This was the second time that Li Jiang had mentioned that Lu Yao was not capable enough. So Lu Yao had to think carefully about this matter.
These days Lu Yao had made great progress in practicing Poti Fist, the second movement of Mixed Spirit King Kong Skills. He had defined muscles and his strength had improved a lot. And he even once defeated Buick by performing Poti Fist with oly half of its power. Lu Yao was also pleased with himself at that time.
He believed that if he confronted Qian Hu again, a member of the Black Shadow Organization, he wouldn't be caught in a dilemma even if he couldn't kill him easily. But he didn't expect that there were still so many problems that he could not solve.
The last time Lin Jiayi fell ill, Lu Yao wanted to help her. But Li Jiang told him that he was not capable enough to change anything. Fortunately, Lin Jiayi came back to school soon. So he just forgot about the whole thing.
And this time Li Jiang also told him that it was easy to remove Living Dead Water from Ma Qingwen's body, but he was not capable enough to do it now. If it weren't for Li Jiang, who was well-read, he could only have watched helplessly as Ma Qingwen died.
He was not capable enough. He failed to solve the problem by himself for the same reason. Lu Yao realized that he should work harder to cultivate. Only in this way could he help more people in the future.
Because he had experienced the same situation, he wanted to help those people who deserved his help. Of course, this didn't mean that Lu Yao was a softy.
However, he wouldn't do these things until he was capable enough. The most important thing at this moment was to help Aunt Wang and her husband.
Lu Yao calmed down and thought for a moment. If he wanted to save Ma Qingwen, he still needed to go to the illegal clinic where Ma Qingwen went for medical treatment. Only in this way could he find out where Living Dead Water came from.
After packing up, Lu Yao got up and went out.
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"Brother Yi, I just did what you said. I have successfully led the young man in the photo to the place we discussed. And I saw him enter the house with the old woman!"
In a luxuriously decorated room of the Night Bar of Shuangta City, a young man wearing a black suit and a pair of black-rimmed glasses was whispering obsequiously to a middle-aged man sitting between two beauties who were caked in make-up.
"Your behavior didn't arouse his suspicion, right?" Without looking at the man who just talked, the middle-aged man took the glass of beer handed over by the beauty sitting next to him and downed the beer in one long drink.
"Rest assured, Brother Yi. You can count on me!" At this time, the woman who sat by the middle-aged man's right side said to him while refilling his glass. Wearing the cheongsam with a split at each side seam, this woman exposed her white thigh.
"Well, I do trust your abilities, Sister Hua. Ha-ha!" The middle-aged man placed his hand on the thigh of the woman who just talked and said, "However, Brother Tiger told me this young man was a little weird. It's better to be careful!"
"Bro, I don't understand. Although our g**g of the South is not the largest in Shuangta City, it is also the largest g**g in the South District. We have hundreds of members. Even those senior police officers are polite towards you. But why do you care about Brother Tiger very much?" The man in a black suit who was standing opposite couldn't help complaining.
"Slap!"
Hearing these words, the middle-aged man instantly stood up and slapped the man in a black suit hard across the face. He scolded, "If you don't want to die, you'd better watch your mouth. If I hear you say that again, even I can't save you!"
"Brother Yi, you need to chill out a little bit. Take it easy!" Seeing that the middle-aged man was angry, the woman wearing the cheongsam immediately handed a glass of beer to his lips. She rubbed herself against his chest, turned around, and said to the man in a black suit, "Qi, get out!"
A stinging slap across the face jolted the man in a black suit. He was so frightened that he didn't know what to do. Hearing Sister Hua's words, he hurried out of the room.
The middle-aged man gradually calmed down as Sister Hua flirted with him. He glanced at another beauty next to him. And then he took out a pile of money from his pocket, stuffed the money in her open neckline, and turned her away.
In this way, only Sister Hua and the middle-aged man were in the room. Sister Hua directly sat on his lap and said in an affectedly sweet voice, "Brother Yi, Qi's words sound reasonable to me. Even I don't understand why you care about Brother Tiger so much."
The middle-aged man looked at Sister Hua in his arms and recalled their past experiences.
