Chapter 554: Chapter 554: Chen Qingqing from the Chen Clan of Jiangbei Chapter 554: Chapter 554: Chen Qingqing from the Chen Clan of Jiangbei After this voice sounded, Lin Dong also looked in the direction of the voice.
He saw a group of people under a distant big tree.
The person at the front was a woman wearing tight sportswear and a baseball cap.
This woman appeared to be about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with a beautiful face, although not quite on par with Bai Jue and Qiao Bing, her beauty was no less than that of Qiao Xixi of the Qiao Family.
From the woman’s words, it was clear that she recognized Li Yanran and Lin Tiance.
Li Yanran also looked towards her, not expecting to encounter an acquaintance here.
“So it’s you, Qingqing,” Li Yanran laughingly said.
The woman before her was the eldest daughter of the Chen Family, the first family of Jiangbei, Chen Qingqing.
Previously, Li Qing had analyzed to Lin Dong that of the three major forces competing for the Semi Medicine King this time, aside from the deaf and blind old men of the Jia Family and Jiaye, the remaining force was this Chen Family of Jiangbei.
The Chen Family of Jiangbei was undeniably the foremost family there.
The head of the Chen Family, Chen Beiming, who was also Chen Qingqing’s grandfather, was a top-tier expert ranked sixth in the Dragon Rankings.
He was also, without a doubt, the number one master in Jiangbei!
Even Murong Qingyun, the Bei Wang of Jiangbei, could not compare with his strength.
This Chen Family of Jiangbei had an exceptionally close relationship with the Lin Family from the Capital City.
Chen Qingqing had known Lin Tiance since childhood and regarded the excellent Lin Tiance as her ideal man.
Over the years, she had been unrequitedly infatuated with Lin Tiance. Calling her Lin Tiance’s bootlicker would not be an overstatement.
Of course, she knew Li Yanran, Lin Tiance’s younger female cousin.
Now, seeing Li Yanran here, she had thought that Lin Tiance had come as well.
Instantly, she was immensely surprised.
“Miss Yanran, is Prince Tian Ce here as well? Where is he?”
Facing Chen Qingqing’s question, Li Yanran shook her head and said:
“Qingqing, my cousin has retreated.”
“He has not come.”
“Oh, is that so,” Chen Qingqing seemed disappointed but still retained her smile as she said, “Then you must be here to help Prince Tian Ce seize the Semi Medicine King, right?”
“I know that Prince Tian Ce has been looking for Heavenly and Earthly treasures all these years.”
“The medicinal effect of this Semi Medicine King is at least on par with a few Heavenly and Earthly treasures.”
Li Yanran shook her head, “No, I’m not here to help my cousin this time.”
“It’s for him.”
As she spoke, Li Yanran pointed at Lin Dong.
Hearing this, Chen Qingqing’s face fell, only then paying attention to Lin Dong.
Suddenly, the smile previously on her face turned ice-cold.
She asked coldly, “Who is this guy? Is he Miss Yanran’s boyfriend?”
“Miss Yanran, you really know how to play both sides,” she said disdainfully.
Li Yanran, not pleased by the comment, retorted, “What do you mean ‘playing both sides’?”
“Hmph,” Chen Qingqing sneered, “Isn’t that what you’re doing? How good has Prince Tian Ce been to the Li family? To you, his younger cousin?”
“Without Prince Tian Ce, without the Lin family, your Li family would be nothing. How could you count as a Wealthy Family of the Capital City? You can’t even compare to our Chen Family of Jiangbei.”
“Now, instead of helping your cousin seize the Semi Medicine King, you’re helping a Little White Face. Dare you say you’re not playing both sides?”
Li Yanran explained, “I’m helping him because he can cure my disease.”
“Helping him is akin to helping myself.”
“And he’s not my boyfriend.”
“Stop explaining, your explanations only show your own guilt,” Chen Qingqing said with a sneer.
As she spoke, she turned to look at Lin Dong, scrutinizing him up and down.
“He is indeed quite handsome; no wonder he made you play both sides,” Chen Qingqing said with contempt. “But Little White Face, living off a woman isn’t that easy. It often leads to an early death!”
Lin Dong originally didn’t want to bother with this woman, but upon hearing her words, he was rendered speechless.
Just because I’m handsome, I am considered a Little White Face?
“So you’re a pitiful bootlicker, no wonder you like to bark like a dog,” Lin Dong commented.
From her constant referral to ‘Prince Tian Ce,’ Lin Dong could tell that this woman must be one of Lin Tiance’s female bootlickers.
If she weren’t a bootlicker, she would not defend him so irrationally.
Lin Dong did not indulge her; who did she think she was?
If your words displease me, then my words will displease you even more.
Sure enough, his words infuriated Chen Qingqing, who snapped, “Little White Face, what did you say?”
“No one has ever dared to speak to me like that!”
As the number one young miss of Jiangbei, everyone treated her with utmost respect. Although she was indeed Lin Tiance’s bootlicker, no one dared say such things directly to her face.
“Pitiful bootlicker, don’t you know that Lin Tiance is already engaged? You’re still pining after him. What are you after? To be his mistress?”
“If I were your father, seeing a daughter like you, I would probably lose my appetite out of sheer disappointment!”
In a fight, Lin Dong never feared anyone; in a verbal clash, he was no less capable.
He knew exactly what words would cut right to her core.
“Ah… you Little White Face, you’re really asking for death!”
As expected, upon hearing Lin Dong’s words, Chen Qingqing broke down and let out a shrill scream.
She was of course aware of the news of Lin Tiance’s engagement, and because this news was true, it pierced even deeper into her heart.
Chen Qingqing knew that Lin Tiance’s marriage to that woman was not out of love, but solely to cure his sickness.
Nonetheless, knowing that her dream man was marrying another woman still made her overwhelmingly envious.
Anger clouded her judgement, and she turned her head to a youth in animal skin behind her and commanded:
“Ah Lang, kill this man for me!!!”