Chapter 304 — This Kid Is a Bit Annoying
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Still, if Wei Zhao really was as miraculous as Guan Xuewen claimed, it was only natural for a divine physician to put on airs. Divine physicians were the sort everyone scrambled to curry favor with, so it made sense that he would be cool toward him.
"Uncle, don't let him fool you! I know this kid — what divine physician?" Wu Chengtian was instantly furious to see his uncle treating Wei Zhao with such respect. "He's just Sun Jingyan's boyfriend, a little swindler!"
Wu Chengtian found it hard to connect the title of divine physician with Wei Zhao at all. However you looked at the kid, he couldn't possibly be any kind of miracle doctor. And he had once probed Sun Jingyan obliquely about what Wei Zhao did for a living. She had tried her hardest to cover it up, but Wu Chengtian had still gleaned one thing: the kid definitely had no proper job — he belonged to the drifting, unemployed sort. Otherwise, given Sun Jingyan's temperament, there was no way she would have resisted bragging to him about her boyfriend's virtues.
If Wei Zhao really were some divine physician, Sun Jingyan would long since have used that to put him down. Why would she hide it and tuck it away? That was precisely why Wu Chengtian dared to lash out so suddenly — because in his eyes, Wei Zhao absolutely could not be a divine physician, and these people had to have been blinded by Wei Zhao's tricks.
Liu Tianyi was stunned. Wu Huiru was stunned. Guan Xuewen was stunned most of all. All three turned to look at Wei Zhao in astonishment.
"Fine. I'm a swindler." To everyone's surprise, Wei Zhao admitted it without so much as a flinch. "Since someone here doesn't want to see me, I'll take my leave, Grandpa Guan. I'll visit you another time."
With that, Wei Zhao rose to his feet, ready to go. What a joke — he owed the Liu family nothing. He had agreed to treat Old Master Liu purely out of respect for Guan Xuewen. Since someone in the family had called him a swindler, Wei Zhao could not be bothered to explain himself.
You call me a swindler? Then I can't be bothered to treat you either. Go find a doctor wherever you like. We'll meet again — or perhaps we won't.
"Ah." Guan Xuewen sighed. He was not the least bit angry at Wei Zhao's reaction, but he did shoot Wu Chengtian a displeased glance. He had no idea what this young man's relationship to Liu Tianyi was, or why he had been brought here to make such a disgraceful scene.
Now look at the mess. Wei Zhao was offended and would not be treating their old master. What were they going to do now?
For that matter, Wu Chengtian was actually several years older than Wei Zhao, and yet in Guan Xuewen's eyes he had become a thoughtless child, while Wei Zhao was his friend despite the years between them — his teacher, even.
Wei Zhao headed straight for the villa's front door, showing no one any face. Guan Xuewen did not stop him. Liu Tianyi, after a moment of shock, grew frantic — he had finally found Wei Zhao after so much trouble, so how could he possibly let him walk away like this?
Forgetting all about appearances, Liu Tianyi hurried forward and caught Wei Zhao by the arm. "Little divine physician, please wait!"
"Wait for what?" Wei Zhao curled his lip. "Someone here says I'm a swindler."
Smack! Liu Tianyi slapped Wu Huiru across the face. True, he was Wu Chengtian's uncle by marriage, but Wu Chengtian was, after all, a Wu — and a promising youngster of the younger generation at that — so it was not fitting for Liu Tianyi to discipline him directly. He could only vent his fury on his wife, herself a Wu. For a man to discipline his own woman was only natural; even if the Wus heard of it, they would have nothing to say. Wu Huiru had married into the Liu family — she was one of them now.
"Look at what your nephew is like! A fine job you've done!" Liu Tianyi roared, beside himself with rage. "An indulgent aunt ruins her nephew — you're the perfect example!"