Yang Yi had already reached the door.
Just as Lin Gengfang was about to call out to him, he walked inside.
“Aunt Lin.”
Lin Gengfang’s eyes were red as she asked excitedly, “Yang Yi, do you have a way to save Nanzhi?”
Yang Yi nodded and started to walk forward.
Hong Juntao’s expression darkened slightly, a strange glint in his eyes.
‘This bumpkin who came out of nowhere can save Su Nanzhi?’
‘Even a Divine Doctor like Grandpa Xu is powerless.
There’s no way this bumpkin can do it!’
“Uncle Su, are you really going to trust a country bumpkin from who-knows-where?”
“He’s a mutt who hasn’t even been to college!
You can’t entrust Nanzhi’s safety to him!”
“If you ask me, he just sees how beautiful Nanzhi is and is using this as an excuse to cop a feel!
Neither Grandpa Xu nor I could do anything, so what makes you think he can?”
“After he’s done groping Nanzhi, he’ll just say he’s powerless.
Are you really going to have the nerve to blame him then?”
Hearing this, Su Changli hesitated.
Hong Juntao had a point.
In truth, he also looked down on this stray dog.
Yang Yi glanced at Hong Juntao, then said to Lin Gengfang, “Aunt Lin, I’ve read many medical texts, and my master has taught me as well.”
“I can’t make any grand claims, but I’m quite certain my medical skills are a notch above these two gentlemen here.”
“The nerve!” Hong Juntao shouted, seizing on Yang Yi’s words.
“Say what you want about me, but how dare you disrespect Grandpa Xu?”
“Do you have any idea who you’re talking to?
Grandpa Xu is a renowned Divine Doctor with miraculous hands, famous throughout all of Jiangnan Province!”
Su Changli’s expression changed as well.
Xu Renfeng held a revered status in Jiangnan Province; he couldn’t afford to offend him.
Xu Renfeng sneered.
“Big words, kid.
So even I, Xu Renfeng, am beneath you.”
Yang Yi said flatly, “You can’t even neutralize a simple poison like this.
Your medical skills really aren’t all that.”
Su Changli and his wife nearly fainted from shock.
‘This little bastard!
Does he have any idea who he’s talking to?!’
Xu Renfeng’s eyes turned cold.
“If you fail to cure Miss Su, I’ll make you regret it.”
“If you make an enemy of me, Xu Renfeng, in Jiangnan Province, not even the gods will be able to save you!”
Hong Juntao said obsequiously, “Grandpa Xu, why waste your breath on this idiot?
I’ll throw him out right now!”
Yang Yi glanced at him and said coolly, “You, Hong.
If I cure Miss Su, how about you bark three times like a dog?”
Hong Juntao froze, suddenly finding himself in a bind.
“Don’t even have the guts for that?” The corner of Yang Yi’s mouth lifted in a mocking smirk.
Hong Juntao’s eyes turned cold.
He was a distinguished, foreign-educated Ph.D.
How could he tolerate being looked down upon by some country bumpkin who hadn’t even been to college?
“Fine!”
Hong Juntao said with a cold smile, “But if you *don’t* cure Miss Su, you’ll have to crawl around this entire villa complex on all fours, barking like a dog.”
“Oh.
All right.”
Yang Yi calmly walked over to the bed, raised his hand, and gently pressed down on Su Nanzhi’s thigh.
“Watch closely, you phony Ph.D.”
Hong Juntao’s face contorted with rage.
‘This goddamn bastard!
Let’s see how you’re going to get yourself out of this one!’
Yang Yi used his own vital energy to examine Su Nanzhi’s internal condition.
About five minutes passed, and the corner of Su Changli’s mouth was twitching uncontrollably.
Yang Yi’s hand remained on Su Nanzhi’s thigh, rubbing and kneading without any other movement.
Su Changli was ready to kick him.
‘Is this kid really just copping a feel?!’
Just as he was about to explode, Yang Yi suddenly pulled his hand back and took a cloth-wrapped bundle from his pocket.
When he unrolled it, a set of fine silver needles was revealed.
Seeing this, Hong Juntao sneered inwardly.
‘Acupuncture?
This kid really has no idea how to practice medicine!’
‘Su Nanzhi was poisoned.
What good is acupuncture?
Neutralizing the poison is the key!’
However, he didn’t stop him.
‘If Yang Yi makes Su Nanzhi’s condition even worse, Su Changli and his wife will turn on this idiot.’
‘Then he would be completely in the clear, free of any responsibility.’
As Yang Yi inserted the needles one by one, the blackened patches on Su Nanzhi’s skin began to recede, revealing fair, smooth skin underneath.
It was as if the poison was vanishing into thin air!
Hong Juntao was utterly dumbfounded by the sight.
He was reeling with shock.
‘This… how is this possible?!’
Yang Yi used nine needles in total.
Watching from the side, Xu Renfeng frowned deeply.
He couldn’t make heads or tails of this technique!
Just then, Yang Yi suddenly raised his hand and brought it down hard on Su Nanzhi’s chest.
“PTOO—”
Su Nanzhi suddenly spat out a large mouthful of black blood, and a pungent, foul stench immediately filled the room.
Yang Yi removed the silver needles and said with a faint smile, “There.
Miss Su is no longer in danger.
I’ve forced all the poison out of her system.”
“Just because you say she’s fine, she’s fine?” Hong Juntao sneered.
“You just poked her a few times with some needles and have the gall to make such a bold claim…”
“Dad… Mom… I think… I think I can feel my legs again…”
Su Nanzhi, now awake, spoke in an excited tone, her entire demeanor brightening.
Hong Juntao’s voice died in his throat.
He stared, dumbfounded, at Su Nanzhi on the bed.
Lin Gengfang burst into tears of joy and rushed forward to help her up.
“Really?
Get up and see if you can stand!”
As Su Nanzhi stood up straight on her own two feet, Hong Juntao finally fell silent.
What could be a bigger slap in the face than the truth itself?
“She’s recovered!
Darling, look!
Nanzhi’s really recovered!”
Su Changli’s face was also filled with joy, and he couldn’t stop nodding.
Yang Yi, however, turned to the mortified Hong Juntao.
“Why so quiet?
Have you forgotten what you’re supposed to do?”
Hong Juntao’s face fell.
‘This bastard!
He actually expects me to bark like a dog!’
Xu Renfeng frowned and said placidly, “Young man, Hong Juntao was only joking.
There’s no need to be so serious about it.”
Yang Yi looked at him, his expression cold.
“If I had failed, I doubt you would have been pleading on my behalf, Senior.”
A shadow passed over Xu Renfeng’s face.
‘I personally stepped in, and this kid still refuses to show me any respect!’
‘Originally, seeing that Yang Yi had some talent, I was even considering taking him on as a disciple.’
‘But now it seems this boy is too stubborn and unruly.
He is not suitable to be my disciple.’
“Ahem…”
Su Changli had no desire to offend Xu Shenfeng, so he quickly tried to smooth things over.
“Yang Yi, stop this nonsense!
This is Divine Doctor Xu, renowned throughout Jiangnan Province!”
Hong Juntao, for his part, was truly shameless.
He declared brazenly, “If you ask me, you should be thanking me.
It was only because I pushed you that you were able to perform above and beyond your usual abilities!”
Yang Yi could only laugh, completely speechless.
‘Do people this shameless still exist these days?’