Chapter 601 — Abnormal

"We'll talk it all over in detail when we meet tomorrow. It's not convenient to say much over the phone today. Get some rest early, all right?" As Wei Zhao spoke, he caught sight of Shen Yushu creeping toward him on tiptoe. Light as her steps were, how could they escape Wei Zhao's ears and eyes?

"Mm, all right," Tang Zhi answered obediently. But just before hanging up, she suddenly mustered her courage and said, "I love you."

No sooner had the words left her mouth than Tang Zhi, mortified, hung up in a flash.

Wei Zhao was briefly taken aback. Looking at the phone that had already been hung up, a hint of a smile crept to the corner of his mouth. Tang Zhi — this was the first time she had said that, wasn't it?

Shen Yushu was rather disappointed. She had spotted Wei Zhao on the phone and had quietly slipped over hoping to eavesdrop — otherwise she wouldn't deserve her title of Spy Shu the Fourth. But Wei Zhao gave her no chance; he hung up in no time at all.

Just then Gu Mengyao, having seen off Gu Pengzhan and Uncle Qing, closed the villa's front gate and came back inside, in time to see Wei Zhao put his phone away.

"Who were you calling?" Gu Mengyao was not by nature a busybody, but today, for some reason, she had asked the question as if possessed.

"Tang Zhi," Wei Zhao answered frankly.

"Oh. What did you two talk about?" Gu Mengyao asked casually.

"Huh?" Wei Zhao was taken aback. The young miss actually cared what he and Tang Zhi had discussed?

"Uh... don't get the wrong idea!" Seeing Wei Zhao's expression, Gu Mengyao could not help blushing. "What I mean is, we're in a critical period right now. Some people are out to get me, and some are out to get you! I just wanted to confirm that it really was Tang Zhi on the phone. What if some villain were impersonating her to fish for secrets?"

In her fluster, Gu Mengyao's words came out rather incoherent.

"?" Wei Zhao was all the more astonished. Had the young miss really said all that? Why did it sound so much like Shen Yushu? Had the two of them been together so long that they had grown alike? Still, he said, "Nothing much. She just said she'd arrived at the hospital."

"Oh..." Hearing Wei Zhao say so, Gu Mengyao could hardly press further. "In future, if Tang Zhi says anything suspicious, you must tell me beforehand — there might be some scheme buried in it! For instance, if Tang Zhi wants to sleep with you or something, you absolutely must not agree! The way I see it, Tang Zhi isFaint Light of Old Dreamsng so wanton of her own accord. So when something out of the ordinary happens, there must be something sinister behind it..." Gu Mengyao was stunned by her own words. What nonsense was she spouting? Mm... "It must be because I didn't sleep tonight. I'm too tired, and I've started saying absurd things."

"......" Wei Zhao was somewhat speechless, but he nodded all the same. Everyone tonight was a little abnormal!

The Medicine King was worthy of his name! Zhao Qibing's legs were quickly set, and a special remedy was applied as well. As for his face, it had already been treated with Divine Physician Kang's wound medicine, so the Medicine King need not trouble himself over it.

Uncle Zhu's situation, however, was not so promising. Even the Medicine King shook his head again and again after examining him.

"Brother Medicine, how is it?" Uncle Zhu had seen the Medicine King's difficulty for himself.

"Brother Zhu, to be honest with you, the situation is not good." The Medicine King sighed. "You went all out, trading blow for blow with your opponent — and he was going all out as well..." "At the time, that man was about to go after Young Master Bing again. I had no choice but to give it everything I had," Uncle Zhu said with a bitter smile. "Brother Medicine, just do what you can. Whether I can return to my peak doesn't matter..."

"Saving your life is certainly no problem, but recovering your strength will depend on whether the head of the family is willing to spend rare treasures and precious herbs on building you back up," the Medicine King said. "If the miraculous medicines keep coming, your strength should recover in about half a year. But breaking through to a new level in this lifetime will be difficult — unless some extraordinary stroke of fortune comes your way."

"I won't even think about breaking through. Being able to recover at all is good enough. But why would the head of the family spend vast quantities of rare treasures on my account?" Uncle Zhu was philosophical about it. After all, it was precisely because he had no hope of breaking through that he had been sent to the mundane world to serve at Young Master Bing's side.

"Brother Zhu, don't worry. You were wounded for Young Master Bing's sake; the head of the family won't treat you shabbily," the Medicine King said. "Li Cihua has already gone to petition the head of the family. I'm sure word will come soon."

Indeed, word came from Zhao Guangyin's side: the Medicine King was permitted to draw on some of the family's miraculous elixirs and do everything in his power to treat Uncle Zhu. He did so because Uncle Zhu had saved Zhao Qibing's life at the critical moment. If he treated Uncle Zhu shabbily now, who would ever risk their life for the family again? Would that not chill their hearts? So Zhao Guangyin, of course, would never do anything so foolish as to kill the donkey once the grinding is done.

And there was another piece of news — this one for Zhao Qibing.

Li Cihua ran excitedly into Zhao Qibing's sickroom and cried urgently, "Young Master Bing, Young Master Bing, good news!"

"Oh? What good news?" Zhao Qibing was no longer in much pain; his mind was wholly occupied with the matter of taking revenge on Wei Zhao. But since there was still no word from his father's side, he did not dare act rashly.

"The boss has already found out that Wei Zhao has no ties to any of the hidden families. After the family's wanted notice went out, hardly anyone responded, which means Wei Zhao is not one of the hidden families' people." Li Cihua was still in the habit of calling Zhao Guangyin "boss" rather than "clan head"!

This was because Li Cihua was one of the Zhao family's business agents in the mundane world, responsible for supplying the Zhao family with wealth. Being a merchant by trade, he was accustomed to calling Zhao Guangyin "boss."

"Is that so? That's wonderful! Since he didn't come from another hidden family, there's no pressure in dealing with him!" Zhao Qibing laughed heartily with delight upon hearing this. "At last I can put him to death!"

"Young Master Bing, don't celebrate too soon... The boss says that although he isn't from another hidden family, we still shouldn't move against him lightly. At the very least we must probe into his background first..." Li Cihua said. "For instance, whether he is alone, whether he has senior fellow disciples or the like, so as to avoid stirring up unnecessary trouble after killing Wei Zhao!"

"Still more investigation?" A flicker of impatience crossed Zhao Qibing's eyes. Indeed, anyone beaten to such a state would never let the matter rest; they would want to hack the one who did it into ten thousand pieces! Zhao Qibing was no exception. This injury had cost him his former composure, and his whole being was steeped in a savage, violent aura. "Then why aren't you off investigating right now? You come running here to tell me good news? Good news my ass!"