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Wang Tianlu's face was grim. "Elder Yang, I respect you as a Grandmaster of the Medical Path, but did you have to strike one of my men?" He could endure being insulted himself. But now that his own people had been hit, he couldn't tolerate it. Even if he offended Yang Shoukang, he could find other doctors. If he let this slide, however, his subordinates would lose heart, and that was a far greater risk!

"Necessary?" Yang Shoukang sneered. "Doctor Xu poured his heart and soul into saving a life, only to be met with your ridicule?

"Is this how you treat physicians who come to save the Wang Family?

"If I put in the same effort, would I also be met with your vicious words?"

At these words, Wang Tianlu's expression changed. That's a heavy accusation to level!

Meanwhile, Wong Qifu glanced at Xu Ke, somewhat surprised. She hadn't expected Yang Shoukang to defend Xu Ke so staunchly when he'd only been inside for a short while! Xu Ke's charisma is truly immense.

Noticing her gaze, Xu Ke gave a bitter smile.

At that moment, one of the core members who had been slapped hurriedly spoke up. "Elder Yang, you weren't upstairs, so you don't know what happened! Xu Ke wasn't trying his best to save Wang Yu because Wang Yu is actually Xu Ke's—"

But Yang Shoukang cut him off, looking completely uninterested. "What do I care what happened? You insulted one of our own, a physician, and you will pay the price for it!"

Yang Shoukang had a fiery temper and had no intention of letting the man finish. He shut the core member down with a single sentence. Utterly dejected, the man could only cast a pleading look toward Wang Tianlu. If even Wang Tianlu didn't dare to offend the Grandmaster of the Medical Path, how could a minor Wang Family member like him possibly do so?

Wang Tianlu stepped forward, his voice grave. "Elder Yang, I urge you to calm down. Do you know who injured Wang Yu?"

"Who?" Yang Shoukang asked.

"It was Xu Ke!"

Yang Shoukang's expression changed slightly. He clearly hadn't expected that it was Xu Ke who had kicked Wang Yu. He had been wondering who could be so bold as to attack Wang Yu during a Wang Family meeting, but he had been too focused on saving the patient to ask. To think it was Xu Ke, the very person who was trying to save her!

Wang Tianlu pressed on. "Yes, Wang Yu made a small mistake! But that's no reason for Xu Ke to beat her!" He wanted to use Xu Ke's assault to put Yang Shoukang on the defensive. If Yang Shoukang felt he was in the wrong, he wouldn't stop them from driving Xu Ke away. Forcibly expelling Xu Ke otherwise would only offend Yang Shoukang further, which wasn't worth the cost.

Just as he expected, a flicker of hesitation crossed Yang Shoukang's face. Although he was hot-tempered, he wasn't an unreasonable man. If Xu Ke truly had kicked Wang Yu so viciously, that would have been going too far.

Just then, Wong Qifu interjected with a cold laugh. "She conspired with the Ye Family to frame Xu Ke for colluding with outsiders, accused me of causing my own father's death, and refused to accept punishment. You call that a 'small mistake'?" She couldn't just stand by and watch Wang Tianlu put Yang Shoukang at a disadvantage!

Wang Tianlu's face instantly turned ashen. This is bad!

Yang Shoukang, however, erupted in fury. "Is that what happened?! She slandered Doctor Xu and dared to make an issue of Wang Jiangnian's death? Death would be too good for her!"

Now he understood why Xu Ke had attacked her. If it were him, he would have kicked Wang Yu until she was unconscious and vomiting blood, too.

Seeing Yang Shoukang's rage, the core members whose faces were swollen like pigs' heads quickly backed away, afraid of being slapped again.

Wang Tianlu took a deep breath. "Elder Yang, even if she did those things, that's no reason for Xu Ke to try to murder her, is it? Look at the damage from that kick! If not for your exceptional medical skills, Wang Yu would already be dead." Just moments ago, he was talking about an assault; now, to escalate the situation, he was claiming it was attempted murder!

