"What... what do you want?"
Xiong Nan Hai watched Chen Xiao walk towards him and Xiong Xiong behind him, his heart instantly rising to his throat:
"I... I only have this one son. If you dare to hurt him, beware... beware that I'll fight you to the death!"
"Do you think I'm afraid of you fighting me to the death?"
Chen Xiao sneered dismissively, raised his hand, and slapped Xiong Nan Hai so hard that he rolled all over the ground. Then, he secretly circulated the profound "Wordless Golden Prescription" in his mind and inserted the silver needle he was playing with into the Baihui acupoint on Xiong Xiong's head.
"Ah! No..."
Seeing this, Xiong Nan Hai lost his mind on the spot. He pounced forward like a madman, hugging Xiong Xiong tightly, and then bared his teeth at Chen Xiao, roaring:
"Chen Xiao, can't you see my son is congenitally intellectually disabled? How can you bear to inflict such a cruel blow on him?"
As he spoke, he quickly reached out to pull out the silver needle that was almost submerged in Xiong Xiong's hair.
At that moment, Xiong Xiong suddenly spoke:
"Dad, have you found the child?"
"You... what did you say?"
Xiong Nan Hai's hand, which was about to pull out the needle, suddenly froze. His expression instantly turned to one of horror, as if he had seen a ghost.
In his memory, Xiong Xiong, who was congenitally intellectually disabled, had never spoken a complete sentence since he was a child. Yet, after being pricked by Chen Xiao's needle, he could speak.
What he found most unbelievable was that Xiong Xiong's expression was now very rich, his eyes were bright and piercing, a far cry from his usual dull features and dim gaze.
For a moment, Xiong Nan Hai felt as if he were dreaming. He subconsciously grabbed Xiong Xiong's shoulders and shook him vigorously, choking out:
"Son, I didn't hear clearly what you just said. Can you say it again?"
Xiong Xiong looked around, his expression anxious:
"I asked, have you found the child? Hui Xian still can't be reached, right? She's always been kind, there's no reason for her to disappear with me and her sister's newborn child..."
As soon as he finished speaking, his expression suddenly returned to its usual dullness, his gaze quickly dimmed and became unfocused. At the same time, the silver needle that should have been in his head, almost covered by his hair, strangely fell to the ground on its own.
"This... this... this this this..."
Xiong Nan Hai seemed to have been forcibly awakened from a beautiful dream. His expression was filled with undisguised fear and despair.
But then, when he saw Chen Xiao bending down to pick up the silver needle from the ground, he finally realized, albeit belatedly, why Xiong Xiong had briefly regained his normal consciousness. Without a second thought, he tightly hugged Chen Xiao's thigh and cried out in supplication:
"Chen... Chen Xiao, no! No, no, no! Divine Doctor Chen! King of Medicine Chen! Please, with your benevolent heart, give my son another needle! As long as he can speak like a normal person, I'll give you twenty thousand yuan..."
Wu Xian Yao was lying on the ground, wailing. Before Xiong Nan Hai could finish speaking, he ignored the throbbing pain in his chest and scrambled to his feet to dissuade him:
"Brother-in-law, are you crazy? Xiong Xiong suddenly speaking normally just now was probably an accident caused by the needle hitting his brain. We don't even know if he was injured, how can you spend money to ask that surnamed Chen to prick him again? Moreover, I watched that surnamed Chen grow up. He just graduated from the Provincial Medical University not long ago and doesn't even have a practicing physician's license. He's just a good-looking good-for-nothing!"
"This..."
Xiong Nan Hai's face stiffened. He suddenly hesitated. After thinking for a moment, he asked Chen Xiao in a probing tone:
"Chen... Doctor Chen, can you not prick his head? I absolutely keep my word. As long as your acupuncture can make my son speak like a normal person, even just one sentence, I'll give you twenty thousand yuan as a consultation fee."
"Brother-in-law..."
Wu Xian Yao wanted to say something but stopped. Seeing that he couldn't dissuade Xiong Nan Hai, he hesitated for a moment and then threatened Chen Xiao fiercely:
"Chen Xiao, if your acupuncture can really make my son speak normally, besides the twenty thousand yuan consultation fee, we won't even hold you accountable for hitting us. But if you can't, my brother-in-law will definitely not let you off..."
Chen Xiao couldn't be bothered to listen to Wu Xian Yao's nonsense. He said with a half-smile:
"As long as the money is right, let alone just speaking a sentence, I can permanently remove the root cause of his congenital intellectual disability. But obviously, twenty thousand yuan is far from enough. Moreover, you provoked me first, so the price will have to be doubled and doubled again."
Xiong Nan Hai gritted his teeth in hatred, his intestines turning green with regret. He wished he could slap Wu Xian Yao a few times to vent his anger. After much hesitation, he forced out a smile that was more bitter than crying and said:
"Doctor Chen, just tell me how much you need."
As he said this, his face was full of heartache, clearly mentally prepared to be heavily extorted by Chen Xiao.
Wu Xian Yao said enviously:
"Thirty thousand?"
Chen Xiao glanced at Wu Xian Yao with disdain and said:
"One million per needle. This is my friendly price for all the idiots who provoke me without knowing their limits. Since President Xiong works at Jiuding Pharmaceutical, you should feel honored. As for a complete cure, it should conservatively take nine needles, which is only nine million. I'll knock off a zero for you and just call it ten million."
"You... you... you you you..."
Wu Xian Yao was speechless, completely stunned by Chen Xiao's words. He stammered for a long time but couldn't form a complete sentence, his face turning red.
Xiong Nan Hai was furious and said indignantly:
"Chen Xiao, how can you, as a doctor, be so arrogant because of your talent? Aren't you afraid of my revenge?"
"Arrogant because of talent? Heh."
Chen Xiao sneered:
"As long as it's ten million, I'll cure your son, and even cure your newborn granddaughter. Are you sure this is arrogance? You might not believe it, but if it weren't for Hui Xian, even if you begged me for ten million, I would refuse to treat you!"
He paused, and before the extremely displeased Xiong Nan Hai could speak, Chen Xiao added:
"By the way, you dare to be so arrogant in front of me, probably because you think you're a dog of the Ye family, right? Don't blame me for reminding you. If you want treatment, hurry up and kneel down to pay. If not, get lost! If you babble one more word, I'll make a phone call and have Ye Jin Huan strip you of your dog status!"
"You... haha... hahahaha..."
Xiong Nan Hai laughed angrily, his face full of disdain:
"Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao, do you really think that just because you happened to make my son say a few words with acupuncture, you can get on your high horse? You can brag without batting an eye? Who is Ye Jin Huan? How can you order her around?"
Wu Xian Yao clearly didn't believe Chen Xiao either and chimed in with mockery:
"Chen, do you have Ye Jin Huan's phone number? Does my brother-in-law need to give it to you?"
"Heh."
Chen Xiao sneered, took out his phone from his pocket, dialed Ye Jin Huan's number, and deliberately turned on the speakerphone.
Ye Jin Huan answered immediately on the other end, saying with trepidation:
"Chen... Doctor Chen, may I ask what instructions you have for this junior sister?"
Xiong Nan Hai, who had unexpectedly heard Ye Jin Huan's distinctive sexy voice, instantly replaced his contemptuous expression with horror. His legs went weak, and he knelt at Chen Xiao's feet.