Chapter 1

Night Watchers | Lin Kefu | Chu Hao | Donghai | Su Nian | Jiang Ranran | Zuo Cheng | Lin Shuyu | Jiang Shan | Jiangcheng | Su family | Lin Qinyi | Lin family

Status: Updated to Chapter 3111: Predestined Fate

Synopsis: He is the descendant of the Medical Sage; he is the Master of the Chu Gate! He is a traveling physician raised in the countryside, possessing matchless medical skills! He is a Night Watcher walking the mortal realm, making even the brave tremble! He is a healer who can save the dying and heal the wounded, yet also a King of Hell, decisive in slaughter and execution! For the sake of a promise, for the sake of a marriage contract, Chu Hao enters the metropolis alone like a dragon emerging from the deep...

Chapter 1: The Broken Engagement! The Frame-Up!

"Yes, right there, a little harder!"

Inside a luxurious villa, a soft, comfortable moan drifted out.

"Chu Hao, you came from the countryside and you're blind. You probably haven't even touched a woman yet, right?"

"Even though you can't see, I... am really a super gorgeous beauty, you know."

"You're going to marry my older sister soon, so let me teach you. Otherwise, you won't have a clue about anything when the time comes."

"Hmm."

Chu Hao gave a faint acknowledgement. He massaged her lower abdomen, found the acupuncture point, applied a bit more pressure, and pressed down. Hearing Lin Shuyu let out a soft moan, he withdrew his hand and said, "Alright."

"From now on, when your period comes, come find me here. I'll give you a massage, and it won't hurt anymore. Sit up and feel for yourself."

"It really doesn't hurt anymore!" Lin Shuyu said, her voice filled with pleasant surprise. "Wow, if you went and worked as a blind masseur, you'd probably make quite a bit of money."

Chu Hao frowned slightly and said, "I... am a healer!"

With that, he added, "If there's nothing else, please be so kind as to lead me out."

"Out?" Down on the bed, Lin Shuyu's voice suddenly turned somewhat strange. "Why would you want to go out?"

Immediately following this, Chu Hao heard a rustling sound coming from her body.

Before Chu Hao could react, Lin Shuyu grabbed his hand and yanked it hard. Losing his balance, Chu Hao tumbled forward, crashing directly onto Lin Shuyu's body.

"Chu Hao, what are you doing? You can't do this! I'm Qinyi's younger sister, please don't!"

Right after that, Lin Shuyu let out a terrified shriek.

"Bang!"

The bedroom door was kicked open.

"Click, click!"

The sound of camera shutters rang out, accompanied by a roar of absolute fury.

"Chu Hao, what the hell are you doing? Have you lost your humanity?!"

Instantly, a burly figure rushed up to Chu Hao and grabbed him, pulling him up from the bed.

On the bed, Lin Shuyu was half-undressed, tears staining her face like rain- beaten pear blossoms, wearing an expression of pure terror. Pulling the blanket up to cover her body, she cried, "How could you do this to me? I'm Qinyi's own sister!"

A sinister smile appeared on the face of the burly man holding Chu Hao.

"Bang!"

Then, he threw a punch straight at Chu Hao's face.

Unable to keep his balance, Chu Hao was sent stumbling backward with every blow. His back smashed against the sharp corner of a desk, and a piercing pain shot through his spine as he collapsed flat onto the floor.

"A scumbag like you wants to marry Yiyi?" The man sneered. "Keep dreaming. What just happened has been photographed, and I'll send it to Old Master Lin. When the time comes, even the old man won't be able to say a single word against it!"

Chu Hao gave a bitter laugh. By this point, how could he not realize that the moment he stepped through this door, he had walked right into a trap set by the Lin family?

The Lin family was a wealthy and influential clan in Jiangcheng with a vast fortune.

