Bai Zhu

Bai Zhu is a tall man with fair skin and long green hair, half tied into a bun and secured with a hair stick. He has golden, snake-like eyes, and always wears a pair of golden, ornate oval-framed glasses.

He is magnanimous and kind, but is also shrouded in mystery and other contradictions. Despite countless admiring doctors begging for his attention, he insisted on choosing a zombie who can barely sort medicinal ingredients as his disciple.

Bai Zhu, the owner of Bubu Hut, is an apothecary who has mastered the art of medicine, a virtuous man full of secrets and mysteries. So many different people wanted to become his disciple, but instead, Bai Zhu took a zombie girl who has difficulty even sorting medicinal herbs as his disciple. Bai Zhu is a mere mortal, but on his shoulders always lies a talking snake with great spiritual energy. Bai Zhu can cure any disease, but for some reason he himself is in poor health. Of course, all these contradictions could not escape the eyes of the residents of Li Yue: after all, the more capable a person is, the more terrible the evil he can be tempted to commit, and the more serious its consequences will be. But no matter how hard the investigators tried to bring Bai Zhu to justice, everything was in vain. On the contrary, their attempts only strengthened the fame of Bai Zhu's virtues. And when asked about the secrets he hides, Bai Zhu smiles: "Good medicine always tastes bitter. Therefore, there is nothing terrible if a doctor keeps some bitter secret in his heart." Actually, Bai Zhu's surname is not "Bai" at all, but all the patients call him "Mr. Bai", and this was started by Qi Qi, his assistant. When Qi Qi first started working at the Bubu hut, her memory was even worse than it is now. During the day, she would go out to collect medicinal herbs, and in the evening, she would forget to come home. Fortunately, Bai Zhu had developed patience over the years of medical practice, and he was even more patient with Qi Qi than with ordinary patients. At first, Bai Zhu asked Qi Qi not to leave the Bubu hut, but she persisted, saying, “My work.” Bai Zhu could do nothing, and he had to look for Qi Qi in the surrounding area. This was repeated day after day, over and over again. Qi Qi’s poor memory did not even allow her to remember her mentor’s name. Therefore, for a long time, she called Bai Zhu and Chang Sheng not by their names, but simply “man” and “snake.” As a “cure” for her poor memory, Bai Zhu suggested that she write everything down in a notebook and look through her notes at her leisure. And then one morning, Qi Qi, seeing Bai Zhu, said, “Good. Morning. Bai... Bai..." Chang Sheng even stretched out with joy and blurted out impatiently: "Forget about this Bai, there is also me! What about me?" - "Good. Morning. Mr. Bai," Qi Qi said seriously. - And good. Morning. Long snake." "What? Just a long snake?" - "Strengthening memory is like strengthening health. You can't chase speed. The main thing is to gradually move forward step by step," Bai Zhu said with a smile, as if agreeing to be called "Mr. Bai" from now on. After that, Qi Qi constantly repeated: "Mr. Bai said...", "Mr. Bai does not allow it", and the visitors who came to the Bubu hut for medicine quickly adopted this manner from her and spread it throughout Li Yue. Qi Qi filled one notebook with notes, then the next... Now she can remember the names of Bai Zhu and Chang Sheng without taking notes. But the address “Mr. Bai” has taken root among patients, and it is unlikely that they can be retrained now.

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