South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

"This is such a bad coincidence. Please apologize to Uncle Zhou for me. I can't go now. I will come to visit you in person after I finish this case."

"What case?" Zhou Xiaobai's face changed.

"I can't say that." Yuan Mu waved his hand.

"Oh, it's okay. My dad just wants to chat with you. It's nothing big. Since you have something to do, just go ahead and do it." Zhou Xiaobai nodded.

"Okay then. I'm in a hurry here, so I won't be polite with you. I'll leave first." With that, Yuan Mu rode away on his bike.

Watching Yuan Mu leave, Zhou Xiaobai became a little anxious and wanted to call Yuan Mu to stop him, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it, after all, Yuan Mu had important things to do.

In fact, she had occasionally come to see Yuan Mu over the past month, and they had meals together. Zhou Xiaobai herself didn't know what was wrong with her.

She knew clearly that there was only Zhong Yuemin in her heart, but ever since Yuan Mu appeared in her life, she always unconsciously compared the two of them, and this thought could not be shaken off.

Sometimes it was this thought that drove her to come to Yuan Mu's school to find him.

Now that the people had left, there was no need for her to stay here anymore, so she got on her bike and rode towards home.

Military compound, villa number one.

"Xiaobai, where is Xiaoyuan? Didn't you go to look for him?" When Zhou's mother saw Zhou Xiaobai coming back, she walked towards her with a smile, then noticed that there was no one behind her and asked in confusion.

"Oh, there's a case in their team and he needs to follow up. He's on a business trip, so he asked me to apologize to my dad." Zhou Xiaobai said with a somewhat unnatural expression.

"What's there to apologize for? Xiao Yuan is good in every way except that he is too polite." At this time, Mr. Zhou walked out of the house with his hands behind his back.

"I also told him, and he said he would come over after he finished this case." Zhou Xiaobai said with a smile.

"Hey Xiaobai, isn't Xiao Yuan working in the Criminal Investigation Corps? Why is he still involved in the case?" Zhou's mother asked puzzledly.

"Oh, can you ask about that? The principle of confidentiality. You were once a soldier, and you even forgot this." Mr. Zhou at the side rolled his eyes at Zhou's mother.

"You old man, I'm just asking! I'm too lazy to talk to you!" Mother Zhou glared at Mr. Zhou, then turned and went into the house.

"Hey! Your ideological awareness needs to be improved!"

"Okay, Dad. My mom retired a long time ago. Why are you still talking to her about this? You go ahead and do your work. I'll go back to the house." Zhou Xiaobai stopped Mr. Zhou with a smile, then parked his bicycle aside, picked up his bag and went into the house.

Over the past month, the relationship between Yuan Mu and Zhou's family has warmed up quickly. The reason for this is that Yuan Mu has used his signature skill, acupuncture.

Here's what happened. About half a month ago, Zhou Xiaobai invited him to his home for dinner. The four of them were eating happily when Mr. Zhou suddenly felt severe pain in his waist and was immediately taken to the military region headquarters by the driver.

But, Mr. Zhou's disease is not curable. It is the result of years of battles. There is no cure, only relief. The disease recurs almost every month, and this time it seems to be more serious than before.

The director of the military region's general hospital also said that each time Mr. Zhou's illness flared up, it would become more serious, and he might even become paralyzed. Mr. Zhou was not in any serious condition, but Zhou Xiaobai and his mother were very worried, and they were wiping away tears in a low voice.

There is no way. Medical technology is not well developed nowadays. His disease will not kill him, but it is tormenting. Many doctors have seen him but all are helpless.

Yuan Mu left that day, and came again the next day, but this time he brought silver needles. He was confident that he could cure Mr. Zhou's illness, but the key was that Mr. Zhou did not trust him.

When Yuan Mu told them that he knew acupuncture, Zhou Xiaobai and his mother didn't believe it. It's not that they didn't believe in Chinese medicine, but they didn't believe Yuan Mu. After all, Yuan Mu was too young. Aren't all the great Chinese medicine practitioners in their seventies or eighties?

But the two of them didn't believe it, but Mr. Zhou did. He immediately said that the disease broke out when he was locked up during the movement. At that time, there was a Chinese medicine doctor, and he was locked up with this doctor.

This Chinese medicine doctor's family was quite wealthy, and at that time he was labeled a capitalist. At that time, this Chinese medicine doctor treated Mr. Zhou once, and miraculously, Mr. Zhou did not get sick for two years.

However, when he fell ill again, he could not find the Chinese doctor. It was said that he was transferred to another place of custody. When he was rehabilitated, he could no longer find the old Chinese doctor when he wanted to find him again.

However, he never told his family about this. Over the years, he had sought treatment from traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, but none of them had the same medical skills as his, and could not cure his illness at all.

Since Yuan Mu dared to come to him with a needle today, Mr. Zhou was still willing to believe him. After all, Yuan Mu had saved his life, and he had met Yuan Mu so many times and had some understanding of him.

I know that Yuan Mu is not the kind of person who acts without purpose. He knows when to advance and retreat. Since he dared to come and recommend himself today, it means that he really has the ability. Why not give it a try?

But Zhou Xiaobai and her mother were still worried. Finally, after Yuan Mu demonstrated how to pierce a wooden board through the air with a silver needle, they agreed to let Yuan Mu give it a try.

There was no problem with this test, but Yuan Mu was very smart this time. He did not cure Mr. Zhou's illness in one go, but told him that it needed to be treated in courses, and it would take at least two years to cure it.

In fact, he was too hasty when treating Wang Sufang before. If the matter of cancer treatment was revealed, he would probably be ruined. How could cancer be cured by silver needles alone?

That's fine. From now on, Yuan Mu won't do anything else. He'll just sit there and treat cancer for people every day.

Seeing that Yuan Mu's acupuncture was effective, the whole family was very happy. Then Yuan Mu used acupuncture on Zhou's mother. She had been suffering from headaches for many years. It was an old problem that could not be cured.

I always feel dizzy, but I can't find out what's wrong with my head after a few injections from Yuan Mu. Hey! My head doesn't hurt anymore, and I'm no longer dizzy. My eyes, which were a little presbyopic, have also improved a lot.

Now it was settled, and Yuan Mu gained the trust and gratitude of Mr. Zhou and his mother. They often invited Yuan Mu to their home for dinner and chat.

Originally it was out of gratitude to Yuan Mu, but after several conversations between Mr. Zhou and Yuan Mu, he found that Yuan Mu's ideas were imaginative and seemed very feasible.

In particular, some of Yuan Mu's insights into the military made him feel inferior, which made Mr. Zhou like chatting with Yuan Mu even more.

Yuan Mu was unable to come this time due to a business trip, which made Mr. Zhou and his mother a little depressed.