As for Chu Hao, he hailed from the countryside. His grandfather and Lin Qinyi's grandfather had been close friends, and Chu Hao and Lin Qinyi had been playmates in their childhood. When he was ten years old, the two grandfathers had arranged an engagement between them.

The wedding date was set for the year Chu Hao turned thirty.

Over the years, Chu Hao had stayed with his grandfather in the countryside, working as a traveling physician. Three years ago, due to certain events, he lost his sight.

Meanwhile, Lin Qinyi's grandfather had left the countryside for Jiangcheng many years ago. Over twenty years, he had built a commercial empire worth tens of billions, amassing a massive fortune long ago.

A month ago, with half a year left until Chu Hao turned thirty, his grandfather told him to go to Jiangcheng to fulfill the marriage contract. Armed with just a single cane, he came alone.

Yet Old Master Lin was bedridden with illness, and the members of the Lin family avoided seeing him altogether.

Still, Chu Hao honored his grandfather's agreement, planning to wait half a year; if the Lin family broke the contract when he turned thirty, he would simply return.

Until today, when the Lin family suddenly invited him over to discuss the marriage contract, and Lin Qinyi's younger sister, Lin Shuyu, personally came to pick him up.

When they arrived at the Lin family villa, Lin Shuyu claimed that the family members hadn't returned yet. Then, hearing that Chu Hao knew a bit of medicine and suffering from agonizing menstrual cramps, she asked if Chu Hao could examine her!

So Chu Hao simply massaged her acupuncture points.

Originally, Chu Hao thought the Lin family intended to honor the marriage contract, but looking at it now, this entire affair was nothing more than a scam.

Feeling the intense pain in his back, Chu Hao maintained a calm expression. He let out a long breath and said, "If you just wanted to call off the engagement, there was no need to go to such lengths!"

"You still dare talk back?" The man stepped forward and unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks on the blind Chu Hao, hitting him with the intent to kill!

Unable to fight back, Chu Hao shielded his head with his hands and endured the beating without a sound.

"Zuo Cheng, that's enough!" At that moment, Lin Qinyi's voice rang out. "Don't actually beat him to death."

Only then did Zuo Cheng spit on Chu Hao and curse, "Damn you, a country bumpkin trying to climb the social ladder?"

"Do you know how many people in Jiangcheng consider Yiyi their goddess?"

"You fucking piece of trash who's also blind—do you think you're worthy of marrying Yiyi?"

"If I ever catch you in Jiangcheng again, I'll fucking kill you!"

Step forward went Lin Qinyi. Looking calmly down at Chu Hao, she demanded, "Where's the marriage certificate?"

Struggling to sit up, Chu Hao felt around inside his tunic and said, "If you people just wanted to cancel the marriage, you could have just said so. I would have agreed. There was no need to drive us to become enemies!"

"Enemies? Are you even worthy?" Zuo Cheng let out a disdainful scoff. "We framed you today, we played you—what are you going to do about it? A useless piece of trash from the countryside, a rustic hick."

Catching sight of the red paper Chu Hao had pulled out, Lin Qinyi's face lit up with joy, and she snatched it right out of his hand.

"Rip, rip, rip!"

In an instant, she tore the marriage certificate to shreds.

At this moment, Chu Hao looked somewhat disheveled. Beaten by Zuo Cheng, the cloth blindfold on his face had loosened, revealing a pair of tightly closed eyes.

"Chu Hao, don't blame me!" Lin Qinyi gritted her teeth and said. "We grew up together as childhood friends, but... you know the gap in status between us very well, not to mention that you're blind. I really—"

"My eyes will recover in a few days," Chu Hao said. "Though it doesn't matter anymore."

He struggled to climb up from the floor. His back seemed to have been torn open, leaving his flesh bloody and mangled, while the bruises on his face began to swell.

"A blind man whose eyes will recover?" Zuo Cheng let out a derisive snort. "Do you really think you're some kind of miracle doctor?"

"Your name is Zuo Cheng, right?" Chu Hao asked. "I'll remember you!"

