In fact, when Marquis Dingxi heard this news, he was also startled. He rushed over immediately, but what he saw was even more frightening than he had imagined.

The hunter who was supposedly dying was half-sitting on a soft sedan chair. Not only was he awake, but he was also wielding a stick and beating people with crackling sounds.

“You ungrateful bastards! I, Du Dashan, don’t have brothers like you! The physician devoted himself to treating me! Yet you actually conspired with others to falsely accuse and humiliate Physician Liu! I’ll beat you ungrateful scoundrels to death!”

The hunter beat and cursed at the same time. Although his strength appeared quite weak and frail, his spirit absolutely didn’t look like someone who was dying.

Four or five men knelt in front of the hunter, silently enduring the beating and scolding with lowered heads, being as submissive as could be. Some women were covering their faces and crying.

The hunter ultimately didn’t have much strength left. He weakly threw down the stick and leaned against the soft sedan chair, gasping for breath.

A woman about his age immediately stepped forward to check on him with concern, but the hunter slapped her across the face and cursed:

“And you, you wretched woman! They don’t understand, but you followed along with the commotion! I’m going to divorce you – if I don’t divorce you, I’ll have no face to meet people!”

The woman knelt on the ground and began crying loudly.

This… this…

Marquis Dingxi’s gaze searched around and soon spotted his daughter-in-law. At this moment, the beauty could hardly be called beautiful – she wore a shapeless large gown, her complexion was haggard, and her hair was wrapped in a head scarf.

Qi Yue was watching the commotion here with a cheerful smile, showing no intention of intervening. Instead, when Liu Pucheng was about to speak, she stopped him.

“It’s human nature, understandable,” Liu Pucheng said, looking at this woman’s expression and understanding that her resentment had not yet subsided. He felt somewhat amused yet very moved.

“I understand,” Qi Yue smiled. “But understanding doesn’t mean they weren’t wrong. If they made mistakes, they naturally should be punished.”

This girl… Liu Pucheng shook his head. He hadn’t realized she was quite vindictive.

Seeing that the hunter had indeed exhausted his strength and the woman had already begun seeking death, Qi Yue finally stepped forward.

“You’ve just recovered, you mustn’t let anger flare up,” she said.

This wasn’t mediation, just concern for the patient. The surrounding disciples exchanged glances and smiled with pursed lips.

Miss Qi wouldn’t even speak polite words for appearances.

The hunter, gasping for breath, thanked Qi Yue repeatedly again.

“You bastards, all of you come over and kowtow to Physician Liu and the Young Madam,” he mustered his strength to shout again.

Those men and women immediately came over to kowtow to Liu Pucheng and Qi Yue, while slapping their own faces with pa-pa sounds.

“Alright, alright, as long as the person is well, that’s good,” Liu Pucheng hurriedly said, helping them up.

Qi Yue stood with her arms crossed, smiling cheerfully.

“That’s not necessarily so. For now there’s no life-threatening danger, but to say he’s completely recovered – I wouldn’t dare claim that. Who knows, he might relapse again after going home. We wouldn’t dare promise you anything,” she said, while pulling Liu Pucheng back from behind, not allowing him to bend down to help these people up.

These people weren’t fools and naturally understood Qi Yue’s meaning. They immediately felt extremely ashamed.

“I know you were worried about your family member. When you heard the news about no cure, you became anxious and hot-headed. But you shouldn’t have hit my teacher,” Qi Yue slowly said, putting away her smile. “You have your reasons, and I have mine. So, from now on, Qianjin Hall will never again treat anyone from your family.”

As soon as these words were spoken, forget about the hunter’s family being shocked – even Liu Pucheng was just learning of this, and those disciples were all full of amazement.

Someone actually dared to say such words! To say such words to patients!

Shouldn’t this be the time to say some polite words, accept these people’s gratitude, and have everyone be happy?

“Miss Qi, you cannot do this…” Liu Pucheng began to speak.

Qi Yue interrupted him.

“Teacher means that I’m not a person of Qianjin Hall and cannot make such decisions, right?” she asked.

Liu Pucheng looked at her with a frown.

“That’s not what I mean. Miss Qi, physicians should have benevolent hearts. How can you speak of refusing treatment because of a momentary misunderstanding?” he sighed.

Qi Yue just tightly closed her mouth and didn’t speak.

But everyone could see the stubbornness and persistence in her eyes.

“Physician Liu, you don’t need to say anything more. The Young Madam is right – we don’t deserve to come to Qianjin Hall anymore,” the hunter on the soft sedan chair said, gasping for breath, cupping his hands toward Qi Yue. “Young Madam is forthright, reasoning with reason and settling grievances clearly. You’re a straightforward person. This condition is the punishment our Du family deserves. We accept it.”

Everyone from Marquis Dingxi’s household was dumbfounded. Chang Yuncheng looked at Qi Yue – from beginning to end, this woman’s gaze had never once looked in his direction.

Reasoning with reason, settling grievances clearly…

Marquis Dingxi couldn’t help but shudder, a flash of guilt crossing his mind.

“…He’s recovered?” He coughed heavily and stepped forward.

Seeing him approach, people all around greeted him respectfully. The hunter’s family members prostrated themselves on the ground, and even the hunter on the soft sedan chair struggled to get down.

“Marquis is benevolent, Marquis is benevolent.”

They couldn’t speak well and were seeing such a noble person for the first time. Apart from repeating this phrase over and over, they couldn’t say anything else, continuously bowing their heads to the ground.

Previously, when those commoners saw him, it was with awe. Now, these commoners’ awe carried a few extra parts of gratitude…

The feeling of being awed and appreciated by commoners wasn’t bad either. Marquis Dingxi couldn’t help but stroke his beard and nod.

