Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him
Chapter 749: She Betrayed Me

Chapter 749: Chapter 749: She Betrayed Me

Cheng Han had aged significantly, and upon waking up, his complexion wasn’t good.

Yet his eyes still held some brightness. When he saw Qiao Xi come in, he waved.

Qiao Xi’s eyes turned red, and tears instantly fell.

"Grandpa Cheng! You really scared me. I was truly worried about you since you hadn’t woken up for so long." She feared her medical skills weren’t advanced and might have misdiagnosed.

But usually, Cheng Han’s pulse didn’t show any major issues.

It was just that his whole body was injured, and there was even blood clots in his brain.

Qiao Xi was afraid that at his age, he might not wake up. But now that he was awake, it indicated there wasn’t a major problem.

Cheng Han spoke weakly, "Don’t cry, aren’t I awake now?"

Upon waking, he realized that although his body wasn’t strong, many of his wounds had been treated very well.

This was done with care.

Qiao Xi haphazardly wiped away her tears, crying and laughing at the same time.

She was always a child in front of Cheng Han.

"Grandpa Cheng, lie down properly. I will give you some acupuncture..." Qiao Xi had many doubts she wanted him to answer, but when it came to her lips, she didn’t know what to say, so she simply unfolded the needle kit to treat him first.

She twisted a long needle and inserted it into an acupuncture point on his hand.

The small old man lying obediently on the hospital bed had darkness in his eyes, and he said hoarsely, "A lot must have happened while I was in a coma, right?"

Qiao Xi lightly responded, and then heard Cheng Han say.

"After I arrived in the Imperial Capital, I was targeted. Initially, nothing happened, but later on, it was like they wanted me dead. I could only hide in the mountains. But those people were more professional, and after some time, I was still discovered, and could only run for my life. Eventually, I lost my footing and fell down a mountain ravine..."

He thought he was surely dead.

But he didn’t expect to still have a breath of life.

Opening his eyes, he could see his young disciple.

"You even marked a safe sign for me. I thought you were safe. Why did you... come to the Imperial Capital?" Qiao Xi asked while using acupuncture.

Cheng Han exhaled a long breath and said, "This counts as a personal matter of mine."

His always serious face gained some bitterness as he looked at Qiao Xi and said, "I never told you, but I have a daughter. Back then, I married a woman from the countryside and had a daughter, but soon after, the woman dumped the child on me and ran away."

She despised him for being a useless traditional Chinese medicine doctor, who when young, treated villagers for free and sometimes even subsidized the medicine costs.

Life was very difficult.

The woman couldn’t endure poverty and went to the prosperous area of Guangshen in search of opportunities.

Back then, many people went out to work, and once they left, there was no news.

Cheng Han fostered his daughter with relatives and began pursuing traditional Chinese medicine.

Later, his reputation grew, but his relationship with his daughter was not particularly close. It was only slightly better than with strangers. Once his daughter came of age, he brought her to live with him.

Cheng Han rambled on about the past to Qiao Xi, "Her name is Cheng Qingnian, and she rarely called me father in public. So, not many people knew about our father-daughter relationship. Later, I didn’t even know she fell in love with a man."

Qiao Xi felt a bit stunned to hear him admit that Cheng Qingnian was his daughter.

"And then?"

Pain flashed in Cheng Han’s eyes: "She was obsessed with that man like she was possessed and because of him, she betrayed me, her father. She stole my years of accumulated handwritten notes and medical books compiled by my friends for him and even planned to elope with him. During that year’s competition, she even drugged me with a laxative... How could I guard against her!"

"We had a big fight and broke up as father and daughter. I returned to Haicheng, and she stayed in the Imperial Capital. But not long after, news came of her suicide. Because that man already had a wife, she couldn’t accept being the other woman. From then on... there was no more news."

Cheng Han returned, disheartened.

He felt that traditional Chinese medicine had cost him his wife and then his daughter. Those close to him went away, one by one.

"This time I went to the Imperial Capital because I heard news that she was alive. I think as a father, I just can’t let go of this bond."

Qiao Xi felt deeply saddened and said, "That man must be Lu Bannong. The competition thirty years ago was the one where he stepped on you to climb up and shone brightly, wasn’t it?"

Lu Bannong was a petty person!

No wonder Lu Family’s Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles were maturely merged with the Plum Blossom Nine Needles! And even the Shen Family’s Sparrow Pecking Technique!

Qiao Xi looked at him and seriously said, "Grandpa Cheng, I want to tell you something. Please don’t get too emotional when you hear it."

"Go ahead."

"Cheng Qingnian lives right next door to you. I discovered long ago that she’s your daughter, so I found a way to take her from Lu Bannong for treatment. Her narcolepsy is very severe!"

"What!"

Cheng Han’s pupils constricted, "She’s next door?"

"Yes!"

"I... I want to see her." Even though he was revered as a national doctor, at this moment, he was just a pitiful father.

Seeing his somewhat anxious appearance, Qiao Xi said, "After I finish the acupuncture, I’ll help you over to take a look. I have little confidence in treating narcolepsy, and it would be great if you were there!"

Cheng Han could only control his urge and lay on the bed, feeling that every second was excruciatingly long.

Seeing his expression, Qiao Xi hesitated but didn’t tell him.

Lu Yingxue is Cheng Qingnian’s daughter, which makes her his granddaughter!

Lu Yingxue committed countless misdeeds, and yet she’s the granddaughter of Cheng Han, the national doctor—how ironic.

He would be heartbroken.

She decided to tell him once his health improved.

Qiao Xi collected her thoughts and said, "Grandpa Cheng, I know about Ayi. He’s not dead, he’s now the young master of the Zhong Family."

"You reunited?"

Cheng Han knew this couldn’t be hidden for long, but he hadn’t expected that during his coma, the world outside would change so dramatically.

"Yes. The same name and similar appearance, only someone as foolish as I would keep denying my own suspicions. In the end, I confirmed it was Ayi! I also understood your and his painstaking efforts back then. You both... were protecting me."

Qiao Xi was not someone who couldn’t distinguish right from wrong.

Cheng Han nodded and said, "That’s good, you won’t have to feel guilty for a lifetime now."

Qiao Xi curved her eyes and smiled warmly.

It’s just that she felt she seemed to have forgotten to explain something, so after removing the needles, she supported Cheng Han to see Cheng Qingnian next door.

Cheng Qingnian was emaciated, with her eyes tightly closed in a deep sleep.

Cheng Han, with restrained emotions and tears in his eyes, checked her pulse. Finally, he turned and said to Qiao Xi, "You can go tend to your things; I want to stay here a while."

"Are you sure?"

"This old body has been resting for so long, it’s time to start moving a bit."

Qiao Xi nodded, hiding her concerns, and gently closed the door.

She gave some instructions to the bodyguards at the door before going downstairs.

After a long while.

A thunderous shout erupted from the villa!