"You've been with me for seven or eight years. You should know me well. I'm only willing to serve those who can make me think it's useless to resist. Otherwise, I won't be afraid of him no matter how many underlings he has."
"Yes, I know. I know that you are the most powerful man. That year you saved me at this Night Bar. Tang Lin had a lot of underlings, but you managed to defeat them with a machete. Since then, you've been called Brother Yi by people who live in the south of the city. And later, you set up g**g of the South. Even after all these years, no one dares to offend you!" Sister Hua immediately said before the middle-aged man called Brother Yi finished speaking.
"However, I've got to hand it to Brother Tiger. He is so powerful. He can make me tremble with fear even when I don't see him..."
Brother Yi recalled the night Brother Tiger easily knocked down five or six bodyguards who were paid handsomely and broke the steel machete that he had been using for more than ten years in two with only two fingers. The very thought of it chilled Brother Yi to the marrow. His hand began to tremble as he held the glass.
That was a horrible but unforgettable scene.
Sister Hua also realized that Brother Yi didn't look well. However, she had been with Brother Yi for so many years, so she knew that she should be quiet at this moment. She just slowly nestled against the chest of this man who had protected her all these years.
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Lu Yao was familiar with the area where the clinic mentioned by Aunt Wang was located. So he found the clinic without difficulty.
When he got to the clinic, Lu Yao saw hung on its top was a tablet reading "National Medical Clinic".
Lu Yao wouldn't have cared about it if he hadn't listened to Aunt Wang's woes. Since he knew what had happened to her family, he swore quietly when he saw this tablet, "It's exactly a den of iniquity. How dare they call it National Medical Clinic? They have no sense of shame!"
Though Lu Yao was very angry, he knew that he had no right to rush in to inspect because he was not a law enforcement officer. And he couldn't rush into the clinic or stir up trouble like a hooligan either. Therefore, Lu Yao didn't dare to make too much noise. Instead, he just waited outside, carefully watching their every move.
The clinic was not big. A simple transparent screen divided the transfusion area and the outpatient area. Lu Yao also saw some medical devices, which looked quite new.
Somehow there were not many patients in the clinic at this time. It had seven or eight beds. But only three of them were occupied. There were only six or seven people, including the patients' families.
At the innermost desk of the clinic sat a white-robed and silver-haired doctor, who was writing something on the papers. Next to him was a young nurse who was not beautiful. She was looking up at a drip bottle hanging in mid-air, waiting to change it.
Lu Yao realized that the people inside were not going to leave, so he turned around and waited patiently in a dark corner opposite the clinic.
He was going to see if he could find out something by investigating this bold-faced retired doctor who returned from a big city before deciding his next move.
More than an hour later, voices came from the clinic. Meanwhile, Lu Yao was trying to practice Poti Fist for the seventh time.
"Mei, these patients can leave after having the intravenous drip. I'm afraid that you have to stay here tonight. I'm gonna go out and I won't be back tonight. Call me if anything goes wrong." The silver-haired doctor stood up and said to the nurse who was sitting there and playing with her mobile phone.
"I see, Dr. Zhou. I'll look after them. It's dark outside. Take care!" The nurse dropped her head to play with her mobile phone again after responding.
Dr. Zhou took off his white robe and hung it on the clothes stand behind him. He took off his reading glasses and put them in the drawer. He rubbed his face with his hands and went out.
Although there were few people in this place, there were a lot of streetlights, which were capable of turning the road from night to day.
Lu Yao was not in the least worried about the possibility that Dr. Zhou could run away, but he followed at a discreet distance.
After Dr. Zhou walked seven or eight hundred meters, his mobile phone rang. He took out the phone and glanced at it. After looking around warily, he walked into an alley with no streetlights.
Watching his expression, Lu Yao knew that Dr. Zhou had got mixed up in some shady affair. So he sped up and walked to the alley.
The last time Lu Yao came to Yunwu Mountain, Li Jiang taught him some skills to control his breathing and heartbeat. Though they were not profound, Lu Yao spent every possible moment practicing just in case of emergency.
Therefore, he just quietly came up behind Dr. Zhou like a ghost.
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"Brother Yi, I just did what you said. I beg of you. Please let go of my daughter." Dr. Zhou talked to the person on the other end of the line, whimpering.
