Li Se did not linger at Brother Ba's house, as Brother Ba had only recently recovered and needed time to recuperate. Soon, he and Qiao Weiwei left the hotel together.
"Can martial arts really make one's body deficient in cold?" Qiao Weiwei asked, finding it somewhat unbelievable. She had practiced martial arts before, the same techniques as those bodyguards. However, after meeting Li Se, he had told her to stop, lest it affect her libido.
Although it was embarrassing, Qiao Weiwei took it seriously and had not continued practicing. Yet, she found it somewhat mystical that martial arts could harm the body.
Li Se chuckled and explained, "When everyone practices martial arts for too long, a stream of energy develops within their body. If you practice fierce martial arts, your yang energy will be heavier. Brother Ba cultivates martial arts with a heavier yin energy, which naturally leads to his deficient cold condition. Of course, it's not that everyone will be like this, but most are."
"It's similar to how if you over-exercise, you can also overload your body."
Qiao Weiwei suddenly understood, "So that's how it is. Well, you're a doctor, so whatever you say is right."
"By the way, Weiwei, this Brother Ba seems rather formidable?" Li Se finally inquired about Zhao Ba's background.
Qiao Weiwei looked at Li Se and replied, "Naturally. He is the leader of the Wu Meng, one of the four major gangs in Jiangnan Province. Everyone calls him Brother Ba!"
"Wu Meng!" Li Se was slightly surprised. He had heard of this gang and didn't expect Zhao Ba to be its leader. No wonder he exuded such a murderous aura.
The Qiao family was a business guild, and it was likely they had some cooperation with the Wu Meng. It wasn't strange for their relationship to be good.
"Now that Brother Ba owes you a favor, and my Qiao family also owes you a favor, Li Se, you're quite something now. You can walk sideways in Jiangnan Province," Qiao Weiwei teased.
"Then can I carry you home?" Li Se joked.
Qiao Weiwei's pretty face immediately flushed red. "Dream on!"
"Let's go, let's go eat," Li Se said, changing the subject. He had only been joking, and it had made the little girl blush.
"Your treat!" Qiao Weiwei declared.
Li Se was somewhat amused and exasperated. "Miss Qiao, you're so wealthy, and you still want me to treat you?"
Qiao Weiwei pouted, "I'm rich, but I don't earn as much as you. You earned twenty million just for treating an illness. Making money is incredibly fast for you."
Li Se no longer had much concept of money. As Qiao Weiwei said, money came too quickly. It was unlike the beginning, when his hands would tremble seeing tens of millions in his account.
This Qiao Weiwei was not at all reserved. She chose an extremely luxurious restaurant called Baoshan Residence. It was said to offer specialty dishes from many regions, with absolutely no compromise on taste. However, the prices were exceptionally high, with a single meal costing over ten thousand.
Qiao Weiwei certainly didn't try to save Li Se money. She ordered quite a few dishes and a bottle of red wine. This meal would likely cost over a hundred thousand.
"What a spendthrift," Li Se commented. Although he was wealthy now, he had never spent money like this.
"You're so stingy! Spending over a hundred thousand on you, and you call me a spendthrift," Qiao Weiwei huffed, displeased with Li Se's words.
Once the food was served, Qiao Weiwei ate without any ladylike grace, digging into the dishes heartily. Quite a bit of sauce stained her beautiful face. If she hadn't been attractive, it might have been off-putting. But precisely because Qiao Weiwei was so beautiful and had fair skin, seeing such a lovely girl eat like this was truly a pleasing sight.
Li Se admired her for a while, so engrossed that he forgot to eat.
"Young Master Lin, how is your recovery?"
"It's alright."
At this moment, a group of young men walked in. Li Se heard the voices and looked over in surprise, seeing Lin Tianrui.
After recovering, this fellow was back to his old tricks, still wearing that faint smile on his face.
Those who didn't know him might think he was an easygoing person, but Li Se knew that this man could not tolerate even a speck of dust in his eye.
Lin Tianrui also noticed Li Se and Qiao Weiwei. He felt a surge of anger. Why were all the beautiful women associated with this guy?
"What are you looking at?" a young master, seeing Li Se looking over, snarled, "Keep looking and I'll gouge your eyes out."
"Oh, that beautiful lady is very pretty." Another young master nearby noticed Qiao Weiwei and his eyes lit up.
"Beautiful lady, come over and have a drink with us!" The young master who had just snarled at Li Se walked over swaggeringly, seemingly accustomed to such behavior.
"Scram!" Qiao Weiwei replied with a single word.
"Oh ho, a fiery one, huh? Do you know who we are?" The young master didn't get angry. He said with a smile, "Just obediently have a drink with us, or you'll suffer."
As he spoke, he reached out towards Qiao Weiwei.
*Slap!*
Before he could touch her, Qiao Weiwei had already raised her hand and slapped the young master across the face.
"You dare to hit me?" The young master was dumbfounded. Being slapped by a woman, and in front of so many people, meant he had lost face completely. He glared, "If I don't teach you a lesson today, I won't be named Chen."
"Young Master Chen, please calm down," several young masters immediately intervened.
Young Master Chen roared, "This vile woman actually dared to hit me!"
"What about it, I hit you?" Qiao Weiwei said with disgust. She particularly detested these young masters.
"My father is the director of the Qingyun City branch bureau, Chen Wuwei. I am his son. I'm telling you, if you don't give me an explanation today, I can make sure you rot in jail!" Young Master Chen bellowed.
Meanwhile, Lin Tianrui observed coldly. He didn't dare to provoke Li Se much now, but he was delighted to see Young Master Chen and Li Se get into a dispute.
Young Master Chen's family background was not simple. After all, he was the son of a bureau director. Even though Li Se was skilled in medicine, he couldn't afford to offend such a person.
"Tch, that's your dad. What does that have to do with you?" Qiao Weiwei said contemptuously.
Being looked down upon by a woman made Young Master Chen furious. He picked up a dish from the table and hurled it towards Qiao Weiwei's forehead.
Seeing this, Li Se appeared like a phantom in front of Qiao Weiwei, swatting the dish away with a palm strike. At the same time, he delivered a slap to this Young Master Chen.
Li Se's slap was different from Qiao Weiwei's. This one sent Young Master Chen reeling, almost making him fall to the ground, though he was fortunately caught by those beside him.
"Good for you, Li Se, daring to hit Young Master Chen!" Lin Tianrui shouted.
"His name is Li Se?" Young Master Chen recovered and his face contorted.
Lin Tianrui nodded. "Just some small fry who knows a bit of medicine."
"Good, good, good. Even a small fry dares to come and deal with me."
Young Master Chen was enraged. He took out his phone and made a call.
He wanted to make Li Se regret this!