Chapter 1787 — Astonishment
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"Old friend, you've come at last!" Old Man Lin let out a breath, a relaxed smile crossing his face. "I never thought you'd be so quick. I'm in your debt!"
"Mr. Lin, when my master left he instructed me to..." Here the Daoist paused a moment, then said, "Besides, you are my master's friend; there's no need for such courtesies. Had we not better look at Little Yi's condition first?"
"Very well!" Old Man Lin said no more. He knew this man's station, and so there was nothing to be done about the courtesy shown him.
Yet had Wei Zhao not been unconscious just then, he would surely have been astonished beyond measure to see this Daoist — for this was the very creature who had once chased his car, the one who called himself "Mo Kongwu"!
At the time, the fellow's behavior had frightened Wei Zhao badly; who would have thought a man could run faster than a car? Even now, Earth Rank expert though he was, Wei Zhao would not claim such speed — and Mo Kongwu had seemed then not even to be going all out.
Mo Kongwu followed Old Man Lin through the door into Wei Zhao's room; and the moment he entered he saw Wei Zhao lying there with a young girl in his arms, and his face at once turned strange. "This..."
Gu Mengyao felt somewhat awkward too, for Wei Zhao and Little Shu were clinging to each other far too tightly just now, and it was bound to invite misunderstanding. She hurried forward, reached out and patted Little Shu. "Little Shu, time to get up... hiss — ah!"
But the instant Gu Mengyao's hand touched Little Shu's body she snatched it back with a start! Little Shu's body was frighteningly hot, just as it had been the last time the girl fell ill. Caught off guard, Gu Mengyao's hand was scalded at once into several blisters...
By now Mo Kongwu had at last noticed something amiss. He shook his head with a touch of embarrassment and said frankly, "My apologies — I misunderstood before. But now it seems the trouble lies with the two of them together. Both of them burning up all over?"
What happened next, however, overturned Mo Kongwu's guess; for before Gu Mengyao could explain, Shen Yushu was startled awake by her push and her cry. She blinked open drowsy eyes, clambered up from the floor, and said, "What? What is it?"
And in her half-waking state, Shen Yushu's body naturally drew away from Wei Zhao — and in that very instant Wei Zhao's body temperature climbed to its utmost, and the thin blanket covering him turned to ash at that same moment!
Mo Kongwu understood the situation now as well, and gave Shen Yushu a startled look. "She can actually share the heat for Little Yi?"
"That's right — it's quite remarkable!" Old Man Lin nodded, then casually took a bottle of medicine from the little chest in Wei Zhao's room and handed it to Gu Mengyao. "Put this on the burns and they'll heal."