Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 458 - 459: Am I Qualified?

Chapter 458: Chapter 459: Am I Qualified?

"Do I even qualify!"

A somewhat feeble and hoarse voice came from ahead, and a gaunt figure slowly emerged from the doorway of a hospital room. His body was visibly emaciated, so frail that he couldn’t even stand upright without forcefully pressing a hand against the door, using the door’s support to keep himself steady.

His face was so skeletal that there was hardly any flesh left, just skin stretched over bone, and he looked indifferently with a touch of cold detachment at the hysterical Qian Xiaojie and Qian Xiaofeng, who was trembling uninterruptedly, his body weak and his face devoid of any color.

It was Qian Fuchen!

The biological father of Qian Xiaojie and the current head of the Qian Family.

Everyone who saw Qian Fuchen appearing at the doorway was struck dumb, their gazes fixated on him.

After a while, Qian Fuyu regained his senses, his expression filled with immense guilt as he looked at Qian Fuchen and called out hoarsely, "Third brother."

"Dad, I finally see you. Did you hear? Sixth Uncle wants to drive me out of the Qian Family, he wants to seize the position of family head from us!"

Qian Xiaojie also snapped out of it, screaming at Qian Fuchen as if clinging to a lifeline, "Dad, you must see his true face, don’t let his schemes succeed!"

"Beast!"

As he looked at Qian Xiaojie’s nearly insane behavior and the words he spoke, Mr. Ma, unable to restrain himself, finally burst out with two harsh words.

Although he did not know how well Qian Fuyu had previously treated his nephew Qian Xiaojie, since the first time Qian Fuchen came over, it was Qian Fuyu who had accompanied him. Qian Fuyu, as a brother, was crystal clear to his eyes, and the kind of person Qian Fuyu was, almost completely transparent. If anyone had claimed that Qian Fuyu coveted the position of the head of the Qian Family, he would be the first to disbelieve it.

Being a brother in a wealthy family, reaching the level of benevolence and righteousness that Qian Fuyu had achieved, was definitely commendable. At the least, he believed that if he were in Qian Fuyu’s place, he could definitely not achieve what Qian Fuyu had, which is why he held such high admiration for him.

Contempt flashed through Xiao Yi’s eyes as well; he remembered Qian Fuyu was the first to kneel before him in an effort to save Qian Fuchen.

A man who would kneel for his brother, although he shared the last name Qian which Xiao Yi did not particularly like, he still had a certain amount of admiration for him.

Qian Fuyu clenched his hands tightly, veins popping on his forehead and his facial muscles seemed to contort from anguish.

Standing at the doorway of the hospital room, Qian Fuchen’s body also began to tremble uncontrollably, his gaze upon his son Qian Xiaojie filled with utter sadness and despair, unable to even speak.

"Beast!"

After a long moment, Qian Fuchen finally took a deep breath, his eyes blazing with anger as he looked at Qian Xiaojie and cursed, having just finished, he felt as if his heart was fiercely stabbed, causing him intense pain. His hand, initially pointing at Qian Xiaojie, involuntarily withdrew back, clutching his chest as a pained expression appeared on his face.

Xiao Yi frowned slightly, quickly stepping forward to Qian Fuchen’s back, and pressed gently on several acupoints.

After pressing for a while, Qian Fuchen’s condition slightly stabilized.

"Mr. Xiao, Big Brother Ma... I’ve made you witness such a scene..."

After catching his breath, a forlorn expression appeared on Qian Fuchen’s face as he glanced at the anxious Mr. Xiao and Mr. Ma.

"Dad..."

"I am not your father, from today onwards, our ties are severed, I, Qian Fuchen, do not acknowledge you as my son."

Qian Xiaojie was initially startled by Qian Fuchen’s demeanor. Seeing that Qian Fuchen had slightly recovered, he regained his senses and was about to say something, but Qian Fuchen cut him off.

As he finished speaking, a sharp twitch crossed the corners of Qian Fuchen’s eyes.

"Dad... you can’t do this... I am your only son, the only one... you promised my mom..."

Qian Xiaojie was completely dumbfounded; he could have never imagined that Qian Fuchen would utter such final words. It felt as if his last hope had been utterly lost, and like a frostbitten plant, he collapsed onto the ground. After a while, he again began screaming hysterically like a madman.

"Mr. Xiao, let’s go inside."

