Ultimate Master in Urban

Thief!

Ye Feng naturally knew the identity of the blond youth; there were many such thieves on the train, difficult to eliminate, and he had no intention of meddling.

However, when Ye Feng saw the thief leisurely walking toward the direction of the two old people, he still frowned slightly.

These two old people were clearly from the countryside, their clothes full of dirt, hair gray and disheveled, complexion sallow and dark, brows deeply furrowed, seemingly troubled by some difficulties.

In the arms of the elderly couple was a frail little boy, his complexion yellowish, eye sockets sunken, looking listless as if he was ill.

"Yangyang, eat something first. We'll soon arrive in Jiangnan City, and we will certainly cure your sickness!" The old grandma holding the boy had red eyes and her voice choked, as if she had just cried, now comforting the boy.

"Grandma! Yangyang is in pain, Yangyang is uncomfortable!" The boy tried hard to open his eyes, looking at his haggard grandmother, saying:

"Grandma, why are you crying! Yangyang is not well, Yangyang doesn't hurt anymore! Yangyang has grown up, I'll take care of grandma, don't cry!"

The little boy was very sensible, comforting his grandmother when he saw her tears.

Seeing this scene, many nearby passengers couldn't bear it, and someone asked, "Old lady, what sickness does the child have? Why is it so serious?"

The old grandma with gray hair, having heard the question, burst into tears, sobbing.

The old man sitting next to her let out a long sigh, his eyes reddened, "Sepsis, the doctors in our county said we need to amputate as soon as possible to save his life! But the conditions in our county aren't good enough; to stop the spread of the virus, we must go to a big hospital in Jiangnan City!"

Sepsis!

Hearing this, the expressions of the other passengers all darkened, knowing that even if the child's amputation was successful, his life was essentially over.

"Where are the child's parents? Why is it just the two of you old folks bringing the child?"

Hearing this, the old man's complexion grew even more somber, deeply suffused with a sense of gray despair, "Our son and daughter-in-law were in a car accident three years ago; they're gone!"

Although the old man's words were very brief, the despair in them made everyone's heart feel bleak. The old grandma, upon hearing her son mentioned, cried even harder.

"What a pity! This family is thoroughly ruined!"

"Yes! Even if the child's surgery is successful, his latter half of life is ruined!"

"Alas! They aren't swindlers, are they?"

Most of the nearby passengers were extremely sympathetic to the old couple, but some suspected they were swindlers, trying to deceive others' sympathy.

However, the old couple paid no mind to the attitudes of the passengers around them; their thoughts were entirely focused on their grandson.

Upon hearing the old people's words, Ye Feng sighed inwardly. He saw many bruises and purplish spots on the boy's leg, indeed symptomatic of sepsis.

"Those two old people are really pitiable!"

Fang Qingxue had also heard the old people and passengers' conversation. Her eyes reddened, clearly also feeling sad for the boy.

Thereupon, Fang Qingxue took a piece of paper out of her bag and swiftly wrote down a string of numbers before she said,

"Brother Ye, I'm going to step out for a moment!"

Ye Feng was taken aback, but then quickly stood up to let Fang Qingxue pass.

Fang Qingxue walked quickly to the old couple's side, rummaged through her pocket, and pulled out two thousand yuan along with the paper containing the numbers and handed them to the elderly,

"Grandpa, grandma, please take this money. When you get to Jiangnan City, if you encounter any difficulties, call this number. Someone will help you!"

"Girl, this..."

The old couple were at a loss, having just casually mentioned the child's sickness when asked, without ever intending to elicit sympathy from strangers. Now seeing Fang Qingxue offering them money and the piece of paper, they didn't know what to do.

"Grandpa, grandma, please accept it! I don't carry much money with me; this is just a small token of my heart!" Fang Qingxue, seeing the old people hesitant, stuffed the money into their hands.

"Good people, good people... Yangyang, hurry! Thank grandma for this sister!" The old couple, moved to tears, gestured to their grandson who also seemed to realize what was happening, and with difficulty, he opened his eyes and looked towards Fang Qingxue,

"Sister, Yangyang... thank you!"

"Yangyang, be good! Rest and heal, sister believes you can definitely get better!" Fang Qingxue, seeing the pitiful state of the boy, couldn't hold back her tears and they fell.

After consoling the boy for a while, Fang Qingxue returned to her seat.

However, just as Fang Qingxue sat down, Lai Hongbin across from her couldn't help but speak,

"Qingxue, why would you give money to someone for no reason! You should know, there are many swindlers like that in society these days, especially on trains, preying on passengers' sympathy to deceive them of money and possessions! I think, this time you've probably been duped!"

Lai Hongbin looked savvy, but his words felt particularly jarring to Fang Qingxue.

"There are many swindlers in this society, but kinship can't be faked! The bond between those two old people and that child is kinship; they are not swindlers!"

Fang Qingxue replied indifferently to Lai Hongbin, then her expression turned cold, and she fell silent.

Lai Hongbin chuckled sheepishly, knowing he had upset Fang Qingxue, but in his mind, he still believed the old couple were swindlers.

"My... my money, it's gone!"

At that moment, a cry of alarm rang out, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

The surrounding passengers turned to look, only to find that the one speaking was the old man from before.

At that moment, the old man looked panic-stricken at his pocket. When he had intended to put the two thousand yuan into it, he discovered his pocket had been slit open with a blade, and the ten thousand yuan for his grandson's amputation had vanished.

