You are not worthy of me!

"Fire him?"

The principal sneered.

"I'm afraid before I even get the chance to fire him, I'll be the one out of a job!"

The old man was utterly bewildered.

"Principal, what do you mean by that?!"

"In a word, Mr. Ling's status is not something you can afford to provoke! Old Liu, pack your things and leave."

Doctor Liu trembled, a look of sheer disbelief on his face as he stammered,

"P-Principal, I..."

"Say no more. If you do wrong, you must accept the punishment. There are some people you simply cannot throw your weight around in front of!"

Sighing heavily, Doctor Liu slouched and walked out of the infirmary.

Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that because of a single arrogant remark, not only would he get beaten up, but he would also lose his job!

Indeed, one should never act too arrogant in life, or retribution is bound to strike!

...

After he left, the principal turned to Ling Xiao with a smile and said,

"Mr. Ling, just stay here in the infirmary for the time being. Work if you feel like it, and if you don't, I'll find another doctor to take your place so you can have complete freedom of movement."

Ling Xiao nodded, while the young nurse named Raindrop was left completely dumbfounded.

What on earth was going on here?

Ling Xiao had only just arrived for the very first time! He had managed to get the infirmary's chief physician chased away, and as if that wasn't enough, the principal was practically bowing and scraping to him?

Good lord, this world had truly gone mad!

"Mr. Ling, you must still be getting used to things since you've just arrived at the school. Let me invite you for a cup of coffee. I wonder if Mr. Ling would be willing to grant me this favor?"

Ling Xiao paused for a moment and said,

"Very well."

The old principal looked thoroughly delighted.

At her level, there were very few people who could catch her eye; even a high-ranking provincial official was nothing special in her eyes.

After all, she was already a person with one foot in the grave. Fame, wealth, glory, and riches were all nothing more than passing clouds to her.

But Ling Xiao was different. He was a man capable of turning the impossible into reality.

The two of them walked to a café right across from the school gates. The old principal's posture was graceful, and it was easy to tell that she must have been a stunning beauty in her youth.

As she gazed at the aristocratic elegance emanating from Ling Xiao's calm demeanor, a trace of undisguised admiration flickered deep within her cloudy eyes.

Ling Xiao's temperament possessed a lethality toward women of all ages, young and old alike!

Stirring her coffee and watching him for a long while, the old principal spoke with a hint of melancholy:

"Mr. Ling, it has been a very long time since I last shared a cup of coffee with anyone. As one grows old, those around you either die or fall ill. The younger generation has no desire to pay us any mind, leaving us with no choice but to wait for death in loneliness!"

"Death is something no mortal can escape. What difference does it make whether one dies sooner or later?"

The old principal smiled faintly.

"Who wouldn't want to live a few more years?"

Pausing for a moment, she continued,

"I know that the Ghost Valley possesses three supreme arts: the Martial Art, the Intellectual Art, and the Medical Art! Since Mr. Ling is an honored guest of Ghost Valley, your medical skills must be unimaginably profound! I wonder, Mr. Ling, do you know of any method that could allow an old woman like me to regain her youth?"

Seemingly afraid that Ling Xiao would refuse, she quickly added,

"I can offer you an extremely generous reward! Whether it's money or anything else, I can provide it all!"

Looking into her slightly anxious eyes, Ling Xiao shook his head with an indifferent expression.

"You've lived for so long, yet you still cannot see through such trivialities. I truly wonder how you ever managed to become the principal of Jiangnan University."

The old principal let out a self-deprecating smile.

"Sometimes, the older a person gets, the more terrified of death they become."

"Birth, old age, illness, and death are the laws of nature. There is no need to force things. Without the fortune for it, even forcing it will only bring regrets in vain."

The old principal's eyes lit up; she could naturally hear the loophole in Ling Xiao's words.

"Mr. Ling, I fear no regrets! I only ask to be young once more."

"Your appetite is not small. However, the medical arts of Ghost Valley have always placed the utmost importance on fate. You... do not have that fate!"

The old principal refused to give up.

"Is there truly no way?"

"None!"

Ling Xiao refused decisively.

Granting someone extra years of life was a troublesome affair, and Ling Xiao detested trouble the most, so he couldn't be bothered to do it.

Furthermore, the old principal and he were total strangers. He was no saint, so why should he help her?

The old principal sighed softly, with no choice but to drop the matter.

She also understood that someone like Ling Xiao could not be coerced; coercion would only yield the opposite of her desired result.

At that very moment, a striking figure appeared by their side.

"Grandma, why are you here?"

"Qingxin? What a coincidence."

The old principal was somewhat startled. Ling Xiao glanced over and saw that the newcomer was a young woman of about twenty-four or five, standing around 1.7 meters tall, wearing five-centimeter black leather shoes, with her legs encased in sheer flesh-colored stockings, slender and beautifully shaped.

As for her upper body, she was a textbook definition of voluptuous!

From her brows, one could vaguely trace the remnants of the old principal's youthful charm, showing that the old principal in her prime was certainly no less striking than this granddaughter.

"I was just here getting my lesson plans ready. But what about you, Grandma? Why aren't you at the school, out here drinking coffee? And... who is this?"

She couldn't help knitting her pretty brows in confusion as she asked the question.

The old principal looked from Ling Xiao to her granddaughter, and suddenly, as if an idea struck her, she smiled warmly and said,

"Qingxin, this is Mr. Ling Xiao, the doctor we just invited for our school infirmary. Doctor Ling, this is my granddaughter, Li Qingxin."

Li Qingxin gave Ling Xiao a head-to-toe examination before offering a greeting.

"Hello!"

Ling Xiao gave a faint "Mhm," which gave Li Qingxin a rather unusual sensation.

Among ordinary men, which one didn't wear a lecherous expression upon meeting her? Even those who tried to act like gentlemen still couldn't hide that intensely annoying look in their eyes!

Yet this Ling Xiao was completely different—he was so indifferent, far beyond her expectations!

The old principal pulled her granddaughter down to sit beside her and smiled at Ling Xiao:

"Mr. Ling, what do you think of my granddaughter? She is an exceptionally brilliant young woman, and there are countless men in Jiangnan chasing after her!"

Ling Xiao frowned slightly. With his intelligence, how could he fail to understand the old principal's intent?

This old fox knew she couldn't persuade him, so she simply wanted to establish a connection, making him her grandson-in-law so that he wouldn't be able to refuse her demands in the future!

Li Qingxin, on the other hand, blushed with mild annoyance and said,

"Grandma, why are you saying all this?"

Principal Li chuckled and replied,

"Qingxin, you're not so young anymore. Always being single is no way to live! Mr. Ling is a truly exceptional talent, and Grandma wants to play matchmaker for you."

Li Qingxin was taken aback, then hurriedly whispered in objection,

"Grandma, have you lost your mind? What kind of grandmother plays matchmaker for her own granddaughter? How... how do you expect others to look at me?"

Principal Li smiled again.

"Mr. Ling is exceptionally outstanding, and Grandma doesn't want you to miss out, so I'm putting my old face on the line to set this up for you. Now... you two youngsters chat for a bit. I still have matters to attend to back at school, so it's settled. I'll go downstairs and settle the bill while you two talk."