Chapter 49: Believe It or Not
Bai Shoucheng's expression stiffened. His father was dead?
The old man had been in good health. Even though he was currently bedridden like the others, he shouldn't have just dropped dead. And definitely not in such a horrifying way—bleeding from all seven orifices!
'Could it be... that I'll suffer the same fate?'
He snapped his head toward Xiao Ye, his face a mask of horror. "It was you! You must have done this!"
"What does it have to do with me?"
Xiao Ye sneered. "This is the retribution for breaking your covenant!"
"Your Bai Family was originally just a poor, destitute, ordinary family. It was the Golden Saber that gave you everything you have today."
"But what happened? You became insatiably greedy. You wanted to give nothing in return and still possess the Golden Saber forever. What a fool's dream!"
"Everything in this world follows the laws of energy. What is full will wane, and going too far is as bad as not going far enough."
"Bai Shoucheng, you... you've become attached."
"It's your greed that has doomed the entire Bai Family."
As Xiao Ye was speaking, his phone suddenly rang.
He had just answered it when Kong Derun's anxious voice came through. "Divine Doctor Xiao, hurry and help! Elder Song is having an episode!"
Xiao Ye's brow furrowed slightly.
'For Kong Derun to be this anxious, it must be more than a simple illness.'
Although he didn't know Song Hanlin well, the man seemed to be a decent person.
'Fine, I'll make the trip.'
Xiao Ye nodded in agreement. "I'll be right there."
Watching Xiao Ye's retreating figure, Bai Shoucheng urged frantically, "Quick, push me home!"
He had to find a solution. He absolutely could not just sit here and wait for death!
Xiao Ye made his way to the Jiangpan Villa.
The car that had been following him also came to a slow stop.
The person who stepped out was none other than Bai Xue, her face still pale from before.
She had been studying out of town but received news that her grandfather was critically ill.
By the time she rushed back, the old man had already breathed his last.
Bai Xue felt no affection for this so-called grandfather; in fact, she even harbored some resentment.
Because years ago, it was her domineering grandfather who had driven her mother to her death!
So, even though her grandfather had died a sudden, violent death, Bai Xue felt no sadness.
What she had to do now was keep a close eye on Xiao Ye and see what other tricks he was planning to pull behind the scenes!
In Bai Xue's opinion, as a doctor, everything the Bai Family was suffering was definitely the result of foul play.
And Xiao Ye, right in front of her, was the biggest suspect!
She would not allow anyone to harm the Bai Family again!
Xiao Ye couldn't be bothered with her. He nodded to the guards at the gate and walked in.
Bai Xue was startled. She hadn't expected him to be able to get in.
She followed closely behind him. "Do you even know what this place is?"
Xiao Ye ignored her and kept walking.
"Let me tell you, a very formidable senior lives in here. It's not a place someone like you can just waltz in and out of."
"Oh, I get it. You're definitely planning to use your usual scams to trick people. I'll expose you for sure!"
Xiao Ye was speechless. 'Is this chick out of her mind?'
'The head of the Bai Family is dead, but instead of going back for the funeral, she's following me around? Why?'
He couldn't be bothered with Bai Xue and walked straight into the villa.
Kong Derun immediately came forward to greet him. "Divine Doctor Xiao, you're finally here! Quick, come with me!"
Bai Xue followed right behind. "Grandmaster Kong, how can you call him a Divine Doctor? He's just a charlatan who harms people!"
"I don't know what tricks he used to cause problems for everyone in our Bai Family, and then he has the nerve to talk about karmic retribution. It's absolutely ridiculous."
"If there really were such a thing as karmic retribution, why am I perfectly fine? Nothing's happened to me at all."
"You have to be vigilant! Don't let him fool you!"
The noise was making Kong Derun's head buzz. "Bai Xue, shut up. You are not to speak another word from this moment on."
He held Bai Xue's talent in Chinese medicine in high regard and was planning to take her on as a disciple after September.
Scolded by Kong Derun, Bai Xue didn't dare to act out of line again.
