The First Order
The First Order - Chapter 20: Wolf pack

Chapter 20: Wolf pack

Translator: Legge Editor: Legge

When the patient heard Ren Xiaosu lamenting how he did not run faster, he couldn鈥檛 feel more aggrieved. 鈥淚 was already running with everything I had. You were too crazy fast for me!鈥?/p>

Ren Xiaosu grimaced and said, 鈥淭he others have already paid and left. Tell me, how are we going to settle this? We are a clinic, not some charity organization!鈥?/p>

鈥淭hen why don鈥檛 you tell me how I should settle it?鈥?The man was about to cry. Seeing how he was no match for Ren Xiaosu and was unable to afford the treatment, he might just end up dying here today.

鈥淟ook here.鈥?Ren Xiaosu said nicely, 鈥淲hy don鈥檛 you try to recall whether you have any money hidden somewhere at home?鈥?/p>

鈥淣o. Who would dare to hide their money at home these days? Even your own wife is not trustworthy.鈥?The man was nearly driven to despair.

Ren Xiaosu started getting a little impatient. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e a grown man, so don鈥檛 act like you鈥檙e being bullied. Just tell me how much money you have on you.鈥?/p>

鈥淚t鈥檚 almost the end of the month, so there鈥檚 only around five days until I get paid. We can鈥檛 save much money doing what we do鈥?鈥?/p>

鈥淚鈥檓 asking how much money you have on you!鈥?Ren Xiaosu yelled.

鈥?32 yuan,鈥?the man sobbed.

He definitely could not allow him to write a promissory note. In the current day, if he let someone sign a promissory note today, who knew if that person might just end up dead the next day.

Ren Xiaosu was wondering whether this man had any other valuables on him.

All of a sudden, Ren Xiaosu thought of something. He said as his eyes lit up, 鈥淗ow about this? I don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 easy for you either, so why don鈥檛 I waive the remaining fee for you? You can just give me whatever money you have in your pocket. You can keep the 32 yuan for your meals鈥? Scratch that, you can keep 2 yuan for your next meal.鈥?/p>

When the man heard that, he teared up with emotion. 鈥淭hank you, thank you so much!鈥?/p>

鈥淕ratitude received from Dong Mingshuai, +1!鈥?/p>

Ren Xiaosu was ecstatic. He had finally found a way to gain the gratitude of his patients!

First, he had to set a reasonable price. If the clinic charged 600 yuan, he would charge 600 yuan too. In this way, no one would feel that he was ripping them off. Secondly, he would have to put on an act. Even if it meant earning less money, he would earn their gratitude!

Making money wasn鈥檛 the priority; gaining gratitude was. Only by gaining gratitude could he earn money! Within a short period of one day, Ren Xiaosu had already made 1630 yuan. This was even faster than if he had gone to hunt for sparrows! Moreover, there wasn鈥檛 any danger involved.

For now, Ren Xiaosu鈥檚 number of gratitude tokens was back to four. It might look like there wasn鈥檛 an increase, but it was more important he had found a method to gain more of them through trial and error!

At this moment, Ren Xiaosu was happily thinking about buying a set of fall clothing for Yan Liuyuan. He turned around and glanced at Xiaoyu. And he could buy a cotton-padded jacket for Xiaoyu to wear through the winter as well!

Now that Xiaoyu had become their clinic鈥檚 nurse, Ren Xiaosu couldn鈥檛 let her work for nothing, right?

But there was no hurry. He could wait and see roughly how much they made in a month before deciding how much to pay Xiaoyu.

鈥?/p>

When news of the boiler explosion at the factory spread, many of the town鈥檚 women got very worried. They were all afraid that something happened to their husbands.

In the afternoon, Ren Xiaosu sat in his shack as he waited for the factory workers to return so that he could intercept and carry them to the clinic for treatment. But in the end, he didn鈥檛 see anyone else coming back.

The person who found it most unbearable would have to be that swindler at the town鈥檚 clinic. After he heard about the boiler explosion, he excitedly waited for the patients to come. However, no one came to him to seek treatment even as night fell!

As such, the young doctor went out and asked around. He鈥檇 clearly heard that three injured people ran back in the afternoon, but why didn鈥檛 any of them come to him to get bandaged?

However, after asking around, he felt blueballed when he found out that his business had been stolen away by someone!

He wondered who would be so brave as to stole away his business. After asking around again, he found out that it was Ren Xiaosu!

The young doctor deliberated over this before he finally clenched his teeth in anger. So what if it was Ren Xiaosu? Could he steal someone else鈥檚 occupation just because he was Ren Xiaosu?

