"Mr. Chu, I am Ma Ren, Old Shen's senior apprentice. You can also call me Old Ma... What's wrong with your leg?"
Chu Xiao smiled and shook hands with Ma Ren.
"It's nothing. I was in a car accident a few days ago, but I'm almost recovered now."
Ma Ren, without any hesitation, offered his recommendation: "If it's a bone injury, my Ma family has a family heirloom called Black Jade Bone-Mending Ointment, which can help you heal your bones and flesh. I'll have my granddaughter get you some later."
Upon hearing this, Chu Xiao smiled at Ma Ren.
"Okay, thank you, Professor Ma."
The group chatted and laughed as they sat down at the table.
The table was laden with delicacies such as abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, and fish maw, along with a bottle of red wine worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
But no one touched their chopsticks; instead, they all stood up, eagerly asking:
"Mr. Chu, Old Shen said you have a lot of antiques, is that true?"
"That ancient medical book from the Great Thousand Years was also given to Old Shen by you. May I ask if the one you're holding is the second half of that ancient medical book from the Great Thousand Years? Could you please let us old folks see it?"
As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes fell on the package in his arms.
But just then, a startled voice rang out from the doorway: "It's you! You've been following me?"
Chu Xiao was startled by the voice.
But he quickly smiled and said, "Miss Ma, we meet again, but I didn't follow you."
"You still say you weren't following me? You were downstairs just now..."
Before she could finish speaking, Ma Ren quickly stopped her: "Dingdang, how can you speak to Mr. Chu like that? He is the distinguished guest invited by your Grandpa Chen."
"What? He's Chu Xiao?"
Ma Dingdang frowned, unable to believe it.
The man in front of me was wearing pajamas, his hair was messy, and he was in a wheelchair. He was nothing like the handsome young man that Chairman Shen had described.
He's just like a drug-addicted young man.
They even said they'd introduce her to a boyfriend, and this is the kind of man they'd introduce?
Ma Dingdang felt cheated by the old men and angrily walked up to Ma Ren.
"Grandpa, please have dinner with the other grandpas. I'll be going now."
Unexpectedly, Ma Ren forcibly grabbed her arm and said coldly, "What are you doing? Why are you throwing a tantrum in such a big occasion? Mr. Shen is very resourceful; he may really have news about that divine book."
"Grandpa, immortality is a myth. You're not still fantasizing about such things, are you?"
"How can it be fake? If there is no historical basis, how could the concept of immortality appear out of thin air?"
"Grandpa! You..."
Ma Dingdang wanted to say something more, but Ma Ren forcibly interrupted her.
"Alright, just listen to me!"
After saying that, he turned to look at Chu Xiao and smiled.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Chu, but I've spoiled my granddaughter. She has a bad temper, but she's not a bad person at heart. Please don't take it to heart."
Chu Xiao not only didn't blame him, but instead looked at him with approval.
"No, no, Miss Ma's medical skills are superb. I personally witnessed her use a combination of Chinese and Western medicine to save a patient with pleural effusion, so I would like to ask her to help me save a friend."
"I just don't know why, but she seems to be very hostile towards me."
Without even thinking, Ma Dingdang blurted it out.
"Isn't it because you were looking at me with such a lewd gaze? You dare say you weren't staring at my legs just now?"
Chu Xiao was taken aback.
After looking at her legs and breasts, he admitted it.
But surely he doesn't look that sleazy?!
He looked at the reflection in the stainless steel bowl.
He was disheveled, with a stubble-covered face and clothes stained with black coal dust.
He then realized that he hadn't had time to take care of himself during this time because of his injury and being busy helping Qin Yue Zhao stock up on supplies, and he did look rather unkempt.
But it shouldn't be considered sleazy, right?
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