"This..."
How could Shang Yuenong possibly tell the whole truth? If she spilled everything, there was no way Shen Youling would help her!
She decisively edited her story. She claid that she had run into Lin Tang on the street and suspected he was a con artist. The prescription he gave was fake, she said, and it had terribly hard Shen Youling's grandfather. So, she had gone to confront him. Humiliated and enraged, he started a fight with her. As the conflict escalated, he resorted to violence, beating her until her face was swollen like a pig's head. He even swore he would kill her to silence her for good.
After hearing the tale, Shen Youling looked stunned. "Yuenong, are you really not lying to ? He didn't just hit you, he wants to kill you?"
"We've known each other for so many years, don't you know by now? When have I ever lied to you?" Shang Yuenong spoke with a firm tone, showing no hint of a guilty conscience.
"Lin Tang..." Shen Youling recalled. He did seem like the type to start a fight at the slightest disagreent. To be fair, I've known him for such a short ti. My understanding of him is extrely limited.
"If that's true, he's gone too far!" Shen Youling said grimly.
Shang Yuenong grew anxious. "You still don't believe ? Fine, co with . We'll find him, and you can see if he admits it!"
"Alright, I'll go with you," Shen Youling nodded.
She was originally going to drive, but after Shang Yuenong's persuasion, they set out on foot instead.
Just a few hundred ters outside the residential community, Ding Yuchen and his n appeared.
"Is that Lin Tang's wife? She's gorgeous!"
"He's so formidable. It's not surprising he could marry such a beauty..."
Despite their nervousness, Ding Yuchen and his group were montarily stunned by Shen Youling's beauty.
Shen Youling was shocked. Who are these people? Judging by their clothes, they're obviously gangsters. Why would Shang Yuenong be involved with them?
"Heh heh, don't misunderstand. We're all good people, friends of Yuenong's," Ding Yuchen said, forcing a friendly smile as he explained, "Your husband was yelling about beating and killing Yuenong. We couldn't just stand by, so we said a few words. He cursed us out for ddling and even threatened to kill all of us..."
"That's right, that's exactly what happened."
"We're in a terrible spot!"
"You have to save us!" the others chid in, looking as if they were about to cry.
Shen Youling was speechless. Wait a minute. Lin Tang is just one person. How could he possibly kill a whole group of you?
She grew suspicious. Just then, her sister, Shen Jiayue, called and told her to go to Ge Shijian's clinic imdiately. Due to Dong Mingfeng's relentless tantrums, Shen Qiushi had been left there and hadn't been brought back ho.
"Yuenong, I have sothing urgent to do, so you guys..."
"It's okay, it's okay, we'll just follow you!"
"Is that so?"
Growing even more suspicious, Shen Youling shook her head, wanting to refuse their offer to follow her.
Seeing this, a ferocious glint flashed in Ding Yuchen's eyes. If she won't plead for us, we're dead anyway. We might as well kidnap this beauty, have so fun, and then all die together!
"Move!" he commanded in a low voice.
In an instant, the others transford from lambs into ravenous wolves, reaching nacingly for Shen Youling.
"What are you doing?!" Shen Youling cried out in horror.
"Are you insane? Stop it now!" Shang Yuenong scread while simultaneously holding Shen Youling in a death grip. Shen Youling wanted to escape but couldn't even move an inch. She could only watch helplessly as Ding Yuchen and his n closed in...
"It's them!"
"Found them!"
"You must be Yuchen, right? Your ti is up."
Just then, another group of tall, imposing n charged over, their presence radiating nace. They were mbers of the Fierce Tiger Hall.
Upon arrival, they imdiately set upon Ding Yuchen's gang, beating them brutally and aiming every strike at a vital spot. In a flash, Ding Yuchen and his brothers were bloody with broken arms, utterly unable to fight back. The gap in strength between the two sides was far too wide.
"AH!"
"AH! AH! AH!"
They scread in agony. At first, their cries were deafening, like the wails of ghosts, but soon their voices weakened. Eventually, they were dragged into a car, and silence fell. It was impossible to know if they were dead or alive.
The scene left Shen Youling stunned and frightened Shang Yuenong senseless.
"And this woman!" one of the new n shouted, reaching for Shang Yuenong.
"The beauty next to her... she must be with them! Don't let either of them go!" Several others looked at Shen Youling, and wicked ideas imdiately ca to mind.
Shen Youling was speechless. Out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's lair! Who on earth did I offend?
Just as despair set in, Shang Yuenong had another stroke of genius. She roared, "Are you blind?! She's Lin Tang's wife! How dare you lay a hand on her?"
"What?"
"Lin... Master Lin's wife?"
The n from the Fierce Tiger Hall paled, imdiately backing away in terror.
"Are you sure you're not lying to us?" they glared nacingly at Shang Yuenong.
"If you don't believe , call Lin Tang and ask! Her na is Shen Youling!" Shang Yuenong panted, putting on a brave face as she glared back at them.
