Xiang Feng couldn't be bothered to entertain the crowd either. He stood up, ready to leave. "Wife, let's go home. Your husband will cook himself and feed you personally. This dump doesn't even have food as good as mine."
"Xiaofeng..."
Liu Ruyun was in a difficult spot. She knew Xiang Feng had been wronged, but she couldn't afford to directly offend the Liu family's dignity—after all, she had grown up eating the Liu family's rice.
"Xiang Feng, Ruyun's mind is entirely on her work right now, and she just wants to resolve the company's troubles as quickly as possible. And you? Instead of helping her, you cling to her day in and day out, distracting her from her work. Is this what you call loving Ruyun?"
At that moment, Li Donghao slowly stood up, looking down at Xiang Feng from above. "If you ask me, you just simply lust after her body; you don't truly love her at all."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Tianlong scoffed. "Young Master Li, you're giving this country bumpkin far too much credit. He's just a dirt farmer, how could he possibly help Liu Ruyun? With his farming and plowing skills?"
"Oh right, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten—he's just a farmer!"
Li Donghao reacted as if he had only just realized it.
Xiang Feng glanced at the two of them putting on a double act and curled his lip. "You're not wrong, I do indeed just lust after my wife's body. But she and I are husband and wife in name and in truth right now. Is there something wrong with me lusting after my wife?"
"Ugh..."
Li Donghao felt like someone had forcefully shoved a turd down his throat—equally disgusting and agonizing.
Yet, he couldn't actually refute a single word of Xiang Feng's statement.
"As for the troubles you mentioned, I never even took them seriously; it's just that my wife won't let me help. Otherwise, Brother Feng could solve them for her in a minute," Xiang Feng said flatly.
"Bragging doesn't cost anything, go ahead and blow your horn all you want!" Liu Tianlong said with disdain.
"A man who can only talk a big game—a man like that truly doesn't deserve you, Ruyun!"
As he said this, Li Donghao looked at Liu Ruyun.
Liu Ruyun, however, replied, "Living with Xiaofeng makes me feel happy and joyful. That's enough."
"..."
Li Donghao was left speechless, feeling as though he had thrown a punch at a cotton ball. He was frustrated enough to cough up blood.
But soon, he took a deep breath and said, "Ruyun, the happiness and joy he brings you is only temporary. Don't forget, you are a member of the Liu family and the head of the sales department at Yunshang Group. Right now, all the shopping malls under the Gaoda Group are taking the lead in pulling Yunshang Group's products from their shelves, and Wanshun Finance is constantly hounding you for debts, even threatening to cut off your raw material supplies. Tell me, facing this kind of pressure all the time, how many more days can you be happy? How many more days of joy will you have?"
"I..."
Liu Ruyun parted her lips slightly, unable to say a word.
Beside her, Liu Tianlong continued to pour oil on the fire. "Hmph, she might be happy and joyful, but Yunshang Group's employees probably won't be able to sleep these past couple of days. Because they all know that when payday comes next month, they probably won't get a single penny."
Liu Ruyun felt as though someone had torn open her scars, making it so painful she could barely breathe.
"Ruyun, actually I have a surprise for you today. I've already invited Mr. Chen Da, the CEO of Gaoda Group, and Mr. Zhou Minsheng, the CEO of Wanshun Finance. They want to talk with you!"
Li Donghao suddenly leaned in close to Liu Ruyun, his eyes filled with undisguised greed and possessiveness.
"If you talk to them in the capacity of Young Master Li's fiancée, you can negotiate however you want to negotiate!"
Chapter 28: Collaborating with two men on the verge of death is simply too ominous.
"If you talk to them in the capacity of Young Master Li's fiancée, you can negotiate however you want to negotiate!"
Li Donghao wore an expression of absolute confidence.
And as his voice faded, a burst of footsteps echoed from outside.
Two men strode into the room.
