Chapter 596 — After the Injury
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"Oh? So you're saying that if Wei Zhao has no rare treasures to replenish him, now is the best time to strike? That he's injured right now and no longer has the strength of a Mystic-rank?" Li Cihua was a cunning man, and he grasped Uncle Zhu's meaning at once.
"Heh heh, his condition is not much better than mine! Even with rare treasures to replenish him, and even with a skilled hand like the Medicine King treating him, it would take him more than half a year to recover to the peak of his powers — and that is the ideal scenario." Uncle Zhu said. "In truth, even a slight mishap, or a failure in the supply of rare treasures, and he will not recover so quickly. Whether he can even return to his former peak at all is hard to say!"
"Then that's wonderful! We'll strike before his strength recovers and leave him unable to fight back!" Li Cihua had long wanted to deal with Wei Zhao, only he had never found an opening. Now that he had learned such news, how could he let the chance slip? And most importantly, it would avenge Young Master Bing — killing two birds with one stone.
"Best to wait for the head of the family's decision." Uncle Zhu was a man who obeyed the family's orders absolutely; whether or not to move against Wei Zhao was for Zhao Guangyin to decide. He was merely offering a few suggestions of his own.
Li Cihua nodded. Indeed, without Zhao Guangyin's command, no further action could be taken for the time being! They could only wait for the Medicine King to arrive and then make their decision.
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Wei Zhao drove carefully. The young miss's face was cold and severe, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking. Shen Yushu, by contrast, was still her usual silly self, playing with her fingers back there, not sensing the slightest strangeness in the atmosphere — or perhaps she did sense it, but it simply had no effect on her whatsoever.
"Yao-yao, are you really going to start pursuing Arrow-brand Bro in earnest?" Shen Yushu asked after she had run through her fingers a good many times.
Wei Zhao broke out in a sweat. Earlier, when Gu Mengyao had said that, she had only whispered it to Tang Zhi; sharp as Wei Zhao's ears were, he could very well pretend he had not heard a thing. But now that Shen Yushu had said it aloud, it was rather awkward.
The young miss pursuing him? Wei Zhao did not quite believe it. Who knew what fit had seized her just now to make her say such a thing — but Wei Zhao did not take it to heart.
Gu Mengyao's expression froze at once, and she shot Shen Yushu an angry glare before her face smoothed back into calm. Then, in a most indifferent tone, she said, "Wei Zhao, don't listen to Xiao Shu's nonsense. Earlier, when I quarreled with Tang Zhi, I said that only because I was too angry to hold it in! You're my follower, yet you got hurt for Tang Zhi's sake. To be honest, I find her very disagreeable! That's why I said it on purpose, just to provoke her. Don't take it seriously..."
"Ha, I know. I didn't take it seriously." Wei Zhao nodded with a smile, thinking to himself: now that's the young miss for you...
A flicker of disappointment crossed Gu Mengyao's eyes, and a faint bitterness welled in her heart. This was the first time she had ever declared that she meant to pursue a boy, and he had not taken her seriously?
"From now on, if anything like this happens again, you must tell me first, understand? You are mine... uh, my follower, so you are responsible for my personal safety!" Gu Mengyao went on: "What if I run into danger? What if Xiaoshu gets stuck in the iron fence again? What if we need you, and you are injured?"