In the eyes of everyone, Li Se and Zhang Yi fighting over a woman was completely one-sided. Although they didn't know Li Se's background, they were well aware of Zhang Yi's – a genuine super-rich young master, with few of the wealthy heirs present able to compare.
"Excuse me, I'm a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner," Li Se replied indifferently. He had encountered many such arrogant rich second-generation individuals and dealt with them with ease.
"Traditional Chinese medicine?" Zhang Yi was stunned.
Not only him, but everyone present was taken aback when Li Se revealed he was studying TCM. They had initially assumed he was a Western medicine student, perhaps an intern. To their surprise, he was studying TCM, a field notoriously difficult to succeed in, especially for young practitioners who might struggle to even make a living.
"And he dares to compete with Young Master Zhang for a woman. He truly has no self-awareness."
"Indeed. I heard that TCM practitioners only start to make decent money in their forties or fifties. At his age, he probably doesn't even have the qualification to treat patients."
"He's likely just a beginner. Compared to Young Master Zhang, the gap is immense."
"..."
Many people expressed disdain for TCM. In their view, the difference between Li Se and Zhang Yi was vast, to the point of being incomparable.
Zhang Yi couldn't help but chuckle. "Brother, you're studying TCM, so it's probably difficult to even support yourself right now, isn't it?"
"Difficult? Not at all. I just treated a major boss today, and my consultation fee was two hundred million." Li Se disliked people flaunting their superiority in front of him, so he retaliated without hesitation. Occasionally showing off a little felt quite good.
"Pfft..." His statement drew laughter from many. Everyone found it absurd. Two hundred million for a consultation fee? Why not claim to fly to the moon directly?
Some of the wealthy heirs present came from families whose total assets barely exceeded one hundred million. Yet, Li Se casually mentioned a two-hundred-million fee. Who would believe such a claim?
"Hong Yue, isn't this guy exaggerating too much?" He Ming frowned. Since he wasn't a romantic rival to Li Se, he didn't immediately harbor animosity. However, a two-hundred-million consultation fee was clearly a blatant boast. He frankly didn't have a good impression of people who liked to brag.
Lin Hong Yue felt a little embarrassed. Undeniably, Li Se's medical skills might be exceptional, but a two-hundred-million consultation fee was absolutely impossible. That was two hundred million! While many influential figures had assets in the tens or hundreds of billions, securing over a hundred million in cash at once was quite difficult.
"Two hundred million for a consultation, then you have to treat us today," Qiao Weiwei nudged Li Se's arm and said.
"Alright!" Li Se was unbothered.
"Weiwei, do you really believe he charges two hundred million for a consultation?" Zhang Yi shook his head. "Not long ago, I performed surgery on a businessman worth tens of billions. Even if the surgery was successful, his consultation fee to me was only one million. That's already considered quite high. A two-hundred-million fee is absolutely impossible. Weiwei, you mustn't be deceived."
He then looked at Li Se with a hint of disdain and said, "Kid, you really know how to brag. At your age, studying TCM, and you claim a two-hundred-million consultation fee? If you can charge two hundred million, then wouldn't my consultation fee have to be two hundred billion?"
"Exactly! Even the imperial physicians in the capital don't command such high consultation fees!"
"People like him just love to boast."
"How could the esteemed Miss Qiao be deceived by someone like this?"
"Perhaps she's all looks and no brains..."
"..."
While discussing Li Se, these people even began to consider Qiao Weiwei foolish, thinking it was quite something to be deceived by someone like him.
"Believe it or not," Li Se naturally didn't care whether Zhang Yi and the others believed him. His consultation fee that day was indeed two hundred million.
Zhang Yi suddenly snapped his fingers, and immediately, someone brought over a briefcase.
"Open it!" Zhang Yi commanded.
The person promptly opened the briefcase, revealing a stack of cash inside!
Zhang Yi looked at Li Se and said calmly, "There's one million here. Take the money and get lost. Don't appear before Weiwei again!"
Throwing money to humiliate someone!
This was something Zhang Yi was quite fond of doing. His family owned several hospitals, and he himself was a young and promising doctor, earning over ten million annually. Splashing out a million to insult someone was a simple and enjoyable matter for him.
"Zhang Yi, you've gone too far!" Qiao Weiwei said angrily.
"Weiwei, guess if he'll take the money and leave?" Zhang Yi said with a smile, unconcerned.
"Of course not!" Qiao Weiwei said with full confidence.
Zhang Yi, however, didn't think so. "That's not necessarily true. Perhaps he..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Se kicked the briefcase over and frowned, "I said my consultation fee today was two hundred million. Why would I care about your one million?"
Zhang Yi's expression changed slightly. Li Se actually dared to kick over a million yuan, completely disregarding the money. But he quickly regained his composure. After all, the Qiao family's business consortium was quite substantial. If he could become the son-in-law of the Qiao family, he would naturally have inexhaustible wealth.
So, he was harboring the same aspirations as himself.
However, Zhang Yi was confident. He certainly didn't consider Li Se a rival, so he said with a cold expression, "If you don't take this million, you won't get a single cent later!"
"Weiwei, this guy is an idiot. Let's go." Li Se shook his head.
"Mm!" Qiao Weiwei nodded.
"Weiwei, you..." Zhang Yi was surprised that Qiao Weiwei would defend Li Se so fiercely, which made his expression turn unpleasant.
"Zhang Yi, I already have someone I like. Don't pester me anymore. I'm afraid my boyfriend will misunderstand!" Qiao Weiwei said calmly.
Zhang Yi's heart sank. He immediately grabbed Qiao Weiwei, saying in exasperation, "How am I inferior to him? A liar, do you really think his consultation fee is two hundred million? He's just trash, a mere fraud..."
"Let go!" Qiao Weiwei felt a sharp pain from his grip.
"Did you hear me? Let go!" Li Se said coldly.
"Get out of my way!" Zhang Yi yelled at Li Se. "I offered you a million earlier, and you should have taken the money and left. Since you're not leaving, you won't get a cent. Get out of here right now. If you dare to bother Weiwei again, I'll break your hands and feet. What kind of person do you think you are, to dare compete with me for a woman?"
Everyone watched with schadenfreude, unanimously believing that if Li Se didn't leave, his limbs might very well be broken, as Zhang Yi genuinely possessed the power to do so.
*Slap!*
At that moment, a loud slapping sound echoed.
Everyone froze. It was Li Se who had delivered a resounding slap to Zhang Yi.
Li Se's voice rang out at the same time, "I told you to let go of Weiwei. Didn't you hear me?"