It wasn’t a case of active medical malpractice, and besides, it was Lu Beicheng’s people who had invited her over this time. Thirty million — Jiu’er naturally wouldn’t agree to that figure.

After Lu Beicheng finished saying those words, Jiu’er didn’t think twice — she turned and walked away.

Ji Mingyu watched Jiu’er’s figure disappear behind the flowers, then glanced at Lu Beicheng, pressing his lips together, looking somewhat troubled.

“Sir, are you really going to let her leave just like that?”

Ninth Master never wasted effort on useless things. Zhen Jiu’er had come, yet she hadn’t been kept — that was a waste of Ninth Master’s time.

Lu Beicheng said nothing. He picked up the book that had been resting on his lap at some point, and continued reading.

Ji Mingyu wanted to say more, but unexpectedly, Zhen Jiu’er — who had clearly already walked out past the flowers — came rushing back in a hurry.

And with a look of sheer terror on her face!

She was even panting slightly.

“N-Ninth Master, if I become your attending physician, c-can you guarantee I’ll have enough to eat, enough to wear, and pocket money on top of that?”

Ji Mingyu’s eyes widened in shock. What was going on?

This stubborn little girl had suddenly turned so docile?

But as Ninth Master’s assistant, he still had to answer Jiu’er’s question on his master’s behalf.

“Miss Zhen, as Ninth Master’s attending physician, not only will you be well-fed and well-clothed, you’ll also receive a hundred thousand a month in pocket money. What does Miss Zhen think of that?”

A hundred thousand!

Jiu’er’s fingers curled slightly.

No — she was doing the math.

For an intern who hadn’t even graduated yet, that was far too much.

“I have no objections. But, Ninth Master, I’m just an intern doctor, not even a licensed physician yet. Why did you choose me?”

Who was he? The Ninth Young Master of Jiangzhou’s foremost family! If he so much as crooked a finger, plenty of people would come crawling to be his attending physician.

Yet he insisted on choosing her?

When something is abnormal, there’s bound to be something sinister behind it — this so-called position of attending physician was surely not so easy to take on.

Lu Beicheng didn’t answer that question.

“Since Miss Zhen has no objections, let’s get the contract signed.”

Jiu’er was arranged into a guest room to sign the contract with Ji Mingyu’s secretary.

As Ji Mingyu escorted Lu Beicheng back to the main house, he was still full of doubt. “Ninth Master, wasn’t that little girl so stubborn just now? Why did she suddenly change her mind?”

The frightened look on her face when she’d come running back was still vivid in his mind.

Wasn’t she supposed to fear nothing under heaven or on earth?

As Lu Beicheng read, a faint, barely perceptible glint of mischief flickered across his eyes. “Once she’s signed the contract, send the hundred hunting dogs in the garden back to the kennel.”

Ji Mingyu’s heart jolted — he froze on the spot!

The kennel had actually sent over a hundred hunting dogs, and he hadn’t even received word of it beforehand.

That speed — utterly astonishing!

No wonder Zhen Jiu’er had changed her mind in an instant!

A hundred hunting dogs… just thinking about it sent chills down one’s spine.

The way Ninth Master dealt with people was simply terrifying!

He wondered if that little girl was, at this very moment, so furious she was about to cough up blood!

…But Zhen Jiu’er wasn’t angry right now — she was stunned!

So stunned that words failed her!

“Bei Mu? Are you sure — the mu in ‘admiration’? It’s really Bei Mu?”

When the butler brought her daily necessities, he mentioned in passing that tomorrow she would accompany Ninth Master out to personally survey the Laluo Mountain Range.

Some time ago, they had discovered the ruins of an old city within the Laluo Mountains.

The butler said Ninth Master called that place Bei Mu.

Zhen Jiu’er was certain she hadn’t misheard.

Bei Mu!

The mu meaning admiration!

That was exactly the Bei Mu she was looking for!