got better.
At that time, everyone thought it was because of the little grandson, but only his ancestor knew that it wasn't. It was the stone hanging on the little grandson's chest that had taken effect.
After bringing the stone back, they didn't pay much attention to it. The little grandson liked it when he saw it, so he asked someone to drill a hole in it and planned to hang it as a decoration. Unexpectedly, this stone was quite hard and they couldn't drill through it all the time. So they fixed it with glue and gave it to the little grandson to play with.
But they never expected that in the end, it was this stone that saved his ancestor's life. His ancestor said that he had woken up once at night and just saw the stone in front of the little grandson emit the magical light he had seen before. The light swam on his ancestor's body, and his ancestor felt that wherever the light touched, the pain and discomfort in that part of his body would be relieved.
To verify this conjecture, the next night, his ancestor sent the little grandson away on the pretext of disturbing the child's rest. He stayed up all night, observing and studying the special abilities of this stone.
Just like this, after three days, his ancestor's illness was completely cured. During these few days, his ancestor also learned some of the functions of the stone.
This stone seemed to be able to fulfill people's wishes!
At first, his ancestor was very reluctant to leave this world and wanted to see it for a few more years. The next day, his ancestor's eyes became a bit clearer. Although they still felt a bit sore and painful, the wish to see was fulfilled.
Later, he hoped that the pain on his body would be less. When he woke up the next day, the pain on his body was indeed much less. After that...
His ancestor recalled bit by bit and, with his own verification, finally determined that this stone could really fulfill people's wishes!
With this discovery, his ancestor's life changed dramatically from then on.
Everyone had seen his ancestor on the verge of death before. Now that he suddenly got better, it was inevitable that people would think too much. They wondered if he had been possessed by a ghost. But his ancestor's mind was obviously better than Dr. Liu's. He took the initiative.
He first used the name of a god to glorify himself. If someone didn't believe it, he would let that person come and be tested. His ancestor first asked that person to state his most desired wish, and then gave a final conclusion based on the intensity of the person's sincerity. For those with strong wishes, the chance of fulfilling their wishes was naturally very high. Gradually, more and more wishes were successfully fulfilled.
His ancestor's fame was completely established, and no one suspected that his ancestor was an evil spirit. Everyone regarded his ancestor as a representative of the gods. At that time, his ancestor was extremely popular all over the world!
But one day later, his ancestor was horrified to find that the stone no longer emitted light, and his own body was getting worse and worse every day. He knew that the power of this stone might be used up, so he began to live in seclusion, making the world think that he just wanted to stay away from the mortal world and cultivate his mind in peace.
In the second year of his seclusion, his ancestor passed away.
After Su Yanke heard the story of Dr. Liu's ancestor, her doubts grew heavier. What was going on? How could this copper coin have a wish - fulfilling function?
It was so amazing!
Dr. Liu was actually very confused too. This copper coin had stopped working during his ancestor's time. So why now...?
Su Yanke chatted with Dr. Liu for a while and found that Dr. Liu really knew nothing about this copper coin, so she didn't continue to ask him.
After Su Yanke had understood the matter, she thought of something she had come for. She said to Dr. Liu with little hope, "Can I borrow this stone for a day? I..."
Before Su Yanke could finish speaking, Dr. Liu readily agreed.