"Dad, how many times have I told you this? Why do you keep asking Auntie?" Zhou Yi Yi said helplessly.

"That's right, big brother," Zhou Xiuyun added with a helpless sigh.

"How can I not double-check? This is of the utmost importance!" Zhou Qingzhi rubbed his hands together. "You two make them sound so miraculous. I just hope that Divine Doctor can really make a difference!"

"Dad, don't jinx it!" Zhou Yi Yi scolded. "It's not 'I hope he can,' it's 'he definitely will'!"

"Yes, yes, he definitely will!" Zhou Qingzhi nodded quickly.

Zhou Xiuyun then asked, "Aren't second brother and sister-in-law coming?"

"Your second brother has some business to take care of in Long Capital, and your sister-in-law needs to help me keep an eye on things back home, so I came alone," Zhou Qingzhi explained.

Zhou Xiuyun nodded in understanding.

「A short while later.」

Suddenly, the sound of a car engine came from outside.

"Someone's here!" Zhou Qingzhi rushed out in a flurry of excitement, not even bothering to change his shoes.

Seeing his impatient dash, Zhou Xiuyun and Zhou Yi Yi could only exchange a helpless glance.

「At the entrance of the mansion.」

A spirited middle-aged man in a custom suit, with a slight paunch, walked into the Zhou Family Mansion. "Young Master Zhi is here too, haha, long time no see! Xiuyun, Yi Yi, good evening to you."

Zhou Qingzhi laughed heartily. "Brother Hao, long time no see! Why are you still calling me Young Master Zhi? Just call me Brother Zhi! How is your wife doing?"

Ten or fifteen years ago, they had been the influential young masters who stirred up the scene in Tianhai. Their current terms of address still carried echoes of the past.

"Hello, Uncle Ouyang!"

"Brother Hao!"

Zhou Yi Yi and Zhou Xiuyun both greeted him. As they did, however, all three of them couldn't help but look past Ouyang Hao, peering behind him...

Ouyang Hao let out a hearty laugh. "Look at you, so old and still so shameless," he teased, before answering the earlier question. "Your sister-in-law is recuperating."

"And how's Xiao Jie now?" Zhou Qingzhi walked up to Ouyang Hao, his face filled with concern.

Ouyang Hao smiled gently, looking relieved. "Thanks to Doctor Xu's blessing, he's recovering even faster than his mom. He can already run and jump."

At his words, Zhou Xiuyun's and Zhou Qingzhi's pupils shrank. Qin Ya was still recuperating from the car accident. But a child whom Zhang Qiming had diagnosed as having no signs of life at the scene could now run and jump? Wasn't that too incredible?

At the same time, Zhou Yi Yi's expression changed. It wasn't Xiao Jie's recovery that surprised her, but Ouyang Hao's title for the doctor.

Doctor... Xu? His surname is Xu?!

A terrible premonition suddenly welled up in her heart.

"So where is Doctor Xu?" Zhou Qingzhi finally asked, unable to hold back any longer after realizing Ouyang Hao had come alone.

Hearing this, Ouyang Hao coughed dryly. "Xiao Ya originally told me to go pick him up, but Doctor Xu said someone was already getting him, so it would be rude to trouble me."

Zhou Qingzhi was immediately displeased. "You've got some nerve! Doctor Xu said you didn't need to pick him up, so you just didn't go?! I didn't ask you to come, yet here you are!"

Zhou Xiuyun glared at him. "Big brother, watch your tone!" How could he talk that way to Ouyang Hao, who had gone through the trouble of finding them a doctor?

Ouyang Hao just laughed. "Hear that? Watch how you speak," he teased, throwing Zhou Xiuyun's words back at his old friend. Their relationship was so good that they were long used to talking this way.

"Sigh..." Zhou Qingzhi sighed, his anxiety mounting again.

"Just wait a bit, don't be anxious! Doctor Xu won't go back on his word," Ouyang Hao said, patting Zhou Qingzhi on the shoulder.

Zhou Qingzhi nodded, but in the next moment, another engine roared outside.

VROOM...

Zhou Qingzhi's excitement flared again. "Is Doctor Xu here?"

But when they all looked out, they saw a car from Dapeng Commerce.

Ouyang Hao was astonished. "Why would Boss Duan come?"

"Boss Duan said he was bringing a doctor to see Dad," Zhou Qingzhi explained.

Ouyang Hao nodded in sudden understanding.

