Yao Qian was driven to desperation, so he blurted out that he was a student of Sun Siwei, hoping he might be spared. And it worked. When Zhou Rushan heard Sun Siwei's na, he actually showed the renowned doctor so deference. With a casual wave of his hand, he ordered the security guards to stop. Yao Qian and Shang Yuenong limped out of the mall like a pair of stray dogs. As for Zhao Dajun, he naturally lost his job. He slunk away, filled with resentnt toward Shang Yuenong, and planned to go straight to her house to demand an explanation.
The mall owner timidly sidled up to Zhou Rushan. "Mr. Zhou, shall I book a private room at Jufu Building for lunch to apologize?"
"That won't be necessary. Just manage your subordinates better and tell them to keep their eyes open in the future," Zhou Rushan said, casually dismissing him. He imdiately got into his car. Without needing a direct order, his n sneered as they arranged for others to go teach Lin Tang a lesson he wouldn't forget.
They all thought Lin Tang was foolish and naive. A low-life scrap collector who got lucky and stumbled upon an antique worth millions. He didn't know when to quit while he was ahead and even had the audacity to parade his find around town. He was just asking for trouble!
「anwhile.」
Even though Yao Qian was usually afraid of his wife, he couldn't take it anymore. He blad Shang Yuenong for ddling and getting him beaten up.
"Oh, so you're turning against now? I'm the one who got beaten black and blue, and instead of comforting , you're starting a fight? Do you even want this marriage to continue?" Shang Yuenong roared.
"That's not what I ant! I'm just saying you shouldn't be so impulsive in the future, and stop provoking that guy..."
"Bah! I won't be human if I don't get revenge for this! As my husband, it's your duty to help . So I'm asking you, are you going to help or not?"
"I... I... I can't be bothered with you!"
"You spineless waste of space, get lost! If you won't help , I'll find soone who will!"
Growing angrier by the second, Shang Yuenong spun around and stord off, refusing to let Yao Qian follow. She recalled a gang leader who had made a pass at her when he was a patient in the hospital, telling her to call him if she ever needed help. At the ti, she'd dismissed him, thinking a common gangster was from a different world entirely.
Now, however, she saw things differently. Even if he was a gangster, he had a certain manliness, an ability to make one feel secure. Yao Qian, by contrast, was just weak and easily bullied. Utter trash!
Shang Yuenong imdiately took out her phone. "Hello, is this Brother Chen? This is Doctor Shang Yuenong. I'm not sure if you rember ..."
They t shortly after. Ding Yuchen was wearing a vest, his arms covered in colorful tattoos. A cigarette dangled from his lips as he leered at her. "Doctor Shang, you've finally decided you're ready to have so fun with ?"
Shang Yuenong frowned slightly, dodging his wandering hands. She spoke softly, "Brother Chen, I'd like to ask you to teach soone a lesson for ..."
"Haha, teaching soone a lesson is what I do for a living, no problem at all. But I've got a lot of mouths to feed. My boys can't work on an empty stomach, can they?" Ding Yuchen said, rubbing his fingers together.
Shang Yuenong gritted her teeth. "Na your price."
She then pulled out the bank card Yao Qian had entrusted to her. The money in it was their savings for a house. She had already spent so on herbal dicine, but she transferred the entire remaining balance to Ding Yuchen.
He's just a punk; he'll never recognize that sword is actually worth millions. Once he deals with Lin Tang, I'll get the sword back, sell it, and make a huge profit!
"Alright, the money's been sent. You can go now!" Shang Yuenong said.
But Ding Yuchen suddenly wrapped his arm around her. "What's the rush? As long as he's in Jiangbei, he can't escape my grasp. Why don't we go get a hotel room first?"
Shang Yuenong froze. She felt a cocktail of excitent, fear, and revulsion. Above all, she was speechless. "Brother Chen, my face is beaten to a pulp, and you're still in the mood?"
His tastes are certainly intense.
Ding Yuchen stared at her bruised and swollen face, not the least bit put off. In fact, he found it even more thrilling. He was already planning how he would have his way with her later: whips, candles...
In the end, Shang Yuenong managed to forcefully push him away. Seeing his displeasure, she quickly added, "Help teach that guy his lesson first, and then we'll talk!"
"Fine!" Ding Yuchen wasn't worried she'd back out. He cheerfully started making calls.
Before long, he had rallied a gang of thuggish underlings. As they say, snakes have their paths and rats have their tunnels. Since Lin Tang hadn't bothered to hide his tracks, they easily found him and imdiately grabbed their weapons to give chase. At the sa ti, the elite enforcers sent by Zhou Rushan's n had also locked onto Lin Tang.
