Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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When Xie Lingya entered the ward, Father Xie already had a cast on his leg. When he saw him coming, he asked Song Jing angrily, “Why did you tell the child?”
Song Jing smiled and said nothing.
“What can’t she tell me?” Xie Lingya nodded at Song Jing and sat down, “I came in a hurry, so I didn’t buy anything. What did the doctor say about your leg? You can’t go to class, right?”
Father Xie sighed, but after talking to Xie Lingya, he seemed to be in good spirits, which made Xie Lingya feel relieved.
After a while, the nurse came to urge the patient to rest early. Xie Lingya said to Song Jing: “Let me take you down. I will stay here tonight to avoid inconvenience to dad.”
Song Jing also wanted to say that she would also stay, but Xie Lingya was resolute, and she was too embarrassed to argue with Xie Lingya. The two were not very intimate to begin with.
Xie Lingya sent Song Jing out of the hospital. It was a small place and there was no need to send her home. But just looking at Song Jing, Xie Lingya always felt that there was something different. Since he had started learning Taoism, he had become more sensitive to people’s faces and breaths, and it seemed that Song Jing’s body seemed to be more alive.
The two of them went downstairs in silence, and Xie Lingya was thinking something. When they reached the door, Song Jing wanted to say goodbye, but he followed: “I’ll take you home.”
Song Jing was stunned, wondering why he changed his mind again, and still thinking that he had something to say to her, she walked back uneasily. But Xie Lingya didn’t say anything until they reached the door.
Song Jing was about to enter, when Xie Lingya said: “…Aunt Song, come to the hospital tomorrow and have a check-up too.”
“I’m fine. Your dad fell, but I didn’t.” Song Jing said inexplicably.
“It doesn’t hurt to have a physical examination.” Xie Lingya insisted. Fortunately, Song Jing didn’t fall. He was saying this because he suspected that Song Jing was pregnant, but he couldn’t be 100% sure.
The stepson rarely made any requests, and Song Jing only made a few demurs before dryly agreeing.
Xie Lingya took care of Father Xie for one night, but it was actually nothing. Father Xie had a cast on his leg and only needed him to help him go to the toilet. Song Jing came to the hospital the next morning and brought them breakfast.
Song Jing thought of what Xie Lingya said, “Then… I’m going?”
“Go.” Xie Lingya said.
After Song Jing left, Father Xie said, “What did you ask Auntie to do?”
He found it strange that Xie Lingya and Song Jing had such an exchange when they met.
Xie Lingya smiled and said nothing.
About an hour later, Song Jing came back with a confused look on her face and a prescription in her hand.
Xie Lingya was pouring water for Father Xie, “What’s wrong?”
Song Jing raised her hand and said blankly: “…I’m pregnant.”
The news caught all of them off guard, and Father Xie poured the water in his cup onto the quilt and choked several times, “Ahem, what?”
Although they didn’t deliberately use contraception, they did not have any children in these years. Song Jing was younger than him, thirty-seven or eighty years old, but he still didn’t expect her to get pregnant at this age.
Father Xie was surprised and happy, so he asked Song Jing to come to him, held her hand, and asked whether the test results were healthy and whether the doctor had given any precautions. After all, she was an advanced age woman having a child.
“It’s nothing…” Song Jing said, turning to look at Xie Lingya. She was more shocked than Father Xie.
The child was only about one month old, and she didn’t even notice it herself, but Xie Lingya asked her to go for a check-up. Could it be that he knew that she was pregnant? Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why Xie Lingya, who had only a weak relationship with her, would suddenly ask her to undergo a physical examination.
But how did Xie Lingya find out that she was pregnant? Didn’t this kid study finance? Song Jing was so confused that she didn’t know what to say.
Father Xie thought she was concerned about Xie Lingya’s mood, so he was a little embarrassed for a moment and let go of her hand.
Xie Lingya smiled nonchalantly, “I’m going to ask the nurse to hire a caregiver for you. I can’t let Aunt Song take care of you anymore.”
Father Xie breathed a sigh of relief. He knew Xie Lingya, and if Xie Lingya had said so, it should be fine.
Xie Lingya stayed with Father Xie in the hospital for another day. He waited for the caregiver to arrive before leaving and made an appointment to see him again the next weekend.
Song Jing never found a chance to ask Xie Lingya. After he left, she nervously mentioned the matter to Father Xie.
