Chapter 1568: Chapter 1568: You Say What We Compare, We Compare What You Say
Rui Hui smiled sweetly, watching the two reconciled people, ready to step forward, only to be yanked out of the hospital room by Diwu Zexuan.
“What are you doing? Let go! I haven’t finished watching yet!” Rui Hui flared up, like an angry little lobster, raising her claws as if ready to take on this man.
“Annoyed that your wattage isn’t high enough? Insisting on going in to play the third wheel.” Diwu Zexuan let go, speaking languidly as Rui Hui turned around.
“…”
Rui Hui froze in her tracks and whipped her head around to glare at him.
“That’s called sharing joy, okay? What do you even know!”
“I only know you’re clueless, completely lacking any situational awareness.” Diwu Zexuan shrugged and began walking away casually.
“The First Annoying Guy, who are you calling clueless? If you’ve got guts, let’s compete!” Rui Hui, seething, planted her hands on her hips and hollered at him.
Hearing this, Diwu Zexuan actually stopped.
He slowly turned around, his silvery eyes glinting with an eerie light, locking onto her for a few seconds. Suddenly, his lips curled upward. “Sure. Compete in what?”
“…”
Uh-oh, Rui Hui froze.
She had yelled at him so many times without him responding before. Why was he suddenly taking the bait today?
But for the life of her, she couldn’t immediately think of what to compete in.
Not one to back down, Rui Hui immediately straightened her posture. “You name it, we’ll compete in it. There’s nothing Rui Hui Adolf can lose to you in!”
The moment the words left her mouth, Rui Hui started regretting it.
Especially when Diwu Zexuan dragged her to the pharmacy, pointed at the dense rows of medicine boxes in front of them, and said, “Since it doesn’t matter, let’s compete in something familiar—medicine preparation.”
At that moment, Rui Hui wished the ground would open up and swallow her whole.
She’d just been bluffing. Medicine preparation? She was no match for Diwu Zexuan.
The man could prepare medicine blindfolded and still produce results a hundred times better than hers…
As if he caught on to her sudden deflation, Diwu Zexuan curved his lips into a cold smile and added casually, “The medicine for Jie to use later, I’ve written the formula. We’ll only compete on speed.”
“…Only speed?”
Rui Hui’s despair was instantly replaced with hope.
“Mm, just speed. The loser has to warm the winner’s bed every night for a week before they sleep.” Diwu Zexuan’s thin lips moved slowly, each word pronounced deliberately.
The seriousness on his face revealed no ulterior motives.
But in Rui Hui’s ears, it felt like a blatant attempt by this man to humiliate her.
Her pride swelled instantly. Her face reddened. “Fine! But if I win, you’ll do my laundry for a week! By hand!”
Medicine preparation? So what? The formula was already provided. No way would her speed lose to his.
After all, for days on end, Diwu Zexuan had been forcing her to pick herbs relentlessly, to the point her fingers went numb before she was allowed to rest.
Rui Hui’s ability to identify medicinal herbs had become leagues better than before.
They say confidence comes with skill. Well, right now, she was drunk on it.
“Deal.”
Diwu Zexuan didn’t even glance at her, his expression unreadable, with a glimmer of amusement in his eyes.
He walked to the medicine preparation table and handed the formula to Rui Hui.
“You’ve got ten minutes to memorize it, then we’ll start.” With that, he folded his arms and stepped to the side, looking at her with a detached indifference.
The kind of look that made it obvious he wasn’t taking Rui Hui seriously at all.
Rui Hui, being the proud and competitive person she was, raised in a strict military environment that glorified pushing limits, instantly felt her fiery temper boil over.
Unaware she was already stepping into his trap, she grabbed the formula from Diwu Zexuan and began frantically memorizing it.
All the while, she couldn’t help but sneak glances at him from the corner of her eye.