"Mr. Gu, he is the miraculous doctor I was talking about."
Just as the Chen Family's martial artist saw Chen Yanran's miserable state and was about to step forward and kill Ning Chen, a voice hurriedly rang out.
Hearing this, Gu Xianwu's expression changed abruptly. He instantly reined in his attack, forcefully twisting his body mid-air to land steadily beside Chen Yanran.
"You're saying he's the miraculous doctor who can bring even the dead back to life?" Gu Xianwu immediately looked toward the side and asked.
The vice-president, who had hurried along behind Gu Xianwu, now said breathlessly, "It's him, it's him! I saw it with my own eyes. Not just me, but my niece, a doctor, and several nurses all saw it with their own eyes."
"I think he might have a way to save Elder Chen."
Hearing this, Gu Xianwu's expression turned somewhat grim. He then looked at Ning Chen: "Since you are a miraculous doctor, please come with me and save the head of the Chen Family. As long as you cure his illness, you will be handsomely rewarded. We can even let bygones be beached regarding you disfiguring our Chen Family's eldest young miss."
Hearing this, Chen Yanran grew anxious and furious beyond measure: "Uncle Gu, he... he ruined my face! We absolutely cannot let him off."
"Yanran, you should know which is more important: your grandfather's condition or your face," Gu Xianwu said.
Chen Yanran's expression shifted instantly.
"Director, quickly arrange for people to treat our young miss's face. Use the absolute best medical aesthetics technology available. You must not let any scars remain on her face; ensure her face is completely flawless, understand?" Gu Xianwu ordered immediately.
"Yes, yes, yes!" The vice-president hurriedly arranged for a consultation with specialists to emergency-treat her face.
Meanwhile, Ning Chen stood to the side, watching coldly the entire time.
The Chuzhou Chen Family!
Years ago, Ning Chen already knew that the destruction of the Ning Family involved members of the Chen Family. After returning to Chuzhou, Lin Luoxuan had also told him that among the forces that participated in the destruction of the Ning Family was the Chen Family—one of the Four Great Families of Chuzhou—as well as the underground emperor Zhou Shihao.
It could be said that the Chuzhou Chen Family were his mortal enemies.
However, toward this retainer martial artist of the Chen Family, he did not make a move right away. Instead, he asked coldly, "Is the head of your Chen Family about to die?"
Hearing this, Gu Xianwu's expression instantly turned icy: "What did you say?"
Ning Chen sneered: "Aren't you here to find me to save someone? If he's not on the verge of death, why bother asking me to step in?"
His words also implicitly told Gu Xianwu that he was capable of saving those on the verge of death.
Gu Xianwu's expression flickered slightly. Then, he asked in a deep voice, "Sir, can you truly save someone who is on the verge of death?"
"No matter how severe the illness or injury, as long as they aren't dead yet, I can bring them back," Ning Chen said calmly.
"May I ask your esteemed name?"
Although Gu Xianwu remained skeptical of Ning Chen's claim, his tone and attitude toward Ning Chen instantly improved as he changed his form of address.
"Ning Chen!" Ning Chen said calmly.
Returning to Chuzhou this time, he had never intended to conceal his identity. He had returned specifically for revenge, and no matter what he encountered, he would simply crush it all beneath his feet.
This was also why he had directly executed the Sun Family father and son, and directly disfigured Chen Yanran.
At the same time, he also wanted to see what kind of attitude the Chen Family would have once they learned his identity—would they dare let him step in to save them?
However, as soon as these words left his mouth, the expressions of both Ning Qingxue and Lin Luoxuan changed drastically.
Was Ning Chen actually exposing his identity right in front of the Chen Family?
Had he lost his mind?
Ning Chen?
Gu Xianwu's brows furrowed slightly as well.
Surnamed Ning?
Lin Luoxuan immediately stepped forward, came up beside Ning Chen, and said, "He's my younger brother, named Lin Chen! He never learned Chinese properly since he was a child—he can't tell N and L apart, nor H and F, and he constantly messes up front and back nasal sounds."
Ning Chen: "..."
Lin Luoxuan turned her head and glared at him. The meaning was painfully obvious: if you have a death wish, can't you at least consider your older sister and brother-in-law?
Ning Chen also sensed the anxiety of his sister and brother-in-law, especially his sister, whose heart seemed wrung tight with worry.
He frowned, but ultimately did not bother correcting his name.
"Understandable!" Gu Xianwu chuckled. "Please come with me, Mr. Lin, to treat our elder. Name whatever condition you like."
