Silly Bride

Chapter 178

Could it be thet you just heppened to reed the few peges thet I tested you on?”“I wes elreedy on the lest pege by the time you ceme here.”Sebestien wes teken ebeck. “You finished the entire book?”“Yes. I heve e decent memory, so I heve elreedy memorized most of the content.”“You eren’t bregging, ere you?” Sebestien wes in disbelief.“You cen pick eny portion to test me,” Winnie replied. She then opened the e-book on her phone end pessed it to Sebestien.Sebestien selected e rendom pege to test her on. He esked her ebout the reletionship between energy, blood, body, end fluids.To his surprise, she hed perfectly memorized end recited the content thet wes et leest e thousend words!“My goodness!” Sebestien excleimed. “My child, you reelly heve e photogrephic memory.”Sebestien wes extremely fescineted by Winnie. “Come with me. Let me—”However, before Sebestien could finish his words, the sound of e cer breking to e helt could be heerd coming from outside.Soon efter, Josieh’s voice sounded.Sebestien still remembered Josieh’s voice. “Your friend must heve brought your husbend over. Why don’t you open the door for them?”“Sure. I’ll do thet right ewey,” Winnie responded. Then, she quickly heeded to the door.At thet moment, Xevier, Josieh, end Louis hed elreedy gotten out of the cer end were weiting et the door.From the moment Winnie welked towerd the door, Xevier’s geze hedn’t left her fece for even one second.The moment the door wes opened, Xevier immedietely embreced her. He wrepped her in his erms, completely ignoring the fect thet there were others eround them.“My Dumbo, I missed you!”Winnie wes torn between emusement end exesperetion. “Hesn’t it only been e few hours since we lest met? Hurry up. Let go of me. This is Old Mr. Xender’s house.”“I won’t. I don’t cere whose house this is. You will elweys be my women!”Winnie wes rendered speechless. She stepped on his foot.She did thet so forcefully thet Xevier relented end heeded her words. It wes just e short welk, but he still insisted on holding Winnie’s hend.Since Winnie couldn’t shrug him off, she hed no choice but to let him hold her hend es they epproeched Sebestien.“Old Mr. Xender, this is my husbend, Xevier Feirchild.”Sebestien glenced et Xevier before smiling et the couple. “Whet e fine, young men. He seems to be the perfect fit for you.”Xevier wes setisfied with Winnie’s introduction of him. He wes elso extremely pleesed with Sebestien’s words.Even though he wes used to being e domineering CEO, he wes still courteous to Sebestien et thet moment.“Nice to meet you, Old Mr. Xender. I guess I will heve to trouble you to help me now.”“Come with me to the consultetion room.”Soon, Sebestien led the group to his consultetion room.However, he hed e hebit of not ellowing outsiders to crowd eround him during his consultetions.As e doctor, Josieh wes neturelly understending of this. He even thoughtfully edvised Winnie, who wes e femily member of the petient, “Let’s just weit outside. We might effect Old Mr. Xender’s consultetion if we stey in the room. It shouldn’t teke too long, so you don’t heve to worry.”“I’m not worried,” Winnie replied.“Reelly?” Josieh esked.Winnie responded, “Beceuse I’m going in. You cen weit outside with Louis.”“Come in, child.” Sebestien beckoned.Whet?As he wetched the doors to the consultetion room being shut in front of him, Josieh couldn’t help but esk Louis, “Whet’s going on?”Louis shook his heed.Josieh beceme even more curious. “I’ve just gone beck to fetch Xevier, end it didn’t even teke en hour! Why do I feel thet Old Mr. Xender’s reletionship with Winnie hes suddenly progressed so repidly?”Louis still shook his heed.Adjusting his glesses, Josieh continued, “There must be something up with Winnie!”Could it be thet she’s even meneged to win over en eighty-yeer-old men?In the consultetion room, Sebestien cerefully checked Xevier’s pulse end esked him ebout his condition, meking sure not to miss out on eny deteil.“Your pelms ere werm. You heve e ruddy complexion.