"It's Chairman Chen Da of Gaoda Group, and Zhou Minsheng from Wanshun Finance..."
"They used to be our Yunshang Group's loyal partners!"
"Hmph, it's all Liu Ruyun's fault! If she hadn't hooked up with that bumpkin Xiang Feng and angered Young Master Li, these two wouldn't have cut off their cooperation with us."
"Fortunately, Young Master Li is willing to give her a chance. It all depends on whether she knows what's good for her!"
Seeing these two figures, quite a few members of the Liu family grew nervous.
Whether they could continue living a life of luxury and fine food depended entirely on Liu Ruyun's attitude.
"Ruyun, have you thought it through?"
Li Donghao looked at Liu Ruyun with supreme confidence, his gaze unhesitatingly appraising the woman's figure.
"Slap!"
At that exact moment, a crisp sound rang out.
Li Donghao was sent spinning straight to the ground by a blow.
"If you're going to talk to my wife, talk properly. Why are you sticking your face so close? Were you asking me to slap it?"
Xiang Feng looked at Li Donghao as if he were an idiot.
This guy really was an idiot, deliberately asking for a beating. He had never seen anyone so desperate for a thrashing.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
As for the surrounding Liu family members, seeing Xiang Feng actually strike Li Donghao across the face in public, they were utterly terrified.
It's over!
Once Young Master Li's wrath flared up, the entire Liu family wouldn't be able to withstand the fury.
Following that, they all glared at Xiang Feng with bitter resentment.
All the various crises currently facing the Liu family had been brought on by this bumpkin!
"Bastard, how dare you hit me?"
Sure enough, Li Donghao, who had scrambled to his feet while clutching his face, glared at Xiang Feng through gritted teeth.
"So what if I hit you? If you ever dare threaten my wife or lust after her again, Brother Feng will keep right on slapping you!"
Xiang Feng said coldly.
"Good, very good!"
Li Donghao took a deep breath, suppressing his rage.
He would let this fellow act arrogant for a little longer; very soon, he would get a taste of real misery.
He turned his gaze back to Liu Ruyun and asked once more, "Ruyun, have you made up your mind?"
Liu Ruyun was currently filled with anxiety...
She hadn't expected Xiang Feng to be so decisive and ruthless when resorting to violence—he even dared to hit Li Donghao without a moment's hesitation.
Yet, since the blow had already been struck, she didn't feel like blaming Xiang Feng for anything.
After all, Xiang Feng had only thrown hands to protect her.
The way Li Donghao had been looking at her just now had indeed made her extremely uncomfortable.
"Thank you, Young Master Li, for thinking highly of me, but... since I am already Xiang Feng's wife, I won't be fickle. As for the crisis facing Yunshang Group, I will find other ways to handle it, so there's no need to trouble Young Master Li!"
Liu Ruyun replied.
"Liu Ruyun, have you lost your mind? You'll handle it? What are you going to handle it with? Without Young Master Li's help, you're nothing!"
Liu Tianlong instantly panicked.
"Slap!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than another crisp slap rang out.
Liu Tianlong was sent flying straight through the air!
Like a gust of wind, Xiang Feng arrived right in front of Liu Tianlong and planted his foot squarely on Liu Tianlong's face.
"Who did you just say was nothing?"
His voice was icy, exuding an undisguised intent to kill.
Indeed, his patience with the Liu family had reached its absolute limit.
Therefore, he didn't intend to hold back any longer.
Mostly because these people were bullying his goddess wife way too much.
He couldn't even bring himself to bully her, so who did they think they were?
"Grandma, Dad, Mom... hurry up and save me!"
With Xiang Feng's sole pressing down on his face, Liu Tianlong suffered immensely, his heart filled with bitter humiliation.
"Xiang Feng, are you trying to turn the world upside down? Someone, take this lunatic down!"
The old matriarch shook with rage and issued a loud command.
"Thud, thud, thud, thud..."
Before long, a full six Liu family experts wielding electric batons rushed straight toward Xiang Feng.