"Huh?"

Hearing this mildly threatening tone from Chu Hao, Zuo Cheng flew into a rage. Snatching an ashtray from a nearby table, he smashed it straight down toward Chu Hao's head, roaring, "What can you possibly do even if I kill you?"

"Crash!"

The ashtray smashed hard against Chu Hao's head.

A wave of intense pain surged through him. Chu Hao felt his vision go completely black, and with a dull thud, he collapsed flat onto the floor.

...

"Screech."

At the side of the highway, a van screeched to a halt. Immediately afterward, the trunk popped open, and Chu Hao was hauled out and dumped unceremoniously right by the roadside.

Without a second thought, the van sped away into the distance.

Chapter 2: Take Your Clothes Off

Who knows how much time had passed before Chu Hao slowly regained consciousness.

The moment he woke up, a wave of pain wracked his body. His back and head were likely split open. He lay on the ground for a short while to catch his breath before slowly pushing himself up. He straightened the crooked cloth blindfold over his eyes, covering them properly, and then felt around him on the ground!

Failing to find his white cane, he felt the texture of the ground and realized he was roughly by the roadside, though his exact location remained a mystery.

Just as Chu Hao was feeling rather stuck,

"Screech!"

A Maybach S80 pulled to a stop right in front of him. Inside the vehicle sat an exquisitely beautiful woman. Seeing Chu Hao sitting by the roadside, she held a photograph in her hand and frowned slightly.

In the driver's seat, a burly man who looked like a bodyguard frowned and asked, "Miss, do you think... we might have found the wrong person? This looks like a beggar!"

Su Nian looked at the photograph, then compared it to Chu Hao, her mind flashing back to her grandfather's parting injunctions.

"Chu Hao is a successor of the Medical Sage; your grandfather's life was saved by him."

"He has a marriage contract with Lin Qinyi from the Jiangcheng Lin family, but knowing what we do about the Lins, those people will definitely try to back out. Go find him—only then can you resolve the trouble you're currently facing!"

Thinking of this, her brows locked tightly together.

She knew how severe her current trouble was, yet the man before her looked nothing like someone capable of helping her resolve it.

"Whether he is or isn't, a simple test will tell us," Su Nian said in a calm tone.

She pushed open the car door, walked over to Chu Hao, squatted down, and asked, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Chu Hao?"

Chu Hao raised his head and asked with a frown, "And you are?"

"Hello, my name is Su Nian. I heard that your medical skills are extraordinary, and I have a close friend suffering from an incurable terminal illness. Would Mr. Chu be willing to step in and treat her?" Su Nian hurried to ask.

In the driver's seat, the bodyguard watched this scene, opening his mouth as if to speak, but stopped himself.

To find Chu Hao, they had expended a tremendous amount of effort. First, they went to the mountain village where Chu Hao usually lived, making inquiries in various quarters, only to discover that Chu Hao had no parents and grew up with his grandfather. His grandfather was a traveling physician who treated common colds and coughs with folk remedies in the countryside—he even treated sick poultry and pigs!

He simply could not believe that a divine physician would do such work.

Furthermore, according to the information they gathered, Chu Hao had merely been an errand boy for his grandfather, had never received any formal education, and had later gone blind.

Now, looking at Chu Hao—his head covered in dried blood crusts, dressed in cheap, tattered cloth clothes—how could a miracle doctor possibly live in such a state?

"I can take the case," Chu Hao said. "But in exchange, I hope you can drive me back afterward."

"No problem!" Su Nian's eyes flickered slightly. Ignoring Chu Hao's filthy, ragged clothes, she took the initiative to help him into the car.

"It looks like you're injured." Once inside, Su Nian frowned and asked.

"Hmph, bit by a dog. It's nothing!" Chu Hao said. "Take me to see the patient!"

Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of a luxurious detached villa. Su Nian helped Chu Hao out of the car, while the bodyguard let out a long sigh as he watched the two of them walk into the villa!

