Chapter 728 — A Loving Breakfast

So Chen Yuxuan could now only rely on himself. If he could break through to the Mystic Rank before the old man passed away, then the Chen family could at the very least be guaranteed a hundred years of standing! But was breaking through to the Mystic Rank even possible?

Qiu Lingshan was the outstanding talent of this generation, yet she had only just advanced to the late Yellow Rank. The Song family, however, had deep foundations: though the Song patriarch was only at the peak of the late Yellow Rank, the Song matriarch was already a mid Mystic Rank internal-arts expert!

In fact, the Song family's internal-energy cultivation method was better suited to women. Among the Song family's younger generation, Qiu Lingshan's brother had only early Yellow Rank strength, while Qiu Lingshan's younger sister had actually already reached the early Yellow Rank as well!

A marriage alliance with Qiu Lingshan was out of the question now. Chen Yuxuan wanted to see just how formidable this remarkable figure Qiu Lingshan spoke of really was. If the Song family could win over such a powerful ally, then it was not impossible that the Song family's momentum would press directly upon the Yu family!

Wei Zhao arrived at the door of the hospital room and pushed it open without ceremony. Seeing Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan standing in the room's reception area, he could not help but pause slightly. Chen Yuxuan was here too?

And when Chen Yuxuan saw that the person entering was actually Wei Zhao, the expression on his face likewise froze. Why had Instructor Eagle come?

But in the next instant, Chen Yuxuan worked it out: could it be that the formidable expert Qiu Lingshan had spoken of was none other than Wei Zhao!?

With that, the pieces fell into place for Chen Yuxuan. Among the younger generation, who else could possess such strength but Wei Zhao? If Wei Zhao could help him break through to the Yellow Rank, then why couldn't he help Qiu Lingshan break through as well?

It was just that Chen Yuxuan had always revered Wei Zhao as a lofty instructor from on high, and had never once regarded him as a peer! In Chen Yuxuan's eyes, Wei Zhao was already a being akin to a deity! So when Chen Yuxuan thought of the outstanding talents of the younger generation, he had never even placed Wei Zhao on the same plane of consideration!

Now, seeing Wei Zhao here, Chen Yuxuan suddenly understood. Of course — Wei Zhao was even younger than himself, so naturally he was the outstanding talent of the younger generation!

Wei Zhao did not know how the little Song girl had explained things to Chen Yuxuan, so seeing Chen Yuxuan there caused him no embarrassment. He nodded to him and said, "Brother Yutian, you're here too."

Chen Yuxuan could only answer with a bitter smile. "I'm one of the principal investigators on this case as well, so I'm here too."

Chen Yuxuan did not say anything about coming to see what the man Qiu Lingshan liked was really like — because he did not need to look! Losing to Wei Zhao, he was utterly convinced. Chen Yuxuan did not even have the slightest thought of challenging him; give him another hundred years and it would still be impossible to surpass Wei Zhao!

If Qiu Lingshan really did end up with Wei Zhao, then it would be a fine ending after all, and the Song family would rise because of it! No one knew Wei Zhao's strength and marvels better than Chen Yuxuan. He believed Qiu Lingshan had seen this too, and that was why she had taken the initiative to pursue Wei Zhao.

Otherwise, with Qiu Lingshan's forceful temperament, if the man had not been so far stronger than her, why would she have lowered herself to pursue him so actively? She even cooked for him, and her tone on the phone was frighteningly gentle!

Only Wei Zhao was worthy of that!

Yet suddenly Chen Yuxuan froze, and a thought struck him! His own younger sister seemed to have an unusual relationship with Wei Zhao too? She had even declared over and over that she was going to marry him as his concubine? What was going on here?

Chen Yuxuan did not believe what his sister said, of course, for true words were rare in Shen Yushu's mouth, and you could never tell whether she was speaking in earnest or in jest — she had been like that since she was small. Still, Chen Yuxuan sank into thought. Could Qiu Lingshan be his sister's rival?

But then Chen Yuxuan shook his head with a carefree air. His sister was only in her third year of high school; wasn't it a bit early to be thinking about such things?

"You haven't had breakfast, have you?" Qiu Lingshan took out a thermal lunch box and handed it to Wei Zhao. "I made this breakfast specially for you. Have a little first?"

Wei Zhao nodded, took the thermal lunch box, and opened it on the tea table.

Qiu Lingshan's cooking rather surprised Wei Zhao. This tigress could cook too? And it actually looked decent?

Inside the thermal box were several date cakes neatly arranged, two fried eggs, and some delicate little pickles. It was clear these were not ready-made items bought outside — the little Song girl must have rushed to make them early this morning.

Wei Zhao demolished the food in the box in no time flat. The taste was not bad, and he did not stint his praise. "Didn't expect that — your cooking's actually pretty good? So you're not completely useless after all!"

Wei Zhao's first sentence delighted Qiu Lingshan beyond measure, but the sentence that followed nearly made her heart explode with rage. What did he mean, she was not completely useless? Did she have no abilities at all besides cooking?

Here he was, a late-stage Yellow-rank expert in his own right, and in Wei Zhao's eyes he was nothing more than a decent cook?

Still, Song Xiaoniu dared not speak her anger, terrified that one rash outburst would drive Wei Zhao off in a huff, wasting both the breakfast she had made and the little fool act she had put on yesterday — and then regret would come too late. So she could only smile and say, "If you like it, shall this little fool make it for you often? As for everything else, aren't you here to help me? No need to worry..."

"We'll see about that. First let's look at that Liu Bojia." Wei Zhao did not take up Qiu Lingshan's thread. Ever since the business in the dungeon last time, her manner toward him had turned strange, and he could not guess what was in her mind; he feared that if he answered her, he would not be able to resist the temptation.

The temptation, of course, was the least of it; the trouble was the greater part. If anything really did happen between him and Song Xiaoniu, he would likely never hear the end of it, great matter or small.

"Yes, let's see the patient first!" Qiu Lingshan was instantly overjoyed — Wei Zhao had finally asked of his own accord to see the patient.

Beside her, Chen Yuxuan's eyes all but fell out of his head. They say a woman will change for the man she loves, and that saying now seemed not the least bit false — Qiu Lingshan had become a different person entirely!

Wei Zhao still had to go house-hunting with Tang Zhi's family later, so his time was short; naturally he meant to settle the present business as quickly as possible.

Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan followed behind Wei Zhao into the special-care ward, not daring to say much, only watching as he examined Liu Bojia's injuries.

Wei Zhao had seen Liu Bojia's injuries before — they were severe. At the time he had not been confident of treating them, and had not well understood the wondrous nature of the energy within him. But even had he understood, he was still somewhat reluctant to spend his own energy saving this person who had not the slightest connection to him.