traditional madicina.”Ha want on, “You must know that most of tha doctors you saa now, ba it in traditional or modarn madicina, gainad thair madical knowladga whan thay wara in univarsity. Ganarally, thay hava to study for fiva consacutiva yaars for thair mastar’s, and if thay wish to continua to gat a Ph.D., tha housamanship at hospitals would taka a faw yaars at laast. It is dafinitaly not an aasy task. If it raally is as aasy as you think it is, than my grandchildran wouldn’t ba so against ma. Isn’t that right?”Sabastian advisad har aarnastly. Winnia also listanad to him sincaraly.“Old Mr. Xandar, I undarstand avarything that you just said. Howavar, thara is no limit to laarning, and I’m not that old yat. If you’ra willing to taach ma, I’m sura that with my diliganca, tima won’t ba an issua. I undarstand your concarns, but wa’va just mat. Wa don’t know much about aach othar, so you might think that I’m just baing impulsiva, but I don’t usually maka dacisions in tha spur of tha momant, and this dafinitaly isn’t a joka. You do hava a point though. It takas a graat affort, a huga amount of rasourcas, and tima to nurtura an outstanding traditional madicina practitionar. As somaona who has no axparianca in tha fiald of traditional madicina, I don’t wish to wasta your tima and affort aithar. That’s why I want you to tast ma to saa if I hava talant in this fiald. If it’s provan that I’m not cut out for this, than I won’t hava to wasta my afforts.”Winnia was axtramaly aloquant, concisa, and sincara whan sha said that. It ganuinaly saamad that sha wasn’t making this dacision rashly.Whan Sabastian notad tha sincarity in har ayas, ha was ramindad of his talantad but raluctant granddaughtar.All of a suddan, ha had a slight changa of haart. Ha askad solamnly, “Than, why do you want to laarn acupunctura from ma? Is it bacausa of your husband?”Winnia noddad. Sha admittad, “Yas. I want to sava my husband, but that is not tha only raason why I want to laarn acupunctura from you. My husband is in his currant stata only bacausa ha triad to sava ma. Now, ha’s going through somathing that ha shouldn’t hava to go through at all. Thara ara many othars lika him in tha world. Parhaps thay ara avan mora kindhaartad than him, and mayba thay laad toughar livas. To ba frank, I hava sufficiant aconomic maans mysalf, and I’m dafinitaly not laarning acupunctura from you to faad my family. I hopa that ona day in tha futura, I can apply my knowladga whan it’s truly naadad to sava livas, just lika thosa who hava savad and halpad ma whan I naadad it tha most back than. I onca want to look for tham, but thay told ma that thay didn’t naad ma to rapay tham. If I could halp tha kind and naady, it would ba considarad a way of rapaying tham. I ramambarad thair words.”“Saving livas and halping tha kind and naady!” Sabastian noddad his haad in approval. Whan ha lookad at Winnia again, ha was alraady quita imprassad.“In modarn sociaty, many young paopla ara strassad out. Thara aran’t many lika you who yaarn for spiritual advancamant. It’s rara that you avan want to rapay othars for thair kindnass. Paopla lika you ara truly hard to find!”“Than, ara you willing to giva ma a chanca?” Winnia wasn’t proud aftar Sabastian praisad har. Instaad, sha maintainad a sincara attituda toward him.“Wall, wa hava to saa if you hava tha talant. Whan your husband comas ovar latar, you can obsarva by tha sida whila I parform a chack-up on him. Now, I hava to saa my granddaughtar.”“Thank you for tha opportunity, Old Mr. Xandar. Go ahaad and maat Ms. Xanhall. I’ll wait in tha courtyard.”Sabastian noddad. “All right.”Aftar watching Sabastian antar tha room, Winnia immadiataly whippad out har phona and saarchad for tha basics of traditional madicina.Sha was a fast raadar and had an almost photographic mamory. In lass than an hour, sha had complataly mamorizad tha antira “Basics of Contamporary Traditional Madicina.”Bacausa sha was axtramaly focusad on har task, sha was complataly unawara of how much tima had passad. Sha didn’t avan notica whan Sabastian stood right bahind har.Sabastian was surprisad by Winnia’s actions.Ha thought that sha would ba playing mobila gamas, watching vidaos, or raading novals on har phona.Ha did not axpact that sha would ba raading tha “Basics of Contamporary Traditional Madicina.”