On the second day, Jia Simiao arrived early at the demolition office. As soon as he arrived at the door, he was stopped by the security guard and asked, 'What do you want? Do you have an appointment?' Jia Simiao replied with a smile, 'I'm here to see Director Ji Shihua.' The security guard coughed twice and said arrogantly, 'Wait for him. He hasn't come to work yet.' Jia Simiao handed over a hundred yuan bill and said, 'I need to see Director Ji urgently. Can this note help?' The security guard immediately put the money in his pocket and laughed, 'You're quite good at handling things. Go to the third floor office and look for Director Ji. I don't know if he's in a meeting or not.'

Jia Simiao smiled and went straight up to the third floor where he was stopped by a female secretary outside of Director Ji's office who asked what business he had there. If she had something to do she would be busy; if not then she would be idle - that was how secretaries were like. This female secretary wore an OL uniform suit with a purple silk scarf tied around her slender neck which gave her an air of elegance but her attitude was quite cold that made Jia Simiao wonder whether she had just gone through heartbreak or menopause.

Jia Simiao smiled and said: "I have urgent matters regarding my family's old mansion on Yanjiang Road." It seemed that this female secretary also knew about it as she stared at Jia Simiao before asking: "Who are you? Are you someone important?"

Jia Simiao replied: "My name is Jia Simiao and I am from the family who owns that old mansion." The female secretary waved her hand saying: "Alright then follow me over here..." Before Jia could even move closer, the office door opened and a fair-skinned, handsome young man walked out with an air of arrogance without even glancing at Jia Simiao. The female secretary asked Jia to wait for a while before entering the office herself. After waiting for several seconds, she waved her hand and let Jia Simiao in.

Ji Shihua is a short and chubby middle-aged man with some balding hair. He sat in his chair, holding the mouse and playing the "FreeCell" solitaire game on his computer, coughing from time to time. He didn't even look at Jia Simiao when he came in. The female secretary also walked out and closed the door behind her.

Jia Simiao looked at Ji Shihua quietly while standing aside for a while.

After waiting for a while, Ji Shihua threw away the mouse and leaned back on the chair, asking: "I heard that you are the owner of Jia's old house?"

"Yes, my name is Jia Simiao, here are my credentials." Jia Simiao handed over his ID card to Ji Shihua.

Ji Shihua looked at it and shouted loudly: "You should know by now? Now we are building garden cities on a large scale in Nanjiang City. The transformation of both sides of the river along Jiang Road is particularly important. Your Jia family's old house happens to be located in the central area of the Jiang Road. It should have been demolished long ago because it’s such an old building! I called you here this time just to notify you that it must be demolished so that you can prepare yourself mentally."

"Director Ji, I want to know which construction company is responsible for this project?"

"Do you need to know these things too?"

"I don’t necessarily need to know all about them but if our old house needs demolition then who will give us compensation? Let me explain one thing; our old house has more than 1,000 square meters according to market prices along Jiang Road which would cost no less than ten thousand yuan per square meter or more than ten million yuan total! Will we receive compensation from Demolition Office?”

This made Ji Shihua anxious: "Who demolished it, you should go find them. What does it have to do with our Demolition Office?"

Jia Simiao said calmly: "The key is that I don't know who is responsible for demolishing our Jia family's old house."

Ji Shihua was taken aback and his face immediately turned dark as he asked angrily: "What do you mean?"

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"Director Ji, have you felt a little powerless in your personal life recently?"

Ji Shihua was stunned by this question and his face became even darker as he shouted: "What do you mean?

Jia Simiao said lightly: 'Never mind what I mean. I just want to ask, have you been coughing frequently lately? And when you went to the hospital, did the medicine prescribed by the doctor not work?'

This guy is damn weird! It's like he saw it with his own eyes.

Ji Shihua stared at Jia Simiao and asked: 'Are you a doctor?'

Jia Simiao replied: 'Since you know about the old mansion of the Jia family, you should know about "one imperial physician upon entering court, three flower visits upon leaving". Right?'

