As Li Wenrong walked away, Zi Yan suddenly chuckled softly, which puzzled Lin Tian a lot. He asked, "Sister, what are you laughing at?"
"Junior Brother Lin, go ahead and pretend, you’re quite good at it. Weren’t those doctors and Li Wenrong driven away by you on purpose?" Zi Yan asked with a smile.
"Stop, you two, stop for a mont..." Jiang Xiu Ying interrupted before Lin Tian could answer, saying, "Zi Yan, you call him Junior Brother? And Lin Tian, you call Zi Yan Sister?"
"Uh, now that you ntion it, that’s right." Lin Tian replied.
"What’s going on? As a master, how co I don’t know I have an extra disciple?" Jiang Xiu Ying asked curiously.
"Yeah, Xiao Tian, your master didn’t acknowledge it, so how did you end up with a senior sister?" A voice ca from the back hall, and soon a graceful figure appeared at the entrance, none other than Wang Wanxi.
"Aunt Wang, you heard everything?" Lin Tian asked, feigning innocence.
Wang Wanxi smiled and said, "Still pretending to be innocent in front of Aunt Wang? With your skills, you can’t tell Aunt Wang is in the back hall? Tell , how did you co to recognize this senior sister?"
Everyone from the Yun Family and Jiang Xiu Ying were of the sa mind, staring at Lin Tian and Zi Yan.
Lin Tian glanced at Zi Yan, who seed unconcerned, knowing she had no intention to speak, so he said, "Here’s how it happened, Zi Yan and I t by chance..."
He recounted how he t Zi Yan, how Zi Yan pulled out the Nine Needle Technique Golden Scroll, wanting to acknowledge Lin Tian as her disciple. Lin Tian was unwilling, so with Gui Guzi as their mutual ancestral master, they beca senior and junior brother and sister. He told the whole story.
Everyone listened like they were hearing a tale, quite amazed. Afterward, Mr. Yun laughed heartily and said, "Xiao Tian, I didn’t expect you to have such an encounter, actually obtaining the Nine Needle Technique. The acupuncture you just perford to treat the Master was the Nine Needle Technique, wasn’t it?"
Lin Tian nodded and said, "Yes, it was indeed the Nine Needle Technique."
"Zi Yan, you gave him the whole scroll?" Jiang Xiu Ying asked.
"Yes, I only had the lower half of the Nine Needle Technique on my scroll, and Lin Tian mastered the upper half. We exchanged, hence the mutual acknowledgnt as senior and junior brother and sister." Zi Yan explained.
Jiang Xiu Ying turned to Lin Tian and asked seriously, "Young man, how did you obtain the upper half of the Nine Needle Technique?"
"My grandfather passed it on to . My grandfather adopted and taught the Nine Needle Technique thods since I was young." Lin Tian answered truthfully.
Jiang Xiu Ying’s eyes widened, and she asked, "What is your grandfather’s na?"
"Hang Yuanming." Lin Tian replied strangely, noting Jiang Xiu Ying’s odd reaction. Could it be that his grandfather and Jiang Xiu Ying knew each other? That would make the world too small if they had t like this.
"Hang Yuanming?" Jiang Xiu Ying murmured softly.
This ti it was Lin Tian who was anxious. He couldn’t help but ask, "Does Master know my grandfather?"
"If it was Hang Yuanming, I wouldn’t know. It’s just... never mind, I won’t say more. If there’s a chance, could we et?" Jiang Xiu Ying asked expectantly.
Lin Tian looked a bit somber but then beca relieved, shaking his head, and said, "My grandfather has already passed away."
"Passed away..." Jiang Xiu Ying fell into deep thought, and after a while, said, "Since that’s the case, then let’s leave it be. But there’s sothing I must clarify with you."
"Please say it, Master." Lin Tian said.
"You and Zi Yan becoming senior and junior brother and sister under the mutual ancestral master Gui Guzi, with the scroll from Gui Guzi, indeed there’s no problem. However, you can’t call Master since I haven’t accepted you as a disciple, and your ancestral master is Gui Guzi, how could I be your Master?" Jiang Xiu Ying stated seriously.
"Uh, there are so many rules, huh. Then I’ll follow everyone else and call you Mr. Jiang, is that okay?" Lin Tian said helplessly. Jiang Xiu Ying nodded, agreeing with an ’mm’.
"Sister Zi Yan, you just ntioned Lin Tian purposely drove away the doctors and Li Wenrong. Why is that?" Yun Xiaotian asked curiously. With this question, the others rembered the main issue.
Zi Yan once again tossed the ball to Lin Tian and said, "If you want to know, isn’t it better to ask him directly?"
"Alright, then I’ll explain everything clearly. Have you ever thought about why Li Wenrong would visit the Yun Family for no reason, and uninvited at that? That’s the first question. Second, the eting had already ended, and Li Wenrong knew he wasn’t welco. Why did he insist on staying?" Lin Tian raised two questions consecutively.
Lin Tian glanced around at the others and continued, "It seems you all have so ideas already. That’s right, Li Wenrong’s sudden visit to the Yun Family had no good intentions. If I’m not mistaken, he ca to gather information, specifically regarding Mr. Yun’s treatnt status. The gift of ginseng was just a cover."
"Indeed, he intended to give a five-hundred-year-old ginseng. The Li Family, after all, couldn’t give sothing shabby. The more expensive the gift, the stronger the excuse to stay in the Yun Family. But he was unlucky, got tricked, and brought a century-old one." Lin Tian explained.
"And what’s worse, he ran into you and got exposed." Zi Yan laughed.
Lin Tian didn’t reply to her comnt and continued, "With Mr. Yun’s influence, if he fully recovered and could walk again, it would surely lead the Yun Family back to its forr glory, which would be bad news for the Li Family. Thus, the Li Family sent Li Wenrong to spy."
"Anyway, Li Wenrong’s image in the circle is that of a playboy with a bad reputation. Sending him was most appropriate. Fortunately, Uncle Yun wasn’t hospitable enough to keep him, or else he would have definitely thick-skinnedly stayed." Lin Tian analyzed.
"The Yun and Li Families have never been on good terms, so of course, I wouldn’t let him stay," Yun Haoyu said.
"Junior Brother, you’ve said so much, what is your purpose?" Zi Yan asked again.
"My purpose is secret treatnt." Lin Tian simply said, "In other words, I don’t want the Li Family to know about Mr. Yun’s upcoming treatnt status, nor can other doctors know. The more people, the more gossip, and if they find out, it will eventually reach the Li Family. Therefore, I drove everyone away, leaving only those I can trust."
"I think, by waiting for the right mont to publicize, it will have a deterrent effect," Lin Tian said.
"Brother Lin, are you saying with this secret treatnt, do you have confidence in curing Grandpa’s injuries?" Yun Xiaotian asked eagerly and imdiately realized everyone was focused on Lin Tian, especially the Yun Family mbers, whose eyes were filled with hope.
It’s no surprise, having treated for twenty years yet disappointed for twenty years. Such cruel and despairing blows cannot be felt unless experienced. Hearing Lin Tian spoke like this suddenly rekindled the fire of hope in their hearts.
"Uh, to be honest, I didn’t have even a 10% certainty before..." As soon as he said that, everyone beca anxious. To avoid angering the crowd, Lin Tian quickly added, "Don’t worry, hear out. After observing the old master’s treatnt process, I was greatly inspired."
"So how confident are you now?" Zi Yan asked.
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