Gao Hui looked up, and when she saw that the person standing in front of her was Shen Qiang, she could no longer hold back her tears and burst into tears.

"Doctor Shen..."

With a choked voice, after she uttered these words, she couldn't say anything more.

Shen Qiang smiled and comforted her, "Don't cry, I've seen what happened, I know what this is about, I can guess you must be really short on money right now, but please believe me, don't bow your head for just a hundred and some more bucks."

Gao Hui's tears fell in large drops. In fact, in addition to external debts, the total of all the cash and savings at her home wasn't even a thousand bucks. If she didn't come out to work, to earn money, let alone rent, there wouldn't be enough for a meal for the whole family.

But she didn't know how to express these concerns.

Turning his head, Shen Qiang coldly turned back and looked at the chubby-faced landlady, calmly saying, "There are many bad people in the world, one more of you doesn't make a difference, one less of you doesn't matter. So I'll give you a chance, pick up the money and settle her bill with good attitude."

The chubby-faced landlady sneered, proudly saying, "I've already given the money, take it or leave it."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Wrong answer, you've missed your chance for redemption."

Having said that, Shen Qiang turned around and looked at the teary Gao Hui, saying, "Tell me your bank card number."

Gao Hui was stunned, and quickly said, "Doctor Shen, when my husband was in the hospital, you already took such good care of us, there's no need..."

"Your card number," Shen Qiang interrupted indifferently.

Looking at Shen Qiang's decisive face, Gao Hui hesitated for a moment but still gave out her card number.

At that moment, Shen Qiang, who had dialed the bank's customer service, asked, "How much is left in the account?"

Since it was on speakerphone, the voice from the loudspeaker was very clear.

"Dear customer, your account balance is 65,212.9 yuan."

"Help me transfer 65,000 to the Agricultural Bank 6228480415..., for Gao Hui, um, deduct the transaction fee from the remaining balance."

No sooner had the call ended than Gao Hui grew anxious, "Shen Qiang, don't transfer so much money to me, I can't repay that anytime soon."

Shen Qiang smiled, looking somewhat embarrassed. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that all the money he had was emptied by the 'Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra,' such an amount would have been almost embarrassingly small to him.

"Just use it for now, and take down my mobile number. If you need money, call me." Looking into Gao Hui's eyes and slightly fearing she might feel inferior, Shen Qiang said with a smile, "When you have money, then you can repay me; I'm not short on cash to use."

Gao Hui's tears fell drop by drop, not knowing what to say.

At that moment, the plump-faced landlady sneered, "Wow, I thought you were some big shot, flaunting over a mere 60,000 yuan, ha, laughable, that's nothing compared to the spare change in my account."

"You're rich?" Shen Qiang glanced at the plump-faced landlady, activated Plague Source, releasing Thermophilic Streptococcus to a degree lesser than what he had earlier unleashed on the emaciated Cultivator, and laughed, "Then this should be easy."

The plump-faced landlady sneered provocatively, "I am rich, what can you do about it?"

Just then, a bald man with a thick northeast accent, wearing a big gold necklace, said, "Wow, a woman like you daring to act tough! Pick up the money and settle her bill properly!"

The plump-faced landlady was stunned.

She spotted the tattoos under the bald man's short-sleeve t-shirt and the seven or eight tattoo-covered men behind him.

"Oh, alright, I'll pick it up right away."

The plump-faced landlady quickly squatted down to pick up the money and respectfully handed it to Gao Hui, then said with some nervousness, "Big brother, I've picked it up."

"Get lost!" The bald man with the northeast accent said, "Remember this, as long as I'm around this pedestrian street, if I hear or see you cheating someone out of their hard-earned wages, I'll not only smash your pathetic little shop but your home as well."

"Yeah, yeah, I got it, you go ahead with your stuff, I'm leaving, I'm leaving."

The round-faced landlady beat a hasty retreat, but she hadn't made it three steps away.

Pfft!

A wet patch appeared on her trousers, and a foul smell wafted through the air.

A young man with a question mark tattooed on his forehead burst out laughing, "Damn, wasn't this lady all arrogant before? Our Bro Yong just said a word, and she's so scared she shat herself!"

The young men roared with laughter.

The bald man glanced at Shen Qiang and said, "Kid, you've got guts. Next time you're in this area and someone bullies you, just drop Northeastern Yong Bro's name. If anyone disrespects that, you take them down!"

That made Shen Qiang chuckle.

Shen Qiang himself was a practitioner, with his governor and conception vessels open and his cultivation having reached the Qi Condensation stage. He'd be weak compared to the true masters of the Cultivation World, but beating up street thugs like these would be a walk in the park.

Still, it seemed this guy had some sense of justice in him.

So Shen Qiang just smiled and nodded, saying, "Sure thing."

The bald man was pleased and left with his gang in tow.

As for the round-faced landlady, she scurried away in disgrace.

What no one could expect, though, was that her diarrhea was actually Shen Qiang's way of punishing her.

The bacteria he chose was the uncontrollable Thermophilic Streptococcus, which wouldn't go overboard to the point of being fatal, but it would be troublesome and expensive to treat.

If she was smart and sought treatment early and went to a top-tier hospital, she might spend just tens of thousands of yuan to be cured. But if she was negligent and ignored it, she might end up spending hundreds of thousands.

By then, the incident was resolved.

The onlookers had dispersed, and Gao Hui, having wiped her tears, stood awkwardly next to Shen Qiang, unsure of what to say.

Shen Qiang felt a bit awkward as well.

In his mind, memories surfaced of that night with Gao Hui in the basement.

The heat of a passionate body, the twisting waist, the seductive kisses, and the faint scent of her skin.

Fortunately, Gao Hui didn't remember any of it.

Otherwise, the situation would be even more awkward.

But luckily, Shen Qiang was a doctor, familiar with Gao Hui's husband's condition, and he managed to chat briefly about her husband's post-surgical status, avoiding an uncomfortable silence.

At that moment, Boss Ma called to say that he and Sun Kaiping were anxiously waiting at the Korean restaurant.

Shen Qiang felt a stir in his heart and invited Gao Hui to join them for lunch. Gao Hui was a bit nervous, but she didn't refuse under Shen Qiang's insistence.

After she followed Shen Qiang to the Korean restaurant,

Under the pretense of going to the restroom,

Boss Ma, eyes gleaming, clapped Shen Qiang on the shoulder and laughed heartily, "Little brother, you've got taste, that woman is top-notch—bright eyes, beautiful face. If a gem like her were in the Three Kingdoms period and caught Cao Cao's eye, he'd definitely kill you to have her."

Shen Qiang shot him a helpless look, "Don't get any ideas about her, or I'll play the role of Cao Cao."

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