"A strange man?"
Sun Bing exchanged a glance with Zhu Hong and Zhu Yuan beside him, then all three turned their eyes to Li Sisi.
Clearly, none of the three had seen this lavishly dressed woman during their previous visit.
Looking somewhat troubled, Li Sisi said quietly to the three:
"Please wait a moment, Upper Immortals. Let me explain to my mother."
With that, Li Sisi stepped forward and explained to the furious old woman:
"Mother, these three are miracle physicians I hired at great expense. They already have a way to treat Father's grave illness!"
Hearing this, the old woman remained furious as she said:
"Sisi, I know how you feel, but we cannot grasp at any physician like drowning people clutching at straws!"
As she spoke, the old woman raised a hand and pointed at Sun Bing:
"Look at how this man is dressed. He looks worse than a wandering quack! How could he possibly be a miracle physician?"
Apothecary Sun Bing was notorious for his foul temper. Ordinarily, if someone had pointed at his nose and berated him like this, he might already have slapped them.
This time, however, for the sake of the Dragon-Slaying Assembly, he ultimately restrained the hand he normally used to slap people.
Seeing this, Zhu Hong and Zhu Yuan beside him both wiped away sweat.
He truly feared that Sun Bing would slap the old woman.
At that moment, having suppressed the anger in his heart, Sun Bing smiled at the old woman and said:
"Madam, you cannot judge a person by appearances. Let me inside to examine and treat the master, and won't you see for yourself how good my medical skills are?"
Never in his life had Sun Bing been so humble.
Yet the old woman remained utterly unreasonable:
"No!