BANG.

The car door closed, and Duan Chongfeng got out and walked toward them.

To avoid upstaging Xu Ke with too much fanfare, he hadn't even brought Duan Jia or Duan Yi. Besides, with his current martial prowess, not many people could serve as his bodyguards anyway.

Zhou Qingzhi immediately went to greet him, smiling. "Boss Duan, thank you for making the trip!"

Since Ouyang Hao's "Doctor Xu" was delayed, it would be fine to have Boss Duan's Divine Doctor take a look at his father first.

But Duan Chongfeng just smiled. "It's no trouble, but I'm afraid you'll have to wait a little longer. The Divine Doctor is still on his way."

"I was supposed to pick the Divine Doctor up tonight, but something came up at the last minute, so he's been delayed," he continued. "I came ahead to offer my apologies and give you an update on his whereabouts."

He knew that half of Zhou Qingzhi's enthusiastic thanks were intended for Xu Ke, so it was only right to explain Xu Ke's situation clearly.

Duan Chongfeng, however, was a little puzzled. Why is Ouyang Hao here too?

Zhou Qingzhi's hopes were instantly dashed.

Zhou Xiuyun was stunned and blurted out instinctively, "He's on the way, too?"

Zhou Yi Yi's pupils quaked. How could it be such a coincidence?

Duan Chongfeng paused. Why did Zhou Xiuyun use the word 'too'?

Though disappointed, Zhou Qingzhi quickly composed himself. "Boss Duan, please, come in for some tea. I know you like Dahongpao, and I just received a tin from a client."

"Excellent!"

Duan Chongfeng followed him inside. Spotting Ouyang Hao, he smiled. "Patriarch Ouyang, good evening."

"Good evening," Ouyang Hao returned the smile.

They entered the living room and everyone took a seat. A servant brought over the tea tin, and Zhou Qingzhi began to boil water for brewing.

Duan Chongfeng broke the silence. "Miss Zhou, I heard you say 'on the way, too.' What did you mean by that?"

"It's just that Brother Hao also found a Divine Doctor, who also happens to be on his way," Zhou Xiuyun explained.

"I see," Duan Chongfeng said with a nod of realization.

After a while, the aroma of tea began to fill the air. Just as Duan Chongfeng was about to take a sip, Zhou Yi Yi suddenly spoke up. "Uncle Duan, may I ask you a question?"

"What is it?" Duan Chongfeng asked, taken aback.

Everyone turned to look at Zhou Yi Yi in unison.

She couldn't help but press, "Could you please tell me the name of the Divine Doctor you invited?"

Ever since Duan Chongfeng had arrived and said his doctor was *also* on the way, the ominous feeling in her gut had been growing stronger and stronger.

"His name?"

"Yes!" Zhou Yi Yi nodded firmly.

Zhou Xiuyun and Zhou Qingzhi exchanged a surprised look. Since when was Yi Yi interested in such things?

Duan Chongfeng was momentarily startled, but then he figured since Xu Ke would be here soon anyway, there was no harm in introducing him now.

But just as he opened his mouth to speak...

VROOM...

The roar of an engine sounded from outside once more.

The group exchanged glances and rose to their feet in unison. If any outsider had witnessed this scene, they would have been scared witless. What kind of person could possibly command the core figures of the Ouyang Family, the Zhou Family, and Dapeng Commerce to all rise in greeting?

Fortunately, the Zhou family lived in a villa with the living room on the ground floor. Otherwise, just getting downstairs and out the door would have been a chore.

The group walked outside in an orderly procession. Deferring to Duan Chongfeng and Ouyang Hao, Zhou Qingzhi walked more slowly than before, allowing Zhou Xiuyun and Zhou Yi Yi to lead the way out.

Stepping outside, they saw Xu Ke and Wang Qiya just as they closed their car doors and set foot on the ground.

Zhou Xiuyun subconsciously glanced at Zhou Yi Yi. "Why is Qi Ya here?"

She paid Xu Ke no mind at all.

Zhou Yi Yi explained, "I asked Qi Ya to bring her brother-in-law over. She said his medical skills are quite good..."

"'Quite good?'" Zhou Xiuyun frowned.

She had heard of Xu Ke's reputation: a pretty boy kept by Wong Qifu, a man who couldn't even handle the deluge of negative press that constantly flooded the Tianhai news.

How could a person like that possibly have decent medical skills?

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