Chapitre 15: Chapter 13: Wang Jianjun's Conditions
The next morning, Wang Jianjun's Mercedes drove into the village and came to a steady stop in front of Aunt Wang's house.
"Sis, big brother is here!" Wang Jianjun bellowed before even getting out of the car, startling Aunt Wang's dog into a daze.
"President Wang, please take it easy!" A sweet voice called out as Wang Jianjun's secretary got out of the car first, hurrying to open the door for him.
Once the car door opened, Wang Jianjun placed a hand on the secretary's shoulder and slowly got out of the car.
Wang Jianjun's secretary, Zheng Jiaojiao, was dressed in a professional mini-skirt that showed off her shapely legs, with her blouse tightly wrapped around her upper body.
Ever since Zheng Jiaojiao had successfully ousted Wang Jianjun's previous secretary, she had become his third leg, or rather his walking stick, accompanying him wherever he went.
"Hehe, sis, I've missed you so much!" Wang Jianjun, seeing Aunt Wang standing at the door with a stern face, laughed awkwardly and then turned to Zheng Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, quickly get the gift I've prepared for my sis out of the trunk!"
"Forget it, don't bother, I don't want to dirty my hands!" Aunt Wang, with clearly defined likes and dislikes, couldn't stand Zheng Jiaojiao at all.
Zheng Jiaojiao, upon hearing Aunt Wang's remark, showed not the slightest sign of anger on her face and quietly returned to Wang Jianjun's side to support him.
"Let's go, next time you come, just come alone. Don't bring any shady people with you!" Aunt Wang glared at her brother irritably and walked straight to Li Xiaobao's house.
"Xiaobao, are you there? Your auntie has come to see you!" Aunt Wang's voice reached inside the house before she even arrived at the door, with a tone completely different from how she addressed Zheng Jiaojiao.
"Hmm! Auntie, why did you come so early?" Li Xiaobao, hearing Aunt Wang's voice, climbed out of bed groggily, but the sight of Zheng Jiaojiao beside Wang Jianjun immediately woke him up.
"You silly boy, why don't you hurry up and invite them in to sit down?" Zhou Cuihua, seeing Li Xiaobao's dazed expression, scowled at him and ushered Aunt Wang and Wang Jianjun into the house.
"Sis, is this the guy you told me about?" Li Xiaobao's appearance was clearly beyond Wang Jianjun's expectations, and when he found out that it was Li Xiaobao who was going to treat his leg, he almost got up and left right away.
"Sis, you must be joking with your big brother, right? This guy can cure my leg? I'll have to change my last name to his!" Wang Jianjun, who knew Li Xiaobao, refused to believe that Li Xiaobao could cure his leg.
"Jiaojiao, help me, let's go!" This time Wang Jianjun was truly enraged. Although he and his sister had a very good relationship, he still thought Aunt Wang had gone too far this time.
"Hold on, you're such a big man, if you don't want to be treated, just say so. Why the need to take my last name? I'd rather not have a cripple myself; there have never been any cripples in our Li family!"
Even a clay Buddha has three points of temper! Li Xiaobao was also enraged and stood up to confront Aunt Wang, "Auntie, if it wasn't for your sake, with his attitude? I wouldn't treat him even if you asked!"
"Alas, I'm done for. I, Wang Jianjun, have lived for decades and seen all sorts of storms. Let me tell you, I've seen many impressive people. You know Old Loyal from the Provincial City, Old Lie from the Capital City? Their medical skills are called divine, yet they were helpless with my leg. What are you, a little brat, pulling here?"
Wang Jianjun hadn't expected Li Xiaobao to have such a temper, and he became even more incensed. Had he run all the way from the city early in the morning just to be made fun of by Li Xiaobao?
"Quit with the nonsense, even if it were your own father, I wouldn't treat you!" Li Xiaobao's stubbornness flared up too.
"Xiaobao, keep it down!" Zhou Cuihua gently tugged at Li Xiaobao's clothes from the side.
"It's fine, sister-in-law, don't be afraid of him. What is he, just because he has some money? I'm not impressed. Off you go!" Li Xiaobao stood up and started shooing Wang Jianjun out.
