The Crazy Son-In-Law

The man in the black jacket never expected someone who looked so gentle and indifferent would be so ruthless. He was immediately terrified, baring his teeth and saying, “It was Young Master Cheng. He gave me three million to take your life.”

“Young Master Cheng? I don’t know him. Tell me his full name.”

“Cheng Yu, the third son of the Cheng family in the capital,” the man in the black jacket replied hastily, his face pale from fear and blood loss.

Cheng Yu? Xiao Shun carefully thought for a moment and remembered that it was the person he met with Tang Shishi that morning. At the time, Tang Shishi seemed to have called him by name.

“So, you’re not from the Tang family?”This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“I am, actually. I’m one of Mr. Tang’s drivers.”

Xiao Shun probably understood the situation now. Cheng Yu was in cahoots with the Tang family’s driver, wanting to take his life. After all, he was just a small-time doctor, and his life wasn’t worth much. The driver could go back and tell Tang Li that they had failed to pick up the doctor. In any case, by then, the doctor would be long gone, and there would be no one to testify no matter what happened. Tang Li probably wouldn’t make a big fuss over a small-time doctor.

Perhaps Tang Li would even think that the doctor Tang Shishi invited wasn’t very reliable, that he just changed his mind halfway. In short, this matter wouldn’t cause too much of a stir.

“Go back and tell that Cheng guy that I have nothing to do with Tang Shishi. He should stop bothering me, or I’ll twist his head off.” Xiao Shun threw the knife to the ground.

“I won’t go to the Tang family tonight. I’ll go there myself tomorrow.”

After saying that, he went to the trunk, opened it, took out his luggage, and walked straight toward the entrance of the alley. This series of actions made the man in the black jacket dazed for a moment, momentarily forgetting that blood was still seeping from his leg.

It was just a small incident, and Xiao Shun didn’t take it to heart. It was more like a bit of stretching after getting off a long flight. After returning to the hotel and washing up briefly, he called Tang Shishi to ask for the Tang family’s address. He didn’t mention what had happened on the way, only saying that he was a bit tired and that it was getting late, so he would go tomorrow. Tang Shishi didn’t suspect anything and happily sent the address to his phone.

The next morning, he left his luggage at the hotel and took a taxi to the Tang family’s residence. The Tang family mansion was located behind Manson Forest Park in the capital, nestled against mountains and water, surrounded by willows.

Individual villas were hidden among the green mountains and clear waters. In a place like the capital, where land is worth its weight in gold, the value of these villas was undoubtedly high. Presumably, Tang Shishi had given special instructions, and he had entered the Tang family’s villa without any hindrance.

The interior of the villa was decorated luxuriously, showcasing its opulence. A woman dressed as a housekeeper led him directly to the second floor of the villa. At that time, several doctors in white coats were diagnosing Tang Li in a bedroom on the second floor. However, looking at their faces, their worried expressions showed that they were at a loss.

In addition to the doctors in white coats, there was an old man with a thin face, white hair, and a somewhat immortal appearance. He was Qin Guangyuan, a renowned figure in traditional medicine, on par with Wang Ye. Tang Li was lying on the bed, restless and impatient, with swollen eyes, like a ripe peach. His chest buttons were opened, revealing many blisters on his chest, and his neck was blood-red, obviously due to scratching.

Sitting next to the sickbed was a woman in her forties, dressed elegantly and still charming. She must be Tang Shishi’s mother, whom Tang Shishi had mentioned to him about the family situation. The middle-aged woman sat there with a worried look on her face, constantly comforting, “Bear with it, don’t scratch. The doctors will come up with a solution soon. Shishi called yesterday and said she found a good doctor from outside the city who would definitely cure your illness…”

As soon as her words fell, she saw the housekeeper leading a young man of unremarkable appearance standing at the door. She didn’t stand up, and with a displeased expression on her face, she said, “Zhou, what are you doing bringing someone in here at this time?”

Hearing her words, everyone turned their attention to the door.

“This is Mr. Xiao, the one Miss Tang invited from Stillwater,” Zhou the housekeeper said.

Xiao Shun respectfully nodded and greeted, “Hello, Mrs. Tang. My name is Xiao Shun.”

Yan Ying looked Xiao Shun up and down. A smile quickly flashed across her gloomy face, and she immediately stood up, speaking earnestly, “Mr. Xiao, please come and take a look at my husband. What’s wrong with him?”

Xiao Shun smiled faintly, “There’s no need to examine him. Mr. Tang has been poisoned.”

Upon hearing this, Yan Ying’s face changed slightly, and the other doctors looked at him with disdain. They already had a poor impression of this clown-like young man. Even people with high status like Wang Ye and Qin Guangyuan dared not say they were completely certain about this illness. Yet this youngster appeared calm and showed no shame. He was truly too arrogant.

“Young people nowadays are too impulsive. After learning medicine for a few days, they think they are amazing. If it’s poisoning, do you think we wouldn’t find out?”

Qin Guangyuan also sized up Xiao Shun. Wang Ye had told him about a young doctor he encountered in Stillwater, but now it seemed Wang Ye might have been mistaken. He had been practicing medicine for decades, diagnosed countless cases, encountered various difficult diseases, and naturally knew about poisons. He had never seen symptoms like Tang Li’s.

Others might not know, but Qin Guangyuan was well over seventy and had been in the traditional medical field for decades. He had some understanding of the Tang family and their affairs. The Tang family’s lineage had been passed down for hundreds of years, and they were absolutely unparalleled in the use of poison. However, using poison was always despised by the world. Plus, there were indeed fewer opportunities to use poison in modern times. A head of the Tang family from decades ago voluntarily declared that the Tang family would no longer use poison in order to avoid being despised by others.

But not using poison did not mean that the tradition was lost. Tang Li, as the head of the Tang family, would certainly inherit the family’s unique skills and naturally know all about various poisons. How could he be completely unaware? It was simply too absurd. So Qin Guangyuan looked at Xiao Shun with a bit of disdain; this young man was indeed exaggerating.

“What major did you study, young man?” asked one of the middle-aged doctors in a white coat.

“Oh, I studied traditional medicine,” Xiao Shun replied casually.

Upon hearing this, the crowd was astonished and then looked at him with mocking expressions. It was hard to achieve great success in traditional medicine without years or even decades of experience. Seeing that he was only in his twenties and determined the cause to be poisoning without even looking at the patient, wasn’t that a joke? Moreover, with a traditional medicine master like Qin Guangyuan present, this young man was really overconfident.

“Madam Tang, kick him out. This man is just causing trouble. There’s no need to continue this, or it will delay Mr. Tang’s condition,” someone sneered.