"Yes, I am going to the Lightning Clan," Fade nodded. Then, he caught sight of the wariness on her parents' expression through the front window. So he turned to Cherry and said, "I'll pass on the ride, thanks! I will walk there myself."
Hearing this, Cherry could not help but felt disappointed. However, much to everyone's shock, she immediately opened the car door and jumped haphazardly out of the car that was still moving.
This startled her parents. They exclaimed. "Cherry, what are you doing?"
Cherry winked at her parents and smiled, "Mom, Dad, you guys go ahead with driving. I'll walk with Fade. Since we are already close to the foot of Thunder Mountain, where we'll need to get down and hike the mountain on foot anyway. I'll take it as a warm up."
Cherry's parents were about to say something, but the impatient blare of honks from the drivers behind them shattered the tense atmosphere, forcing them to drive forward.
When Cherry saw her parents driving away, a cheeky grin appeared on her face. She leaned over to Fade and said with a chuckle, "Fade, thank you for your help yesterday!"
Fade smiled and said, "You already thanked me yesterday. Besides, it's not a big deal. You don't have to be so courteous."
Hearing this, Cherry giggled. She looked at Fade and asked, "Fade, are you really a doctor?"
Fade nodded and said, "I'm a doctor in Chinese Medicine."
"Chinese Medicine?" Cherry was a little surprised. "You practice Chinese Medicine?"
Fade read through her mind and couldn't help laughing. He said, "You should change your mindset. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners are not all white- bearded old men like what you're thinking right now. There are still a lot of youngsters in this profession."
"I see! I thought Chinese Medicine doctors are all old men like what I've seen on dramas!" The little girl stuck her tongue out, giving her a cute and lovely demeanor.
Then, she stared at Fade with widened eyes and asked tentatively, "Fade, are your medical skills good?"
"Well, I guess so!" Fade chuckled.
When she heard this, Cherry couldn't hide the joy on her face, "For real? My grandpa is seriously ill.
It'd be wonderful if you could cure his illness."
When Fade heard this, he said, "Tell me your grandpa's symptoms. Who knows, I might actually have a way to save him!"
At first, Cherry merely bought up the topic as a casual conversation without expecting anything in return. After all, she was born with a silver spoon. Her family had employed countless famous doctors locally or from abroad, but none of them could not cure her Grandpa. Therefore, her family opted for the last choice, which was to seek for medicine from the Lightning Clan.
As for what Fade had just said, Cherry merely treated them as a figure of speech.
Seeing Cherry's indifferent attitude toward his words, Fade said, "You can tell me. Even if I can't cure him, maybe I know someone who can."
Hearing this, Cherry felt tempted. She was thinking that even if Fade couldn't treat her grandpa, as a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, he should know many people in the profession such as his seniors, masters and the likes of it. There might be a way out somehow. After all, the more friends you have, the more options you have.
Having thought of this, Cherry started telling Fade about her grandfather's condition.
After listening carefully to her descriptions, Fade pondered for a moment and said, "To be honest, your grandfather's condition is not as complicated as you think. Just take some ginseng, psyllium husk powder, and wormwood..."
Fade went on with his list of jargons, only to stop when he noticed Cherry's look of utter puzzlement. He broke into laughter and said, "Well, I'll write down the prescriptions for you. When you go back, you can go to a traditional Chinese medical center to get you the ingredients."
Cherry didn't expect Fade to say that he could cure her grandfather's illness. Although she was not really convinced, Fade was being nice. She passed a pen and paper to Fade. Fade jolted down the prescriptions swiftly and handed it back to her.
Cherry took the prescription and glanced at it. Realizing that she couldn't understand a single word on it, she folded the paper and shoved it into her pocket.
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