Medical and Martial God

Chapter 397: Chapter 397: Hehe, This Move is Too Mean

The attendant looked at Ye Xiu with disdain. This guy is so ungentlemanly. He must be one of those clueless single guys, otherwise why would he hog such a beautiful woman’s seat?

Yet, her face still wore a smile as she said, ”Sir, according to the rules, passengers must sit according to their tickets. You...”

Before she could finish, Ye Xiu handed her a ticket.

The attendant took it, and when she saw the seat number, she was stunned. She turned to Song Yushu and said, ”Miss, this gentleman isn’t in the wrong seat. This is indeed his seat. You can look at his ticket if you don’t believe me.”

”Impossible...” Song Yushu angrily snatched Ye Xiu’s ticket, looked at her own again, and was completely baffled. ”How can the two tickets be exactly the same?”

The attendant was also baffled. ”How could this be?”

”His ticket must be fake,” Song Yushu declared with absolute certainty.

Heh. My ticket was given to me by the stationmaster of Jin Ye City himself. There’s no way it could be fake.

After carefully inspecting both Ye Xiu’s and Song Yushu’s tickets, the attendant said with a smile, ”I’m sorry, Miss, but it’s your ticket that’s fake.”

”What?” Song Yushu was utterly dumbfounded. ”Impossible, how could this be...”

”May I ask if you bought your ticket at the station counter or from a vending machine?” the attendant inquired.

Song Yushu paused, finally realizing what had gone wrong. She blushed with embarrassment and said, ”I bought my ticket from a scalper.”

”I see,” the attendant nodded in understanding. ”In that case, would you like to get off the train now, or would you prefer to buy a new ticket?”

”I’ll buy a new ticket!” Song Yushu said, mortified.

”Please follow me!”

”Oh!”

Song Yushu followed the attendant to purchase a ticket. Finally, Ye Xiu had some peace, and his mind continued to race. He had three objectives for this trip to Han Jin City:

First, find his father-in-law.

Second, personally evaluate a prospective business partner.

Third, help An Dongye resolve his arranged marriage issue.

After handling those three matters, he had two more objectives in Hexia Road:

First, investigate Medicine King Valley.

Second, find and annihilate the Long Family to avenge his mother and maternal grandparents.

”Hey, um, I’m sorry.” At that moment, Song Yushu returned after buying her ticket and said awkwardly, ”I misunderstood you earlier, and my attitude was poor. Please forgive me.”

Without turning his head, Ye Xiu said, ”Shut up!”

”You...” Song Yushu choked with anger. She plopped down in the seat beside Ye Xiu, but then a thought seemed to strike her, and she chuckled. ”I know you’re trying to get my attention in this unconventional way. Well, you’ve succeeded. You’ve certainly made a very deep impression on me.”

Ye Xiu ignored her.

”Stop pretending, it gets boring if you keep it up. There’s hardly anyone else in this car, and I’m willing to chat with you. Aren’t you thrilled? Come on, let’s talk!” Song Yushu said with a condescending smile, as if doing him a great favor.

Ye Xiu turned his head and looked at her with a blank expression. ”If a fly kept buzzing in your ear, what would you do?”

”Swat it dead!” Song Yushu answered without a moment’s hesitation.

”Then please shut up. If you keep babbling, I’ll swat you,” Ye Xiu snapped coldly before turning back to the window.

Song Yushu exploded. ”Are you calling me a fly?”

”Aren’t you?” Ye Xiu turned back to her, his voice laced with disgust. ”You think that just because you’re pretty, all men have to adore you and cater to you. In my eyes, a woman like you isn’t even as real as a prostitute you could have for 900 a night.”

Having said his piece, he turned to face the window again, ignoring her completely.

Song Yushu’s pretty face flushed red and then deathly pale, like a strobe light. Tears of indignation welled up in her eyes. ”I was just apologizing for what happened earlier,” she said, her voice trembling. ”Did you really have to insult me like that?”

Ye Xiu did not respond. An idea suddenly struck him. Even though my target in Han Jin City isn’t the Long Family, I can’t just let them relax.

So, he sent a text message to Gong Jin: ”Send people to Guoyang to spread the news that the Xuanse Medicine King, Ye Xiu, will be arriving there this afternoon.”

Heh heh, this move is absolutely devious! Not only would this tactic make the Long and Shen Families unable to eat or sleep in peace, but it would also draw everyone’s attention to Guoyang. That way, I can move about in Han Jin City under the identity of Ye Liangchen without raising any suspicion.

”Why are you suddenly smirking so deviously?” Song Yushu asked timidly, noticing the mischievous grin at the corner of Ye Xiu’s mouth.

...

News that the Xuanse Medicine King, Ye Xiu, would arrive in Guoyang that afternoon spread through the city like wildfire. Within two hours, it had reached every corner of Hexia Road.

At once, the leaders of Hexia Road’s great families set out for Guoyang, each hoping to meet the legendary Divine Doctor Ye and find a way to carve out a slice of the massive healthcare pie for themselves.

”What? Ye Xiu is coming to Guoyang this afternoon?” In an ordinary-looking villa, Shen Songshan, who had been sipping tea, sprayed it everywhere upon hearing the news.

”Dad, what do we do now?” Shen Qilin asked in a panic.

”Calm down, calm down...” Shen Songshan’s face was pale. He trembled as he told his son to be calm, though he was really telling himself. ”Right now, every War God in Hexia Road, aside from the missing Yin Tianxi, has secretly taken me as their master and received the Shen Family Cultivation Technique. Ye Xiu’s target is the Long Family. As long as we don’t provoke him and instead lay low and feign weakness, he will be no threat once my new disciples all achieve a level of power beyond that of a War God.”

”But what if the first thing Ye Xiu does in Guoyang is wipe out the Shen Family?” Shen Qilin asked.

Shen Songshan’s trembling grew more violent...

「In a luxurious villa in Guoyang.」

The Dragon Lord was enjoying a massage from a middle-aged beauty when her phone suddenly buzzed with a message. After reading it, her expression changed dramatically. ”Clan Leader, Ye Xiu will arrive in Guoyang this afternoon.”

”Oh? Is he that eager to court death?” The Dragon Lord sneered and commanded, ”You may leave.”

”Yes!” The middle-aged woman immediately rose and departed.

The Dragon Lord went upstairs to his study, closed the door, and took out his phone to dial Long Ba. ”It’s me.”

”Dragon Lord? Why did you change your phone number? No wonder I’ve been calling you nonstop these past few days and couldn’t get through.”