Ultimate Village Doctor

Chapter Six Hundred Twenty-Nine

Had her brothers been of low influence within the Nie Family, her status as a woman would have certainly plummeted.

As the princess of the Nie Family, Nie Qi was accustomed to the rise and fall within their circles and understood these intricacies well, which was why she couldn’t refuse when Nie Hongxue spoke to her with such gravity.

Another point was that Long Xiaoshan was by no means unattractive.

In fact, he could be considered quite handsome.

He had a quality that ordinary men lacked.

Nie Qi had noticed this earlier but refrained from approaching him because of her pride as the noble princess of the Nie Family, unwilling to initiate contact and lower her status. However, now that Nie Hongxue had brought it up, she took advantage of the situation and said, "Alright, brother, I’m doing this to help you."

A flicker of excitement passed through Nie Hongxue’s eyes. "Little sister, thank you. I owe you a big favor. Don’t you like that Blue Diamond Tears of the Sea God from next year’s Hong Kong Island Christie’s spring auction? I’ll get it for you."

Nie Qi’s eyes lit up, and a smile played at the corners of her mouth as she said, "Brother, that’s your promise."

"Would your brother lie to you?" Nie Hongxue said.

"Then just watch," Nie Qi confidently approached Long Xiaoshan, "it’s just a man after all."

Nie Hongxue watched as Nie Qi walked toward Long Xiaoshan.

A calm smile appeared on his lips; he had great confidence in Nie Qi’s abilities. She was the most beautiful girl of the Nie Family, tall and slender with delicate features, akin to a supermodel. Most importantly, she carried the aura of the Nie Family as their princess. Such an attractive woman with that background was the dream goddess for many men, and he did not believe Long Xiaoshan could resist her charms.

As long as Nie Qi could hook Long Xiaoshan and seduce him,

Wang Chao and Hua Die would eventually end up in his, Nie Hongxue’s, hands.

As Nie Qi walked up behind Long Xiaoshan, she suddenly twisted her ankle and lurched forward with an "Ouch!", causing Long Xiaoshan to swiftly turn around and catch her.

Nie Qi had intended to lean against Long Xiaoshan’s back; she didn’t expect him to react so quickly.

But she was also quick to adapt, pretending to fall into his arms unstably. His arms met with her softness; Nie Qi was certainly an attractive woman, arguably the most beautiful in this group of affluent young adults, with an exceptional figure that Long Xiaoshan could feel.

But he wasn’t in the mood for taking advantage of a woman at this moment, especially with a great battle looming.

And he had seen plenty of beautiful women.

Compared to those women, Nie Qi had no particular advantage.

So Long Xiaoshan exerted a gentle force with his hands and took a step back to distance himself from Nie Qi, then supported her, asking, "What’s wrong?"

Nie Qi was slightly startled; she hadn’t expected Long Xiaoshan to show no reaction to her throwing herself into his arms, and even more so for him to step back. A flicker of anger and embarrassment crossed her eyes. Any man would probably not react the way Long Xiaoshan had to the princess of the Nie Family offering herself up like this.

But perhaps there really were men in this world who were true gentlemen, or who preferred to seduce by holding back, playing the big bad wolf.

She refused to believe that she couldn’t attract Long Xiaoshan, such an uncouth country bumpkin.

Nie Qi immediately put on a weak and pained expression, lifting one foot and saying, "My foot is in pain, I might have twisted it just now."

"Really? Should I take a look?" Long Xiaoshan didn’t suspect her, for the mountain trail was indeed treacherous, and it was normal for Nie Qi, an ordinary woman, to sprain her ankle.

"Princess Qi, you’ve hurt your foot?"

Upon hearing that Nie Qi had injured her foot, Wu Tianhao rushed over quickly. Nie Qi was currently supported by Long Xiaoshan, and although Long Xiaoshan had stepped back, they were still quite close; from the back, it looked as though Nie Qi was leaning deeply into Long Xiaoshan’s embrace.

Wu Tianhao had always wanted to pursue Nie Qi.

Even though his family was the richest in Kun City, the Nie Family was a truly great clan. In comparison, the Wu Family was merely nouveau riche. If he managed to win Nie Qi’s favor, it would greatly benefit both the Wu family and him personally.

Besides, Nie Qi was also beautiful.

Wu Tianhao couldn’t be more eager.

He wished that it had been him instead that Nie Qi had thrown herself into his arms; rushing to Long Xiaoshan’s side, he was about to help Nie Qi up when she slapped his hand away, saying coldly, "What are you doing?"

Wu Tianhao was stunned and said, "Princess Qi, you’re hurt. Let me help you to the side. I have medicine, and my master is very good at treating injuries to muscles and bones."

As a Huang Level Martial Artist, Master Huang was used to treating common martial artist injuries such as sprains and fractures—indeed, prolonged illness turns patients into doctors.

At this moment, Wu Tianhao was eagerly offering help.

He didn’t see the flash of annoyance in Nie Qi’s eyes. She wasn’t injured at all. If she allowed that Huang-surnamed old man to examine her, wouldn’t he see right through her pretense?

She immediately said, "Get away from me. I will only let Mr. Long see to my injury. Who asked you to meddle?"

Wu Tianhao, after being scolded harshly by Nie Qi, was somewhat dumbfounded. He had been joking and chatting with Nie Qi upon his arrival, and although they were not the closest of friends, he had his own ways of pursuing women. Moreover, he had given Nie Qi many valuable gifts, and had become friends with her, or else the Nie siblings wouldn’t have accepted his invitation.

He had thought that he had begun to touch the heart of Nie Qi.

He believed that with a bit more effort, the princess of the Nie Family would eventually be his. He hadn’t expected that a well-intentioned offer to let Master Huang check Nie Qi’s foot would result in a torrent of scolding.

What the hell was this situation, he wondered.

In a flash, Wu Tianhao saw Nie Qi, her face glowing with moisture, saying to Long Xiaoshan, "Mr. Long, I apologize for the inconvenience."

His fists clenched, veins popping on his neck.

He wasn’t a fool; clearly, Nie Qi was making a deliberate move on Long Xiaoshan. Despite all his efforts to please the princess of the Nie Family, she treated him like a dog and now was brazenly flirting with another man right in front of him.

Even though Nie Qi wasn’t his woman,

he didn’t believe that Nie Qi was unaware of his feelings for her. This was no different from slapping him in the face and humiliating him.

Yet, he couldn’t have an outburst. Women from the Nie Family, even if they weren’t his yet or even if they were married to him and cuckolded him, he could only bear it in silence.

Unable to lose his temper at Nie Qi, he instead felt a seething hatred for Long Xiaoshan.

From out of nowhere, this stranger had come and taken the woman he desired.

Long Xiaoshan glanced at the two and said, "Alright, sit over there."

Long Xiaoshan assisted Nie Qi to a rock, held her foot, and examined it as Nie Qi kept frowning and said, "It hurts so much, Mr. Long. I might not be able to walk."

"Is that so?" Long Xiaoshan smiled.

He had long realized that Nie Qi was pretending; her foot was perfectly fine.

But why suddenly feign a foot injury to lure his attention? Could his charm really be that potent? No, that couldn’t be it. If he were that charming, Nie Qi wouldn’t have waited until now to start flirting with him. Although he hadn’t paid much attention to these people before, he had noticed that Nie Qi was the proudest, the most beautiful, and came from the best family.

A woman like that, even if she were truly smitten with a man, probably wouldn’t flirt so obviously, would she?