"I didn't ask you to talk about that!"
Jiayi felt her teeth itch with hatred. Had this bastard completely forgotten everything he had done to her in the past?
"Have you really forgotten the outrageous things you did to me?" Jiayi roared angrily.
Hao Jian honestly couldn't remember. It had been so many years since he had seen Jiayi, and he had done so many excessive things to her, who knew which one she was talking about?
"The time you spied on me taking a bath!"
Jiayi hissed like a female leopard, her eyes ablaze with a fire so intense it seemed to almost incinerate Hao Jian on the spot.
"Oh, that incident. I really can't be blamed for that. I was just in a hurry to pee and you didn't shut the door when you were bathing. It was an accident that I barged in. And really, why were you taking a bath in the middle of the day anyway?" Hao Jian sighed.
Back then, Jiayi wasn't as fierce as she is now. She was very clean and took several baths a day.
"So you're saying it was my fault?" Jiayi asked with a forced smile.
"Of course not. What I mean to say is, it wasn't intentional. Besides, back then you were just a chubby girl, nowhere near as pretty as you are now. What was there to see, right?" Hao Jian said with a chuckle.
Jiayi immediately drew her military saber and fixed Hao Jian with a tiger-like gaze.
Hao Jian's expression stiffened and he instinctively stepped back, "We've been friends for so many years, there's no fun in pulling out knives and guns, is there?"
"I don't remember us being friends. Ever since the day you spied on me bathing, I swore that I'd get back at you!" Jiayi said through gritted teeth.
"Is she serious?" Hao Jian whispered to Yu Ou beside him.
Yu Ou nodded vigorously like a pecking chick, "She's serious. Ever since you spied on her, she's changed completely. No only did she drop her obsession with cleanliness, but she also started training with the old soldiers in our house. She spends all day rolling in the mud. We even call her 'Mud Monkey' now."
Yu Ou patted Hao Jian sympathetically, "You can see she really hates you. Your actions even changed her sexual orientation. I've seen her fight over someone else's girlfriend in a bar and send them to the hospital. Our patriarch was furious. So you better be careful; this girl is not the same as before, even I'm no match for her."
Hao Jian was shocked, then quickly asked, "Is there no way to clear up this misunderstanding?"
"There is. Just let her beat you up," said Yu Ou.
"Then maybe it's better not to clear it up," Hao Jian resigned.
Meanwhile, Jiayi stared at Hao Jian like a wolf or tiger, "Hao Jian, I want to duel with you. If you're a man, pick a weapon!"
Upon hearing this, the doctor-like man beside Jiayi couldn't help but look at Hao Jian with a sneer. Since Jiayi had mentioned the incident of Hao Jian spying on her bathing, his expression had soured, apparently harboring feelings of admiration for Jiayi.
Since they were currently standing in the Yu Family's own training ground, the weapon racks on either side were equipped with a full array of eighteen types of weapons.
Jiayi didn't want to be accused of bullying Hao Jian, so she let him choose a weapon to duel with her.
"What's all this ruckus about outside? Did the wolves chase you or what?"
Just then, a group of people approached from not far away, among them two men who looked about seventy percent like Yu Xiatang, they were indeed Yu Xiatang's two brothers, Old Two Yu Zhixun and Old Three Yu Mingxiang.
The three brothers were each different, Yu Xiatang was like a General, Yu Zhixun looked like a cunning merchant, and Yu Mingxiang seemed like a frail scholar.
They had originally planned to visit the old man, but on their way, they heard noises from the practice yard and decided to check it out.
Yu Jiayi was the daughter of Old Three, Yu Mingxiang.
Yu Zhixun, feeling wronged, glared at Hao Jian and his group as it was he who had spoken just now.
"Yu Jiayi, stop your nonsense! Step aside, Hao Jian is here to treat your grandfather's illness!" Yu Xiatang, seeing this, also quickly scolded. He found his niece Yu Jiayi quite a handful and did not know what to do with her.
"Treat an illness? Him?" Yu Jiayi sneered twice, clearly not believing that Hao Jian could cure her grandfather's illness.
"No need for that, let him go back. I am enough to handle the old man's illness," said the man standing behind Yu Jiayi, quite arrogantly.
"What are you anyways?" Yu Xiatang became upset when he heard the man's arrogance.
"His name is Liang Xiaotang, he's my friend. He's also a renowned Divine Doctor in Huaxia, touted by some to be the most likely successor to Liang Wangsun. And you, Hao Jian? What's your title?" mocked Yu Jiayi.
Then Yu Xiatang was silenced. Although he wanted to stand by Hao Jian, the safety of the old man was paramount. If Liang Xiaotang truly had a way to save the old man, he naturally had to treat him well.
Yu Xiatang was just being prepared for both contingencies; if Hao Jian failed, at least there was Liang Xiaotang.
When Yu Xiatang heard Yu Jiayi mention that Liang Xiaotang might become Liang Wangsun's successor, he had already started to lean towards Liang Xiaotang, given that Liang Wangsun's name carried significant weight in Huaxia.
Upon hearing this, both Yu Mingxiang and Yu Zhixun also looked at Liang Xiaotang with surprise, not even glancing at Hao Jian.
"I've seen him on TV; he's pretty impressive. Many medical schools have invited him to give lectures," Yu Zhixun's wife also chimed in, clearly recognizing Liang Xiaotang.
Liang Xiaotang also raised his proud head, like a cock who had just won a fight.
But Hao Jian just shook his head and smiled. He knew the media sometimes exaggerated, saying Liang Xiaotang was his master's successor?
If Liang Xiaotang were really that impressive, his master would have taken him under his wing long ago. The reason he hadn't was because his master was very proud and wouldn't waste time training someone whom he didn't deem worthy.
With his master's astonishing medical skills, Liang Xiaotang would probably never catch up in his lifetime.
"I'm asking you, have you won any honors?" Yu Jiayi asked coldly, clearly convinced that Hao Jian was incompetent.
Hao Jian touched his nose and wryly said, "An Itinerant Doctor, nothing worth mentioning."
Upon hearing this, both Yu Zhixun and his wife couldn't help but show disdain while Yu Xiatang sighed in disappointment.
"What Itinerant Doctor, he clearly is—" Yu Ou began to retort upon seeing this.
But Hao Jian tugged at Yu Ou's sleeve, signaling him to keep quiet.
Yu Ou looked at Hao Jian skeptically, but seeing Hao Jian's smiling face, he quickly shut his mouth.
"He is what?" Yu Jiayi asked.
"Nothing!" Yu Ou huffed discontentedly.