Divine fortune teller and traditional Chinese medicine doctor

"Old Li, don't try to be a hero, you'll break your old arm!"

"Hahaha!"

Seeing that Li Mu was really going to make a bet with Old Sun, the old men continued to try to dissuade him with mocking expressions.

"Old Li, don't try to extort money from me if anything happens to you! This was your own choice!"

"Short Old Sun said again."

"Hmph! Just you wait until you call me grandpa!"

Li Mu snorted coldly, jumped up slightly with his legs, and easily grabbed the horizontal bar with one hand.

His light jump and grabbing of the bar didn't look like that of a man nearing seventy.

This immediately stunned Old Sun and the other old men.

However, what they saw next left them speechless!

Li Mu gripped the horizontal bar with one hand and did fifteen perfect pull-ups in one go!

In fact, with Li Mu's physical strength and power, he could do 150 or even 150 without any problem.

However, he didn't want to make things too sensational, lest he scare his old buddies into having heart attacks.

When he finished fifteen one-arm pull-ups and got off the horizontal bar, Lao Sun and the others were still in a state of shock and stunned silence, staring at him as if they had seen a ghost.

Li Mu's words were a slap in the face to them. Who would dare to say he was weak or sickly in the future?

"Old Sun, what are you standing there for? Aren't you going to call me Grandpa?"

Li Mu clapped his hands, appeared calm and collected, and walked up to Old Sun to ask a question.

"…Holy shit…you, how the hell did you do that?"

Only then did Old Sun recover from his shock, and he became somewhat incoherent.

"Enough with the nonsense, you've made a bet, so shout it out!"

"When have I, Old Sun, ever gone back on my word? Just call me Grandpa Li!"

Old Sun had no choice but to blush and call Li Mu "Grandpa".

This astonishing scene was also witnessed by Shi Tang, who was sitting on a bench not far away.

Her shock was even greater than that of Old Sun and the other old men!

Because her cousin Ma Tao had told her that Li Mu had a terminal illness and only had a few months to live.

But how could an elderly person suffering from a terminal illness be so physically strong?

She was a little dazed.

Shi Tang was initially quite excited to have Li Mu appear here.

Ma Tao told her that his former father-in-law liked to stroll in this park, so he asked her to wait for him there.

She saw Li Mu on her first day there.

Although she didn't know Li Mu, she had photos of Li Mu that Ma Tao had sent her on her phone.

Ma Tao's plan was to let her approach and get to know Li Mu in a relatively natural way.

And "chance encounters" in the park are the most natural way to avoid arousing Li Mu's suspicion.

However, when Shi Tang saw that Li Mu could easily do pull-ups while hanging from an iron pole with one hand, she was instantly flustered.

Let alone an elderly person, even a very strong young person would find it difficult to do more than a dozen one-armed pull-ups in one go!

They even said that Li Mu has a terminal illness?

Shi Tang immediately suspected that the information her cousin had given her might be incorrect.

So she quickly picked up her phone and called Ma Tao.

"Cousin, you must be mistaken! Your father-in-law doesn't look like an old man with a terminal illness at all! I just saw him doing one-arm pull-ups on the iron pole in the park, and those old men were stunned!"

"...Huh? What did you say? A one-handed pull-up? That's ridiculous! How could that be? Even if he had a terminal illness, he couldn't do it when he was young! Are you sure you're seeing things? Are you sure he's Li Mu?"

Ma Tao on the other end of the phone was also completely confused.

"Really! I'm absolutely not mistaken. If you don't believe me, I'll take a picture of him and see if it's really your father-in-law!"

As Shi Tang spoke, she zoomed in with her phone to take a picture of Li Mu and sent it to Ma Tao.

"So, is this old man your father-in-law?"

Shi Tang asked.

"It really is him. You might be a bit too far away and mistaken. Okay, even if he can do a one-handed pull-up, it doesn't prove he doesn't have a terminal illness! Maybe it's just a temporary lucidity. Would I lie to you about having cancer? Xiao Tang, none of that matters. The important thing is that you need to find a way to get close to him, preferably by staying at his house! Don't overthink it, just follow my plan! We need to hurry! Li Mu's illness might flare up at any time, and if he suddenly dies, your brother's medical expenses will be completely unpaid!"

"Okay, then. I'll give it a try."

Shi Tang felt that her cousin's words made some sense, and since she was indeed very anxious to raise money for her brother's medical treatment, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and go for it.

After Li Mu finished chatting with the old men, he walked away with his hands behind his back.

Shi Tang quickly grabbed his canvas bag and followed.

"Excuse me, sir, do you need a housekeeper?"

After catching up with Li Mu, Shi Tang asked.

"My family doesn't need a nanny."

Li Mu turned his head and saw a girl who looked like she came from the countryside. He shook his head and said...

"Grandpa, I can endure any hardship, and I can do any dirty or tiring job! And I don't need a high salary, just one or two thousand yuan a month is fine! If you really don't have money, I don't need it, just provide me with food and lodging!"

Shi Tang continued.

Hearing that this country girl didn't even want her wages, Li Mu found it strange and asked, "Girl, are you from the countryside?"

"Yes, yes, I came to the city from the countryside to find my fiancé. But... my heartless fiancé has already married a woman from the city! They even have a baby! He's been hiding it from me! My money was stolen, I haven't eaten for three days, and I've been sleeping at the train station... I just want to find a kind person who will take me in. I'll do anything, as long as they provide food and lodging!"

Shi Tang recited the story Ma Tao had made up for her, and two tears welled up in her eyes.

Ma Tao told her that Li Mu was kind-hearted and liked to help people, especially those who were pitiful.

He felt that using this self-inflicted injury to gain Li Mu's sympathy and then get closer to him was entirely feasible.

"Really? You're such a pitiful girl. Girl, my family really doesn't need a nanny. How about this, I'll buy you a train ticket home, okay?"

Li Mu couldn't bear to see pitiful people, and he immediately felt sympathy for this country girl.

However, he was also wary, as there are many scammers in society these days, so he didn't give the girl money directly. Instead, he said he would help her buy a train ticket home.

"I can't go home! I ran away to find my fiancé because my adoptive father forced me to marry the village bully's mentally challenged son! My adoptive father is a gambler who just wants the dowry money from the village bully! My fiancé is someone my biological parents arranged for me when I was very young. I'd rather die than go home!"

Shi Tang shook his head quickly, his tone very resolute.

This was naturally a lie that Ma Tao made up for her.

"Is that so? Your adoptive father really is a scoundrel! Well... how about I give you some money?"

Li Mu wanted to test whether this girl was a liar.

After all, no con artist can resist the temptation of money.