Chapter 4974 — I'm Here...
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"What on earth happened to Jiang Yuechuan? He always seemed so honest and steady before—why is he giving off such murderous air today, like he's about to eat someone alive!" Ning Xuefei came running in, dragging Huo Yudie behind her.
"That's right—could something have happened on Qin Chan's side?" Huo Yudie added, puzzled. She did not know of Qin Chan's wretched ordeal, but she had seen Wei Zhao call Qin Chan aside that day, and if anything could unhinge Jiang Yuechuan so, it could only be his betrothed, Qin Chan.
"Mm, it is indeed about Qin Chan. But this is a private matter between the two of them, so let's not stick our noses in." Wei Zhao said, then went on: "By the way, I'm going to refine pills next, so I won't be keeping you two company."
"Refining pills?" Both women blinked. Ning Xuefei's mouth puckered of its own accord: "Why does it have to be now? You could refine pills any time! You're leaving first thing tomorrow morning..."
"It's precisely because I leave tomorrow morning that I must do it now—otherwise it will be too late." Wei Zhao smiled a meaningful smile.
"Too late for what?" Ning Xuefei was utterly baffled.
"You'll know when the time comes. Oh, and Feifei, come by my room tonight—there's something I need." Wei Zhao instructed.
"Tonight? Me, alone, in your room?" Ning Xuefei's pretty face flushed scarlet. She turned and tugged at Huo Yudie's sleeve, and said in a small voice: "Then... let Sister Huo come along too?"
"Seems there's something nice waiting for you, Feifei. I won't be coming with you—this road to the Giants has worn me out, and I mean to get a good sleep and restore my vitality." Huo Yudie exchanged a smile with Wei Zhao; she had already guessed what he intended.
Ning Xuefei looked blankly from Wei Zhao to Huo Yudie and back, and pouted: "What are you two even doing? So mysterious!"
"You'll find out when the time comes." With that, Huo Yudie pulled Ning Xuefei out and left the room to Wei Zhao.
Wei Zhao smiled, took out the Divine Farmer's Cauldron, and set to refining. This time it was not the Earth-Solidifying Pill, a first-grade Mystic-tier elixir, but one he had long since mastered: the seventh-grade Great Restoration Pill.
Darkness fell in the blink of an eye. To keep from disturbing Wei Zhao, Huo Yudie and Ning Xuefei had spent the daylight hours out in the courtyard, and even at night they crowded together in the room next door. Only after ages of hesitation, and at Huo Yudie's repeated urging, did Ning Xuefei finally half-reluctantly, half-willingly make her way to Wei Zhao's door.
"I... I'm here..." Ning Xuefei slipped in on tiptoe, cheeks flaming, the very picture of a thief with a guilty conscience.
Pfft! Wei Zhao was struck dumb at the sight of her. What the girl had been thinking, he could not imagine—she wore nothing but a thin inner garment, half-transparent and half-concealing, every curve hinting at what it hid, a temptress through and through.
"What are you dressed like that for?" Wei Zhao asked, looking at her with an odd expression.
"Huh? Isn't that why you called me over this late at night?" Ning Xuefei said weakly, her face red.