92: The miracle doctor is coming
"If you want to seal it, then seal it."
Lin Chuan stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the tail lights of the fire trucks below that had yet to disperse.
"Taking the initiative to provoke me!"
"It's easy to put these seals on, but taking them off won't be so simple."
Lin Chuan made a phone call to Chen Jiacheng.
"Hey, Jiacheng."
"Help me look into the background of someone named Zheng Ziyang."
"The more detailed, the better."
On the other end of the phone, Chen Jiacheng was now Lin Chuan's intelligence chief, with a group of informants under him.
In less than ten minutes, the call came back.
"Boss, I've found everything out."
"This Zheng Ziyang is the eldest son of the second branch of the Zheng family."
"The Zheng family is one of the Three Kings in Harbin, and they are a true official lineage."
"Particularly their patriarch, Zheng Guoqiang, is a retired senior leader whose proteges and former subordinates are all over Heilongjiang Province."
"This Zheng Ziyang secured the position of head of the fire department before he was even thirty, and the second son of the Zheng family places high hopes on him."
"However..."
Chen Jiacheng paused, his voice lowering a few notches.
"I've heard some very interesting news."
Lin Chuan said, "Let's hear it."
"The one currently in power in the Zheng family is the eldest daughter, who is also Zheng Ziyang's aunt, Zheng Yun."
"This Zheng Yun is an Iron Lady with very tough methods, and she manages the Zheng family in an orderly fashion."
"But Zheng Ziyang's father, the second son of the Zheng family, has always felt that a woman being in charge is improper. Additionally, Zheng Yun has no son, only a daughter, so there is fierce overt and covert fighting between these two branches."
"Zheng Ziyang has always maintained a high profile; he wants to win honor for his father so they can seize the position of family head."
After Lin Chuan finished listening, a golden flash flickered in his eyes.
"Quite interesting."
"Rich family feuds."
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
Lin Chuan hung up the phone and gently tapped his fingers on the desk.
In the system space, the Truth Sticker and the Favor Sticker were lying quietly.
If he slapped one on Zheng Ziyang's forehead and made him confess his bribery records in front of the city's media, it would certainly be spectacular.
However, that was too simple and uninteresting.
Since he was going to play, he would go big.
He would directly turn the great tree of the Zheng family into his own network tree from its very roots!
Zheng Guoqiang and Chu Xiong were two different kinds of people; one made ordinary people tremble with fear at the mention of his name.
While the other was a presence that everyone in political circles had to respect.
In this society of connections, Lin Chuan needed the Chu family's martial force, which would be the foundation for his future expansion into Southeast Asia and other nations.
At the same time, he needed Zheng Guoqiang's connections, which would allow him to do various things in Harbin more smoothly.
Long Wu, who had been standing by the side all along, suddenly spoke.
"Boss!"
Lin Chuan was surprised: "What's up?"
Did this big guy know someone from the Zheng family?
"Just now, when President Chen mentioned the Zheng family's old man, I have something to tell you."
Long Wu scratched his head and said:
"The day I went to the hospital and gave my mother the medicine you prescribed, she immediately got much better!"
"At that time, there was an old man staying in the neighboring ward who also had uremia!"
"Later I heard the nurse say that the old man was the Zheng family's patriarch, Zheng Guoqiang!"
"The middle-aged beautiful woman attending to him then should be the female head of the family, Zheng Yun, whom you just mentioned!"
"After my mother recovered, that Zheng Yun also had someone bring a message to me."
"She said she is willing to prepare generous gifts and even owes a massive favor to meet the Divine Doctor who wrote the prescription!"
"Firstly, they were still preparing, and secondly, you've been quite busy these past few days, so I hadn't told you yet."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chuan raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"This really is like being given a pillow just as I was getting sleepy."
"Heaven is helping me."
Since this Zheng family patriarch was Zheng Yun's biological father, he was the stabilizing force of the Zheng family.
If he cured the old man...
Then wouldn't that massive favor fall into Lin Chuan's hands?
As for Zheng Ziyang, he could be dealt with however Lin Chuan pleased by then.
