Chapter 4106 — Could He Be a Swindler?
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Watching the eager anticipation on Di Xingdao's face, Hou Guanqi and Cai Zhongxuan could not help exchanging glances, both with helplessness in their eyes. True, they were doing Wei Zhao a favor this time, but in effect they were deceiving the man by exploiting Di Xingdao—Wei Zhao was no apothecary at all, merely borrowing the identity so that he might meet Tianchan.
"Lord Tian, the truth is, we..." Hou Guanqi was about to confess everything to Di Xingdao when footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.
Moments later, Tianchan appeared in the doorway, her face full of concern—and behind her, shadowing her like a haunting spirit, came one Zheng Tianshuo.
Everyone was taken aback. That Tianchan should be drawn here was only to be expected, but what was this Zheng Tianshuo about? Why had he come along as well?
At long last Wei Zhao had his wish and saw Tianchan, and his heart leaped with joy—yet at the same time he wondered who this creature trailing behind her might be. With those lewd, shifty eyes, the fellow was plainly no good.
On the other side, the instant Tianchan caught sight of Wei Zhao, her whole body gave a start and her heart surged with wild elation. She barely managed to keep her face from betraying anything—after all, Zheng Tianshuo was right behind her, and if he learned of the matter between her and Wei Zhao, there would be no end of trouble.
"What are you doing here?" Before anyone else could speak, Di Xingdao had already barked at Tianchan. "I have told you time and again—there is no need to come see me, and you are not welcome here!"
In the past, Tianchan might have withdrawn at such a rebuff, but now, having suddenly caught sight of Wei Zhao, she understood at once that he must have seized this pretext to come see her, and she was all the less inclined to leave at such a moment.
"Senior, Chan'er only wished to look in on you and show a junior's regard." Tianchan then turned to Zheng Tianshuo and said coolly, "Thank you for escorting me, Young Master Chu. I am going in to see Lord Tian now. You may go back."
Zheng Tianshuo grew anxious at once. "Now don't be like that. There are so many people here, and a stranger I have never laid eyes on before—what if he is that... that flower-plucking thief I told you about before?"
Pausing, Zheng Tianshuo turned a vicious glare on Wei Zhao and demanded, "Just who are you, anyway? You are no Elixir Hall disciple, are you? How did you sneak in here? Out with the truth this instant, before this young master!"
Before Wei Zhao could open his mouth, Hou Guanqi at his side had already knitted his brows and answered coldly on his behalf, "This is the apothecary we brought in to diagnose Lord Tian. Zheng Tianshuo, this concerns whether Lord Tian can recover—can you bear the consequences of insulting an apothecary?"
"Apothecary? An apothecary this young? Impossible! Could he be a swindler preying on the gullible? You had best not let yourselves be fooled by some charlatan!" Zheng Tianshuo still showed no intention of leaving. Backed by Zheng Dongjue, that great patron of his, he now walked the Elixir Hall as though it were his own domain, beholden to no one. R1152