Chapter 127: Breakthrough

The surrounding crowd exchanged bewildered glances.

No one expected this wealthy young man to be here for Lin Meng, let alone stand up for him so fiercely.

Even Li Dabiao was starting to lose his nerve.

Despite his usual arrogance, he only ever dared to bully the local villagers.

This city dweller clearly had a powerful background. Even with ten times the courage, Li Dabiao wouldn’t dare lay a finger on him.

Faced with this situation, Li Dahai had no choice but to step forward, putting on his airs as the village chief. "Sir, I don’t know what your relationship with Lin Meng is, but his half-baked medical skills ended up harming someone. As the village chief, I must demand an explanation for my people. Please don’t stick your nose where it doesn’t belong!"

"What the hell? Half-baked medical skills?"

Guo Lin thought he had heard wrong.

Lin Meng was a Divine Doctor who could cure even cancer!

If his medical skills were considered half-baked, what did that make other doctors?

"That’s absolute bullshit!

"Divine Doctor Lin cured my terminal illness! I came here today specifically to invite him to treat my mother.

"You claim his treatment harmed someone. Where’s your proof?" Guo Lin cursed unceremoniously.

Li Dahai’s face turned purple with rage. "The witness standing right here is the best proof! Cuimei, tell him exactly what happened again."

Under everyone’s gaze, Liu Cuimei repeated her previous story.

However, facing someone like Guo Lin, she couldn’t help but look somewhat guilty.

Guo Lin laughed out of sheer anger after hearing her out. "Wow, you have absolutely zero proof. You’re just framing Divine Doctor Lin based on nothing but your own words. You people really have no shame at all!"

Scolded so harshly, Li Dahai’s face turned ashen. "Sir," he said angrily, "I am the village chief here, and this is our village’s business. Watch your attitude when you speak!"

"You’re just a village chief. That doesn’t mean jack shit!"

Guo Lin sneered disdainfully and continued in a cold voice, "Besides, even if you are the village chief, this kind of matter should be handled by the police. Are you saying you can replace the law?

"Also, you said you took Divine Doctor Lin’s medicine. What was the name of the medicine? What time did you take it?"

"The... the medicine is all gone. I didn’t pay attention to the name. I took it at six o’clock in the morning," Liu Cuimei replied weakly.

"Six o’clock, huh? Perfect."

Guo Lin scoffed and pulled out his phone. "It’s only been an hour or two. I’ll call the police right now, and then we’ll all take you to the hospital for a blood test. We’ll find out exactly what medicine you took and how much, and see if it really was caused by Divine Doctor Lin’s prescription.

"If it turns out you’re framing Divine Doctor Lin, just wait to rot in jail!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Cuimei and Li Dahai’s faces completely drained of color!

If he really did that, they would be finished!

Frantic, Liu Cuimei looked at Li Dahai for help.

Li Dahai was panicking as well. If an ordinary person had threatened this, he could have used his authority as the village chief to intimidate them.

But Guo Lin clearly had quite a background and didn’t give a damn about his title.

"Since you want to involve the police, I’m washing my hands of this. Figure it out yourselves!"

Li Dahai chickened out. Dropping those words, he hastily turned and walked away.

"AHEM, we’re leaving too."

Not daring to stay a second longer, Li Dabiao quickly gathered his lackeys and scurried away with their tails between their legs.

They truly took the concept of bullying the weak and fearing the strong to the extreme.

Once the two of them left, the crowd focused their eyes on Liu Cuimei, who was the only one remaining.

Liu Cuimei was on the verge of tears, completely stripped of her earlier fierce demeanor. "I... I just remembered! Aside from Lin Meng’s medicine, I also took a folk remedy from a book this morning. My symptoms might have been caused by that folk remedy. I can’t blame Lin Meng."

"You can’t just make things up as you go. Let’s have the police come over and investigate this thoroughly," Guo Lin said, holding his phone, ready to make the call.

"N-No! Please don’t!

"I still have a son to take care of at home. If I go to the police station, what will happen to him?

"Lin Meng, I was wrong about all this. I apologize to you. Please, I beg you, don’t call the cops!"

Thoroughly panicked, Liu Cuimei looked at Lin Meng with a face full of desperation.

Seeing this, even the most foolish person could figure out what was really going on.

It was obvious that Liu Cuimei and Li Dahai had colluded to intentionally frame Lin Meng!

Otherwise, why would her attitude instantly change the moment the police were mentioned?

"Guo Lin, let it go."

Seeing that Guo Lin was really about to make the call, Lin Meng patted his shoulder.

"Alright, whatever you say, Divine Doctor Lin."

Guo Lin obediently put his phone away.

"Xiaomeng, thank you."

Liu Cuimei let out a sigh of relief, her face full of gratitude.

Lin Meng kept a cold expression and completely ignored her.

"Cuimei, you didn’t even know if it was Lin Meng’s medicine, yet you came cursing at his door! That’s just too wicked!"

"Exactly! It’s all your fault that we misunderstood Lin Meng."

"We all know your family is going through a tough time, but even for money, you can’t be this shameless!"

The surrounding villagers quickly changed their tune and began pointing fingers at Liu Cuimei.

Liu Cuimei’s face flushed bright red. Unable to endure it any longer, she covered her face and ran away.

The onlookers didn’t leave; instead, they smiled sheepishly and tried to cozy up to Lin Meng.

"Lin Meng, I’m sorry about earlier. I misunderstood you..."

"Yeah, we didn’t mean any harm..."

"Lin Meng, is this person looking for you a big boss from the county town?"

Lin Meng found it laughable as he looked at their hypocritical faces.

Over the years, his image in their minds had become fixed. Even if he had money, they wouldn’t fear him. Instead, they just figured he had stumbled into some dumb luck.

But their attitude toward a city dweller like Guo Lin was completely different; their fawning demeanor made them seem inherently inferior.

"Stepmom, I’ll leave the house to you. I’m going to the county town with my friend to handle some business."

Lin Meng ignored the villagers. After giving Li Wanrong a few instructions, he led Guo Lin outside.

Soon, the two got into the car and drove off.

The surrounding villagers watched with red-hot jealousy.

They never expected Lin Meng to have such strong connections in the city.

If they could get on his good side, they would definitely strike it rich too!

With that in mind, the crowd swarmed Li Wanrong, asking questions all at once.

Li Wanrong, whose heart had grown cold toward these people earlier, brushed them off with a few perfunctory words, went back inside, and shut the front gate.

Meanwhile, on the way to the county town.

Guo Lin felt indignant on Lin Meng’s behalf. "Divine Doctor Lin, you’re so rich now. Why are you still living in the village? I can tell those people are just jealous of you. Why don’t I give you a house so you can move to the city?"

"We’ll talk about that later."

Lin Meng was well aware of all this, but if he bought a house in the city, women like Pan Qiaolian would be hard to accommodate.

Moreover, the land he had just contracted was another issue.

"Alright then. If you need anything, Divine Doctor Lin, just say the word!"

Guo Lin patted his chest heartily.

Lin Meng smiled. Then, narrowing his eyes, he began to ponder how to deal with Li Dahai.

He had originally been wondering how to gather enough evidence to strip Li Dahai of his village chief title if Cheng Xiue ultimately refused to cooperate.

But today, Liu Cuimei’s situation had given him the perfect breakthrough!