An uproar erupted in the crowd.
They looked at Yang Yi as if he were a joke.
‘Does this kid have any idea what the title “Divine Doctor” really means?’
‘How dare he claim his medical skills are a hundred times better than Divine Doctor Xu’s!’
Xu Renfeng, however, showed no anger, putting on a magnanimous front.
“Young people like to show off.
I won’t stoop to your level.”
“If you return the Celestial Ginseng to Boss Zhou now, I’ll pretend today never happened.”
Hong Juntao immediately chimed in with some flattery.
“Grandpa Xu, you’re so magnanimous!
But I’m afraid some people won’t appreciate your generosity!”
Li Zhenghai said coldly, “Divine Doctor Xu is a bigger man than most.
I’ll make a concession as well.
As long as you listen to him, I’ll drop the matter.”
The crowd praised Li Zhenghai, then proceeded to shower Xu Renfeng with flattery.
But Yang Yi said calmly, “It’s mine.
Why should I do what you say?”
Hearing this, Xu Renfeng’s expression darkened.
“It seems you’d rather do this the hard way!”
“Since you refuse to listen to reason, don’t blame me for getting rough!”
Just as he was about to call for the market’s security guards, an anxious yell suddenly came from the back of the crowd.
“Divine Doctor Xu!
Is Divine Doctor Xu here?!”
Drawn by the voice, the crowd turned to see a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties running toward them, carrying an unconscious woman on his back.
When Li Zhenghai got a clear look at him, his expression changed dramatically.
‘Director Qiao Haishan of the Nanzhou Medicine Supervision Bureau?!’
Xu Renfeng, of course, also recognized him and hurried forward.
“Director Qiao, what’s happened to your wife?”
Qiao Haishan said anxiously, “I don’t know!
We were just walking, and she suddenly passed out!”
“This has happened several times, but the hospital couldn’t find anything wrong!”
“So I brought her straight to you, hoping you could take a look.”
Xu Renfeng’s expression was grave.
“Lay Madam Qiao on the ground.
I’ll see what’s going on.”
“I’m counting on you, Divine Doctor Xu!” Qiao Haishan said, waiting anxiously on the sidelines.
Li Zhenghai seized the opportunity to step forward and say respectfully, “Director Qiao, there’s no need to worry.
With Divine Doctor Xu here, your wife will be perfectly fine.”
Those in the pharmaceutical business had to deal with the Medicine Supervision Bureau, and Qiao Haishan was the last person they could afford to offend.
Qiao Haishan said, “Oh, it’s President Li.
Are you also here to see Divine Doctor Xu?”
Li Zhenghai replied, “Yes.”
Qiao Haishan nodded and paid him no more mind.
At this moment, he was in no mood for even the most perfunctory small talk.
He asked urgently, “Divine Doctor Xu, what’s my wife’s condition?”
Xu Renfeng said, “Don’t worry, Director Qiao.
Your wife is suffering from palpitations and fatigue due to overexertion.
It’s nothing serious.”
“I’ll prescribe some medicine to calm her nerves and help her sleep.
After she takes it and rests for a couple of days, she’ll be fine.”
“I’ll perform acupuncture on your wife now.
She’ll wake up shortly.”
Qiao Haishan finally relaxed.
He felt at ease with Divine Doctor Xu’s diagnosis.
And so, Xu Renfeng began to perform acupuncture on Madam Qiao.
Seeing this, Yang Yi chuckled and shook his head, then prepared to leave.
But that buffoon Hong Juntao had no intention of letting him go.
“Hey, you!
What are you shaking your head for?!
You have a problem with Grandpa Xu’s treatment?!”
Yang Yi frowned.
‘This Hong Juntao is really getting on my nerves.’
‘If it weren’t for the fact that he knows Su Changli, I would’ve slapped him across the face already.’
“Master, Master!
This guy hit me!”
Chen Xuan, whose nose had been broken by Yang Yi, pushed through the crowd to tattle, clutching a piece of paper to the wound.
