The two security guards were eager to check on Xia Bingyun, but Li Se stopped them, saying coldly, "One more step forward, believe it or not, I'll have you lying on the ground?"
"Kid, don't be too arrogant. We're just doing a routine check. If you want to enter the hotel, you must be checked!" the security guard said fiercely.
"What qualifications do you have to check?" Li Se asked, annoyed.
"Didn't I explain it clearly just now? Our boss is inside, and his status is very noble. Everyone who goes in must be checked. If you refuse to cooperate, then get out!" The two security guards absolutely refused to back down and insisted on checking before letting them pass.
"Why should you check us? Or is your boss the owner of this hotel?" Li Se scoffed.
"No, but this hotel has been locked down today. Our boss is a foreign friend, and we must be extra careful!" the security guard said indifferently.
Xia Bingyun's face was cold, and she ignored the two security guards. Instead, she made a phone call. After a while, she said, "Your boss wants us to go in."
"How is that possible..." One of the security guards didn't quite believe it. Just then, his phone rang. After answering, he nodded repeatedly, then glanced unwillingly at Li Se and Xia Bingyun. They moved aside.
"You are nothing but dogs. If you dare to act presumptuously in front of me again, I will make you pay the price!" As Li Se walked past them, he whispered.
The two security guards were both angry but dared not speak. After all, their boss had given the order, so they couldn't make things difficult for Li Se anymore.
Soon, they arrived at a suite. As soon as the door opened, a blonde woman greeted them. Upon seeing Xia Bingyun, she smiled and said in slightly accented Chinese, "My dear Xia, we haven't seen each other for a long time."
"Alice, it's been over a year." After catching up with the blonde woman, Xia Bingyun said, "What's the matter with the security guard you hired? They want to search us before letting us in?"
Alice replied, "You know our status is rather noble. I saw news about kidnappings and assassinations a while ago, so it's better to be careful."
Li Se, standing beside them, frowned slightly. When Alice spoke of her own status, her words were filled with arrogance and a condescending tone. People like her were likely difficult to get along with.
"Alice, let me introduce you. This is my boyfriend, Li Se. He is also a renowned doctor, capable of treating your husband." Xia Bingyun introduced them.
"Boyfriend? Renowned doctor?" Alice frowned slightly. After sizing up Li Se, her expression immediately turned grim. "Xia, are you kidding me? Someone like him can be a renowned doctor?"
"Alice, believe me, his medical skills are truly extraordinary," Xia Bingyun said.
"May I ask, Mr. Li, are you from the American Medical Association?" Alice inquired.
"I am a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner," Li Se replied.
"Oh, my heavens!" Alice's expression was extremely exaggerated, with a hint of displeasure in her eyes. "Can Chinese medicine cure diseases? No, no, no, I don't believe in Chinese medicine. Hurry and leave, I don't want any Chinese medicine practitioner to treat my husband!"
"Alice, because I consider you a friend, I let the security guards let you in without a check. But you're fooling me. I absolutely cannot believe in Chinese medicine. Furthermore, what is my husband's status? Can he just let any Chinese medicine practitioner treat him?" Alice's tone had turned icy.
"Bingyun, since she doesn't believe us, then we shall leave," Li Se said. He knew Alice would be difficult to deal with, but he had encountered such people many times before and couldn't be bothered to argue with her.
Alice was also quite displeased with Li Se's attitude. With a flourish of her hand towards the door, she said, "Xia, take your boyfriend and leave. I don't want to see him again!"
Xia Bingyun's face darkened. She hadn't expected Alice to be so prejudiced against Chinese medicine. She had no choice but to take Li Se and leave.
"Chinese medicine is garbage!" Alice spat hatefully as they left. She would never believe in Chinese medicine, only Western medicine.
"Say that again?" Li Se was somewhat enraged.
Alice coldly replied, "Chinese medicine is garbage. Let me tell you, I have already invited Mr. Smith from the Medical Association to rush over from the United States. With him here, my husband's illness will surely be resolved. Haha, as for Chinese medicine, it will never surpass Western medicine in this lifetime!"
"How about a bet?" Li Se proposed.
"Are you worthy?" Alice's words were extremely harsh.
"Press here," Li Se pointed to a spot on his waist.
"Let's see what trick you're trying to pull!" Alice pressed the acupuncture point as instructed. Suddenly, she felt as if some gas was about to be released.
Pfft, pfft, pfft…
Suddenly, a string of farts erupted, loud and foul-smelling.
"Are you playing a trick on me?" Alice was furious.
In the suite, the nurse attending to her husband couldn't help but cover her nose. The stench was unbearable, and even the sick husband couldn't stand it and coughed violently.
"How can it be considered playing a trick? This is just an acupuncture point in Chinese medicine, meant to help you regulate your qi and prevent you from being so ill-tempered," Li Se said, and without lingering any further, he pulled Xia Bingyun and left directly.
Alice continued to fart uncontrollably, enraged. She took out her phone and called the security guards at the entrance.
"Li Se, I'm sorry. I didn't expect her to be like this," Xia Bingyun said apologetically.
"These foreigners are like that, too self-important. But she will regret it," Li Se sneered. He had taken a look at the Western man's condition earlier, and if nothing unexpected happened, the current level of Western medicine couldn't cure him.
As the two walked to the hotel entrance, the same two security guards who had stopped them earlier were blocking the main door.
"Is there something we can help you with?" Li Se was already displeased with these two security guards.
"Heh heh, neither of you is allowed to leave. We suspect you of theft and must conduct a full body search!" the security guard said with a thoroughly lecherous smile.
"Come with us to the security room for a check," the other security guard chuckled.
"Do you have any evidence?" Xia Bingyun asked angrily. She didn't need to think to know that Alice had deliberately instructed these two security guards to cause trouble. She was truly disappointed. She had brought Li Se out of consideration for their friendship, only to be treated like this.
"Whether there's evidence or not, you'll find out when you're checked in the security room."
The two security guards eagerly walked towards Xia Bingyun.
"Get lost!" Li Se was completely provoked and kicked the foremost security guard away with a single kick.
"Damn it, you dare to lay a hand on us! Call for backup, call for backup!" the other security guard roared in rage and grabbed his walkie-talkie to call for reinforcements…