Ji Shihua's expression changed slightly and he quickly said: 'Yes, everything you said is correct. I've been coughing frequently lately and thought it was because I caught a cold while sleeping at night. But even medication doesn't seem to help.'

Jia Simiao continued: 'The Inner Canon says that all five organs and six viscera can cause coughs, not just the lungs. Some doctors suspect that when they hear someone coughing, it's first due to a cold or fever; then they think it might be an infection in their lungs or bronchi. In fact, different sounds of coughing indicate different symptoms. Sir, from your cough sound mixed with weakness and accompanied by sweating on your forehead - if I'm not mistaken - this should be caused by kidney yang deficiency in men... '

What kind of Inner Canon? What kind of kidney yang deficiency? Ji Shihua certainly didn't understand but what Jia Simiao said made sense as his sexual function has indeed deteriorated recently so he hurriedly asked: 'So what can be done? Is there any cure for this?'

'Well...'

'Hey Xiao Jia (little Jia), come over here and let's chat.' Ji Shihua quickly invited Jia Simiao to sit on the sofa and spoke with more respect. He chuckled: 'We're both men, so I won't hide it from you. The most painful thing for a man is... hey, when that part doesn't work anymore. If you have any solutions, please tell me and I'll be eternally grateful.'

Jia Simiao said: 'Since I've caught up with you, of course I can't just watch Director Ji suffer like this. Sit down and put your legs up on the chair; roll up your pants leg and let me take a look.'

What does rolling up his pants leg have to do with sexual dysfunction or coughing? Ji Shihua didn't quite understand but still followed Jia Simiao's instructions. Jia Simiao took out a silver needle and inserted it into the inside of his lower leg - two inches above Tai Xi point in front of Achilles tendon - which was precisely at Fu Liu point. His fingers gently twisted around causing Ji Shihua's calf to feel sore and itchy making him very uncomfortable.

Gradually, the itchy feeling disappeared and was replaced by a warm current flowing up from the calf to gather at the waist. At this point, there was also a painful and sour feeling in the waist, similar to that of the calf but stronger. He couldn't bear it and almost groaned out loud.

Suddenly, this pain disappeared and Jia Simiao smiled: "Okay, stand up and try moving around."

Ji Shihua felt full of energy throughout his body, light on his feet, excitedly asking: "Really... is it really better?"

Jia Simiao said: "Try going back tonight. If it's not better immediately demolish our old mansion without hesitation."

Ji Shihua was overjoyed and pulled Jia Simiao down to sit with him. He earnestly advised him: "Xiao Jia, I'm not an ungrateful person. Since you cured my stubborn illness, let me advise you that although your family's old mansion is a cultural relic indeed; however one cannot fight against overwhelming odds - if it needs to be demolished then just do so."

Jia Simiao asked: "I believe Director Ji but... can you make me understand? Which group company are those developers along Jiang Road affiliated with?"

"That group company has quite a history behind them; they're none other than our famous Dongsheng Group in Nanjiang City whose chairman Huo Dongsheng is related to the deputy mayor responsible for transportation and urban construction. You tell me - as an ordinary citizen how could you possibly resist?"

Before coming here earlier did you see a young man walking out? That's Huo Dongsheng's second son Huo Enjue whom I have to suck up to despite being such an insignificant demolition office director like myself! How pathetic!"

The Huo family had great power in Nanjiang City; reportedly even their eldest son was involved in the underworld. Huo Enjue, Qin Pochun from the Qin family and Shang Jiazhou from the Shang family were all prominent rising stars in Nanjiang City; each one of them quite formidable. Nowadays, with connections to officials, who could touch them? And as for Jia Simiao - he really was just an ordinary citizen and not even on the same level.

Jia Simiao laughed: "So does that mean Sanjian Construction is also affiliated with Dongsheng Group?"

Ji Shihua nodded: "Yes, you haven't been back to Nanjiang City for a long time right? You don't understand our city's situation. Sanjian Construction has always taken over construction projects from Dongsheng Group. Even if you go directly to Dongsheng Group it won't be any use; the Huo family members are all hidden behind-the-scenes.