Twisted and Delivered

Xiao Wei frowned, her expression conveying that she was well-read and not to be trifled with.

"Martial arts, martial arts, are divided into 'wu' and 'shu'. You cultivate the Martial Way, and I practice the Art Way. We are all fellow travelers, born of the same root. Why must we attack each other so fiercely?"

A psychiatrist's silver tongue could make a madman sound sane. Li Bai's ability to lie with a straight face had reached its zenith.

"You practice the Art Way? Truly incredible!"

The Great Demon's shameless words made Xiao Wei cover her mouth and laugh, her cheeks flushing. This young psychiatrist, whom she had only met today, was truly a master of exaggeration. Was he always this glib when seeing patients?

The female warrior's guess, though not entirely accurate, was close enough!

She hadn't witnessed the scene where Great Demon Li, with a mere flick of his fingers, had terrified the rampaging Master Zheng into becoming a docile child. It was terrifyingly brutal.

Xiao Jiangnan wore a wry smile. True masters don't reveal themselves easily. He and the head coach of Tianlan Jidao Hall had fought until they were drenched in sweat, yet it was a draw. However, he couldn't compare to this young psychiatrist's snap of his fingers.

Gao Jie suddenly collapsed to the ground without warning, but anyone could see it was related to Li Bai's snap.

The expressions of the Tianlan Jidao Hall students were as if they had seen a ghost, and the Yongling Martial Arts Fitness Center students had the same disbelieving reaction. Li Bai sighed inwardly, "Why don't you believe my honest words?"

The Art Way flourishes in this world, while the Martial Way declines. This world was the exact opposite, even more extreme. The Art Way had long since vanished, and "martial artist" had completely replaced the term "martial arts."

Sizing up the three unconscious figures on the ground, Xiao Jiangnan, his breathing steadying, asked with some concern, "Doctor Li, are they alright?"

Li Bai glanced at them and replied, "They're fine. At most, they have minor soft tissue contusions, not even a concussion. They'll wake up in a bit."

He was careful with his actions, not wanting to end up at the police station instead of the dinner party tonight.

As soon as he finished speaking, the three people from Tianlan Jidao Hall began to groan.

The short and stout Jin Zhouyi and another tall and strong student crawled up from the ground, grimacing. Head Coach Gao Jie slowly opened his eyes and sat up, propping himself up with his hands, looking bewildered and clearly not yet recovered.

Police lights flashed outside the Yongling Martial Arts Fitness Center, and three police officers walked in, one of whom was wearing a gun.

"Did someone call from here just now?"

The officer with the gun scanned everyone, seemingly confirming that something had just happened here.

"Police, someone came here to cause trouble!"

The receptionist, Miao An'an, immediately stepped forward.

"Is it people from Tianlan again? You should have settled such a minor matter yourselves. Why call the police? Police resources are stretched thin, why waste them on trivial matters like this?"

Another officer clearly knew about the dispute between the two fitness centers and didn't want to get involved in such commercial rivalries. He turned to leave.

The third officer surveyed everyone, trying to confirm if anyone was injured.

Xiao Wei quickly called out, "Wait, the troublemakers are mentally ill. You can't just ignore that, can you?"

She was relying on Li Bai, a psychiatrist from the Seventh People's Hospital, to lend her courage.

"Mentally ill? You're not joking, are you?"

The officer who knew about the conflict between the two fitness centers clearly didn't believe it.

"I am Li Bai, a psychiatrist from the Seventh People's Hospital. After on-site assessment, these three patients are suspected of having manic schizophrenia and exhibit clear aggression."

Li Bai began to dig himself deeper into the hole he had created.

"You, don't talk nonsense! How can I have a mental illness?"

Tianlan Jidao Hall's head coach, Gao Jie, trembled all over, finally snapping back to reality.

Li Bai gave him a cold look. "Would a normal person randomly trespass onto someone else's property? And would they randomly attack strangers they don't know?"

Attacking others without any reason, isn't that a sign of mental illness?

The onlookers involuntarily took a step back, even the students from Tianlan Jidao Hall. Anyone could see that Coach Gao and the two men beside him were in trouble, and it was best to stay away if they didn't want to be implicated.

