"Mr. Wan, Mr. Jiang, I'll toast you first to welcome you to Seoul."
Che Xiu Xian, sitting on a separate sofa beside them, raised his glass and toasted Wan Yun Ting and Jiang Wen Hao, who were seated in front of him.
The two also raised their glasses, looking at Che Xiu Xian. Wan Yun Ting smiled and nodded, finishing his drink…
After putting down his glass, Che Xiu Xian's gaze remained fixed on Wan Yun Ting. With great interest, he asked, "Mr. Wan, I'm very curious, how did you become Mr. Jiang's teacher in the Wall Street arena? Could it be that your knowledge of finance is even higher than Mr. Jiang's?"
Wan Yun Ting casually crossed his legs, putting one over the other, and waved his hand at Che Xiu Xian, saying humbly, "It was indeed in prison that I introduced him to the financial world, but now, he's much better than me. After all, I'm no longer in the financial industry!"
"Oh, then what industry is Mr. Wan in now?" Che Xiu Xian asked curiously.
Wan Yun Ting smiled, "Young Master Che should know about our Chinese traditional medicine, right?"
Che Xiu Xian nodded and smiled, "So it's Chinese traditional medicine. Isn't our Korean medicine learned from your Chinese medicine? I know that, but I didn't expect Mr. Wan to be a doctor…"
"Nonsense!"
Before Wan Yun Ting and the others could speak, Zheng Xiu Yan, sitting in a corner, her eyes narrowed and her willow-like eyes glaring at Che Xiu Xian, retorted in English, "My esteemed Korean medicine, passed down to this day, has always been medicine pioneered by us, circulated in the world through Heo Jun's Dongui Bogam!"
Saying this, Zheng Xiu Yan shifted her gaze to Wan Yun Ting. When talking about Korean medicine, her face showed immense confidence and pride, saying, "Therefore, our Korean medicine has no origin with your Chinese traditional medicine!"
"Aish, slap her…"
Che Xiu Xian hadn't expected Zheng Xiu Yan to dare interrupt him. Enraged, he ordered his bodyguard to slap her, causing Zheng Xiu Yan to collapse on the ground, bleeding from the corner of her mouth…
Che Xiu Xian turned back to Wan Yun Ting and said, "Mr. Wan, please don't mind. Let's continue our conversation…"
But Wan Yun Ting, with his eyes half-closed, looked at Zheng Xiu Yan over there and waved his hand at Che Xiu Xian, smiling, "Young Master Che, you can discuss cooperation matters with President Jiang. However, may I correct her about the history of your Korean medicine?"
Che Xiu Xian's expression froze. Seeing that Wan Yun Ting was interested in his 'dog wife', he said with a wicked grin, "If Mr. Wan is interested in her, you can take her and play with her."
This made Wan Yun Ting curse the scoundrel in his heart. He had already betrothed Zheng Xiu Yan to his dog, and now he was offering this woman to him, which was tantamount to calling him a dog for fighting over a woman with him.
Wan Yun Ting glanced at Che Xiu Xian, stood up, and walked towards Zheng Xiu Yan. The two beautiful waitresses who followed also brought a chair, and Wan Yun Ting sat down, the chair being pushed under his backside.
Che Xiu Xian said from the side, "Mr. Wan, her father is the chairman of the Korean Medical Association!"
"Oh."
Zheng Xiu Yan's identity did pique Wan Yun Ting's curiosity. No wonder she had spoken out against the origin of Korean and Chinese medicine, disregarding her own safety!
Zheng Xiu Yan, slumped on the ground, turned her head, her willow-like eyes casting a cold glance at Wan Yun Ting, who sat in front of her. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her jade hand, her beautiful face gloomy and indifferent, and snorted, "I never thought that you, the chairman of the Chinese Traditional Medicine Association, would be with someone like that. It seems you're also a flashy but empty person."
"Heh heh…"
Wan Yun Ting chuckled, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and slowly exhaled the smoke. Looking at Zheng Xiu Yan, he was not angered by her words and said with a smile, "I won't argue with you about these things, but you said that your Korean medicine did not originate from our Chinese traditional medicine. On this point, I must refute you, and consider it as telling you about the history of medicine."
"The Dongui Bogam, written by Heo Jun, that you mention, is indeed very famous in Joseon and your country. It's on the same level as Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica from our China!"
"But if I remember correctly, this Dongui Bogam, written by your esteemed Eastern physician Heo Jun, is a compilation of many Chinese medical books, is it not a plagiarism of our Chinese medical texts?"
Hearing this, Zheng Xiu Yan's willow-like eyes glared at Wan Yun Ting. Being questioned about the history of Korean medicine by this person made her very emotional, and she retorted, "Nonsense! How could our Korean medicine's Patriarch Heo plagiarize your Chinese medical classics? Our Dongui Bogam was compiled by Patriarch Heo after traveling all over the land. How can your Chinese medical books compare to Dongui Bogam?"
"Of course, the Compendium of Materia Medica you mentioned is also a good medical book, but it's still a bit inferior compared to Dongui Bogam!"
This statement made Wan Yun Ting unable to resist laughing like a pig. He said, "Your people are truly shameless to this extent. As netizens say, all the world's cultural relics are yours!"
Zheng Xiu Yan knew he was mocking her and gritted her teeth, snorting, "I don't need to argue with an ignorant person like you. If you don't believe me, we can have a medical spar, and then we'll know who wins and who loses."
"Alright."
Wan Yun Ting stood up and turned to Che Xiu Xian, saying, "Young Master Che, tomorrow the Korean Medical Association is holding a traditional medical exchange meeting, and I want to spar with her to settle the score. So, can you let her go?"
