Chapter 977 — I Won't Go Back on My Word
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So, having thought it through, Chen's mother felt much more at ease; she decided that Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao could not be bad people after all.
True, they had helped her twice, but that could hardly have been premeditated. Even if the man who had picked that quarrel earlier had been sent by them to make trouble for her and her daughter, how could they possibly have known afterward that she would faint?
Once they were in the car, a single sentence from Wei Zhao dispelled all of Chen's mother's lingering suspicions.
"There's a pharmacy up ahead, Xiaoxiao. Pull over a moment—I'll go pick up some medicine," Wei Zhao said to Feng Xiaoxiao.
"All right." Feng Xiaoxiao was quite eager to see Chen Xi's mother cured, so when Wei Zhao said this, she agreed without a second thought, drove up to the pharmacy entrance, and stopped the car.
"I'll go buy the medicine with you..." Chen Xi said hurriedly when she saw Wei Zhao get out. How could she let Wei Zhao pay for the medicine? She was already deeply grateful that he was treating her mother; the cost of the herbs, she intended to cover herself.
"No need. You don't have enough money anyway," Wei Zhao said mildly. "If you want to repay me, you can do it later."
Since Wei Zhao had decided to help, he would see it through to the end. Chen Xi's money was not enough to buy the medicine now, but if she had money later and insisted on paying him back, he would not refuse.
Yet that one sentence from Wei Zhao was misunderstood by Chen Xi. Hearing his words, she took them to mean that he wanted her to repay him in some other way later, and her face flushed instantly. She stopped insisting on getting out of the car and instead said firmly, "All right. I'll pay you back slowly!"
"Heh..." How could Wei Zhao possibly guess at such complicated thoughts in Chen Xi's head at that moment? He gave it no mind and got out of the car.
He would not let Chen Xi come with him for two reasons: first, her money was not enough, so it would do no good for her to come; second, he did not want the prescription to leak out. Toward Chen Xi, a stranger, he could not guarantee sufficient trust.
Though a prescription would be adjusted for each individual, if Wei Zhao's formula fell into the hands of some pharmaceutical expert, it would likely be a precious treasure. Wei Zhao was not in the habit of giving away benefits for free.
Wei Zhao entered the pharmacy. Rather than writing out a prescription, he simply dictated the names of the herbs he wanted and bought them, then borrowed the pharmacy's equipment to grind them all into powder and divide it into several small packets.
He had chosen this small private pharmacy precisely because the owner and the clerk were one and the same, and whatever medicine was sold was not entered into any ledger—it was simply weighed out for Wei Zhao on the spot. Such private pharmacies generally took inventory manually at intervals and then restocked, with no supply-and-sales software whatsoever.
Very quickly, Wei Zhao came out of the pharmacy and returned to the car. He handed Chen Xi a packet of the prepared Chinese medicine and said, "One packet in the morning, one at noon, and one at night, taken with boiled water. For the first few days there will be severe diarrhea, which will gradually ease afterward. The stool will at first be foul-smelling and entirely black, and its color will grow progressively lighter until it approaches normal. Once it is completely normal, you may stop the medicine, and then contact me at once for the next course of treatment. These packets are more than enough—there are extras."
Wei Zhao quickly explained to Chen Xi and her mother how to take the medicine and what symptoms might appear.
"Understood!" Chen Xi memorized every word Wei Zhao said, afraid of missing anything. Once she was sure she understood, she nodded hurriedly and said, "I've got it all down!"