Urban Super Medical Saint
Chapter 449: Visiting Temple Street
Temple Street, located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, is the most famous open-air market in Hong Kong. Divided into north and south sections, it earns its name from a temple in the middle section.
The night market stretches from Jordan Road to Yau Ma Tei's Man Ming Lane, filled with stalls offering various specialty snacks. As night falls, even more unexpected stalls open, offering opera singing, fortune telling, divination, Qigong, medicine sales, and more, creating an ambiance akin to a public night club. Here, tourists can fully immerse themselves in Hong Kong culture and manners.
However, such places are also a mix of dragons and snakes, and in early years, Temple Street was actually Hong Kong's red-light district, with prostitutes soliciting customers under the buildings along the street.
Liu Jiayao had visited Hong Kong several times before, but due to her status and being a young and beautiful woman, she always wanted to experience the local culture of Temple Street's night market in the evening. However, she never did because of her concerns.
This time, accompanied by Ge Dongxu, her boyfriend who was almost like an immortal, Liu Jiayao finally had no reservations and pulled Ge Dongxu to Temple Street's night market.
As soon as Ge Dongxu and Liu Jiayao arrived at Temple Street, they were immediately enveloped by a strong aroma of old Hong Kong.
Especially starting from Queen of Heaven Temple's "Market Street", the scent of old Hong Kong grew even stronger. Here one could see Cantonese opera enthusiasts gathering for impromptu performances; singers presenting famous Cantonese opera plays, Guangdong pop songs, and even Western pop music; along with fortune tellers, medicine vendors, street performers, and professional chess players at various stalls.
The scene was exactly like what Ge Dongxu had seen in Hong Kong films, but having grown up in the countryside and focusing on his studies and practices, he rarely watched Hong Kong films and didn't have many special feelings about it. Jiayao was different, though. Since her parents died, she had spent a long time distracting herself by watching Hong Kong films. Now walking through the familiar scenes, she felt a wonderful illusion of being in a movie world.
Wandering around, stopping here and there, looking this way and that, they unknowingly stayed until past midnight.
"Did you know? I heard that Queen of Heaven, a former top Hong Kong actress, grew up right here on Temple Street. Her breakthrough film was about Temple Street. She is the real Queen of Hong Kong cinema, an incredibly influential international superstar. Although He Mengjie is very famous now, she's not in the same league. It's a pity she has retired and doesn't attend any commercial events, nor does she endorse any products. Otherwise, if we could get her to endorse Flower Spirit, the brand could be elevated instantly," Liu Jiayao, seeing vendors and performers starting to pack up, felt a bit wistful and reflective.
"You think so highly of Yu Xin?" Ge Dongxu was slightly startled.
Yu Xin, Ge Dongxu certainly knew her. Just over a month ago, he had helped her son who was afflicted by the Blood Curse.
"Of course, if it weren't for her dedication to her family and refusal to accept any commercial activities and endorsements, I would willingly pay two or three times the amount I'd offer to He Mengjie," Liu Jiayao said.
Ge Dongxu looked at Liu Jiayao, his heart stirred slightly, but then he dismissed the thought.
He knew very well that if he asked, Yu Xin would definitely be willing to make a comeback, but Ge Dongxu did not want to do so.
Since he did not want to do that, Ge Dongxu simply did not mention that he knew Yu Xin.
"I'm a bit hungry, let's have some late-night snacks here," just as Ge Dongxu dismissed the idea of asking Yu Xin to make a comeback, Liu Jiayao suddenly pointed to a nearby shop and said.
"If you want to eat, of course it's not a problem," Ge Dongxu laughed.
"Mmm, I like hearing that. You've been doing very well today, there will be a reward when we get back to the hotel," Liu Jiayao said happily, tiptoed, and kissed Ge Dongxu on the cheek.
"Hehe, really!" Ge Dongxu's eyes immediately lit up.
"You rascal!" Seeing Ge Dongxu's eyes light up all at once, Liu Jiayao blushed and gave him a white look.
This was an old shop primarily specialising in beef brisket, small and shabby, but their beef brisket noodle soup was genuinely good. After Liu Jiayao had the beef brisket from the noodle soup, she still wasn't satisfied and ordered a clear broth beef brisket, which left Ge Dongxu a bit astonished.
"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen a beauty eating before?" Liu Jiayao, eating her clear broth beef brisket, caught Ge Dongxu staring at her and couldn't help but give him a cold look.
"I've seen, but I've never seen a beauty who can eat so much late at night," Ge Dongxu said with a smile.
"Is that a problem?" Liu Jiayao, with her pretty face blushing slightly, shot back a glare.
"No problem at all. No matter how you eat, you're still beautiful," Ge Dongxu replied with a laugh.
"That's more like it, or else, hmm!" Liu Jiayao proudly tilted her delicate chin up, but ultimately, she didn't continue eating the bowl of clear broth beef brisket.
Since Liu Jiayao decided not to eat anymore, Ge Dongxu paid the bill.
Just as the two were preparing to leave, more than ten people walked in through the door, both men and women. The men either had tattoos or sported colorful dyed hair, while the women were dressed quite revealingly.
These men and women, arm in arm and laughing loudly, were clearly the mixing type from the streets.
The leader, a man in a black tank top with a thick gold chain around his neck, had a large black snake tattooed on his exposed shoulders and arms, its fierce fangs looking particularly menacing.
The night stall owner's face changed upon seeing these people, but he quickly went up to greet them and said, "Brother Snake, you're here! What will you have tonight?"
"The usual, each person starts with a bowl of beef brisket noodle soup and..." the man known as Brother Snake was saying when his eyes suddenly lit up. He pushed the stall owner aside, strode over to Liu Jiayao, sat down next to her, and leeringly asked, "Beauty, where are you from?"
Seeing this, Ge Dongxu's face darkened slightly, and Liu Jiayao , her eyebrows slightly furrowed, grabbed his hand and said, "Let's go."
"Beauty, what's with that attitude? Didn't you see our Brother Snake talking to you?" Several thugs with multi-colored hair blocked Liu Jiayao's way.
"If you don't want to crawl out of here, you'd better get out of my way now," Ge Dongxu said, his face finally completely darkened as the thugs blocked them.
"Fuck! Pretty arrogant! You also don't ask around about our Brother Snake…" a green-haired guy picked up an empty bottle from the table, pointing and shouting at Ge Dongxu.
"Bang!" However, before the green-haired guy could finish, he was sent flying and then heavily slammed onto the ground.
A brief silence fell over the scene.
These gangsters, used to strutting around the area of Temple Street, clearly hadn't expected Ge Dongxu to act so decisively and fiercely. Before they could make a move, he had already kicked into action.
"Fuck!" After a while, everyone snapped back to reality, cursing as they grabbed wine bottles and swung chairs, charging forward to encircle Ge Dongxu.
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