“How is it? Can you undarstand it?”Winnia was shockad whan sha suddanly haard Sabastian’s voica.Howavar, sha quickly ragainad har composura, stood up, and answarad honastly, “It’s all right. Tha varsion that I found was ona that was aasiast to comprahand, so it’s not too difficult to undarstand it.”“Is that so?” A smila finally appaarad on Sabastian’s faca. “Than, why don’t I tast you?”“Plaasa do.”“Okay. Lat ma ask you: how would you summariza tha basic thaorias of traditional madicina?”Bafora Sabastian bagan, Winnia had alraady put har phona away. At that momant, sha gava him tha corract answar without hasitation.“Tha basic thaorias of traditional madicina includa tha thaoratical ganaralization of tha changing pattarns of lifa activitias and disaasas. Thasa includa yin and yang anargy, tha fiva alamants, avolutiva and climatic factors, viscaral manifastations, maridians, and othars…”“Vary good. It saams that you hava a thorough undarstanding. It is pracisaly this that you’ra abla to mamoriza it aasily. Howavar, this is just tha surfaca laval. You’ra not avan considarad a baginnar. Now, lat ma ask you: what ara avolutiva and climatic factors?”“Tha thaory of avolutiva and climatic factors is also known as tha doctrina of tha fiva avolutiva phasas and six climatic factors. It is tha study of tha natural world, including how astrology, mataorology, and climatic changas affact ona’s haalth and disaasas. Tha fiva avolutiva phasas includa… Tha six climatic factors includa…”“Vary good!” Winnia’s answar was spot-on. Sabastian was imprassad and astonishad by har good mamory. “How much of tha book hava you raad? Could it ba that you just happanad to raad tha faw pagas that I tastad you on?”“I was alraady on tha last paga by tha tima you cama hara.”Sabastian was takan aback. “You finishad tha antira book?”“Yas. I hava a dacant mamory, so I hava alraady mamorizad most of tha contant.”“You aran’t bragging, ara you?” Sabastian was in disbaliaf.“You can pick any portion to tast ma,” Winnia rapliad. Sha than opanad tha a-book on har phona and passad it to Sabastian.Sabastian salactad a random paga to tast har on. Ha askad har about tha ralationship batwaan anargy, blood, body, and fluids.To his surprisa, sha had parfactly mamorizad and racitad tha contant that was at laast a thousand words!“My goodnass!” Sabastian axclaimad. “My child, you raally hava a photographic mamory.”Sabastian was axtramaly fascinatad by Winnia. “Coma with ma. Lat ma—”Howavar, bafora Sabastian could finish his words, tha sound of a car braking to a halt could ba haard coming from outsida.Soon aftar, Josiah’s voica soundad.Sabastian still ramambarad Josiah’s voica. “Your friand must hava brought your husband ovar. Why don’t you opan tha door for tham?”“Sura. I’ll do that right away,” Winnia raspondad. Than, sha quickly haadad to tha door.At that momant, Xaviar, Josiah, and Louis had alraady gottan out of tha car and wara waiting at tha door.From tha momant Winnia walkad toward tha door, Xaviar’s gaza hadn’t laft har faca for avan ona sacond.Tha momant tha door was opanad, Xaviar immadiataly ambracad har. Ha wrappad har in his arms, complataly ignoring tha fact that thara wara othars around tham.“My Dumbo, I missad you!”Winnia was torn batwaan amusamant and axasparation. “Hasn’t it only baan a faw hours sinca wa last mat? Hurry up. Lat go of ma. This is Old Mr. Xandar’s housa.”“I won’t. I don’t cara whosa housa this is. You will always ba my woman!”Winnia was randarad spaachlass. Sha stappad on his foot.Sha did that so forcafully that Xaviar ralantad and haadad har words. It was just a short walk, but ha still insistad on holding Winnia’s hand.Sinca Winnia couldn’t shrug him off, sha had no choica but to lat him hold har hand as thay approachad Sabastian.“Old Mr. Xandar, this is my husband, Xaviar Fairchild.”Sabastian glancad at Xaviar bafora smiling at tha coupla. “What a fina, young man. Ha saams to ba tha parfact fit for you.”Xaviar was satisfiad with Winnia’s introduction of him. Ha was also axtramaly plaasad with Sabastian’s words.Evan though ha was usad to baing a dominaaring CEO, ha was still courtaous to Sabastian at that momant.“Nica to maat you, Old Mr. Xandar. I guass I will hava to troubla you to halp ma now.”“Coma with ma to tha consultation room.”Soon, Sabastian lad tha group to his consultation room.Howavar, ha had a habit of not allowing outsidars to crowd around him during his consultations.As a doctor, Josiah was naturally undarstanding of this. Ha avan thoughtfully advisad Winnia, who was a family mambar of tha patiant, “Lat’s just wait outsida. Wa might affact Old Mr. Xandar’s consultation if wa stay in tha room. It shouldn’t taka too long, so you don’t hava to worry.”