Chapter 150: Apologize to Sister Lingshan?

Looking at Zhao Lingshan’s tear-streaked face, Lin Meng couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache. At this moment, everything became clear to him. It turned out that the big shot Dong Qiu Ping had mentioned—the one who had handpicked Zhao Lingshan—was none other than the Bai family. No wonder Zhao Lingshan had refused to tell him. She was definitely afraid that he would act on impulse and get himself implicated.

"Xiaomeng, hurry up and leave! I’m begging you!" Seeing Lin Meng standing motionless, Zhao Lingshan cried even harder, pushing against his chest with all her might.

"Sister Lingshan, I’m taking you with me," Lin Meng said, grabbing her hands. His voice was resolute and unwavering.

"Such arrogance. She is a servant of the Bai family now. What right do you have to take her away?" Bai Li sneered, unable to hold back her contempt.

Lin Meng reached out, pulling Zhao Lingshan behind him protectively. He stared straight at Bai Li. "Miss Bai, tell me. What will it take for you to give Sister Lingshan her freedom?"

"Oh? Is a peasant like you trying to negotiate with me?

"What makes you think you have any right or qualification to speak to me like that?" Bai Li’s pretty face instantly turned icy.

"Miss Bai, my younger brother is young and ignorant. He didn’t mean to offend you. Please be the bigger person and don’t hold this against him!" Zhao Lingshan suddenly rushed forward, her face full of pleading.

Bai Li let out a cold laugh. "Zhao Lingshan, calling you a member of the Bai family is me flattering you. To put it bluntly, you’re nothing but a dog to our family.

"As a dog of the Bai family, who gave you the nerve to speak up for an outsider? Hmm?"

Zhao Lingshan’s face turned deathly pale, but she braced herself and continued, "Miss Bai, I know I was wrong. I will serve your family well, but Xiaomeng truly meant no harm. Please, just spare him this once."

"Heh, who would’ve thought the bond between you two was so deep? No wonder this kid managed to find his way here." Mocking him, Bai Li crossed her arms over her chest. "For the sake of your touching affection, sparing him isn’t entirely off the table. Kneel down and kowtow to me twice, and I might just consider it."

"Yes, Miss Bai." Without a second of hesitation, Zhao Lingshan bent her knees, ready to drop to the floor.

"Sister Lingshan, you can’t kneel!" Lin Meng’s eyes went red as he immediately stepped forward and held her up.

"Xiaomeng, I know you care about me, but this situation isn’t that simple. Just leave me be, okay?" Zhao Lingshan bit her lip hard, her eyes brimming with desperation.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. What a touching melodrama." Bai Li laughed in deep amusement, shooting Lin Meng a provocative glare. "You peasant, you were acting so tough just a moment ago. Yet, you can’t even protect the woman you like. Don’t you feel powerless? Doesn’t it fill you with despair?

"Actually, if you don’t want her to kneel, that’s fine too. Kneel down yourself, kowtow to me three times, and call me your mistress. Do that, and I’ll let this matter slide."

As the young lady of the Bai family, forget about this small county—even in the city and across the province, high-ranking officials and powerful elites treated her with the utmost respect. They would act like lapdogs, catering to her every whim as if she were their own ancestor. Bai Li thoroughly enjoyed the sensation of having everyone submit to her.

As for this peasant, Lin Meng, it wasn’t exactly that he was overtly disrespectful, but his unyielding, neither-haughty-nor-humble demeanor greatly annoyed her. When everyone else knelt before her, what right did he have to stand tall? Because of this, she wanted to use this method to deliberately humiliate him—to make him realize the insurmountable gap between them!

"Peasant, have you made up your mind? If so, hurry up and kneel! My patience is limited." Bai Li kept her arms crossed, looking down her nose at Lin Meng as if she were admiring a stray dog about to wag its tail and beg for scraps.

Lin Meng gritted his teeth so hard they audibly creaked. His fury had reached its boiling point. When a man is pushed to his limit, blood is bound to spill. At this moment, his blood was boiling hot, and for the first time in his life, he had the urge to kill. All thoughts of the consequences were completely thrown out the window.

However, just a second before he could clench his fists and make a move, a voice broke the tension.

"Miss Bai, have you finished speaking with Divine Doctor Lin?" Guo Heng had finally returned to the living room. Seeing the standoff before him, he asked out of curiosity.

"Divine Doctor Lin? What Divine Doctor Lin?" For a moment, Bai Li didn’t process what he was saying.

"Miss Bai, this is the Divine Doctor Lin I was talking about. Did he not tell you earlier?" Guo Heng walked over to Lin Meng’s side and asked cautiously.

"What? He’s the Divine Doctor Lin who cured your wife and son’s terminal illnesses?!" Bai Li’s eyes widened in utter disbelief!

Or rather, she simply refused to believe it! The Divine Doctor Lin that Guo Heng had been raving about was actually the very same person who had saved her grandfather last time! How could there be such a coincidence in the world!

"Y-Yes. Do you know him, Miss Bai?" Guo Heng also sensed that something was wrong, his voice dropping a few notches.

Bai Li’s expression shifted rapidly as an extreme surge of annoyance flared in her heart. She cursed inwardly, wondering why Divine Doctor Lin had to be this lowly peasant. And this peasant—he clearly came here to treat her grandfather, yet deliberately kept his mouth shut. He was obviously trying to make a fool out of her!

Bai Li felt a level of frustration she had never experienced before. But at the thought of her grandfather’s condition, she had no choice but to swallow her pride. "Since he is Divine Doctor Lin, take him to treat my grandfather!" she said in a dark, heavy tone.

"I don’t think I’ve agreed to treat your grandfather yet, have I?" Lin Meng retorted with a cold sneer.

"You peasant, it’s an absolute honor for you to treat my grandfather. Do you know the consequences of refusing the Bai family?" Bai Li threatened viciously.

"I don’t need this honor. Since your Bai family is so powerful, why don’t you just kill me right now!" A similarly fierce look surfaced on Lin Meng’s face.

He could guess that the Bai family patriarch was definitely at death’s door, and they had no choice but to rely on him to give it a try. Otherwise, Bai Li wouldn’t have been so quick to agree to let him administer treatment. This was a perfect opportunity to negotiate terms with the Bai family, and naturally, he wasn’t going to let it slip by.

Meanwhile, even though Guo Heng didn’t know what had transpired earlier, he could tell right away that there was some serious bad blood between the two of them. Terrified to the point of almost passing out, his body trembled, and he didn’t dare utter a single word. As for Zhao Lingshan, she looked completely bewildered, having absolutely no idea what was going on.

For a brief moment, the living room fell into a deathly silence.

After several dozen seconds, Bai Li gritted her teeth and took a step back. "As long as you can cure my grandfather, I will let the woman beside you go."

"Aside from that, I also want you to apologize to Sister Lingshan," Lin Meng demanded with a cold expression.

"You want me to apologize to her? Impossible!" Bai Li exploded instantly, acting as if she had been subjected to the greatest of humiliations.

From childhood until now, aside from her parents and grandfather, she had never bowed her head to anyone. Apologizing to a lowly servant was no different from killing her.

Lin Meng watched her coldly, ignoring her furious outburst. He could endure the grievances he had suffered himself, but he absolutely had to seek justice for the slap that Sister Lingshan had taken.

"Bai Li, what are you yelling and screaming about? Don’t you know your grandfather’s illness requires peace and quiet!"

Suddenly, a deeply authoritative man’s voice rang out from upstairs. Immediately after, Lin Meng saw a middle-aged man with resolute facial features and a powerful aura slowly descending the staircase.