novelraw Chapter 80 : Mandated by Heaven, Blessed with Longevity and Prosperity
Chapter 80 : Mandated by Heaven, Blessed with Longevity and Prosperity
Chapter 80: Mandated by Heaven, Blessed with Longevity and Prosperity
“Professor Bai, let me handle this. You should go back and rest!”
Lin Mo supported the old lady as he spoke to Professor Bai.
It turned out that after dinner, Professor Mu had attended another small meeting. At her age, such a high-intensity schedule took a toll on her back.
When Lin Mo came back, their meeting had just ended too, so they happened to run into each other.
“Alright then, I’ll head back. Xiao Lin, you take good care of her!” Professor Bai nodded when she heard this. Although she was younger than Professor Mu, she also felt exhausted after a full day and just wanted to return and rest.
“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it!” Lin Mo nodded.
After Professor Bai left, Lin Mo helped the old lady back to her hotel room.
“Ai, I can’t deny my age anymore. If this had been back when I was young, don’t even mention one day of meetings—even if I had meetings for half a month straight, I wouldn’t have felt a thing. But now, just one day and I’m already falling apart.”
On the bed, Professor Mu supported her waist with one hand, brows furrowed, clearly in discomfort.
Lin Mo brought over the medicine she needed, poured a glass of water, and handed it to her as he said:
“I’ll go ask the hotel front desk if they have a cushion. Tomorrow you can put it behind your back during the meetings. It should feel a little better.”
After taking the medicine and drinking it with water, Professor Mu finally spoke: “It won’t do much good. I’m just old, and my body can’t keep up with these back-to-back meetings anymore. It’s fine. Tomorrow is the last day, we’ll be heading back in the afternoon. I’ll just endure it.”
After saying this, the old lady rubbed her waist again. Judging by her expression, even falling asleep tonight would be difficult.
Lin Mo thought for a while before speaking up: “Teacher, I know a little massage. Why don’t you let me try?”
With Sichuan Girl and Wang Chu, he could act forcefully, but with others, he still had to seek their permission.
When Professor Mu heard this, she remembered him earlier reading a book on massage and bone setting, so she asked: “You know massage? I thought you were just flipping through that book for fun.”
Lin Mo said somewhat embarrassed: “It’s just a little hobby. Usually, I just help my roommates with massages, and they say it works pretty well.”
“Is that so? Then go ahead and try.” Professor Mu wasn’t pretentious. Even if he didn’t really know massage, having someone press on her back could still provide relief.
Seeing that she agreed, Lin Mo quickly went to wash his hands in the bathroom. He might have hesitated about bone setting for the elderly, but for massage, there was no problem.
When he came back, Lin Mo had Professor Mu lie face down on the bed, then placed his hands on her back and began massaging.
As soon as he started, Professor Mu felt surprised. His technique was skillful, his pressure precise, hitting the right acupoints. The feeling wasn’t any worse than her old partner’s massages.
“Xiao Lin, this doesn’t seem like just a hobby. Did you study this professionally?”
“My grandfather used to run a clinic in a township. I learned a bit back then, but later I just read books on my own,” Lin Mo replied, without pausing his hands.
This was half true and half false. His grandfather really had run a clinic, but his own skills mostly came from reading books, not from him.
“So it’s passed down from family. Why didn’t you study medicine then?” Hearing this, Professor Mu felt even more reassured and asked curiously.
“At that time, I didn’t understand anything, and besides, everyone said medicine was hard. So I didn’t go for it!” Lin Mo laughed.
Hearing this, Professor Mu sighed. She felt that if Lin Mo had studied medicine, he surely would have had a brighter future than in his current field. What a waste of talent.
Over half an hour later, when Professor Mu’s breathing became steady, Lin Mo finally stood up, covered her with a blanket, turned off the lights, and returned to his own room.
Back in his room, Lin Mo continued reading the middle volume of Massage and Bone Setting for another hour. Judging by his progress, he would finish it tomorrow, and he looked forward to seeing what level he could reach then.
Meanwhile, at Yuan Meng’s home.
“Yuan Lao’er, are you really my sister? I…” Yuan Hua looked at his younger sister, feeling powerless, as if she were colluding with that yellow-haired brat to steal his girlfriend.
But before he could finish, Old Yuan cut him off sharply: “You still dare talk? Aren’t you ashamed? I’m asking you, aren’t you ashamed? Tomorrow, you’re going back home immediately, did you hear me?”
“Eh? Isn’t that Xiao Lin? Yuanyuan, did you go find Xiao Lin again today?” Mrs. Jiang asked when she saw her daughter post a video in the family group.
Yuan Meng nodded, then explained that Lin Mo had come with her university professors for a conference, and she had asked him for a favor.
“We were about to grab dinner, but then we ran into my brother pestering him shamelessly again.”
Hearing this, Mrs. Jiang picked up the Angong Niuhuang Pills Yuan Meng had brought back, examined them, and said: “I know this medicine. Your grandmother’s side has one pill from 1982. I’m not sure if this one is real, but tomorrow I’ll ask someone to check. If it’s genuine, we’ll send it to your grandmother’s place.
This Xiao Lin is a good kid. When it comes to money, don’t be stingy. This medicine isn’t very expensive, but it’s not easy to buy. Next time you see him, ask if he’s having any trouble. If he needs money, we can give him a bit of help.”
Hearing her daughter say that Lin Mo came with professors for a conference, Mrs. Jiang felt even more that this child was outstanding.
And the fact that he could take out such medicine only proved further that his family conditions were decent. As for the possibility of it being fake, Mrs. Jiang didn’t think so. After all, someone who could afford such high-quality skincare products wouldn’t bother with fake medicine. It would be better to ask if Lin Mo needed any help instead.
“Don’t worry, Mom, I already asked during dinner today. He said he got it recently and told me to find someone to check if it’s real. If it is, we’ll use it. Even Liu Rushuang said this medicine is hard to find. I also thought if it’s real, I’ll keep it and send it to Grandma. It’s been so long since I last visited her.” Yuan Meng spoke softly, her tone filled with longing and filial affection for her grandmother.
Upon hearing this, Old Yuan immediately felt gratified.
Even if the medicine was fake, the fact that his wife first thought of her elderly mother-in-law, and his daughter thought of her grandmother, was enough. How could he not reward them?
Then he looked at his disappointing son. The more he looked, the angrier he got. He shouted: “Look at your sister, how filial she is. Now look at yourself, useless!”
“Wife, it’s been a while since we’ve visited Yuanyuan’s grandmother. Let’s go tomorrow and see what they might need.
Daughter, your mother is right. Have someone check this medicine tomorrow. If it’s genuine, don’t be stingy with money. Also, tomorrow Dad will transfer you… no, two million, and it’ll come out of your brother’s allowance.”
“Dad!!!”
Yuan Hua cried out, hoping to awaken some fatherly love.
“Calling me Dad won’t help. It’s settled!” Old Yuan hammered the decision down, suppressing the crown prince while elevating the second daughter to the rank of Seven-Pearl Princess.
Seeing this, the eldest Miss Yuan hugged Old Yuan and gave him a loud kiss on the cheek: “Thank you, Dad!”
Old Yuan laughed: “Hahaha! I’ll add another three million, also deducted from your brother’s share!”
Yuan Hua: orz
“No~~~”
Yuan Meng held the box containing the Angong Niuhuang Pills in her hand, slowly stretched it out in front of her brother, and said: “Mandated by Heaven, blessed with longevity and prosperity. Brother~ Heaven’s will rests with me.”
Yuan Hua: …
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