Chapter 72: The Astonishing Bet

  When Chu Nan returned to the competition venue, he had an unmistakable aura of sharpness about him. He turned his head and glanced at Zheng Guangran in the audience seats. Originally, when Chu Nan came out, Zheng Guangran was already watching him. At this moment, when he met Chu Nan's gaze, Zheng Guangran suddenly stood up and began to tremble all over.

  Chu Nan's mouth curled up into a cold smile as he continued walking to his own seat and sat down.

  Zheng Miao Miao looked at her father in surprise and asked: "Dad, what's wrong?"

  Zheng Guangran sat back again, and as he did, he started to sweat profusely. His voice was a bit hoarse as he said, "That kind of gaze... it's so familiar."

  Zheng Miao Miao asked: "What eyes? What kind of eyes?"

  Zheng Guangran tried to calm down the emotions in his heart, but Chu Nan's terrifying gaze was like a lingering shadow that couldn't be shaken off. Zheng Guangran's voice trembled slightly: "That kind of gaze, I've seen it before on Chu Changtian's face. Chu Changtian has a good personality, but once someone made a move on his wife in a business setting and got caught by him... at that time, he had that same gaze... I'll never forget it, it was really terrifying."

  "What then?" asked Zheng Miao Miao.

  "Then... then that person's company was taken over by Chu Changtian, and he also hanged himself."

  Zheng Miao was shocked, Zheng Guangran wiped a cold sweat and dryly laughed: "Chu Changtian is known for his heavy emotions and righteousness, but don't think that Chu Changtian doesn't have a ruthless side. Those who are not ruthless enough, not poisonous enough, can't achieve great things like him. Just now, Chu Nan... and his old man really look alike."

  Zheng Miaomiao listened to her father's words and subconsciously looked towards Chu Nan, who also happened to look up at him with a gaze filled with disdain and contempt.

  Zheng Miao clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, saying: "No matter what, a person's eyes are not enough to eat, I want Fang Junzhou to defeat him, humiliate him, and make him roll out of Jiangwan City in shame."

  Zheng Guangran was slightly absent-minded, and the look in Chu Nan's eyes just now suddenly made him feel uneasy. If it weren't for Eighth Master's help back then, Chu Changtian would not have fallen so easily. At that time, he also had a heartfelt respect for Chu Changtian, but now his son actually has something similar to him deep down, which makes Zheng Guangran feel apprehensive.

  What made Zheng Guangran even more fearful was that Chu Nan had just sat down, but suddenly stood up again and walked to the front of all the contestants, looking at Fang Junzhou with a smile: "Fang Junzhou!"

  Fang Junzhou raised his eyes and looked towards Chu Nan.

  Chu Nan smiled and said: "Zhang Jingran doesn't like to compete, but I'm different. Do you dare to make a bet with me?"

  "Oh? Tǔbāozi, what do you want to bet with me?"

  Chu Nan smiled and said: "Before, I bet with you 50 cents that Zhang Jingran's written test score will definitely be higher than yours. I have confidence in the Zhang brothers."

  Zhang Jingran looked at Chu Nan with a grateful face.

  Chu Nan nodded at Zhang Jingran and continued smiling: "This time I'll make another bet with you."

  Fang Junzhou's face sank as he said, "What are you betting on?"

  Chu Nan smiled and said: "I bet with you on the ranking of our competition this time. The total score of today's divisional match, is yours higher or mine?"

  Fang Junzhou thought of what Zheng Miaomiao had promised him earlier. If he could thoroughly humiliate Chu Nan in this match, then Zheng Miaomiao would be his. He could have her rolling around under him tonight. Moreover, Fang Junzhou had never thought that he would lose, so Chu Nan's words were exactly what he wanted to hear. Fang Junzhou stood up, his eyes burning with intensity as he said, "Alright, what do you want to bet?"

  Chu Nan asked: "What do you dare bet on if I want to bet on it?"

  "Of course." Fang Junzhou sneered, "If you want to gamble, let's gamble big. If you lose to me in the rankings today, even if you enter the top five, you will not be allowed to continue participating in the Northern Medical Competition finals, and you must leave Jiangwan City immediately and never come back. Do you dare?"

  Zheng Miaomiao heard this and immediately stood up, her small face flushed with excitement. She had been waiting for a long time, and the opportunity she had been waiting for had finally arrived. She wanted to see Chu Nan's defeated appearance, to see Chu Nan kneeling on the ground with a dejected expression, to personally witness Chu Nan lowering his proud head.

  The surrounding audience was almost boiling over. The game was already an unprecedented grand occasion, and the result would be such a thrilling gamble. Who wouldn't get excited?

  The audience was not the only one excited, but also the other contestants were all looking at these two people with a surprised face. No one had ever thought that these two people would actually make such a big bet. These people were all medical geniuses who were arrogant about their abilities, almost everyone was overbearing, but Chu Nan and Fang Junzhou were even more arrogant than them. At least they didn't dare to make such a bet. Now it's up to Chu Nan to see if he dares to accept the challenge.

