With the young man’s mocking expression, Situ Jing panicked a little and quickly retorted, "Although I didn’t buy the dicine, the miraculous doctor I found will definitely be able to cure Dad."
As Patriarch Situ fell ill, Situ Jing’s brother opposed her at every turn.
The young man in front of her was none other than Situ Jing’s brother, Situ Ze.
Situ Jing was well aware that he was doing this solely to seize power and take control of the Situ Family.
Under normal circumstances, Situ Jing would not bother with him and would avoid confrontation.
However, Situ Jing accidentally heard Situ Ze’s conversation with his confidants expressing his intention to kill their father and then seize power opportunistically.
Knowing Situ Ze wanted to kill their father, Situ Jing decided to act. She must try her best to heal her father and cannot let Situ Ze’s conspiracy succeed.
"A miraculous doctor? The young punk you brought back?" Upon hearing Situ Jing’s words, Situ Ze imdiately sneered disdainfully.
"You... How can you curse people?" Hearing Situ Ze speak outrageously, Situ Jing protested loudly.
"Seems I’m right..." Seeing Situ Jing’s reaction, Situ Ze smirked coldly and then loudly challenged, "A young punk being a miraculous doctor? Are you treating us all like fools or do you have a plan to harm our father?"
"What are your true intentions? You better confess!"
With Situ Ze’s provocation, the Situ Family’s elders looked displeased.
"I implore the Grand Elders to make decisions for my father and remove this heartless individual." Seeing this scene, Situ Ze felt even more smug and pretended to show a pained expression.
Looking at his expression, it seed he was genuinely doing this for the good of the Situ Family, as if he were prepared to sacrifice his own family.
"Situ Jing! How could you do this?"
"Exactly! I really thought it was because you didn’t have enough money and couldn’t buy the dicine. In my opinion, you must have intentionally tried to harm the Patriarch, so you didn’t buy the dicine."
"Is this fair to your father? If he knew, he’d surely be angered to death. Today, we’ll represent your father and teach you a lesson."
"I knew it, how could all that money not buy an eight-thousand-year ginseng? So, you intended to harm the Patriarch, and we trusted you in vain."
Guided by Situ Ze, many elders shouted angrily with displeasure, looking as if determined to punish Situ Jing.
"Elders, I really didn’t an it, please believe ." Seeing the commotion, Situ Jing was so scared she was about to cry and quickly explained.
"Believe you? Let a twenty-sothing con artist treat the Patriarch? Impossible."
"Are you foolish or are we foolish? Do you think we’re all fools?"
Situ Jing’s explanation infuriated the elders even more, feeling that Situ Jing was insulting them.
In their eyes, a twenty-sothing young person, even if they learned dicine from birth, couldn’t possibly have superior dical skills.
Indeed, ordinarily, possessing high-level dical skills requires enough ti to explore and accumulate experience; moreover, one must follow a master for a long ti to gain dical knowledge.
Thus, they refused to believe Ye Feng rely because he was twenty years old.
"I... I..." Facing the elders’ reprimand, Situ Jing was so anxious she couldn’t speak.
Seeing the situation was getting worse, the elder beside Situ Jing frowned and reluctantly began to speak, "Actually, Miss’s trust in his dical skills is just a cover."
"Oh? What do you an?" Upon hearing the elder’s words, the leading Grand Elder frowned and asked.
"Honestly, we know his dical skills are unreliable, but we still brought him back. Do you know why?" Seeing things calm a bit, the elder asked with a smile.
"Why?" Hearing the elder’s words, everyone grew curious.
The elder explained their initial thought, "That’s because the eight-thousand-year ginseng was bought by him. So, Miss and I tricked him into coming to the Situ Family, hoping he’d sell us the ginseng, and we’re willing to trade sothing for it."
"What? The ginseng is with him? Why wait? Just snatch it! In the Situ Family, I don’t believe he dares to oppose us." Situ Ze arrogantly proclaid after hearing this:
"Now he’s at the Situ Family, we’re still spending money to buy? What’s going through your mind? If he dares not sell to us, ask if he can leave the Situ Family alive?"
With Situ Ze’s words, many elders’ eyes brightened.
Initially, they had no such thoughts, but upon hearing this, they felt it seed like a good idea, saving a considerable amount of money.
Moreover, they worried that if they tried to negotiate amicably, Ye Feng might raise the price or refuse to sell, causing significant loss.
"Yes! Exactly! At the Situ Family, how can we continue yielding to him? Isn’t this ridiculous?"
"Let’s proceed like this. We’ll offer him so money; he has to accept whether he wants to or not; otherwise, he won’t be allowed to leave the Situ Family."
"Being in the Situ Family, he won’t have a say. The priority is treating the Patriarch."
Thus, after a brief silence, the elders spoke up, ready to take Ye Feng’s dicine by force.
"No way! Definitely not." Hearing this, Situ Jing imdiately panicked.
Ye Feng was soone she brought in, and she absolutely couldn’t see him hard; otherwise, it would be her causing his harm.
Indeed, previously, she rely wanted to save her father and hadn’t thought it through.
But she never imagined her immature ideas might lead to Ye Feng’s death.
If Ye Feng were truly hard because of this, she wouldn’t have peace of mind for the rest of her life and would live with guilt forever.
"Woman’s compassion. You have no say here, get out of the way!" Before she could finish, Situ Ze coldly laughed and set the tone.
"Indeed! This is a major issue about saving the Patriarch; your woman’s compassion can’t delay it."
"Obediently watch on the sidelines, or we’ll apply family law and punish you on behalf of your father."
Driven by Situ Ze, the elders lost their reason, being quite rude to Situ Jing.
"Beside him are the Feng Family’s patriarch, their Grand Elder, and Second Elder. Are you sure you want to do this?" Seeing the situation getting out of control, the elder beside Situ Jing quickly advised.
With the elder’s words, the elders instantly fell silent, looking hesitant.
"What’s the Feng Family? rely a bottom-ranked secluded family. Could the Situ Family fear them? We could easily wipe them out." Yet, Situ Ze refused to relent, continuing to incite trouble.
With Situ Ze’s words, everyone believed it was reasonable, their emotions stirred, appearing as though ready to eliminate the Feng Family as well...
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