Chapter 120: Dongyuan Villa

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"Little Brother Xiao, where are you I'm coming to pick you up!" Upon hearing Xiao Yu's agreement, Fang Qiu was very happy. At this moment, he truly felt that it had been a wise decision to partition off the space and rent it to Xiao Yu.

Less than half an hour later, Fang Qiu drove over to where Xiao Yu lived, and upon getting out of the car, he saw Xiao Yu already standing at the entrance waiting for him.

"Little Brother Xiao, get in the car!" As soon as Fang Qiu got off the car, he noticed Xiao Yu with a medical case standing by the roadside. He rushed over to open the car door and invited Xiao Yu to get into the vehicle.

Xiao Yu didn't refuse much more and got into the car. Once in his seat, Fang Qiu looked back at Xiao Yu and said, "Little Brother Xiao, I'm giving you a lot of trouble!"

"How could that be Healing the sick is part of a doctor's duty!" With a wave of his hand, Xiao Yu glanced at Fang Qiu who was sitting in the driver’s seat and continued, “Mr. Fang, what exactly happened" Since Fang Qiu hadn't explained clearly over the phone, Xiao Yu remained clueless about everything that had transpired.

Fang Qiu thanked him first but didn’t start driving right away; he organized his thoughts instead. The current situation was different from before. When treating Professor Cai’s illness in the past, it would be enough to invite Xiao Yu over without any need for further explanation. But now that things were more complicated, Fang Qiu needed to consider how best to explain.

"The daughter of our company's general manager has fallen ill, and he has been very kind to me. Upon learning this news, I thought of your miraculous skills, so... " After considering for a moment, Fang Qiu explained it all to Xiao Yu.

After hearing Fang Qiu’s explanation, Xiao Yu said, “Is that all No problem then. Just take me there. But let's be clear from the beginning: I can't cure every disease under heaven; I'll do my best!"

"Of course, of course... Little Brother Xiao, just making this trip is more than enough gratitude for me," Fang Qiu said quickly while nodding in agreement.

Fang Qiu knew that Xiao Yu's prompt response was due to the favor he did by finding him a place to stay. He felt somewhat guilty about using up this favor, but actually, it also demonstrated Fang Qiu’s shrewdness and understanding of relationships; the more they interacted, the closer their bond became.

Fangyuan started the car and drove Xiao Yu towards a distant location. After driving for more than twenty minutes, Fangyuan, who was at the wheel, looked back through the rearview mirror to see Xiao Yu but hesitated to say anything.

"Haha, General Manager Fang, just speak your mind!" Upon seeing Fangyuan's expression in the mirror, Xiao Yu said with a light laugh.

Hearing Xiao Yu’s words, Fangyuan thought for a moment and said: "Little Brother Xiao, I heard that the illness of our general manager's daughter has been around for quite some time now. It is very difficult to treat. Initially, numerous doctors were consulted, but none could cure her. Later on, they couldn't even find willing doctors as others feared damaging their reputations. After failing to secure a doctor, the general manager took his daughter to various hospitals, yet there was no improvement."

Upon hearing about the illness of the General Manager's daughter this evening, Fangyuan recommended Xiao Yu, but only after he had finished speaking did someone inform him of the entire situation. Upon learning it, he regretted his recommendation. He knew that each doctor cherished their reputation; however, regret was futile unless he wanted to quit the company. So, with no other choice, he contacted Xiao Yu.

However, after much deliberation, he decided to inform Xiao Yu about the situation. The general manager himself was not someone to be easily crossed, and neither was Xiao Yu.

"Haha, it's fine, let's first see the patient!" Hearing Fangyuan’s words, Xiao Yu said without any hesitation.

While driving, upon hearing Xiao Yu’s response, Fangyuan was stunned. He hadn’t expected that Xiao Yu would show no hesitation when learning about the difficulty of curing the General Manager's daughter's illness.

"Thank you, Little Brother Xiao!" said Fangyuan gratefully. From the bottom of his heart, he was grateful to Xiao Yu. Any other doctor would have avoided such a case upon hearing this diagnosis, especially within wealthy circles where there were no secrets at all. If they couldn’t cure it, their reputation could be seriously damaged...

Fangyuan drove Xiao Yu towards the eastern suburb. In the eastern suburb was a villa community developed by Wanpeng Real Estate. The general manager of Wanpeng Real Estate, said to be in her forties and named Xiao Jingru, was often talked about among the staff when Xiao Yu was eating at the canteen in the antique city. Moreover, some people claimed that Xiao Jingru’s husband was a boss of an international financial conglomerate.

It was also said that this Wanpeng Real Estate project was just something Xiao General Manager Jingru created to pass time. Fangyuan quickly drove Xiao Yu to this villa community developed by Wanpeng Real Estate—the Dongyuan Villa Community.

The Dongyuan Villa Community occupies about 500 acres of land and has around eighty detached villas. Each villa comes with its own garden and swimming pool, surrounded by lush trees creating a beautiful environment. However, even so, the remaining ten villas have yet to be sold.

