“Yes, he seems to be . Why?” asked Chen Ying .

“A mayor of a poor county is supposed to be very busy with his work . Why is he in Beijing so often?” asked w.a.n.g Yao curiously .

“He is a deputy mayor . I heard that his main role is to attract investment . Everyone here knows what he does . So he just came here to attract investments and donations,” said Chen Ying . It was not uncommon for employees of local government to travel around to attract investors .

“Oh, I see,” said w.a.n.g Yao, who now understood the whole situation .

He could feel it clearly that Guo Zhenghe approached him for a purpose . He didn't like it .

What does he want? thought w.a.n.g Yao .

He didn't think too much about it . He just decided to keep his distance with Guo Zhenghe . The more time he spent with Guo Zhenghe, the more he understood that Guo Zhenghe was a complicated person . w.a.n.g Yao thought that beneath those nice looks, Guo Zhenghe was a cunning person .

The temperature dropped by eight degrees overnight . It was quite cool the next morning . w.a.n.g Yao felt that autumn had finally arrived .

This was what autumn was supposed to be .

This was how w.a.n.g Yao felt about the weather . He thought about Nanshan Hill again as he looked at the withered yellow leaves in the courtyard .

Don't know what happened to the my trees and herbs on Nanshan Hill . I hope my parents haven't worked too hard . I hope San Xian, Da Xiao and Xiaohei are all doing well .

w.a.n.g Yao only left Nanshan Hill four days ago, but he had already started to miss it .

Meanwhile, there were still people in the village visiting his clinic .

“How come he is not here?” said an elderly man as he was looking at the notice on the door of w.a.n.g Yao's clinic .

“He's away,” said the person who accompanied the elderly man to the clinic .

They were not the first ones looking for w.a.n.g Yao while he was away .

“Where did Dr . w.a.n.g go?” asked the elderly man . “It is not easy for us to travel all the way here . ”

w.a.n.g Yao didn't know that over 10 people had visited his clinic when he was away . They all left with disappointment, including Chen Changfeng .

“Mr . Chen, he's not here,” said Chen Changfeng's a.s.sistant .

“Where has he been?” asked Chen Changfeng .

“His parents told me that he has gone to Beijing,” said his a.s.sistant .

“Beijing?” said Chen Changfeng after keeping silent for a moment . “Did his parents mention when he will come back?”

“They are not sure . They said Dr . w.a.n.g should return in about a week . It's Thursday today already,” said his a.s.sistant .

“I see . He should come back soon . Thanks . Keep an eye on the clinic, but don't disturb his family,” said Chen Changfeng .

“Sure, Dr . Chen,” said his a.s.sistant .

“Hey, it seems that Fenghua's son is quite a capable young man . There have been quite a few people going to his clinic,” said a villager .

“Yes, I've seen cars coming to the village . Maybe I should ask Yao to have a look at my leg,” said another villager .

“Haha, I hope he won't break your leg!” said the other villager .

It was autumn . The villagers were not too busy after harvesting peanuts and corns . Therefore, they had more time to gossip .

“Fenghua, more and more people came to ask about Yao recently . I don't know what Yao is doing in Beijing,” said Zhang Xiuying, who had started to miss her son already . Like the old saying, a mother always worried about her child who was away from home . She didn't feel it when w.a.n.g Yao came home every day .

“That's fine . Just make sure you don't talk too much . ” w.a.n.g Fenghua was the same old w.a.n.g Fenghua, who was smoking and talking minimal .

Since w.a.n.g Yao had successfully created his herbal field on Nanshan Hill, w.a.n.g Fenghua hadn't asked too much about what his son was doing .

“Leave him to do what he likes,” said w.a.n.g Fenghua .

He thought his son had grown up . w.a.n.g Yao had his own thoughts and career . As long as w.a.n.g Yao had a good life and obeyed the law, w.a.n.g Fenghua didn't care what his son did for a living .

He and his wife couldn't help their son with his career anyway .

It was windy and cool and gloomy in Beijing . w.a.n.g Yao felt it was bleak to walk in an old lane of thousands of years of history .

“I like autumn,” said w.a.n.g Yao as he looked at the sky .

“What?” said Chen Ying with confusion .

“Let's go,” said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile .

He went back to Su Xiaoxue's house to conduct another treatment on Su Xiaoxue .

Su Xiaoxue had felt more obvious changes in her body in the last few days . She was truly getting better every single day . There had been more changes over the past day since w.a.n.g Yao's last visit than there had been in the ten days before it combined . It was such a wonderful thing for Su Xiaoxue . Apart from her recovery, she also noticed another change; the expanding of her Qi .

“Good,” said w.a.n.g Yao after reviewing Su Xiaoxue . He also found the expanding Qi inside Su Xiaoxue's body . It didn't surprise w.a.n.g Yao . He had transferred Qi into Su Xiaoxue's body several times . Part of the Qi was used to fix her body . A small proportion stayed inside her body untouched . However, Su Xiaoxue didn't know how to induce the Qi, so she couldn't take advantage of the remaining amount . In addition, the Qi didn't belong to anyone . It would disappear over time . Part of it would turn into some sort of energy and became part of her body . Whatever was left would mingle with her own Qi . That was why her Qi had expanded .

“The Qi inside your body is a wonderful thing . You can try to induce it,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

“How?” asked Su Xiaoxue with confusion .