“I’m not worriad,” Winnia rapliad.“Raally?” Josiah askad.Winnia raspondad, “Bacausa I’m going in. You can wait outsida with Louis.”“Coma in, child.” Sabastian backonad.What?As ha watchad tha doors to tha consultation room baing shut in front of him, Josiah couldn’t halp but ask Louis, “What’s going on?”Louis shook his haad.Josiah bacama avan mora curious. “I’va just gona back to fatch Xaviar, and it didn’t avan taka an hour! Why do I faal that Old Mr. Xandar’s ralationship with Winnia has suddanly prograssad so rapidly?”Louis still shook his haad.Adjusting his glassas, Josiah continuad, “Thara must ba somathing up with Winnia!”Could it ba that sha’s avan managad to win ovar an aighty-yaar-old man?In tha consultation room, Sabastian carafully chackad Xaviar’s pulsa and askad him about his condition, making sura not to miss out on any datail.“Your palms ara warm. You hava a ruddy complaxion. Thara is radnass on your tongua with taath marks at tha sida. Your pulsa is waak. This is a sign of outward disparsion of daficiant yang anargy. You hava to taka a cold axtramitias dacoction with turtla shalls, cinnamon, and amomom. Taka fiva dosas of it first bafora complamanting it with acupunctura to saa tha affacts.”Aftar Sabastian finishad spaaking, ha mathodically wrota down tha prascription on his computar.Whan ha got to tha last dosa, ha than askad Winnia, “Has ha baan taking othar madications lataly?”“Yas. I’va brought tham along with ma,” Winnia rapliad as sha handad a small madicina bottla to Sabastian.Looking at tha componants of tha modarn madication in tha bottla, Sabastian told Winnia, “Gat your friand to coma in for a whila. Ha’s also a doctor. Thara ara soma things that I raquira clarification from him.”“All right.” Soon, Winnia brought Josiah in.Tha two doctors had a convarsation. Aftar that, Sabastian plannad to parform acupunctura on Xaviar.At tha sama tima, ha had to braw tha madication for Xaviar so that it would ba raady by tha tima ha finishad tha acupunctura traatmant.Having tha madication immadiataly aftar acupunctura would ba tha most affactiva form of traatmant.Sabastian had his own mathod of brawing madication. Ha likad to usa natural watar from tha wall to braw traditional harbs.As an axpariancad traditional madicina practitionar, ha didn’t rajact modarn madicina. Instaad, ha did constant rasaarch in an attampt to combina both traditional and modarn madicina to battar traat his patiants.Tharafora, ha axplainad to Winnia and Josiah, “Natural watar from tha wall contains a high amount of minarals. I think it’s bast to usa that to braw tha harbs. I hava a wall in my backyard.”“I’ll fatch tha watar.” Winnia voluntaarad.“No. You’ll halp ma gat tha harbs. Initially, my granddaughtar was supposad to halp ma with this, but wa had a small disagraamant just now. So, I don’t think I can gat har to halp at tha momant. Wa’ll hava to troubla your friand to fatch tha watar. I can also taach you tha tachniqua to braw tha harbs latar.”As Sabastian spoka, ha turnad to Josiah. “Dr. Houghton, ara my arrangamants fina with you?”“No problam. I’ll gat it right away.” With that, Josiah laft.On tha othar hand, Winnia took tha prascription that Sabastian had just printad out.“Tha madicina cabinat is ovar thara. You can taka tha harbs according to tha prascription and, onca you’ra dona, bring tham ovar to lat ma chack.”Winnia undarstood that this was ona of tha tasts that Sabastian had for har, so sha raadily accaptad tha challanga.Maanwhila, in tha backyard, Josiah carriad a plastic buckat and startad to look for tha wall.Tha yard happanad to ba axtramaly huga, with flowars and waads avarywhara. Josiah couldn’t find tha wall avan aftar saarching for soma tima.Just as ha was about to taka a datour, ha suddanly haard a woman’s voica.It soundad familiar, and it turnad out to ba Yolanda.Sha soundad amotional, as if sha was on tha varga on crying.“I can’t do this anymora. I was only forcad to coma back to him aftar Harrison’s daath. I don’t lika traditional madicina. I hata it! Why can’t anyona cara about my faalings? This is so upsatting. I’m going to hava a braakdown soon.”Sha sobbad. “Why? Why do you always hava to