Chapter 3469 — A Thousand Miles to Deliver the Pill
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Good heavens, what on earth had he just done? Guan Xiaopeng felt that he was even more humiliated now than when he had first discovered that Guan Xin was a wild little delinquent girl!
"Lin—so you're the one I was matched with in the blind date?" Guan Xin was staring wide-eyed at Wei Zhao as well.
"Most likely, yes!" Wei Zhao said with a bitter smile.
"Then why didn't you say so earlier? You had me worried sick the whole time!" Guan Xin breathed a sigh of relief, though she still found it hard to believe. "How could you possibly be the disciple of my father's benefactor? Why didn't you ever mention it before?"
"I only just found out myself," Wei Zhao said with a wry smile. "To be honest, if Auntie Shen hadn't told me about this, I would never have known I even had a betrothal on me! Much less that the person I was betrothed to was you!"
"Really?" Guan Xin was both startled and delighted, and a little bashful too; blushing, she squirmed and said, "If I'd known, I wouldn't have gotten myself up like this—what a bad impression I must have left on Auntie Shen. It's all your fault, with your awful ideas!"
"How is this my fault?" Wei Zhao was caught between laughter and tears. "I didn't know back then either!"
"It's all right, I think it's quite nice, actually. I had a friend once who loved dressing in that non-mainstream style, just like you—it makes me feel rather nostalgic!" Shen Yutang said with a smile. "As long as the two of you are happy with it!"
"Exactly, exactly—young people are all a bit wild, as long as they like it themselves, that's what matters!" Guan Xiaopeng's mood had finally eased considerably. He had never imagined that the whole affair would be resolved in such a dramatic fashion!
And so the rest of the meal turned into a warm, harmonious gathering. Guan Xiaopeng even asked, rather hopefully, "Xinxin, how many months along is the baby in your belly? When do I get to become a grandfather?"
This made Guan Xin instantly mortified. "Dad, I was just talking nonsense earlier—Wei Zhao and I haven't—"
"You haven't?" Guan Xiaopeng was instantly somewhat disappointed. "I thought there was already one—got my hopes up for nothing. Well then, you two had better hurry up!"
And so the matter was settled. In the days that followed, Guan Xin returned to Bai Lingtou's home, while Wei Zhao had to prepare for the Heaven Rank trial.
Except that no sooner had Wei Zhao arrived in Donghai City than he received a phone call from Kang Jingming!
"Great Wei Zhao, where are you? I have good news to tell you!" Kang Jingming said excitedly the moment the call connected.
"Kang Jingming? I'm in Donghai City, of course. What good news?" Wei Zhao's heart stirred slightly—could it be that Kang Jingming had finished refining the Qi Gathering Pill? That had been awfully quick. Could he really have been frightened into it by Wei Zhao?
Kang Jingming had dragged out the Qi Gathering Pill again and again. He had promised it back during the trial at the Xuandan Sect, but a long time had passed with no progress. Wei Zhao had nearly given up on it, convinced that Kang Jingming would never refine it for him. Could it be that Kang Jingming, scared out of his wits, had decided to refine the pill as a gesture of goodwill?
Wei Zhao truly could not figure it out.
"It's like this—after untold hardships, I've finally succeeded in refining the Qi Gathering Pill!" Kang Jingming said. "Great Wei Zhao, when would you like me to deliver it to you?"
Kang Jingming was not exaggerating in the least. He really had expended enormous effort to successfully refine this Extreme Qi Gathering Pill! The Extreme Qi Gathering Pill was not the same as an ordinary Qi Gathering Pill—the ordinary kind was somewhat easier, but hardly anyone had ever succeeded in refining the Extreme Qi Gathering Pill.