After hearing it, Xu Tianzheng's already grim expression suddenly darkened.
His eyes gleamed with cold light as he recalled the words the old butler had just said.
To personally go and beg him...
That the person who had been disrespectful to him yesterday, apart from Xu Huaguang needing to slap himself a thousand times, everyone else should slap themselves a hundred times before he would take action.
These words, though arrogant-sounding, did not seem that arrogant to Xu Tianzheng after he had witnessed Mu Jinyu's capabilities.
He was just wondering why Xu Huaguang, the one who had found the Divine Doctor's whereabouts, specifically needed to slap himself a thousand times?!
Xu Tianzheng immediately sensed something was amiss.
Could it be that Xu Huaguang had been disrespectful to the Divine Doctor and angered Mu Jinyu, leading him to make such a demand?
Xu Tianzheng wasn't quite sure and instructed the old butler, "Bring Huaguang in! I have something to ask him!"
"Yes."
The old butler respectfully affirmed and went out to find Xu Huaguang.
Xu Huaguang, upon receiving the notification, quickly came in, visibly uneasy.
"Grandfather, you wanted to see me?"
His face showed unease and with a nervous demeanor, he called out to Xu Tianzheng.
Xu Tianzheng sat upright in his chair, staring directly at Xu Huaguang. His cloudy old eyes suddenly sparked with clarity, becoming as sharp as a hawk's, and he said in a deep voice, "Tell me honestly about your encounter with the Divine Doctor. Don't hide anything, and don't exaggerate. Otherwise, you won't like the consequences."
"Yes." Xu Huaguang, seeing his grandfather's stern demeanor, shuddered, and then dared not hide anything further. He hurriedly recounted his invitation to Mu Jinyu to come back and provide treatment, how he was rejected, got angered, ordered his bodyguard to forcibly take him away, but the bodyguard was sent flying with a kick, and finally he conveyed all the messages he was told to deliver.
"Well, you!" Xu Tianzheng, after listening, was enraged. He slammed the table hard and shouted, "Who allowed you to be so reckless with the Divine Doctor? Since he asked you to convey a message asking me to plead with him, why didn't you just come back and relay the message? Why did you have to intervene? Are you trying to prevent me from getting cured?!"
"I didn't, grandfather, I truly just wanted the Divine Doctor to treat you sooner, I was just a bit too anxious..." Xu Huaguang hurriedly retorted with a cry in his voice.
"I think you're trying to kill me with anger!!"
Xu Tianzheng was furious. Although it indeed irked him that Mu Jinyu had asked him to personally come and plead, he would have agreed to it eventually.
But this fool, Xu Huaguang, had decided on his own to try and kidnap the doctor. By causing such a mess, what if Mu Jinyu refused the one hundred yuan and decided not to treat him? What was he supposed to do then?
Just wait to die?!
Fortunately, Mu Jinyu didn't lower himself to argue with fool Xu Huaguang and merely issued an ultimatum for him to personally come and plead, while Xu Huaguang had to slap himself a thousand times.
Xu Tianzheng suppressed his anger, slammed the table again, and staring at Xu Huaguang, said coldly, "Once I find the Divine Doctor, prepare to honestly slap yourself a thousand times."
Then, he took out his phone, made a call, and instructed the other party to remove Xu Huaguang's managerial position at Xu Group and to take back his shares...
Xu Huaguang, upon hearing these series of instructions, immediately looked ashen.
He felt a chilling regret inside him.
Originally, he thought that if he could bring Mu Jinyu back by force, given the Xu family's influence, Mu Jinyu would have no choice but to obediently treat his grandfather. By then, he would have earned his grandfather's regard and become a core member of the Xu family.
Instead, his cunning plot ended up making him lose both his position and his shares.
By the time they found Mu Jinyu again, he would have no choice but to face him and slap himself a thousand times!
Xu Tianzheng hung up the phone and coldly glanced at Xu Huaguang, who was pallid, too weary even to speak further to him. He then bowed his head to compose a message, instructing the search team to treat Mu Jinyu with due respect. He demanded they notify him immediately once they located the Divine Doctor, as he intended to personally visit and seek medical help!
The Family members of the Xu family, upon receiving this message, were so shocked that they nearly bit their tongues off, feeling it was incredible.
They thought Xu Tianzheng's attitude was extremely sincere. Could it be an overreaction?
But what they didn't understand was Xu Tianzheng's mindset. He was truly desperate, as Mu Jinyu was the only one who could save him. Even if it meant physically going to seek medical help himself, it would be no humiliation at all.
—As long as he wanted to keep living.
Otherwise, facing this Divine Doctor who held power over his life and death, he truly had no other choice.
...
While Mu Jinyu was unaware of the commotion in the Xu family, he could guess the eventual outcome unless Xu Tianzheng didn't care to survive; he would certainly come seeking his help.
However, at this moment, he was too busy to speculate about the stirrings within the Xu family, as he had arrived at the front of a teahouse.
The teahouse was named First Grade Xuan, elegantly extravagant in decor, quite imposing. Ordinary folks, upon seeing it, dared not enter to drink tea.
Mu Jinyu, however, walked in with a calm demeanor, hands behind his back.
The servers, lazily resting in their chairs, barely glanced at Mu Jinyu as he entered. Though his attire hardly seemed suitable for such a place, one of them listlessly stood up and asked, "How much for the tea?"
Any casual customer happening to walk in and witness this scene would be greatly surprised; it was hard to imagine that such a large teahouse would have such indifferent staff who couldn't even bother to properly greet the customers.
Little wonder that there were no customers in the teahouse.
But Mu Jinyu had insight from Wen Rou and knew the teahouse was actually a front for a gambling den, so he found nothing odd.
The teahouse was merely a facade, a cover for prying eyes. Thus, there was no need for the staff to warmly welcome any patrons.
And regarding gambling, naturally, not too many people dressed formally, so the staff was used to such attire and found nothing odd.
Mu Jinyu, with a tranquil expression, reluctantly took out one hundred yuan, casually saying, "Start with one hundred."
"Alright, please wait." The server who stood up to serve Mu Jinyu glimpsed a trace of contempt but spoke without a change in tone. Taking the one hundred yuan handed to her, she went to prepare the tea.
It took less than three minutes.
The server soon brought over a cup of tea.
She then carelessly placed the teacup on an empty table and pulled a receipt from her pocket, tossing it to Mu Jinyu, "Here's your tea and your receipt."
Having said that, she returned to her original spot and picked up her cell phone to continue chatting with friends.
Mu Jinyu caught the receipt and mentally criticized their terrible service attitude!
Afterward, he looked at the teacup on the empty table. It was a very strong tea, yellowish and murky, with leaves still idly floating on the surface.
It seemed as if the server had randomly grabbed a handful of tea leaves, thrown them into the cup, and then just poured hot water over them before bringing it straight over.
This appearance was definitely not worth one hundred yuan.