A master of both medicine and martial arts, he picked up a beautiful CEO as his wife.

Now that the Zhu family crisis has been resolved, those elders from the collateral branches of the Zhu family who had previously made veiled attacks on Ye Feng and wished to embarrass Zhu Wanqing are now getting restless.

The one leading the group was this second uncle—Zhu Yuanshan.

This arrogant uncle, who was once all-powerful in the Zhu family and even Zhu Wanqing had to give him some respect, became less and less arrogant after seeing Ye Feng save Zhu Hongsheng with three needles and then turn the tables and shatter the Zhao family's carefully laid trap.

On this day, Zhu Hongsheng, having just recovered from a serious illness and regained some of his strength, set up a banquet at the Zhu family manor. Ostensibly, it was to thank the guests, but in reality, it was to make a grand entrance—no one from the Zhu family was absent.

During this meal, Zhu Hongsheng, leaning on his cane, had to be carried by kind people wherever he went. He stood up shakily, picked up a cup of hot water, and walked around the table full of delicious food, step by step, toward Ye Feng, who was sitting in the corner.

The old man, "Young Friend Ye," was extremely solemn. He even knelt on one knee and bowed to Ye Feng. "We, the entire Zhu family, offer you a cup of tea..."

The crowd erupted in uproar.

Ye Feng quickly stood up and tried to stop the old man: "Grandpa, you mustn't do that, your health isn't good."

"No way!" The old man refused, and forcefully shoved his own cup of water into his hand. The old man's cloudy eyes slowly swept over the silent and timid juniors below, and his voice suddenly became domineering—the aura of the head of the family and the holy ancestor of healers was coming out, irresistible!

"Ten years ago," the old man said slowly, each word grinding out from his chest, "it was I who personally went to the foot of Nirvana Mountain, knelt down at the feet of that divine doctor, and kowtowed three times, begging him to save the lives of my entire family."

"It was this old man, with his thick skin, who cried his eyes out and begged that miracle doctor to arrange this marriage—"

The old man paused, his eyes suddenly sharpening as he stared at Zhu Yuanshan, whose face had turned pale, and spoke each word with deliberation.

"This marriage was arranged by me; from beginning to end, our Zhu family owes them a debt of gratitude and kindness!"

"But how have you elders treated them all these years?" The old man's voice suddenly rose, his chest heaving with anger, as if he were about to spit blood. "Back when their sect came down the mountain to acknowledge this marriage, you were the ones who instigated them to deny it, to make trouble and call off the engagement, even saying things like, 'Poor boy, even a toad can't eat swan meat!'"

"A few days ago, someone came to my door to save my life and help the Zhu family with a matter. And it was you again," the old man's hand trembled as he pointed at Zhu Yuanshan, "pointing at their faces and telling them to wear slippers, you worthless scavengers who picked up trash in desperation!"

"Zhu Yuanshan!" The old man slammed his hand on the table.

Crash, bang.

The cups, bowls, and chopsticks on the rosewood table wobbled twice.

The old man pointed at the man across the table: "Tell me with your hand on your heart, if it weren't you, Zhu Yuanshan, and your filial sons and grandsons sitting here eating tonight, but a bunch of people who were driven out by the Zhu family and are now selling quack medicine to the Zhao family, living like bastards..."

"thump!"

The man bent his knees and knelt directly on the ground. "Dad, you are so magnanimous... I'm so sorry... I was blind... I was out of my mind... I was such a bastard."

Those elders from other branches who had joined in the initial calls to annul the engagement and who had been stirring things up again lately all blushed and lowered their heads.

I wish I could find a hole to crawl into right now.

They never expected this.

The poor boy they had humiliated, despised, and bullied turned out to be a reclusive divine doctor whom even the Zhao family couldn't deal with.

A kind person who repeatedly saved the Zhu family from dire straits?

And it's all just for that little bit of profit and social class consciousness?

Did they really think there were plenty of people around when they were stabbing each other in the back?

They actually offended a living Buddha by giving up the profits they could earn in a lifetime and by talking about such nonsense as class consciousness?

The worst thing isn't being scolded by an elderly person.

Instead, he was slapped in the face for his previous blindness and his hurtful words.

"Grandpa... what's past is past... Master must have had his reasons for agreeing to the marriage. I'll drink this cup of tea." Ye Feng picked up the teacup, calm and composed, without a trace of smugness.

Not to mention seeing those ugly faces.

He said to the old man who was weeping uncontrollably:

"Good! Good, good thing it's all in the past!" Zhu Hongsheng's old eyes began to drool again when he saw this.

But he smiled.

He nodded three times.

"Good child, no wonder your master agreed to this back then."

Zhu Hongsheng turned his head away.

A pair of cold eyes swept over Zhu Yuanshan, who was prostrate on the ground.

His gaze then swept over the Zhu family descendants who were bowing their heads in silence.

Then he gave a cold laugh:

"Listen up, everyone. From now on, if anyone dares to show any disrespect to Young Friend Ye or to Nirvana Mountain again..."

If anyone dares to make comments about your marriage or your social standing again...

"The old man was the first to expel him from the Zhu clan."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes..." Zhu Yuanshan kept responding while lying on the ground. The other members of the Zhu family all bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes, with a lot of sweat seeping from their foreheads.

This incident has made the Zhu family's collateral branch arrogant for many years.

They were all uprooted right in front of them by Zhu Hongsheng.

Those guys who used to mock Ye Feng and laugh at Lin Yuqing were now too scared to speak, and dared not do anything inappropriate.

In the silence of the room, Lin Yuqing stood there blankly watching the scene unfold, not knowing what she was feeling, but truly experiencing a mix of emotions.

While I was happy that Ye Feng had been officially exonerated in public, I also felt a pang of pain because Zhu Hongsheng's heartfelt words had cleared away the accusations of "marriage fraud," "taking advantage," and "unknown origins." Yet, the repeated mention of the "marriage contract" by Zhu Hongsheng left me with a strange, sharp thorn in my heart, causing a slight ache.

Sitting on the other side, Zhu Wanqing looked at the carefree guy drinking tea with an air of nonchalance, and then at her own juniors who were meek and obedient and dared not raise their heads. Her usually proud eyes suddenly turned red.

She suddenly realized that her former pride and defensiveness, which she had once thought made her so proud, now seemed so ridiculous in this man's eyes!

And that "fiancée" status that she had been stubbornly denying from beginning to end, now evoked a strange, slightly sweet feeling in her heart for the first time.

She quietly turned her head away, trying not to give herself away, but her eyes couldn't help but look at the back of his nonchalant head.