Peerless Medical Emperor

Chapter 2: Chapter 2: You Call Yourself Human?

BANG—

The loud noise startled the people in the room, and they all turned to look at Chen Qingdi and the other man.

"Damn it! Where did this little punk come from?"

One of them cursed angrily, while another man’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw the person who had just appeared.

"Chen... Chen Qingdi?"

This man’s name was Zheng Zhiyi, and he was Lin Zhongxue’s apprentice.

For so many years, Lin Zhongxue had raised him as if he were her own son.

"You... Why are you still alive?" Zheng Zhiyi asked, looking at Chen Qingdi in disbelief.

Chen Qingdi’s gaze turned icy. "And why shouldn’t I be?"

Zheng Zhiyi was standing with another man, and a woman was collapsed on the floor beside them.

The woman’s name was Lin Qingmeng, Lin Zhongxue’s daughter.

Half of Lin Qingmeng’s face was red and swollen. Her vacant eyes were fixed on the floor.

"Why?"

"Why would you do this to me?"

"Hasn’t my mom treated you well all these years? Why did you have to be a traitor?"

Hearing Lin Qingmeng’s pained cries, Chen Qingdi’s heart clenched.

From her words, he could roughly piece together what was happening. He shot a cold glare at Zheng Zhiyi.

"What did you do to them?"

Chen Qingdi asked through clenched teeth as his imposing aura flared up around him.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhiyi panicked and subconsciously started to back away.

Chen Qingdi shot forward in a single step and viciously struck Zheng Zhiyi in the chest with his palm.

Zheng Zhiyi grunted, and his entire body went flying.

"All these years, my godmother treated you like her own son!"

Chen Qingdi glared at the man on the ground, his wide eyes bloodshot. "What the fuck do you think you’re doing now?"

Zheng Zhiyi clutched his chest with one hand, scrambling backward in terror.

Just as Chen Qingdi was about to strike again, the other man yelled, "Stop!"

Chen Qingdi turned his head, his cold gaze landing on the man. "And who the hell are you?"

Beside them, Chen Yuan could barely contain himself. He was ready to act at a moment’s notice. He just needed the order from Chen Qingdi, and he could cripple these two men at any time!

"Watch your mouth!"

The man glanced at Chen Qingdi with contempt. "My name is Wang Wei. I’m with the Jingyun Group! The son-in-law of the Ma Family!"

"Zheng Zhiyi is my man. As the saying goes, you have to know who the master is before you beat a dog!"

Chen Qingdi shot him a cold look. ’A live-in son-in-law, nothing but a dog, and he dares to bark at me?’

Seeing Chen Qingdi remain silent, Wang Wei straightened his clothes and slowly pulled out a cigarette, placing it between his lips.

"Kid, I don’t care who you are! Today, Lin Zhongxue’s clinic and the Lin Family’s plots of land must be handed over to me!"

As he spoke, Wang Wei lit the cigarette in his mouth, took a deep drag, and slowly exhaled a cloud of smoke.

But he didn’t notice that Chen Qingdi’s glare, cutting through the smoke, was practically enough to kill him.

After speaking, Wang Wei gave Chen Qingdi a smirk. "The Lin Family’s time is over. All that’s left is this broad. You’d better not pick the wrong side, kid. You look like you’ve got some skills. Come be my bodyguard, and I’ll..."

BANG—

Before Wang Wei could finish his sentence, he was sent flying.

"Fuck! Emperor’s Physician! I couldn’t take it anymore!"

Chen Yuan explained as he rushed forward, stomped on Wang Wei’s knee, and then viciously punched him in the face several times!

Chen Qingdi didn’t stop him. The only reason he hadn’t acted sooner was to see what other crap this bastard would spew.

He turned his head to look at Zheng Zhiyi, his eyes filled with a chilling intent.

"My godmother has no sons. For all these years, she treated you as if you were her own."

"If she hadn’t taken you in back then, you would have been beaten to death in the streets long ago!"

"It would be one thing if you simply failed to repay her kindness, but instead, you repay it with malice!"

Watching Chen Qingdi walk toward him step by step, Zheng Zhiyi felt an immense, indescribable pressure bearing down on him.

"Chen... Chen Qingdi, I’m warning you, you’d better not do anything reckless. I’m with the Ma Family now!"

"A person?"

A cold smirk played on Chen Qingdi’s lips. "You think you’re worthy of being called human?"

With that, Chen Qingdi kicked Zheng Zhiyi squarely in the chest, pinning him to the ground with his foot.

An intense wave of pain washed over Zheng Zhiyi, knocking the wind out of him.

But Chen Qingdi had no intention of killing him just like that. ’Wouldn’t that be letting him off too easy?’

"AHH—"

Chen Qingdi stomped on Zheng Zhiyi’s knee. The sound of bone shattering was followed by Zheng Zhiyi’s agonized scream.

Then the other leg, then both arms. Only when all of Zheng Zhiyi’s limbs were crippled, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and his eyes vacant, did Chen Qingdi toss him aside like a piece of trash.

On the other side, Chen Yuan had already tossed Wang Wei out as well.

After dealing with the two men, Chen Qingdi remembered the person on the floor and went to help her up.

But as soon as he got close, Lin Qingmeng, as if by magic, pulled out a fruit knife and began waving it wildly at him.

"Kill! I’ll kill you!"

Chen Qingdi instinctively grabbed her wrist and roared, "It’s me! I’m your brother!"

Lin Qingmeng must have been scared out of her wits. Chen Qingdi’s shout seemed to snap her back to reality.

"Brother..."

Looking at the person before her, Lin Qingmeng’s voice instantly broke into a sob, laced with a sense of grievance.

Chen Qingdi quickly pulled her into his arms, gently patting her back. "Shh, it’s okay. I’m here now."

After calming Lin Qingmeng down, Chen Qingdi finally asked, "What exactly happened? Where’s my godmother?"

The moment he mentioned her godmother, Lin Qingmeng completely broke down. She burst into tears, wailing as she pointed toward the inner hall.

Chen Qingdi frowned but walked inside anyway.

The moment he stepped through the door, he saw his godmother’s funeral portrait and the memorial altar that had been set up.

In that instant, his legs went weak, and he nearly collapsed.

Chen Yuan darted forward and managed to catch him.

"Emperor’s Physician, you... my condolences."

"What... What is this? How did my godmother die?"

Chen Qingdi immediately turned to Lin Qingmeng and asked, his face etched with disbelief.

He’d received a message saying she was on the verge of death, but that was only a few hours ago. How could she be gone already?

Lin Qingmeng’s voice trembled as she spoke. "After the Chen Family was massacred back then, all the Chen Family members were gone, and you disappeared too."

"But those people were still desperately searching for the so-called *Five Emperors Medical Scripture*, and they started targeting my mom!"

"They caused trouble at the clinic time and time again, and now they..."

As she spoke, Lin Qingmeng started convulsing and collapsed backward.

Chen Qingdi rushed forward to catch her. This was a classic case of being overcome by grief.

Thinking about what she had just said, Chen Qingdi’s eyes instantly reddened.

’So all of this... was it because of me?’