Blissfully unaware, Lin Tang was passing through an alley when he happened to glance aside. He saw an old woman in shabby clothes, her face pale with sickness, rummaging through a trash bin. She was collecting bottles and cardboard—anything she could sell. A small girl with slightly ssy pigtails clung tightly to her sleeve. Despite their circumstances, the girl's hands and face were clean. Her large, dark eyes looked up and t Lin Tang's gaze.
Lin Tang gave her a friendly nod.
The little girl blinked, then suddenly scread, "Grandma, run! A bad man is here!"
The old woman gasped, snatching up the girl and scrambling backward. The bottles she had collected clattered to the ground. "Please don't hit us," she pleaded, her voice trembling. "I'll give you all the bottles!"
Lin Tang was speechless. Do I really look that much like a villain?
He tried to force a kind smile. "Don't misunderstand, I'm just passing by."
His smile only made the little girl burst into tears. Her crying sent the old woman into a deeper panic. She dropped to her knees and began to beg for rcy.
Lin Tang was completely flabbergasted. What in the world is going on?
"Stop!"
An angry voice rang out, accompanied by a sweet fragrance. A beautiful, gentle-looking woman who looked like the quintessential girl next door ca jogging over. She spread her arms, blocking the space between Lin Tang and the others.
"How dare you bully an old woman and a child in public, in broad daylight? Are you even human? Do you have a heart?" Her face flushed red as she glowered at him. Yet even in her anger, she ca across as so gentle that she wasn't the least bit intimidating.
She looked at Lin Tang with utter disgust. She couldn't understand why a young, able-bodied man wouldn't get a proper job. Scavenging was one thing, but to rob a fellow scavenger?
Lin Tang was truly speechless. Seeing no point in explaining, he simply turned and walked away.
Chen Yuyan heaved a huge sigh of relief, wiping the nervous sweat from her palms. She was a timid person by nature, but her sense of justice wouldn't let her stand by and do nothing. It was enough that he had been shad into leaving; she had no intention of hounding him.
Chen Yuyan turned back, her expression softening as she spoke to the old woman. "It's alright, he's gone now."
"Thank you, dear! Thank you!" the old woman said, moved. She put the little girl down and bent over to pick up the scattered bottles. Chen Yuyan rolled up her sleeves to help.
But without warning, the old woman swayed forward and collapsed onto the ground.
"Ma'am, what's wrong?" Chen Yuyan cried out, rushing to check on her. She found that the woman was completely unconscious.
Instantly, the little girl began to wail, shaking the old woman's body. "Grandma, please, I'm begging you, don't die!"
"Little one, don't cry! I'm a doctor. I can save your grandma!" Chen Yuyan said reassuringly. She quickly took a case of acupuncture needles from her bag, opened the old woman's shirt, and began treatnt.
She had only inserted a few needles when she noticed Lin Tang had returned and was squatting beside her.
"You..." Chen Yuyan tensed up again, the hairs on her arms standing on end. She thought Lin Tang was about to take advantage of the crisis.
Lin Tang glanced at where she'd placed the needles and couldn't help but shake his head. "Who taught you dicine? You're absolute garbage! This woman was fine a mont ago. If you keep poking her randomly like that, you're going to kill her!"
If he had questioned anything else, she could have let it slide. But to question her dical skills—her greatest strength—and call them garbage? Chen Yuyan was livid. "I've already called the police! You'd better get lost, right now!" she snarled.
Then, ignoring Lin Tang's warning, she continued inserting needles.
Lin Tang shook his head. An incompetent doctor isn't scary. What's scary is a stubborn, incompetent doctor.
He was about to step in and stop her, but the little girl flew at him like a feral cat, scratching, biting, and screaming wildly. Her cries drew the attention of a crowd. They began to point fingers at Lin Tang, their voices dripping with righteous indignation. They called him vicious and cruel. So even rolled up their sleeves, ready to perform a grand act of public heroism.
I haven't done a single thing, so how did I beco the ultimate villain? Lin Tang felt like he was going to pass out.
While he was distracted by the girl and the crowd, Chen Yuyan managed to insert several more needles. As the old woman's complexion seed to improve and she showed signs of waking, a confident smile spread across Chen Yuyan's face. She looked at Lin Tang with disdain and said, "The Lingshu Twelve Needles my master taught are not sothing a person like you can so casually slander..."
Before she could finish, the old woman began to convulse again, foaming at the mouth. She was only breathing out, not in. Her life was hanging by a thread.
Instantly, Chen Yuyan was dumbfounded.
"How can this be...?!"
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