In this region, for someone like Zheng Guoqiang, the thing that could attract them most was a healthy body.
Lin Chuan was confident that using his Divine Doctor methods to handle these big figures would be as easy as turning over his hand.
"Long Wu."
Lin Chuan straightened his collar, a sharp light bursting from his eyes.
"Go contact that Zheng Yun."
"Tell her."
"This Divine Doctor is free tonight."
"I can pay a visit in person!"
...Zheng family mansion.
This was an old-style Western house located in the core area of Nangang District, surrounded by compounds with armed patrols on guard.
Being able to live here was in itself a symbol of status and power.
At this moment, the atmosphere was exceptionally tense.
"Quick! Bring out the best tea in the house!"
"And that! Bring out those antiques the old man has been treasuring!"
Zheng Yun, this strong woman who was usually vigorous and resolute in managing the massive Zheng family...
Was now full of anxiety and expectation, directing the servants as they busied themselves.
Long Wu had just come by to inform her of the news.
This had left her incredibly excited.
Zheng Yun was wearing an elegant qipao. Although she was in her early forties, she was extremely well-maintained; her skin was fair, her figure was plump, and she exuded the charm of a mature woman and the majesty of someone who had long held a high position.
"Big Sister, is all this necessary?"
On the sofa sat a middle-aged man with his legs crossed, looking completely dismissive.
This person was the second son of the Zheng family and Zheng Ziyang's biological father, Zheng Wei.
"Isn't he just some itinerant quack?"
"A Divine Doctor?"
"I think he's just a scammer out for money."
"There are so many scammers these days; only womenfolk like you are so easily fooled."
"Besides, even Union Hospital has no solution for Dad's illness! Can drinking a few bowls of grass root and tree bark soup cure it?"
"I don't believe it!"
"Shut up!!"
Zheng Yun suddenly turned her head, her eyebrows arched in anger as she glared fiercely at her younger brother.
"What the hell do you know!"
"I saw it with my own eyes! Long Wu's mother was almost at her end, but after drinking the medicine, she could go out and dance the Yangko in just a few hours!"
"That is a solid fact! Dad saw it with his own eyes too!"
"As long as there's a glimmer of hope, I have to try!"
"If you dare to say another sarcastic word, then get out!"
Zheng Yun was truly furious.
Zheng Wei curled his lip. Although he was unconvinced, he didn't dare to go head-to-head with his sister at this critical juncture.
After all, while the old man was still alive, Big Sister still had the final say in this family.
Just then.
A bout of coughing came from the stairwell.
Two nannies supported an emaciated old man as he walked down.
It was precisely the once-powerful Elder Zheng, Zheng Guoqiang.
Although he was tormented by illness to the point of being barely recognizable, the old man's eyes were still sharp.
"What's all the noise about?"
Elder Zheng's voice was weak, but his majesty remained.
"That Divine Doctor, is he coming?"
"Yes! Dad!"
Zheng Yun hurried over to support her father.
"Long Wu just told me that the Divine Doctor is visiting in person tonight!"
"Good... good!"
A trace of longing flashed in Elder Zheng's eyes.
It was a strong desire for a healthy body.
"Prepare generous gifts! We must not be neglectful!"
Elder Zheng was excited; what an old person wanted most was to live a few more years. No one wanted to die, especially those who lived very comfortably.
For them, living was enjoyment; who wouldn't want to keep enjoying it?
Moreover, Elder Zheng dreamed of getting to know some Divine Doctors. Among his friends, many stayed in top-tier sanatoriums instead of their homes.
Wasn't it just for the medical conditions there?
"I know, Dad."
Zheng Yun pointed to several brocade boxes on the coffee table.
"This is that Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Vase you like most, and that piece of Han Jade."
"I've taken them all out."
"We must make the Divine Doctor feel our sincerity."
Zheng Wei watched from the side, feeling quite bitter.
Those antiques were worth a fortune!
He had been eyeing them for a long time, yet the old man took them out to give to an outsider without even blinking?
"Hmph, I'd like to see just who this Divine Doctor really is."
"If he can't cure it, I'll skin him alive!"
Zheng Wei thought ruthlessly to himself.