458: Chapter 458 Zhang Xiaoxi’s Request 458: Chapter 458 Zhang Xiaoxi’s Request In the afternoon, Tangyu and the others spent time watching TV at home, with Zhao Yaya busying herself with a variety of things, one moment browsing online posts about Tangyu.
The morning’s gunshot wound had been widely reported again, and many bizarre posts had popped up, making Zhao Yaya laugh until her stomach hurt.
Occasionally, she would drag Lin Feifei and the others to join her in playing video games.
As for Tangyu, he was forcibly laid down by the three women to rest on a comfortable sofa; Lin Feifei initially wanted him to lie down in bed, but relented to the sofa after Tangyu’s insistence.
Tangyu was somewhat speechless about the situation.
As a perfectly healthy person, he was being babied like someone with a severe illness, which was really a dent to his pride, and seemed like an attack on his strong physique.
The dinner that night was very sumptuous, with plenty of nutritious soups on offer.
From time to time, someone would peel an apple or an orange and feed it to him, to the point that Tangyu could no longer distinguish the tastes.
He had never before experienced such attention from girls in his life.
Although the feeling was pleasant, it was—just a bit too much.
However, there was nothing Tangyu could do but lie back and enjoy it.
Life was like a rape—if you couldn’t fight it, you had to lie back and enjoy it.
After dinner, Lin Feifei helped Tangyu back to the room.
“I’ll help you take a bath, your wound can’t get wet, so you need to be careful.
You definitely can’t wash yourself,” Lin Feifei said, her face turning red as she spoke.
“This—could work, are you sure?” Tangyu asked Lin Feifei.
“Mhm,” Lin Feifei nodded.
“Okay then, you get the clothes and I’ll run the water,” Tangyu said, attempting to head to the bathroom, but Lin Feifei stopped him: “Don’t move, let me do it.”
Tangyu pouted, well then, let’s do it.
It was just bathing, nothing earth-shattering, and even if they did a bit more, it wasn’t a big deal, right?
Besides, it’s okay for a man to be at a disadvantage with a woman sometimes, especially if it’s his girlfriend.
As for the rest, let’s just say it was not suitable for children.
Here we omit tens of thousands of words.
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“Tangyu, don’t go out today, just rest at home.
I took a day off,” Lin Feifei said.
“There’s no need, I’m all healed now.
Didn’t I show you?
The wound has almost healed, it’s not a problem,” Tangyu replied.
That morning, Tangyu had to put up quite a fight to convince Lin Feifei to let him go to work.
Instead of going directly to the company, Tangyu headed straight to Shangri-La Hotel as he had important business to attend to on this Tuesday.
“I thought you weren’t going to come today,” Qing Ge said upon seeing Tangyu, obviously somewhat surprised.
Tangyu smiled faintly, “Heh, how could I not?
When I promise something, I make sure to do it.
If I really couldn’t make it, I would have called to let you know.”
When Tangyu arrived at Huangfu Jing’s suite, there was another visitor in the room that he recognized—it was indeed Zhang Xiaoxi.
Seeing Tangyu, Huangfu Jing also showed a flash of surprise in her eyes: “I didn’t think you’d be able to come today.
How’s your wound, is it really okay?” Her gaze swept over Tangyu’s body, the astonishment in her eyes deepening.
The information she had received was that Tangyu had been shot and hospitalized, yet here he was, looking like nothing had happened to him at all.
Such a speed of recovery was indeed astonishing.
“It’s nothing, just a minor injury.
Today is your last treatment session, so I naturally had to come.
Today’s treatment will be much easier than before.
Beautiful Xiaoxi, don’t you have classes today?
What brings you here?” Tangyu said.
Zhang Xiaoxi looked at Tangyu, “I came today specifically to find you.”
“To find me?” Tangyu was briefly taken aback, wondering what she could want.
If she wanted to discuss friendship, that was—although a bit sudden—something they could sit down and talk about.
If she wanted to express her gratitude for last time, she shouldn’t be formal, and if she wanted to offer herself in return, that was absolutely something he could not accept.
“You do your thing first, I’ll talk to you later,” Zhang Xiaoxi said.
“Okay,” Tangyu nodded, then turned to Huangfu Jing, “Let’s go to the room, shall we?”
“Mhm,” Huangfu Jing nodded.
The final treatment was indeed quite effortless, the Huangfu Family had procured those rare medicinal herbs and had expelled much of the poison from Huangfu Jing’s body.
By this time, the venomous snakes inside her body were essentially cleared out.
It was just a matter of giving her a recovery treatment to ensure her system wouldn’t suffer any sequelae.
In other words, Huangfu Jing was basically out of danger now.
Of course, for the sake of stability, it was still very necessary to receive the last treatment from Tangyu.
The last treatment did not take too long either, it was over in less than half an hour.
“Tangyu, I really can’t thank you enough.
I won’t say much more in the way of thanks, but I am very happy to have met a friend like you in Donglin City.
If there’s anything I can do for you in the future, don’t be polite, just let me know.
I’ll be heading back to Capital City in a few days.
If you need me for the project we’re collaborating on, just give me a call,” Huangfu Jing said.
“You’re heading back to Capital City?” Tangyu was slightly reluctant upon hearing that Huangfu Jing was going back to Capital City.