"Xiaobao, calm down!" Seeing Li Xiaobao's demeanor, Aunt Wang got completely flustered. She felt that her brother's leg was solely reliant on Li Xiaobao now.
"Sister, what are you doing? You want him to calm down?" Wang Jianjun grew even angrier at the sight of Aunt Wang. Even though Aunt Wang was his sister, why was she turning her elbow outwards now?
"That's enough, keep it down!" Aunt Wang could hardly contain her anger upon hearing Wang Jianjun's words. A perfectly good situation had been ruined by a single comment from Wang Jianjun.
"Fine, are you all ganging up to make a fool of me!" Wang Jianjun's face turned purple with rage.
"President Wang, take it easy!" At this moment, Zheng Jiaojiao was holding on to Wang Jianjun's arm.
"Hmph!" Wang Jianjun let out a cold snort, feeling the softness of an arm and appreciating that Zheng Jiaojiao was still good to him. He put his hand on her shoulder, and she helped him towards the doorway.
As he reached the doorway, Wang Jianjun couldn't resist looking back at Li Xiaobao, "I'm only letting this slide because of my little sister, otherwise I'd have flattened you!"
"Hey, Jianjun's here!" At this moment, Li Detian entered the courtyard, carrying a hoe. Ever since his leg had healed, the old habit of farming returned.
Even though the rice in the fields had already been harvested, Li Detian still felt uneasy if he didn't visit the fields daily.
"This…" Wang Jianjun, already out the door, saw Li Detian enter the courtyard with a hoe and was dumbfounded.
Wang Jianjun used to visit Kao Mountain Village often, so he knew Li Detian's situation very well. His own condition was even worse, and they had discussed their leg problems before.
But now his own leg was nearly crippled, while Li Detian's leg was almost healed. Although it was still clear that Li Detian had some difficulty, he could now move around in the fields, unaffected in his daily life. This surprised Wang Jianjun greatly.
"Detian brother, what are you up to?" Wang Jianjun seemed to be going mad; he let Zheng Jiaojiao help him down the steps.
"I was just heading to the fields. You should have told me you were coming, Jianjun brother, so I could have hosted you properly. Are you really leaving just like that?" As Li Detian spoke, Aunt Wang and Zhou Cuihua chased after him from inside.
Leave? Leave what leave! I absolutely refuse to leave!
Hearing Li Detian's words, Wang Jianjun's head shook like a rattle drum, damn it, if Li Detian's useless legs for years could be healed, how could Wang Jianjun possibly leave?
"I'm not leaving, you'd have to kill me first!" Wang Jianjun said as he let go of Zheng Jiaojiao and sat down on the threshold stone.
"Brother Jianjun, come in and sit! What are you doing?" Li Detian put down the hoe.
"Well, Brother Detian, I want to ask you something about your leg?" Wang Jianjun grabbed Li Detian's wrist desperately, as if he had spotted his last lifesaving straw, and was visibly excited.
"Oh, Xiaobao cured it for me, come on, let's go inside for some tea!" Li Detian said, pulling Wang Jianjun into the house.
At this moment, Li Xiaobao was sitting inside, looking entirely self-assured, and it wouldn't have been surprising if he had started to stretch out his legs in relaxation.
"What are you doing? You don't stand up when you see your Uncle Jianjun?" Not aware of the earlier situation, Li Detian got annoyed at Li Xiaobao's nonchalant demeanor and slapped him.
Li Xiaobao looked at the incoming slap without anger, just chuckled, tilted his head, and dodged it.
"Detian, what are you doing? Why are you getting angry at the child?" Aunt Wang hurriedly stepped in front of Li Xiaobao.
"This naughty kid, pour your Uncle Jianjun some tea!" Li Detian was just in a moment of irritation; he calmed down as soon as he sat down.
"Xiaobao, I was a bit too anxious just now, please don't hold it against your uncle!" Sitting next to Li Detian, Wang Jianjun watched Li Xiaobao with an embarrassed expression.
By now, he completely believed that Li Xiaobao could treat his leg.
"What's your hurry got to do with me?" Li Xiaobao retorted irritably, while Zhou Cuihua gently pinched him on the side.
