Ming Zhi Rou merely glanced lightly at Lu Man Qin before withdrawing her gaze.
She had no intention of acknowledging her.
This woman was also somewhat like a lingering spirit.
The last time she was on the cruise ship with Fifth Senior Brother on a mission, it was because of her that the mission was nearly jeopardized.
And now she was here again, seeking attention.
Moreover…
As Lu Man Qin looked at her, besides blatant provocation and disgust, there was also a hint of… hatred in her eyes?
"Ming Zheng, don't waste your efforts," Lu Man Qin's eyes filled with mockery as she scanned Ming Zheng from head to toe. "With me here, you won't be stepping through the doors of the Chinese Medicine Association's headquarters today."
Ming Zheng's attire was always simple and understated.
Lu Man Qin sneered, even if Ming Zheng was the legendary Zheng Yu, she still looked so shabby.
A country bumpkin from the remote wilderness.
What if she had a bit of brilliance?
It still wouldn't change the fact that she was a country girl!
Ming Zheng didn't look at her again, standing by the side of the main entrance, waiting for Zhan He An to come down and find her.
Seeing that she dared to ignore her, Lu Man Qin's eyes immediately flared with anger. "Ming Zheng, don't think you can be so arrogant just because you're some Zheng Yu!"
Ming Zheng: "..."
Who was being arrogant?
Slightly impatiently, she lifted her eyelids. "Haven't you had enough beatings from me?"
The mention by Ming Zheng.
Lu Man Qin immediately recalled the previous time she had troubled Ming Zheng and was humiliated by her, ending up crawling on the ground, utterly disgraced, and finally being carried out of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion by security, becoming a laughingstock.
The humiliation from that day instantly surged into her heart.
The hatred in her eyes grew even more intense.
"Dare to lay a hand on me here, and you can try!" Lu Man Qin clenched her fists. "Let me tell you, my grandfather has a very high position in the Chinese Medicine Association!"
She sneered, her tone becoming arrogant. "You need the Chinese Medicine Association, so you should beg me first. If you make me happy, perhaps... I'll have my grandfather help you!"
Ming Zheng's impatience was already overflowing from her eyes.
In Lu Man Qin's eyes, Ming Zheng's expression was one of powerless rage.
She became even more haughty, crossing her arms and standing between Ming Zheng and the headquarters' entrance, attempting to block Ming Zheng's path with her body. "Last time, you embarrassed me in front of Brother Huai Zhi and even caused Brother Huai Zhi to delete my WeChat!"
"At that time, you probably never imagined that one day, you'd have to beg me..."
Before she could finish speaking.
Lu Man Qin only managed to catch a glimpse of the cold, indifferent girl in front of her before she suddenly lifted her foot.
The leg, encased in jeans, was slender and straight.
Under the sunlight.
It cast a long shadow.
"Bang!"
Ming Zheng's foot landed on her stomach.
Almost simultaneously, Lu Man Qin felt a tearing pain spread through her internal organs.
She was sent flying backward, crashing heavily against an ancient pillar carved with noble dragon patterns outside the main entrance of the headquarters.
"Ah!"
Lu Man Qin cried out in pain, and as she fell to the ground, her body writhed and convulsed.
A metallic sweetness surged in her throat.
She spat out a large mouthful of blood with a "wow."
"Miss Lu!"
The commotion was quite significant.
Several apprentices wearing dark blue robes from the headquarters, upon hearing the noise, quickly emerged from the hall.
They quickly helped Lu Man Qin up.
Then they turned to look at Ming Zheng.
Just as they were about to reprimand her.
But when their eyes met the girl's clear, indifferent black eyes, their voices seemed to get stuck in their throats, unable to utter a single word.
The girl's appearance was radiant and captivating, but her demeanor was too icy.
It made them dare not entertain any disrespectful thoughts.
Lu Man Qin was in excruciating pain and convulsing. Seeing the apprentices, she used almost all her strength to clench the wrist of one of them.
Her eyes bulged due to the intense pain. "Go find my grandfather! Call my grandfather..."
The apprentice was quite startled, and Lu Man Qin's fingernails dug painfully into his wrist.
However, another quick-witted apprentice immediately turned and rushed into the headquarters to find Lu Man Qin's grandfather.
"Ming Zheng... you know who my grandfather is? You wait for me, wait until my grandfather comes..."
Lu Man Qin, weak and breathless, still gritted her teeth, trying to utter threats. "Later, I'll watch you kneel before me and beg for my forgiveness!"
She trembled as she spoke.
Trembling, her hand gripping the wrist of the apprentice supporting her tightened further.
It was as if she was trying to break his wrist.
But the apprentice dared not show any reaction.
Who wouldn't fear offending Lu Man Qin, given her grandfather's high position in the Chinese Medicine Association?
Lu Man Qin had always been pampered and willful within the Chinese Medicine Association, and everyone feared offending her and, by extension, her grandfather.
They could only endure.
Just then.
Urgent footsteps echoed from the hall of the headquarters, accompanied by an elder's distressed voice: "Xiao Qin, Xiao Qin..."
A white-haired elder, wearing a blue robe, rushed over.
The young apprentice beside him was whispering something to him.
His expression became increasingly solemn.
"Grandfather..."
Hearing her grandfather's voice, Lu Man Qin immediately burst into tearful complaint. "Grandfather, save me, someone wants to kill your granddaughter..."
The elder hurried forward. Upon seeing the blood around his granddaughter's mouth and all over her body, her face pale, he dotingly reached out to pull the apprentice away and help his granddaughter.
However, as his gaze followed where Lu Man Qin's hate-filled eyes were directed.
His expression changed, and his eyes, which had been filled with concern, gradually froze.
His pupils widened considerably.
But Lu Man Qin, oblivious to her grandfather's emotional shift, her eyes red, cried and furiously tore at her throat: "Grandfather, it's her! It's that bitch! She actually..."
"Slap!"
The sound of a slap instantly silenced Lu Man Qin's unrestrained curses.
Lu Man Qin was stunned for a moment.
After a few seconds of daze, she finally realized...
She had been slapped by her grandfather.
Her grandfather's hand, which had been reaching out to support her and tenderly check her pulse,
Suddenly lifted and struck her face heavily.
The tears constantly streaming from Lu Man Qin's eyes stopped at that instant.
She stared with wide, astonished eyes at her grandfather, who had always doted on her, her voice hoarse and thick with sobs: "Grand... Grandfather..."
"Shut up!"
The elder's eyes widened as he furiously berated Lu Man Qin, stopping her from speaking further. "It's my fault for spoiling you too much, that's why I've taught you to be so willful and arrogant!"
Lu Man Qin's eyes widened even more.
She had grown up by her grandfather's side; he had raised her himself.