The carefree life of Yang Shuisheng, the village miracle doctor

Yang Shuisheng noticed the two men's frantic gazes and struggles, and a thought flickered in his mind, but he did not take any concrete action.

"Brother Yang, these two seem to... have something to say?" Just as he was about to turn and leave, Ma San leaned over and whispered.

Yang Shuisheng paused, turned around to look at the two men with faces full of despair, and pondered for a moment.

"I can give you a chance to speak."

He slowly walked back to the two of them, looking down at them with a hint of warning and indifference in his tone: "But if what you say is something I have no interest in hearing, I will immediately seal your mouths again, and I will not give you a second chance to speak."

"Do you understand?"

The two men, like drowning people grasping at a last straw, nodded frantically.

Yang Shuisheng gave Ma San a wink.

Ma San immediately stepped forward and, with two sharp "rip" sounds, tore the tape off their mouths.

As soon as the tape was torn off, the two of them gasped for breath, as if trying to make up for the air they had missed over the past few days.

"Brother Yang! We know where Cai Jinwen is!"

Immediately afterwards, they all spoke up, their voices filled with fear and urgency.

"We know how to find him."

"Just please don't send us to the Lin family. If you release us, we'll tell you everything we know."

"Yes, yes, yes! We know that Cai Jinwen has a mistress, and he goes to her place to spend the night every few days."

"If we just stake out there, we're sure to catch him!"

Yang Shuisheng's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard the name "Cai Jinwen".

"Oh?"

He looked at the two men calmly and said in a flat tone, "One piece of information can only be exchanged for one person."

"Which of you will speak first? Whoever provides the most valuable information will live."

"I'll talk! I'll talk!"

Upon hearing this, the two men exchanged a glance. The one who was slightly thinner and had more agile eyes, named Zhang Qiang, immediately spoke up, saying rapidly, "I know where Cai Jinwen's mistress lives. She lives in that old tenement building in the western suburbs of the county town. It's on the third floor, the second room on the left at the top of the stairs. There's a faded 'Fu' character pasted on the door."

"Cai Jinwen goes there at least once or twice a week, usually in the evening and leaves the next morning."

"If we just stake out the place, we're sure we can catch him."

After he finished speaking, he immediately looked at Yang Shuisheng with a hopeful yet nervous expression.

"And you?"

Yang Shuisheng did not immediately respond, but instead turned his gaze to another man named Li Guohua and asked, "Do you have any other information that he doesn't know?"

Li Guohua opened his mouth, his face showing embarrassment and despair, because his companions had already told him almost everything he knew about Cai Jinwen.

He racked his brains but couldn't think of anything else of value to add, so he could only lower his head in dejection.

Yang Shuisheng understood the situation.

He gestured with his chin towards Ma San: "Take this man and Zhao Hu to the next room first."

Ma San immediately did as instructed, taking Zhang Qiang, who had provided the information, and Zhao Hu, who was still whimpering and struggling, to the next room, and then closed the door.

In the room, only Yang Shuisheng and Li Guohua, who had failed to provide any information and looked utterly desperate, remained.

"Now, it's just the two of us left here."

Yang Shuisheng pulled over a tattered stool, sat down in front of him, and calmly looked at him before slowly saying, "I'm asking you, do you want to live?"

"Yes! Yes!"

Li Guohua trembled, suddenly raised his head, and his eyes flashed with a strong will to survive. He nodded frantically, "Brother Yang! Please spare my life, I'll do anything."

"If you want to live, you'd better show some sincerity."

Yang Shuisheng nodded in satisfaction: "This sincerity can be intelligence, or... something else."

Li Guohua was stunned for a moment, looking at Yang Shuisheng with some confusion: "Brother Yang... what... what do you want me to do?"

"If it's within my power, I will definitely do it!"

"It's very simple."

Yang Shuisheng leaned forward slightly, his voice low, carrying an undeniable sense of control: "I can let you go, but once you go back, you will no longer be Cai Jinwen's person, but mine."

"When I need you, you must be there for me immediately, providing me with information or doing whatever I ask you to do. Do you understand what I mean?"

Upon hearing this, Li Guohua's face showed struggle and hesitation.

He knew that this meant he would become Yang Shuisheng's spy planted on Cai Jinwen's side, and if he were discovered, his fate would be worse than death.

"Of course, you can refuse."

Yang Shuisheng noticed his hesitation, and his tone suddenly turned cold, carrying a chilling edge: "However, you'd better think carefully about the consequences."

"Even if I don't send you back to the Lin family, I have plenty of ways to find you."

"At that time, your fate will probably be even worse than if you fell into the hands of the Lin family."

"I can even make you disappear from this world without a sound, and I guarantee no one will be able to find you."

The last sentence was like a bayonet, piercing through the last line of defense in Li Guohua's heart.

He had no doubt that the young man in front of him had the ability!

"I promise! I promise!"

Remembering Yang Shuisheng's unpredictable skills, he completely gave up resisting, a resigned expression on his face, and nodded hastily: "Brother Yang, from now on I'm your man."

"You tell me to go east, I will never go west! Please spare my life!"

"Remember, what you promised me today is a secret between the two of us."

Looking at Li Guohua, who had completely submitted, Yang Shuisheng's eyes remained unmoved. He spoke slowly in an almost icy calm tone: "If a third person finds out about our agreement in the future, then the agreement will be automatically null and void."

"In order to ensure that my secret is not exposed, I will have no choice but to kill him to silence him."

His last four words were spoken casually, yet they sent chills down Li Guohua's spine, as if he could already feel the cold blade slicing across his neck.

He quickly swore an oath: "Brother Yang, don't worry, if I dare to reveal even a single word, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death."

Yang Shuisheng neither confirmed nor denied his oath, but instead asked, "By the way, you also know where Cai Jinwen's lover lives?"

"I know! I know!"

Li Guohua nodded quickly: "Just like the monkey said, it's in that old tenement building in the western suburbs of the county, the one with the faded 'Fu' character on the door."

Yang Shuisheng understood the situation and didn't ask any more questions.

He stood up, walked to the door, and called out to Ma San outside, "Ma San, bring Zhao Hu back."

Ma San responded and quickly dragged the still struggling Zhao Hu back and threw him into the corner.

With his mouth gagged, Zhao Hu could only stare intently at Yang Shuisheng with his bloodshot eyes.

Yang Shuisheng ignored Zhao Hu's murderous glare and said to Ma San, "Come out with me for a moment."

Then he took the lead and walked out of the room into the courtyard.

Zhang Qiang, nicknamed "Monkey," was squatting in the corner of the yard.

"Brother Yang! I've told you everything I know."

Seeing Yang Shuisheng come out, he immediately stood up, his face filled with urgency and expectation, and rubbed his hands together as he asked, "Do you think... can you let me go now?"

"Let you go?"

Yang Shuisheng walked up to him, looking down at him with a blank expression: "Okay, but unfortunately, the information you know, that person inside also knows."

He gestured with his chin toward the house.

"So the information you provided isn't that valuable to me."

"If you want me to release you, you'll have to show more and more valuable sincerity."

Upon hearing this, the monkey's smile froze instantly, and a hint of panic and anger flashed in its eyes, but it was quickly replaced by fear.

He opened his mouth, wanting to argue, but seeing Yang Shuisheng's terrifyingly calm eyes, he swallowed his words back.

As the saying goes, when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Even if he knew the other person was playing him, he had no choice but to do so in order to survive.

Sweat began to bead on his forehead as his mind raced, trying to figure out what trump cards he could use in exchange for freedom.