TFWYH – Chapter 6 Treating the Elderly

“Nonsense! My master was perfectly fine just now! Quack doctor—if you can’t save him, you’ll pay with your life!”

The young man panicked and drew the sword from his waist, pointing it straight at Doctor Li.

Doctor Li jumped in fright and hurriedly explained, “He really has no pulse! If you don’t believe me, check for yourself!”

The young man’s eyes were bloodshot—he didn’t want to hear it. He refused to believe.

To him, Doctor Li was nothing but a quack.

Doctor Li was both scared and angry. He even began to suspect this young man had been sent by a rival to mess with him.

Just as the two were locked in a tense standoff, Tang Wan walked over, squatted down, and took the old man’s pulse. Then she opened the man’s collar and began rhythmically pressing on his heart.

Once she was sure his pulse had returned, she lifted his legs to improve circulation.

The young man was completely stunned by her actions. When he snapped out of it, he immediately raised his sword to her neck and growled, “How dare you be so disrespectful to my master!”

Tang Wan gave him a bland sideways glance—like she was looking at an idiot.

Moments later, she lowered the old man’s legs, completely ignoring the sword at her throat, and turned to leave.

At the same time, the old man began coughing.

The young man was shocked and quickly rushed to check on him. When he saw the elder had regained consciousness, he was overjoyed: “Master! You’re awake!”

“Mm.” The old man frowned and reached out his hand.

The young man quickly helped him sit up and glared at Doctor Li. “Quack! My master is clearly fine!”

“This…” Doctor Li finally came to his senses, but instead of dealing with that blockhead, he quickly called after Tang Wan: “Wan Niang, wait up!”

Tang Wan stopped and looked back suspiciously. “What is it?”

“…” Of course something was up! Doctor Li pointed to the elderly man. “Just now, you were saving him, right? His waking up had something to do with what you did, didn’t it?”

“Yes,” Tang Wan nodded, then added, “He wasn’t actually dead—just in a false death state.”

In modern terms, he was in shock—common and treatable.

So no, I can’t bring back the dead—don’t look at me like that. It’s creepy.

Doctor Li was stunned, then took a closer look at Tang Wan. “How do you know medicine?”

He distinctly remembered she didn’t know any!

Tang Wan paused before replying, “I learned it.”

Doctor Li: ??

When?
Had she encountered some fortuitous event after getting married?

That must be it! Doctor Li’s mind filled in the blanks automatically.

By now, the old man and the young man had also realized what had happened and were both staring at Tang Wan in surprise.

Their first thought: Whoa, what a chubby girl!

Luckily, she didn’t like to smile. If she did, her eyes would probably shrink into little slits.

The old man chuckled kindly, “Young lady, thank you for saving this old man. I didn’t expect someone so young to be so skilled in medicine. Truly, appearances can be deceiving!”

Tang Wan frowned deeply and replied, “Are you blind?”

“How dare you—” the young man snapped.

“Eh!” The old man interrupted him, still smiling politely. “What do you mean, young lady?”

Tang Wan pointed to her hair tied up in a married woman’s bun and emphasized: “I’m married.”

Why are you calling me a young lady?
You’re the young lady!
I have a handsome husband, thank you very much!

Old man: …

My bad. Your face is so round it blocked the view of your married woman’s bun—I didn’t notice.

The old man coughed awkwardly and smiled gently, “My poor eyesight—please don’t take offense, young madam.”

Tang Wan nodded.
No offense!

Admitting you’re wrong makes you a good person.

The old man smiled again and finally got to the point. “May I ask what illness caused me to faint?”

Tang Wan: “Insufficient blood supply. You’re getting old. It’s normal. Watch your diet—go light—or it’ll be dangerous.”

When she said “getting old,” the corner of the old man’s eye twitched hard.

He swore—only this little fatty dared to call him old.
No one else would dare!

But it also showed she was honest and straightforward.

The old man hated flattery, so hearing Tang Wan’s bluntness made him like her even more.

“Is there… no way to cure it?” the old man asked hopefully.

Tang Wan shook her head. “Can only be controlled.”

The old man looked disappointed.

But on second thought, if even the imperial physicians couldn’t cure him, how powerful could a village girl be?

Still, he remained respectful: “Could I trouble you to write a prescription for me?”

Tang Wan nodded and held up five fingers: “This much.”

The old man was confused at first, then burst out laughing. He signaled to the young man beside him: “Wushuang!”

He understood now—this woman was economical with words. If two words could express something, she wouldn’t bother with a third.

But she was clearly a warm-hearted and kind person!

The young man named Wushuang glared at Tang Wan but still pulled out a fifty tael silver note and handed it over: “Here. Now can you write the prescription?”

Tang Wan: …

Heaven help me—I only wanted five taels!

But wow, this old man was generous.
If you’re offering it… then I won’t say no.

Tang Wan tucked the banknote away, borrowed paper and brush from Doctor Li, and began to write.

But…

She wasn’t great with a brush, so in the end, she asked for a charcoal pencil instead.

Even with a pencil, the characters came out crooked and barely legible—it was painful to look at.

Can’t blame her though—in her past life as a battle survival robot, she’d never even held a pen!

Just being able to copy the characters from the original host’s memory was already impressive to her.

Wushuang and the old man looked at the chicken-scratch handwriting, eyes twitching.
They doubted the validity of the prescription.

Luckily, Doctor Li was there to review it. After reading, he confirmed the prescription was not only valid, but excellent in composition.

After finishing the prescription, Tang Wan remembered how generous the old man had been, so after a moment of hesitation, she pulled out three blister packs of aspirin from her hidden space and handed them to him.

“One pill, three times a day—morning, noon, and night.”

The old man blinked at the strange little white tablets. “What is this?”

“Medicine.” Tang Wan stuffed them into his arms without explaining further, said goodbye to Doctor Li, and walked out of the clinic.

After she left, Wushuang frowned. “Master, this medicine…”

“Hmm. Take it back and let the imperial physicians check it. Also, find out more about this young madam.”

Just in case this weird medicine works, they’d need to know where to get more.

The old man was already planning ahead. Wushuang gave a signal to the hidden bodyguards to follow Tang Wan.

But could they really follow her?

Tang Wan immediately noticed someone tailing her. She turned a corner into an alley and disappeared.

Bodyguards: …

In broad daylight? Did she vanish into thin air??

Tang Wan was in great spirits after earning 50 taels for free. She went back to shopping, and when she passed a street vendor selling candied hawthorn, she bought a skewer for each family member.

As for herself—she bought five.

She then passed a pork stall, where the vendor was about to throw away pig offal.

Tang Wan quickly approached: “You don’t want that?”