But the look she gave Xiao Ye was still filled with defiance.
'She refused to believe Xiao Ye was some Divine Doctor. It had to be a trick.'
Meanwhile, Xiao Ye had already walked into the room, where he saw Song Hanlin lying on the bed with his eyes shut tight, his expression pained, and his lips a purplish-blue.
Xiao Ye only needed a quick look to know what the problem was.
He took out his silver needles and flicked them into place.
The silver needles, placed head to tail, vibrated in unison without pause.
In almost no time, Song Hanlin was pricked until he looked like a sieve. His originally bluish-purple lips slowly began to regain their color.
His rapid breathing gradually steadied, and the furrow in his brow smoothed out.
Bai Xue, whose face had been full of scorn just moments ago, found her expression slowly freezing. "Th-this... How is this possible?"
Kong Derun said in a low voice, "See that? This is the true Acupuncture Technique. Even I am not one-tenth as skilled as he is."
The set of acupuncture procedures was finished.
Song Hanlin's complexion was much better than before, though he had yet to awaken.
Kong Derun hurried forward to thank him, still shaken from the ordeal.
If he hadn't called Xiao Ye over in time, a real tragedy might have occurred.
"Divine Doctor Xiao, we've really troubled you."
"It's nothing. I'll be going now."
Xiao Ye waved his hand, intending to leave.
Seeing this, Bai Xue immediately followed him. "Hey, I didn't expect you to actually know medicine."
"So you really are the one who harmed my family! What exactly did you do?!"
Medical skills can save lives, but they can also be used to harm people!
"You'd better tell me right now, or if anything else happens to the Bai Family, we will never let you off the hook!"
'So noisy!'
Xiao Ye's patience ran out. He finally turned his head, his gaze icy as he looked at her. "Everything happening to your Bai Family is deserved."
"If I wanted to make a move, I wouldn't need to go through all this trouble. A single word from me is all it would take to make the Bai Family disappear completely."
"Instead of coming here to question me, you should go back and ask your dear father what he did to bring this retribution upon you."
Bai Xue didn't believe a single word. "Things like 'retribution' don't exist!"
"Believe it or not." Xiao Ye turned and walked away.
Bai Xue hurried after him. "Hey! You definitely poisoned the Bai Family! You're coming with me to make an antidote right now!"
Xiao Ye quickened his pace, left the villa, got directly into one of Song Hanlin's subordinate's cars, and sped away.
Bai Xue stomped her foot in anger. "No way! I absolutely will not let you harm my family!"
With that, she quickly got in her car and gave chase.
Unfortunately, she wasn't a good driver and lost him halfway.
Bai Xue had no choice but to head back to the Bai Family residence first. Just as she walked in the door, her phone rang.
Ye Baiwei's voice, sounding very weak, came from the other end. "Bai Xue, come to my house. I have something to tell you."
"It's extremely important. It concerns the very survival of both our families! You must come, the sooner the better!"
Bai Xue looked at the disconnected call. Worried about Ye Baiwei, she had no choice but to rush to the Ye Family's home.
「In the dim room.」
Ye Baiwei was sitting on her bed. The dark sores on her face had started to ooze pus again. Not only that, but they were also showing signs of spreading and growing larger.
When Bai Xue saw her in this state, she was shocked. "Sister Bai Wei... what happened to you?"
"This is the Ye Family's retribution." Ye Baiwei looked up. "You must know about the Golden Saber, right?"
Bai Xue nodded. "I know. But even if that Golden Saber were made of pure gold, it couldn't possibly have such an effect. As for some 'retribution,' that's even more impossible."
"Sister Bai Wei, you might have contracted some kind of disease. I can find someone to take a look."
Seeing that she still didn't believe it, Ye Baiwei shook her head.
As a celebrity who had competed in the world of fame and fortune for many years, she had seen many unnatural things that science simply couldn't explain.
"Bai Xue, you have to believe what I'm about to say."
"The Golden Saber Covenant is real, and the fact that the Bai and Ye families have broken the agreement and are facing a catastrophe is also real!"