NOVPUBChen Nan, calm and composed, reached down with his left hand like a nimble snake, precisely blocking Zhang Qingxue's whip kick.
His fingertips gently brushed the tendons on the inside of her thigh, instantly causing Zhang Qingxue's entire right leg to go numb.
"Tsk tsk, not a bad leg technique." Chen Nan wore an amused smile, a hint of mischief in his eyes: "Just too treacherous, attacking the lower paths. Is this what the Zhang clan's dojo taught you?"
"You!" Zhang Qingxue trembled with anger, her fair cheeks turning bright red in an instant.
As the cherished daughter of the Zhang clan's dojo, when had she ever been humiliated like this?
Her almond-shaped eyes were practically spitting fire!
She quickly retracted her leg and stepped back, drawing a fierce arc with her hands before her chest, spinning like a top with great speed.
This move, "Overlord's Hard Reining," was a lethal strike from the Baji Fist, with iron-like elbows screaming through the air directly at the vital points on Chen Nan's chest!
Yet Chen Nan did not retreat but advanced instead, his body suddenly lowering, slipping into Zhang Qingxue's embrace like a swimming fish.
The moment their bodies touched, his warm breath sprayed at her ear: "Miss Zhang is so eager to throw herself into my arms; I'm truly flattered!"
Zhang Qingxue felt a crisp masculine scent engulf her, mixed with a faint medicinal aroma, causing her heart to skip a beat.
In her panic, she tried to step back, but Chen Nan's large hand had already firmly encircled her slender waist.
"Watch your step!" Chen Nan said with apparent concern, yet sneakily pinched her soft waist: "If you were to fall, I'd be heartbroken!"
"Shameless rogue!" Zhang Qingxue cried out in shame and fury, her voice altered.
She suddenly turned around, her right palm brought a fierce gust striking heavily towards Chen Nan's face; if this blow landed, it could even shatter stone slabs!
However, Chen Nan just slightly tilted his head, the force of the palm brushing past his temple, making a few strands of hair fly.
With a backhand, he actually pulled Zhang Qingxue entirely into his arms.
Their proximity was such that they could count each other's eyelashes. Chen Nan gazed down at the beauty in his arms, who was a mix of shame and anger, with his eyes flashing a mischievous glimmer: "Miss Zhang is so enthusiastic, could it be that you've taken a liking to me? Would you like to stay for a cup of tea?"
"I... I'll definitely kill you!" Zhang Qingxue was so angry that she was incoherent, struggling until her hairpins came loose, a few strands of hair clinging to her sweat-dampened forehead, adding a messy allure.
Chen Nan suddenly let go, and Zhang Qingxue stumbled back a few steps in surprise, nearly tripping over some small stones on the ground.
She managed to stabilize herself clumsily, looking up to meet Chen Nan's leisurely posture with his hands clasped behind his back!
"Miss Zhang, do you want to continue?" Chen Nan raised an eyebrow, his silhouette outlined by a golden edge in the sunlight, and the faint smile at the corner of his mouth was particularly dazzling.
Zhang Qingxue stood still, her chest heaving intensely, the sweat-soaked training clothes tightly contouring her enticing shape.
She bit down on her lower lip so hard that she tasted a hint of blood, realizing she had bitten her lip open.
She finally acknowledged a brutal truth—she was no match for this rascal at all.
What was more infuriating was that he was obviously toying with her, like a cat with a mouse!
"You Chen!" Zhang Qingxue spat out through gritted teeth, eyes burning with the fire of humiliation: "Just wait! One day, I will make you kneel and beg for mercy!"
Then she turned around intending to leave!
"Wait." Chen Nan's voice suddenly sounded from behind, calm yet carrying an undeniable authority.
Zhang Qingxue turned back abruptly, full of vigilance in her eyes: "What do you want?"
Chen Nan leisurely pointed at the scattered and groaning dojo disciples on the ground, his tone as casual as discussing the weather: "Take this trash away, don't dirty my medical hall."
Saying so, he even disdainfully poked the nearest unconscious disciple with his foot: "And remember to clean up the bloodstains on the ground."
Zhang Qingxue was trembling with rage, her nails digging deeply into her palms without her noticing.
She could only endure the humiliation, summoning the able-bodied disciples to help the wounded.
Those disciples, their faces bruised and swollen, looked at Chen Nan with utter fear, some even dared not meet his eyes.
As they were leaving, Zhang Qingxue turned back to give Chen Nan a deep look.
The sunset cast her silhouette long, and her beautiful eyes overflowed with complicated emotions—anger, humiliation, unwillingness, and a hint of something indescribably strange.
In the shadows at the alley's end, Zhang Zhicheng was already terrified beyond belief.
He clamped his hand over his mouth, afraid to make even the slightest sound.
Not until Zhang Qingxue took the others far away did he dare to gasp for breath, his back soaked with cold sweat. 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑝𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
"This... is this still a person?" he muttered shiveringly to himself, his mind replaying the unfathomable martial skill of Chen Nan.
He couldn't believe that the usually gentle owner of the medical hall was so terrifying!
For a moment.
He couldn't find a way to get rid of the Health Care Hall...
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"Doctor Chen, thank you for dealing with Zhang Qingxue for me!" Wu Qiong lay in the East Wing, but she had heard Zhang Qingxue come to challenge and knew Chen Nan had chased her away for her.
Chen Nan said indifferently: "Miss Wu, you are my patient, so there's no need to thank me for that."
Wu Qiong's eyes showed gratitude, then turned suspicious: "Although Zhang Qingxue and I are arch enemies, from what I know of her, she's not one to exploit such opportunities; this incident might not be as simple as it seems!"
Saying this, she seemed to remember something and couldn't help but say: "Doctor Chen, what is your relationship with Zhang Zhicheng of Huichun Hall?"
Chen Nan didn't know why she asked, but he replied: "My medical hall has just opened, I haven't had the chance to visit the fellow practitioners in the South City District yet!"
"I understand now!" Wu Qiong sighed lightly: "Although your medical hall has just opened, it has affected others' interests."
"Some people couldn't sit still, wanting to use our Wu family martial arts dojo to get rid of you!"
Chen Nan couldn't help but frown: "You mean Zhang Zhicheng of Huichun Hall?"
Wu Qiong nodded, then said: "Before, I went to Huichun Hall for treatment, and Doctor Zhang of Huichun Hall said he couldn't do anything for me, and highly praised the Health Care Hall, saying Doctor Chen works miracles!"
"At first, I thought he was genuinely concerned for me, but now it seems things are definitely not that simple!"
"If you accepted me as a patient and something went wrong during treatment, our Wu family martial arts dojo would certainly not let it go lightly."
"But what he didn't foresee was your medical prowess, and you truly cured me."
"Zhang Zhicheng couldn't sit still, so he told Zhang Qingxue about my injury, hoping to use her to teach you a lesson."
"However, he could never have imagined that you are not only skilled in medical arts but also formidable in martial arts!"
Chen Nan's eyes flashed with a cold glint: "That old fox is so insidious?"
