559: Chapter 559: A Respectable Opponent 559: Chapter 559: A Respectable Opponent I don’t know when it happened, or how I walked out of Huangfu Jing’s presidential suite, but everything felt like a dream, so wonderful and fantastical.
It wasn’t until I stumbled to the door of my own room that I realized her singing, like the sound of heaven, was still swirling in my head, enchantingly intoxicating to the soul.
Her song seemed to carry a trace of pain, but even more so, it was laden with deep, deep love.
At that moment, I really wanted to rush over and hold Huangfu Jing tightly.
It took me a while to collect myself, and I couldn’t help but smirk, thinking that Huangfu Jing is truly an interesting woman.
Just about to enter my room to rest, I withdrew my hand that was reaching for the doorknob and smiled to myself.
Instead, I walked over to an adjacent room and pressed the doorbell.
The door opened quickly, and there stood Liu Shiyi in her sleepwear, wearing an expression of surprise and delight upon seeing me, “It’s so late.
Haven’t you rested yet?
Is there something you need from me?”
My gaze fell on Liu Shiyi, seeing her in sleepwear for the first time—a light pink spaghetti strap nightgown that was slightly transparent.
If one looked carefully, they could discern some contours underneath.
Liu Shiyi, in this attire, revealed a seductive and sexy side of her.
The way a woman appears in sleepwear is always somewhat sensual, varying only in degrees.
It’s clear that Liu Shiyi isn’t the blatantly sexy type, but in this sleepwear, she had a certain allure.
My eyes couldn’t help but widen.
Seeing how I was looking at her, Liu Shiyi’s cheeks flushed with a tinge of red as she bit her lip and asked again, “Do you need something from me?”
Only then did I look away and shook my head with a smile, “Nothing much, I just wanted to check on you, see if you’ve gone to bed yet.
Since you’re about to sleep, then I won’t disturb you.”
Liu Shiyi felt a small sense of loss when she heard that I was about to leave.
She wanted to invite me in for a sit, but was afraid that making such an offer while dressed in sleepwear might lead to misunderstandings, so she swallowed the words she had almost spoken.
“Captain Tang, seems I haven’t come at the right moment,” said a voice in imperfect Huaxia language suddenly.
I turned to see Nathan standing by my doorway, looking this way.
He held a bottle of red wine in one hand and two wine glasses in the other, evidently here to have a drink with me.
This surprised me; I hadn’t expected that after thoroughly defeating the team of Western doctors today and dampening Nathan’s spirits, he would come to have a drink with me so magnanimously.
Furthermore, his face was missing the condescending arrogance of the past, replaced instead by friendliness, sincerity, and even a bit of respect.
“Ah!” Liu Shiyi took one look at Nathan, let out a sharp scream, and ‘bang,’ closed the door, almost hitting my nose in the process.
Liu Shiyi was still very shy in front of others, and watching her cute reaction, I couldn’t help but want to laugh.
“Why did Miss Liu act that way?” Nathan asked, looking truly puzzled.
Could it be that he was so frightening that she was scared off at the sight of him?
“Hehe, Huaxia girls are shy,” I said with a laugh.
Nathan then nodded in understanding, “The girls in Huaxia are too timid.
I really don’t understand what there is to be shy about.
Where we are from, many schools have co-ed bathrooms.”
“We can’t compare to you all.
Let’s go, Captain Nathan,” I said, opening the door to let Nathan in.
We sat down, and Nathan opened the bottle of wine and poured two glasses, “This is wine I brought over, not anything special, but I quite like it.”
“So, it’s a smuggled good, is it?
That’s quite a treat,” I said.
Nathan chuckled, “Captain Tang, you really have a sense of humor.
For that humor, I toast to you.”
“Don’t mention it.
Cheers.” I clinked my glass with Nathan’s.
After one drink, I said, “Captain Nathan, you didn’t come to find me just to have a few drinks, did you?”
Nathan nodded, “To put it in your Huaxia terms, I won’t beat around the bush.
Mainly, I wanted to have a couple of drinks with you, Captain Tang, and have a chat.
I had some misunderstandings about you before, and I apologize for the things I have said before.
I retract those words.
Captain Tang, you are a formidable and respectable opponent.
Not only for your transcendent medical skills but also for your personal charm, the proud confidence you exude, and your passion for traditional medicine, all of which are admirable, and I respect you greatly.”
I smiled.
Hearing these words from Nathan’s mouth was particularly pleasing.
Nathan was a decent person with a broad mind—a real man who would own up to his mistakes.
Just for that, I respected him.
Respect is mutual.
“I also admire Captain Nathan’s medical skills.
The success of DHA5 is indeed a great medical achievement and a milestone in medical progress with revolutionary significance,” I said, meaning every word.
I was well aware that DHA5 would contribute far more to the treatment of complex diseases worldwide than my Immortal Finger Technique.
The Technique was known only to myself and my master from the Ghost Doctor Association.
Although the Holy Doctor Sect and Gu Medical Sect also had this capability, the number of people from these two sects who possessed such skill could probably be counted on one hand.
So, at most, the number of people in Huaxia Country with medical expertise reaching this level barely amounted to two hands’ worth.
