Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 173 Loyal Dog Master Pan
Silent all night.

The three left Yingshan Village the next day.

Pan Zi took Zhang Wuxun and the other two to the hospital where his third uncle was staying to complete the admission procedures, so that the three of them could rest and recuperate. He then immediately set off for Xingcheng (CS) to clean up the mess left by his third uncle.

Wu Xiaoxie was afraid that his third uncle would slip away while he wasn't paying attention, so he asked that the bed be arranged in Wu Sansheng's ward, intending to personally guard him.

Zhang Wuxun was originally in the same ward as Fatty, but Fatty suddenly had something to do in Beijing, so he arranged for Zhang Wuxun to be discharged without informing Fatty first.

Zhang Wuxun felt somewhat helpless, but he had already agreed and couldn't go back on his word.

The two said goodbye to Wu Xiaoxie and boarded a plane to Beijing.

After settling Zhang Wuxun in, the fat man went back to Panjiayuan to take care of his own business.

Following the fat man's instructions, Zhang Wuxun underwent a full-body examination, inside and out, including various instrument tests and blood tests. The conclusion was that he was only slightly anemic, and otherwise perfectly fine.

Zhang Wuxun handed the thick stack of medical reports to the fat man and patted him on the shoulder, "You should be relieved now."

The fat man examined the report carefully, turning it over and over, somewhat disbelieving. "Are you sure you didn't take the wrong report?"

Zhang Wuxun exclaimed and pointed to the name in the first column, "Look, it's written in black and white. I was the only one who ran around the whole hospital like an idiot that day. If I can get this wrong, I might as well quit the business."

She raised an eyebrow. "What, you're not happy that I'm perfectly healthy?"

The fat man glared at Zhang Wuxun and shoved the thermos in his hand at him. “Anemia can be a big or small problem, but you still need to take supplements. Tomorrow, I’ll stew some donkey-hide gelatin and pig’s trotter soup for you. Drink it all, not a drop left, or I’ll call Tianzhen.”

Zhang Wuxun stared at the old hen soup in his hand, speechless as he looked up at the sky, a bright sadness emanating from him at a 45-degree angle.

The fat mother's love was simply too heavy.

That day, Zhang Wuxun was sunbathing on a bench downstairs in the hospital ward, playing a game on the console that Fatty had sponsored. After finishing a game, he was feeling rather bored, so he stood up and stretched. Suddenly, a person walked out of the pavilion in front of him, laughing and making a phone call.

Zhang Wuxun originally wanted to avoid it, but the person raised his eyes and looked in his direction, and even waved to him.

Zhang Wuxun was puzzled, thinking to himself that he didn't know anyone in the capital except for Fatty.

Upon closer inspection, oh, it really is someone I know.

The man, wearing a white coat, quickly walked towards Zhang Wuxun after hanging up the phone.

"Your brother said you were hospitalized in our hospital, and I was just thinking of going to see you. I didn't expect to run into you like this." Jiang Lu's tone was cheerful and she spoke very skillfully.

Two question marks appeared in Zhang Wuxun's eyes, "My brother? Which brother of mine?"

Jiang Lu gave her a look that said, "How could you be so stupid?" and said, "Which other brother do you have? Of course, it's your Brother Pan."

“Pan…” Zhang Wuxun was speechless, then suddenly realized, “Ah, you mean Pan Zi?”

She asked with some suspicion, "Uh, Sister Lu, when did you and Panzi become so close?"

Did something extraordinary happen without his knowledge?

Jiang Lu slapped Zhang Wuxun on the shoulder. "Let me put it this way, from now on we're family, understand?"

A sudden thought flashed through Zhang Wuxun's mind, "You and Pan Zi... Holy crap, no way!"

"It's exactly what you think." Jiang Lu laughed heartily, glanced at her watch, and said, "It's almost time to get off work. Let me change my clothes, and then I'll treat you to dinner."

"No, no, no," Zhang Wuxun quickly waved his hand and said, "I should be the one treating you to dinner. I haven't thanked you for your help last time."

"Anything is fine," Jiang Lu said without hesitation. After changing her clothes, Jiang Lu drove Zhang Wuxun to a hot pot restaurant.

Zhang Wuxun pushed the menu over, "Sis, how did you and Brother Pan meet?"

Logically speaking, the two should have had absolutely no connection, so it's quite surprising that they suddenly hit it off.

Once all the dishes were served, Jiang Lu explained the whole story as she added the ingredients.

It turns out that their meeting was related to Zhang Wuxun.

Jiang Lu said that after receiving the package sent by Zhang Wuxun through someone else, she resent it to Hangzhou as noted on the note. She didn't think much of it at the time and assumed that the matter was over. However, she didn't expect that someone would come to her door three days later.

Two men blocked her doorway, scaring her so much that she almost called the police.

It turned out that the two people were looking for the person who asked her to send that package.

Jiang Lu said with a resentful tone, "At first I thought those two were looking for revenge on you, but after I explained it to them I found out they were your brothers. You've been missing for so long, why didn't you even contact your family?"

Zhang Wuxun guessed that the two people must be Wu Xiaoxie and Pan Zi. Suddenly, he remembered that in his previous life, Jiang Lu was still single in middle age. It turned out that he hadn't met anyone he liked.

Zhang Wuxun waved his hand, "My story is a long one, please continue."

Jiang Lu chuckled, biting a disposable chopstick, a little embarrassed. "You guessed what happened next, didn't you? We just hit it off. Even though your brother is a bit older, older people are more caring, right?"

Zhang Wuxun nodded and spoke well of Pan Zi, "You know what, my brother is really reliable, down-to-earth, and steady. The reason he's not married is because he hasn't met the right person. I reckon he must have saved up a lot of money for a wife over the years. There's a word specifically used to describe people like him."

Jiang Lu asked curiously, "What word?"

Zhang Wuxun raised an eyebrow and uttered two words, "Loyal dog."

"Huh?" Jiang Lu was a little confused, then chuckled, "That doesn't seem like a particularly good adjective."

Zhang Wuxun was unfathomable. "You have to separate these two words and think about them carefully."

Jiang Lu scoffed and rolled her eyes, "Pretending to be something you're not."

Zhang Wuxun smiled and said, "Anyway, if you really marry my brother Pan in the future, you will definitely not lose out."

Jiang Lu snorted, "It's not even close to being settled yet. Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Besides, even Pan Zi isn't in a hurry, but you, as his younger brother, are more anxious than the emperor."

Zhang Wuxun smiled but didn't say anything, silently apologizing to Jiang Lu in his heart.

He just wanted to change Pan Zi's fate, to let Pan Zi find someone who could replace Wu Sansheng and become his true salvation to entrust the rest of his life to.

After dinner, Jiang Lu drove Zhang Wuxun back to the hospital, and the two said goodbye.

The next day, Zhang Wuxun was discharged from the hospital, had a meal with Fatty, left Fatty's share of the gold jewelry, and then flew to Xingcheng to find Pan Zi.

The goods delivered by Zhang Wuxun were like a timely help, immediately solving Pan Zi's urgent problem.

"We'll still take the same commission as before. After deducting the commission for you and the innocent one, the rest will be deposited into your card. The account number will remain the same."

Pan Zi shook his head and refused, "No way, you brought these things out here, what kind of logic is it to give them to me?"

Zhang Wuxun took a sip of tea and glanced at him sideways. "This money isn't for you; it's a gift for my sister Lu."

Pan Zi chuckled and pointed a finger at the air, "You..."

(End of this chapter)