Chapter 2025 — Deaf Ears, and Youpan Hu Came Sneaking After Him
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Wei Zhao found it rather amusing to watch Youpan Hu's figure, which imagined itself unseen, and when he entered the office of Leader Bai, he deliberately left the door half open, dawdling a while at the threshold, until Youpan Hu came over...
Just as Youpan Hu was overjoyed—the door was not shut, and he meant to pretend he had happened by and slip in to join the fun—Wei Zhao banged the door shut with a "bang," and the iron door struck Youpan Hu square on the bridge of the nose; blood gushed forth at once, and Youpan Hu let out a shrill and miserable howl: "Aah—"
"Xiao Yi, what was that sound just now?" Leader Bai had heard Youpan Hu's howl too, though he had not seen Youpan Hu outside the door.
"I don't know. Probably a rat got caught when the door closed," Wei Zhao said.
"There are rats here now? Looks like I'll have to buy some rat poison tomorrow—I can't have them gnawing at my medicinal herbs," Leader Bai said with a nod.
"Leader Bai, you wanted to see me..." Wei Zhao asked, somewhat hesitantly.
"Ha ha, sit down first!" Leader Bai, unhurried, invited Wei Zhao to take a seat, then poured some tea leaves from a small iron canister: "These are tea leaves I grew myself. Have a taste!"
"Uh... Leader Bai, you didn't ask me here just to drink tea, did you?" Wei Zhao gave a wry smile. "To be honest, I'm hopeless at the art of tea and don't know how to drink the stuff. My old man grows some too, but we generally use it to boil tea eggs..."
"Pff..." Leader Bai brewed a cup each for himself and Wei Zhao; he had just lifted his own cup and was savoring the rich fragrance of the leaves, //fastest text update, no
"So... best not to waste it on me." Wei Zhao shrugged. "Leader Bai, shall we get down to business?"
"Very well!" Leader Bai set down his teacup. "Xiao Yi, though everyone in your class is my student, students differ. Among them I had originally intended to pick one exceptionally bright talent to instruct individually in some special medical knowledge. But you and I are fated to meet, and you are also my savior, so..."
Here Leader Bai stopped, squinting at Wei Zhao and waiting for his reply.
"Leader Bai, just say what you have to say. With all this hedging, I can't guess!" Wei Zhao said with a wry smile.
"From the look of you, one would think you're not too keen on learning? You should know that Youpan Hu and the likes of him would give anything for the chance, and they have none!" Leader Bai said.
At the doorway, Youpan Hu had his ear pressed to the door, listening to the broken snatches of conversation between Wei Zhao and Leader Bai inside. When he heard that Leader Bai meant to teach Wei Zhao some special medical knowledge, he was instantly filled with envy, cursing Wei Zhao under his breath for having stumbled into such dumb luck—how had he come to be so favored by Leader Bai?
And from Wei Zhao's tone, he did not even seem much interested, as though he did not want to learn at all?
Youpan Hu nearly pushed the door open and shouted: If you don't want to learn, then give the chance to me! You hem and haw and won't agree—is he begging you to learn or what?
But from what Leader Bai meant, it seemed he really was begging Wei Zhao to learn—otherwise why bring himself up as an example? And Leader Bai seemed to have said Wei Zhao was his savior? When had Wei Zhao ever saved his life?
These questions in a series made Youpan Hu press his ear even tighter to the door...
But next, the room fell silent, which left Youpan Hu puzzled—were the two of them whispering secrets in stealth?
So Youpan Hu pressed his ear a little tighter still. And just as he was about to listen more carefully, a tremendous crash suddenly burst against his ear—"Boom!"—so loud it nearly perforated his eardrum, and he let out a miserable howl: "Aah—"!