Chapter 983 — Meeting the Parents! "You are too kind, Uncle Feng," Wei Zhao said, and still he did not release Tang Zhi's hand, drawing her into the room with him.
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What Wei Zhao had just done was, beyond all doubt, a declaration of his feelings to Tang Zhi — a sign that she need not worry, need not hesitate. Tang Zhi was clearly delighted as well, nestling close at Wei Zhao's side.
Feng Tianlong merely smiled, then led Wei Zhao and Tang Zhi into the room. He was staying in a suite with a sitting room of its own. He invited Wei Zhao to the sofa and went to fetch each of them a bottle from the room's refreshment cabinet. "I did not brew any tea — forgive me!"
"Don't mention it; we are not all that fond of tea anyway." Wei Zhao smiled as he accepted the bottle Feng Tianlong handed over. It was a kind of pomelo tea that was all the rage at the moment, but Wei Zhao had little interest in drinks of any kind and passed them both straight to Tang Zhi.
Feng Tianlong took a bottle of mineral water for himself as well, then sat down on the sofa facing Wei Zhao and Tang Zhi. "Wei Zhao, Tang Zhi, thank you so much for doing me the honor of coming to see me. I am truly grateful."
"Uncle Feng, you and I are old acquaintances — let us have done with the polite talk. You asked me here because...?" Wei Zhao waved a hand. He knew Feng Tianlong's pleasantries were meant for Tang Zhi's ears, yet he had no intention of keeping anything from her either. The dangerous matters of the past were better left unspoken for now, but there was no need to hide the fact that he and Feng Tianlong had known each other long ago.
Feng Tianlong was taken aback for an instant, then nodded. "Very well, then I shall come straight to the point. The reason I sent for you is to speak about Xiaoxiao..."
"Uncle Feng, since you know I have a girlfriend, there is really nothing between Xiaoxiao and me — that much you are aware of." Wei Zhao restated the matter plainly in front of Tang Zhi.
"I know!" Feng Tianlong waved his hand. "It is one-sided affection on the child's part. I can see that clearly! And she has never told me she has any special relationship with you!"
At Feng Tianlong's words, Tang Zhi's heart relaxed. The scenario she had dreaded never materialized — he did not fling a great sum of money at her and demand that she leave Wei Zhao — and the color returned to her face considerably.
"Oh? Then Uncle Feng asked me here in order to..." Wei Zhao regarded Feng Tianlong with some puzzlement and let the question hang.
"It is like this. Xiaoxiao's illness — you know of it, do you not?" Feng Tianlong paused a moment in thought, then went directly to the heart of the matter.
"Xiaoxiao's illness? She is ill?" Wei Zhao blinked, more bewildered still. "I only just had a meal with her the other day. There is nothing wrong with her!"
"Oh? You do not know? Xiaoxiao never told you?" Feng Tianlong was startled as well, then smiled ruefully. "Of course — knowing Xiaoxiao's character, even if she does like you she would never resort to such a ploy to win your sympathy..."
Feng Tianlong's words only deepened Wei Zhao's strange unease. "Uncle Feng, do you mean to say that Xiaoxiao has fallen ill?"
"It is not that she has fallen ill. She has carried a hereditary sickness since childhood — did you never notice?" Feng Tianlong too was somewhat surprised. "As far as I know, you are a miracle doctor, are you not? The old master of the Liu family — Liu Zhenhu's *** illness — you cured it yourself, did you not?"
Wei Zhao frowned, but at once let it go. With the intelligence at Feng Tianlong's disposal, learning such things was no great difficulty. He nodded. "That is correct. I was the one who cured him."
Seeing Wei Zhao frown, Feng Tianlong went on. "The news that you cured the old master of the Liu family is no longer any secret — it has already spread through all of high society in Yanjing! It must have been the Liu family who released it themselves! I only just received word of it."