"Nonsense!"
Fu Lizhi was furious. "Is this how you treat your savior?"
"Teacher, I am merely stating facts."
Xiao Hao lowered his head slightly, feeling utterly unconvinced.
Lin Fan stepped forward and said calmly, "Who else thinks so?"
Several male students quickly lowered their heads.
Although they harbored doubts, seeing Fu Lizhi's anger, they feared incurring the teacher's wrath and facing repercussions.
Xiao Hao was stunned.
He hadn't expected that no one would speak up for him!
Even his closest classmates at that moment pretended not to see his pleading gaze.
"Get out!" Lin Fan pointed at Xiao Hao. "You are not welcome here!"
"Who, who cares about staying in this broken clinic!"
Xiao Hao, full of youthful impetuosity, turned and left.
But after a few steps, he suddenly remembered that Luofeng Village was a remote and desolate place, far from any town.
And it was summer. If he couldn't find a place to stay after leaving, he'd be bitten to death by mosquitoes and insects.
"Sister Tian, didn't you say you'd arrange for us to stay at the village committee?"
After much thought, Xiao Hao's vanity got the better of him.
"Luofeng Village does not welcome you either. I will call for a car to take you to a hotel in town later."
Tian Mengyao's tone was cold, her expression unwavering.
"Sister, I, I..."
Although Xiao Hao wished to stay at the village committee, under Tian Mengyao's indifferent tone, he could only swallow his words.
He gritted his teeth, his emotions boiling with anger.
He had initially thought of enduring some hardship to see if something could happen between him and his senior sister.
But in the end, he not only suffered but also ended up with nothing.
He was a prominent figure at school.
How had everything changed so drastically upon arriving in this small mountain village?
Seeing him leave dejectedly, Tian Mengyao couldn't help but show a look of disdain.
Everyone knew Xiao Hao was a postgraduate student personally tutored by Fu Lizhi and was usually well-liked.
But school and society were two different things!
Tian Mengyao thought, "You've offended your teacher; disaster is already upon you!"
Fu Lizhi then stepped forward and apologized. "Physician Lin, I am sorry. My teaching has been inadequate. Please do not hold it against me."
Lin Fan appeared indifferent. "It's nothing."
Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Tian Mengyao quickly called out, "Everyone, you've rested enough. Let's go to the village committee."
"Alright!"
"Alright!"
The students all stood up.
Although they sympathized with Xiao Hao, their own situations were more pressing.
"Physician Lin, we'll be going now."
Fu Lizhi said with an apologetic expression before leaving with a few students.
The clinic, which had been lively moments ago, suddenly became quiet.
"Xiao Fan, let's go home for dinner too," Xia Xue said, taking Lin Fan's arm. "Don't mind that unreasonable brat."
"Exactly!" Song Yue also felt injustice for Lin Fan. "He's only studied for a few days, and he's already gotten so arrogant!"
"I'm fine, I didn't take it to heart."
Lin Fan's mood immediately improved.
Why bother with others?
It was best to just live his own life!
By the time they arrived at Song Yue's home and finished dinner, it was past nine o'clock.
Lin Fan left in a hurry and headed back to the clinic.
For some reason, the night was exceptionally dark.
And gusts of strange wind kept swirling around.
Lin Fan furrowed his brows, his expression unchanged, as he quickened his pace.
Upon entering the clinic, he immediately turned on the lights.
He peered outside for a while, then let out a long sigh. "Damn it, I scared myself!"
As he spoke, he closed the door and lay down on the sofa.
The night grew darker and darker.
It was as if thick ink had been poured onto the moon.
He played with his phone for a while and felt his eyelids growing heavy.
However, a persistent sense of unease lingered in his heart.
Therefore, he did not turn off the light and closed his eyes.
The deep night was now pitch black.
Suddenly, a ball of eerie mist obscured the light from the window!
Lin Fan had just fallen asleep when a purple light suddenly flashed from his dantian, like a volcanic eruption!
"Ah~"
A scream came from outside the window, sounding very much like a woman's voice.
"Who!"
Lin Fan was startled awake and sat up abruptly.
His face was pale, and he frantically looked around.
The clinic was as usual, with no signs of any intruders.
It had become quiet outside, and no sounds could be heard.
"Did I have a nightmare?"
Just as Lin Fan thought this, he smelled a fragrance of flowers.
"Flower scent?"
Lin Fan was greatly alarmed and immediately activated his Purple Extreme Spiritual Eyes.
Indeed!
The purple energy in his dantian had been severely depleted just now!
And his entire body was permeated with a strange purple toxin!
"Damn it, it's come to my doorstep!"
Lin Fan felt a sense of having narrowly escaped death.
Fortunately, he was not an ordinary person, and the purple energy in his dantian was not to be trifled with, or he would have lost his life by now.
"This is bad, I'm poisoned!"
As soon as he said this, he thought of the Crimson Blood Ganoderma.
With his purple energy overly depleted, he might not be able to overcome the toxin.
But even a small piece of Crimson Blood Ganoderma could detoxify any poison.
When he had dinner earlier, his sister-in-law had mentioned that the Crimson Blood Ganoderma was stored in the cabinet.
With this in mind, he didn't delay. He quickly put on his clothes, grabbed a flashlight in one hand and an axe in the other, and rushed out of the clinic.
Although the purple energy in his dantian had erupted before he was startled awake, judging by the scream from outside, that thing should have been injured as well.
"Hmph!"
Lin Fan snorted coldly. What kind of demon or ghost are you? I'm not easy to deal with either!
Even though he was encouraging himself like this, his body was already feeling weak, and his head was starting to feel fuzzy.
He dared not delay and raced towards Wangjia Village.
Five minutes later, he stood in front of Song Yue's house and thought, "It's the middle of the night. If I make them open the door, what if the neighbors hear about it?"
He had been visiting every day since his sister-in-law moved in, and many villagers had already gossiped.
If this incident were to happen, who knew how much more the villagers would gossip!
"I'll just go in myself."
Lin Fan looked up.
The courtyard wall was not high, about the same as the Cao family's.
Coupled with a protruding dividing brick halfway up the wall, it was perfect for getting leverage. Even if his strength failed, it should be fine.
Lin Fan stepped back five or six paces, then sprinted and leaped.
Whoosh!
A phantom flashed in the dark night.
Lin Fan accelerated to an incredible speed within that short distance.
When he was about a meter from the courtyard wall, he pushed off with his left foot, precisely landed his right foot on the dividing brick, and then soared into the air.
Hoo~
To his surprise, because it was too dark, he jumped too high and cleared the courtyard wall.
Thump~
A dull thud.
Lin Fan, after landing, stumbled forward three or four times and finally fell face-first.
He lay on the ground, not daring to move, and listened intently to the sounds inside the house.