Such strength was far too weak.
Furthermore, among these people, the majority choose to remain hidden from the world.
For example, Ghost Doctors, the Sect Leader of the Holy Doctor Sect, and the Sect Leader of the Gu Medical Sect.
Nathan shook his head and chuckled, “If Captain Tang speaks like that, then I feel a bit ashamed.
I originally thought that we had the most advanced biomedical remedies in the world, yet we were disastrously defeated by your traditional Chinese medicine.”
“That can’t be said either.
After all, there are very few in Chinese medicine who can reach such a level, so if Captain Nathan and your team can manage to produce and reduce the cost of DHA5 to the point where it can be promoted worldwide, then your contribution to humanity would be immeasurable.
That would truly be a great event in the history of human medicine,” Tangyu said.
Nathan glanced at Tangyu, clearly somewhat surprised that Tangyu would say such a thing.
“With those words from Captain Tang, I also feel much relieved.
Actually, there should be no national boundaries in medical arts.
Previously, I was also quite arrogant, thinking that Western medicine was the most advanced, scientific, and impressive in the world.
But when I truly encountered traditional Chinese medicine, I realized how wrong I was—and profoundly so.
My perspective was too narrow, which hindered my understanding.
From now on, I will also focus on Chinese medicine, perhaps I can find what I’m looking for within it,” Nathan said.
“You can’t be blamed for that; not just you but even our Chinese medicine practitioners don’t believe we can compete with Western medicine.
Indeed, Chinese medicine has declined, which is an undeniable fact.
This is why many of the essences of traditional Chinese medicine have been lost.
What’s preserved is actually not much,” Tangyu said.
Nathan nodded, “That’s true.
I’ve always found the people of Huaxia Country strange, even very incomprehensible.
Why do you hide and hoard certain things, unwilling to spread them widely?
If Huaxia had broken through such a mindset earlier, perhaps Chinese medicine would have swept the world by now and become the most impressive medical art.”
Tangyu smiled, “I never bother to think about such profound topics; they’re too taxing on the mind.
These situations aren’t something one or two people can influence, but rather matters that have been shaped over thousands of years.
Their existence probably has some reason.
Maybe it’s also a characteristic of our Huaxia Country.”
“Characteristic, alright Captain Tang, let’s call it a characteristic,” Nathan said.
“Captain Tang, I asked you here because I have something I’d like to discuss with you.
I have a plan, a somewhat crazy yet great plan, and I wonder if you’d be interested in hearing about it?”
“Oh, I must hear it then,” Tangyu nodded in response.
Nathan said, “It’s like this, Captain Tang should know that I’ve made some breakthroughs in the field of biomedical remedies.
I now have an idea to include your Chinese medicine into my research, to combine it with Western medicine and my current biomedical remedy research, to see if we can develop even better and more perfect remedies, or perhaps a completely new method of treatment.
That way, we might be able to completely conquer the world’s baffling diseases sooner rather than later, allowing every patient to truly afford treatment, not losing their lives due to illness.”
“Not bad, that’s a good idea.
I don’t understand the research on remedies, but in Chinese medicine, we have many formulas related to remedies.
However, these are not my expertise.
If Captain Nathan is interested, maybe I can introduce my teammate to you, Ye Mai is the most impressive in the field of Chinese medicine in our team; Captain Nathan could talk to him,” Tangyu said.
Nathan shook his head, “Captain Tang, I think you understand what I mean; I want to collaborate with you.
Beyond the field of herbal medicine, there’s much more I want to explore.”
“I’m sorry to say, but I can’t agree to that.
I have my own matters to attend to, and once the Chinese-Western medicine exchange meeting is over, I will be busy with my own tasks.
I really don’t have the time,” Tangyu said.
Nathan said, “Alright, if Captain Tang isn’t interested, I won’t force you.
I know a bit about some of the Huaxia’s customs; perhaps Captain Tang can’t do such a thing, I can understand.”
Tangyu didn’t want to explain too much.
He actually wasn’t very interested in promoting Chinese medicine and medical arts.
Those kinds of tasks should be left to people who are more interested.
If not interested, then one could not do well, and if one can’t do well, Tangyu definitely wouldn’t touch it.
Furthermore, Tangyu had his own mission to worry about, the affairs of the Yin Medical Sect were troublesome enough, and he wouldn’t consider anything else for the time being.
“Captain Tang, regardless, you are an opponent I deeply respect, and I hope we can be friends,” Nathan said.
“If you wish, we are certainly friends, Nathan,” Tangyu said with a smile.
Nathan also smiled, “Tangyu, we are friends now.
Well then, we’ve had about enough to drink, and it’s getting late, we should rest, for there is still a big battle tomorrow.
Although we are friends, I will definitely give it my all in tomorrow’s exchange.”
“Haha, don’t worry, I will also give it my all,” Tangyu said loudly and laughed.
“Then we’ll meet on the battlefield tomorrow, my friend,” Nathan said.
“On the battlefield, my friend,” Tangyu replied.
After seeing Nathan off, Tangyu shook his head and smiled; tomorrow might be very exciting.