Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 496 - 495: Pretend to be a pig for too long, and you’ll become one even if you aren’t.

Chapter 496: Chapter 495: Pretend to be a pig for too long, and you’ll become one even if you aren’t.

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He had clearly said that he was just a doctor who cured and saved people.

The more Liu Jingling thought about it, the more she felt that her previous thoughts were rather amusing. When she thought of the name of that doctor from the world of assassins, an unconsciously brilliant light shone in her eyes.

He was her ultimate goal, the one she admired the most!

If she could possess his strength, oh, no, even half of his strength, she wouldn’t be so miserable as she was now; those bastards from the Li Family would have been eliminated by her long ago!

"No worries, heh heh, by the way, you still haven’t answered my question?"

Xiao Yi saw that Liu Jingling had taken his words at face value without any further suspicion. His face immediately relaxed, but his eyes inadvertently caught the shining light in Liu Jingling’s eyes when she mentioned the word "doctor", revealing a hint of surprise.

He began to speculate about Liu Jingling’s identity. Could it be that Liu Jingling was also a professional assassin?

Indeed, it was quite possible. Otherwise, how would she know about things within the circle, how would she know his name? Moreover, her expression seemed a bit off after hearing his name, as if it were familiar to her.

Furthermore, her actions were indeed like those of a female assassin, especially her nature, that kind of willpower...

However, if she was an assassin, to which organization did she belong? When he had treated her injuries before, there were several conspicuous marks on her body, but he did not see any marks he recognized.

"This... Doctor, originally, since you saved my life, I should tell you everything, but I really don’t want to talk about this matter anymore. I hope you can understand. In any case, you know that my enmity with the Li Family is as deep as the sea."

Liu Jingling hesitated for a moment on her face but eventually did not speak directly, instead sincerely addressing Xiao Yi.

"Oh, since you don’t want to mention it, let’s leave it at that. Since you have a deep enmity with the Li Family, before this operation, I guess you must have made some preparations, right? You couldn’t have just jumped in and started a killing spree, right?"

Xiao Yi was quite curious about this question, but he wasn’t the type killed by curiosity. Seeing that Liu Jingling really didn’t want to talk, he didn’t press further and quickly shifted to his main concern, his expression becoming a bit more serious, "Could you tell me about your understanding of the Li Family? As detailed as possible, including the process of this operation would be best."

"There is no problem, sir. You are right; I did some work before the action. I returned to G City over three months ago..."

Seeing Xiao Yi’s question, Liu Jingling’s eyes showed a hint of surprise. She could clearly sense that Xiao Yi’s expression became more attentive when he mentioned the Li Family, seemingly very interested in the situation of the Li Family. In her heart, she silently thought, could this doctor also have a grudge against the Li Family? If that was the case, then that was great!

However, these thoughts were merely fleeting in her heart. She did not ask Xiao Yi outright but began to recount her recent investigations of the Li Family and the details of this operation.

Xiao Yi listened quietly to her narrative, very attentively. Basically, he did not interrupt her at all until she had finished, only occasionally nodding or making sounds to show that he was listening seriously.

As he listened to her story, he became increasingly surprised.

He realized that merely glancing over some information about the Li Family and deeming them a worthless family had been quite rash; the waters of the Li Family were much deeper than he had imagined.

Especially when he heard Liu Jingling describe how she was injured during her final entry, he became even more certain that the Li Family was truly complicated.

The Li Family’s actions in front of outsiders were completely deceptive!

The current family head of the Li Family, Li Wenchao, was definitely a cunning old fox!

Typically, family heads, including those from other Four Great Families like the Zeng Family, Zhao Family, or Han Family, would carry a capable expert with them in public for protection and to some extent, to act as a deterrent.

Those experts represented the family’s strength!

But Li Wenchao of the Li Family only brought a few soldiers with him and always behaved humbly and politely, giving people the impression that the Li Family was declining. Moreover, the descendants of the Li Family, one more troublesome than the other, seemed to reinforce this negative perspective further.

From Liu Jingling’s account, Xiao Yi could not be sure whether the misbehaving descendants of the Li Family were just pretending, but he was certain of one thing—the Li Family indeed possessed experts!

