Chapter 128 Distrust

I thought Xiang Yue was taking Xiang Yunshang's feelings into consideration. Who knew that he only insisted for a few seconds before stating with certainty, "The coach also said that Yunshang is congenitally deficient. It's difficult for her to achieve much in martial arts. Those two competitions of hers were just martial arts performances, not real martial arts duels."

"Moreover, I told them in advance to pull some strings in the competition, just to give Yunshang some encouragement."

Xiang Yue was committing a common mistake:

First, children can't be praised. Even if they're good, you have to say they're not good, so as to motivate them to improve.

Second, children have to be obedient. Obedience is filial piety, and the word 'obedience' should come first. The things I arrange are all for your own good.

In fact, I didn't expect that this would only push Xiang Yunshang further and further away. When they reached the point where they had nothing to say to each other, they would become strangers.

When Xiang Yue said these words, he didn't notice at all that Xiang Yunshang's face was as pale as paper. Even if he had noticed, he probably wouldn't have cared.

I sneered, "Miss Xiang, let this strict father see your *cun jin* (inch punch). My things here aren't afraid of being hit."

Xiang Yunshang put her fingertips on the table, and her right hand suddenly exerted force, smashing her fist towards the table within a few inches. The solid wood table was instantly punched with a hole.

Xiang Yue's face also turned white: "This... this..."

I said calmly, "Mr. Xiang, do you think this is a martial art that a child with congenital heart disease could have learned?"

"But... but..." Xiang Yue still couldn't believe it. After saying "but" several times, he didn't know what to say?

I looked at Xiang Yue and said, "You want to say, why did Xiang Yunshang and Yun Ya's memories switch, right? And how could you not recognize your own biological daughter?"

I pointed to my eyes, "There is a secret technique in this world called soul manipulation. The simplest soul manipulation is equivalent to hypnosis. I also know this secret technique!"

I looked at Xiang Yunshang and said, "Do you remember when I first saw Yun Ya, I used Ghost Eyes to help her recall her past, right?"

Seeing Xiang Yunshang nod, I continued, "At that time, I noticed that someone had used hypnosis on Yun Ya. You told me at the time that you had found psychological experts to help Yun Ya with psychological counseling."

"I thought it was some kind of hypnosis performed by a psychologist. Moreover, I also got the information I wanted, so I didn't go against that force."

"Now it seems that I made a mistake because of a moment of softheartedness!"

Xiang Yue gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Li, what evidence do you have for saying these things?"

I stared directly at Xiang Yue and said, "If I'm not mistaken, your memory has also been tampered with. Do you dare to let me use Ghost Eyes on you to open your memory?"

"No!" Xiang Yue refused without even thinking.

In fact, I could understand Xiang Yue's thoughts.

In his opinion, if I could use Ghost Eyes to open his memory, I could also hypnotize him. If it was the latter, he would fall into my hands.

Not to mention a suspicious *jianghu* (martial world) person, even an ordinary person would not let someone hypnotize them without any guarantees.

Xiang Yunshang suddenly said, "You don't trust Li Po. Then let Li Po cast a spell on me! I trust Li Po's character."

"No!" Xiang Yue refused again, "You and Yun Ya are inseparable. You know all her secrets. I don't believe it!"

Xiang Yunshang's tears flowed uncontrollably. She was really sad.

Regardless of whether Xiang Yunshang was Xiang Yue's biological daughter, Xiang Yue's defensiveness towards her was enough to make Xiang Yunshang feel cold.

Xiang Yue was the key to solving the problem. If he refused to cooperate, even if I forcibly suppressed the other party and used Ghost Eyes on him, he would deny his original memories under the instigation of someone with ulterior motives.

Lao Liu spoke at this time, "Mr. Xiang, your wife should also be a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, right? Does she know about *zhuyou ke* (incantation) secret techniques?"

*Zhu You Ke* is an extremely mysterious discipline in traditional Chinese medicine, listed as one of the thirteen disciplines of traditional Chinese medicine. *Zhu You Shu* is the use of drawing talismans and incantations to treat people's illnesses. It was listed in the Thirteen Disciplines of the Imperial Hospital during the Yuan Dynasty, and there are many historical records.

The real *zhu you ke* has extremely high requirements for doctors: they need to be upright and without evil intentions, have noble merits, have a correct medical style, and be high-ranking doctors who do not seek fame or fortune in order to perform it.

There is also *zhu you ke* in the world of術 (*shu* – occult arts), but people in the world of術 are more inclined to the *jianghu* path and have long been separated from the scope of doctors. Doctors never admit that there are *zhu you ke* inheritors in the *jianghu* world, and real *jianghu* people will not open clinics.

Lao Liu wanted to remind Xiang Yue, but the other party didn't listen to his words at all: "Li Po, I hired you to save Yun Ya, not to let you stir up my family relationship."

"If you continue like this, I can only fire you again."

I couldn't help but narrow my eyes: If a *shushi* (occult practitioner) is fired by an employer once, it may be the employer's problem; if they are fired by the employer twice, even if it is not the *shushi's* problem, it becomes the *shushi's* problem.

If Xiang Yue really wanted to do this, I was afraid that I would not be able to turn over in the world of術. At the very least, the two people I threw out could make my reputation stink.