City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 417 - 417 0418 Not Repaying Money When One Can

417: Chapter 0418: Not Repaying Money When One Can 417: Chapter 0418: Not Repaying Money When One Can Ye Qiu drove the Mercedes back to the old textile factory complex just after midnight.

After parking the car, he came down from it and went upstairs, only to find his parents and sister had already retired for the night.

After taking a shower, Ye Qiu entered his room, sat cross-legged on the mat, and continued his cultivation of the “Primordial Five Emperors Technique”.

The next morning, when Ye Qiu opened his eyes, it was already past eight.

Upon leaving his room, he saw Ye Weidong, Chen Fang, and Ye Xue all present.

“Ye Qiu, come and have breakfast,”

Ye Xue had already prepared breakfast and was waiting for Ye Qiu to get up and eat.

After washing up, Ye Qiu sat down to eat breakfast.

During the meal, Ye Weidong asked, “Ye Qiu, for this new house inauguration, do you have any friends you want to invite?”

“A few.”

“We need to write the invitations in advance.”

Ye Weidong had decided on the best day for moving in, which was in a week.

He was worried about being too late to notify everyone, so the preparations needed to be made in advance.

Ye Weidong and Chen Fang had already discussed last night about who they wanted to invite, from family and friends back home to friends they made during the many years they live in the old complex.

They naturally wanted to invite as many as possible, but for Ye Qiu’s friends, they were unsure.

“Mom and Dad, I will write a list for you tonight.”

“Then wash it early and give it to me; I’ll have the old master write the invitations with a brush,”

said Ye Weidong.

After breakfast and finalizing those matters, Ye Weidong and Chen Fang were also planning to check the new house again.

“Mom and Dad, I’ll drive you there.”

Since Ye Xue had nothing to do there, she, Ye Qiu, and the other two left the building.

It was the busy time when many people were heading to school or work.

Ye Qiu’s new Mercedes SUV was parked there and had been noticed by people, but they couldn’t guess who owned the new, yet unregistered, vehicle.

However, since it was parked inside the old complex, it was definitely owned by someone from there.

While most people didn’t know the price, the Mercedes logo was a sure sign it wasn’t cheap.

Many people gathered around to look at it.

They were surprised when Ye Qiu, coming down from the building, pulled out his car keys, unlocked the door with a press of the button, and climbed into the driver’s seat, revealing that the car actually belonged to him.

Now, many residents had heard about Ye Qiu’s recent success.

He not only bought a new house in Jiangnan but now had a luxury car.

Their parents were naturally envious of Ye Weidong and his wife.

After greeting the neighbors, Ye Weidong and his wife got into the car, and Ye Qiu reversed to leave the area.

The butcher He Xiaoqing and his wife were also about to leave the old complex and had just witnessed the scene.

However, Li Lanfang was now careful with her words.

This time, if Ye Qiu hadn’t saved the butcher’s life, he would have been nothing but a bedridden invalid now.

Thanks to Ye Qiu’s treatment, the butcher had completely recovered.

After being discharged from the hospital a few days earlier, he rested for a couple of days and then went back to slaughtering and selling pork.

However, since that night’s incident, he dared not go out for late-night snacks or drink and drive again with his rowdy friends.

The ¥500,000 that was robbed from Li Lanfang in front of Jiangbei First People Hospital had quickly been recovered by the police after Ruxue cracked the case that night.

However, the money had not yet been returned to the butcher.

If the money were returned, according to Li Lanfang’s original intention, it was supposed to be promptly repaid to those people, as they had borrowed around four or five hundred thousand yuan from them.

However, Li Lanfang had other ideas now.

Watching Ye Qiu drive away in that black Mercedes SUV, Li Lanfang’s heart was filled with envy.

She had never imagined that the useless Ye Qiu would become so prestigious.

The gap between her daughter and Ye Qiu was widening ever more, and the idea of He Xiaoqing being with Ye Qiu had now become an impossibility.

“Weidong, I’ve been thinking.”

Li Lanfang said as she got onto Butcher He’s motorcycle.

“What are you thinking?”

“The 500,000 recovered by the police—I want to take it to Jiangnan to buy a house!”

Li Lanfang said.

“Buy a house?

Have you lost your mind?

We shouldn’t keep the money instead of returning it to Old Zhu and the others!”

Butcher He had thought that Li Lanfang would return the money to Butcher Zhu and others as soon as she got it back—after all, it was their hard-earned money.

When he was in his most critical situation, Butcher Zhu and others had been willing to loan him such a large amount for his treatment, genuinely treating him as a friend, not just as fair-weather friends.

Unexpectedly, Li Lanfang now had other ideas.

If they really bought a house, the 500,000 would at most cover a small house’s down payment, and other money would still need to be paid back as a mortgage.

Moreover, in Butcher He’s opinion, that money should be returned to Butcher Zhu and others promptly, in case they urgently needed money and had none available.

“Listen to me, we shouldn’t return that money to them so soon.”

Li Lanfang said.

Being henpecked, Butcher He found it hard to object to Li Lanfang’s words, despite both he and He Xiaoqing feeling that it was very inappropriate, but they didn’t know how to persuade Li Lanfang otherwise.

…

Ye Qiu drove to the entrance of the luxury residential area’s new house, where Ye Weidong and his wife and Ye Xue got out of the car.

Ye Qiu then prepared to drive to the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant to check on it.

Since that incident with Ah Gou Liu, Ye Qiu hadn’t visited since and didn’t know how the interior and exterior decorations of the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant were coming along.

The restaurant wasn’t very far from here, just about a half-hour drive at most.

As he drove close to the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant, he saw a golden dazzling gleam which was emitted by the special glazed tiles outside the restaurant.

When Ye Qiu stopped the car, Ye Fugui and other villagers who were working thought someone was driving up; they didn’t expect it to be Ye Weidong’s son, Ye Qiu, when he got out of the car.

Hastily, Ye Fugui came over and asked, “Young Master Ye, you’ve come!”

Ye Fugui was very clear that Ye Weidong owed his success today largely to his son, Ye Qiu.

He had seen this clearly since the time Ye Qiu had saved Ah Gou Liu’s life.

“Uncle Fugui, how is the renovation going?”

As Ye Qiu put on a safety helmet and walked inside with Ye Fugui, both interior and exterior renovations were being done simultaneously.

However, the interior required more meticulous work, so most of the effort was focused there.

Now, with Ye Fugui and others working day and night, it was nearly completed.

However, there was a strong smell inside, probably of methanol, which hadn’t dispersed yet and staying inside could be toxic.

“Young Master Ye, what do you think?”

“You all seem dedicated.

Keep up the good work, and there will be money for you guys later.”

“Yes, Young Master Ye.”

Ye Fugui said excitedly.