Bao Thu follows the old woman’s warning to Vong Giang, a riverside village that should be bustling with morning market noise. Instead, it’s dead silent. She sees people sitting motionless on their porches. A fisherman stares at the water, unblinking. A mother holds a spoon to her child’s mouth—neither moves.
Bao Thu checks Tan’s pulse. His meridians are not blocked—they are empty . As if something drank his vitality. healer bao thu tap 2
Bao Thu spins. A withered old woman sits on a mossy rock, her eyes completely white. She wears the tattered robes of a royal physician. Bao Thu follows the old woman’s warning to