Chapter 796 - Sharpening the Butcher Knife (1/2)

Chapter 796: Sharpening the Butcher Knife

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Ma Jianfeng’s posture was very low, since he was the one who needed help from the other party, and more so that his wastrel son had also offended said party. So, he stood outside the window and bent over to greet Tang Xiu with a smile while concealing the solid depressed feeling inside.

Bam…

Tang Xiu got out of the car and closed the door with his backhand. He looked at Ma Jianfeng and nodded. “Yes, I’m Tang Xiu. May I know your name?”

“I’m Ma Jianfeng. Jian as in development, and Feng as in a mountain peak.”

“Ah, it turns out to be the Head of Ma Family. Pleased to meet you.”

Tang Xiu smiled. He was not an unbridled youth. The Head of Ma Family had been acting so humbly, and he could not return such amiable manners with arrogance, for a sane person would never slap the face of those who were smiling at him. Not to mention that the Ma Family was also one of the top families in Tianjing, so it was not easy for Ma Jianfeng to act like this either.

After shaking hands and some polite and amiable civilities, Tang Xiu slowly said, “I’ve learned the reason why the Head of Ma Family would spend so much time and effort to see me. However, let’s say the unpleasant things first. I don’t know the current condition of the old patriarch of your family, nor do I know what his illness is, so I don’t dare to give a 100% guarantee on if I’m able to cure him.”

Ma Jianfeng retracted back his smile and replied with all seriousness, “I understand what you said, Divine Doctor Tang. Still, I hope that you can do your best. You could say that you’re the last straw of hope that my father might be cured. We will do our best to fulfill whatever requirement you may need. That I can promise you.”

A gleam of surprise flashed in Tang Xiu’s eyes. He waved and said, “A doctor does have a duty to treat the sick and save people, so let’s put my request aside for now. I’ve long heard of Ma Family’s good reputation, whether in Tianjing or in the country.”

“You’re overpraising us, Divine Doctor Tang,” said Ma Jianfeng modestly. “But I myself have a guilty conscience. I’m ashamed that my son has acted hastily and offended you. In retrospect, I will make him apologize and plead for your forgiveness.”

“Your son?”

Tang Xiu deliberately pretended to be oblivious and put on a quizzical look.

Ma Jianfeng was surprised and asked, “You didn’t know Ma Xiaorong is my fourth son, Divine Doctor Tang?”

Cold and indifference suddenly replaced Tang Xiu’s expression. He even opened the car’s door and sat back under the watchful eyes of the Ma Family. He then looked through the window toward Mo Awu and spoke, “Awu, return to Shanghai.”

Ma Jianfeng’s heart thumped. “Dr. Tang, you are…” he hastily said with a smile, “I know it was all my son’s fault. Please don’t stoop to the likes of my good-for-nothing son and forgive his past wrongdoings with your magnanimous heart.”

“You know, I originally thought the Ma Family was as good as the hearsays,” said Tang Xiu apathetically. “Never did I expect that the juniors of your family are an utter disgrace. A friend of mine told me that Ma Xiaorong is the brutish scoundrel of Tianjing, relying on the little bit of power of the family to incite outrages. I’ve experienced his deeds too! Not only did he bully the waiting ladies at Mingyuan Resort last night, but he also ordered his bodyguards to surround me. If it weren’t for my kung fu, I’d have been sent to the hospital by now.”

Ma Jianfeng was deeply shocked. Although he knew his fourth son was usually ignorant and incompetent, little did he think that he would be such a sissy to stoop down to this degree that he even bullied girls, and ordered his bodyguards to surround and beat up others.

All of a sudden, Ma Jinfeng felt that his punishment for his wastrel son was too light. Had he learned earlier about it, he would have used his whip to flog him dozens of times, forcing him to clearly memorize the disciplining lesson of his family’s ancestors. His thoughts were similarly shared with the rest of the Ma Family’s core members, who came together. All of them could hear every single word Tang Xiu said perfectly. For a while, every one of them looked angry, and their evaluation of Ma Xiaorong dropped in the extreme.

In actuality, they too had done some shady and shameful business, but it was all for a reason: be it because of personal enmity or for some benefit, and also they produced good results. Yet, provoking trouble everywhere without any cause or reason, nor running amok to act against the law and reason like a tyrant, was something they had never done.

Ma Jianfeng took a deep breath and solemnly said, “Dr. Tang, I admit that I’ve been so busy developing the Ma Family that I neglected my responsibility to discipline my own son as a father. You can rest assured that I’ll definitely have him under my control and make sure that he won’t carry on his misdeeds ever again. Although I already punished him, it’s still not enough, so I’ll make him taste the consequences of his misdeeds later.”

Tang Xiu was silent for half a minute, pulled out a cigarette and took a puff after igniting it. As the smoke puffed out of his mouth, he said, “I may be able to cure and save your father, but the visiting fee will be indispensable. I hope you can accept my request.”

“That’s only natural, and we accept.”

Yet, Ma Jianfeng was quite depressed! He was naturally a shrewd and astute person acting as the Head of Ma Family. How could he not sense Tang Xiu’s vexed feeling and was preparing his butcher knife to chop down the meat of Ma Family’s?

And yet, he knew perfectly well that he couldn’t blame him either! If it wasn’t for his wastrel son offending him, Tang Xiu wouldn’t have demanded such a ridiculous request since he was, after all, a Divine Doctor! And those who aspired and had become such miracle-working doctors were not only required to have excellent medical expertise to turn the foul and rotten into the rare and ethereal, but they also had the most important medical ethics.

The lips of the Ma Family’s core members behind him twitched, along with the secretly growing resentment in their heart toward Ma Xiaorong. If it wasn’t for this good-for-nothing bastard, Tang Xiu wouldn’t have thought to butcher them, would he? If… in the case that Tang Xiu’s request was too much, they would definitely ask the family head to break that bastard’s leg.