Chapter 975 — Anything Will Do: She had taken her mother to see both Chinese and Western doctors before, and had seen this way of diagnosing illness by feeling the pulse; but never before had anyone, as Wei Zhao did, named the exact illness in just a few seconds!
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For one thing, she was in no mood for it at all; for another, she feared Wei Zhao might deceive her! Though he did not look like a swindler, one could never be too careful of others.
If her mother's illness really could be cured, then Chen Xi would truly be willing, without complaint or regret. Today was her birthday; she had come of age, and she could make a decision for herself!
Listening to this exchange between Feng Xiaoxiao and Chen Xi, Wei Zhao was caught between laughter and tears! He knew Feng Xiaoxiao was merely being mischievous on a whim, but Chen Xi had clearly taken it seriously!
The restaurant waiter, for his part, felt that Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao were taking advantage of the girl's distress, and thought Feng Xiaoxiao a strange girl indeed! She plainly liked Wei Zhao and had not even won him yet, and here she was playing matchmaker for someone else; was she out of her mind?
But this was other people's business; what did it have to do with a mere waiter? He would just do his own job well and leave it at that!
"Heh..." Wei Zhao laughed. "She was only joking with you. You are too young, not even fully grown. What would I want with a lover?"
Harsh as the words were, Wei Zhao said them in fact to make Chen Xi abandon the idea once and for all! He thought Chen Xi a very pretty, very lovely girl, but not so much so that he wanted her for a lover.
Was Feng Xiaoxiao not trouble enough already? Add a lover on top of that, and never mind whether Tang Zhi would object; once the Eldest Miss got wind of it, she would likely blow her top!
"Who... who says I am not fully grown?" At Wei Zhao's words, Chen Xi's face went crimson! She had always been confident in her looks; and as for her figure, if not outstanding, it was well enough developed for her age; yet Wei Zhao had scorned her as too young, not grown!
What was more, Chen Xi naturally mistook this for Wei Zhao disdaining her and therefore refusing to help! Desperate to save her mother, she cast shame aside, thrust out her chest before Wei Zhao, and said, "Where am I small? Even if I am not fully grown, I will go on growing in the future!"
Wei Zhao was taken aback by her gesture, then shook his head. "You are too young."
"I turned sixteen just today; I am of age already! And I can still grow!" Chen Xi said urgently.
"By the time you have grown, your mother will be long dead!" Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"Ah..." At his words, Chen Xi fell into despair, gazing at Wei Zhao so pitifully, too dazed to know what to say.