"Clan Uncle, you don't look well. Please let your nephew give you a few needles."
"No, no! Your clan uncle really is better! Really..."
"Clan Uncle, please don't stand on ceremony with me! This needle technique does take a great deal of mental energy, but you've shown me every kindness, and you're giving me so many gifts to establish my household. Now that you're unwell, it's only right for your nephew to administer needles to dispel your illness and tend to your medicines!"
Wang Tai froze. "G-gifts?"
Wang Yang sighed. "Your illness still hasn't improved, Clan Uncle. You've even begun showing signs of forgetfulness. This indicates insufficient upper qi and excessive lower qi, with a replete stomach and intestines but deficient heart and lungs. Don't worry, Clan Uncle. An expert taught me a secret art of acupuncture called the Earthly Fiend Needle Technique. Seventy-two needles, and you'll be cured! But first, I'll have to put you through a little discomfort. Qing Shan, come here! Help me knock Clan Uncle unconscious! Only then will he neither move recklessly nor entertain stray thoughts while I insert the needles. This is what we call 'wholeness of spirit.'"
Wang Tai immediately tried to flee, but Wang Yang caught his wrist, his gaze resolute. "Clan Uncle, I will cure your illness! I alone will shoulder all the consequences and criticism!"
Wang Tai's hair stood on end. "No, no, no, no!!!! I remember!! I really remember!!! The gifts! I remember!"
Wang Yang looked both concerned and doubtful. "Clan Uncle, you aren't hiding your condition again because you're afraid of tiring me out, are you? Since you say you remember, tell me: how many chests of gifts were there?"
"Twelve chests!"
*This damned little beast gave me gifts and now wants them back. He won't swallow even