"Hah, she deserved it!" Yang Shoukang scoffed.

Wang Tianlu choked on the words, suppressing his rage. "Besides, Xu Ke's greatest mistake here isn't the assault. I can understand that he was overcome with emotion and lost control for a moment. But he and Wong Qifu are actually claiming he was *treating* Wang Yu?

"Elder Yang, your medical skills are superlative. As a Grandmaster of the Medical Path, you are a man who would never confuse right and wrong. Tell me, what kind of medical technique requires one to first kick a person to the brink of death?"

He was putting Yang Shoukang on a pedestal, making it impossible for him to lie as blatantly as Wong Qifu had. And just as he'd hoped, Yang Shoukang hesitated. No matter how he looked at it, he had never heard of a treatment that required crippling someone first.

But at that moment, Wong Qifu spoke up. "Elder Yang, please forgive my presumption."

All eyes turned to her.

She continued, "In ancient times, there was the practice of scraping bone to remove poison. Is it really so strange that Xu Ke possesses a similarly unconventional technique? Your medical expertise is not as advanced as Xu Ke's, so it's perfectly normal that you might not have heard of it!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Yang Shoukang fell into deep thought, his expression unreadable...

Wong Gaoyang and Zhan Yunning, who had just arrived, looked horrified. Has Director Wang gone mad? To say a Grandmaster of the Medical Path's expertise is inferior to Xu Ke's? That's a grave insult to Yang Shoukang! Seeing him fall silent, the two grew desperate. This time, they've truly offended him!

Meanwhile, Wang Tianlu was laughing manically inside. Has Wong Qifu lost her mind? Everyone knows that Yang Shoukang is passionate about his work and takes the most pride in his medical skill. To claim he's inferior to a young man like Xu Ke is a direct humiliation! Yang Shoukang will definitely turn on them now!

The corridor fell deathly silent. Yang Shoukang was frowning in thought, and no one dared to speak. Wang Tianlu's men smiled triumphantly. The longer he stays silent, the more explosive his anger will be!

But Wong Qifu remained perfectly composed. She hadn't said that without a reason.

Just then, Yang Shoukang spoke. "Director Wang..."

Wang Tianlu and his men were ecstatic. Here it comes! Let the rage fly!

But Yang Shoukang suddenly nodded in firm agreement. "You're right. My medical expertise is indeed not as profound as Doctor Xu's, so it's perfectly normal that I wouldn't know of such a technique!"

The smugness on the faces of Wang Tianlu and his men froze. Their throats felt as if they'd been squeezed shut, like strangled ducks, leaving them unable to speak for a long moment. Zhan Yunning and Wong Gaoyang stared, dumbstruck, at Yang Shoukang.

At that moment, they had only one thought. Has the Grandmaster of the Medical Path gone mad?! Why would he go so far as to belittle his own skills for Xu Ke's sake? They didn't believe Xu Ke was actually more skilled than Yang Shoukang; they just assumed Yang Shoukang was debasing himself to help him.

Wang Tianlu was so furious he could have ground his teeth to dust. How can Yang Shoukang be so shameless? Was it really worth all this, just because Wang Yu accused Qifu of causing Wang Jiangnian's death?

That's right! From the very beginning, Wang Tianlu never believed Xu Ke possessed such powerful medical skills, nor did he believe Yang Shoukang was sincerely admitting inferiority. Age was the biggest factor. Even if Xu Ke had started studying medicine in the womb, he couldn't possibly compare to a master with as many years of renown as Yang Shoukang. He concluded that Yang Shoukang was only helping Wong Qifu and Xu Ke because he knew Wang Yu had slandered Wong Qifu using Wang Jiangnian's death. That's why he was spouting all this nonsense!

Thinking this, Wang Tianlu's expression turned cold. He gave up on trying to make Yang Shoukang move. It was clear he would get no help from the old man.

But he still had a way to drive Xu Ke out of the Wang Family!