...

In a VIP ward at the First People's Hospital of Jiangcheng, Zuo Cheng and Lin Qinyi were walking in carrying a fruit basket.

"Grandpa, I've come to see you!" Lin Qinyi said with a sweet smile.

Inside the ward sat Lin Kefu, the chairman of the Jiangcheng Lin Group.

Seeing Lin Qinyi walk in, he chuckled heartily and said, "You're here. Why didn't you bring young Chu along for me to meet? Didn't he come to Jiangcheng to fulfill the marriage contract?"

At this moment, Zuo Cheng chimed in, "Old Master Lin, what are you thinking? That kid is just a country bumpkin from the sticks, and he's blind to boot. How could you possibly entrust Yiyi's happiness to someone like that?"

Hearing this, Lin Kefu's expression darkened. "Yiyi, who is this...?"

Lin Qinyi hurriedly explained, "Grandpa, this is my high school classmate, Zuo Cheng. He runs his own e-commerce company here in Jiangcheng, worth over a billion. You saw the news about the Su family from Yanjing coming to Jiangcheng to invest recently, right? Zuo Cheng is their business partner."

Zuo Cheng also chimed in eagerly, "That's right, Old Master Lin. With this partnership with the Su family, I estimate that in less than ten years, my company will definitely become a top-tier major corporation in Jiangcheng. E-commerce is the future."

With that, he gave a dry cough and continued, "Actually, it's like this: I've pursued Yiyi for many years, and lately she's been moved by my efforts. Yiyi's parents also agree, but because of this marriage contract hanging over us, we never dared to bring it up with you."

"Yiyi will not marry you," Lin Kefu said calmly. "Yiyi can only marry Chu Hao."

"Grandpa, I won't marry that country bumpkin! Before coming to see you, I already found him and negotiated to call off the engagement. His marriage certificate was torn up by me too," Lin Qinyi declared.

Hearing this, Lin Kefu's breathing suddenly began to grow rapid. He raised a trembling hand, pointed at Lin Qinyi, and rasped, "You... you... you..."

Yet he was unable to utter the words that followed. His entire body stiffened, and he passed out cold on the spot.

...

The massive villa resembled an estate. Su Nian supported Chu Hao as she whispered, "Steps!"

Chu Hao raised his head and walked into the villa step by step.

"Niannian is here!" A middle-aged matron greeted them with a beaming smile, asking, "And this is...?"

Su Nian gave a slight smile and said, "Auntie Qin, this is the doctor I found for Sister Ranran. Where is Sister Ranran?"

The middle-aged woman frowned deeply as she looked at Chu Hao's appearance!

Although Chu Hao had used paper and water to simply wipe his face clean inside the car, his face remained bruised and battered, and his clothes bore numerous bloodstains and dirt marks.

Yet she seemed to trust Su Nian implicitly and didn't say much more, merely smiling as she said, "Ranran is currently receiving treatment in her room. We've brought in a top-tier traditional Chinese medicine practitioner."

"Let's go take a look," Su Nian said.

Nodding, the middle-aged woman led the two of them up to the second floor, stopping in front of a massive bedroom.

Inside the room, a pale, haggard-looking beautiful woman lay on the bed. Despite it being summer, she was covered in thick quilts. Her gaze appeared somewhat hollow, tinged with a trace of despair.

A middle-aged man and an elderly man wearing long robes sat nearby, conversing.

"President Jiang, Miss Jiang's ALS has already reached a relatively late stage. This old man is somewhat powerless to help."

"They all say you are the finest physician in the entire Donghai Province!" the middle-aged man said anxiously. "As long as you can cure my daughter, I am willing to give you anything—even all the assets of my entire Jiang family."

"Alas, this is a terminal illness! I can only prescribe some formulas to slow down the onset of the condition, but..."