The villa community in question had once been plagued by rumors of a haunted house last year, causing the residents to be fearful. To dispel these rumors and convince everyone that there was no ghostly activity, Xiao Jingru's family moved into the villa district. However, despite their efforts, several families living closest to the allegedly haunted villa still abandoned their homes.

Due to Fangyuan’s position as a mid-level manager at Wanhong Real Estate Company, his car didn’t encounter much trouble entering Dongyuan Villa Community. On the way in, Fangyuan introduced some basic information about this community to Xiao Yu.

"There! That's the villa everyone says is haunted!" As they drove through the villa area slowly, suddenly Fangyuan pointed toward a corner of the compound where a dimly lit villa was located and said.

Xiao Yu followed Fangyuan’s finger to look in the distance. There were several villas there, completely shrouded in darkness without any light visible. But based on the streetlights along the road, one could see that these several villas had been surrounded by a fence of iron railings.

"It is said that some executives invited Taoist priests and sorcerers to perform rituals to dispel evil spirits in that haunted villa!" Seeing Xiao Yu’s interest in looking at those allegedly haunted villas, Fangyuan continued his explanation.

Xiao Yu looked at the several villas as he nodded along with what Fangyuan said without turning around.

Regarding Fangyuan's mention of high-ranking individuals inviting experts to perform rituals in that villa, Xiao Yu also agreed. When Fangyuan mentioned that this villa was haunted earlier on, Xiao Yu didn’t believe it because at the time he couldn't sense any malevolent energy emanating from there; he thought rumors could be lethal. However, something struck him as odd—given it was so late at night, there shouldn’t have been absolutely no trace of such energy.

The presence of evil spirits is akin to air—it’s practically everywhere on earth except in very special areas. The reason why ghosts are said to come out only during the night is because this malevolent energy tends to be present then. This energy, however, isn’t concentrated enough at any given point to affect humans.

When Xiao Yu entered Dongyuan Villa Community earlier on, he could faintly sense a presence of evil spirits. But as their car drove along, the surrounding area seemed void of this energy, creating what felt like an unnatural vacuum.

Xiao Yu then used his Yin-Yang Eyes to inspect that villa. He noticed that there was no malevolent energy around the innermost villa; however, inside it, the presence of evil spirits was dense and swirling but confined strictly within the premises.

Seeing this concentrated accumulation of energy trapped inside the villa, Xiao Yu concluded that this must be the work of a powerful sorcerer.

Fangyuan drove for a short while and arrived at a detached villa not far from the haunted mansion. This villa was brightly lit, as if it were daytime despite the darkness of night.

Fangyuan got out of the car to ring the doorbell; Xiao Yu also got out of the car. Standing in front of this traditional-style gate, Xiao Yu noticed a glimmer of light flash on top of the gate wall. He stepped back and observed that the light was actually the reflection from a street lamp off a copper mirror embedded on the gate wall.

Suddenly, Xiao Yu felt a faint aura emanating from within that copper mirror. His heart stirred; could this also be an exorcism talisman left behind by some sage

Just as Xiao Yu was observing the copper mirror, the door opened and a man in his thirties stepped out. This man named Xiao Jian was Assistant to General Manager Xiao Jingru of Wannpeng Real Estate Company, and also her cousin from her mother’s side.

Fangyuan saw him approach eagerly with some sycophantic undertones as he introduced: "Assistant Xiao, hello... Allow me to introduce Dr. Xiao, the highly skilled doctor I mentioned."

"Dr. Xiao, huh Pleased to meet you!" With an air of superiority, Assistant Xiao looked down at Xiao Yu and muttered coldly. His arrogant face held no smile but rather a frown, his eyes filled with suspicion—was this really a highly skilled doctor So young, could he even have graduated

Upon thinking this, Assistant Xiao turned back to glare fiercely at Fangyuan, muttering inwardly: 'Damn it! He’s got me inviting a college student pretending to be a doctor and claiming him as "highly skilled," if that guy can treat patients, I can too.'

"Assistant Xiao, shouldn’t we quickly go in to see Miss" Fangyuan glanced warily at Xiao Yu, relieved when he saw no anger from the latter's reaction to Assistant Xiao’s arrogance. If he knew that this was how Dr. Xiao would be treated, he would never have invited him over; but now that they were here, he just wanted to finish up and leave.

"Humph..." With a cold snort, Assistant Xiao turned around and strode into the villa.

Seeing Assistant Xiao’s attitude, Xiao Yu also began to feel irritated. He had come to diagnose an illness, not to endure such behavior; in Zhong Kui's memories of medical practices, who ever invited doctors without treating them with respect It was no different even in today’s society.e entered the yard, Yue Hongbin called out to someone inside."Who is it You’re such a grown-up yet still shouting like a child!" Immediately after Yue Hongbin's voice faded away, an old and powerful v...