Qian Fuchen tightly closed his eyes, his face expressing an immense tiredness. He said a word to Xiao Yi and Mr. Ma, ignored Qian Xiaojie and Qian Xiaofeng who were behind him, turned around, and walked into the ward.

At the moment he entered the ward, his already frail figure seemed to have shrunk even more all at once.

Mr. Ma glanced at Qian Fuchen, sighed deeply, and ultimately said nothing. He silently turned around and followed into the ward behind Qian Fuchen.

"Six, I’m sorry."

Once inside the ward and seated on the bed, Qian Fuchen slowly raised his head. His eyes filled with guilt, he looked somewhat tearfully at Qian Fuyu and said, "I really never imagined that I, Qian Fuchen, would raise such an ungrateful beast..."

"Big Brother..."

Tears also welled up in Qian Fuyu’s eyes as he looked at Qian Fuchen, wanting to say something, but Qian Fuchen waved his hand, interrupting him, "Six, there’s no need to say anything. Although I’ve been busy with family affairs over the years and neglected his upbringing, it doesn’t mean that I’ve been blind. I’ve seen everything you and Wen Qiu have done for him. You, as his uncle, have treated him even better than I have as his father. The first to think of him whenever there were delicacies or fun things, and always shielding him whenever he got into trouble..."

"Now he... I... Qian Fuchen, I’m sorry to you!"

Saying this, Qian Fuchen was about to kneel before Qian Fuyu.

"Big Brother, please don’t say that. If anything, it’s me who should apologize to you. Perhaps it’s all my fault. If I hadn’t indulged him so much, maybe he wouldn’t have turned out like this..."

Qian Fuyu was startled and quickly embraced Qian Fuchen, preventing him from kneeling, his voice somewhat choked.

"Such incidents are what nobody wants to see, but now that it has happened, you two shouldn’t blame each other like this. I think today’s incident might even be a good thing. Always protecting the children under our wings is not a solution; perhaps letting them go out and experience some adversity might actually help them grow."

Mr. Ma, slightly unable to bear seeing the deep brotherly affection between the two, waved his hand and spoke soothingly.

After finishing, he glanced at Xiao Yi, who had been silently standing nearby, and said, "Doctor Xiao has taken time out of his busy schedule to come and see Fuchen. Let’s have Mr. Xiao have a look first."

"Big Brother Ma is right, I’m truly sorry for losing my composure in front of you both. Mr. Xiao, thank you for waiting, now I’ll trouble you to have another look for Mr. Qian, please."

Hearing Mr. Ma’s words, both Qian Fuchen and Qian Fuyu showed a slightly embarrassed expression, quickly released each other, and stood up. Qian Fuchen gently wiped the corner of his eye and gave Xiao Yi an apologetic smile.

"Okay."

Xiao Yi nodded, made no excuses, and directly approached Qian Fuchen, slightly closed his eyes, and began to take his pulse.

Soon, he had a clear understanding of Qian Fuchen’s physical condition.

Generally speaking, after the last incident, where he had used Seven Needles to save him, Qian Fuchen’s body had recovered quite a bit and was much better than before. The immediate danger was now gone, but his ailment was a chronic one and not so easily eradicated; he still needed to continue medication.

Given his current condition, Xiao Yi did not need to apply acupuncture directly; he only needed to continue the medication from last time for another week before coming back for another session of acupuncture.

However, having come today and after witnessing the recent event, his impression of Qian Fuchen and Qian Fuyu had slightly changed, and he decided to give him one more session of acupuncture.

Of course, this time he wouldn’t apply the Seven Needles again. Even though another session of Seven Needles would greatly speed up Qian Fuchen’s recovery, Xiao Yi’s impression hadn’t improved to the extent that he would want to exhaust his energy for him all over again, as he had been reluctantly forced to do last time just to preserve a slim chance of survival for him.

After spending about half an hour finishing the acupuncture and simply regulating one of his meridians to hasten his recovery, Xiao Yi wrote out a new prescription for him and briefly explained how to take the medicine and what to pay attention to.

After finishing all this and sensing a significant improvement in Qian Fuchen, who together with his brother Qian Fuyu thanked him profusely, Mr. Ma vigorously invited Xiao Yi to visit Elder Mr. Ma’s ward.

Even if Mr. Ma hadn’t come down or spoken up, Xiao Yi was already prepared to visit Elder Mr. Ma’s ward: it wasn’t often he came here, and naturally, he wouldn’t pass by without entering.

Now that Mr. Ma was personally there and had spoken out to invite him, it was even less likely that he would not go.

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