Chapter 2974 — Injury Recovery!

Gu Mengyao frowned and shot Shen Yushu a glare. She did not believe Sun Jingyan was that sort of person; and besides, if the two of them had really been fooling around, why would they have done it in Wei Zhao's room? What was the point of going into the bathroom? And even if Wei Zhao was injured, there was no way he would let Sun Jingyan push him around like that—it made no sense at all, none whatsoever. "Xiaoshu, don't talk nonsense. They must be in there doing something important," Gu Mengyao said. "Stop stirring up trouble!" "Oh..." Shen Yushu had only been running her mouth; she did not actually dare barge into the bathroom. "I just thought, since Sister Jingyi has already pushed Brother Arrowhead down, we could go in and join the fun—the four of us together..." "If you want to play, play by yourself. Shall I open the door for you?" Gu Mengyao was already irritated by Shen Yushu's chatter, so her tone was naturally short. "I'm the lesser wife, so naturally I defer to the senior wife," Shen Yushu said, sticking out her tongue. She really did not dare! After all, the Yu family's Yu Yi kept her on a very tight leash. Much as Shen Yushu adored Wei Zhao, she did not dare cross the line by even half a step and bring a fatal disaster down on her parents. Gu Mengyao curled her lip, plainly unconvinced by Shen Yushu's words; in her view, Shen Yushu was all talk and always had been. "I'm going to watch TV!" With that, Gu Mengyao picked up the remote and turned on the television, switching to a Pleasant Goat channel and settling in to watch. In truth, Gu Mengyao was a little restless herself. Her eyes were fixed on the screen, but her mind was over by the bathroom. She trusted Wei Zhao and Sun Jingyan, yet she simply could not guess what the two of them were doing in there. Shen Yushu, by contrast, was carefree and watched with relish, which exasperated Gu Mengyao to no end. A moment ago this girl had been clamoring to go to the bathroom, and now she was the one without a care in the world! Wu Chengtian and the others, seeing that neither of the two mistresses seemed pleased, sat quietly to one side without a word, waiting for Wei Zhao to come out. Pleasant Goat finished, and Gu Mengyao switched to a soap opera, watching the male and female leads love and lose and love again, though she had not the slightest interest in it. Shen Yushu, on the other hand, kept offering her opinions: "Sister Yaoyao, look—this woman's chest isn't even as big as mine, and they call her the Goddess of Bust. What poor judgment... Sister Yaoyao, look at that one, so ugly, not half as pretty as you, and they call her a宅男天人—a goddess of the otaku..." "Enough. If you think your chest is so big, go act on TV yourself!" Gu Mengyao, worn ragged by Shen Yushu, shot her a glare and was just about to explode when she heard a sound at the bathroom door... Gu Mengyao turned instinctively, and was astonished to see Wei Zhao pushing the door open and walking out of the bathroom! And behind him followed Sun Jingyan, her face weary and faintly shy! "Wei Zhao, you're all right?" Gu Mengyao was both startled and delighted—so Sun Jingyan had gone in to heal Wei Zhao's injuries! It seemed she had misjudged her earlier! Whatever the two of them had done in the bathroom, their motive had been to help Wei Zhao, and in that instant Gu Mengyao let it go. "Sister Jingyi, you were helping Wei Zhao heal, weren't you? Thank you!" "Yaoyao, healing Wei Zhao is something I ought to do in the first place. We're friends, after all—you don't need to thank me," Sun Jingyan said with a shake of her head. She did not feel there was anything wrong about giving of herself for Wei Zhao. "Yaoyao, Jingyi... from now on she's part of our family too. You and Xiaoshu—don't give her a hard time..." Wei Zhao felt he ought to drop a hint. He trusted that Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu would not do anything so petty now, but after all, they had once shut Feng Xiaoxiao out. "How could we?" Gu Mengyao grasped Wei Zhao's meaning at once. She gave Sun Jingyan a thoughtful glance, and for no clear reason felt a twinge of envy, though her face showed nothing but ease. "Sister Jingyi is Uncle Qing's daughter, so she's the same as my own sister." "That's right, that's right! Sister Yaoyao's sister is Xiaoshu's sister," Shen Yushu said cheerfully. Whatever Gu Mengyao accepted, she never opposed. "But why did you go into the bathroom to heal? Wu Chengtian said the two of you went to take a lovers' bath?" Though Gu Mengyao had accepted Sun Jingyan in her heart, curiosity still nagged at her, and she asked as casually as though it were nothing. "It's like this—Jingyi's healing requires a medium..." Wei Zhao made no attempt to hide it, and explained to Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, Wu Chengtian and the rest why he and Sun Jingyan had gone into the bathroom for a lovers' bath. Wei Zhao described it lightly, but Gu Mengyao could still picture the tender, ambiguous scenes of a man and a woman alone together in a bathroom. Yet she felt only envy, not jealousy, and merely nodded. "So that's how it was. We owe a great deal to Sister Jingyi this time. The next step is to find the Qi-Gathering Pill, isn't it?" "Yes. In a little while I'll call Kang Jingming of the Xuandan Sect and ask him when the Qi-Gathering Pill can be refined. But word of my full recovery must not get out. After all, it's only my injuries that have healed—my strength hasn't returned. If it spread, I'm afraid the Zhao family or some other family might send people to make trouble again," Wei Zhao said. "Understood, boss. We'll keep it strictly secret!" Wu Chengtian said at once with a nod. Wei Zhao returned to his room to call Kang Jingming, while Gu Mengyao drew Sun Jingyan aside for a private word—in truth, to sound her out indirectly about what they had done in the bathroom. Though Sun Jingyan was Uncle Qing's daughter, she did not trade on it or put on airs. She was well aware of Gu Mengyao's place in Wei Zhao's heart, and so she naturally did her utmost to get along with Gu Mengyao. When Gu Mengyao asked about what had happened in the bathroom, Sun Jingyan held nothing back—she even told her how she had pulled off Wei Zhao's pants, fallen to the floor, and pressed her face right against that place of Wei Zhao's, which set Xiaoshu and Yaoyao laughing. Sun Jingyan's candor dissolved the last of Gu Mengyao's misgivings... Wei Zhao dialed Kang Jingming directly. Kang Jingming was rather puzzled by the call. "Hello? Wei Zhao?" What astonished Kang Jingming was that Wei Zhao, crippled as he was, still had the frame of mind to call him? What optimism! "Kang Jingming, is my Qi-Gathering Pill ready yet?" Wei Zhao wasted no words and came straight to the point. "The Qi-Gathering Pill..." Kang Jingming was momentarily taken aback. Wei Zhao's dantian was ruined—what did he want a Qi-Gathering Pill for? "Wei Zhao, from what I hear, you're finished. Why are you still concerning yourself with pills?" "Oh, so you know I'm finished too. Did you poison me?" Wei Zhao said offhandedly. "Th—that... how could it be?" Kang Jingming started and took quite a fright. Because he could not see Wei Zhao's expression, he was left uneasy—could Wei Zhao have learned something? (To be continued...)