Chapter 750: A New Discovery—A Case Similar to Xiahou Huai Gui (Second Update)
Jin Nuoyan is truly willing to destroy her own appearance.
Xu Xingguang, who didn’t have the malicious tendency to force a girl to disfigure herself, finally looked at Jin Nuoyan directly. “You want to see her, just go to Wuyuan Town, why beg me?”
But Jin Nuoyan shook her head and said, “No, I’m forbidden from stepping into Wuyuan Town.”
Xu Xingguang wasn’t aware of this matter.
“What did you do?” Elder Tan Nan is considered a good-tempered old man, for Jin Nuoyan to anger him means she must have made a big mistake.
Jin Nuoyan said unwillingly, “Elder Tan Nan is a respected elder even at the Ying Family headquarters. When she decided to retire and live in seclusion at Cattle Hump, my dad was determined to send me to Wuyuan Town to apprentice under her.”
“But I’m not as talented as you. I went to Wuyuan Town, didn’t manage to save the No. 18 medicine field, and offended Elder Tan Nan because of my youthful arrogance. After that, Elder Tan Nan banned me from entering Wuyuan Town.”
“How did you offend her?” Xu Xingguang was quite curious.
Jin Nuoyan pouted before saying, “I didn’t know at the time that Elder Tan Nan was the guardian of the No. 18 medicine field. When things didn’t go well working there and the old woman guarding it scolded me for being restless and impetuous, I was upset, so…”
She bit her red lips, her expression hard to articulate, her voice as light as a mosquito: “So I spread a smear rumor about her.”
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After a while, Xu Xingguang finally said, “You deserve it.” Spreading rumors about an elderly woman, Jin Nuoyan’s shamelessness refreshed Xu Xingguang’s views.
Xu Xingguang felt no sympathy for Jin Nuoyan, and didn’t hold back when mocking her, “So young, and already using your status as the City Lord’s daughter in Golden Gate City to show off, even spreading smear rumors about a highly respected old doctor. Saying you have the brain of a pig would be an insult to pigs.”
Jin Nuoyan was so humiliated by her that she was about to cry, yet she still held back and didn’t leave.
“Xu Xingguang, my brother really can’t hold on. We took him to Medicine King City for treatment, but they all said my brother’s condition isn’t a disease, but a Gu. There’s no cure for it!”
“In the Central Yu Alliance, only Elder Tan Nan is skilled at treating parasitic Gu worms. But last time I offended you, and in anger, Elder Tan Nan personally visited the City Lord Mansion, publicly severing ties with us. Now, even my father can’t arrange to meet her.”
Xu Xingguang didn’t know Elder Tan Nan had gone to the City Lord Mansion to stand up for her.
She felt a hint of warmth in the situation.
“Xu Xingguang, Elder Tan Nan is most fond of you.” Suddenly, Jin Nuoyan knelt down in front of Xu Xingguang.
In broad daylight, Miss Jin could humble herself and kneel to Xu Xingguang, showing that she was truly at a dead end.
“Xu Xingguang, as long as you can persuade Elder Tan Nan to save my brother’s life, I’m willing to destroy my own appearance, or even give up my life!”
Jin Nuoyan grabbed Xu Xingguang’s wrist, crying and pleading with her, “I only have one brother, please, take me to meet Elder Tan Nan, okay?”
Looking at the tearful Jin Nuoyan, Xu Xingguang felt somewhat annoyed but also moved by compassion.
This girl, though arrogant and unruly, and looking down on people from the mortal world, grew up in Golden Gate City and at least hasn’t caused any scandals of acting wantonly.
It shows that she’s just a spoiled young lady with a bad temperament.
Xu Xingguang clicked her tongue before saying, “Since Elder Tan Nan said she wouldn’t associate with the City Lord Mansion, it means she really doesn’t want to be entangled with you all.”
Jin Nuoyan’s pretty face instantly turned ashen. “Then my brother really has no way out?”
Xu Xingguang glanced at her pale face and sighed, “If you can publicly apologize to my teacher in front of the whole city and vow never to bully others or fabricate rumors again, I can visit the City Lord Mansion on behalf of my teacher to check on your brother and discuss his condition more thoroughly with her.”
Faced with a turning point, hope reignited in Jin Nuoyan’s eyes.
Being Elder Tan Nan’s only student, Xu Xingguang was her most favored and presumably competent. It was better for her to check her brother’s condition than for Elder Tan Nan to completely ignore them.
Jin Nuoyan quickly nodded, “Okay! I’ll apologize! I’ll apologize right away!”
Jin Nuoyan stood up, wiped her tears hastily, and pulled up her skirt as she ran towards the administration building of the admissions office.
Standing on the rooftop of the administration building, she gazed at the street below, crowded with citizens and peers arriving to enroll. She struggled within for quite a while, then closed her eyes and shouted, “I am Jin Nuoyan, and I want to apologize to Elder Tan Nan. I was too lazy to endure hardship, was dissatisfied with the assessment tasks Elder Tan Nan gave me, and deliberately spread rumors to damage her reputation!”