Chapter 396: Chapter 396: Doubts About Liu Zheng
"Imported from abroad? Liu Zheng, do you often go abroad on your business trips?"
"Hehe, not really. It was given to me by someone before; at that time it was just a seed. I didn’t have much hope for it, considering it was a type of seed that I thought could only grow in a foreign environment. In our domestic environment here, I wasn’t sure it would thrive. But who knew, it slowly came to life."
"When I first entered the yard, I smelled this strange fragrance. Could it be that the scent of this flower can spread to the first floor yard? It seems the windows in the room were all closed, right?"
"Oh, that’s just from the things in the room. There are a few more plants in the backyard. This thing reproduces really fast, as long as it’s tended to with care. Basically, it could cover a large area within a year."
"When did you begin planting this?"
"You mean gardening? That started a long time ago, over a decade. I began to love gardening, and then my mother has always liked planting flowers and plants, so, I also took interest in it because of her."
"No, I’m not asking when you started gardening. I mean, this exotic plant that’s been imported, when did you start cultivating it?"
"Ah, if you’re talking about that, it’s been almost a year, I think. Yes, not quite a year, not yet a year, about six or seven months, I’d say."
Hearing this, Liu Zheng just slightly frowned.
Six or seven months, and the old lady’s skin condition began to change about six months ago too. And the exotic plant was also introduced six or seven months ago. Could there be some inevitable connection between the two?
However, Liu Zheng had yet to make a decision on this. Currently, he was merely speculating.
The town mayor had been watching Liu Zheng all the while, pacing back and forth in front of his pot of flowers. He found it odd. Coming here, Liu Zheng didn’t ask about the illness, nor did he examine the patient or inquire about the specific condition, yet he seemed so interested in the environment of the room?
He really couldn’t understand what Liu Zheng was thinking at this point, and whether he even had the ability to treat and cure people. Even the town mayor himself was starting to doubt at this moment.
"Liu Zheng, shouldn’t you be examining my mother’s symptoms right now? And what should we be cautious about? Also, what caused these symptoms? Shouldn’t you be analyzing that?"
Eventually, the town mayor couldn’t hold back anymore. If it were any other doctor, he might still show some respect and refrain from speaking out.
But the key issue was that Liu Zheng was pretty much his subordinate, so as a superior to a subordinate, speaking his mind, even expressing his inner demands, was not excessive at all.
"Town Mayor Liu, since so many skilled doctors have already examined her and failed to solve the problem, and since so many tests have been done, what’s the point of me asking? Aren’t they just surface symptoms? I saw them just now. Mayor Liu, could you please take me around your backyard?"
"What? Go to the backyard? For what purpose?"
Upon hearing this, the town mayor was somewhat displeased. He didn’t invite Liu Zheng here to sightsee or enjoy leisure. Why did it feel like he had invited a freeloader? So when he heard that suggestion, he was indeed a bit upset.
"Yes, I’d like to have a look at the backyard, at the flowers and plants you usually cultivate. Don’t you feel that they might be somewhat related to these issues?"
"What are you joking about? Dr. Liu, if you really understood, then you wouldn’t be talking nonsense here. I’ve never heard of gardening causing one’s body to rot away. No doctor before you ever suspected that. How did it come to be an issue with you?"
"Everything in this world is rooted in something, Town Mayor Liu. You can’t underestimate this pot of flowers. And some flowers, well, I might as well not explain since you might not understand anyway. Well, how about this, if it’s inconvenient for you, then I’ll just go to the backyard and have a good look around myself. Would that be okay?"
"Ah, suit yourself. Isn’t your sister-in-law downstairs? I’ll just mention it to her later."
With that, the town mayor walked out of the room with evident impatience.
"Gui Zhi, Gui Zhi."
He called out a couple of times.
"What’s up? Just tell me if there’s something you need."
"Dr. Liu wants to take a look at our backyard, at the plants. You can take him straight there. I’ll stay upstairs and talk with the old lady; I won’t go over."
"Oh, to look at the plants? Okay, I got it."
In fact, Liu Zheng’s wife was somewhat perplexed upon hearing this. He came here to treat an illness, right? What was he doing making it seem like he was just paying a visit?
Despite being full of questions, it was still a task assigned by the mayor, and a request from someone else, so she had to comply and accommodate.
As Liu Zheng came down from the upstairs, she left with him,
"Dr. Liu, are you saying you want to go to our backyard and see the usual flowers and grass we have? Sure, no problem, I can take you there now."
"Hey, sister-in-law, as it happens, I’m free, and I haven’t seen your family’s flowers and plants in the visits I’ve made, so come on, I’ll go with you."
"Alright, then come along."
Saying this, she waved her hand. Afterward, Liu Jiaxin followed the two of them toward the backyard.
It’s called a backyard, but in truth, the total area is just about 50 square meters. There’s a large flower bed near the wall, and indeed it is full of various kinds of fresh flowers.
It might be due to the weather, or maybe because they take good care of them usually, but every single flower here looks extremely vibrant; moreover, the scent that I noticed earlier instantly hit me as I arrived.
"Jia Xin, since there’s no one else here, I won’t keep you company. I have some things to deal with over there, and I still have to prepare a craft for the kid when he comes back. I’m really sorry."
