Chapter 1879 — So It Really Is an Acquaintance
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"What do you think? Scared now?" Seeing Wei Zhao's expression, Bai Weikai assumed he was frightened and said with some smugness, "My little brother and I grew up in that environment. When we were small we resented it endlessly, but now that we've grown up, we've actually come to love the smell of those herbs..."
"Not scared. What's there to be scared of?" Wei Zhao shook his head.
"Hey, don't talk tough. Plenty of new students are like that, and in the end... hehe..." Bai Weikai said. "Still, if you don't skip class and follow the rules, he won't make things hard for you."
"Oh, so as long as you can identify herbs, you can skip class," Wei Zhao said, following his own logic.
"...You're hopeless. In theory, yes, but even I wouldn't dare claim I can sort out and identify every single one of those herbs without missing any," Bai Weikai shook his head and smiled bitterly.
But no sooner had he said this than Bai Weikai, not waiting for Wei Zhao to reply, waved toward someone behind him. "Xiaotuo, you little rascal, why are you so late? Your brother's bored to death here!"
Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback, and knew that Bai Weikai's younger brother had arrived. He turned around—and was stunned! No wonder he had found the name Bai Weikai so familiar at first. It turned out he hadn't heard the name Bai Weikai before, but rather his younger brother's name—Bai Weituo!
"Don't even mention it. After you left, Grandfather drafted me into helping him dry herbs—kept me at it all morning..." Bai Weituo said gloomily. But no sooner had he finished speaking than his gaze fell on Wei Zhao, and he let out a startled cry: "Eh—"
"Hehe..." Wei Zhao smiled slightly and nodded to Bai Weituo.
"Big Brother, why are you here too?" Bai Weituo was both surprised and delighted to see Wei Zhao. Grandfather had been going on about Wei Zhao all this time, but there had been no chance to see him again—and now Bai Weituo had run into Wei Zhao here. Since Wei Zhao was Grandfather's savior, he naturally addressed Wei Zhao as Big Brother.
"I'm in charge of new student registration. Why wouldn't I be here?" Bai Weikai was taken aback, looking at his brother with some bewilderment.
"I'm not talking about you—I mean this Big Brother..." Bai Weituo shook his head and pointed at Wei Zhao.
"? You two know each other?" Bai Weikai was even more puzzled. He hadn't expected to have misunderstood—his little brother was calling Wei Zhao Big Brother.
"He's Grandfather's savior! He saved Grandfather while I was taking the college entrance exams!" Bai Weituo said.
"Ah! So you're Grandfather's savior!" Bai Weikai sprang up with a whoosh, came around the desk to stand before Wei Zhao, and seized his hand in both of his. "Young man, I truly was remiss earlier—so it was you who saved my grandfather! Thank you, truly thank you! Haha, no wonder you were so unconcerned a moment ago. On the strength of that debt alone, my grandfather won't make things hard for you—even if you don't attend class, you won't fail!"
"..." Wei Zhao was somewhat at a loss for words. "What I meant was... I can distinguish those herbs... it's easy..."
"Uh... you're right!" Only then did Bai Weikai remember that before seeing Bai Weituo, Wei Zhao had had no idea who he was—and if Wei Zhao could heal his grandfather, he must be a man of superb medical skill. Then separating herbs really might be, just as he said, effortless!