When Xu Renfeng saw his beloved apprentice beaten to such a state, he was instantly filled with rage.
“Yang Yi, you dare lay a hand on my disciple?!”
Yang Yi scoffed.
“He threw the first punch.
Am I not allowed to defend myself?”
Qiao Haishan’s expression turned stern.
He said with an air of authority, “So young, and already such a violent brute!”
“Apologize to Divine Doctor Xu’s disciple at once!
Divine Doctor Xu is a benevolent man; he surely won’t hold a grudge against a young punk like you!”
Yang Yi glanced at him and said coolly, “Divine Doctor?
He’s as much of a good-for-nothing as Hong Juntao.
Only people like you would consider him a Divine Doctor.”
“You’d be better off worrying about your wife.
If you listen to this quack, she won’t live past today!”
Qiao Haishan was instantly furious.
“Are you cursing my wife?”
Yang Yi said calmly, “I’m telling the truth.
Believe it or not.
Even if your wife wakes up, she’ll just pass out again.”
“And when she does, this quack won’t be able to save her.”
Hong Juntao immediately bellowed, “You’re just some hick who didn’t even finish middle school!
Questioning Grandpa Xu’s medical skills is one thing…”
“But now you dare to curse Director Qiao’s wife?
I think you must have a death wish!”
The crowd was stunned to hear this, and a wave of mockery erupted.
“What did Young Master Hong say?
This kid didn’t even finish middle school?”
“That’s hilarious!
Who doesn’t even finish middle school these days?
Is he some kind of moron?”
“And this is the guy who said his medical skills are a hundred times better than Divine Doctor Xu’s!
I think he’s a total idiot!”
Qiao Haishan was furious.
“If it weren’t for your age, I’d make you regret this!
Get out of my sight!
I don’t want to see your face!”
Yang Yi looked completely unfazed.
“So you’re not going to listen to me?
Fine.
Just don’t come crying to me later when your wife can’t be saved.”
The corner of Qiao Haishan’s mouth twitched violently.
‘Where did this shameless brat come from!’
Hong Juntao said arrogantly, “You fucking idiot!
Director Qiao told you to get lost, so why haven’t you apologized and scrammed yet?!”
Suddenly, Xu Renfeng said, “Forget it.
I won’t lower myself to the level of a hot-headed boy.”
Chen Xuan looked aggrieved, but since his master had spoken, he didn’t dare object.
Qiao Haishan said coldly, “Divine Doctor Xu is truly a benevolent man.
Some young people these days have no talent and no ability, only a big mouth for bragging!”
“Someone like that will never amount to anything!”
Yang Yi just smiled, turned, and walked away unbothered, planning to check out the other stalls.
Hong Juntao, however, wasn’t satisfied.
He asked, “Grandpa Xu, that kid hit Chen Xuan.
Are we really just going to let him go like that?”
Xu Renfeng said calmly, “We’ll do it out of respect for President Su of the Su Group.”
Qiao Haishan froze for a moment.
“That kid knows Su Changli?”
Xu Renfeng nodded.
Qiao Haishan snorted coldly.
“Since when did the Su Family have such an ostentatious brat!”
The others chimed in in agreement.
“Yeah, what was President Su thinking, keeping a junior like that around?”
“That kid is stupid and arrogant.
I hope he doesn’t bring bad luck and trouble to President Su down the line!”
Qiao Haishan, meanwhile, was fuming.
‘I’ll have to have a word with Su Changli later,’ he thought.
‘One of his family’s juniors dared to curse my wife!’
Just then, Hong Juntao exclaimed, “Madam Qiao is awake!”
Madam Qiao slowly opened her eyes and asked in confusion, “What happened to me?”
Qiao Haishan said hurriedly, “You passed out while we were walking.
Divine Doctor Xu saved you and gave you a diagnosis!”
Madam Qiao quickly tried to sit up.
“Divine Doctor Xu, thank you!”
Xu Renfeng smiled faintly.
“You’re too kind, Madam Qiao.
It was nothing.”