These six men exuded fierce auras and robust physiques, their combat prowess far exceeding that of ordinary people.
"Xiaofeng, be careful..."
Liu Ruyun cried out in nervous alarm.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
However, the moment Liu Ruyun's voice fell, those six Liu family experts were already sent flying backward.
Liu Ruyun covered her delicate mouth, her lovely face frozen in shock.
The rest of the Liu family wore identical expressions of astonishment.
They had all heard Liu Tianlong recount how Xiang Feng had crushed Li Donghao's two bodyguards, knowing that Xiang Feng possessed extraordinary martial arts skills, but these six were elite fighters the Liu family had cultivated for years, yet they were swatted away in a single exchange!
Wasn't this terrifying?
"I'm no Monkey King, I'm not going to turn the world upside down. And you certainly aren't the Buddha!"
Xiang Feng glanced sideways at the Liu family matriarch, then returned his gaze to Liu Tianlong beneath his feet.
"Let me ask you again, who is nothing?"
"I... I am nothing!"
Liu Tianlong felt profoundly humiliated, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into.
"Since you're nothing, I'll just let you go!"
Only then did Xiang Feng withdraw his foot.
Liu Tianlong scrambled away in a disheveled panic, glaring at Xiang Feng with eyes full of venom, though he didn't dare utter another word and instead looked toward Li Donghao.
The old matriarch was also trembling all over with anger!
The person just pinned beneath Xiang Feng's foot wasn't just Liu Tianlong, but the entire dignity of the Liu family.
"Xiang Feng, do you think that knowing a few punches and kicks means you can smooth over everything? Let me tell you, what you're doing will only escalate the conflict and intensify the hostility!"
Li Donghao narrowed his eyes, shifting his gaze to Chen Da and Zhou Minsheng.
The two men understood and immediately stepped forward.
"Starting today, Gaoda Group and its allied enterprises will terminate all cooperation with Yunshang Group."
"My Wanshun Group also terminates all financial cooperation with Yunshang Group starting today. This includes our Wanshun Group's material manufacturing company, which will also cease supplying raw materials to Yunshang Group!"
Chen Da and Zhou Minsheng declared one after the other.
As soon as those words dropped, every single member of the Liu family looked as devastated as mourners at a funeral.
"Liu Ruyun, are you satisfied now?"
"Just wait for Yunshang Group to go bankrupt!"
"Liu Ruyun, you're nothing but a jinx..."
A barrage of condemnation poured in from all sides.
Liu Ruyun's pretty face turned deathly pale!
Li Donghao, meanwhile, looked at Liu Ruyun with a cold sneer.
He wanted to see just how long Liu Ruyun could hold out.
"Wife, if they don't want to cooperate with you, then let's just not cooperate!"
Xiang Feng spoke up casually. "After all, collaborating with two men on the verge of death is simply too ominous!"
"What did you say?"
"Brat, are you cursing me?"
As soon as Xiang Feng spoke, Chen Da and Zhou Minsheng flared up in immediate rage.
Liu Ruyun's expression shifted slightly as well. "Xiaofeng, don't talk nonsense."
Xiang Feng, however, shook his head with a smile. "Wife, I'm not talking nonsense. These two really don't have much time left to live!"
Seeing how serious Xiang Feng looked, Liu Ruyun momentarily grew hesitant.
She had witnessed her little husband's medical skills firsthand.
Put that way, did these two men actually have serious illnesses?
"Ruyun, it looks like your taste in men leaves a lot to be desired. Not only is this country husband of yours a brute, but he's also an arrogant liar talking absolute nonsense."
Li Donghao sneered.
Then, turning to Chen Da and Zhou Minsheng, he added, "Chairman Chen, Chairman Zhou, you two can just treat this kid's words as him talking out of his ass!"
Chapter 29: Just a minor ailment
"Young Master Li, we didn't pay any attention to what he said."
