Chapter 128: You can’t touch him!

“Young Wen? What are you doing in Haicheng… Did your family send you to preside over the medical procurement conference?”

Seeing Wen Zheyang’s pitiful state as he desperately rushed over, the square-faced man was stunned for a moment before his expression eased.

“Uncle Nie, my family saw the live broadcast! They saw me being bullied and sent you to back me up, right?” Wen Zheyang cried and laughed at the same time, trembling with excitement.

Family, I’ve finally found my family!

The man was Nie Feng, the second son of the Imperial Capital’s Nie family, which was on very good terms with the Wen family. It was said that for the better part of the last year, he had been entrusted with a critical national mission, traveling abroad to provide protection for state-affiliated enterprises.

Perhaps his official duties have concluded, and he’s just passing through Haicheng. Then his family asked him to make a detour to help me, Wen Zheyang!

“Uncle Nie, it’s him! It’s this bastard Lin Fan! He dares to disrespect the Wen family, and he even tried to kill me!” Turning his head, Wen Zheyang fiercely wiped his tears and stared at Lin Fan with a manic grin.

You bastard, you’re finally in my hands! What use is being so skilled? Can you be faster than a bullet? Can you fight a battle-hardened army?!

“He is Lin Fan?” Nie Feng asked, his gaze following the voice. He paused as his expression changed, a flicker of disbelief appearing in his eyes.

The man before me is far too young. He doesn’t seem at all like the person the Prince of Sha Country described—someone with divine medical skills!

“Yes, yes, that’s him! Uncle Nie, help me take him down! I want him to know the consequences of messing with the third young master of the Wen family!” Wen Zheyang nodded repeatedly, his eyes shining with a gleam of triumphant vengeance.

“You have a grudge against him?” Nie Feng’s expression shifted. He suddenly swung his hand and smacked Wen Zheyang hard on the back of the head! “I don’t care what kind of grudge you have with him, but… you can’t touch him! Do you hear me?!”

SMACK!

The crisp slap was accompanied by a fiery, stinging pain. Wen Zheyang stared, utterly gobsmacked and stupefied.

What’s going on? Weren’t you here to help me? Why are you siding with him instead, protecting Lin Fan at all costs? To hell with so-called family! It would have been better if you hadn’t come at all!

“Uncle Nie, you… you… I don’t care! I want Lin Fan dead!” Wen Zheyang’s face flushed red as he screamed in fury.

“Are you out of your mind? I’m here on a secret mission, not to be your enforcer and help you dominate others!” Nie Feng’s cheek twitched, and he raised his hand again in anger. “Do you have any idea who he is? This concerns the nation’s project in Sha Country worth over 370 billion, and you want him dead?”

Growing angrier as he spoke, he shoved Wen Zheyang aside and walked up to the slightly frowning Lin Fan.

“Mr. Lin Fan, I won’t say more. Please, you must take action and save this elderly gentleman!” Nie Feng’s tone was grave, but his eyes held a hint of a plea. Then, under the strange gazes of the onlookers, he snapped to attention and gave Lin Fan a sharp military salute.

What the hell is going on now?

At the sight, everyone in the venue was stunned, exchanging looks of bewilderment. Seeing Wen Zheyang’s arrogance, they had all assumed he had the connections to call in the military for backup, but this was the result? Judging by the square-faced officer’s expression, he was clearly begging Lin Fan for help!

“Alright. Carry him to the lounge on the second floor,” Lin Fan said, glancing at the beaming Stubborn Su Gang before his gaze fell upon the old man on the stretcher. He couldn’t help but feel a little stirred.

Clearly, Master Feng and his men must have resolved the internal strife in Sha Country. The old emperor, however, remains comatose and on the verge of death. So, they had him airlifted directly here for me to treat… Why couldn’t they have given me a heads-up?

Shaking his head inwardly, Lin Fan didn’t bother to ask further and turned to walk upstairs.

“Guard the stairwell! No one is allowed near! Violators will be shot on the spot!” Nie Feng ordered through gritted teeth to the guards accompanying him. He then followed the stretcher upstairs, his expression fraught with anxiety.

This deep trade cooperation between Xia Country and Sha Country involved a massive project worth over 300 billion, and the agreements had all been negotiated and signed. Who could have known that the Sha Country Royal Family would be thrown into sudden chaos, with the eldest princess and the young prince both disappearing? The old emperor had fallen gravely ill and never regained consciousness. Furthermore, the Crown Prince Telma, who took power, showed no respect for Xia Country and publicly tore up the contract!

