Perspective Medical Genius Young Master

Chapter 893: Chapter 895: A Legendary Life

"Don’t rush. Tell me everything that happened. I’ll see if there’s any breakthrough. As an investigator, I’m skilled at finding evidence. You can leave it to me without worries. But you need to keep this matter confidential and not tell anyone for now. After all, your case is quite serious." the investigator said.

Hu Jingtang’s life can undoubtedly be described as legendary. As a doctor, his experiences are envied by many of his juniors. If he were willing to write his life story into a book, its sales would surely lead the charts.

He was born in a remote town in the Northwest. His family was quite well-off initially, but everything changed with the establishment of New Huaxia and the land reform, abruptly plummeting their social status. Thus, Hu Jingtang experienced hardship growing up.

Fortunately, his father was a Chinese Medicine practitioner and a cook—professions that never face unemployment under any circumstances. Despite undergoing a series of upheavals, their family managed to live through those challenging times.

Throughout the years, Hu Jingtang was most thankful for his perseverance in studies despite difficult circumstances. He was most grateful to his father, who encouraged him when they were too hungry to eat. His studies never lagged even for a day. His father’s frequent words were: "Don’t underestimate the value of education now; it will definitely be useful in the future."

By the time he was a teenager, he already had a reputation as a promising young Chinese Medicine practitioner in the local area. Later, when he was seventeen or eighteen, the local government approached him and asked him to join the army, suggesting that a doctor like him would surely receive favorable treatment in the military.

Thus, to lighten his family’s burden and seek a better path for himself, he became a military doctor. noveldrama

Throughout these years, he missed his days in the army most. People say being a soldier will have regrets for two years, but not being one will bring regrets for a lifetime. The feelings in the army were the purest; they were truly happy back then!

Because Hu Jingtang joined the army as a military doctor, his training tasks were relatively lighter than those of other soldiers. Yet, even he felt exhausted. After spending a year training and sleeping daily with the troops, he was dispatched to the An Nan battlefield.

Being a doctor, he didn’t go to the frontline. His daily duty was to treat wounded soldiers sent back from the front, which was his most painful period. In addition to the harsh conditions, the psychological challenges were deeply tormenting.

He watched young lives fade away due to ineffective treatments, disappearing from this world and everyone’s memories. During that time, he dreamt frequently about treating injured soldiers, sometimes waking up in tears. At that moment, he truly felt the cruel reality of war.

Previously, he always regarded his father’s and grandmother’s tales of the anti-*war and **war periods as mere stories. But when the stories described by his elders unfolded before him, he found it hard to bear.

He thought he would never forget the desperate yearning for life in the eyes of those wounded soldiers during their final moments.

Later, a severely injured pilot arrived at the hospital, his bones almost entirely fractured. It was highly unlikely for such a person to live healthily again. They utilized all available medical equipment and techniques to barely keep him alive, though a full recovery seemed nearly impossible.

The pilot said, "Since I can’t be cured, let it be. Perhaps this is my fate. I’m lucky to be still breathing, whereas many of my brothers can never return to their homeland."

The pilot accepted his destiny, perhaps due to witnessing too much of life and death. Those who survived the hail of bullets harbored little else but the hope of simply staying alive.

But Hu Jingtang was not resigned. He persistently massaged the pilot, performed needle therapies on his meridians, and secretly ventured into the mountains during his spare time to gather herbs to grind and apply them to the pilot’s legs. After nearly twenty days, one morning, upon waking, the pilot suddenly felt some pain in his legs. He touched and realized they had sensations—a tingling itch.

He was overjoyed, even forgetting he couldn’t get out of bed, directly standing up, stumbling along. It was then he realized he could walk, shouting excitedly within his room.

Hearing the commotion, he rushed over, thinking something happened, only to find the pilot seated in the room’s center upon entering. Immediately, he understood, and with incoherent excitement, it was the happiest moment since arriving at the frontline.

His efforts over so many days finally proved fruitful. He never realized the efficacy of Chinese Medicine until that moment. From then on, he worked even harder to learn various Chinese Medicine knowledge, which eventually made him the illustrious Hu Jingtang he is today.

After practicing for over fifty years, he frequently dreams of his days in the army, reminiscing those years were his happiest times in life.

"Fame, wealth, they’re all meaningless." Hu Jingtang said in an interview. In his youth, he focused on researching Chinese Medicine and work assignments dictated by higher authorities. Essentially, his life went smoothly, with his childhood hunger being the only hardship, and among his peers, his life was considered quite good.

As he aged, he paid even less heed to fame and fortune. For one, he already possessed them early. Though he never actively pursued them, everything deemed successful by societal standards belonged to him.

Honestly, many people couldn’t stand him, often labeling him as falsely detached, showing an indifferent manner despite owning more than them. Though indeed unfair, those honors and titles bestowed by others left him no choice but to accept them during such moments.

He really doesn’t like the current era, feeling people’s hearts are jittery, each unsure of what they’re busy with. Recently he read an article declaring this era as a time lacking faith; everyone is busy with all sorts of things but ultimately only aiming for one goal: Money.

It seems money has become a new faith; attending college requires picking a lucrative major, finding a job means seeking high salaries, and marrying demands the man to possess a house, car, and tens of thousands in savings; otherwise, even securing a wife might be impossible.

As evening approached, Xiao Yifei received a call from an unfamiliar number. Initially, he intended not to answer, as they were surely spam calls—promotions and such—recently proliferating exceptionally. However, fearing it might be someone he knew, he hesitated briefly before answering.

"Hello, is this Xiao Yifei? I’m Hu Jingtang. Would you have time for breakfast together tomorrow morning?" an elderly voice inquired from the other end.