ple.The rooftop of the temple was already deserted, and several dark figures were sprinting down the mountain from mid-slope. Xiao Yu knew these to be Mr. Li's group, so he quickly made his way toward...Chapter 247: Opening (1)

The next morning!

The entire Xiao Yu family woke up early and started to get dressed, each one of them looking as if they were preparing for a festival. Today was indeed like a holiday for the Xiaos, a long-awaited celebration that had been anticipated for decades.

When Xiao Yu and his family emerged from their rooms, Uncle Ye was already seated on the sofa at the corner waiting for everyone.

It seemed that Uncle Ye had also gotten dressed up. His silver hair gleamed, his face rosy with health, and he wore a brand new Tang suit looking particularly spirited.

"Senior Brother, so early!"

Xiao Yu hurried over to say upon seeing him.

"Heh, I'm old, can't sleep much. So I just rest here when I wake up," Uncle Ye chuckled and said. Then he looked at Xiao Yu's family who had walked out neat and tidy and nodded with a smile.

Seeing the spruced-up Uncle Ye, Xiao Yu couldn’t help but smile. He knew that what Uncle Ye was saying were just excuses; for the opening of Wansheng Hall, besides his mother, Uncle Ye probably felt the most excited in heart.

After all, they were their seniors who had been tormented by Wansheng Hall throughout their lives. Today, the thing that they and their elders had dreamed about would finally come to fruition; their excitement was something Xiao Yu and his peers could hardly comprehend.

At this moment, Xiao Hongyang and his wife also came out of their room, clearly having prepared themselves as well. They headed to the small restaurant in the antique city for breakfast before arriving at the clinic.

The red archway and floating balloons outside the clinic created a festive atmosphere. The door was already open; Liu Erxi knew today was the opening day and had come early to the clinic.

According to today's schedule, they would unveil the plaque at eleven o'clock since Xiao Yu had calculated that it was the best auspicious time of day for them to do so. So everyone sat in the clinic chatting.

On the street, passersby occasionally stopped and looked at Xiao Yu’s clinic, sometimes even discussing with their companions.

Since there was still some time left, Xiao Yu began a discussion on health preservation principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with Uncle Ye and his uncle. In recent years, TV programs about health preservation had become widespread, but what the experts talked about differed greatly from what they were discussing.

Xiao Yu’s group was talking about qi inside the body; since all three were TCM practitioners, they knew everything about meridians, collaterals, and acupuncture points. Moreover, they had met some masters of internal force before, so now they were discussing how to apply internal force and internal skills for health preservation.

"Xiao Yu, Brother-in-law, come lend a hand!

At this moment, the sound of Wei Jun’s voice came from outside. Xiao Yu and Lu Jianhong went to the door, where Wei Jun was standing by the trunk of his car, which was already open.

"Come on, help me take it down... see how it is..." Wei Jun said with a smile as he approached Xiao Yu and Lu Jianhong.

The two looked at Wei Jun's expression and thought to themselves what could be so mysterious. Upon closer inspection, they found that Wei Jun’s car was carrying three boxes of firecrackers.

Xiao Yu and Wei Jun then began moving the firecrackers from the car onto an open space in front of the clinic, waiting until the auspicious time to set them off when officially opening.

As soon as Xiao Yu and company finished setting up the firecrackers, a few cars arrived and parked by the roadside. A group of five or six men in suits got out of their car, one of whom brought over a bouquet from inside the vehicle.

The leader of this group was Fang Yuan, the general manager of the Antique City, while Xiao Yu did not recognize any of the people behind him.

"Doctor Xiao, may your clinic open with great success! I've brought a few friends to share in your joy!"

As he approached, Fang Yuan lowered his bouquet and gave Xiao Yu a slight bow before speaking.

"Haha... General Manager Fang, esteemed managers, you are too kind!"

Xiao Yu quickly returned the gesture upon seeing Fang Yuan approach him with a smile on his face.

"General Manager Fang, esteemed managers, please come in."

Xiao Yu gestured invitingly towards Fang Yuan and company. He was grateful for Fang Yuan bringing people over since his clinic lacked an initial customer base at this stage.

Leading the guests into the clinic, Xiao Yu had already set up a bunch of chairs yesterday so that everyone could comfortably sit inside now.

Fang Yuan and company entered to find quite a few people already seated in the clinic. Besides Xiao Yu’s family members, there were several unfamiliar faces present; however, from their attire, they did not appear to be ordinary citizens.

"Madam Xiao..."

After entering the room, Fang Yuan bowed slightly towards Xiao Yu's mother and then towards Elder Ye, Xiao Hongyang, and Bai Jing.

"General Manager Fang has arrived; please take a seat!" Xiao Jianying stood up to gesture at the available chairs.

Fang Yuan and company sat down accordingly as Xiao Yu and Yun Xi quickly brought over some water for them. Today's task was to host guests, with Bai Jing assisting as well.