“It wasn’t easy, suffering such great hardship,” he said compassionately, while signaling to the steward. “Bring that money over. Go home and recuperate well.”

This made the hunters even more grateful.

“Open the doors and escort them out,” Marquis Dingxi said loudly.

“Just use the side door – don’t make too much of a show,” Qi Yue said with a calm expression.

Zhang Tong beside them couldn’t help but choke after hearing this.

He couldn’t help but look at Hu San nearby, only to see that Hu San also had a calm expression, though compared to Qi Yue’s calmness, Hu San’s was obviously too obviously feigned.

“I seem to have hazily heard the Young Madam instruct you early this morning to go out and spread the news that the hunter had recovered?” Zhang Tong couldn’t help but ask Hu San in a low voice.

“What kind of joke is that? Is my master that shameless? Besides, this kind of thing is fact – what’s there to boast about or spread?” Hu San said in a low voice, looking at Zhang Tong with disgust as if he had been greatly insulted.

Zhang Tong quickly apologized – yes, yes, he must have misheard.

How could the dignified Young Madam of the Marquis household be so petty?

Marquis Dingxi, hearing it was just opening the side door, felt it was somewhat too low-key.

“Marquis, it’s just an ordinary commoner hunter – how could we open the main gate?” Qi Yue looked at him with a slight smile.

This also made sense. Marquis Dingxi laughed heartily, once again regretting that this time they hadn’t saved some important person – otherwise, how glorious it would have been.

“Yueniang, you’re still the most thoughtful, with a steady temperament. Very good, very good,” he laughed.

She had called him Marquis…

Chang Yuncheng looked at Qi Yue. In fact, his gaze had never moved away from her.

Marquis, not the paternal address she used before.

Father. This form of address was no longer worth her speaking aloud…

When the side door opened, everyone was startled.

There was a sea of people in front of the door, and even looking toward the street, there were people everywhere. So many people, yet they were quite quiet. When the hunter’s family came out carrying the soft sedan chair, they suddenly let out surprised exclamations, and the exclamations swept across the street in front of the door like wind and waves.

Marquis Dingxi, who had originally felt somewhat regretful, immediately rushed to the door as soon as he learned of this. This, this – this kind of glorious feeling created by common people wasn’t bad either!

After the hunter woke up, Hu San had pulled him aside to explain everything, including the bet. Seeing this scene, Du Dashan immediately sat up from the soft sedan chair.

“Let me down. I want to walk out myself,” he shouted loudly.

He had just awakened, and his injury was in his leg. His family members quietly tried to dissuade him.

Du Dashan struck them with his stick.

“Let me down! I’m not as shameless as you all,” he shouted.

This time no one dared to speak. His brothers helped Du Dashan down from the soft sedan chair.

Seeing Du Dashan’s actions, the shouting died down and the area in front of the door became quiet. Everyone looked toward this side in disbelief.

Qi Yue, Liu Pucheng, and the others following behind naturally saw this too. After a moment of surprise, they also understood his intention.

“This man is truly a man,” Qi Yue laughed. “I like…”

A’Ru pinched her hard from behind. Fortunately, the exclamations outside rose again, drowning out her words.

Qi Yue turned back to bare her teeth at A’Ru to show it hurt. A’Ru glared at her, and unconsciously glanced to the side, surprisingly discovering that Chang Yuncheng, who had somehow moved closer, was looking at them.

He didn’t hear, right… he definitely didn’t hear.

A’Ru lowered her head, while Qi Yue had already turned her gaze away, completely paying no attention to who had moved closer beside her.

Du Dashan walked out step by step accompanied by the shouting. Finally, this shouting made him excited too, as if he himself had done something remarkable. No, he had indeed done something remarkable. Hu San’s narration had been very comprehensive, dramatic, and emotionally engaging. When Du Dashan was listening, he had completely forgotten that he was a stake in the bet, instead feeling like he was one of the betting parties. Of course, he stood on the side of the Young Madam and Physician Liu. Now they had won!

Under the gaze and attention of so many people, they had won!

Du Dashan suddenly pushed away the brothers supporting him and raised the stick he had used to beat people.

“Look! I’m alive!” he shouted loudly, his eyes wide with excitement on his weak, pale face. “I’m alive! Whoever dares to call Physician Liu a quack again, I’ll be the first to twist off his head!”

When Qi Yue and Liu Pucheng stepped forward, the cheering became even more enthusiastic.

“Physician Liu is a miracle doctor!”

“Young Madam is a miracle doctor!”

After being beaten and thinking there was no hope, then suddenly enjoying this kind of enthusiasm, all the disciples of Qianjin Hall were so excited their hair stood on end.

“How does this feel?” Qi Yue asked Liu Pucheng in a low voice.

Liu Pucheng looked at this girl somewhat helplessly. It seemed this girl was becoming more and more confident. He couldn’t help but remember the first time he met this girl – the panic and fear on her face and in her eyes, as if seeing patients was like seeing fierce tigers and wild beasts. But from when had she gradually lost these fears? Just like now, with a calm expression that came from inner confidence.

Moreover, she was becoming more and more… mischievous.

Yes, she was originally the age of his granddaughter, precisely the age of youthful spring splendor.

“There’s an even better feeling,” Qi Yue giggled.

“Ah? What is it?” Hu San immediately asked. He had squeezed through the crowd with great difficulty to stand behind Qi Yue, to demonstrate his status as the senior disciple… though of course, still a level below Miss A’Ru.

“Collecting gambling debts,” Qi Yue smiled while raising her eyebrows.