Moreover, according to Liu Jingling’s account, this expert was at least above the Middle Tier of Bone Tempering, which, of course, he had already established when he treated Liu Jingling’s injuries earlier.

"Li Family’s old man, is really too cunning, hmm, everyone thinks that the Li Family doesn’t have any Bone Tempering Period experts..."

Liu Jingling spoke about being ambushed, and even now she was grinding her teeth, clenching her fists, her eyes filled with bloodshot veins.

"No matter what, you are indeed very brave; even if they didn’t have a Bone Tempering Period expert, your solitary venture into their territory would have almost certainly resulted in injury. Don’t underestimate some firearms; their lethality can be extremely powerful."

Xiao Yi snapped back from analyzing the information about the Li Family and smiled at Liu Jingling, "Your escape from death this time, you were really quite lucky!"

"Meeting you, sir, is truly my good fortune. If it hadn’t been for meeting you, I probably would have faced more peril than luck."

Liu Jingling quickly realized her own emotional display and adjusted her mood, sincerely bowing again to Xiao Yi.

After this conversation and understanding, coupled with various signs, Xiao Yi very likely could be an enemy of the Li Family as well, which significantly improved Liu Jingling’s impression of him.

"These polite words, let’s not say them anymore, alright, you’re still injured, you better lie down and rest for now. I’ll go prepare to brew some medicine."

Xiao Yi waved his hand, smiled faintly, and after signaling Liu Jingling to lie back down on the hospital bed, he turned and walked downstairs.

Actually, he had a question in his heart that he wanted to ask Liu Jingling, something he was very curious about. He always felt that Liu Jingling’s strength shouldn’t have allowed her to escape from the Li Family so safely. This had nothing to do with her so-called willpower. If they had shot her head off with a gun, no amount of strong will would have been of use.

After hearing all of Liu Jingling’s account, he felt even more that there was something strange about it.

But he thought about it and didn’t ask after all. He also had a vague intuition that even if he did ask, Liu Jingling wouldn’t answer. Everyone had some life-saving methods, and such methods were absolutely not to be divulged, just like he wouldn’t tell anyone his own secrets.

It turns out, running towards the metro station was indeed the right move!

I really did encounter a noble person!

Watching Xiao Yi’s disappearing back as he left, Liu Jingling, quietly lying on the bed, showed a slight look of relief on her face.

However, this doctor, so young yet his medical skills seem to be very profound. I had such severe injuries initially, but I could even get up when I woke up just now. Why had I never heard of him before?

What exactly is his identity?

Liu Jingling’s eyes quickly filled with a hint of contemplation again.

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"Hmm, Old Man Li, this Old Fox, has hidden himself deep enough!"

In the old city area of G City, among a cluster of buildings whose walls were already somewhat mottled, inside a shop that simply bore the sign "Tea House," within a quiet and elegant room, where the aroma of tea was wafting through the air, spreading out, a girl dressed in a fitted classical outfit, exceptionally elegant and beautiful, was kneeling at a tea table with a tranquil expression, extending her fair hands to handle the tea utensils, delicately making tea.

It was an extraordinarily beautiful and graceful scene, but the few people sitting inside the room seemed to have no mood to savor this elegant atmosphere. Not only did they show no interest in the beautiful figure of the girl making tea and her calm elegance, but the tea fragrance filling the room appeared to be unnoticeable to them as well.

There weren’t many people sitting here, just a few old people.

If the old people had matched this scene with a peaceful smile, it would have been most fitting. However, at the moment, every one of them had a furrowed brow, appearing extremely furious and gloomy which was starkly out of place and even somewhat distorted and disharmonic.

"Alas, that old fellow Li sure knows how to put on an act."

After a cold snort from a slightly short and plump old man to his left, a lean-faced old man next to him sighed softly, "Pretending for a year isn’t hard, nor is ten years. But us old fellows have known each other for nearly Sixty Years, right?"

"Whether he pretends or not, what difference does it make? Pretending to be a pig for too long, even if you’re not a pig, you become one, adopting a pig’s nature, thinking, becoming indistinguishable from a pig!"

Another tall man, upon hearing the old man’s words, a hint of harshness flickered in his eyes, then a mocking smile appeared on his lips.(To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)