"He's a big shot," Miao Qingyuan said after taking a sip of tea.
"Looks like he's on the right track. You don't have to worry about him."
"How did you make it through all these years?"
"How did you make it through?" Miao Qingyuan lowered his head and looked at the steaming tea on the table.
"After I left the village, I thought about going somewhere far away," Miao Qingyuan said. "I stopped interacting with the people in the village and traveled to the Miaoxi River more often. I went to the north and the west, but I didn't have any money with me. After traveling around, I settled down near He County, got married, and had kids. I thought I'd just live like that for the rest of my life. I didn't expect something like that to happen in He County and involve the village. The Miao Qingfeng came looking for us."
"You guys are family, aren't you?"
"Family?" "Hmph, everyone in the village has the surname Miao. We're all family. That Miao Qingfeng doesn't care about that. He's just a dog like the Miaoxi River, "Miao Qingyuan said.
"Are you still thinking about revenge?"
"Of course I am," Miao Qingyuan said. "Haven't you thought about it?"
"Of course I have."
"I'm different from you. You've thought about it and done it, but I'm just thinking about it." Miao Qingyuan smiled bitterly.
"I know what I'm capable of," Miao Qingyuan said. "I'll just be walking to my death if I go back. In truth, the Miaoxi River has only let us live peacefully all these years because he doesn't think we're a threat and doesn't want to deal with us." He knew that very well.
"What child?"
"A little boy."
"How old is he?"
"He's four years old this year." Miao Qingyuan's expression softened when he talked about his son.
"That's great," Miao Chengtang said enviously.
He was 30 this year and wanted to have a family. However, when he was in the stockade, it was just a thought. He knew the situation in the stockade and the darkness. He lay low. Even if he couldn't avenge his parents, he couldn't let his descendants continue living like him.
Things were different now. He had escaped and escaped. After talking to Miao Qingyuan, he felt that he should change his way of life. He should find an ordinary woman and have two children. It would be best if they were a boy and a girl. They did not need to be very good in their studies or be very smart. They just needed to be healthy.
"I'm still worried," Miao Chengtang said.
"Are you worried that Miaoxi River will follow you?"
"Yes, the more I know, the more I find him terrifying."
"This is Tianjin. It's such a big city. How can he find us?"
"If you want to, you'll naturally be able to find it."
"Are you still worried?"
"Yes, to be honest, I want to live a peaceful life."
"Peaceful days?"
"I have nightmares when I sleep now," Miao Chengtang said. He was unable to sleep well. That was not a life he wanted.
"To be honest, when I first got out of the stockade, I was like you," Miao Chengtang said. "I couldn't sleep well. I kept feeling like someone was after me, but I got better after a while."
"Things are different now," Miao Chengtang said. "Things happened in He County and Qushan County one after another. So many people died. Miaoxi River is furious."
"Is it really Tianchuan?"
"It's him," Miao Chengtang said. "He's willing to do anything for revenge."
"Is that why you left?"
"Yes, I didn't kill anyone," Miao Chengtang said. "Regardless of whether I was in or out of the stockade, I was treated as a wanted criminal. I was on the wanted list all over the country. I was like a rat on the street, hiding all day. I had to face the pursuit of both the stockade and the government. Furthermore, Miao Tianchuan has changed. He's become too dangerous.
"Now that you're here, you should sleep well and think about other things later."
"Yeah." Miao Chengtang nodded.
After parting ways with Miao Qingyuan, Miao Chengtang went to his place in Tianjin. He rented a house there. It was not particularly high-end, but it was very cozy. The furniture was all ready-made.
Miao Chengtang closed his eyes as he lay on the bed. He quickly fell asleep. It was the first time he had had a good night's sleep in so many days.
In a mountain village thousands of miles away …
There was a special patient in Wang Yao's clinic.
It was a girl in her twenties. There was a huge black mark on the right side of her face. It made her beautiful face look rather terrifying. As such, she had a special hairstyle to hide the mark.
"Dr. Wang, can you take a look and see if this mark can be removed?" Accompanying her was a woman in her fifties. She was the girl's mother. Her daughter was of marriageable age, but with such a huge birthmark on her face, no one was willing to marry her. Furthermore, the girl was not confident in herself. She wanted to go to a big hospital, as it would have been expensive. The mother and daughter heard that the young doctor had extraordinary medical skills, so they went to see him.
"Sit down and let me take a look," Wang Yao said.
After the girl sat down, Wang Yao carefully checked the birthmark.
"Yeah, it can be removed."
"Really?" The old woman was shocked.
"Of course it's true," Wang Yao said with a smile.
"Then, how do you remove it?"
"Well, the birthmark is relatively forward," Wang Yao said. "It's not very deep. I can remove it first."
"Remove it as a whole? Do you mean remove it?"
"Yeah, you can think of it that way."
"What?" The woman was dumbfounded after hearing that.
"It's on the face. It's such a big piece. If you remove it, won't it leave a big scar? Won't it be even uglier?"
"I can restore her face to its original state after the removal."
"Well, I don't believe that!" The woman waved her hand.
"Let's go, daughter. Let's go somewhere else." She pulled her daughter and walked out.
Wang Yao shook his head with a smile.
"Mom."
"If he said that he would give you medicine to try, I would believe it. He actually said that he would perform surgery on you. This young man is actually a liar!" The more the woman spoke, the angrier she became.
"We didn't agree," she said to her mother with a smile.
"Let's go. I'll take you to a big hospital."
"No need," the girl said. "It's fine as it is." She knew her family's situation. They couldn't afford to send her to a big hospital. She had a younger brother who was studying in a university outside. He needed to find a job and buy a house in a big city. It was an astronomical figure. Her family saved money for her brother.
"Sir." Jia Zizai entered the clinic from outside.
"Are the mother and son outside here to see the doctor?"
"Yes."
"The birthmark on the girl's face is quite scary. She doesn't have to be afraid of bad people when she goes out at night."
"You can't joke about other people's shortcomings," Wang Yao said seriously.
"Ah, yes, I was wrong," Jia Zizai immediately said.
"What can I do for you?"
"I caught a big fish in the river today. I'd like to invite you to have fish soup tonight."
"Big fish? In this weather?"
"Yes, it's in the river next to us."
"Okay, I see." Wang Yao nodded with a smile.
"Can you treat the girl's birthmark?"
"Yes, but they don't believe that I can treat it," Wang Yao said.
"Well, they made a mistake."
"That kind of birthmark is actually not too difficult to treat. It's on the surface of the skin. You just need to cut it off."
"Cut it off, along with the skin. Will it be very painful?" Jia Zizai asked.
"It won't be very painful. I'll make some painkillers for her," Wang Yao said.
"I think the girl will be very beautiful if the birthmark is removed."
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