Chapter 601 — Out of Sorts

"We can go into the details when we meet tomorrow. It is not convenient to talk about it on the phone today. Get some rest early, all right?" As Wei Zhao spoke, he saw Xiaoshu creeping toward him on tiptoe. Light as her footsteps were, how could they escape Wei Zhao's ears?

"Mm, all right." Tang Yun answered meekly, but before hanging up she suddenly summoned her courage and said, "I love you."

With that, Tang Yun hung up swiftly, abashed.

Wei Zhao started slightly, stared at the disconnected phone, and a smile curved his lips. Was this the first time Tang Yun had ever said that?

Xiaoshu was rather disappointed. She had noticed Wei Zhao on the phone and had run over carefully to eavesdrop, for otherwise she would disgrace her name as Spy Shu Number Four, but Wei Zhao gave her no chance and hung up in a hurry.

Just then Gu Mengyao had seen Gu Pengzhan and Uncle Qing to the door, shut the villa gate, and walked back to find Wei Zhao putting his phone away.

"Who were you calling?" Gu Mengyao was never one to pry, but today, for reasons she could not say, the question slipped out as if led by a ghost.

"Tang Yun." Wei Zhao answered without hesitation.

"Oh. What did you talk about?" Gu Mengyao asked offhandedly.

"Huh?" Wei Zhao paused, surprised. Did the young lady really care what he and Tang Yun had said?

"Er... do not misunderstand!" Seeing the look on Wei Zhao's face, Gu Mengyao could not help blushing. "I mean these are critical times. Someone wants to deal with me, and someone wants to deal with you! I just wanted to confirm that the caller really was Tang Yun. What if some villain pretended to be Tang Yun to fish for secrets?"

In her fluster, Gu Mengyao's speech grew incoherent.

Wei Zhao was even more astonished. Could such words really have come from the young lady? Why did they sound so much like Xiaoshu? Could the two have been assimilated after spending so long together? Still, he said, "Nothing much. She just said she had arrived at the hospital."

"Oh..." Hearing Wei Zhao say so, Gu Mengyao could hardly go on asking, and said, "If Tang Yun says anything suspicious from now on, you must tell me beforehand. There may be some scheme in it! For example, if Tang Yun wants to sleep with you or something, you must never agree! In my view, Tang Yun is very pure and could never casually do such a wanton thing, so when things stray from the normal there must be a demon at work..." Even Gu Mengyao was shocked by her own words. What gibberish was she spouting? Hmm... she must have missed sleep all night and grown so drowsy that she had begun to talk nonsense.

Wei Zhao was rendered speechless, though he nodded all the same. No one tonight was quite normal!

The Medicine King was indeed the Medicine King! Zhao Qibing's legs were soon set and dressed with a special medicine. His face had already been smeared with Doctor Kang's golden injury salve, so it needed no attention from the Medicine King.

Uncle Zhu's case was not so hopeful. Even the Medicine King shook his head heavily after examining him.

"Brother Yao, how is it?" Uncle Zhu had also seen the Medicine King's dilemma.

"Brother Zhu, I will not hide it from you. The situation is rather bad." The Medicine King sighed. "You staked everything on meeting force with force, and so did your opponent..." "At that moment that man was about to strike at Young Master Bing again, and I had no choice but to stake everything." Uncle Zhu smiled bitterly. "Brother Yao, just do your best. Whether I can return to my peak condition no longer matters..."

"Saving your life is certainly no problem, but recovering your strength will depend on whether the family head is willing to use rare natural treasures to nourish you." The Medicine King said, "If fine elixirs keep pace, your strength should recover in about half a year, but to break through again in this life will be hard, unless some strange fortune befalls you."

"I no longer think of breaking through. Recovery alone would be good, but why should the family head expend great stores of natural treasures for me?" Uncle Zhu was resigned. Besides, it was because he had no hope of breaking through that he had been sent to the secular world to follow Young Master Bing.

"Brother Zhu, you need not worry. You were hurt for Young Master Bing's sake, and the family head should not treat you shabbily." The Medicine King said, "Li Cihua has gone to seek instructions from the family head. I believe news will come soon."

Sure enough, word came from Zhao Guangyin: the Medicine King might draw on some of the family's elixirs and give Uncle Zhu his full treatment. He did so because Uncle Zhu had saved Zhao Qibing's life at the crucial moment. If he slighted Uncle Zhu, who would dare sell his life for the family afterward? Would that not chill the hearts of men? So Zhao Guangyin would naturally never do anything so foolish as to kill the donkey after it had turned the mill.

The other piece of news was meant for Zhao Qibing.

Li Cihua rushed excitedly into Zhao Qibing's ward, calling urgently, "Young Master Bing, Young Master Bing, good news!"

"Oh? What good news?" Zhao Qibing felt little pain now, and his mind was full of revenge against Wei Zhao, only with no word from his father he dared not strike rashly.

"The boss has found out clearly that Wei Zhao has ties to none of the hidden houses. After the family warrant went out, no one answered, which means Wei Zhao belongs to no hidden house." Li Cihua still habitually called Zhao Guangyin boss rather than family head!

This was because Li Cihua was one of the Zhao family's business agents in the secular world, responsible for supplying the family with wealth. Being a merchant, Li Cihua was used to calling Zhao Guangyin boss.

"Is that so? Excellent! Since he has not come out of another hidden house, there will be no pressure in dealing with him!" Zhao Qibing burst into delighted laughter on hearing this. "At last I can kill him!"

"Young Master Bing, do not rejoice too soon... The boss says that although he is not from the other hidden houses, we should still not touch him casually. At least we must first sound out his background..." Li Cihua said, "For instance, whether he is alone, whether he has fellow disciples or senior brothers, lest killing Wei Zhao should invite unnecessary trouble!"

"More investigation?" A flash of impatience crossed Zhao Qibing's eyes. Indeed, whoever had been beaten like this would never rest, but would want to tear his beater to pieces! Zhao Qibing was no exception. This wound had stripped him of his former steadiness, and his whole body bristled with savagery. "Then why do you not hurry to investigate? You run here to tell me good news? What damned good news!"

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