"We didn't take the words of a bumpkin to heart at all."
The two men responded one after the other, their attitudes exceedingly respectful.
"Xiaofeng, if Chairman Chen and Chairman Zhou really have life-threatening medical conditions, could you help treat them?"
Liu Ruyun pleaded with Xiang Feng. "Even though they aren't cooperating with Yunshang Group anymore, the fact that Yunshang Group was able to rise in the first place is largely thanks to these two veteran chairmen."
Xiang Feng said unhappily, "Wife, right now they're helping Kidney-Deficiency Boy bully you!"
Hearing this, Li Donghao's mouth twitched violently, and he desperately wanted to curse.
Yet the burning pain on his face kept him from daring to make a sound.
"I'll let you be arrogant a little longer..."
Li Donghao narrowed his eyes, forcing down his anger.
On the other side, Liu Ruyun wrapped her arm around Xiang Feng's and acted coquettishly. "Hubby, won't you help them out? Just do it to give me some face, okay?"
These two had indeed caused her quite a bit of trouble, but back then, when her grandfather led the Liu family to glory, it was likewise thanks to these two men.
"Fine, fine. Who made me love my wife so much? I'll save them, then!"
Feeling the softness pressing against his arm, Xiang Feng was quite satisfied. Only then did he stand up and walk over to Chen Da. "Chairman Chen, right? I know you don't have any major illness, I just want to ask you—have you been getting close to any stray cats these past few days?"
"Stray cats?"
Chen Da had been wearing a cold sneer, but upon hearing Xiang Feng's words, he froze slightly before instinctively blurting out, "How do you know that?"
Two days ago when he went out in the morning, he had run into a stray cat in his residential complex.
At the time, the stray looked like it might be a bit sick, completely devoid of energy.
As a seasoned cat lover, he had immediately stepped forward to soothe it for a while and even fed it some cat food.
Yet how did this country bumpkin know?
"How do I know? Didn't you even notice that your hand was scratched by a cat's paw?" Xiang Feng rolled his eyes.
"Was it?"
Chen Da's expression shifted slightly as he hurriedly raised both hands to inspect them.
Before long, he spotted a faint scratch right on his right wrist.
The scratch wasn't deep; it hadn't even bled, remaining merely a shallow mark that was already close to fading away.
So much so that Chen Da hadn't noticed it from start to finish!
Yet at that moment, his breathing inexplicably grew rapid, as if someone had grabbed hold of his heart.
"E-even if I was scratched by that cat, it didn't break the skin. Besides, it's not like I've never been scratched by stray cats before, and I never got rabies!"
Chen Da swallowed hard, putting up a front of composure.
Xiang Feng chuckled. "That only proves you were lucky in the past and ran into relatively healthy stray cats. But the stray cat you encountered this time was infected with the rabies virus. Since your skin was broken by its claws, what do you think the odds are that you've contracted rabies?"
"Thud!"
Chen Da's face drained of all color as he collapsed straight to the ground.
As a seasoned cat owner of over a decade, he knew very well that if he could get a rabies vaccine immediately, it wouldn't be too big an issue.
Yet now, two days had already passed...
It's over!
And the surrounding crowd, upon learning that Chen Da had actually contracted rabies, scattered away as if dodging a plague god.
"You're not even dead yet, why are you acting like a corpse?"
Xiang Feng showed no fear whatsoever, stepping forward to give Chen Da a kick as he said with displeasure.
Chen Da raised his dazed eyes and looked at Xiang Feng...
A thought suddenly popped into his head—just moments before, Liu Ruyun had seemed to ask Xiang Feng to treat him.
"Thud!"
Chen Da immediately snapped to his senses, dropping straight to his knees before Xiang Feng with a heavy thud.
"Little brother, you have a way to save me, right? Please, I'm begging you to save me! If you can cure my rabies, I—I'll immediately resume our cooperation with Yunshang Group!"