  Chen Tianling suddenly stood up on the judges' table, saying in a deep voice: "The medical competition is to promote medical civilization, not to show off and fight fiercely. This goes against the purpose of our competition, so..."

  "Chu Nan loudly interrupted: 'I bet!'"

  Chen Tianling was stunned, he had a very high status in the medical field of Jiangwan City, even those arrogant little guys below him would show respect in front of him, but unexpectedly these two little guys didn't put him in their eyes.

  Zhang Shoucai suddenly said: "Director Chen, you don't have to bother with those two little guys anymore. Alas, it seems that there should be some private grudges between them..."

  "But since the medical competition was held, such a thing has never happened before..."

  Zhang Shoucai said, "But there has never been a clear rule in the medical competition that prohibits these things, right? Moreover, just now Chu Nan and Fang Junzhou's test papers you also saw, what do you think?"

  Chen Tianling sat down again, his eyes flashing with light, and after a moment of contemplation, he said: "Genius!"

  Chen Tianling had to say that Chu Nan and Fang Junzhou were two geniuses in the field of medicine. Although neither of them got first place, their answers were all incredibly creative, opening the eyes of the judges. It was precisely because Chu Nan and Fang Junzhou's ideas were too unconventional that they didn't get first place in the end. However, it had to be said that these two people were recognized by the judges as the most talented.

  Zhang Shoucai's eyes sparkled: "It's not just the two words 'genius' that can describe them, I even found the shadows of the two old predecessors, Medical King and Poison King, on their bodies. One uses medicine to save people, the other uses poison to counteract poison."

  Zhao Dejiang sighed, "Old Zhang said it right, these two young people's talents are unmatched, and compared to others, they're probably the most talented two young people to appear in Jiangwan City in the past two years. However, we still need to see how they do in the next two rounds of competition, after all, written tests aren't everything."

  Everyone nodded and looked forward to it eagerly.

  "Chu Nan stared at Fang Junzhou and said loudly, 'If I lose, I can roll out of Jiangwan City, but if you lose? I also need you to make a next bet, one that I want.'"

  "What do you want?" Fang Junzhou said proudly.

  It's clear that Fang Junzhou asked like that, but he never had any intention of losing to Chu Nan.

  Chu Nan suddenly raised his hand and pointed directly at Zheng Miao, the entire audience's attention was focused on the flustered Zheng Miao. Fang Junzhou looked astonished and asked: "What does this mean?"

  "Chu Nan said loudly: 'If you lose, then Zheng Miao Miao will be mine from today on, in life and in death!'"

  Chu Nan's eyes gleamed with a mad light as he spoke these words.

  It wasn't until then that others realized that the two were actually vying for Zheng Guangran's daughter. Many people who knew Zheng Guangran couldn't help but feel envious, as Fang Junzhou and Chu Nanquan were both young talents. Whoever could achieve first place in the Jiangwan City Divisional Competition would undoubtedly have a bright future ahead of them. If they could also get a good ranking in the Northern Medical Competition, their prospects would be even more limitless. How many wealthy families' daughters would want to marry these two?

  Everyone else was envious, but Zheng Guangran's face looked very ugly. From the moment he saw Chu Nan's gaze similar to Chu Changtian's earlier, he felt uneasy in his heart. Now that Chu Nan had opened his mouth and said he wanted to use his daughter as a stake, Zheng Guangran's unease deepened even more. Just as he was about to open his mouth to stop the bet, Zheng Miao suddenly shouted loudly at the scene: "Bet! Chu Nan, if you can win him, from the moment the match results come out, I, Zheng Miao, will be yours, in life and in death!"

  Chu Nan smiled: "Good, it's settled!"

  Zheng Guangran's face turned increasingly ugly, unable to stop it... Zheng Guangran clenched his fists tightly, there must be a conspiracy in this. Now he can only hope that Fang Junzhou wins the competition and drives Chu Nan out of Jiangwan City, then everything will be fine!

  Today's match is live broadcast throughout Jiangwan City, no matter what the outcome of the game is, Chunan and Fang Junzhou, as well as Zheng Jia, are destined to make a big name for themselves, and the Jiangwan City divisional tournament is also destined to be more topical than other regional divisional tournaments.

  Chu Nan and Fang Junzhou sat back, Chen Tianling stood up, stared at Chu Nan and Fang Junzhou for a moment, cleared his throat, and said: "Now I will announce the results of the written test. Zhang Jingran, Chen Xiaoxiao, and Francis scored full marks in the written test and won first place, Zhang Zhongyan came second, Liu Qianqian third, Chu Nan and Fang Junzhou tied for fourth... The second round will begin in ten minutes."

  Chu Nan suddenly burst out laughing and stood up, walking to Fang Junzhou's desk, looking at the gloomy-faced Fang Junzhou, stretched out his hand, and triumphantly said: "Five cents!"