If it were anyone else, he wouldn't be afraid. But the other party was a psychiatrist, someone with authority. Gao Jie's face turned pale, and he was completely speechless because he knew the other party's words were perfectly reasonable. This had nothing to do with challenging their gym; this psychiatrist wasn't affiliated with Yongling Martial Arts Fitness Center, so the usual commercial competition tactics wouldn't work.

Worse still, he had attacked the psychiatrist himself. Wasn't that just handing them an excuse? A sense of frustration welled up within him.

"You're a psychiatrist from the Seventh People's Hospital?"

The three police officers felt that this call was somewhat unusual.

"I, I don't have a mental illness, you're spouting nonsense!"

Jin Zhouyi was unwilling to have the label of "mentally ill" pinned on him and tried to bolt.

Xiao Wei secretly stuck out her foot...

Splat! The short and stout dark-skinned guy fell face-first onto the ground.

The other tall and stout Tianlan Jidao Hall student remained dazed. Clearly, the terrifying experience of having his wrist grabbed and then being thrown into the air by Li Bai had left him with severe psychological trauma.

"See? If this guy weren't sick, why would he run away?"

Li Bai's remark was like adding insult to injury, like a heavy blow to the back of Jin Zhouyi's head.

"No, no, I'm not, I'm not!"

Jin Zhouyi stammered, completely losing his previous combative spirit, like a frightened small animal.

"He can't even speak properly. He must be mentally unstable!"

Xiao Wei's perfectly coordinated, sharp counter-attack.

The police officer with the gun said helplessly, "Take them all for a psychiatric evaluation?"

Li Bai took out his phone and dialed a number in front of everyone.

"Hello, Dean, three people will be sent to the police station for psychiatric evaluation later. They're likely suffering from manic schizophrenia. Also, notify their families. It's best to keep them in the hospital for observation for half a month. Have Vice Dean Wang pay special attention to them. Arrange for someone to handle it. Chen Sheng has a lot of experience. Tell him the people being evaluated are my friends."

That guy Chen Sheng doesn't get along with me, and he's greedy. He'll definitely lock these three brats away. He'll scam more commission and bonuses. With special attention from Granny Wang, what good can come of it?

The Great Demon, who pretended to care while pushing them into a fire pit, was quite looking forward to someone breaking the twenty-year record of harmony and stability in the ward.

The three unlucky kids from Tianlan Jidao Hall were almost in tears. What friends? That tone is clearly wrong! Are you retaliating in person? Is there no law anymore?

Finally witnessing the power of a psychiatrist, the other trainees from Tianlan Jidao Hall were all silenced, even the police officers couldn't help but gasp. How deep was the hatred to want to destroy them so thoroughly, yet they were perfectly fine? According to procedure, they still had to escort them the entire way.

The police took away the three "Don Quixotes" who dared to challenge a psychiatrist. Even Xiao Jiangnan, who felt a slight sympathy, had to admire their courage. Who else could they have provoked, but they had to run straight into the muzzle of a gun.

The remaining trainees from Tianlan Jidao Hall had long lost their earlier arrogance and sheepishly left Yongling Martial Arts Fitness Center as a group.

For Mr. Xiao, the owner of Yongling Martial Arts Fitness Center, this new friend, made with a friendly rent of eight hundred yuan, was completely worth it.

From now on, anyone who wants to come and challenge them will probably have to weigh whether they'll encounter that terrifying psychiatrist.

The Great Demon would smirk sinisterly: "You're sick, I have medicine, and I can still smash your head!"

After rearranging the employees and trainees, Xiao Jiangnan and Xiao Wei, brother and sister, tidied themselves up and went with Li Bai to a dinner engagement.

It wasn't even five in the afternoon, and there was already a long queue outside the Grandma's Home Main Branch on Tengfei Road.

Diners who couldn't get a table had to take a number at the entrance and wait their turn to be seated. Couples on dates, in particular, had to wait longer than others because there were fewer two-person tables.

Li Bai and his group, traveling in Xiao Jiangnan's BMW 745, two men and one woman, had to wait in line when they arrived at Grandma's Home, even though they had booked a large table.

However, the three of them didn't wait long before a table became available. Just then, Xiao Wang and Old Zhang from the special task force arrived one after another. With additional invited guests, a total of ten people completely filled a large round table.

Among the seven public servants attending the dinner was Guo Wenkai, who had personally gone undercover in plain clothes and cracked a major smuggling case. When he saw Li Bai, the organizer of this dinner, a look of confusion involuntarily appeared on his face.