Wei Zhao had just reached the doorway of the banquet hall when Li Yixun hurried in with a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was Director Tian, the owner of the Sea Moon Resort. He had come with Li Yixun to offer birthday wishes to Divine Doctor Kang, and with the feast held on his own territory, he as proprietor had to appear in person to give his blessing.

To his surprise, however, he found guests already taking their leave! The banquet had barely begun and not a single dish had been served, so why was anyone leaving?

Just as Director Tian stood puzzled, Li Yixun murmured at his side, "Director Tian, this is Mr. Wei Zhao."

"Ah!" Director Tian started, then looked Wei Zhao over carefully. Sure enough, he was the same as the photograph in the file! He had not noticed before, but with Li Yixun's reminder he at once broke into a kindly smile and went forward to greet him. "Young Master Wei, you are leaving?"

"Ha, you must be Uncle Tian?" Seeing him approach together with Li Yixun, Wei Zhao had already guessed his identity. "I only accompanied my classmate to his Second Grandfather's birthday feast. The gift has been presented, only it found no favor, so there is no need for us to linger on and shame ourselves."

Director Tian frowned. To scorn Young Master Wei's gift? Was that not courting death? Still, unsure whether Wei Zhao was on a mission, he dared not say more and only nodded. "Then shall I have someone see you out?"

"No need, we can leave on our own!" Wei Zhao waved his hand with a smile.

"Very well, call me if anything comes up, or Xiao Li will do just as well." Director Tian nodded.

This scene at the entrance fell into the eyes of all the guests and shocked them all the more! Director Tian of the Sea Moon Resort was a notable figure in Donghai high society, yet he was so polite to Wei Zhao. What on earth was Wei Zhao's background?

Could he be the eldest young master of some moneyed family? It certainly looked that way...

No face looked darker than Divine Doctor Kang's. He had never dreamed that Kang Xiaobo's classmate could be a man of consequence. Had he known sooner that Wei Zhao was rich second-generation, he would never have let Kang Zhaoming crush that pill underfoot!

That pill, by the look of it, really did seem genuine.

"Phew--" Once outside the banquet hall, Kang Xiaobo breathed a long sigh and clenched his fists in excitement. "Boss, this is the first time in my life I have held my head so high! Did you see my Second Grandfather's face, and Kang Zhaoming's? They were twisted out of shape! They must be regretting it to death by now. That Longevity and Detoxification Pill was trampled to pieces by Kang Zhaoming himself! That fool is sure to suffer for it when he gets home!"

"Heh..." Wei Zhao patted Kang Xiaobo on the shoulder. At the very least, Kang Xiaobo had today taken the first step toward becoming a man who stood tall between heaven and earth!

"Yes, what a terrible pity! Had I known that pill was provided by Mr. Wei, I would have rushed onto the stage to snatch it even at the risk of being laughed at!" Liu Tianyi said with regret. "It was truly a waste of a heavenly treasure!"

Xiaofen had been anxious before, fearing insults from Kang Zhaoming's family, but now she understood that she too could stand upon a height and look down on the Kangs!

Just now, when Kang Xiaobo had coldly uttered those words, when he had demanded that Kang Zhaoming repay the harm done to him, Xiaofen had been so thrilled! And Kang Zhaoming, his eyes darting, had not even dared to speak!

"Thank you, Xiaobo..." With that, Xiaofen turned to Wei Zhao. "Thank you... Xiaobo's boss..."

"Ha, why say such things?" Wei Zhao waved his hand. "We are all our own people now! Xiaobo, next I will give you a stage to display your talents, one that will set you on equal footing with Divine Doctor Kang, and even above him!"

"Really?" Kang Xiaobo froze, hope kindling in his eyes in an instant. He had never doubted Wei Zhao's words; this "really" was only an outcry of inward astonishment. "Boss, thank you. Rest assured, I will not let you down..."

Just as Kang Xiaobo was beside himself with excitement, a fat man came lumbering out of the banquet hall, panting as he chased after them and calling as he ran, "Young man, wait, young man... wait for me..."

Wei Zhao stared at the panting fat man, baffled. "Who are you calling?"

"You, young man!" The fat man ran up to Wei Zhao and fell to his knees before him with a thud. "Young man, I beg you, sell me one of those Longevity and Detoxification Pills. I will pay anything, one hundred million? No, five hundred million will do!"

Wei Zhao looked at the fat man, speechless. Was there something wrong with this fellow? Running out here to buy a pill from him? Did he actually believe it was real?

"Young man, I beg you!" Seeing Wei Zhao give no answer, the fat man suddenly clutched his leg and burst into wailing, snot and tears streaming down together. "Sell me one, any price will do. If you will only sell me one, you will be Fatty Lai's lifesaver, I beg you..."

"Good grief... stop crying first!" Wei Zhao was truly dumbfounded. He had meant to push the man aside and ignore him, but he had never expected the fellow to start crying just like that, and so bitterly too. For such a grown man to kneel crying before him left Wei Zhao at a loss for words.

"Young man, if you promise me, I will stop crying..." Fatty Lai blew his nose, smearing snot onto Wei Zhao's trouser leg and sending a chill of disgust through him.

"Then go ahead and cry yourself to death." Wei Zhao was speechless.

"If I stop crying, you will sell it to me?" Fatty Lai quickly stifled his sobs and asked.

"Old Lai, what are you doing? If you have something to say, just say it. Look what a spectacle you are making of yourself?" Liu Tianyi spoke up; clearly he knew this fat man.

"Old Liu, you speak without feeling the ache in your back. Your old father's sickness is cured and you are happy, but my old man is still lying in a sickbed, boohoo..." Reaching the sad part, Fatty Lai began to wail again. "I asked you to tell me the divine doctor who treated your father, and you kept it a secret! If I do not fight for it now, the chance will slip away again! You old fox!"

Wei Zhao understood now. So this fellow also had a sick old father! Moreover, he knew Liu Tianyi and knew that Liu Tianyi's father had recovered, so he had taken it to heart. He had probably asked Liu Tianyi before, but without Wei Zhao's permission Liu Tianyi had not dared to reveal anything about him, which was why Fatty Lai bore Liu Tianyi such resentment.

Yet Fatty Lai was no fool. From Kang Xiaobo's single Longevity and Detoxification Pill and from Liu Tianyi's manner toward Wei Zhao, he had deduced that Wei Zhao was the very man who had cured Liu Zhenhu!

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