Qian Yongtong was clearly bewildered by the scene, and it took him quite a while before he dared to look up at Ling Zhenfei. Full of doubt, he asked, "Divine Doctor Ling, why haven't you started with the acupuncture?"

"I did it already. You can get up now. Try to see if your back still hurts," said Ling Zhenfei with a smile, swaying the silver needle in his hand in front of Qian Yongtong.

Ah! It's done? That miraculous?

Qian Yongtong could hardly believe what he was seeing and hurriedly tentatively bent his body a bit.

Indeed, that sharp pain in his lower back, which would flare up with even the slightest movement, was now completely gone!

What is this situation?

It was simply too miraculous!

Qian Yongtong's eyes bulged in astonishment; he carefully stood in place and once again slowly shook his body. Sure enough, the pain did not reappear.

"That's wonderful! Divine Doctor Ling, my illness is cured; you are truly amazing!"

The sudden disappearance of the pain was more astonishing to Qian Yongtong than its sudden onset. He was exhilarated and kept thanking Ling Zhenfei. Without any hesitation, he transferred one million to Ling Zhenfei's account and then left.

"Heh, this bumpkin is quite interesting!"

As he watched Qian Yongtong's departing figure, Ling Zhenfei then laughed and flashed the account transaction notification on his phone in front of He Lingxiu, almost as if he was boasting to her, "Axiu, who says being a doctor isn't a good career for getting rich? Look, didn't I get this money easily? Just hoodwinked this bumpkin a bit, and there, one million shiny silver pieces are in the account."

"Brother Afei, Qian Yongtong is no fool; you can only fool him for so long. What if he comes to his senses and starts causing trouble for you?"

He Lingxiu, however, was not as optimistic as Ling Zhenfei and expressed her concern with a heavy tone.

"Cause me trouble? Heh, I'm actually worried he won't come looking for trouble!"

Upon hearing this, Ling Zhenfei was nonchalant, waving his hand, "Don't worry. If I dared to trick Qian Yongtong like this, I'm not afraid of his revenge. However, if he really does want to cause me trouble, he'll have to weigh his odds and see if he'll be as lucky as he was this time!"

"Brother Afei, I know you're not scared of them. But the Qian father and son are quite overbearing around here. It's still best for us to be cautious!"

Although He Lingxiu was still somewhat worried, seeing Ling Zhenfei's sure and confident demeanor, she knew of Ling Zhenfei's abilities and that he wouldn't speak without being certain, so she didn't say anything more.

They say women are detail-oriented, and indeed, He Lingxiu's worries were not unfounded.

Qian Yongtong was certainly not a brainless fool. Although he was bamboozled by Ling Zhenfei at the time, once he thought it over carefully after returning, he soon realized the truth.

Leaving aside whether Ling Zhenfei could really treat his back pain, why did his back hurt so terribly the moment he called out in pain when Ling Zhenfei casually touched his lower back?

There must be some trickery involved!

Obviously, his sudden back pain must have been orchestrated by Ling Zhenfei. As for Ling Zhenfei's claim that he suffered from a lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, that was completely fabricated nonsense.

To confirm his suspicion, Qian Yongtong went to the hospital for a detailed physical examination and even specifically consulted an experienced doctor specializing in lumbar and leg medicine.

Only then did he learn that lumbar disc herniation wasn't something just anyone could get. He spent his days idly, never doing any physical labor, and was simply not prone to such diseases. He had clearly been hoodwinked by that kid Ling Zhenfei!

Realizing he had been fooled by Ling Zhenfei and had been cheated out of one million, Qian Yongtong was so furious he was about to explode.

He thought about confronting Ling Zhenfei, but then he remembered the fierce look in Ling Zhenfei's eyes when he glared at him, clearly the look of someone who was trained. He knew it wouldn't work if he went alone, and even taking several thugs with him would be in vain.

After some thought, Qian Yongtong decided to suppress his rage for the time being. Since he couldn't deal with Ling Zhenfei openly, he might as well take him down in secret.

Hmph, he wanted to see whether this kid was tough or whether the Qian father and son were more cunning!

Thinking this, Qian Yongtong's face revealed a sinister expression as he dialed his father Qian Datong's mobile number.

...

Ling Zhenfei harbored deep hatred and disgust towards the Qian father and son, especially towards Qian Datong, a notorious and unscrupulous mine owner, a capitalist, filled him with contempt.

Although he knew that after toying with Qian Yongtong today, the Qian father and son would surely not let it go easily.

But what could he do? Even if Qian Datong didn't come after him, he was prepared to start trouble with Qian Datong himself.

After all, before this, Han Lian had confided in him, saying that the higher authorities had received several reports against the Qian family mine, and the Binyang Public Security Bureau was preparing to launch an investigation, with Han Lian being the main person in charge of this case.

Han Lian had already invited Ling Zhenfei to join the investigation of the illegal mines. It was only because she was tied up with several other major cases recently that the work had not officially started yet.

In fact, several of the Qian family's illegal mines were not far from Ling Zhenfei's place, with the closest copper mine right across from Xi Shan Farm. Even if Ling Zhenfei was not too familiar with their mines, he knew there must be serious issues with Qian Family Mining.

Usually, Ling Zhenfei would not care much about such things, but if the Qian father and son were so blind as to mess with him, he saw no need to be polite with this unscrupulous pair!

These past few days in the village, Ling Zhenfei had been focusing on getting the farm and fish pond matters in order. And just when he was wrapping up these trivial matters, he received a call from Fatty.

It turned out that Ling Zhenfei's ornamental fish farming project was a partnership with Fatty. Ling Zhenfei had entrusted Fatty with the entire responsibility of setting up the ornamental fish breeding base.

The main reason Fatty called Ling Zhenfei was to inform him that the breeding base was in preparation.

Moreover, Fatty had gone out of his way to tell Ling Zhenfei that he had found a partner for him who was very knowledgeable about ornamental fish, intending to further expand and upscale their ornamental fish breeding base.

Fatty excitedly told Ling Zhenfei that eventually, the base would not only breed high-end ornamental fish like Golden Arowana and Koi but would also cover a full range of mid to low-end species. They could even carry out factory-style farming and wholesale the products to various places.

Originally, Ling Zhenfei did not want to scale up the breeding of ornamental fish too much at the moment. But since he had handed the matter over to Fatty and now Fatty sounded so confident, he could only give his tacit approval.

Fatty happily shared his grand development plans with Ling Zhenfei. As Ling Zhenfei listened to the cascade of ideas, his head started to feel overwhelmed, he was preparing to hang up the phone when Fatty suddenly said to him enigmatically, "Boss, maybe you can't guess who the partner I found for us is?"

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