Hearing this, Xie Nan chuckled lightly. "Hmm, many people know that I love money."

After saying this, Xie Nan's gaze shifted towards the window. He paused before continuing, "I love money, not because I need to be extravagant. Instead, I have to go to Jiangzhou's First People's Hospital every week to pay medical bills. Each week, hospitalization and medication fees cost at least 10,000 yuan…"

"Pay medical bills?" Lin Feng asked, puzzled, "Do you have a relative in the hospital?"

"Yes, my mother. She has myelitis. For the past three years, she's been hospitalized. My father works back in our hometown and can't take care of her, nor does he have enough money for her medical bills. So, I must earn money for my mother's treatment," Xie Nan responded calmly. But the fleeting look of pain in his eyes as he spoke of his mother's myelitis revealed his distress.

"So, what did the doctors say about your mother's condition?" Lin Feng asked with concern.

Now he understood why Xie Nan was so obsessed with money and willing to be Zeng Yuhu's thug. It was all to raise money for his mother's treatment.

"The doctors say my mother's illness is very strange and quite severe. A complete cure is basically impossible," Xie Nan said, his expression dejected. "So, for the past two years, my mother has remained hospitalized. I need to earn money, so I can't be there to care for her. My father is also working back in our hometown and doesn't have time to look after her either. So, I had no choice but to have her hospitalized."

"However, even though the hospital provides excellent care and regular check-ups, the daily medical expenses are exorbitant. If I didn't work as Zeng Yuhu's bodyguard, I wouldn't be able to afford her treatment at all."

Truthfully, Xie Nan didn't want to be Zeng Yuhu's bodyguard. But this was the reality of life; to pay for his mother's medical expenses, he had no other choice.

"Myelitis... how strange can the illness be," Lin Feng murmured softly. Then his eyes brightened, and he said, "When your injury heals, how about you take me to see your mother? I know a little about medicine; perhaps I can cure her illness."

Lin Feng wasn't lying. Lately, he had been studying the 'Yin Yang Life Changing Needle' and the 'Supreme Medical Classic' almost every day and had made considerable progress.

And as for myelitis, if his memory served him right, the 'Yin Yang Life Changing Needle' had a chance of curing it.

However, Xie Nan was taken aback by Lin Feng's offer. After all, Lin Feng was just a high school student. Medicine? When could he have learned it? Elementary, middle, and high schools didn't teach medicine.

Besides, most doctors nowadays were older and thus more skilled due to their greater experience. Lin Feng was only about eighteen; how good could his medical skills possibly be?

"My mother is usually free. However, the doctors said her illness is basically incurable. How about this: once my stitches are removed, you can come with me to see her."

Lin Feng understood Xie Nan's implication: he could go with him to see his mother, but treating her was out of the question for now.

"Alright, this is my phone number. When you're feeling a bit better, we'll go to the First Hospital."

Lin Feng did not insist. After all, he could see how important his mother was to Xie Nan. It was understandable that Xie Nan wouldn't readily let Lin Feng attempt treatment.

One shouldn't try just anything in a desperate medical situation. If Lin Feng couldn't cure her and instead made her condition worse, it would be a disaster.

「Elsewhere.」

In a luxurious villa in Jiangzhou City's Binjiang District, Bald Qiang, wrapped head to toe in bandages, knelt on the red-carpeted living room floor. His head was bowed, his expression dejected; he looked almost lifeless.

His right index finger was bandaged; from now on, he would only have nine fingers.

Apart from two sunglass-wearing men in suits standing guard at the door like bodyguards, there were actually only four people inside the room.

A man sat at the head of the living room. He wore a large, jade-green ring on his right index finger and looked to be in his forties. He had a goatee and appeared somewhat portly, yet his brow conveyed an air of warmth and benevolence.

On tiger-skin sofas to his left and right, sat two other men, both in their thirties. One had a buzz cut, and the other sported a ponytail, looking somewhat like an artist.

"Brother Hui, you have to avenge me! *Sob*... That kid Lin Feng is too ruthless! He cut off my right index finger!" Bald Qiang wailed, still kneeling.

The man seated at the head was none other than Zeng Yuhu's older brother, Zeng Hui.

He appeared exceedingly gentle, but his name was renowned throughout Jiangzhou, in both legitimate circles and the underworld.

Zeng Hui said nothing, merely toying with the jade ring on his finger.

"Bald Qiang, you've disgraced our Glory Society, and you still have the gall to come crying here? I'm surprised Lin Feng didn't just kill you!" the man with the ponytail beside Zeng Hui sneered, his voice cold and harsh.

This man had a face full of stubble and a knife scar on his left cheek; he clearly looked like a ruthless character.

Zeng Hui had established a society in Jiangzhou City—the Glory Society. The man with the buzz cut and the man with the ponytail beside him were the society's second and third-in-command.

The one with the buzz cut was Song Kuan, known in the jianghu as 'Second Master.' He had a stoic face and spoke little, but his martial arts skills were excellent. He was one of the first to follow Zeng Hui and had made significant contributions to establishing Zeng Hui's dominion.

The one with the ponytail was Gu Yan, known in the jianghu as 'Brother Braid.' He was also a martial arts expert, but with a violent temper and ruthless methods. Within the Glory Society, he was a figure everyone feared!

Zeng Hui, Song Kuan, and Gu Yan had built the Glory Society's empire together. They were inseparable, as close as biological brothers, so people on the outside had given them a new moniker: the Heroes of Glory Trio!

"Brother Braid… we were ambushed by Xie Nan and Lin Feng. That Lin Feng, I don't know what kind of martial arts he's learned, but he knows acupoint attacks! Right at the start, several of our brothers fell victim to him, so..." Bald Qiang finished miserably, wiggling his hand with the severed finger. "So, Lin Feng not only cut off my right index finger, he also said... he said he's going back to school to settle scores with Brother Tiger!"

BANG!

Upon hearing this, Zeng Hui, who had been silent all this time, suddenly slammed his hand on the table in front of him.

"How does Lin Feng know that Tiger is involved in this?!" Zeng Hui seethed.

He and Zeng Yuhu were biological brothers. Zeng Yuhu had grown up spoiled by him since childhood. He cared immensely for Zeng Yuhu, especially after their parents passed away; he wouldn't allow Zeng Yuhu to suffer the slightest bit of unhappiness!

Zeng Yuhu could bully others, but if anyone else dared to bully Zeng Yuhu, he, Zeng Hui, would be the first to disagree!

"Brother Hui, you know, Xie Nan is with Lin Feng now..." Seeing Zeng Hui's fury, Bald Qiang stammered, terrified.

"Seeking revenge on my little brother? Hmph! Lin Feng is courting death!" Zeng Hui said, his gaze chilling.

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