Chapter 522 - 521: Disdain
Chapter 522: Chapter 521: Disdain
After Yiyi and the others returned to Shangjing, the whole group went together to the Ding Family.
Mr. Ding and Ding Yuejun saw Yiyi come back and were full of excitement. "Yiyi, you’re finally back."
Seeing the worry on her grandfather’s and mother’s faces, Yiyi hurriedly said, "Grandpa, Mom, I’m fine, you don’t need to worry. This time it was all thanks to Mr. Huang and Jinming and the others. Otherwise Yun Chu and I might not have made it out."
Huang Yanquan quickly waved his hand with a squinty smile and said, "No need to thank me. I just happened to run into it, of course I had to help."
This time Huang Yanquan had indeed helped a lot, and even lost one man because of it, so Gu Tingyu thanked him once again.
Only now did Ding Yuejun learn that the person Huang Yanquan had sent to follow Yiyi had actually met with an accident. Her heart was filled with lingering fear, and at the same time she felt that this time they truly owed Huang Yanquan a huge favor.
Jinming, however, spoke with a face full of guilt: "This time it’s all my fault. If it weren’t for me, sis-in-law might not have had this accident. It’s because I misjudged people and brought a wolf into the house that I harmed sis-in-law."
"You really can’t blame yourself for this. Even if Ye Jia Ren hadn’t approached you, that old poison master and his lot would definitely have come up with some other way to kidnap me. So don’t you dare put all the responsibility on yourself." Yiyi hurried to say this, so Jinming wouldn’t drown in guilt. Besides, she was telling the truth: the old poison master’s target was her, so he would definitely have tried every means to kidnap her.
Gu Tingyu patted Jinming on the shoulder from the side and said, "Alright, Jinming, this really isn’t your fault. You don’t need to be like this."
Hearing this, Jinming didn’t say anything more.
Just then, Yun Chu stepped forward, bowed to Mr. Ding and said, "Old Master, it was my failure in protection that allowed the young miss to be taken away. Please punish me."
Mr. Ding gave Yun Chu a look and said, "Since you know your protection was lacking, then continue to improve yourself properly. I don’t want to see this kind of thing happen again."
"Grandpa, it’s that the other side’s use of poison was too powerful. Yun Chu was caught off guard for a moment, so please don’t blame him," Yiyi spoke up for Yun Chu, since even she had fallen for Ye Jia Ren’s trick.
Hearing Yiyi say this, Mr. Ding no longer said more, but he looked at Fu Yun with some curiosity and asked, "And this is?"
"Grandpa, this is Fu Yun from the Divine Medicine Sect."
"Divine Medicine Sect?"
On hearing this, Mr. Ding frowned slightly. He felt the name sounded somewhat familiar, but for the moment he couldn’t quite recall.
"What is it, Grandpa, do you know the Divine Medicine Sect?"
Seeing Mr. Ding’s expression, Yiyi couldn’t help feeling a bit curious.
Mr. Ding had just been about to shake his head when his eyes suddenly widened. "Divine Medicine Sect... I remember Doctor Ge seemed to have said he was from the Divine Medicine Sect. Could it be... the same Divine Medicine Sect that Doctor Ge belongs to?"
Doctor Ge was the one who specifically treated those few leaders. His medical skills were extremely superb, far better than Yiyi’s master Kong Mingsheng. If this Divine Medicine Sect was the very one Doctor Ge belonged to, then it truly was a formidable organization.
Hearing this, Fu Yun furrowed his brows in thought for a moment, then asked, "Is it Ge Songhe?"
"Yes, Doctor Ge’s name is Ge Songhe."
This was something Mr. Ding had learned unintentionally; originally he hadn’t even known what Doctor Ge’s name was.
Fu Yun, hearing this, said indifferently, "So it’s him. He’s an ordinary disciple of our Divine Medicine Sect, with just average medical skills, so he went out on his own to make his way."
"What... you must be mistaken. Doctor Ge’s medical skills are very good."
But Fu Yun said with certainty, "I’m not mistaken. Although Ge Songhe is not young anymore, his medical skills are indeed just average. Those disciples with better medical skills all stay within the Divine Medicine Sect to study in depth. They absolutely wouldn’t come out into the mundane world."
Yiyi believed Fu Yun’s words, so she asked curiously, "So that means everyone in your Divine Medicine Sect has really good medical skills?"
"Not all. Most people know medicine, but if you’re talking about true mastery, there aren’t that many. Some people’s skills are about the same as Ge Songhe’s."
Even with Fu Yun putting it that way, Mr. Ding was still greatly astonished. If many people’s medical skills were on par with Doctor Ge, then the Divine Medicine Sect was already very impressive. As for those truly accomplished in medicine, how amazing must they be? So even though Fu Yun looked very young, Mr. Ding didn’t dare show the slightest neglect.
It was already getting late by then, so Mr. Ding had everyone stay for a meal together.
After they finished eating, Jinming planned to head back.
Seeing his good friend in such low spirits, Gu Tingyu wanted to talk with him a bit more, so he also said goodbye to Yiyi.
Yiyi smiled and said, "Then hurry up and send Jinming back. We’ll see each other tomorrow."
"Mm."
Gu Tingyu rubbed the little girl’s hair, and when no one was looking, he even secretly kissed her on the forehead before finally leaving with Jinming.
On this side, Ding Yuejun was also seeing Huang Yanquan off.
"A Quan, thank you so much this time."
Hearing this, Huang Yanquan smiled and said, "Yue Jun, I already said there’s no need to thank me. Don’t keep saying that. Besides, when I saw your daughter being taken away, how could I possibly stand by and do nothing? I don’t want to see you sad. I just want to see you happy and smiling every day."
Hearing this, Ding Yuejun felt her face grow a little warm. She just thought that Huang Yanquan was really smooth-tongued, able to make her blush with just a casual line, so she couldn’t help casting him a sidelong glance.
Seeing Ding Yuejun looking so charmingly coy, Huang Yanquan only felt his heart beat a bit faster. He truly felt as if he’d gone back to his youth, as if he were some clueless young lad whose face would flush and ears burn at the slightest thing. It had been so many years since he’d felt this way; he never thought he’d get to experience it again now.
He had just been about to say something when Mr. Ding called out from over there.
"Yue Jun, come over and arrange some lodgings for Xiao Yun."
Mr. Ding had long noticed his daughter talking with Huang Yanquan. Thinking of Huang Yanquan’s feelings for Yue Jun, he hurried to find a way to interrupt their conversation.
Although Huang Yanquan was indeed quite good, he was far younger than his daughter, and he lived too far away. He was a Hong Kong person—was he planning to take Yue Jun to Hong Kong in the future? Mr. Ding was absolutely opposed to that.
And when Ding Yuejun heard Mr. Ding, she quickly said to Huang Yanquan, "A Quan, I’ll go take care of this first. You should head back early and rest."
Huang Yanquan smiled and nodded, then couldn’t help giving Mr. Ding a glance. Seeing the other man looking at him with a face full of disdain, he couldn’t help a wry smile, then waved goodbye to Ding Yuejun.
Ding Yuejun moved quickly and soon had Fu Yun’s lodgings arranged.
Yiyi also returned to her own room. After locking the door, she curiously entered the space.