Jiang Xinghai's gaze was searing, filled with an unbearable impatience.
His breathing grew heavier, causing Shen Lingxue, who was right beside him, to shiver involuntarily.
"I've finished my examination. It's a case of mixed hemorrhoids, lentil-shaped, with a trace of deep red. We can't delay treatment. I'll write you a prescription right away. You'll use it as a wash once a day. Then I'll prepare an ointment for you to apply after washing. I guarantee you'll be fully recovered within three days."
Jiang Xinghai pulled the thin blanket over Shen Lingxue's body.
Meanwhile, Shen Lingxue, sprawled limply on the large bed, had a strange longing in her eyes. She seemed to be murmuring something flirtatiously in her delirium.
Hearing Jiang Xinghai's voice, she quickly came to her senses and scrambled to straighten her clothes.
Her opinion of Jiang Xinghai was gradually improving, and a new depth appeared in her eyes.
'At least Jiang Xinghai didn't do anything inappropriate just now.'
'It was her own body that was so traitorous, so sensitive.'
"I'm going to take a shower and change. Please wait for me outside," Shen Lingxue said, taking a deep breath.
To ease Shen Lingxue's embarrassment, Jiang Xinghai quickly stepped out of the suite.
He found a pen and paper on the desk and dashed off a prescription in a flourish of elegant script.
「A little over ten minutes later.」
Shen Lingxue emerged, having changed into an LV business suit and a pair of sky-high heels.
Her waterfall of long hair spilled over her alluring collarbones, giving her an air of chic nobility.
'That outfit is elegant yet professional. Her gaze is firm and confident, as if she could see through anything. The very picture of a powerhouse CEO.' Jiang Xinghai couldn't help but make a mental note.
"You're quite the flatterer."
Shen Lingxue stared at Jiang Xinghai, her earlier shyness gone. She seemed to be trying to see right through this mysterious man.
Jiang Xinghai's gaze fell on the unconscious Wang Junhao. "This scum is still half-alive. How do you plan to deal with him? I can handle it for you."
"No, I'll do it myself!"
"I've heard about something in the Jianghu called the 'Descendant-breaking Kick'... I think I'll use it on him." Shen Lingxue glared at Wang Junhao, whose cheek was a mangled ruin of flesh. With this shocking pronouncement, she gritted her teeth, lifted her high-heeled shoe, and aimed a kick right at the part of him that symbolized his manhood!
A sudden chill shot through Jiang Xinghai's groin, and he couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.
'So Shen Lingxue had a side like this?'
'Castrating a man... that's more devastating than simply killing him.'
'Then again, if Wang Junhao hadn't been so vile and malicious, putting Shen Lingxue in one crisis after another...'
'For a woman like her, with barely enough strength to lift a finger, it couldn't have been easy to resolve to cripple him like this.'
The next instant—
"AWOOOO!!!"
Wang Junhao, who had been out cold, was shocked awake by the pain from his groin. He let out a shriek like a pig being slaughtered, a sound that nearly pierced through the entire building.
Upon seeing the cold smirks on Jiang Xinghai and Shen Lingxue's faces, the excruciating pain caused him to pass out again.
Shen Lingxue shot Wang Junhao a look of utter disgust, but a flicker of regret soon appeared in her cold eyes, and her body began to tremble.
'This is bad!'
'The Wang Family is one of the Four Great Martial Arts Clans in Jizhou!'
'If Wang Junhao has been castrated, the Wang Family will definitely come after us. All of Jizhou might be thrown into chaos!'
"Don't be nervous. You did the right thing."
Jiang Xinghai saw the clear shift in Shen Lingxue's mood and stepped forward to reassure her.
"I'm fine." Shen Lingxue forced a smile.
'She wanted to tell him the truth.'
'But what could a mere designated driver like Jiang Xinghai do to help?'
"Are you worried that Wang Junhao's family will come looking for trouble?" Jiang Xinghai suddenly asked, his expression surprisingly worldly.
"You know about the Wang Family's influence?" Shen Lingxue was surprised.
"I've been in Jizhou for a while. I have some understanding of the so-called great families." 'Jiang Xinghai was certain that the Four Great Martial Arts Clans of Jizhou were deeply entangled in what happened to his parents!'
"We should probably send him to the hospital. Maybe they can still help him," Shen Lingxue suddenly decided.
"With me here, you don't have to worry about the Wang Family's retaliation," Jiang Xinghai stated with conviction.
But Shen Lingxue didn't know Jiang Xinghai. She just thought he was bluffing. Shaking her head, she said, "You hit him to save me. You'll be in great danger when he wakes up. Here's what we'll do: I'll write you a check, enough to keep you comfortable for the rest of your life. You need to leave Jizhou immediately. The farther, the better."
"If I leave, what about you?"
Jiang Xinghai casually lit a cigarette and blew a smoke ring. "I'm not a man who shirks his responsibilities. Since I was your first, I will take responsibility for you. From now on, your problems are my, Jiang Xinghai's, problems."
"Jiang Xinghai, who do you think you are? I don't need you to take responsibility for me!"
Shen Lingxue's expression shifted, and her voice turned cold. "Do you really think you can talk your way out of the Wang Family's revenge with that silver tongue of yours? Impossible! That's completely unrealistic!"
With that, she hurried toward the desk.
"What if we made Wang Junhao disappear from this world for good?"
Suddenly, Jiang Xinghai grabbed Shen Lingxue's arm, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes.
"K-kill him?"
Shen Lingxue froze at his words, then shook her head frantically. "No! Absolutely not!"
"To tell you the truth, I'm a martial artist myself. I am more than capable of protecting you. In fact, from now on, you can do whatever you want. I'll take care of the consequences," Jiang Xinghai stated his position once more.
'All he needed to do was pry the answers he wanted out of Wang Junhao, and then kill him.'
But Shen Lingxue was simply stunned. "You'll take care of the consequences for me? Those are big words."
She gave Jiang Xinghai, the man who had just made such a bold declaration, an unreadable look and shook her head with difficulty. "Killing him is worse than just... un-manning him. At least this way, he's still alive. If he dies, then I ask you: who in all of Jizhou could possibly withstand the wrath of the Wang Family?"
"The Wang Family is nothing. They can't make any real waves. Even making them disappear would be simple."
Jiang Xinghai stared at Shen Lingxue, his expression dead serious, without a hint of jest.
"Make the Wang Family disappear..."
Shen Lingxue was once again stunned into silence by the sheer force of his presence.
'Where on earth did this guy get his confidence?'
'How could he make such outrageous claims?'
"I'm not joking."
Jiang Xinghai offered a genuine smile, his gaze leaving no room for doubt.
"Let's just take him to the hospital."
In the end, Shen Lingxue weighed the pros and cons and made her decision.
Even if every word Jiang Xinghai said was heartfelt and true, she couldn't pin all her hopes on this man.
"What's more, I need to prepare a sufficiently impressive gift and go to the Wang Family in person to explain the entire situation," Shen Lingxue said, taking a deep breath. She felt the matter was incredibly thorny.
Jiang Xinghai shook his head, disagreeing. "Knowing how the Wang Family operates, if you go to them, you'll be walking right into a trap, won't you?"
"Well..."
Shen Lingxue paused, forced to admit his words were right on the mark. "Yes... even if I have proof that Wang Junhao drugged me, if I go to the Wang Family to plead my case, they won't believe an outsider's word against one of their own."
After all, who in this world doesn't protect their own?