However, the young doctor felt that something was amiss. How did Ren Xiaosu suddenly know how to treat wounds and save people? When he first heard about the black medicine, he only thought of it as something that Ren Xiaosu had randomly concocted. He had doubts about it at that time, but he had no choice but to believe it now.

He angrily went to look for Ren Xiaosu to demand an explanation. When he arrived at the door of Ren Xiaosu鈥檚 shack, Ren Xiaosu was paring a potato with a bone knife. Ren Xiaosu stabbed the potato with the bone knife, piercing right through it.

Ren Xiaosu asked nonchalantly, 鈥淵ou鈥檙e looking for me?鈥?/p>

鈥淥h, it鈥檚 nothing. I just wanted to ask if you鈥檝e eaten yet.鈥?The young doctor laughed dryly.

Ren Xiaosu looked at him and said, 鈥淵u Tong, you aren鈥檛 young anymore. You鈥檝e been depending on the old doctor鈥檚 reputation long enough. It鈥檚 running out. I advise you run home and flip through the old doctor鈥檚 medical books so that you don鈥檛 flounder in the future.鈥?/p>

鈥淲hat are you talking about?鈥?Yu Tong said diffidently. 鈥淚 study the medical books every day.鈥?/p>

鈥淭hat鈥檚 good then.鈥?Ren Xiaosu lowered his head and continued paring the potatoes, ignoring him.

Honestly speaking, Ren Xiaosu and the others did not used to peel their potatoes. They ate the entire thing, skin and all. By peeling them, a substantial amount of the potato would go to waste. But it was different now. Ren Xiaosu had become rich, so he got a swelled head!

All of a sudden, over a dozen people ran into town and shouted, 鈥淭his is bad! Something terrible has happened!鈥?/p>

Ren Xiaosu frowned. He pulled one of them over and asked, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 going on?鈥?/p>

鈥淭he scent of blood after the factory boiler explosion has attracted a pack of wolves.鈥?That man said disconcertedly, 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know where the wolves came from, but there are a lot of them!鈥?/p>

鈥淗ow many is a lot?鈥?Ren Xiaosu asked again.

鈥淚鈥檓 afraid there are over a 100 of them, at least!鈥?/p>

This was indeed terrible. It looked like the fate of the workers remaining at the factory was grim.

The wolves hadn鈥檛 appeared in over a year. During this time, everyone had almost forgotten about their threat. No one knew where they had gone to during this yearlong disappearance, but now that they were back, their numbers had increased by several times.

However, the wolves did not dare to come and ravage the town because of the tall walls. And on top of these walls, there were firearms and explosives.

This was why the refugees had gathered outside of the walls and built a town around it.

鈥淲hat are you looking at? Eat your food,鈥?Ren Xiaosu told Yan Liuyuan.

After saying that, he sat down and continued eating his food. Meanwhile, Yan Liuyuan looked outside curiously as he ate his food and said, 鈥淏ro, how did you manage to survive back then? You鈥檝e never talked about it before.鈥?/p>

Ren Xiaosu gave him a look but did not answer the question. Xiaoyu, who was beside them, also looked at Ren Xiaosu, although she did not ask him anything.

After Yan Liuyuan finished eating a potato, Ren Xiaosu handed him another one. 鈥淵ou should eat more so that you can grow better. Only then will you have a better chance of survival than others.鈥?/p>

鈥淏ro, are you worried that the wolves will come into town?鈥?Yan Liuyuan looked at Ren Xiaosu, who still had a frown on his face.

鈥淣o.鈥?Ren Xiaosu shook his head and said, 鈥淭hey are much smarter than you guys can imagine, so they won鈥檛 risk it by coming here. If the boiler at the factory did not explode and cause those injuries and deaths, they wouldn鈥檛 even have gone there. They weren鈥檛 attracted to the smell of blood in the first place. It was the smell of death that made them go there.鈥?/p>

鈥淭hen what are you worrying about, Bro?鈥?Yan Liuyuan wondered.

Ren Xiaosu thought for a long time. 鈥淲hat if the walls collapse one day?鈥?/p>

Xiaoyu was taken aback. 鈥淲ill these walls collapse?鈥?/p>

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know.鈥?Ren Xiaosu shook his head again. 鈥淏ut there鈥檚 nothing that ever stays the same in this world. Actually, I鈥檝e encountered the wolf pack twice. The first time, I managed to run away after spotting them from afar. But I wasn鈥檛 that fortunate the second time around. However, it feels like鈥?they鈥檙e getting much stronger than before!鈥?/p>

In fact, Ren Xiaosu was also wondering what would happen if the walls collapsed one day. What would happen to this society?