City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 681 - 682: Xiao Mei’s Thoughts

Chapter 681: Chapter 682: Xiao Mei’s Thoughts

Ye Qiu feared that if he stayed here for a long time, Xiao Mei would misunderstand that he had ulterior motives. Now that he had finished treating her, leaving directly was naturally the proper thing to do.

"Dr. Ye, are you leaving just like that?"

"Miss Xiao, is there anything else?"

Ye Qiu asked, puzzled.

"Could you stay and chat with me for a while?"

Ye Qiu looked at the time, it was just past eight in the evening and not too late, and at this point, he would just be playing games if he went back.

"Talking is fine, and anything else too."

After sitting down, Xiao Mei sat down next to Ye Qiu.

Because of the birthmark, Xiao Mei soon recalled her own origins.

"My hometown is very poor, in a very remote mountain village. My biological parents, including my grandparents, all favored boys over girls."

Ye Qiu sat there listening, without making a sound.

Twenty or thirty years ago in Huaxia, perhaps due to the one-child policy or because of longstanding ideologies, the preference for boys was very severe. It could be said, the poorer the family, the stronger the preference for boys, whereas rich people in cities preferred having girls.

That was still the case today, only now rural areas had improved a lot and the preference for boys was not so intense.

"Not long after I was born, my biological grandmother discovered I was a girl and also had a large birthmark on my buttocks. She immediately thought it was a bad omen. What do you think they did next?"

Xiao Mei looked at Ye Qiu as she asked.

"What did they do?"

Ye Qiu had a guess but couldn’t be completely sure.

"They wanted to put me in a bucket, to drown me and then bury me in the hills behind."

Xiao Mei said.

Looking back now, she thought it was truly horrifying.

Of course, these were things others told her later. How could she have known any of this as a baby?

Ye Qiu still did not speak, and Xiao Mei continued, "My own grandparents and my biological parents were ready to drown me and then have another child, hoping it might be a boy and also hoping there would be no birthmark, which wouldn’t affect the family planning quota."

Having finished, Xiao Mei sighed and said, "Fortunately, there was a kind young couple in the village next door who had no children, so they came over and took me away to raise as their own."

"Had no children?"

Ye Qiu asked.

"I heard from my foster mother that my foster father had been physically injured so they couldn’t have children. However, my foster mother didn’t want to divorce my foster father. Their relationship was still quite good, so they took me in to raise me."

Generally, those who are adopted are mostly girls, while those who are trafficked are mostly boys.

Whether adopted or trafficked, the motives of those people were the same: because they couldn’t have children of their own, they had to find other ways to have children, to care for them in their old age.

This idea is still quite common in rural areas today.

Moreover, if a family has no descendants, it might mean extinction for that generation; however, if they adopted or trafficked children, it was still considered having descendants.

"After I was taken in by my foster parents, both of them were very good to me. As for that birthmark behind me, they also took me to many western doctors and tried many remedies, but none were effective. Eventually, my foster parents gave up."

Ye Qiu knew that the birthmark on Xiao Mei was somehow largely related to her birth mother, possibly due to consuming something wrong during pregnancy that caused such a severe birthmark.

It was known that the birthmark on Xiao Mei’s body had fused into the blood and blood vessels in her buttocks area at birth, and thinking of removing it through some folk remedies was simply impossible.

"Later, I did well in school and gradually left the small village. A few years ago, I graduated from Jiangnan University and then entered the human resources department at Xingyue Group where I have been working till now," she said.

Xiao Mei said.

Although she didn’t say much now, only Xiao Mei knew how many twists she had encountered along the way, and how much ridicule she had faced because of the birthmark on her back.

"You’re already doing well,"

Ye Qiu said.

If the birthmark on Xiao Mei completely disappeared, with her looks and figure, she could definitely be considered a great beauty, and she would likely have countless admirers by then.

"Doctor Ye, I really can’t thank you enough,"

Xiao Mei realized that apart from her adoptive parents, Ye Qiu was probably the third person who truly cared about her.

Of course, Xiao Mei also understood that it was her appearance that had drawn Ye Qiu’s attention, but that didn’t matter. She knew everyone desires beauty, especially since Ye Qiu hadn’t hesitated despite the ugly birthmark on her back.

"Is that all?"

Ye Qiu asked.

Xiao Mei looked at Ye Qiu somewhat puzzled. Could there be something else?

"Is there anything else?"

"Then I’m leaving."

After hearing Xiao Mei’s story and having nothing else to discuss, Ye Qiu was ready to leave.

When Ye Qiu stood up to leave, Xiao Mei personally walked him out.

As Ye Qiu left on the elevator down, Xiao Mei seemed to understand what Ye Qiu had meant by his last words. However, by then, Ye Qiu was already heading down in the elevator.

Xiao Mei’s heart raced, and she hurriedly turned and went back to her room.

...

As Ye Qiu was driving back to the Peach Blossom Source Villa Community, he parked the car in the garage, entered the first-floor lobby, and saw Weidong and Liu Daqing having tea and chatting.

Today, the two had gone to check the renovation materials and had found three reliable renovators.

According to Ye Qiu’s design plans, the total cost of the renovation, including materials and labor, would only be around two hundred thousand.

This sum wasn’t substantial, but for Liu Daqing, it wasn’t a small amount.

When Ye Qiu returned, Liu Daqing said, "Ye Qiu, your dad and I went to check out renovation materials today."

"Uncle Liu, how did it go?"

"We checked the materials and found three workers. We can start work tomorrow."

"That’s great, just take whatever money you need from my dad. I’ll soon be flying to France to treat a patient. When I come back, I’ll stop by and give some guidance to the renovators."

Ye Qiu was going to France to treat someone, something both Weidong and Liu Daqing knew about, but they hadn’t expected it to be so soon.

Now, Ye Qiu went upstairs, took a bath, then returned to his room, sat down on the mat, and prepared to begin his cultivation of the "Primordial Five Emperors Technique."