"ALS—can it be cured?" Halfway through the sentence, Su Nian turned her gaze to Chu Hao beside her and asked.

"Yes," Chu Hao replied in a steady tone.

Their exchange drew the attention of the two men in the room.

The middle-aged man raised his head. Seeing Su Nian, he froze for a moment and said, "Little Su, when did you arrive?"

Su Nian helped Chu Hao into the room, guided him to sit on a sofa, and then greeted the middle-aged man, "Uncle Jiang, I just arrived. This is the miracle doctor I found for Sister Ranran."

With that, she walked over to the bedside, looked at the woman lying there, and a trace of sorrow surfaced in her eyes. "Sister Ranran."

The long-robed elder looked Chu Hao up and down, then let out a light chuckle. "A miracle doctor? Did you just say this ALS can be cured?"

Chu Hao nodded. "It can be cured!"

"Pfft!" The long-robed elder scoffed derisively. "ALS is an incurable disease; neither traditional Chinese medicine nor Western medicine can save the patient. Did you study Chinese medicine or Western medicine?"

"Traditional Chinese medicine!" Chu Hao's voice remained steady.

"Traditional Chinese medicine?" The elder scoffed again. "TCM values experience above all else, which is why remarkable TCM practitioners are mostly advanced in years. As for you, you look to be only in your twenties!"

He continued mockingly, "Judging by your appearance, you seem to be blind. TCM relies heavily on the four diagnostic methods of looking, listening, inquiring, and pulse-taking—yet you can't even complete the 'looking' step!"

He added coldly, "President Jiang, you mustn't go hiring quacks. Not only will they fail to slow your daughter's condition, but they'll actually accelerate her death!"

Ignoring the old man entirely, Chu Hao said calmly, "May I take a look?"

Hearing the elder's words, both Su Nian and the middle-aged man frowned deeply.

Su Nian looked at Chu Hao, her voice chilling. "Sister Ranran is the person closest to me. If... you are a quack or a fraud, you will die a very ugly death!"

"Understood," Chu Hao nodded.

The middle-aged man hesitated.

At that moment, Jiang Ranran spoke up from the bed. "Since I'm going to die anyway, what's the difference between dying sooner and dying later? Let him try."

Jiang Shan started, a flicker of pain flashing across his eyes. Looking back at Chu Hao with a glimmer of hope, he nodded and said, "Then give it a try!"

Su Nian guided Chu Hao to the side of the bed. Chu Hao let out a long breath and said in an even tone, "Please strip the patient's clothes off."

Chapter 3: Making You Suffer

"Please strip the patient's clothes off," Chu Hao said calmly.

"What?" Su Nian's expression shifted upon hearing this. "What do you mean by that?"

"I am blind, I can't see!" Chu Hao's voice remained calm.

"Hah!" The long-robed elder let out a sarcastic scoff. "So this is the miracle doctor Miss Su brought back. I've never heard of any treatment for ALS that requires stripping off all one's clothes. Aren't you just bringing back some lecherous scoundrel to take advantage of Miss Jiang?"

The middle-aged man fixed his gaze on Chu Hao, a sliver of icy chill welling up in his eyes.

His name was Jiang Shan, and in Jiangcheng, he was a figure of truly heaven-defying influence, whether measured by his connections or his immense financial power.

On the hospital bed, Jiang Ranran shifted her beautiful eyes. She looked at Chu Hao, observing his calm expression, and thinking of the little time she had left, she spoke up: "Let him try!"

"Ranran!" Jiang Shan's expression changed slightly.

"I want to try," Jiang Ranran said, looking at Jiang Shan.

Jiang Shan's expression turned unsightly. Looking at the trace of despair in his daughter's eyes, he gritted his teeth, turned to Chu Hao, and said, "Kid, if... you fail to cure her, I'll take your life!"

With that, he looked at the long-robed elder beside him and said, "Please step outside with me for a moment!"

"Hmph, you actually believe this fellow?"