CHAPTER 150: CHAPTER 150: TWISTING THE TRUTH AND PLAYING THE VICTIM

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers surrounded Pei Shu’er, looking at her with fierce expressions.

Doctor Liu said, "Arrest this commoner for me."

Pei Shu’er smiled calmly. What she said was no big deal, but Doctor Liu was just using it as an excuse to exploit the situation.

How could Pei Shu’er possibly allow him to brush it off?

"Doctor Liu, how am I being bold? You say I’m being deceitful, I say I’m relying on my strength."

Her red lips curved slightly, her words sounded like a sigh.

"If you want to talk about someone being deceitful, that’s you."

Doctor Liu was taken aback and sneered, "When was I deceitful?"

"You want to steal my credit, isn’t that deceitful?" Pei Shu’er said.

Shame and annoyance flashed across Doctor Liu’s face briefly, but he stubbornly denied it.

"When did I ever want to steal your credit?"

Pei Shu’er shrugged, looking at him with mockery in her eyes.

"We’re all smart people, so let’s not play the game of lying through our teeth. Anyone with eyes can see it."

Doctor Liu chuckled coldly, pointing at the soldiers before him.

"It’s laughable, who here saw anything?"

Pei Shu’er’s intention wasn’t to dwell on this credit-stealing issue, she continued down the line.

"Since no one wants to point out that Doctor Liu is stealing credit, then this pass token, surely someone can prove it’s fake?"

Saying that, Pei Shu’er displayed the pass token she held to the soldiers, whose faces showed strange expressions, but none dared to speak.

Doctor Liu apparently knew that the soldiers wouldn’t dare speak, and decided that this commoner had never seen a real pass token and might be bluffing.

He sneered.

"You see, no one says the pass token is fake. You not only oppose me but also slander me."

"Someone, drag this commoner out and beat her to death!"

What a way to call black white! What a villain who accuses first! What a foregone conclusion!

Pei Shu’er had a gentle smile, but her eyes turned cold.

At this moment, Lu Yuan, who had been silent, spoke calmly.

"The pass token isn’t fake, but the red paint on it signifies ’kill on sight’ for the soldiers."

"So, as soon as you show this token, you’re sure to be stabbed to death by the soldiers at the city gate."

Lu Yuan turned his gaze to Doctor Liu, disapproval in his eyes.

"So Doctor Liu, you’d better give her a fake token instead of one like this. It’s truly not the act of a man to go to such lengths to bring a girl to harm."

If it had been a soldier who had spoken about Doctor Liu this way, Doctor Liu could have found a crime to pin on him and dragged him out to be beaten to death.

But unfortunately, the one who spoke was Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan was the Commander of the Vanguard Army, and even if Doctor Liu had connections, how could he challenge a Commander?

And Pei Shu’er was thankful she had saved Lu Yuan, otherwise, she wouldn’t have even gotten hold of the token by now.

Had she known what kind of character Doctor Liu was, she would have insisted he hand over the token earlier and taken it upon winning.

No need to bicker over all this.

But thinking back to the situation then, it wasn’t possible for Doctor Liu to take out the token early.

After all, at that time, she hadn’t shown her abilities at all.

Doctor Liu’s face was incredibly unsightly, while Pei Shu’er extended her hand toward him, smiling gently.

"Doctor Liu, where’s the token you owe me? This time, don’t play any tricks."

Doctor Liu’s face looked utterly pained as he reluctantly pulled out a pass token made of Golden Rattan Wood from his sleeve and tossed it to Pei Shu’er.

His face was full of regret; getting this pass token wasn’t easy, and there were only a few in the entire military camp.

If he gave it away, he’d lose it.

Pei Shu’er took it with a smile, then gave a perfunctory salute with a smile, ready to leave.

At this moment, a short man reached out to block the path of Pei Shu’er and Yinxing, a malicious smile in his eyes.

"Hold on, one matter at a time. We’ve given you the pass token, but the matter of you offending my master can’t just be brushed aside."

Meanwhile, Doctor Liu stood to the side, displaying a superior demeanor, his eyes full of resentment.

Pei Shu’er smiled and said, "If Doctor Liu lets me leave now, I’d still respect him as a real man."

Pei Shu’er’s words made cold sweat drip from Yinxing’s face, and even the two government officers thought she was doomed.

Why provoke Doctor Liu at a time like this?

Doctor Liu, indeed, grew angry, pointing at Pei Shu’er with his index finger, puffing his beard and glaring.

"You little brat, lucky to have cured one person, and you dare defy me!"

Pei Shu’er smiled and said, "Oh? Defy. How did I defy you? I’m just speaking the truth."

The tall man said, "You arrogant girl, you’d better know who you’re talking to."

Pei Shu’er looked coldly, "Of course I know."

Doctor Liu said, "Take her away."

Pei Shu’er smiled lightly, "Then may I ask, Doctor, what reason do you have to take me away? For plotting against the Commander?"

She had saved someone out of goodwill, yet found herself on the hot seat, and if it weren’t her, with her modern medical knowledge, she’d surely be doomed.

To endure such malice for no reason, she had no good feelings left for Doctor Liu.

Yet, despite provocation, Pei Shu’er remained calm and wasn’t swayed by emotion, only aiming to achieve her goal.

Doctor Liu said, "You defied the military doctor, and in the camp, that’s a capital offense."

Pei Shu’er smiled, "May I ask how I defied the military doctor? Was it by claiming the doctor stole credit? Or saying Doctor Liu reneged on his word by not giving me the real pass token?"

"Or by teaching the doctor medical skills, did I defy him?"

With each point Pei Shu’er made, Doctor Liu’s face grew darker, eventually turning as black as coal.

Doctor Liu’s two apprentices also showed expressions of change.

The tall, thin man couldn’t hold back and cursed first, "My master has practiced medicine for decades, curing countless people, what makes you think you have the right to teach him medicine?"

Pei Shu’er laughed, "The ancients always said, learning is endless, and in the company of three, there’s always a teacher. Doctor Liu, with only decades of practice, considers himself above learning from others, simply building a car behind closed doors."

"And I, taught by a master divine doctor, can certainly offer guidance to Doctor Liu."

"If Doctor Liu thinks I’m merely lucky, then let me cure another patient, and he will know if I have the skill."

Doctor Liu was amused by Pei Shu’er but also wanted to humiliate her by finding a critical patient to cure.

Just then, a soldier came in and whispered something in Doctor Liu’s ear, his expression clearly shocked, and then a gleam flickered in his eyes.

Then he turned to Pei Shu’er, "Alright, cure a patient for me, and if you succeed, I’ll acknowledge you have some medical skill."

That injured person would be just right.

Nearing death, poisoned, hard to save.