Chapter 2623 — Let's Just Have Instant Noodles
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
Guan Xin watched as the White Leader's wife went to answer the door, and hurried to stand demurely off to one side. She eyed the parade of fragrant dishes on the table and laughed to herself: heh heh heh, so he's finally here? Tonight I'll make sure you taste every flavor life has to offer—sour, sweet, bitter, spicy!
The door opened, and the White Leader and Wei Zhao walked into the villa one behind the other, while the White Leader's wife set out a pair of slippers for Wei Zhao.
"Wei Zhao, this is my wife—which makes her your master's wife." The White Leader hesitated a moment, then decided to treat Wei Zhao as his disciple; Wei Zhao had said before, after all, that he would always hold to the identity of disciple. "Xinxin, come over here and meet your... senior fellow disciple!"
Wei Zhao had come in last, so by rights he ought to be the junior fellow disciple, but the White Leader, wary of his other status as a grandmaster, dared not truly make him the junior—and so arranged for him the position of senior.
"It's... it's you?" Guan Xin's eyes went wide, and she stared in disbelief at this so-called outstanding young talent, this disciple of the White Leader's! She was at a loss, her mind in utter disarray. How could it be like this... oh heavens, just let me die!
To make the very same mistake twice—Guan Xin, oh, Guan Xin, how could you be so foolish?
"Xinxin, I never imagined you were Teacher Bai's final disciple?" Wei Zhao was astonished too; he had never dreamed that the White Leader's disciple would turn out to be Guan Xin. It caught him quite off guard.
"You... you're the outstanding young talent my master spoke of?" Guan Xin looked at Wei Zhao, then at the table full of dishes that were neither pleasing in color nor complete in flavor, and felt like weeping but had no tears.
"That 'outstanding young talent' again?" Wei Zhao too recalled the scene of their meeting at Guan Xuewen's house and could not help but find it rather amusing.
"Xinxin, you and Wei Zhao know each other?" The White Leader was somewhat taken aback; he had not expected Wei Zhao and Guan Xin to be acquainted. But on reflection, Wei Zhao had certain unspoken ties to Guan's Medical, and if that were so, knowing Guan Xin was hardly impossible. It was only that he had never known exactly what relation Wei Zhao bore to Guan's Medical, nor whether he knew Guan Xuewen personally—so he had never thought much of it.
After all, he was one of the few privy to the inside story: Guan Xuewen was merely the name on the sign at Guan's Medical, while the operations were run by someone else entirely. So if Wei Zhao knew Guan Xin, he must be on very close terms with Guan Xuewen—which rather surprised him.
"Mm..." Guan Xin nodded, cheeks reddening, and said with a hint of reproach, "Master, why didn't you say so earlier..."
"Say so earlier?" The White Leader studied Guan Xin's bashful look and narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking to himself: there's something going on between these two! So Wei Zhao really is a ladies' man—if there's a beauty, she's bound to have some connection to him. "I didn't know you were acquainted with Wei Zhao either; how could I have said so earlier? But since you two already know each other, that saves me the introductions. Wei Zhao, come and eat—you must be familiar with Xinxin's cooking, and she's improved a great deal lately. Ever since she learned to condense pill fire, she even uses it to cook, which lets her control the cooking temperature with far greater precision!"
"..." Wei Zhao was rather speechless. Pill fire could cook food too?
"Never heard of that, have you? It's Xinxin's own invention! Here, have a taste!" the White Leader said smugly.
"All right." Wei Zhao nodded, accepted the slippers the White Leader's wife handed him, slipped them on, thanked her, and went inside the villa.