Nie Feng was the chief military officer for the delegation, and both he and the project leader were at their wits’ end. They had spent the last six months trying to negotiate, but the other side refused to budge, driving the entire team to despair. They were already planning to give up and return home.

But perhaps their efforts had moved the heavens. In just a few short days, the internal strife was abruptly quelled by the young Prince Bulger, who had returned with his forces! Moreover, his attitude was extremely friendly, almost to an exaggerated degree, which led Nie Feng to seriously wonder, Does this man have a special fondness for Xia Country?

「Moments later」

The lounge was cleared, and the stretcher was placed steadily on the floor.

“Lin Fan, are you confident?” Nie Feng asked with a grave frown, watching as Lin Fan squatted to examine the old man.

Last night, he had been summoned by the young prince, now temporarily in power, who requested a favor from the Xia Country government: to secretly airlift the critically ill old emperor to Southwest Sea City in Xia Country and find a miracle doctor named Lin Fan to save his life. The reason wasn’t hard to guess. The situation in the Sha Country Royal Family was still unstable. Only an appearance by the old emperor could quell all opposition to the young prince. Air-lifting the emperor out of the country was an exceptionally risky move. Using Sha Country’s own personnel would increase the risk of a leak. If they failed, Sha Country would plunge back into chaotic turmoil.

“It shouldn’t be a major problem.” Lin Fan untied the old man’s striped hospital gown, revealing his emaciated chest.

Just as I expected. The man’s condition is almost identical to Mr. Yuan Sr.’s. Both were afflicted with a Poison Insect from the Holy Poison Sect!

“In the name of the government of Xia Country, I order you to do everything in your power! Furthermore, you are not to leak a single word about what happens here today!” The more Nie Feng watched, the more uneasy he became, his tone instinctively growing stern.

“This man, isn’t he the old emperor of Sha Country? Xiao Jie’s father?” Lin Fan asked, looking up nonchalantly.

GASP!

Nie Feng’s entire body shuddered, and his eyes flew wide. He then sucked in a sharp breath of cold air, staring as if he had seen a ghost!

What is this man’s background? How does he know top-secret information so clearly? Was there a leak on our side? No, impossible! Absolutely impossible! Other than that shameless old scoundrel, Stubborn Su Gang, who has been harassing the military’s female flight attendants, everyone else on this trip is one of my trusted subordinates of over a decade. And Stubborn Su Gang’s phone was confiscated, so he had no opportunity to leak anything!

“…I don’t care how you know this man’s identity, but this matter concerns a national overseas project, so you must treat it with the utmost seriousness.” Nie Feng took a deep breath, forcing down the confusion and shock in his heart. “We have limited time. We can only stay in Haicheng for three hours, which means you only have an hour and a half!”

According to Prince Bulger, if the old emperor doesn’t appear before the public, awake and lucid, by tomorrow morning, then he’ll also find it difficult to fully control the situation in Sha Country. The trade agreement previously signed with Xia Country will likely become a worthless piece of paper once again! I’ve already decided to secretly contact a renowned doctor in the Imperial Capital. After all, this young man before me just doesn’t seem reliable. If Lin Fan fails, we’ll fly the old emperor directly to the Imperial Capital and bring the renowned doctor back to Sha Country. No matter what, I absolutely cannot allow our nation’s interests to be harmed!

“An hour and a half?” Lin Fan looked slightly taken aback and shook his head.

“I admit, the time is very tight. This puts a lot of pressure and difficulty on you, but…” Nie Feng began, already shaking his head internally and completely writing Lin Fan off.

“No,” Lin Fan interrupted. “What I mean is, I only need a few minutes.”

The next moment, Lin Fan took off his suit jacket and quickly unbuttoned his white shirt.

“Hey, what are you taking your clothes off for? Wait a minute, did you just say you only need a few minutes?!” Nie Feng froze, his face a mask of disbelief. His eyes bulged, and he instinctively wanted to reach out and stop Lin Fan.

This is madness! Sheer madness! The Sha Country Royal Family couldn’t wake the old emperor, and he thinks he can do it in a few minutes? As the saying goes, ’young and unreliable’!

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