Chapter 236 - 235: When Enemies Meet

Chapter 236: Chapter 235: When Enemies Meet

Yu Zhiming didn’t go too far; he just broke three old golf clubs to make a point.

As the sun climbed higher and the weather grew hot, they played until almost eleven, then wrapped up their outdoor activities.

Afterward, they went to the indoor arcade and played some games.

For lunch, the group had Western food.

At Gu Qingning’s suggestion, Yu Zhiming, Yu Xiangwan, Fu Xiaoxue, and Zeng Yan all followed suit and ordered a full French multi-course meal, complete with an appetizer, soup, side dish, main course, vegetable salad, and dessert, genuinely enjoying the formal service for once.

This Western lunch took them more than two hours to finish, which Yu Zhiming found a bit draining.

The main problem was that the portions were too small.

Yu Zhiming would finish a dish in just a few bites, so he could only chat while idly waiting for the server to bring the next course.

After the French feast was over, Yu Zhiming clearly felt he hadn’t eaten his fill. It wasn’t worth the price at all.

The girls, however, quite enjoyed the dining atmosphere.

After lunch, Yu Zhiming’s group returned to the villa to rest for nearly an hour before heading to the pool for a swim.

Yu Zhiming had been dragged along to the pool.

The girls declared they had eaten a bit too much over the past two days and needed to burn off some energy with exercise.

Swimming was the best way to burn calories.

They splashed around in the pool for over half an hour, then excitedly went to the lakeside to skip stones.

Yu Zhiming showed off his incredible stone-skipping skills to Gu Qingning and Zeng Yan, launching single stones and even sending them from both hands to achieve thirty or forty skips across the water’s surface.

This prompted some people from the pool to come down and try for themselves, finding flat stones by the lake and randomly tossing them at the water.

Unfortunately, they were all quite terrible at it. Anyone who could manage six or seven skips was considered pretty amazing.

This gave Yu Zhiming a sense of looking down upon the world from a great height, the loneliness of an undefeated master...

"Dr. Yu, Dr. Yu..."

Suddenly hearing someone call his name, Yu Zhiming turned and saw an acquaintance striding toward him.

It was Doctor You Weixian, a neurosurgeon from Huashan Hospital.

As soon as they met, You Weixian gave him a knowing look and said, "Dr. Yu, I saw you from a mile away."

"Haha, surrounded by all these beauties in swimsuits. Your National Day holiday is truly enviable!"

Yu Zhiming quickly explained, "Doctor You, don’t get the wrong idea. One of them is my older sister, two are my nieces, and the other is a friend."

You Weixian drew out a long "Ohhh," his face a mask of disbelief.

Yu Zhiming couldn’t be bothered to explain further. "Doctor You, are you here on vacation too?"

"Why are you here alone?"

You Weixian chuckled. "Dr. Yu, what time do I have to rest during this National Day holiday? I’m even busier than usual."

After a brief pause, he added, "I came here today at someone’s invitation to consult on a patient."

Yu Zhiming said, "Oh," and retorted with a teasing grin, "Doctor You, you’re Huashan’s number one surgeon. Still working so hard to earn extra cash during the holiday. Are your third, fourth, and fifth mistresses all clamoring for diamonds again?"

"Third, fourth, and fifth? I can’t even handle one wife!"

You Weixian glanced at the dozens of beauties in the pool and on the beach and sighed softly.

"Dr. Yu, when you get to my age, you’ll understand. Women are truly scarier than tigers."

He then advised, "Dr. Yu, you’re still young. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, lest you find yourself willing in spirit but weak in the flesh later on."

After saying this, You Weixian noticed Yu Zhiming’s gaze drift toward his... vital region.

"Dr. Yu, don’t get the wrong idea! I have no problems in that department. I’m just tired and sleepy every day, you know what I mean."

Yu Zhiming put on a sympathetic expression. "Doctor You, I really do understand. Neurosurgery can easily take seven, eight, or even a dozen hours. Over time, it’s completely normal for some problems to develop in the urinary system."

You Weixian suddenly lost all desire to speak with Yu Zhiming.

He grunted twice and said, "Dr. Yu, I should get to work. You just enjoy your youth and indulge yourself..."

Around five in the afternoon, as Yu Zhiming and the others were resting under a beach umbrella, they suddenly heard a commotion.

Yu Zhiming saw several travel-worn police officers striding down from the mountain.

In their midst was a man with a jacket over his head, his hands in cuffs.

’They caught him?’

As the group drew closer, Yu Zhiming saw Wei Hao, who had several small cuts on his face.

Wei Hao met Yu Zhiming’s gaze and gave him a slight nod.

A few minutes later, the police officers escorted the suspect into a police car and left the valley.

Fu Xiaoxue leaned close to Yu Zhiming and whispered, "Uncle, a successful capture. You’ve earned another merit."

Yu Zhiming chuckled softly. "I just pointed in a direction. That doesn’t count as earning merit."

"Even if I hadn’t pointed the way, with our country’s public security, successfully fleeing abroad is next to impossible."

Yu Zhiming glanced at the sun in the west, about to be hidden by the hillside. "Once the sun is gone, it’ll get chilly."

"Time to rinse off and change."

Fu Xiaoxue said, "Oh," then added with a sly grin, "Uncle, it’s almost time for dinner again."

"What are we having tonight?"

Yu Zhiming asked with a smile, "What do you all want to eat?"

Fu Xiaoxue and Zeng Yan exchanged a look and said with a charming laugh, "Uncle, that lamb we had the first day was delicious."