Initially, Xiao Jianying had arranged for Xiao Yu and Yunxi to handle the reception of guests, out of fear that someone might come by. However, Old Yue insisted on adding Bai Jing as well.

Bai Jing was very unwilling; she was a chief in the Ministry of Health, yet now she would be serving at a small clinic. How could this not affect her standing within the ministry

Although she was reluctant, due to Old Yue’s instructions, she dared not refuse because her job had been arranged by Old Yue. Thus, even though she was unhappy, she still had to do it.

"Brothers, you all sit down first; I’ll go see if there's anything that needs help!" Fangyuan said to the people who came with him.

“Alright, Brother Fang, you go ahead!”

These individuals were all friends of Fangyuan. They mostly held mid-level positions in large companies or high-middle ranks in state-owned enterprises. Originally, Fangyuan was just one of them, but since his promotion to deputy general manager of the company, they had subtly begun to look up to him, even though they weren’t from the same company. Many places were interconnected, and there were business dealings between them.

Xiao Yu, Wei Jun, and Lu Jianhong each took a seat by the door to chat. When Fangyuan came out of the clinic, he saw them chatting and brought over another stool to join in.

Just as Xiao Yu and his friends were sitting there chatting, several vehicles from industry supervision, taxation, security, public security, and health inspection pulled up on the empty space right before Xiao Yu's clinic.

Xiao Yu was taken aback when he saw these cars; none of them did he recognize. However, given that these cars were parked precisely at his clinic’s entrance steps, it was clear they were targeting him!

Moreover, from the looks of things, the visitors had ill intentions—if they were here to congratulate him, their vehicles wouldn’t be parked right in front of his door.

Xiao Yu and his friends rose with confusion, staring at these cars.

"Rustle… rustle…"

A series of light sounds followed as the doors on each vehicle were opened from inside. A few people exited each car.

“Alright everyone, let's seal this place down!”

The last car’s occupants got out, with a tall man waving his hand at the others and issuing an order.

The law enforcement officers who had disembarked from these vehicles listened to the tall man’s instructions, turned around to retrieve sealing notices from their cars, and walked towards Xiao Yu and company. The police officers exiting the patrol car remained stationary beside it, watching everything with a mixture of amusement and interest.

Xiao Yu glared coldly at the leading group of individuals; these were precisely the members of that joint enforcement team who had previously come looking for trouble. Seeing them hadn’t shown up in several days after their last confrontation, Xiao Yu assumed they had been intimidated by it, hence why there was no further disturbance from them.

He never expected that these individuals would be so patient and bide their time before finally coming to cause chaos today.

The tall man held the sealing notice and led these ten or so people up to the stairs. He glanced at Xiao Yu得意地, then handed the notice to a bald-headed person behind him, saying: "Seal everything!"

After that, he walked over to Xiao Yu's side and whispered lowly, "Kid, this is what you get for challenging me!"

At this moment, people inside the house heard the commotion outside and came out of the room. When Xiao Jianying and Old Yue saw so many people and noticed the sealing notices in their hands, their faces instantly darkened.

Today was Wan Sheng Hall's opening day, a very important event for them. They never expected someone would come to cause trouble today. If their clinic indeed wasn't qualified, it wouldn't matter much. However, Xiao Jianying and the others knew that all the necessary procedures were complete for Wan Sheng Hall. Thus, several of them became furious.

"Move aside! Don’t obstruct us from performing our duties!"

After Xiao Jianying and the others came out of the room, they blocked the door behind them. Seeing that no one moved, these people shouted at Xiao Jianying and company.

"Haha... If you want to seal my clinic, you should give a reason!"

Xiao Yu walked over from the side and stood in front of them, smiling lightly as he said.

Even though Xiao Yu was smiling, his coldness could be seen by anyone. These people involuntarily shivered at the sight of Xiao Yu's smile; a chill ran up their spines to their heads, a feeling of impending death rising from their hearts, drenching them in sweat instantly.

It turned out that just now, Xiao Yu couldn't suppress the killing intent within him, causing an aura of killing to leak out and envelop these law enforcement officers.

Because Xiao Yu's aura was fleeting, they quickly recovered. Only their wet clothes indicated that the feeling of impending death a moment ago was real.

These people from the joint task force all felt fear in their hearts but none wanted to be the first one to move, afraid of being mocked by their colleagues as timid.

"Reason Your place has multiple issues. We need to seal it off! That's our reason!"

Since the tall man was leading this group, even though he felt fear, he didn’t dare speak first and only mustered up his courage to say to Xiao Yu.

"Haha, how many issues Can you tell me which ones are problematic" Xiao Yu said indifferently to the tall man.

"Everything here is unqualified. Move aside quickly! Otherwise, we’ll charge you with obstructing our duties!"

The bald-headed person behind the tall figure stepped forward and said..After Dong Guangsheng got off the car and left here, Xiao Yu and the others went to the cafeteria. Today, the cafeteria was unusually quiet; people coming for meals were stopped before even entering...