“Well, call me then.”
At Dali Group, Tangyu was pondering how to deal with the situation.
Now that Zhou Jie and his son had risen to power, the Zhou Tao father and son had been completely suppressed and had no real power left in the Zhou Family; they were essentially cooped up at home, not going out.
Tangyu was wondering whether to use the Sun Family to strike at Dali Group again or to form more collaborations with Zhou Jie.
Working with Dali Group would obviously bring great benefits to Xinxin Culture and Art.
If it weren’t for the consideration of Xinxin Culture and Art’s development, Tangyu could have delivered the photos directly to the Sun Family; that would certainly deal the Zhou Family a heavy blow.
Even if it wouldn’t topple them in one fell swoop, it would definitely leave them crippled.
But such an action would inevitably affect the collaboration between Dali Group and Xinxin Culture and Art.
There was no doubt about that.
By taking this into account, Tangyu would neglect the other; for the time being, he hadn’t thought of a perfect solution, which was why he had taken no action against the Zhou Family and was still observing how things would unfold, looking for a more ideal approach.
If the opportunity arose, Tangyu wouldn’t mind dealing the Zhou Family a heavy blow at all.
Of course, he had been too busy with other matters recently to concern himself with the Zhou Family.
“Alright, Xiaoxi, now you can tell me what you wanted to talk about, right?” Tangyu looked at Zhang Xiaoxi with a smile.
Her complexion was much better than before, and there was not a trace of sickness about her, which naturally made her even more beautiful and enchanting.
Zhang Xiaoxi, well, she had a bit of a fresh and sexy charm, with a hint of seductiveness and a bit of youthful innocence.
Sometimes—a mature air could even be detected about her.
All in all, Zhang Xiaoxi was a beauty with a bit of everything; if she really wanted to show herself off, she definitely had the potential to become a versatile queen.
“Can you, can you please help me by treating another patient?” Zhang Xiaoxi looked at Tangyu with a pleading look in her eyes.
“Treat a patient?” Tangyu felt a touch of disappointment, having thought it was ‘something else.’ It turned out to be a request for him to treat someone, which put him in a bit of a difficult position since he didn’t know who it was.
If it were a beauty, it would be another story, but if it were a burly man, Tangyu really wouldn’t be interested.
So, after thinking it over, Tangyu said, “Well—you better tell me some details about the patient first, so I can make a basic judgment.
Otherwise, I don’t dare to make a careless verdict, right?
If it’s treatable, I’ll do my best.
If not, then there’s no need for me to disgrace myself.”
Zhang Xiaoxi said, “It’s my sister, and I think her condition is similar to mine, but much more severe.
She has been sick at home for several years and hasn’t left her room.
We’ve sought countless renowned doctors and even invited the Divine Doctor Rao, but no one has been able to cure my sister.
I know your medical skills are extraordinary, even the Divine Needle admires you; so, your expertise must be no less than his.
I think you should be able to heal my sister.
So—could you please take a look?”
“Your sister?” Tangyu blinked, considering the matter.In terms of genetics, if Zhang Xiaoxi was so attractive, it stood to reason that her sister wouldn’t be far behind, right?
A great beauty was worth considering.
But Tangyu was now curious—what kind of complex and difficult disease was this that even the Divine Doctor could not treat?
Tangyu knew of Rao Yuanzhi’s—the Divine Needle—skills; indeed, they were not bad, but his father, the Divine Doctor, with a reputation like that, surely had superior medical skills.
If even he could not treat it, then indeed it must be a very thorny illness.
Similar to Zhang Xiaoxi’s condition?
So, did that mean poisoning?
Zhang Xiaoxi’s condition was due to poisoning.
Could it be that Zhang Xiaoxi’s poisoning was transmitted from her sister?
These thoughts flashed through Tangyu’s mind in an instant, and he quickly regained his composure and nodded seriously, “Okay, I’ll take a look first, but I can’t make any promises.
I’ll give you an answer after I’ve seen her.
Since not even the Divine Doctor could do it, I can’t make too many guarantees; I can only say I’ll do my best.”
Seeing Tangyu agree to come, a look of relief and gratitude spread across Zhang Xiaoxi’s face.
“Thank you, Tangyu.
Are you free right now?
If you are, I can take you to my house right now?”
“Isn’t that a bit too rushed?
I haven’t even had a sip of water yet,” said Tangyu.
“…Sorry, I was just too anxious.
You take a rest first,” said Zhang Xiaoxi.
“Heh, I’m just teasing you.
I’m not thirsty or tired.
Let’s go, the patient is what matters,” Tangyu said with a smile.
Zhang Xiaoxi paused, looking at Tangyu with an indescribable feeling in her heart.
“Huangfu Jing, we’ll be taking our leave now.
Let me know before you go; if I’m free, I’ll see you off at the airport,” Tangyu said.
Huangfu Jing nodded, “Okay, I will let you know.
I haven’t properly thanked you yet, it’s really too remiss of me.
Qing Ge, please see them out.”
“Heh, alright then, see you later.” Tangyu smiled, if a beauty wanted to thank him, it would be impolite to refuse.
“Goodbye,” Huangfu Jing nodded.
After leaving the Shangri-La Hotel, Zhang Xiaoxi led Tangyu straight to her house.