Romantic Medical Immortal

Chapter 560: The Wise Village Chief

"Serves you right! Pah!"

A few of the aunties still didn’t feel their anger was vented, and each spat a mouthful of saliva at Gangzi alone.

This time Gangzi really couldn’t stand up anymore; he looked as miserable as could be.

His family really couldn’t bear to watch, so they went over, lifted him up, and tried to take him home.

"Stop! You think you can just leave like this?"

Yun Hong’s mom stood with her hands on her hips, looking at Gangzi’s family with hatred all over her face.

"Qiuhua, you’ve already beaten the man up, what more do you want, do you have to beat him to death to calm down!"

Gangzi’s birth mother, Pan Guixiang, said displeased.

If Yun Chan hadn’t spoken up to stop her, she’d have rushed in to intervene long ago; watching her son get beaten up hurt her more than being beaten herself.

"If I could, this old lady really would beat him to death!"

Lin Qiuhua gave a cold laugh, pulled Yun Hong to her side and shouted loudly, "Our Honghong is divorcing Gangzi. From now on, man and woman go their separate ways and have nothing to do with each other."

"All these years Gangzi hasn’t earned a single cent. My daughter has to take away everything in that house, and you lot still have to compensate Honghong!"

As soon as Pan Guixiang heard this, she instantly got angry too and roared, "You say divorce and that’s that! We don’t agree. Yun Hong is our family when she’s alive and our family’s ghost when she’s dead."

"If she gets divorced, who would want second-hand goods like Yun Hong? She’ll be stuck at home for the rest of her life, never getting married again!"

"You damned old hag, rotten goods that give birth without an asshole, a whole family of black-hearted things."

Lin Qiuhua pointed at Pan Guixiang’s nose and cursed her out, the filthy words in her mouth never repeating.

On the side, Yang Cheng watched with great interest. Even Kong Lingwen, who was in the neighboring courtyard keeping Yue Ying company, stuck his head out curiously when he heard the noise.

"You tormented my daughter, made her work like an ox and a horse for your family, and now you still want to chain her for life? Keep dreaming!"

"If you push this old lady too far, I’ll grab the kitchen knife and hack all of you to death!"

Lin Qiuhua was worked up to the extreme; as she spoke she really was about to rush into the kitchen to get a knife.

Yun Hong knew her mother really could do such a thing, so she quickly reached out to grab her and tried to persuade her, "Mom, don’t get so worked up. It’s not worth getting angry at that kind of people."

When she’d first learned the truth, she’d been furious too, but now her heart had gone cold.

Yun Hong slowly walked up to Yun Chan and said, "Village Chief, please be our witness. From today on, Gangzi and I are divorced. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other!"

"There isn’t anything valuable at home. Other than my own clothes, I won’t take anything else. I’ll go back and move out right away."

As soon as she finished speaking, Gangzi roared, "I don’t agree! Yun Hong, a day as husband and wife means a hundred days of kindness. I’m the one who wronged you, but we’ve been so sweet these past two years. Can you really bear to leave me?"

"You could bear to deceive me, what can’t I bear to do?"

Yun Hong let out a cold laugh, her eyes full of self-mockery.

"I’ll make the decision today. In a bit I’ll fetch the registry book and tear up your marriage documents. Also, all the livestock and savings in your home will go to Yun Hong."

Yun Chan spoke sternly, her eyes coldly warning Gangzi’s whole family.

The villagers of Hidden Cloud Village didn’t have marriage certificates, only paper marriage documents. One copy went to the couple, and another was stored with the village chief.

Once both copies of the marriage document were torn up and the reason was recorded in the registry, it meant the divorce was finalized.

"Yun Chan! You’re only speaking up for her because you and Yun Hong are from the same clan. This isn’t fair!"

Gangzi looked unconvinced and shouted angrily.

Yun Chan slowly walked up to him, and he was immediately so scared he didn’t dare make a sound.

Smack!

She slapped Gangzi hard across the face, sending him toppling back onto his chair.

"I never play favorites in what I do. All the livestock at home were bought by Ms. Hong and raised by her. As for the savings, she scraped them together by picking herbs and mushrooms. Why shouldn’t she take them?"

"If you dare say one more word of ’no’, I’ll have to use the clan rules on you!"

A few words from Yun Chan made Gangzi’s whole family fall silent, shrinking like frightened quail.

"Village Chief is wise!"

At this moment, Yang Cheng clapped and cheered, breaking the silence.

Everyone echoed him one after another, all feeling that what Yun Chan had done was truly fair. If she were really being biased toward Yun Hong, she ought to demand more.

But Gangzi’s family were all lazy good-for-nothings, and simply couldn’t afford to compensate. Even if you took more, it’d be useless. Better to just cut ties once and for all.

Yun Chan ordered someone to fetch the marriage documents and tore them up in front of everyone.

To prevent Gangzi’s parents from causing trouble later, she directly ordered a few strong men to help Yun Hong move out, and to take all the livestock and savings back to her mother’s house.

"Thank you, Village Chief."

Yun Hong’s face was full of gratitude, then she walked over toward Yang Cheng.

"Little Divine Doctor, your medical skills are superb. If you hadn’t exposed that beast’s true colors, I don’t know how much longer I would’ve been fooled."

As she said this, she was about to kneel, but Yang Cheng quickly grabbed her to stop her.

"It was just a lift of my hand. I can’t stand people like him either; he really disgraces us men!"

In fact, the resources in Hidden Cloud Village were plentiful. Even without going deep into the mountains, just picking wild vegetables and mushrooms could help support the family. But Gangzi had deliberately chosen to deceive his wife to avoid going up the mountain—both stupid and vile.

"Thank you."

Yun Hong raised a hand to wipe away her tears, then took out a crystal-clear stone from her chest and handed it to Yang Cheng.

"I dug this out when I went into the mountains. I feel like it must be something rare, but I haven’t seen much of the world, so I’m not sure. If Little Divine Doctor likes it, just treat it as payment."

If the other party had offered money, Yang Cheng would absolutely not have taken it. But the green-glowing stone made his expression change slightly.

He reached out, took it, and held it in his palm to carefully feel it. Sure enough, he sensed faint traces of Spiritual Energy.

This wasn’t some kind of gemstone, but a Spirit Stone formed by being soaked long-term in a place rich with Spiritual Energy and absorbing it.

Spirit Stones also came in grades high and low. This one was quite ordinary, but what interested Yang Cheng was that there must be a place on the mountain where Spiritual Energy was abundant—perhaps the Spiritual Spring Pool he’d been searching for.

"This stone really is worth some money. It’s too much for a consultation fee. I’ll give you some money, just treat it as me buying it."

Yang Cheng fished around in his pocket, took out ten red bills, and stuffed them all into Yun Hong’s hands.

In front of everyone, it wasn’t convenient to ask too many questions, so he planned to find a chance to ask her privately later.

"Little Divine Doctor, how could I take your money? Even if this stone is valuable, it’s useless in my hands."

Yun Hong firmly refused. She’d already received Yang Cheng’s favor; how could she accept her benefactor’s money?

"Ms. Hong, just take it. The Little Divine Doctor isn’t someone who’s short of this bit of money."

Once Yun Chan spoke up, Yun Hong stopped declining.

After this whole farce, the villagers worshiped Yang Cheng even more. In their eyes, the Little Divine Doctor’s status was almost catching up to Yun Chan’s.

"Everyone line up, I’ll continue treating you."

As Yang Cheng spoke, he sat down in the middle of the courtyard and began taking pulses one by one.