129: Chapter 129 Consultation Fee 129: Chapter 129 Consultation Fee The reason the smoking strongman fled was because he felt his right arm becoming increasingly numb, almost losing sensation, so he desperately wanted to escape, getting as far away from the monster Wang Yan as possible.
However, just as he turned around, the first silver needle had arrived.
With a “pop” sound, the needle pierced his waist.
The smoking strongman felt a numbness in his waist and immediately couldn’t move, stuck right there.
But although his waist was immobilized, his legs still maintained the inertia, turning him backward, while his right leg lifted to step forward.
At this moment, several more silver needles followed from behind.
The moment the smoking strongman lifted his right leg, it was immediately pinned by a needle, suspended in mid-air.
Now, his right foot still tried to step forward, but another needle flew over and pierced his foot, freezing it in midair in a stepping stance.
Then silver needles continued to rain down, instantly covering the smoking strongman’s body with dozens of them.
The smoking strongman appeared like a humanoid statue, head forward, body backward, right leg stepping out, right foot raised, frozen in an extremely bizarre posture.
He felt his body becoming increasingly numb and was terrified to the point of madness; what he was experiencing couldn’t be logically explained, and he screamed, “Help, Scarface, get these needles out of me!”
Scarface glanced over and hurriedly ran to him.
Upon seeing the smoking strongman covered in silver needles, he almost couldn’t believe he was truly paralyzed, and chuckled, “What are you doing?
Trying to make me laugh?”
The smoking strongman cursed, “You’re full of crap!
Get these needles out now.
This kid is too weird; I can’t move at all.”
Seeing that the smoking strongman didn’t look like he was joking, Scarface started to believe him a little and raised his hand to pull the needles out.
Just as Scarface was about to remove the needles, San, Fang, Li, and others, who were stuck in delighted anticipation, immediately tensed up.
If Scarface pulled out the needles, the two of them would join forces against Wang Yan; how could Wang Yan withstand their wrath?
At this moment, Wang Yan spoke coldly, “Pull the needles if you want, but if it leads to a crooked mouth, paralyzed limbs, incontinence, or even male impotence, I’m not responsible.
Think it through yourself.”
Upon hearing this, Scarface stopped, looked at the smoking strongman, and asked, “Should I pull them out or not?”
The smoking strongman, drenched in sweat, yelled, “Of course not!
Are you trying to kill me?”
Scarface thought for a moment and said, “Not a big deal, like incontinence or impotence, I don’t even understand those.”
The smoking strongman cursed, “You might not understand, but I do – impotence means you won’t be able to be a man for life!”
Scarface was startled and hesitated, “Then…
what should I do?”
The smoking strongman yelled, “Stop that kid and make him pull out the needles.”
Hearing this, Scarface nodded, but also feared Wang Yan’s silver needles.
He quickly raised his hand and drew a gleaming large machete from behind.
Under the moonlight, the large machete looked chilling.
Seeing Scarface pull out a machete, Li, Fang, and others screamed in fright.
Li called out urgently, “Brothers, we know we were wrong.
We’ll start working right away.”
Fang also shouted, “Yes, no knife or gun fight, we’ll work double time, and make up for today’s earnings.”
The other girls all nodded rapidly, shouting in unison.
Seeing everyone’s lack of confidence, Scarface regained his boldness.
He waved the machete in front of Wang Yan, saying, “Kid, pull out the needles quickly, or I’ll chop your head off.”
Wang Yan just smiled slightly, saying, “Another patient for treatment?
I don’t even need to look; I know your liver fire is too strong.
With such anger, I’ll need to relieve some of it for you.”
With that, Wang Yan flicked his finger, and a silver needle flew out.
Just as Scarface was swinging the machete, he suddenly felt numbness in his wrist holding the machete and couldn’t move it.
With a “clang,” the machete fell to the ground.
Scarface stared in disbelief at his wrist, where a silver needle subtly quivered.
Showing a hint of incredulity, Scarface mumbled, “What happened?
Why is my wrist numb?”
As he spoke, he raised his other hand to grab the needle on his wrist.
Just as his other hand rose, another streak of silver flashed, fixing it in mid-air.
Scarface finally realized with shock; though he hadn’t believed the smoking strongman was truly immobilized by needles earlier.
Experiencing it himself now, he believed it was real.
Scarface was immediately frightened, his two hands frozen mid-air, unable to move.
In panic, he opened his mouth, trying to use his teeth to pull out the needle.
He just opened his mouth when another needle flew out and pierced through Scarface’s cheek, stopping his mouth wide open, saliva dribbling down.
Scarface mumbled incomprehensibly, unable to speak.
His upper body couldn’t move, and his legs tried hastily to retreat backward.
After just a few steps back, more needles flew at him, freezing him in a retreating stance.
By now, both Scarface and the smoking strongman were as if frozen, motionless in the street.
This sight left San, Fang, and others with mouth agape; Wang Yan’s skill seemed like the legendary acupuncture, simply magical.
Wang Yan clapped his hands and said, “Seems being a doctor is tiring; treating patients even at midnight.
Now that it’s done, the doctor should go back to sleep.”
With that, Wang Yan turned to leave, completely ignoring Scarface and the smoking strongman.
Seeing Wang Yan about to leave, Scarface became anxious; were they to stand there indefinitely?
But with his mouth pierced by the needle, he couldn’t speak, only making muffled noises from his throat.
Just then, the smoking strongman suddenly screamed, “Ah—cigarette… hand… hand…”
Following his incoherent cries, everyone smelled the scent of roasting meat.
Then they saw the cigarette between the smoking strongman’s fingers had burned down to the filter, scorching his fingers, creating that roasting aroma.
No matter how much they screamed and shouted, Wang Yan seemed not to hear and continued walking away.
With the situation worsening, San, Fang, and others grew fearful.
Having completely provoked the two strongmen, they weren’t as worried about their anger as they were terrified of the indomitable forces backing them.
Sure enough, the smoking strongman cursed, “Kid, come back and pull out these needles.
Do you know who I am?
I’m from the Red Star Gang, one of the Eight Great Street groups.
You’ve offended me, and each of our members could chop you to death with one swing.”
Hearing the mention of the Red Star Gang, San and the others turned pale with fear.
But no matter how much the smoking strongman shouted, Wang Yan continued walking further away.
The smoking strongman hurriedly screamed, “You don’t know the Red Star Gang?
Our boss is the Cyan Snake Gang, now you know, right?”
Upon hearing this, Wang Yan paused momentarily but then continued walking on.
Seeing Wang Yan truly walking further away, the smoking strongman became really frightened and quickly changed his tone, begging, “Brother, please don’t go, let’s talk it out, I was wrong, truly wrong.”
Hearing this, Wang Yan finally stopped, slowly turned around, and said indifferently, “Then settle the consultation fee.”
(I’ve been at the hospital lately, hearing “settle the consultation fee” every day!
Thankfully, mom’s condition is stable, and Guo Ba resumes triple shifts today.
Thank you all for your patience over these days.)