Chapter 60 The Technique of Consolation
Zhen Fan gently picked up Claire, the little guy was still asleep, with his little head resting on Zhen Fan's shoulder, which made people feel at ease.
"Let her sleep here today, I will arrange for her, don't worry!"
"Thank you, I don't know what to do. I have to have a good talk with Thomas. I don't want to argue like this anymore. This is not the first time!"
Annie's voice was a little choked, and it was obvious that she was really worried about the family. Zhen Fan can also understand that poor and lowly couples are sad about everything, both in China and abroad.
"We were going to have a baby!"
This should not be said to Zhen Fan, but Annie just wants to find someone close to tell her, and Zhen Fan is just the kind of person who makes people feel very trustworthy.
Zhen Fan was a little embarrassed. He hadn't tried to comfort the sad woman, even Zoe and Christine, who had had close relationships with him. But these two women never felt sad, who knows if there will be any in the future!
"Don't worry, everything will be fine!"
This is the second time Zhen Fan said the same thing. God testifies, this guy really doesn't have the talent to comfort women. But such words, to Annie's ears, were more beautiful than anything else.
"You're such a nice guy, Zhen!"
Annie held Zhen Fan's hand with one hand, and could feel the softness and delicateness of her hand.
"It's nothing, Annie! We are neighbors and friends, aren't we?" Zhen Fan gently patted Annie's hand with the other hand, expressing his understanding.
"Can I sit a little longer?" Annie said with a sob in her voice.
"Of course, no problem. I think the two of you need to take some time apart to calm down!" Zhen Fan nodded, then stood up, "I'll make you a cup of coffee! Do you want some sugar?"
Annie nodded, and Zhen Fan and he went to make coffee, brought a cup to Annie, and put a cup in front of him. Annie began to ramble about everything about herself and Thomas, including how they fell in love, how they got married, and then they had Claire.
God knows that a woman can remember these details of life in such a detailed and complete way that it can be equivalent to a spare memory.
"I really envy you!"
"God, I envy you so much!"
"Haha, it's so interesting!"
"What a pity, it's so unfair!"
...
During the whole process, Zhen Fan cooperated like a narration. The main plot and the protagonist are completed by Annie alone.
Of course such narration is necessary.
"what should I do now?"
Annie's emotions returned to the original point again. When she finished recalling all the good things, she inevitably recalled the things in the past few days again, and finally couldn't help but feel sad.
"Actually... I don't want Claire to leave my sight like this, Anne... Listen to me, I might be able to do something for Thomas, but it doesn't necessarily guarantee that he will get a good job, but Now that this is the case, why not give it a try?"
After some ideological struggle, Zhen Fan spoke up.
"Thank you very much... What, can you do something to help Thomas?" Anne suddenly realized,
Then he looked at Zhen Fan in disbelief.
In Annie's opinion, the jobs of the two were irrelevant, and it was impossible for Thomas to go to the clinic to help. Besides, Zhen Fan's salary was not high enough, compared with Thomas' original salary.
"Yes, from some of the plots you described, I think Thomas may have had bad luck recently. It's luck, just like someone gets shit luck once or twice."
Zhen Fan tried his best to explain some of the things he was about to do, and it was best to say first.
"Yes, yes, I think it's the same. Thomas is actually quite serious about his work."
Annie quickly agreed.
"Luck, in the final analysis, is like the sun, the moon and the stars, they all have their own trajectories, and these trajectories will often accompany them throughout their lives and never change."
Annie was not sad anymore, she was confused by what Zhen Fan said.
"What... are you trying to say? Or, what does it mean?"
Zhen Fan coughed dryly, and then straightened his throat: "Annie, you may not believe what I said, in China, we all think this way, just like the predetermined trajectory of every star, everyone That’s right, it’s fixed at birth, but you also know that it’s not impossible to change all of this…”
"You mean, you can bring good luck to people?"
Annie's comprehension ability is good, although what Zhen Fan said is somewhat different.
"Yes, in China, there is such an ancient technique that can change a person's luck. Of course it is impossible to make a big improvement, but a small improvement is still possible!"
Zhen Fan tried his best to explain in simple terms.
"Okay, I believe you, but do you need me to do something?" Annie asked a little uneasy.