“Well, it's part of your body now . Use your mind to control it,” said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile .

It sounded tricky, but w.a.n.g Yao was telling the truth . Like the newborns attempting to put their fingers into their mouth when they turned three months, they would fail in most occasions at the beginning . The newborns couldn't control their arms at the beginning . It took practice, ongoing practice . Therefore, Su Xiaoxue needed to practice for a long time to be able to control her Qi like w.a.n.g Yao did .

“Okay, I'll try,” said Su Xiaoxue .

“Good,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

w.a.n.g Yao had the instructions of inducing Qi, but he couldn't tell Su Xiaoxue . The instructions belonged to the system . It was too complicated to pa.s.s it onto other people .

By the time w.a.n.g Yao had completed the session, it was over 2 pm .

There came a visitor to Su Xiaoxue's house, whom w.a.n.g Yao knew . It was Dr . Chen .

“h.e.l.lo, Dr . w.a.n.g,” said Dr . Chen .

“h.e.l.lo,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

“Just finished the treatment?” asked Dr . Chen .

“Yes,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

Dr . Chen had visited Su Xiaoxue quite often lately, because Su Xiaoxue had been recovering really fast, faster than he could ever imagine . However, Song Ruiping didn't mention w.a.n.g Yao's innovative treatment to Dr . Chen . She didn't think it was a good idea to tell other people about it .

“I come too late . I was going to learn something from you,” said Dr . Chen with a smile .

“Please don't joke about me . ” w.a.n.g Yao was not an arrogant person . Although he had certain advantages, Dr . Chen was way more experienced than him . In addition, w.a.n.g Yao was a modest person who preferred to keep a low profile . “We can discuss it on another day,” said Dr . Chen .

“Sure,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

He left after chatting with Dr . Chen for a short while .

Chen Ying left for the house a bit earlier . She estimated the time of w.a.n.g Yao's arrival and had cooked lunch .

“Hi, you are back,” said Chen Ying .

“Yes,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

“How is Xiaoxue?” asked Chen Ying .

“She's much better,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

“Lunch is ready . Eat it while it's still warm,” said Chen Ying .

“Okay,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

Chen Ying just cooked some simple dishes, which were all delicious . Apart from her other skills, her cooking skills was as good as those chefs in the restaurants .

“There was a visitor before you came back,” said Chen Ying .

“Who is it?” asked w.a.n.g Yao .

“Wu Xiuxian . I don't think you know him . ” Chen Ying said a strange name .

“Right, I don't know him . I've never heard of this name before,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

“But he seems to know you . He didn't stay long, as you were not here . By the way, he left something for you . ” Chen Ying pointed at the table .

“What is it?” w.a.n.g Yao saw several well-packed boxes .

“Tea, Wuyi rock tea,” said Chen Ying .

“Oh . ” w.a.n.g Yao wasn't too surprised . “I guess Mr . Wu is not some commoner . ”

“You are right, he's from a very wealthy family,” said Chen Ying .

“I see . I hope he's not going to cause any trouble for me,” said w.a.n.g Yao softly .

He didn't have anything planned in the afternoon, so Chen Ying took him to several well-known old herbal shops in Beijing, like Tongren herbal shop . w.a.n.g Yao wanted to see how they processed the herbs, but he didn't get to see anything . w.a.n.g Yao wasn't too disappointed . After all, the techniques of processing herbs were supposed to be secretive . The shop was at least one hundred years old . It was rich in culture .

“You wanna see how they process herbs and brew decoctions?” asked Chen Ying curiously .

“Yes, I'm interested in knowing they methods,” admitted w.a.n.g Yao .

“Maybe I can help you,” said Chen Ying .

“Can you?” asked w.a.n.g Yao .

“I can try,” said Chen Ying with a smile .

w.a.n.g Yao knew Chen Ying would probably able to give him what he wanted .

“Great! I really want to see how they work,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

“I'll ask around for you,” said Chen Ying .

“Okay, thank you,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

All the herbal shops had their own ways to process herbs and brew decoctions . Some also had very old formulas . How they prepared herbs and brewed decoctions were confidential . They relied on those techniques to survive .

“By the way, I want to go to the Great Wall,” said w.a.n.g Yao .

“Now?” Chen Ying looked up at the sky . It was dark and gloomy .

“Yes, now,” said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile .

“Okay, let's go,” said Chen Ying .

The Great Wall was outside the metropolitan area . It was a fairly long drive for them . w.a.n.g Yao just suddenly wanted to go there . The last time when he visited the Great Wall, he practiced air-piercing fist there and made significant improvement . This time, maybe he would gain something else .

Because it was peak hour, the roads were very busy with terrible traffic jam . It took them quite a while to reach the Great Wall . However, by the time they had arrived, it had started to rain .

“It's raining,” said Chen Ying with surprise .

“So?” said w.a.n.g Yao . He actually liked the rain . He liked both thick spring rain and continuous autumn rain .

“Nothing,” said Chen Ying with a smile .

The reason why she said that was because there was no umbrella in the car . To be precise, there was only one broken umbrella in the car . It was broken from the last time she used it and she forgot to take a new one . If they had to get out of the car, they had to walk in the rain . She didn't like walking in the rain . They were out of the metropolitan area now . She just hoped that she could buy an umbrella at a shop somewhere near the Great Wall .