"I want to have it again!"

Yu Zhiming then looked at his Fourth Sister and Qingning.

Yu Xiangwan nodded in response. "That lamb soup was indeed delicious, and the baked buns were very good too."

"My favorites were the lamb hot pot and the hand-pulled lamb," Gu Qingning added her opinion.

Yu Zhiming stood up. "Since you all like it, we’ll have lamb tonight. I’ll have them deliver the meal to the villa."

"We can take our time and enjoy it..."

Just then, Yan Ling appeared at the perfect moment.

Just as Yu Zhiming was about to discuss dinner, Yan Ling spoke first. "Dr. Yu, Mr. Shen would like to invite you over for a gathering..."

After rinsing off and changing clothes, Yu Zhiming followed Yan Ling to a large, four-story villa on the mountain, one that occupied a plot of at least a thousand square meters.

Entering the villa’s grand reception room, Yu Zhiming saw Mr. Shen, Doctor You, an elderly man in a wheelchair, and several men and women gathered around the old man.

Among them were a young man and woman—the same tall, thin man and the woman with exquisite makeup from the conflict with Yu Zhiming on the golf course that morning.

Now, Yu Zhiming was meeting them again, and it felt very much like enemies crossing paths.

Yu Zhiming looked at Shen Zhe and noticed his complexion was quite good; he didn’t look sickly at all.

"Mr. Shen, hello."

Yu Zhiming was the first to greet him with a slight bow, then pointed at the tall, thin man and the woman with exquisite makeup standing next to the man in the wheelchair.

"Mr. Shen, are they your juniors?"

Shen Zhe glanced at the two and said with a chuckle, "They are the juniors of an old friend of mine."

"Dr. Yu, was there a misunderstanding between you?"

Yu Zhiming looked at the two, whose faces had turned ugly, and said with a threatening tone, "Are you going to tell him, or should I?"

"I’ll tell him!"

The woman with exquisite makeup stepped forward, her face full of indignation. "Grandpa, Grandmaster Shen, this is what happened."

"This morning, my cousin, Xia Lin, and I went to play golf. My cousin wasn’t paying attention and accidentally hit the ball toward this Dr. Yu and his companions."

"In the end, the ball didn’t even hit anyone."

"To show his apology, my cousin offered to cover their golf fees."

"But then..."

The woman’s breathing grew rapid, and she looked utterly furious.

"The bill the butler forwarded to us was for nearly forty thousand, claiming they broke three golf clubs."

"We haven’t even had a chance to confront him about it, and this guy has the audacity to play the victim!"

After the woman finished speaking, the entire reception room fell silent. Facing the gazes of the crowd, Yu Zhiming simply wore a cold smirk, in no hurry to defend himself.

After a moment, the old man in the wheelchair spoke.

"Shaoyong, is that how it happened?"

The old man continued, "You started playing golf when you were eight. Your skills are quite good."

"Was it really an accident?"

The tall, thin man’s forehead was already covered in beads of sweat.

He looked at the old man in the wheelchair, then at Shen Zhe, then noticed Yu Zhiming’s cold smirk. He gritted his teeth and began to speak.

"Grandpa, I was wrong. It wasn’t an accident. I hit the ball toward them on purpose."

"Why?" The old man’s tone grew stern.

The tall, thin man stole a glance at the woman with exquisite makeup before lowering his head.

"At the time, I didn’t know he was Dr. Yu."

"I was feeling irritable, and then I saw three or four pretty girls gathered around Dr. Yu, talking and laughing."

"In a moment of jealousy and impulse, I don’t know what came over me, but I hit the ball toward them..."

"Grandpa, I was wrong!"

The tall, thin man then bowed to Yu Zhiming. "Dr. Yu, I’m truly sorry! I don’t know how I could have done something so shameless."

"I regretted it right away, but to save face, I insisted it was an accident and didn’t dare admit I did it on purpose."

"Dr. Yu, please forgive me!"

Yu Zhiming ignored the tall, thin man, who remained bowed, and turned his gaze back to Shen Zhe.

"Mr. Shen, that’s more or less what happened between us. Since he’s put it that way, I have nothing more to add."

Shen Zhe’s expression was unchanged. "Dr. Yu, I was just made aware of this unpleasant incident between you and my old friend’s juniors."

"We will give you a satisfactory resolution for this matter."

At this point, the old man in the wheelchair took over. "Dr. Yu, it is our failure to discipline them properly that led them to commit such a shameless and infuriating act."

"Rest assured, I will teach them a serious lesson, one that will satisfy you, Dr. Yu."

Shen Zhe said in a deep voice, "Dr. Yu, if you can trust me on this, I can give you my guarantee."

Yu Zhiming smiled faintly. "Of course, I trust Mr. Shen."

"Let’s consider this matter closed. Now, shall we discuss why you asked me to come here?"

Seeing that Yu Zhiming had said this, the old man in the wheelchair waved a hand at the tall, thin man and the woman with exquisite makeup.

The two of them quickly bowed their heads and exited the reception room.

You Weixian explained, "Dr. Yu, Mr. Cao has intramedullary tumors in his cervical and thoracic spine."

"The surgical risk is extremely high. I’m not confident."

"I have an idea: we could perform a puncture to insert radioactive seeds into the tumor’s center to shrink it. That might increase the chances of a successful surgery."

"However, this puncture procedure is also extremely risky. After thinking it over, I believe only you, Dr. Yu, are capable of handling it..."