Medical and Martial God-Chapter 349: Calamity

At these words, the crowd of onlookers stirred with excitement again. The show wasn’t over yet! Haha! Time for more drama!

"I admit I slapped him, but as I’ve already said, Fei Xiang started it," Ye Xiu stated, his face an emotionless mask.

"As long as you admit to hitting him, that’s enough!" Fei Yihong declared, turning to Jin Peng. "Brother Jin, you heard him. Wang Dazhuang admitted to hitting Fei Xiang." The implication was clear: he still wanted Jin Peng to avenge his grandson.

Upon hearing this, Jin Lian became anxious and desperately tried to catch her grandfather’s eye to stop him from getting involved. Ye Xiu is in the right! If Grandpa still sides with Fei Xiang, he’ll think we can’t tell right from wrong and are just unreasonable thugs. If we anger Ye Xiu... Recalling the Shen Family’s fate, a cold sweat instantly broke out on Jin Lian’s back.

"Brother Fei, Fei Xiang started it, and Wang Dazhuang hit him. They were both in the wrong. I say we let this matter drop," Jin Peng said. He hadn’t noticed Jin Lian’s frantic signals, but he was a man with sound morals. Now that he knew the truth, helping Fei Xiang take revenge on Ye Xiu would go against his principles.

Seeing her grandfather say this, the knot of tension in Jin Lian’s chest finally loosened, and she let out a deep sigh of relief.

"Brother Jin, I don’t like the sound of that," Fei Yihong said, suppressing his fury. "Consider my grandson’s status, and then consider Wang Dazhuang’s! He’s just a lowly peasant. How can he possibly compare to Fei Xiang? If you won’t handle this, I can take matters into my own hands. The Fei Family might not be some great clan, but crushing a peasant is still as easy as pie."

At his words, the reactions among the guests varied.

A cold glint flashed in Ye Xiu’s eyes. I already conned him out of so much money, slapped him, and infuriated him. As far as I’m concerned, the grudge from back then is settled. I wasn’t planning on taking this any further. But if the Fei Family is looking for a death wish, I don’t mind adding a splash of blood to Jin Peng’s birthday celebration.

The members of the Jin Family present looked furious, their gazes filled with disdain for Ye Xiu. Their attitude was clearly the same as Fei Yihong’s.

As for the spectating crowd, some shared Fei Yihong’s sense of superiority and looked down on the poor. Others, whose morals weren’t necessarily any better, still felt that Fei Yihong was going too far.

As for Jin Peng himself, his expression turned extremely grim. The Jin and Fei Families were old family friends, and he had known Fei Yihong since childhood. Only now, however, was he seeing the man’s true colors. This is not a man worth befriending!

"Brother Fei, today is my eightieth birthday, a joyous occasion. Fighting and killing would be bad luck. If the Fei Family wants to take revenge on Wang Dazhuang later, I won’t stop you. How does that sound?"

Jin Peng’s words were clear. Not only would he refuse to help Fei Xiang get revenge on Ye Xiu, but he was also forbidding the Fei Family from doing so in his home. At that moment, Jin Peng had already decided to gradually distance himself from the Fei Family. On the surface, however, he had to maintain a veneer of politeness. Even if their families grew apart, there was no need to make an enemy.

"Fine. Fine, fine, fine..." Fei Yihong was genuinely shocked that Jin Peng would refuse to give him face in front of so many people, his anger causing him to repeat the word four times.

Yet, on the surface, he wore an apologetic expression. "Ah, in my anger, I forgot it was your grand birthday, my brother. Please don’t hold it against me. Rest assured, the Fei Family’s grudge with Wang Dazhuang will not involve the Jin Family."

He shared Jin Peng’s sentiment: even if the Fei and Jin families severed ties, they could not become enemies.

"How could a younger brother ever blame his elder brother?" Jin Peng said with a hollow laugh, relieved that Fei Yihong had conceded.

Jin Lian wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, sighing in relief. It had been a false alarm.

The crowd of onlookers, however, looked rather disappointed. They had been expecting Fei Yihong to take revenge on Wang Dazhuang right then and there. How unsatisfying!

"Wang Dazhuang!" Fei Yihong walked up to Ye Xiu, a smile plastered on his old face. "During the banquet tonight, eat your fill. Enjoy the good food, because it’ll be the last meal you ever eat. I won’t let you live to see tomorrow’s sunrise."

HISS!

The crowd gasped in shock. Fei Yihong actually wanted to kill ’Wang Dazhuang’! All because his grandson got slapped? Was it really worth killing a man over?

"How old are you?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Eighty-four!" Fei Yihong replied, momentarily taken aback, wondering why Ye Xiu was asking such a question.

"There’s an old saying: ’Seventy-three and eighty-four, the years when old men meet their doom.’ You face a trial at seventy-three, and another at eighty-four. It looks like you won’t be passing yours," Ye Xiu said with a cold smile.

Everyone present, except for Jin Lian, was utterly stunned. They stared at Ye Xiu as if he were a fool. Has this kid gone completely insane? Fei Yihong has already threatened to kill him, and he’s still provoking him? It’s over! This kid is definitely dead!

Only Jin Lian looked at the Fei Family with pity. The Grim Reaper is going to be working overtime tonight, she thought.

"You..." Fei Yihong’s body trembled with rage. This lowlife actually dared to curse him to die at eighty-four. Enraged, he raised his hand to slap Ye Xiu.

Just then, the screeching sound of a large truck’s brakes came from outside.

Old Wang walked in, approached Ye Xiu, and said with a subservient bow, "Mr. Wang, the No. 1 Raw Stone has arrived. Should we leave it outside or bring it in?"

"Bring it in," Ye Xiu said.

"Right away!" Old Wang scurried out to give the orders.

The onlookers watched, completely mystified by this turn of events.

"Wang Dazhuang, why are you bringing the No. 1 Raw Stone here?" Fei Xiang demanded.

"It’s my birthday gift for Elder Jin," Ye Xiu replied.

"What are you playing at, Wang Dazhuang?" Fei Xiang was secretly overjoyed but put on a show of chastising him. "The No. 1 Raw Stone is just a worthless rock! You’re giving Grandpa Jin a worthless rock for his birthday? Are you trying to insult Grandpa Jin and the entire Jin Family?"

These words baffled the crowd. Wang Dazhuang was giving Jin Peng a worthless rock as a birthday gift? Had the kid lost his mind?

Jin Peng frowned. This Wang Dazhuang fellow had ruined his birthday mood and left a terrible impression. There is no way I’ll ever agree to Jin Lian marrying him. I can’t accept this gift!

He was just about to refuse when he saw a crane lifting a stone that looked like a ’giant potato’. It was slowly hoisted over the courtyard wall and then gently lowered to the ground.

It really is just a rock?

Seeing this, everyone present was left speechless. They had been skeptical when Fei Xiang first said it, especially since he had a history of making false accusations against Wang Dazhuang. But as it turned out... it was indeed a huge rock.

"Mr. Wang, what is the meaning of this?" Jin Peng asked, his face dark as he fought to suppress his anger.

"What else could it mean? He’s trying to humiliate you!" Fei Xiang chimed in cheerfully. "Grandpa Jin, you might not know this, but this giant rock is the No. 1 Raw Stone from the Qingfeng Road Jade Gambling Festival. Back then, every stone gambling enthusiast there, myself included, unanimously agreed that it was nothing more than an ordinary, worthless piece of stone."

"But Wang Dazhuang refused to listen to anyone and insisted on spending 15 million on this rock."

"Oh, and by the way, where would a country bumpkin like him get that kind of money? He used Jin Lian’s money."