Che Xiu Xian, who was discussing business cooperation with Jiang Wen Hao, turned to Wan Yun Ting upon hearing this and smiled, "Mr. Wan is interested in her?"
Wan Yun Ting looked back at Zheng Xiu Yan, who was slumped on the ground. Hearing this, her pretty face was also stunned, and her willow-like eyes looked at this Chinese man with confusion.
"I'm not interested in her. I just want to let her know that the origin of Korean medicine is our Chinese traditional medicine!"
Wan Yun Ting's lips curved upward, and after taking a puff of his cigarette, he turned back to Che Xiu Xian and said with a smile, "Young Master Che, could you do me the favor and let her go?"
"Haha, of course, I will give Mr. Wan face."
Che Xiu Xian smiled and waved his hand, nodding at Zheng Xiu Yan's bodyguard. The bodyguard pulled her up and led her out. Only then did Zheng Xiu Yan react, her willow-like eyes looking at Wan Yun Ting with a complex gaze until she was led out of the private room…
Wan Yun Ting gave her one last look before returning to sit in front of Che Xiu Xian and smiling, "How was your discussion?"
Jiang Wen Hao smiled, "Teacher, Young Master Che is willing to cooperate with us."
Che Xiu Xian nodded, his legs crossed with an air of arrogant self-satisfaction, and smiled, "Cooperation for mutual benefit is something I'm happy to do. However, your Chaoting Group is a world-class financial group. Such a major cooperation still needs my old man to make the final decision."
"How about this, Mr. Jiang, Mr. Wan? Let's find a time tomorrow, and I'll have my father personally host you, and then we can discuss cooperation matters. What do you think?"
Wan Yun Ting and Jiang Wen Hao exchanged a glance and smiled, nodding, "Okay, then we'll discuss our cooperation when we meet Chairman Che."
Che Xiu Xian uncrossed his legs, raised his glass, and nodded at them with a smile, "Come, let's toast to our successful cooperation in advance."
Wan Yun Ting and Jiang Wen Hao also raised their glasses, touched his, and drank the wine in their glasses together…
Afterward, the two chatted with Che Xiu Xian for a while and played a few rounds with him at the gambling table. However, Wan Yun Ting knew it was impossible to meet Che Tai Min tonight and also knew that Che Xiu Xian merely wanted to test him, so he didn't stay any longer.
However, more than ten minutes ago, Zheng Xiu Yan, who had been kicked out, left the club. Li En Cai and a few companions who had been waiting outside saw her emerge and immediately went to greet her: "Xiu Yan, you're out. You scared me to death."
"Xiu Yan, were you hit?"
"I'm fine…"
Zheng Xiu Yan took a breath and regained her composure, her expression becoming solemn.
Li En Cai asked doubtfully, "But Xiu Yan, how did you get out?"
"Yeah, did Che Xiu Xian just let you go like that?" the other companions also asked in confusion.
Zheng Xiu Yan was about to say something when a car quickly pulled over and stopped steadily. A middle-aged man got out and hurried towards them: "Xiu Yan…"
"Dad, why are you here?"
Seeing her father, Zheng Min Ki, Zheng Xiu Yan glanced at Li En Cai, knowing it was she who had called her father.
Zheng Min Ki looked at the clear finger marks on his daughter's cheek, his heart filled with pain and anger. His face darkened, and he said angrily, "I'll go find that scoundrel…"
"No, Dad…"
Zheng Xiu Yan immediately grabbed her father, frowned, and shook her head, saying, "Dad, we can't afford to provoke people like that. Forget it."
"But…"
Zheng Min Ki, heartbroken for his daughter, gritted his teeth, but he also understood his daughter's words. He knew that Che Tai Min, behind Che Xiu Xian, was one of the three major chaebols in the entire country and a man of great influence in Seoul. Let alone being the chairman of the Korean Medical Association, even the President of South Korea would defer to Che Tai Min.
"Let's all go back."
Zheng Xiu Yan said to Li En Cai and the others, then pulled her father into the car and asked the driver to drive away quickly from this place. She didn't want to stay another moment.
"Sigh…"
Zheng Min Ki sighed powerlessly in the car, saying, "I'm sorry, Xiu Yan. I'm such a useless father for not being able to protect you…"
Zheng Xiu Yan shook her head and forced a smile, "Dad, what are you talking about? People like them are beyond our ability to contend with, and there's no need to fight them. Let's just consider ourselves unlucky."
Zheng Min Ki felt indignant, but he felt helpless about the status of Che Xiu Xian and his father in Korea. He then asked doubtfully, "Did that Che Xiu Xian really let you out just like that?"
Earlier, Li En Cai had called and said that Che Xiu Xian had captured his daughter and even threatened to marry her to a dog he kept. Hearing this, Zheng Min Ki had been furious and was ready to fight Che Xiu Xian to the death, but he hadn't expected his daughter to only have a slap mark on her face.
Zheng Xiu Yan said, "I met Wan Yun Ting, the chairman of the Chinese Traditional Medicine Association!"
"What?"
Zheng Min Ki was full of shock and asked in surprise, "Chairman Wan of the Chinese Traditional Medicine Association?"
"Yes."
Zheng Xiu Yan nodded, thinking back to the private room earlier, where Wan Yun Ting debated the history of Korean medicine with her and finally asked Che Xiu Xian to release her under the guise of a medical spar. The smart Zheng Xiu Yan believed that Wan Yun Ting had done so deliberately, with the intention of helping her!