Sky Curtain: Taking Little Rhinoceros to wash his feet! Li Er breaks down!

Inside the VIP room, steam rose.

Su Tiantian took off her disposable gloves and shook her sore wrists. The half-hour Thai fusion massage, combined with the extremely potent medicinal bath, had completely drained her energy.

"Chairman Zhang, the clock has struck." Su Tiantian pulled over a white towel and covered Chairman Zhang's feet.

Chairman Zhang slumped on the leather sofa, his eyes closed, his chest heaving violently. His suit and shirt were soaked with sweat and clung tightly to his body.

He didn't speak.

The two bodyguards in black standing to the side exchanged a tense glance. One of them stepped forward and whispered, "Boss? Should we go to the hospital?"

Chairman Zhang suddenly opened his eyes.

He ignored the bodyguards, braced his hands on the sofa armrests, and suddenly exerted force from his waist.

"Boss, watch out!" The bodyguard exclaimed in alarm and reached out to help him. Mr. Zhang's gout in his right foot was so severe that he couldn't even wear shoes. Even the slightest touch would cause him to break out in a cold sweat from the pain, let alone put weight on both feet.

Chairman Zhang shoved the bodyguard's hand away.

He was barefoot, his feet firmly planted on the solid wood floor.

There was no piercing pain. There was no torment of tearing joints.

The right ankle, which had been swollen, shiny, and even somewhat deformed, had completely subsided. The redness and heat on the skin's surface had faded, restoring its normal color. The uric acid crystals deposited in the bone crevices had been forcibly flushed away, dissolved, and expelled from the body by the powerful medicine.

Chairman Zhang tentatively took a step forward.

Heel strikes the ground. The ball of the foot presses firmly down.

It doesn't hurt.

He took another step. His steps were steady.

Chairman Zhang suddenly turned around and paced back and forth in the large private room twice. He walked faster and faster, and finally even jumped up and down twice.

"Bang! Bang!"

The dull sound of footsteps echoed in the private room.

The two bodyguards' eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, their jaws almost hitting the floor. Just last week, the head of orthopedics at the First Municipal Hospital had diagnosed Mr. Zhang's foot as a confining condition, saying he'd be wheelchair-bound for life. And now, he was doing high jumps in a foot massage parlor?!

Chairman Zhang stopped and looked down at his feet.

Her eyes instantly welled up with tears.

He had dominated the business world for half his life, amassing a fortune of billions, yet he was tormented by gout, suffering from insomnia and a life worse than death. He had been to the United States and Germany, but top medical teams were helpless.

Today, a basin of foot bath water and a half-hour massage.

He stood up.

"A miracle...this is a miracle!" Chairman Zhang's voice was hoarse as he abruptly turned to look at Su Tiantian, his eyes burning with fervor. "Niece Wanqing! No, Technician Su! Is there any more of this medicinal soup? I want to buy it all! All of it!"

Su Tiantian adjusted her black-rimmed glasses and pointed outside: "Turn left after you exit, check out at the front desk. A buyout is impossible; it's the store's rule, the boss makes the decisions."

Without saying a word, Chairman Zhang rushed out of the private room barefoot.

Inside the lobby, Lin Yu was sitting behind the crystal reception desk, holding a cup of freshly brewed tea.

Little Sizi sat on the bar stool next to him, swinging her short legs, holding a strawberry donut bigger than her face, and taking small bites of it.

"Boss Lin!" Chairman Zhang rushed to the front desk, slamming his hands heavily on the crystal counter, his whole body trembling with excitement. "I want a membership card! I want a membership card! The highest level card!"

Lin Yu blew on the tea foam and took a sip.

"The Wanchao Immortal Palace doesn't negotiate prices." Lin Yu put down his teacup, his voice calm. "A Supreme VIP card costs one million. Only one cardholder per day, by appointment only. Walk-ins are not accepted."

One million, a foot massage card.

This price is outrageously high, even by national standards.

Without even a second's hesitation, Chairman Zhang pulled a black card from his suit pocket and handed it to Lin Yu with both hands.

"Swish! The password is six eights! Boss Lin, from now on, my life, Zhang's life, is in your hands, this Immortal Palace!"

"drop--"

The POS machine dispenses a long receipt.

"Alipay payment received, one million yuan." The crisp electronic notification echoed in the lobby.

Above the sky, the vast heavens were in complete uproar.

The Great Han Dynasty, Weiyang Palace.

Liu Che stared at the long string of zeros in the sky, his eyes burning with jealousy. He suddenly drew his Crimson Sky Sword and cleaved the corner of the bronze table in front of him in two.

[Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty: One million! Just for a foot bath! This brat Lin's money-making methods are a hundred times more profitable than my salt and iron monopoly! I'm short of military funds to fight the Xiongnu. If the Han treasury could open a shop like this, how could I worry about the northern deserts being peaceful!]

The Great Ming Dynasty, Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the sky, smacked his lips repeatedly, and tapped his fingers on the armrest of the dragon throne.

[Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty: This is robbery! This is outright robbery! Has that merchant surnamed Zhang lost his mind? One million for a basin of foot-washing water? Young Lin, your business is even more ruthless than the taxes collected by our Ming Dynasty!]

The Qin Dynasty, Xianyang Palace.

Ying Zheng, on the other hand, appeared quite calm.

[Qin Emperor Ying Zheng: Buying a life with a thousand pieces of gold is a worthwhile deal. That medicinal soup can cure any chronic illness. If it can cure my headaches, Lin Yu from the Qin treasury can take whatever he wants.]

in reality.

Lin Yu handed a black magnetic card with gold foil stamping to Chairman Zhang.

Just as Chairman Zhang accepted the black card with both hands, preparing to say a few more words to get closer to him...

Suddenly, an extremely piercing sound of tires screeching came from the street outside the door.

"squeak--"

It wasn't just one car. It was an entire convoy.

Five black Mercedes-Benz G-Class cars, like five steel behemoths, rudely blocked the gates of the Myriad Immortal Palace. In the very center was an extended Rolls-Royce Phantom.

The car doors opened in unison.

More than thirty bodyguards dressed in black suits and wearing headsets rushed out of the car and quickly blocked off both ends of the street.

The rear door of the Rolls-Royce opens.

A pair of custom-made Italian handmade leather shoes are placed on the ground.

Su Zhennan, the richest man in Jiangcheng.

He was dressed in a navy blue bespoke suit, was in his fifties, with slightly graying temples, but had extremely sharp eyes that carried the imposing aura of someone who had been in a position of power for many years.

The butler followed behind him, head down, barely daring to breathe.

Su Zhennan looked at the luxurious building with its all-glass curtain wall and snorted coldly.

"Playing tricks."

He strode towards the main entrance.

The sensor door opens automatically.

As Su Zhennan stepped into the lobby, more than thirty bodyguards surged in like a tide, instantly filling the spacious lobby and creating an atmosphere so oppressive it was suffocating.

Su Tiantian just walked out of the corridor, holding the towel that Director Zhang had changed out of.

Su Tiantian paused the moment she saw Su Zhennan.

"Dad," she called out, her tone indifferent, without fear or surprise.

Su Zhennan stared intently at his daughter's technician uniform and the gold badge on her chest that read "Technician Number One." The veins on his forehead throbbed, and his anger was almost burning away his reason.

He is the only daughter of the richest man in Jiangcheng and the sole heir to a multi-billion dollar empire.

They actually serve people water to wash their feet here!

"Take the young lady away!" Su Zhennan shouted sharply.