Chapter 82: Rotten Wood Cannot Be Carved

Listening to the conversation between Chen Che and Ma Zijun, Ma Menghan still felt a faint sense of worry in her heart.

She asked, "But I heard that the Divine Doctor Li has a strange temperament. Even if we can find her, will she definitely agree to see Dad?"

Ma Zijun sighed and said, "No matter what the price, I will beg her to go to Jinling to treat Dad."

"Rest assured, with me here, the Divine Doctor Li will go to the Ma Family to provide treatment," Chen Che said with absolute certainty.

"Really? That's great!" Ma Menghan's eyes shone with excitement; she did not have the slightest doubt about Chen Che's words.

Ma Zicheng, in the corner, sneered. His innate family advantage had fostered in him the bad habit of looking down on others.

He looked down on the Qibao Association and looked down on Chen Che, and coupled with their previous grievances, he believed even less that what Chen Che said was true.

Ma Zijun, however, gave Ma Menghan a scrutinizing look, then turned to Chen Che and asked, "Mr. Chen also knows the Divine Doctor Li?"

"I do," Chen Che nodded.

Ma Zijun asked again, "Then may I ask, Mr. Chen, when can you give me the address of the Divine Doctor Li?"

"Right now."

As he spoke, Chen Che took out his phone and sent a message to Li Qingyan, and Li Qingyan replied almost instantly.

"Third Senior Sister, where are you going for the academic exchange tomorrow?"

"Xinrong Medical College, starting at ten in the morning."

Chen Che put away his phone and said, "The Divine Doctor Li will be conducting an academic exchange at Xinrong Medical College tomorrow at ten in the morning."

Ma Zijun's expression was grave as he carefully sized up Chen Che. Relying on his experience and insight from participating in the Ma Family's internal and external struggles since childhood, he was surprisingly unable to see through Chen Che.

But he did not doubt for a second that the information Chen Che gave was fake, because Chen Che also had requests of him.

Did he really know Li Qingyan? Or did he take the opportunity during the conversation to order Shen Qi to investigate?

He couldn't see through it!

Ma Zijun suddenly had a feeling, an intuition cultivated over years of living through bloody storms—

That was that Chen Che was absolutely not as he saw and understood him to be, and he might even be more powerful and mysterious than he imagined.

Such a person must absolutely not be made an enemy!

Ma Zijun was all smiles: "Then tomorrow, I must ask Mr. Chen to go with us to help me persuade the Divine Doctor Li."

"I'm going too!" Ma Menghan interjected.

Ma Zijun looked at Ma Menghan and said, "Menghan, you don't need to go. It's been hard on you during this time. I will help you resolve the matter at your school. You should rest well today and go to school tomorrow. I promise, Ma Zicheng will absolutely not come to trouble you again. If he dares to, you tell me, and I will deal with him."

"Brother, just let me go with you. I know I'm not presentable, but I don't know why, I feel so uncomfortable inside, and I don't want to be unable to do anything!"

Ma Menghan pleaded.

"You child, what do you mean by not presentable!"

Ma Zijun's heart softened, and he agreed: "Fine, then you can come along."

Seeing that the main business was finished, Ma Zicheng spoke up to remind him: "Brother, my car, and the money..."

"What kind of nonsense is that? Go outside and wait!"

Ma Zijun didn't expect Ma Zicheng to still be thinking about Chen Che robbing him at a time like this. Fearing he would displease Chen Che, he instructed Lin Su, "Assistant Lin, take him out. You wait for me in the car."

Lin Su nodded slightly and said, "Second Young Master, please."

Ma Zicheng glared at Ma Menghan and Chen Che with resentment, snorted unwillingly, and went out with Lin Su.

"My younger brother has been spoiled since he was a child. He took a tumble under Mr. Chen today, which will just happen to teach him a lesson."

Ma Zijun said, "Since we have decided to cooperate, I won't take the money and the car; consider it a gift for Mr. Chen. If Mr. Chen can really help me invite the Divine Doctor Li, after the matter is done, not only will I invest in the Cheng Family, but I will also have a generous reward!"

Chen Che waved his hand and said, "Ma Shao is being too polite. A generous reward is unnecessary; we are just taking what we each need. If you really want to thank me, then just treat your sister better in the future."

Ma Zijun's heart stirred; he clearly had not expected Chen Che to say this.

