Jade Treasure Hall

When they arrived home, Li Xiuying had already cooked the meals.

The family sat around the Eight Immortals table, and the atmosphere was much more harmonious than it had been at the hotel. Li Xiuying, who had kept her head down for so long, wore a slight smile on her face.

"Dad, how are Yingzi and Xiaobing doing with their contacts?"

Zhang Hongxing casually asked about his other two children.

"I've contacted Yingzi, and she said she'll fly back tomorrow. Xiaobing is still the same as always. I called his unit, and they finally gave me the answer that he's currently executing a special mission."

"What kind of special mission? It's been over half a year and he still can't come back."

"Who knows? However, things have been getting a bit intense over in Buddha Country recently, and the military has deployed over a hundred thousand troops to the border. Xiaobing might not be able to return because of this."

"Does Buddha Country even dare to act up now? Have they forgotten the scars from back then so quickly?"

"I suppose America is backing them up from behind."

Zhang Hongxing and Zhang Jun chatted off and on about "major affairs of state," while the two women, unable to chime in, quietly listened from the side.

After the meal, Zhang Hongxing accompanied Keke to play with a rubber ball in the courtyard.

Compared to the schemes, deceit, plunder, and slaughter of the Immortal Realm, kicking a ball with his grandson on Earth felt exceptionally joyful.

It was not until Zhang Le grew tired of playing that the grandfather and grandson finally stopped.

At 8:00 the next morning.

After finishing breakfast, Zhang Jun and his wife each left for their respective companies. Accustomed to working, they would not simply stay home to idle away their lives just because the family had money.

Zhang Hongxing woke up even earlier than Zhang Jun and his wife. After accompanying Keke to eat breakfast,

he once again hoisted him onto his shoulders and walked unhurriedly all the way toward Red Mushroom Kindergarten.

Shimen County was famous far and near because of the Golden Mountain Mine.

The economy of the entire county seat almost rivaled that of neighboring Xinzhou City, and young people from the surrounding towns and villages who did not want to develop in distant cities mostly gathered here.

Along the path where Zhang Hongxing carried Keke to the kindergarten, he encountered no fewer than ten top-tier luxury cars, and as they neared the kindergarten, those luxury cars formed a long line.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, wait a moment before walking."

Zhang Le, whose smile had never faded along the way, suddenly spoke to Zhang Hongxing beneath him.

"What is it, Keke?"

"I see Tiantian. Let's wait for her."

Following Keke's guidance, a little girl with skin as white as snow, big eyes, a delicate nose, and two ox-horn braids, looking just like a porcelain doll, appeared across the street.

A professional-suited woman with short hair was holding her hand while waiting for the traffic light.

"Tiantian! Tiantian!" Zhang Le continuously waved at the little girl.

"Keke! Keke! Mom, Keke is over there."

The girl also cheerfully waved in response, but the professional-suited woman noticeably frowned.

"Mom, Mom, he's my best friend, Keke."

"Let's go, Tiantian. You're about to be late."

Tiantian's enthusiasm was not supported by her mother. She did not even look at Zhang Hongxing, and after walking farther away, she even whispered to her daughter, "Tiantian, from now on you are not allowed to play with that Keke anymore, do you hear me?"

"Why?"

"That Keke's father looks like a bad person at first glance. If you want to play, find Bowen and Keke to play with."

"But neither Bowen nor Keke will play with me."

"Didn't Mom give you a lot of small gifts? If you give the gifts to them, they will play with you."

"Mom, Tiantian doesn't want to play with them. Tiantian likes playing with Keke."

"Be a good girl, Tiantian. Children must listen to their mother's words, do you understand? Only children who listen to their mother are good babies. Mom likes good babies the most."

"Oh."

Tiantian nodded with a sense of loss, and her mother immediately scooped her up and kissed her on the cheek.

Zhang Hongxing, lagging behind by a short distance, heard the conversation between the mother and daughter crystal clear. Perhaps the woman had never even thought of avoiding him, and it was even possible she deliberately said it for him to hear so that he would gain some "self-awareness."

So snobbish, yet merely a frog at the bottom of a well.

Zhang Hongxing contemptuously made a retort, and afterward, he continued carrying Keke as he walked forward.

As for angry remarks like forbidding Keke from playing with Tiantian, he would never utter them; his grandson could play with whomever he pleased.

Just follow one's heart in everything.

"Grandpa, goodbye."

"Mm, goodbye."

Zhang Hongxing put Keke down. Teacher Yang several times wanted to step forward and tell him that carrying Keke like that was unsafe behavior, but in the end, she endured it.

Instead, Zhang Hongxing took the initiative to step forward and tell her the mobile phone number Zhang Jun had bought for him yesterday.

"Teacher Yang, if anything happens with Zhang Le from now on, just call me directly. His mom and dad are both rather busy with work and don't have much time to come over."

"Alright, Mr. Zhang."

"Then thank you, Teacher Yang."

"Um, Mr. Zhang, how old are you this year... Sorry, I'm just a bit curious. If it's inconvenient, just pretend I never asked."

Teacher Yang smiled shyly.

"It doesn't matter. There's really nothing to hide about this; I happen to be 60 today."

"Goodness, Mr. Zhang, do you have any anti-aging secrets?"

"Hahaha... There really aren't any secrets. Perhaps it's just that I've always maintained a good mindset."

Since Zhang Hongxing put it that way, Teacher Yang naturally could not continue asking, and the people nearby, upon hearing that Zhang Hongxing was already 60 years old, also curiously gathered around.

Seeing that a crowd was about to form, Zhang Hongxing decisively slipped away.

Leaving the kindergarten, he asked directions all the way to Shimen County's most famous traditional Chinese medicine clinic: Jade Treasure Hall.

Tracing back, this Jade Treasure Hall had a history of at least nearly a hundred years. Before Zhang Hongxing went to the Immortal Realm, he had also come here to procure medicine and see doctors, and even witnessed Old Physician Xu cure a stroke patient with acupuncture.

The way Old Physician Xu administered needles was something he still remembered to this day.

Walking for nearly two hours, Zhang Hongxing finally found this century-old traditional Chinese medicine clinic sandwiched between two three-story small buildings.

Aside from the plaque for the Jade Treasure Hall still remaining exceptionally well-preserved, the appearance of the entire clinic could very well be described as a dilapidated building.

What surprised him even more was that it was already approaching 10:30, yet the doors were still tightly shut.

"Bang, bang, bang."

Zhang Hongxing directly reached out and knocked on the circular door ring on the wooden door.

After waiting for a long time, the heavy door was finally pulled open from the inside by an old woman with a full head of white hair.

"Who are you looking for?"

The old woman asked at the top of her lungs.

"I'm looking for Old Physician Xu. Is he home?"

"What?" The old woman's hearing was clearly not very good.

"I said, I'm looking for Old Physician Xu. Is he home or not?"

Zhang Hongxing similarly raised his volume.

"Oh, looking for Physician Xu, are you? He's inside. I'll take you over."

"Alright, thank you."

"What?"

"I said, thank you."

"No need, no need. You're here to see Physician Xu for an illness, right?"

"Yeah. What time does this clinic open nowadays?"

This time, Zhang Hongxing did not forget to increase his volume.

"Oh, it opens at 2 p.m. Not many people see traditional Chinese doctors nowadays. If Physician Xu didn't insist, this clinic would have been sold off by his son long ago."

"Is that so?"

"Could I be lying to you? Nowadays, only some regular patrons occasionally come by; young people all go to the big hospitals. You coming here today isn't to see Physician Xu for an illness, is it?"

"I'm actually here to buy medicine."