Chapter 495 — An Old Friend in a Faraway Land
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"Wei Zhao!" Feng Xiaoxiao could hardly believe her eyes. She rubbed them and, confirming that the person not far off was indeed Wei Zhao, hurried over and called out in delighted surprise.
"?" Wei Zhao turned, looking at Feng Xiaoxiao in some astonishment, unable to fathom why he should see her here. If she had followed him, he would not have believed it—he had seen no trace of her when boarding the plane. That left only coincidence, and he could not help but smile wryly. "What are you doing here?"
"Yeah, what are you doing here?" Feng Xiaoxiao asked at the very same moment.
"I just came along with a friend to have a look," Wei Zhao said with a smile. "I've got business to attend to, so I'll be going."
Instinctively, Wei Zhao did not want to get too close to Feng Xiaoxiao. The girl's way of thinking was a little peculiar, and he preferred to keep his distance.
"Then are you coming tomorrow? Shall we sit together?" Feng Xiaoxiao was inwardly irritated. Why was Wei Zhao treating her so coldly? Yet on the surface she gazed at him with eager expectation and asked pitifully.
"We'll see about tomorrow," Wei Zhao said, wanting nothing to do with her, brushing her off with a perfunctory reply.
"All right then, I'll come find you tomorrow!" Feng Xiaoxiao thought of her father waiting for her over there and felt she could not linger in conversation with Wei Zhao. But having run into him here, a strange thrill coursed through her heart—a feeling she could not quite put into words.
Meeting an old friend in unfamiliar surroundings? Or having found an opportunity to strike at Tang Zhi and make Wei Zhao fall for her? Or perhaps... she simply found herself too bored?
Just then, Wu Gonggao and Wu Chengtian were striding over in their direction. Upon learning that the Life-Extending Detox Pill had been refined by Guan Xuewen, Wu Gonggao had hatched a scheme. He intended to exchange pleasantries with the professor and see whether he might lay his hands on one more.
"Professor Guan! It has been far too long. I have missed you dearly!" Wu Gonggao wore a long robe and cut quite the figure of a martial artist. The moment he spotted Guan Xuewen, he clasped his fists in greeting and spoke with excitement.
"Hehe, Elder Wu, how is your health?" Guan Xuewen smiled and nodded toward Wu Gonggao. He had administered acupuncture to the man before, so naturally they were not strangers, yet neither did he display excessive warmth or familiarity.
Guan Xuewen had always maintained a neutral stance toward these great families, keeping close to none of them—not even the resurgent Yu family, nor the Iron Hand Wu family!
"Thanks to Professor Guan's good graces, I am still hale and hearty, though my old injuries from my youth—when the good doctor has a moment, I will trouble him for another round of acupuncture!" Wu Gonggao said with great courtesy.
Even though he was already an expert of the Xuan tier, he remained utterly deferential before Guan Xuewen. After all, as a miracle doctor of renowned repute, Guan Xuewen had long since become an existence above it all!