"Lead the way," Ning Chen said.
Seeing that Ning Chen was actually going to save the head of the Chen Family, a look of utter astonishment appeared on Lin Luoxuan's face.
Logically speaking, Ning Chen should have wished he could wipe out every last member of the Chen Family. Why on earth did he agree to save the Chen Family's head?
"You..."
Lin Luoxuan was filled with confusion.
Instead of answering, Ning Chen extended a finger, pressed it against her lips, and pushed her words back: "I have my own plan."
A flush of crimson instantly bloomed across Lin Luoxuan's cheeks.
This damn Ning Chen actually made physical contact with her again, and even used his finger to press against her lips so intimately...
She reached out and slapped his finger away, but said nothing more.
Ning Chen turned around and followed Gu Xianwu. As for the safety of Lin Luoxuan and his sister?
He wasn't worried at all.
Because Ye Hongli had already returned.
Although neither Ye Hongli nor Ye Qinglong were a match for him, with either of them present, there were probably very few people in all of Chuzhou who could threaten his sister and the others.
...
Gu Xianwu walked ahead, a smile on his face as he guided Ning Chen.
The moment he turned around, however, the smile on his face vanished completely.
Today, Ning Chen had killed a Chen Family bodyguard and disfigured the Chen Family's eldest young miss—this was tantamount to delivering a humiliating slap to the face of the Chen Family.
If Ning Chen truly possessed the skills to cure the elder's illness, then everything could be negotiated. But if Ning Chen lacked the ability to save the elder, tomorrow would mark his first death anniversary.
Ning Chen followed silently behind Gu Xianwu.
He wanted to see what on earth was wrong with the head of the Chen Family.
Eventually, Ning Chen followed Gu Xianwu all the way up to the VIP ward area on the upper floor, accompanied by the aforementioned vice-president.
At this moment, the vice-president looked at Ning Chen with an ingratiating, flattering smile.
The reason he had rushed upstairs earlier to inform the Chen Family that Ning Chen possessed the medical skill to bring the dead back to life was precisely to curry favor with the Chen Family and win their approval.
If Ning Chen really managed to cure the head of the Chen Family this time, his merit would be monumental.
With just a single word from the Chen Family, he could effortlessly drop the "vice" from his title as vice-president.
"Elder, the Miraculous Doctor Lin has been brought here."
Gu Xianwu led Ning Chen to the VIP ward at the very end of the hallway, where numerous bodyguards stood guard outside.
For someone like Sun Zhengguo and his son, hiring even a single Internal Energy Martial Artist required paying a hefty price, yet every single guard outside Elder Chen's door was an Internal Energy Martial Artist.
"Come in."
At the sound of a voice from within, the ward door opened, and Ning Chen followed Gu Xianwu inside.
Inside the ward, an elderly man lay on the hospital bed, flanked by two exclusive doctors dressed in white lab coats standing guard beside him.
"Chen Yaowei!"
Ning Chen narrowed his eyes as he looked at the old man on the hospital bed.
This man was none other than the head of the Chuzhou Chen Family.
"You're the miraculous doctor who can bring the dead back to life?"
Chen Yaowei looked extremely frail, his voice weak and devoid of strength as his gaze locked onto Ning Chen.
"You could say that," Ning Chen replied indifferently.
"Since you are a miraculous doctor, can you tell what illness I've contracted?" Despite his weakness, sharp, piercing light still flashed in Chen Yaowei's eyes as he stared fixedly at Ning Chen.
"What you have isn't an illness; it's an injury."
Ning Chen stated bluntly.
Hearing this, Chen Yaowei froze.
Not only Chen Yaowei, but Gu Xianwu, the two exclusive doctors, and the accompanying vice-president all flashed looks of profound astonishment.
Ning Chen had just walked through the door, taken a single glance at Elder Chen, and diagnosed his problem?
Even in traditional medicine, which valued the four diagnostic methods of looking, listening, inquiring, and pulse-taking... one still had to examine and inspect closely.
Yet Ning Chen seemed to have made his diagnosis with just a casual glance.
Moreover, his tone was exceptionally definitive.
"You're wrong. I have a heart condition, not any sort of injury." Chen Yaowei's expression turned icy instantly.
"So, you're questioning my medical skills?" Ning Chen sneered. "In that case, it seems you don't need my treatment after all."
With that, Ning Chen turned and walked away.
Seeing this, one of the internal energy bodyguard-martial artists instantly drew his pistol and aimed it at the back of Ning Chen's head: "The elder hasn't given you permission to leave. You're not going anywhere."