"Brother Detian, my sister wants Xiaobao to treat my leg, it's just that I had a little misunderstanding with him earlier!" Seeing Li Xiaobao's indifferent attitude, Wang Jianjun felt even more embarrassed, and Aunt Wang was also scowling and refusing to look at Wang Jianjun.
"Treat a leg? That's easy to say, why don't you just let Xiaobao treat it!" Li Detian was straightforward and hadn't considered the incident that had just occurred.
"Dad, I can't cure him!" Li Xiaobao suddenly shouted.
"Why not?" Li Detian asked.
"Ever heard of Doctor Zhong in the Provincial City and Doctor Lie in the imperial capital? They are called Divine Doctors. If they can't cure a disease, what can I do?" Li Xiaobao sarcastically mimicked Wang Jianjun's tone.
"Misunderstanding, didn't I tell you it was a misunderstanding?" Wang Jianjun kept trying to smooth things over with a forced smile.
Even the naive Li Detian realized there must have been some issue between the two, and then heard Zhou Cuihua explain the whole situation.
"You still want to fight me, come on then, fight me!" Li Xiaobao lost his temper, showing no respect for Wang Jianjun as he stood up and spoke provocatively.
"I'll fight you!" Li Detian nearly slapped Li Xiaobao's face in his anger.
"Brother Detian, please calm down, I was just joking with Xiaobao!" Wang Jianjun said, signaling Zheng Jiaojiao with his eyes, and then saw her pull out two stacks of money from her bag.
Twenty thousand yuan? Li Detian was somewhat taken aback, but Li Xiaobao didn't even blink at the sight of the money on the table.
"This is the deposit, Xiaobao. As long as you say the word, your Uncle Jianjun will spare no effort to help!" With no other choice, Wang Jianjun had to make a guarantee.
"Really?" Li Xiaobao's spirits lifted at Wang Jianjun's words.
"This..." Wang Jianjun instantly understood Li Xiaobao's intention and glanced at Zheng Jiaojiao, feeling a bit awkward.
"Xiaobao, should we go talk in another room?" Zheng Jiaojiao was unashamed and even threw Li Xiaobao a flirtatious look.
"Ah!" Suddenly, Li Xiaobao felt a sharp pain in his waist, and when he turned his head, he saw Zhou Cuihua glaring unhappily at him.
"Heh, sister-in-law, I was just joking!" Li Xiaobao grinned sheepishly, and Zhou Cuihua glanced at him with annoyance, saying, "President Wang is so sincere, and you're still not willing to take a look?"
Li Detian had been fixated on the two stacks of money and hadn't noticed what was happening around him. Hearing Zhou Cuihua's words, he added, "Exactly, hurry up and check on your Uncle Jianjun!"
"Stretch out your leg!" Although Li Xiaobao might not listen to Li Detian, he was very receptive to Zhou Cuihua, who had always been very good to him.
Wang Jianjun motioned to Zheng Jiaojiao to roll up the pants of his disabled leg, revealing a limb that had withered horribly, which startled everyone.
Upon seeing the state of Wang Jianjun's leg, Li Xiaobao couldn't help but frown—it was clearly much more severe than Li Detian's case.
"Can you cure it? Xiaobao?" Wang Jianjun asked anxiously, watching Li Xiaobao.
Without a word, Li Xiaobao slowly gathered a faint layer of Wood Element Spiritual Energy in his palm and gently caressed Wang Jianjun's leg.
After half an hour, Li Xiaobao felt rather drained, but Wang Jianjun felt a slight cool sensation in his leg, although it wasn't very pronounced.
"It's done!" Li Xiaobao said as he raised his head, and Zhou Cuihua took out a white handkerchief to gently wipe the sweat from his face.
"Is that it?" Both Wang Jianjun and Zheng Jiaojiao watched Li Xiaobao with disbelief.
"Xiaobao, don't fool your uncle. I was wrong just now. If it's money you want, just tell me, and I'll give you whatever you ask for. As for anything else..." Wang Jianjun glanced at Zheng Jiaojiao, gritted his teeth, and continued, "Just wait until you come over to your uncle's place, whatever you want, I'll give it to you!"
Cadeaux
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Power Stone 
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