Medical and Martial God

Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Look What You Can Do

Qin Qing’s scalp went numb. Ever since Ye Xiu’s return yesterday, the shocks had been nonstop, one wave after another. It was exhilarating!

She asked, ”Just how much money do you have?”

Ye Xiu thought for a moment. ”The richest man in the world? Compared to me, he’s just a little brother.”

Qin Qing was speechless.

”Remember, after you take charge of the Zhulu Group, never go public,” Ye Xiu reminded her.

”Why?” Qin Qing asked.

”We can’t let anyone know how much money our family has,” Ye Xiu said in a low voice.

Qin Qing was once again speechless. Heh! So you can be low-key!

However, the moment Qin Qing thought about taking charge of a massive conglomerate like the Zhulu Group, she suddenly felt emboldened. Her ambitions soared.

After breakfast, the two drove to the Zhulu Group. As soon as they entered the Zhulu Building, they saw the Qin family clustered around the front desk, asking about something.

”What are you all doing here?” Qin Qing asked, puzzled.

It was still early, before office hours, so seeing the entire Qin family at the Zhulu Group piqued Qin Qing’s curiosity.

”Qin Qing? Ye Xiu?”

Upon seeing Ye Xiu and Qin Qing, the jubilant expressions on the faces of the Qin family members immediately fell—with the exception of Qin Qing’s parents.

”Last night, the chairman of the Zhulu Group called me,” Qin Fugui said proudly, his face beaming. ”He invited the Qin family to visit the Zhulu Building to discuss the selection of a new president for the Qin Corporation.” For him and the Qin family, just visiting the Zhulu Group was a supreme honor.

Furthermore, because the Zhulu Group had invested in the Qin Corporation three years ago, any changes to senior management required their approval.

”What are you two doing at the Zhulu Building?” Qin Qing’s uncle, Qin Zhongwu, asked with a cold expression.

”Isn’t it obvious? They must be here looking for jobs,” Qin Anruo said with a sneer.

The rest of the Qin family thought she had a point. Right now, both Ye Xiu and Qin Qing were unemployed. And while Ye Xiu was the Ghost Doctor’s master, a disciple had no obligation to financially support their master. If Ye Xiu and Qin Qing wanted to make a living, they would definitely have to find work!

”When I saw you wearing that watch worth over thirty million, I thought you’d made a fortune abroad these past ten years. It seems I was mistaken,” Qin Fugui said, looking at Ye Xiu mockingly.

”Grandpa, I already told you Ye Xiu’s watch is a fake. You saw it wrong,” said Qin Anruo.

”Indeed, my old eyes must be failing me,” Qin Fugui replied.

He figured that since Ye Xiu and Qin Qing had just registered their marriage yesterday, they should be enjoying their honeymoon period. Even if they were broke, they could have sold the watch. But here they were, out looking for jobs the very next day. It was clear proof that Ye Xiu’s watch was a worthless fake.

”Yesterday, Ye Xiu already proved he has what it takes to make a comeback. Why are you all still targeting him like this?” Qin Qing was on the verge of tears. Yesterday, in front of the whole family, Ye Xiu had revealed his connection to the Official Family, his identity as the Ghost Doctor’s master, and his ability to have Huang Tao sent to the City of Asura. Logically, that should have been enough to make the Qin family take him seriously. Yet, her grandfather’s and Qin Anruo’s attitudes today proved they still didn’t believe he could turn his life around.

”Oh, give me a break!” Qin Anruo sneered. ”If Ye Xiu could really make a comeback, would he be taking you out to look for jobs the day after you registered your marriage? Stop pretending. Everything yesterday was just an act.”

”An act?” Qin Qing was taken aback. ”What do you mean?”

”Let me ask you, the Ghost Doctor is older than Ye Xiu, so how could he possibly be Ye Xiu’s disciple?” Qin Anruo demanded. Before Qin Qing could answer, she continued, ”The truth is, the Ghost Doctor was just helping Ye Xiu put on a show. As for why he’d be willing to help, the reason is simple. Ye Xiu must have promised to give him some of the medicinal formulas he knows.”

Qin Fugui picked up the thread. ”That scene where Ye Xiu had Huang Tao sent to the City of Asura was also part of the act, all to intimidate Huang Xinming. No matter how capable Ye Xiu is, he couldn’t just kidnap a living person and send them to the City of Asura. And think about it, Huang Xinming offered to name the mastermind, but Ye Xiu refused. He obviously doesn’t have the power to deal with the masterminds, so he stopped Huang Xinming from speaking for the time being.”

”Grandpa, let me take it from here,” Qin Anruo interjected. ”And as for the Marriage Registrar showing up to issue your marriage documents, that’s even more absurd. Ye Xiu must have gotten the Ghost Doctor to convince the Marriage Registrar to play along. Those documents are fake. In reality, Ye Xiu did all of this for one reason and one reason only. He wanted to trick the Qin family into letting you marry him so he could get his hands on our family’s wealth.”

Qin Anruo and Qin Fugui made their case with such conviction and apparent logic that Ye Xiu and Qin Qing were left dumbfounded.

Their imaginations were truly out of this world! Honestly, if she hadn’t seen Ye Xiu’s mansion with her own eyes, she might have actually believed them.

”Incredible. Absolutely incredible,” Ye Xiu said with mock admiration. ”It’s a crime that you two aren’t novelists or screenwriters. Such a waste of imagination.”

”Enough! Stop making excuses!” Qin Fugui snapped impatiently. ”Your little tricks might fool Qin Qing, but not me. I’ve been in the business world for decades. What kind of scheme haven’t I seen?”

Ye Xiu chuckled. ”My, you’re quite the expert, aren’t you?”

Qin Fugui was speechless.

”Ye Xiu, you’ve disappointed me deeply,” Qin Qing’s father, Qin Han, said angrily. ”My daughter loves you so much, and you deceive her like this! You... you’re worse than an animal!”

”Daughter, you’ve been fooled by him,” said Qin Qing’s mother, Wu Meiyu, clutching her daughter’s hand in distress. ”He’s not the same Ye Xiu from ten years ago. He’s a complete fraud now. Don’t be so naive!”

Qin Qing was utterly speechless. The Qin family had always been so clever. Why were they acting so brainless when it came to her and Ye Xiu?

She didn’t argue further, though. Once she became the chairwoman of the Zhulu Group, their misunderstandings about Ye Xiu would collapse on their own.

”Let’s go,” Qin Qing said, grabbing Ye Xiu’s hand and heading straight for the elevators.

Qin Anruo spat at their retreating backs. Then she turned to Qin Fugui and asked, ”Grandpa, do you think he can really find a job at the Zhulu Group?”

”Absolutely not!” Qin Fugui declared. ”In all of Xuanse, not a single company would dare hire Ye Xiu.”

”What about Qin Qing?” Qin Anruo asked. ”Three years ago, when the Zhulu Group invested in the Qin Corporation, they specifically requested that Qin Qing be made president. Clearly, they thought very highly of her.”

”Times have changed,” Qin Fugui analyzed. ”Back then, Qin Qing was still a member of the Qin family, so the Zhulu Group wanted to groom her as the successor to eventually control our family. But now she’s been kicked out. She has skill but no connections, which makes her far less valuable to them. Besides, even if the Zhulu Group still values her abilities, they would never hire her once they found out about her relationship with Ye Xiu. If the entire country learned that Ye Xiu’s wife was working at the Zhulu Group, the public outcry would be enough to bankrupt the company.”