Chapter 484: The Ganlutang Farce

The three words "Xu the Bald" pierced Xu Xinghai's ears like needles; his eyes turned red instantly, and with a howl, he charged forward, swinging his fist toward He Yushui's head.

He Yushui had practiced Kung Fu for four years; though she lacked great strength, she was agile, and with a flash of her body, she lifted her leg and kicked toward the opponent's crotch.

This move was taught to her by He Yuzhu, who told her that if anyone dared to play dirty with her, she must use this move to ensure they could never get back up again.

Xu Xinghai had never expected this girl to dare play dirty; unable to dodge in time, he was kicked squarely in his vital spot and immediately curled up on the ground in pain, howling and rolling about.

The four boys following him were just about to make a move, but were knocked to the ground by Xiaomi, Dahua, and Xiaoqi in a quick, three-two-five-two fashion.

After beating them, the four little girls grabbed their schoolbags and ran off without looking back.

Xu Xinghai was still rolling on the spot, and the few children who had come with him were all scared silly.

His younger brother, Xu Xingfu, squatted down and asked timidly, "Brother, are... are you alright?"

"Where is Yan Jiefang? Go find him quickly!" Xu Xinghai said through gritted teeth.

"He said he was going to buy us something good to eat and left!" Xu Xingfu replied.

"Go find him and tell him I'm dying!" Xu Xinghai began to wail again.

In truth, this whole scene today was instigated by Yan Jiefang from behind the scenes.

Ever since the adults of the He Family left, Yan Bugui and Yang Ruihua had been cursing the He Family for being no good every other day at home.

Having heard this too much at home, Yan Jiefang had also built up a grudge against the He Family in his heart.

When He Yuzhu was around, no one dared to touch He Yushui, but once he left, in the eyes of Yan Jiefang and this gang of half-grown children, He Yushui became a "soft persimmon" with no one to back her up.

Recently, Yan Jiefang's Siqiang, Zheng Deyi, had been scouting the residences of several former aristocrats one after another, thanks to introductions from Xu Damao, and the harvest was not small.

Zheng Deyi, Wang Baosheng, and Jin Ye were now living lives of squandering money, doing nothing all day but sleeping and eating at restaurants.

With a wealthy Siqiang, the Apprentice followed suit and benefited.

Yan Jiefang was in charge of scouting locations; he now wore a pair of small glasses, dressed cleanly, and carried a heavy schoolbag, so even when he squatted at someone's door picking a lock, others just assumed he was a student who had gone to the wrong door, and no one took him for a thief.

Because of this, he had "repeatedly performed meritorious service" and received a fair share of money.

With money in hand, Yan Jiefang also began to manage his own "connections," and he soon hooked up with a few bad boys at school.

The Xu Xinghai brothers were the "buddies" he had recently bought off with small change.

Yan Jiefang ran over, panting, and seeing Xu Xinghai rolling on the ground, he said, "Brother Xu, what happened to you?"

"What else could have happened? I was ambushed by He Yushui!" Feng Jiangong said.

Upon hearing this, Yan Jiefang hurriedly apologized, "Big Brother Xu, I'm sorry... If I had been here, you definitely wouldn't have been hurt. It's all my fault for wanting to buy you candied Gourd, but they were sold out..."

Xu Xinghai was helped up by Xu Xingfu and grimaced, "Young master... I've been kicked broken by that wretched girl, I have to go to the hospital to get it checked!"

Yan Jiefang's face turned pale when he heard this—how much would it cost to go to the hospital!

He hurriedly said, "There's an old doctor of traditional medicine over at Dian'anmen who specializes in treating infertility... He can definitely look at your injury!"

"Then carry me! I can't walk anymore!" Xu Xinghai shouted at the top of his lungs.

Yan Jiefang, with his stalk-like physique, couldn't catch his breath after carrying him for only a few steps.

He turned his head to look to the side, "Xu Xingfu, you carry him for a while!"

Xu Xingfu said reluctantly, "My brother is dead heavy, I can't carry him."

"I'll give you two thousand, will you carry him?" Yan Jiefang took out some money and shook it.