Ma Menghan also looked at Chen Che with slight surprise, her heart warming, and her face turning red involuntarily.

Ma Zijun took in Ma Menghan's reaction and laughed: "I also ask Mr. Chen to treat my sister well. Who knows, we might become family."

Chen Che shrugged, noncommittal.

Ma Menghan, however, was incredibly shy and said in a panic, "Brother, don't talk nonsense! We aren't in that kind of relationship yet! You hurry up and leave, we'll see each other at Xinrong Medical College tomorrow!"

Ma Zijun feigned surprise to tease her: "Are you staying here with him tonight?"

"I am not!"

Ma Menghan's face instantly turned into a red apple, and she pushed Ma Zijun toward the door, "He's leaving in a moment too, I'm staying here by myself! You hurry up and go, they'll be waiting anxiously in a moment!"

"Alright, alright, I'm going, I'm going!"

Ma Zijun was pushed to the doorway by Ma Menghan. He turned to face her, glanced inside inadvertently, and instructed: "I'm leaving. Protect yourself, and call me anytime if anything happens."

"Mm, I know," Ma Menghan nodded obediently.

After Ma Zijun left, Chen Che no longer disturbed Ma Menghan, letting her rest in peace.

He then asked Shen Qi about the matter regarding Xu Di.

"Xu Di still hasn't been found?"

"Not yet, my people have been searching."

"Where was the last location Xu Di appeared? Take me there."

"Yes."

…………

Ma Zijun's car drove along the city's main road.

Ma Zicheng in the back seat grew angrier the more he thought about it, and couldn't help but ask: "Brother, are my car and money just going to be forgotten like that? Are the slaps I took from Shen Qi and Chen Che just going to be forgotten too? It's too humiliating!"

Ma Zijun, who had been resting with his eyes closed, was instantly furious upon hearing this and growled: "I really want to slap you to death, you brainless fool!

You still know what humiliation is, huh? Before we came, I told you not to look for Menghan; did you listen? You better keep quiet; I haven't even dealt with you for today's business yet!"

"Brother, it's mainly that I don't understand! We can find people ourselves, so why must we beg the Qibao Association? And even if we have to beg, why were you so subservient? Jinling is known as the Southern Capital of Xia, and our Ma Family is the premier family in Jinling, so why should we be afraid of a small-time thug from Shanghai?"

Ma Zicheng said with righteous indignation.

Ma Zijun shook his head helplessly and sighed, "I really suspect that when Mom gave birth to you, she brought home the wrong baby..."

Hearing this, Ma Zicheng was stunned and asked in all seriousness, "Really?"

"Really your head!"

Ma Zijun couldn't hold back and cursed angrily.

Lin Su patted his back to help him calm down.

Ma Zijun eased his emotions, pushed up his glasses, and explained to Ma Zicheng:

"First, Dad's illness cannot be delayed any longer. Of course, one must have the right attitude when asking for help. The Ma Family is indeed a prestigious family, but a prestigious family has its own upbringing, not the arrogance and contempt for others that you show!

Second, Chen Che is not a thug!

Could a thug cripple Fu Chang? Could a thug make Shen Qi kneel and lead the Qibao Association to annex the Qian Family?

Even if you think with your knees, you should know he is not simple!

Third, based on my years of experience in reading people, Chen Che is definitely not as simple as we see. I always have an intuition that one day in the future, he will be an existence that even the Ma Family cannot afford to climb high to reach!

Nowadays, the Qibao Association indeed doesn't count for much in the eyes of the Ma Family, and we certainly don't need to fear him, but we don't have a blood feud after all. If we befriend such a person, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

There is one more point, which is that his relationship with Menghan is not ordinary.

Menghan should like him. If they can be together, they will be family in the future, and there will be no lack of interaction."

Ma Zicheng was like rotten wood that could not be carved; he could not understand Ma Zijun's foresight at all, and he couldn't even listen to Ma Zijun's words.

Instead, he silently calculated in his heart: "Chen Che, no one has ever made me, this young master, feel so humiliated. Wait until tomorrow, I will definitely find an opportunity to make you pay!"

Seeing Ma Zicheng's punchable expression of letting words go in one ear and out the other, Ma Zijun almost lost control of his emotions again.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down, pondering that after returning home, he should still ask his mother if she really brought home the wrong baby back then, or if there was some other situation.