Chapter Ten: Do You Have Any Shame Left?

The next moment, Qin Feng held a fingernail-sized object in his hand. With a casual squeeze, it popped with a faint puff of black smoke.

Song Yuting looked on, bewildered. She had assumed Qin Feng was acting on a lecherous impulse, but she never expected him to produce something like this.

"This... what is this?"

Qin Feng spoke with a tone of disdain, "You are the president of a major company, aren't you a bit too oblivious? You had a bug planted in your bra and didn't even know it?"

"You!"

Song Yuting, realizing she had misinterpreted his intentions, felt a surge of shame and anger, yet she found herself unable to offer a rebuttal.

"You should really look into the people around you."

"This is my phone number. If you need anything in the future, feel free to contact me."

Qin Feng picked up a pen, jotted down his number, and added, "I’ve left the herbal medicine here. Remember to brew it and take it twice a day."

"Hey, wait!"

Song Yuting suddenly called out, "Why are you being so good to me?"

Qin Feng paused in his tracks.

"Don't tell me it's because of that earlier incident. Men are nothing but 'hit-and-run' creatures!"

"Are you, perhaps, someone sent by the Sun family?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng turned back and smiled. "Think whatever you like."

With that, he didn't linger and strode away.

Watching his retreating figure, Song Yuting felt a sense of melancholy. As she looked at the wrapped herbs, a warmth began to flow through her body...

***

After walking out of the Song Group, Qin Feng saw the security guards who had climbed back up from the ground. As they looked at him as if they were staring at the King of Hell, they scrambled backward. "You... what do you want?"

Qin Feng felt a bit helpless and simply returned to the hospital.

Strangely enough, Xu Banxia didn't seem to blame him much for abandoning his post. She spent the entire afternoon in her office, her brow knitted with an impenetrable sorrow.

When the workday ended, she ignored the colleagues who greeted her, leaving them deeply confused. Qin Feng followed her silently.

***

Phoenix Hotel. One of the most luxurious hotels in the city.

Xu Banxia drove all the way here. Her mood was low, and her palms were slightly clenched. She looked at Qin Feng’s contact in her phone, dying to call him.

But after a moment of hesitation, her finger ultimately failed to press the button.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Banxia straightened her clothes and stepped into the private room where "Master Hu" was waiting.

Night had fallen. Today, the largest banquet hall in the Phoenix Hotel was filled with many influential figures from Yunhai—all prominent people with status in the city.

Few in all of Yunhai could command such a gathering. "Master Hu" was one of them.

Master Hu, whose real name was Li Yuanhu, was over sixty years old but remained the leader of Yunhai’s top underworld force. The Black Tiger Gang he founded was filled with martial artists, and even the wealthiest families had to show him respect. After all, having the protection of Master Hu was like holding a talisman.

As soon as Xu Banxia walked in, she felt uncomfortable seeing the gold-drenched decor and the bloated, greedy-looking elites staring at her with interest.

She knew the theme of today's banquet. Li Yuanhu was going to publicly announce the taking of a concubine.

As a rising star in the medical field, her pride would normally have kept her away, but she knew the cruelty of the man. If she dared not come, the Xu family might suffer the consequences by tomorrow.

"Miss Xu, come sit over here," an elderly man in a Tang suit with a white beard said with a beaming smile.

There was a scar on the old man’s face, and his skin was bronze. He looked harmless on the surface, but everyone knew he was the protagonist of the day: the leader of the Black Tiger Gang, Li Yuanhu.

Xu Banxia nodded stiffly. As she walked toward him, she sensed a malicious gaze.

Sitting beside Li Yuanhu was a luxuriously dressed middle-aged woman and a young man in a suit. The woman was Huang Chunlian, his current wife. The young man was his son, Li Qinian.

Xu Banxia knew the gaze came from Huang Chunlian. As for Li Qinian, he showed no hostility, though a trace of greed flickered in his eyes.

"Everyone, I assume this lady needs no introduction. You have surely all heard of her. She is Miss Xu Banxia, who is soon to be my concubine."

Li Yuanhu raised his glass and drank heartily. The crowd followed suit.

"Congratulations to Master Hu! Miss Xu is a famous talent in the medical world; the union between you two will surely result in a genius baby!"

"Indeed, we truly envy the Xu family. With Master Hu’s backing, the Xu family will likely become the number one powerhouse in Yunhai before long."

"..."

The crowd kept showering them with flattery, and Li Yuanhu seemed to relish it.

Suddenly, a cynical voice cut through the air: "Doctor Xu, why do you look so pale?"

"Could it be that you aren't happy to be married to Master Hu as a concubine?"

The crowd turned to see Huang Chunlian wearing a mocking expression.

Hearing this, Xu Banxia’s face went even paler. She had come here today intending to voice her objections, but she realized she had overestimated herself; in this atmosphere, she couldn't bring herself to speak her mind.

"That's right, Doctor Xu. Are you perhaps just too nervous?"

Li Qinian looked at Xu Banxia, who was dressed in a long white gown, and licked his lips. "Why don't you dance? I heard that Doctor Xu learned to dance years ago. I imagine that for a dancer, once you start moving, you’ll forget your nervousness."

"Miss Xu, it’s rare for everyone to be gathered here. Why not dance one for us? Let them see my taste in women." Li Yuanhu was also expectant.

When he had been injured and went to the hospital, it was Xu Banxia who bandaged him. Ever since then, he hadn't been able to stop thinking about her. Now that she was finally going to be his woman, he felt truly satisfied.

Xu Banxia looked troubled and hesitated. "I... I'm not in a condition to do so today..."

Back in school, she had learned to dance out of interest. But wearing high heels and a dress on such a slippery floor, one wrong move could lead to a fall or an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction.

"Doctor Xu, that’s a bit of a buzzkill," Li Qinian said, clearly unwilling to let the opportunity go. Once she was married to his father, he feared only his father would be able to look at her.

Huang Chunlian also said coldly, "If Doctor Xu won't dance, could it be that she looks down on Master Hu, or perhaps she looks down on all of us?"

As a woman herself, she naturally knew what Xu Banxia was worried about. But because the girl was so beautiful, she couldn't help but make things difficult out of sheer jealousy. She wanted the girl to understand who was the mistress and who was the concubine!

Sure enough, Li Yuanhu's expression turned cold.

He said to Xu Banxia in a deep voice, "Miss Xu, I am asking you: will you dance or not?"

Xu Banxia gripped the hem of her dress tightly, fighting back tears of humiliation.

Just as she was about to throw caution to the wind, a cynical voice sounded from the doorway: "You are all supposed to be people of status, yet you are bullying a woman? Have you no shame left at all?"