Chapter 216 Could he be an idiot?
"Ah Nuan!" The old man immediately stepped forward as if to take credit: "Ah Nuan, how was it? I'm the one who tied this person up!"
"What's going on?" Jiang Nuanzhi said, both amused and exasperated. "Why is Dean Xue tied up? Old man, please untie him. Didn't we just meet yesterday? He's our guest."
"What guest? This is a thief!" The old man frowned immediately. "Anuan, when I caught him, he was standing suspiciously at our door, just like those men in black before. You said that if you caught someone alive, you would cook a special dish for me."
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at Dean Xue with a strange expression.
Dean Xue's face stiffened: "Dr. Jiang, believe me, I only came to you today to ask for medicine."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuanzhi nodded, then glanced at the old man and said, "What would you like to eat? Just tell me, and I'll make you a couple more. Now, let him go."
Upon hearing this, the old man was immediately delighted: "It's a deal, it's made just for me! No one else is allowed to eat it!"
After thinking for a moment, he looked at the waiter who was tidying up the baskets and said, "When the time comes, please allow my good disciple to have a bite as well, but only one bite."
Jiang Nuanzhi's lips twitched. You actually feel sorry for your apprentice?
The waiter behind him, without even looking up, grinned and said, "Thanks."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "."
"Anuan, I want to eat fish, and I also want that spicy hot pot from last time, the kind with a big bowl of sesame sauce."
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded: "No problem."
The old man immediately boasted to Dean Yue beside him, "I have my own dishes today, aren't you tempted?"
Dean Yue raised an eyebrow: "If you just give me a bite, then there's no need to say anything more."
Before he could finish speaking, the old man interrupted him smugly: "Even if you're greedy, I won't give you any."
Dean Yue: "."
He's really bored; it's pointless to even respond to him.
Amused, Jiang Nuanzhi immediately untied the ropes binding Dean Xue, saying, "I'm sorry, Dean Xue. I've wronged you."
Before Dean Xue could speak, the old man walked past him with a gloomy expression, then went to the waiter, picked up two wild fruits from the basket Jiang Nuanzhi had brought back, wiped them on his clothes, and took a bite, his eyes still looking at Dean Xue with a warning.
Dean Xue swallowed hard: "No, no, no, it's my fault. I came to your door without sending a visiting card, and I really hesitated at the door for a while, which caused the old man to misunderstand. It's all my fault."
The old man listened, gave a cold snort, stuffed the whole wild crabapple into his mouth, and walked away humming a little tune in a good mood.
Jiang Nuanzhi found it amusing, but didn't show it on her face. She just smiled and looked at Dean Xue: "Dean, you just said you came to ask for medicine. What kind of medicine are you asking for? Is Madam feeling unwell?"
"No, no, no." Dean Xue immediately shook his head, his lips moving several times before he finally steeled himself and said, as if he had made up his mind, "Dr. Jiang, could you please help me cure the poison that my family members suffered from yesterday?"
As he said this, he bowed deeply to Jiang Nuanzhi: "As long as Doctor Jiang grants the antidote, you may make any request you have. I will do anything you can to fulfill it, even at the cost of my life."
Jiang Nuanzhi sensed something amiss in Dean Xue's words and frowned slightly: "Were all the people from yesterday poisoned?"
Dean Xue didn't know what Jiang Nuanzhi's confusion meant, but he still nodded: "Thank you for your help, Dr. Jiang."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Don't worry, wait for me a moment."
As he said this, he turned around and went to the old man, snatched the fruit from his hand, and then stretched out his hand.
The old man stiffened his neck, looking completely innocent: "What? I don't understand."
Jiang Nuanzhi rubbed her temples: "Alright, stop pretending. Who else but you has the ability to drug someone so quietly?"
The old man immediately gave Jiang Nuanzhi a knowing look, and grinned so hard his teeth were showing: "You're a good girl, you know your stuff!"
Jiang Nuanzhi stretched out her hand: "So, hurry up and bring the antidote."
"No way. There's no such thing as a free lunch." The old man rolled his eyes. "Those two idiots. If it were up to my usual temper, I would have buried them alive. Letting them live for a couple more days is already an act of mercy on my part."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "That's true, but..."
"No buts!" The old man's eyes widened immediately. "Do you even know who I am? In the past, my word was law!"
Jiang Nuanzhi asked suspiciously, "Who are you?"
"I am...I am," he said, then suddenly tugged at his hair. "Huh? Who am I again? I just remembered."
Jiang Nuanzhi let out a leisurely sigh: "Give me the antidote, and I'll cook you a couple more dishes. For yourself."
The old man's eyes lit up, but then he immediately frowned and shook his head: "No, at least five."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Three, no more than that."
The old man said, "I won't do it if there aren't at least four."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Deal, four it is."
Seeing how readily she agreed, the old man immediately felt cheated: "No, no, it has to be five! Not even one less."
Jiang Nuanzhi's lips twitched: "Three. If you say one more word, there won't be any more than three."
The old man was dumbfounded: "No... how about four?"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Two."
The old man's pupils contracted: "Deal!"
"There's no going back now, and it can't be any less."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Yes, don't worry."
Dean Yue's lips twitched as he watched from the side. He turned to Li Rong beside him and said, "Hey, is he an idiot?"
Li Rong: "." Well, he wanted to say that too.
Jiang Nuanzhi had already revealed her little tiger teeth and smiled as she stretched out her hand to the old man: "Give me the antidote."
The old man gritted his teeth, then turned around and rummaged through the bottles for a while before finally finding a porcelain bottle and handing it to Jiang Nuanzhi: "Here, this little bottle. Just mix a bucket of water into it and share it with them."
Jiang Nuanzhi took it and immediately handed it to Dean Xue.
When Dean Xue received the antidote, he was incredulous. Had Dr. Jiang really just given him the antidote like that?
He was somewhat incredulous: "Dr. Jiang, what kind of compensation do you want? I, Xue, will do my utmost to help."
Jiang Nuanzhi waved her hand: "I've given you the antidote. But Dean, these Zheng brothers are of despicable character. You'd better keep them under closer supervision to prevent them from committing such a heinous act again. Yesterday's incident happened at my home, and the few people in my household were able to fight back. If an ordinary woman had encountered such a situation, I don't know how much suffering she would have endured."
"Don't worry, Dr. Jiang. I guarantee with my integrity that I will absolutely not let them harm anyone again. I will definitely give Dr. Jiang an explanation for this matter." As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Jiang Nuanzhi again.
Jiang Nuanzhi helped the person up. Although the person was a bit stubborn, Jiang Nuanzhi still trusted his character.
He then smiled and said, "Dean Xue, why don't you stay and have a meal with us?"
"No, no." Dean Xue immediately waved his hand, almost instinctively wanting to turn and run away, but after taking two steps, he seemed to come to his senses and hesitated for a while before saying, "Well, Dr. Jiang, I really don't know how to repay you. Well, I see that your family has more than just Li Junping as a child. How about I become his mentor?"
He felt really bad if he didn't do something; he was the dean of Gu Kui Academy, much better than that stubborn mule surnamed Yue. So he pointed at the waiter.
As soon as he said that, the old man munching on fruit turned pale: "What did you say?"
(End of this chapter)
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