These n didn't dare take the risk. With great trepidation, they contacted Song Chaohu.
A mont later...
"Ah, our apologies, it was all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"
"Miss Shen, are you alright? We were actually trying to save you..."
"We hope you can forgive our rashness. We have so other matters to attend to, so we won't bother you any longer."
The mbers of the Fierce Tiger Hall instantly turned from fierce tigers into ta kittens, blinking their eyes as they apologized to Shen Youling.
They were about to grab Shang Yuenong again, but she quickly hid behind Shen Youling, borrowing her friend's authority. "I'm Shen Youling's best friend. Just you try and touch !"
"Uh, this..." The Fierce Tiger Hall n were troubled once again.
"Youling, you have to help ..." Shang Yuenong whispered tearfully in Shen Youling's ear. "Yuchen and his guys were trying to hurt you just now, and I was risking my life to protect you! You can't just stand by and watch them take !"
Shen Youling was baffled. You held so tightly I couldn't escape. That was you... protecting ?
Maybe I misunderstood her, Shen Youling thought. She might have really been trying to protect , but her clumsy efforts only made things worse.
Completely unaware of what Shang Yuenong had truly done, she assud it was just a verbal dispute with Lin Tang. So she said, "Why don't you all just leave? I'll personally speak to Lin Tang later and clear things up."
"Good!"
"Then we'll take our leave."
The Fierce Tiger Hall mbers really didn't dare to offend her. The power of pillow talk is imnse. What if she insists Lin Tang deal with us later? We'd be in for a world of hurt.
Once they had left, Shang Yuenong collapsed on the ground as if exhausted, almost crying with relief. "I'm saved!" I was just monts away from suffering the sa fate as Ding Yuchen. How terrifying!
Shen Youling was also filled with lingering fear. If the n from the Fierce Tiger Hall hadn't shown up when they did, I would have fallen into Ding Yuchen's hands. The consequences are too dreadful to imagine.
"Who are those people? They don't seem like good guys. Why does Lin Tang know them, and why do they seem to be on such good terms?" she asked Shang Yuenong, very puzzled.
Although Shang Yuenong knew they were from the Fierce Tiger Hall, she just shook her head and claid she didn't know.
At that mont, Shen Jiayue called again, urging her to co over. Shen Youling shook her head, deciding not to dwell on it. "I'm heading to my sister's place now. You..."
"I'm coming with you! I need to stay with you for the next twenty-four hours!" Shang Yuenong said hurriedly.
Are you kidding ? If I don't stick with Shen Youling, what am I going to do if those Fierce Tiger Hall guys co back for ?
Unable to dissuade her, Shen Youling could only let her tag along as they made their way to Ge Shijian's clinic.
Shen Jiayue yawned impatiently. "What took you so long?"
"Sorry, Sis, I got held up," Shen Youling replied quickly. "I'll take care of Grandpa myself for the next two days. You go ho and get so proper rest."
"You said it, not ," Shen Jiayue said, delighted. She had been bored to death staying here and had no desire to look after the old man.
She was just about to pick up her bag and leave when an elderly man with a vibrant energy walked in.
"Excuse , is Dr. Ge Shijian here?" he inquired politely.
"Ge Shijian? He's nothing but a quack..." Shen Jiayue grumbled.
Shen Youling hurriedly pulled her aside, then stepped forward and replied politely, "Dr. Ge is here. And you are, sir?"
"I am Chen Shanchun, the chief of the Xuanhu dical Pavilion in East Sea City. I heard that Dr. Ge brought the Chaoyuan Qi Boosting Soup back into the world, so I ca especially to visit!" the old man said with a smile.
He had been resting at his hotel, planning to visit Ge Shijian with his granddaughter, Chen Yuyan, once she returned. But he waited and waited, and she never appeared. She probably went off sowhere to have fun with Jiang Jie, he thought. Oh well. Young people should spend ti with other young people. It's fine if I go see Ge Shijian by myself. Little did he know that Chen Yuyan had nearly died, and one of the culprits, Shang Yuenong, was standing right in front of him.
"Tsk, another fool duped by that trash Qi Boosting Soup," Shen Jiayue scoffed.
"Sis!"
"Am I wrong? That stuff is garbage! Youling, I'm not trying to lecture you, but that quack Ge has brought Grandpa to this state, and you're still being polite to him? Don't you think that's unfilial?"
"I..."
"The Qi Boosting Soup is trash?" Chen Shanchun asked, taken aback and confused.
"Old man, I suggest you go back where you ca from. A whole group of old traditional dicine doctors ca before, and they all left. Let tell you about this Ge..." Shen Jiayue then recounted how the Qi Boosting Soup had hard Shen Qiushi, leaving him in a vegetative state.
"So that's what happened!" Chen Shanchun's face fell. "I had hoped to see the incomplete formula left by my ancestors finally perfected and brought back to light. Was it all just wishful thinking?"
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