The old man felt dizzy and weakly collapsed to the ground. It had taken him begging throughout the entire village to scrape together that money, the lifesaving fund for his grandson, but now...

"Grandma, grandma, what's wrong? Don't scare Yangyang..."

Just then, the boy's crying voice was heard; the old grandma had been scared into fainting on the seat.

"Child's mother, what happened to you? Child's mother, don't scare me!"

The old man struggled to his feet, supporting his wife as he cried out desperately, "Save us! Quick, save us!"

"What's wrong! What's happened?"

The surrounding passengers panicked, some helping to support the old woman while others asked questions from all directions.

"My...my wife, she's had a stroke, it must have been the shock just now!"

Tears streamed down the old man's face, his fingers trembling as he tried to pinch his wife's philtrum, but she remained unresponsive.

"What to do! What can we do!" the old man cried, his face etched with desperation and helplessness.

Ever since learning their grandson had sepsis, the elderly couple had not had a calm night's sleep. By selling everything they could and borrowing from neighbors, they had managed to scrape together the money needed to save their grandson's life, only to have it stolen on the train.

And now his wife had passed out too. The successive blows had almost extinguished all the old man's hopes.

"If the stroke isn't treated in time, there's a high risk of paralysis, even death!"

"Yes, it's such a common affliction these days, and so hard to completely cure!"

"Call the conductor, maybe they can do something!"

"Right! Call the conductor! Otherwise, it's all over!"

It was then that the passengers snapped out of their shock, and a young man in his twenties immediately went to find the train staff, while others helped hold the boy and support the old woman.

In a moment, the whole carriage was in chaos.

"Let me have a look!"

Just as everyone was in a flurry, a voice made its way through the commotion.

"Hmm? Could there be a doctor on board? That would be so great!"

Many passengers thought there was a doctor on the train and were overjoyed. But when they saw that the speaker was a young man in his twenties, their spirits deflated like a leaky balloon.

The old man was taken aback too, but he was like a headless fly, incapable of coherent thought.

"Young man, please look at my wife, why isn't she waking up!" the old man begged, his eyes welling up with tears, truly out of options.

The young man was Ye Feng. He nodded at the old man and then began to carefully examine the old woman.

Fang Qingxue and Lai Hongbin had already gathered around. When they saw Ye Feng step forward to examine the woman, both were surprised.

"That's right! Ye Big Brother, you're studying clinical medicine, check if there's anything you can do!" Fang Qingxue's eyes brightened as she urged him on.

Seeing Fang Qingxue's warmth towards Ye Feng, Lai Hongbin's face darkened slightly. He curled his lips, saying sarcastically:

"Brother Ye, although you're enrolled in clinical medicine, you haven't attended a single class! I'd advise you not to act rashly. Otherwise, if anything goes wrong, you'll be unlucky for the rest of your life!"

Though Lai Hongbin sounded like he was advising Ye Feng, he was actually telling Fang Qingxue and the other passengers that Ye Feng was just a student who hadn't even started college yet and was therefore unlikely to revive the elderly woman.

Fang Qingxue, who had been anxious, woke up to reality upon hearing Lai Hongbin's words, a flash of disappointment crossing her pretty face.

Not just her, the other passengers also looked troubled. If this young inexperienced man were to make things worse, what then?

The old man hesitated, but seeing Ye Feng's earnest demeanor, he didn't want to stop him.

"I believe in big brother!"

It was then Yangyang spoke up. His little eyes were filled with eagerness, as if he wished his grandmother could be well again instantly.

Children are so pure!

Ye Feng seemed to understand the lack of confidence the passengers had in him, but he didn't care. He just smiled at Yangyang, then placed his hands on the old woman's temples.

"Hmm? What's he doing?"

"Exactly! If he were a doctor he wouldn't be doing that!"

"..."

Although the passengers were full of doubts, they didn't interrupt, seeing Ye Feng's serious expression.

A stroke is caused by localized necrosis or softening of brain tissue due to lack of blood and oxygen. What Ye Feng intended to do was to restore vitality to these necrotic and softened brain tissues.

His palms were firmly placed on the old woman's temples, invisible energy seeped into the elderly woman's brain, slowly cleansing and repairing the necrotic brain tissue.

One minute, two minutes, time slowly passed.

The surrounding passengers remained silent. Although they felt Ye Feng was unreliable, they still harbored hope for a miracle.

But after more than ten minutes had passed without the elderly woman regaining consciousness, they gave up on any hope.

Seeing this, Lai Hongbin, who had been watching with a sense of schadenfreude, let out a substantial sneer.

Humph! This guy is just showing off, trying to catch Fang Qingxue's attention! But... heh!

"Enough! Brother Ye, stop pretending! I'm telling you, if you delay this old lady's treatment, you're going to have to take responsibility for the consequences!" Lai Hongbin said with folded arms and a sneer directed at Ye Feng.

Hearing this, Fang Qingxue wasn't having any of it. With a frosty face, she glared at Lai Hongbin:

"Ye Big Brother is only trying to help. If he can save the old lady, that's great, but even if he can't, it has nothing to do with him! You shouldn't be making such baseless accusations!"

Fang Qingxue's icy words made Lai Hongbin uncomfortable, and he took this resentment out on Ye Feng.

Just as Lai Hongbin was about to retort, suddenly a voice of surprise sounded:

"Quick, look! The old woman's waking up!"