In her view, these things are incomprehensible, belonging to witchcraft and the like. Change people's luck? Maybe the ancient cannibals in Africa and the feathered patriarchs of the Indians can do it.
Obviously, Annie's thinking about magic is still in the primitive society, and it is still on the big screen of mainstream American movies, because there are often scenes of Indians jumping to the gods with feathers in the movies.
What she said she needed to prepare was obviously prep kits like those feathers and turf skirts in her mind, and maybe a few stripes of white paint on her body if necessary.
"No, you don't need to do anything. You just need to tell me Thomas' date of birth, including the time of birth, and I will do the rest!"
"Ten o'clock in the morning two days later will be a good time. I need Mr. Thomas to come in person." Zhen Fan said, "It happens to be Saturday, and the clinic is closed!"
"All right!"
Although Annie was a little suspicious, there was always a glimmer of hope, so she tried to agree.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, and Zhen Fan tried his best to minimize the magic of changing luck, and told Annie that this was just a very common thing.
If you say something once, others may not believe it, but if you say it ten times, you will half believe it. If you say it a hundred times, it is true even if it did not happen.
Zhen Fan didn't say it a hundred times, but he had managed to convince Annie half of it. That's enough.
"Okay, I should go back!"
Annie seemed a little unfinished, she still stood up and said "goodbye" to Zhen Fan.
"Thank you for everything you have done for me tonight!" Annie stood up, hugged Zhen Fan gently, and Zhen Fan patted her on the back.
"Just remember my words! I promise, Thomas will be fine!"
This is the third time Zhen Fan said the same words, "Everything will be fine!" How inspiring, Annie already felt that Zhen Fan understood people's hearts enough.
Another day later, Luke Smith came in for a follow-up visit, and he looked much better.
"My wife and daughter are also planning to come over. They want to thank you personally, but... I know you are busy with work, so you didn't let them come over!" Luke smiled a little embarrassedly.
"It's okay, please come in and sit down! Wait in the treatment room for a while. I just gave acupuncture to the patient last night, and I need to clean it up!" Zhen Fan was sending a patient out. It was Bob Bertram, who had previously treated the stinky hair.
The young man looked very excited. When he was leaving, he even whistled to Zoe at the front desk. It seemed that this guy had cured his hidden illness and started courting the girls. Where else can I see his inferiority complex? It can even be said to be in high spirits.
But he only got a supercilious look from Zooey.
"This is your last acupuncture. You only need to drink a little Chinese medicine decoction from now on! Keep it for a week, and you will have no worries. Of course, you have to control your eating habits!"
Zhen Fan warned.
"Of course, thank you, Dr. Zhen, I will introduce you to my friends, and let them experience the amazing acupuncture and moxibustion of Chinese medicine, I promise!"
Bob smiled and waved at Zhen Fan.
After seeing off the happy young man, Zhen Fan apologetically let Luke into the treatment room, and went to prepare by himself!
"I feel much better! I always feel that my body is new every day!" Luke talked to Zhen Fan while he was being treated. Now he can enter the state without Zhen Fan's breathing to adjust, "This feeling It's really... wonderful!"
"everything will be fine!"
Zhen Fan comforted. It seems that this sentence has become his panacea. Since it was discovered from comforting Annie, this sentence has almost become his mantra for comforting patients.
"I trust you!"
This sentence is the most common sentence that patients say to Zhen Fan, as long as patients who have received miraculous curative effects from Zhen Fan will say this.
After treating Luke, the number of patients reached ten. This has reached the upper limit of Zhen Fan's request, so he decided to put up a notice of closure.
Zoe turned the notice board upside down, and it immediately changed from "Open" to "Closed", and complained: "Zhen, why don't you treat more patients? According to your current treatment speed, twenty patients a day is enough." Yes! Then we will have more benefits."
"Do you want work to become your burden?" Zhen Fan leaned on the chair and chatted with Zoe in the waiting room, "I don't want to do this, remember, I'm your boss, I said Just do whatever you want!"
"alright, you win!"
Zooey raised her hands to express her surrender, but she was still very unwilling.
"So...boss, when will you train your employees?" Zoe blinked, "I need to learn acupuncture so that I can do my service better!"
"I don't seem to have promised to teach you!"
"This is staff training!"
"If you're not afraid of getting silver needles all over your body, I can teach you!" Zhen Fan looked at her figure and smiled, "It's my favor for you!"