In fact, Father Xie also vaguely thought about how before Song Jing did the examination, she had inexplicably said hello to Xie Lingya. He had long known about Wang Yuji’s miraculous powers, including the fact that Xie Lingya used to jump over the wall to drive out ghosts in other people’s homes, but he never made it public, and even Song Jing didn’t know about it.
Did he also learn this trick from his uncle? Father Xie was deep in thought for a moment. Although Xie Lingya had promised, he was suddenly a little afraid that Xie Lingya would become a monk!
….
Xie Lingya didn’t know that his father was worrying about gains and losses again, fearing that he would become a Taoist priest. He returned to Baoyang Temple and told everyone who cared about him very calmly that his father had a fracture and the condition was not serious.
One day later, Fang Zhe came as promised. Xie Lingya and he reminisced about the past in the old house and recalled all the things they had done when they were children.
This was where Xie Lingya also led Fang Zhe to Hai Guanchao, so that he could see him.
Zhang Daoting called Xie Lingya out during the trip. When Xie Lingya returned to the clinic, he heard Hai Guanchao say: “Please remove that recruitment notice. I have decided to hire Xiao Fang.”
Xie Lingya: “???”
You were asked to treat the disease, and the two of you actually started talking about work.
Fang Zhe also smiled at Xie Lingya, “Dr. Hai and I had a great chat. He said they were recruiting people here and I was looking for a job, so we hit it off.”
Hai Guanchao was very satisfied with Fang Zhe. His disability did not affect his help in sorting things out. Medicine cabinets, decoctions and the like.
What impressed Hai Guanchao the most was that Fang Zhe was the descendant of “Lu Banshu”, which also involved some healing spells. That was to say, Fang Zhe knew a little bit about medicine and could help, but he would not conflict with him like some colleagues.
Xie Lingya didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. After hearing them say this, this job seemed to be really suitable for Fang Zhe.
Hai Guanchao had even thought about it. If Fang Zhe came to work in the clinic, he could live in the same room with him. He didn’t mind anyway. Otherwise, if the clinic needed to expand in the future, it could also be separated into a small room.
Neither of them minded, and Xie Lingya even less minded. He said to Fang Zhe, “What should I say… I originally wanted you to work for me drawing talismans, but who knew that Brother Hai kidnapped you first.”
“You are here. Do you still need me to draw talismans?” Fang Zhe was very interested. “I haven’t done it for a long time. No one needs it.”
Hai Guanchao joked: “It’s okay for you to work two jobs.”
So Fang Zhe changed his mind. The second member of the Taisu Clinic also lived in Baoyang Temple. Like Hai Guanchao, he could also be counted as a non-staff member here.
Anyway, that was what Xie Lingya said when introducing it to others.
Shi Changxuan heard that Fang Zhe was the successor of “Lu Banshu” and said thoughtfully, “My father once met a man in other provinces in his early years. He was proficient in Lu Banshu and was especially good at mechanisms. His research advocated combining mechanisms with spells, realize the automation of ghost exorcism as soon as possible.”
Xie Lingya: “…”
Xie Lingya: “…this predecessor really has an ideal. But I have a good relationship with Fang Zhe. I talked to him before, and I also asked him to produce a few miscellaneous talismans to sell in Baoyang Temple. He also promised to build something for me.”
Shi Changxuan asked curiously: “Is he going to build something for Baoyang?”
At this time, the Reporting God cried in his ear: “Xie Lingya is awesome!!”
Shi Changxuan suddenly had a bad premonition, ” …”
“No,” as expected, Xie Lingya put his hand on his shoulder and touched the Phytolacca God, and said seriously, “I asked him to make a small bed out of willow wood for the Phytolacca God to sleep on, and then put it on your windowsill. It will also make it convenient for absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon at night.”
Shi Changxuan: “…”
Shi Changxuan was about to pinch down the crying Phytophthora God, when his cell phone suddenly rang. He picked up the phone and listened for a while and his face turned pale but somewhat dignified.
Xie Lingya realized something was wrong and asked: “What’s wrong?”
Shi Changxuan said in a deep voice: “The Yang Pingzhi Dugong Seal[1] was stolen.”
Previously, Shi Changxuan had told Xie Lingya the origin of the Yang Pingzhi Dugong Seal, and this piece left by the Heavenly Master in his three treasures, it was also the seal used by Zhang Tianshi himself and was hidden in the Provincial Museum.
Xie Lingya was shocked, “Can it be stolen even if it is put in a museum? No, who is so bold, who is not afraid of being cursed by the Taoist priests all over the world?”
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[1] For those who are confused, you can check out Ch. 17.2.