"I will!" Xu Xingfu changed his tune immediately.

Just like that, each child demanded 2,000 from Yan Jiefang before they took turns carrying Xu Xinghai to Dian'anmen.

The six half-grown children swarmed into a traditional Chinese medicine clinic called "Ganlutang."

The old doctor sitting in the clinic raised his eyelids to look, immediately showing an expression of disgust, and said coldly, "This is a place for treating adults. Why are you bunch of brats not going home after school and coming here to make trouble?"

Yan Jiefang leaned over and lowered his voice, "My classmate got into a fight and was kicked; could you please take a look?"

The old doctor shook his head, "I can't perform surgery here. If it's really serious, go to the hospital immediately."

"Please take a look first; if it's serious, we'll go to the hospital. If it's nothing, you can just prescribe some medicine," Yan Jiefang said, deliberately taking out 50,000 in his hand and playing with it.

The old doctor caught a glimpse of the money, and his expression softened, "Help him onto the bed, and I'll take a close look."

He put on his reading glasses and fumbled for a long while.

Xu Xinghai was over there, yelping non-stop.

After a long while, the old doctor washed his hands, shook his head, and sighed, "How should I put it... the injury is not light. I advise you to go to the hospital to be safe. Although I can treat it, the recovery will be slow; you'll need to drink Peach Kernel Four-Substance Decoction combined with Five-Ingredient Disinfection Drink for at least a week. You also need to apply cold compresses for twenty-four hours. The external medicine isn't expensive, use dandelion and purslane... crush them and mix with honey. Honey isn't cheap, you know that, right!"

Yan Jiefang felt panicked listening to this and asked with a trembling voice, "This... how much will this cost in total?"

The old doctor clicked his abacus for a long time, looked at Yan Jiefang over his reading glasses, and then said, "It'll be at least 180,000. Seeing as you are all children, I'll just charge you 150,000."

"150,000?" Yan Jiefang almost jumped up, "This is too much of a rip-off, this is too expensive!"

The old doctor smiled, "Then give me 10,000 for the consultation fee and hurry and send him to the hospital. Don't delay; although it's expensive there, wouldn't you feel more at ease?"

Yan Jiefang hadn't expected to cause such big trouble, so he gritted his teeth, "Treat him right here!"

Unexpectedly, Xu Xinghai suddenly shouted, "Wait! Yan Jiefang, give me the money, I'm not getting treated!"

The old doctor was stunned—he had indeed overcharged just now and was about to change his price, but Xu Xinghai glared and roared, "Yan Jiefang, are you deaf?"

"N-no, I'm not deaf!" Yan Jiefang reluctantly shoved the money to Xu Xinghai.

Only then did the old doctor realize something was wrong and hurriedly shouted, "Hey! You still owe me 10,000 for the consultation fee!"

Yan Jiefang had no choice but to fish out the money and handed it over very reluctantly.

The old doctor took the money and didn't forget to add, "Child, your injury is not light; later on... I'm afraid you might be left without descendants."

Just as the old doctor turned around, Yan Jiefang's hand had already flashed into his pocket like lightning, tucking a pocket watch into his palm.

Xu Xinghai took the money and stopped yelling, turning around to leave.

As soon as he stepped out the door, he cursed, "Old swindler!"

Yan Jiefang said with a grin, "Xinghai, since you're not getting treated, I'll head home first... if I go back late, my mother will beat me."

Xu Xingfu waved his hand, "Get lost!"

Watching Yan Jiefang walk away, Xu Xingfu tugged on his brother's sleeve: "Brother, are you really not going to get it treated? I saw that the situation didn't look good; what if it leaves behind a chronic ailment?"

Xu Xinghai chuckled: "That old thing is just bluffing! I was also faking pain to trick Yan Jiefang; it's actually not that serious."

"But I really saw purple..."

"That was the pants fading!" Xu Xinghai wrapped his arm around his younger brother's neck and grinned, "Let's go, to He Ji Restaurant—today we're going to eat a big meal at Yan Jiefang's expense!"