Chapter 44: Angry
Back in his office, Chen Dong habitually booted up his computer and logged into the game.
He clicked open the leaderboards out of muscle memory.
An instant wave of annoyance washed over him.
That bastard Sheng Yi He Huan had once again surpassed Chen Dong in combat power.
Having just made a fortune selling a Divine Artifact and with the bank card from the Yang Family, Chen Dong was feeling flush. He wasn't just spending a few hundred or a thousand here and there anymore; he immediately dropped ten thousand.
His combat power shot back to the top of the rankings.
He decisively sent Sheng Yi He Huan a private message: "Let's fight!"
Sheng Yi He Huan quickly replied: "You just wait!"
Just when Chen Dong thought he could finally avenge his past humiliations and brutally crush this warrior who had been bullying him for so long, Sheng Yi He Huan suddenly logged off.
This made Chen Dong grind his teeth in frustration. He took it out on the wild mobs, slaughtering them indiscriminately.
Sheng Yi He Huan never came back online. Before he knew it, it was noon, and the representatives from the five major banks had arrived.
Chen Dong found Li Huiran, but seeing how busy she was, he decided against asking her to come with him to give Tang Dan his acupuncture treatment.
When he walked up to her, she shooed him away. "Go away, I'm busy! Just looking at you is annoying!"
Chen Dong felt like grabbing her by the nose and asking, 'Is this how you treat a hero?'
But he decided against it, shrugging helplessly. 'Fine, heroes can be wronged!'
Chen Dong went to the Jiangzhou Hotel alone, ready to give Tang Dan his final treatment.
Inside Tang Dan's room, an old woman with a dignified air sat on the sofa, leaning on a dragon-head cane. Tang Dan stood by her side, waiting on her like a servant.
As soon as Chen Dong arrived, the old woman slowly rose and performed a fist-and-palm salute. "Divine Doctor Chen, you truly are young and promising. The Tang Clan pays its respects."
Chen Dong returned the salute. "Chen Dong pays his respects to Madam Tang."
'After all, Tang Dan had even given him a plot of land. He had to be polite to his family.'
The old matriarch smiled and said, "To think that my Tang Family can finally have an heir... I just couldn't sit still. I couldn't resist coming to see for myself."
Chen Dong raised an eyebrow and looked at Tang Dan. 'Is this something you can watch?'
Tang Dan also looked troubled and called out to the old matriarch, "Grandma!"
The old matriarch laughed kindly. "I won't watch, I won't watch. I have also come today for another matter, and I must ask for Divine Doctor Chen's help."
Chen Dong frowned slightly. "First, tell me what it is."
The old matriarch nodded and called out, "Wan Jun, bring Ruo Ling out."
A plump woman of about twenty-five or twenty-six, sitting in a wheelchair, was pushed out of the room by Mu Wanjun.
Chen Dong knew what was wrong with a single glance.
The woman's legs also suffered from withered meridians. Her upper body was plump, but her legs were stick-thin.
'It would be troublesome, but it was hard to refuse. Old Tang was a major client, after all.'
Seeing the hopeful look in the woman's eyes, Chen Dong nodded. "I can treat it."
An Ruoling's round face bloomed into a smile. Her once bleak life now had a glimmer of hope.
The old matriarch smiled and nodded. "Excellent! Excellent! Ruo Ling is my god-granddaughter. Her family and the Tang Family are the closest of friends—if you go back five generations, we're even close relatives. I couldn't bear to watch her suffer like this. When I learned that Divine Doctor Chen could treat this condition, I brought her here to Jiangzhou, prepared to shamelessly beg for your help. I never expected you to be so kind and benevolent."
"Enough with the praise. Let's hurry up and start the treatment," Chen Dong said, his expression a little pained.
'Slowly stimulating the growth of her meridians wasn't much easier than creating them from scratch. It would take time and consume a lot of his True Qi.'
After treating Tang Dan, he began treating An Ruoling. Her case was more troublesome than Tang Dan's; more of the meridians in her legs were completely dead. Even for someone like Chen Dong, it would take four or five days, with one acupuncture session per day.
Treating two people back-to-back took him well into the afternoon.
Seeing he still had some time before the end of the workday, Chen Dong politely declined the Tang Family's dinner invitation, thinking he would go back and have a showdown with Sheng Yi He Huan.
Chen Dong rushed back to the company, opened his computer, and logged into the game.
As soon as he logged in, he saw Sheng Yi He Huan standing opposite him.
When enemies meet, sparks are bound to fly. Chen Dong raised his weapon and charged.
The battle was over in an instant. Sheng Yi He Huan had killed First Under Heaven.
Staring at his own corpse, Chen Dong was stunned. 'But my combat power was higher than his!'
He opened the leaderboards only to discover that Sheng Yi He Huan's combat power had surpassed his yet again.
He chose to resurrect in the city, ready to drop more money. He couldn't stand being one-upped like this!
He pulled out his phone to make a purchase, but just then, Li Huiran called.
Chen Dong hung up and tried to top up his account again, but Li Huiran called once more.
He hung up again. She called again.
A murderous look filled Chen Dong's eyes.
Sheng Yi He Huan logged off, leaving behind a message: "Trash!"
Since he wouldn't answer her calls, Li Huiran sent him a message asking to go home together.
Surrounded by a group of bodyguards, Li Huiran found a black-faced Chen Dong in the parking garage.
She was about to demand why he hadn't answered her calls, but the words that came out were: "Are you angry?"
Chen Dong ignored her.
The two of them got in the car and left. Li Huiran asked again, "Are you really angry?"
Chen Dong's expression remained dark, and he continued to ignore her.
Li Huiran's tone turned icy. "I didn't realize you were so petty."
Seeing that Chen Dong wasn't talking, she changed the subject. "By the way, what was the deal with the investment today?"
Chen Dong snapped, "Don't talk to me!"
That lit the fuse. Li Huiran shouted, "Fine, don't talk! Whoever speaks next is a dog!"