"Alright, you said that yourself. I didn't take advantage of your situation or threaten you, mind you."
Xiang Feng nodded and took out the silver needles from his cloth pouch.
"Lie down, pull your shirt up to your chest. I'm going to needle you and force the rabies virus out."
"Oh, right, okay!"
Chen Da immediately complied, lying flat on the floor and lifting his shirt.
Xiang Feng proceeded to apply the needles offhandedly.
Rabies?
A minor illness like this posed no difficulty for him at all.
However, the surrounding members of the Liu family grew extremely anxious.
"Grandma, should we head outside instead? Rabies is contagious, you know," Liu Tianlong said nervously.
The old matriarch remained fairly composed, letting out a light snort at his words. "As long as we don't get too close to him, it'll be fine. Hmph, today I'd like to see if that bumpkin's medical skills are really as miraculous as all that!"
In truth, she was quite curious about whether Xiang Feng's medical skills were genuinely that formidable.
Had her own illness really been cured by Xiang Feng?
"Old Mrs. Liu, you're giving this country bumpkin too much credit!"
Li Donghao walked over, smiling with casual ease. "You should know what kind of disease rabies is. No matter how brilliant his medical skills are, can he cure rabies?"
"Exactly! Rabies is a truly incurable disease; how could a few silver needles possibly cure it?"
Liu Tianlong immediately chimed in. "If Chairman Chen suffers any mishap under his treatment, I'll be the first to call the police and have him arrested."
At this, all the Liu family members nodded in support.
"Who was it that said they wanted to call the police and have me arrested?"
At that moment, Xiang Feng stood up, his gaze locking onto Liu Tianlong.
Catching Xiang Feng's eye, Liu Tianlong instantly lowered his head, not daring to make a sound.
"Xiaofeng, have you cured Chairman Chen?"
Liu Ruyun hurried over and asked with concern.
"Of course, just a minor ailment. Didn't take long at all."
Xiang Feng twirled a silver needle between his fingers, waving it in front of Liu Ruyun.
Liu Ruyun looked at the needle and saw a clump of black, foul-smelling mucus coating the metal.
"Xiaofeng, what is this?"
"This is the toxin, I drew it out onto the needle."
With a flick of his wrist and a surge of internal force within his body, Xiang Feng instantly blasted the mucus into nothingness before putting the silver needle back into his cloth pouch.
"You've cured my illness just like that?"
Chen Da walked over, asking with a hint of disbelief.
Xiang Feng instructed him, "All you need to do now is find the stray cat that scratched you, take it to the hospital for an examination, and get a full body checkup for yourself. Once the test results come out, you'll naturally know whether I was lying to you."
"Alright, I'm going right now!"
With that, Chen Da scrambled up and bolted toward the exit.
Deep down, he still believed Xiang Feng a little bit, but he needed to verify it nonetheless.
Not a single member of the Liu family, however, believed it.
Including the Liu family matriarch!
They all assumed Xiang Feng was just putting on a deceptive show.
Once Chen Da's test results came back, he would undoubtedly become a laughingstock.
"Xiang... Mr. Xiang Feng, could you tell me what kind of ailment I might have?"
At that moment, a nervous-looking Zhou Minsheng walked over. After hesitating for a long while, he finally spoke up.
Chapter 30: The Sinner of the Liu Family
"As for you... let me ask you first: do you currently feel a deep tightness in your chest, and a bit of difficulty catching your breath? In fact, does your heart even have a slight, stabbing pain?"
Xiang Feng tossed out several questions in a row.
And as Zhou Minsheng heard these words, his complexion gradually turned pale.
Because Xiang Feng had hit every single nail on the head.
He indeed felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, accompanied by a slight, stabbing pain right in the region of his heart...
He even tried taking two deep breaths to test it.
The result, however, was that he simply couldn't draw a full breath.
"Please tell me, what kind of illness have I contracted?"
Zhou Minsheng's voice was trembling slightly.