Chapter 1612 — The Young Lady Is Ill
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"No need to turn on the light. Let me look first." He walked quickly to Gu Mengyao's bedside. Gu Mengyao was wearing the same kind of silk nightgown—very, very thin. Since she was lying flat on her back, the two points on her chest were faintly visible. Wei Zhao inadvertently swept his gaze over her, and once he looked, he found it hard to look away.
Though he lived under the same roof with them day in and day out, he rarely went upstairs. Downstairs, neither Gu Mengyao nor Shen Yushu would wear such revealing nightgowns. But now, Wei Zhao felt his breath grow quick.
"Brother Arrow, why don't you treat Sister Yaoyao first? Once she's better, you can look if you want..." Seeing where Wei Zhao's gaze had landed, Shen Yushu quickly reminded him.
"Cough, cough..." Wei Zhao hadn't expected to be caught by Shen Yushu and was deeply embarrassed. He coughed twice and went on to explain himself: "I was just checking to see if there was anything wrong with Yaoyao's chest—pneumonia or emphysema, something like that..."
It was a completely made-up excuse. He didn't have X-ray eyes—how could he see anything? But it was enough to fool Shen Yushu and dissolve the awkwardness.
"Oh..." Shen Yushu realized she had misunderstood Wei Zhao. She thought to herself, That's right—Brother Arrow can look whenever he wants; he wouldn't need to do it at a time like this. There were plenty of chances at home! So she said, "Brother Arrow, do you need me to take off Sister Yaoyao's clothes so you can take a better look? This way you can't see clearly, can you? What if it's pneumonia..."
"Pfft..." Wei Zhao nearly fainted at her words. He hastily waved his hand. "Not for now. Let me take a look first..."
"Alright..." Shen Yushu was too anxious to realize there was anything odd about what she had said.
Wei Zhao took a deep breath to steady himself. He forced his gaze away and, adopting the mindset of a physician, placed his fingers on Gu Mengyao's pulse.
"It's just a cold..." He let out a relieved breath. "A minor problem. Did she catch a chill today?"
"Yes, yes. Earlier, when Brother Arrow was neutralizing the poison, Sister Yaoyao and I cranked the air conditioning all the way up. Maybe she caught a chill then," Shen Yushu said after a moment's thought.
"You really went to a lot of trouble..." Wei Zhao sighed. He took out his silver needles, sterilized them with his true qi, and casually inserted a few into Gu Mengyao's body. Then he said, "Wait a little and she'll be fine. Nothing serious."
Having said that, Wei Zhao picked up his phone and dialed Kang Xiaofeng's number.
"Leader, anything you need me to do?" Kang Xiaofeng had been on standby, so he answered the moment the call came.
"Go to the resort's pharmacy and buy a box of cold softgel capsules. If they don't have it, then gather some medicinal herbs yourself—ephedra, cassia twig, schizonepeta spike, scutellaria, bitter apricot kernel, notopterygium..." Wei Zhao reeled off a string of herb names.
"Got it. I'm off now!" Kang Xiaofeng nodded, committing the list to memory.