"Don't worry, Dr. Zhou. I, Bao Tianyi, have enjoyed a good reputation in the underworld over these years, not only because I have a lot of underlings, but also because I act in good faith. When we get things done, I'll carry out my promise and let go of your daughter. I'll also give you a large sum of money and help you leave this city." The person on the other end of the line said.
"Brother Yi, I have let that man eat the things you gave to me. In compliance with your request, I have kicked him out of the clinic. What else should I do?" Dr. Zhou asked anxiously.
"There is one more thing. I believe that a twentysomething will come to you soon. And all you need to do is..." The person's voice sank, so Lu Yao did not hear clearly what he said.
"What if he doesn't come to me..." Dr. Zhou wanted to ask something but that person suddenly hung up.
"Why do you think I won't come to you?"
Although Lu Yao didn't hear clearly what the man called Brother Yi told him on the phone, he basically understood what happened.
He wondered why that person knew that he would come to the doctor surnamed Zhou. But this was not important. The important thing was that he didn't need to hide because that person had already known he was coming. Therefore, he slowly walked past Dr. Zhou.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Dr. Zhou immediately looked back when he heard Lu Yao's voice.
When he saw a young man who didn't look friendly stepping out behind him, Dr. Zhou immediately moved to the entrance of the alley.
"Didn't your boss tell you just now?" Lu Yao responded by asking.
"It's you?" Dr. Zhou asked incredulously.
"Well, why did you hurt Ma Qingwen and his wife? Where did you get those things?" Lu Yao had lost his patience, so he directly asked Dr. Zhou.
"I didn't hurt him!"
"I have run out of patience with you!" Lu Yao looked calm. But in fact, he was really angry.
"Well, it has nothing to do with me. It was Brother Yi, the member of g**g of the South, who asked me to do that." Dr. Zhou said immediately.
"What do you mean? Who is Brother Yi? Don't let me ask you the same question again." Lu Yao had been a guileless poor student who lived at the bottom of society, so he was not familiar with those gangsters.
"It was Bao Tianyi, the leader of g**g of the South, who sent someone to catch me in another province. He set up this clinic and forced me to work here. He also told me that a patient named Ma Qingwen would come here. He gave me some potions and asked me to let Ma Qingwen drink them. They came to the clinic and took the money. Later, they kicked Ma Qingwen and his wife out of the clinic." Dr. Zhou didn't dare to hide the truth, so he told the whole story from beginning to end.
"What about the phone call? Did you forget anything?" Lu Yao asked when he found that Dr. Zhou didn't make things clear.
"It was Brother Yi who called me just now. He told me that a young man would come to me and he asked me to tell him everything. I've told you everything I know." Dr. Zhou said.
Hearing Dr. Zhou's words, Lu Yao realized that those people had set a trap for him. And Dr. Zhou was kidn*pped by them. Though Dr. Zhou was one of the victims, Lu Yao said angrily at the thought of Ma Qingwen lying in bed, "You are a doctor who should save lives! How could you do such wicked things!"
"I didn't mean to do that. But they caught my daughter. Only by doing as I was bidden can I save my daughter. I have no other choice." Dr. Zhou had cried oceans of tears. He covered his face with his hands and continued, "I have never hurt anyone except for Ma Qingwen and his wife. I have been trying my best to help the patients who live nearby these days, hoping to repent of my sins!"
"Now that you did this, can you ensure the safety of your daughter?" Lu Yao asked.
"I've inquired about Bao Tianyi. Although he is a gangster, he always keeps his word. So I finally agreed to cooperate with them. Otherwise, I won't do this even if they kill me!" Dr. Zhou told Lu Yao everything he knew.
"You can leave now. You've accomplished your mission. If you are right, I guess they won't roust you. Take your daughter and get her as far away from here as you can. Don't let me see you again!" Lu Yao was not a bloodthirsty person, so he let him go at the last minute.
Hearing Lu Yao's words, Dr. Zhou ran into the road gratefully.
After talking to Dr. Zhou, Lu Yao didn't immediately go to the stronghold of g**g of the South to find Brother Yi, Bao Tianyi. Instead, he turned around and walked to Chaoyang Garden.