Chapter 54-1: Eager to Help
Closer and closer, she came.
Approaching each step, the serene girl in plain attire
seemed to tread on the edge of Wei Han's heart, causing him to tense up and be
highly vigilant.
Why did Miss Luo approach him again when he hadn't even
uttered a word? Yes, he still owed three thousand five hundred taels of silver.
But wasn't she a bit impatient in demanding the debt?
Only when the girl stood before him that Wei Han,
maintaining his composed demeanor, let go of his final glimmer of hope. It was
undeniable—she had come for him!
Wei Han could already feel the fervent gazes of the
onlookers fixed upon him. It wasn't difficult to envision the intense emotions
swirling among the onlookers, nor the degree of his embarrassment when Miss Luo
began asking for repayment.
While Wei Han wasn't one to care about public opinion, even
for someone like him, being asked for debt repayment by a young lady who had
publicly teased him was still somewhat unbearable.
The only stroke of luck at this moment was that, before he
had left, he had tucked ten thousand taels of silver bills into his purse.
Otherwise, being asked for repayment without having the means to do so —Wei
Han's heart shuddered, and his calm facade almost wavered.
Finally snapping out of her daze, Luo Yue gazed at Luo
Sheng's back, her voice trembling: "She…What is she up to?"
Today, they came here to seek medical treatment for Father.
Regardless of whether it succeeded, even if the gatekeeper boy turned them away
and they became the Capital's joke, she was ready to face it. But what was Luo
Sheng playing at?
Her old habit had resurfaced once more. When she sees a
handsome man, she starts flirting with him and even forgets about Father. What
was worse, her target was Kaiyang Wang!
Luo Ying and Luo Qing's thoughts mirrored those of Luo Yue.
Their faces drained of color like snow.
"I'll stop her!" Luo Yue exclaimed, her foot
stomping in frustration.
Luo Ying and Luo Qing held her back and persuaded her in a
low voice: "Simei, don't act rashly. Confronting Sanmei in front of
Kaiyang Wang will only make things even more embarrassing..."
Luo Yue shut her eyes, lips pressed together, and a bitter
smile played on her lips. "I should've known not to expect anything from
her."
Luo Ying and Luo Qing fell into silence. At this juncture,
regrets were futile. Besides, even if they could turn back time, they would
still accompany Luo Sheng to visit Divine Doctor Li. After all, the person
lying on the deathbed was their Father.
In the past, their foster brothers had always taken the
initiative, so the idea of personally inviting the Divine Doctor never crossed
their minds until Luo Sheng brought it up. Being Father's daughters, they had
the natural right to take matters into their own hands instead of relying
solely on their foster brothers' arrangements.
However, Father's condition had thrown them into a state of
panic, leading them to pin their expectations on the wrong person. The hearts
of the three sisters grew heavy as they gazed anxiously at the plain-clothed
figure standing before the man in scarlet.
"Wangye, we meet again." greeted Luo Sheng,
bending her knee in courtesy to Wei Han. Her voice didn't possess the typical
warmth of ordinary girls, instead resonating like a clear, gurgling spring with
a refreshing touch of coldness.
Wei Han nodded expressionlessly to Luo Sheng: "Yes, we
meet again."
The simple exchange between them left an odd expression on
the faces of onlookers. Miss Luo was undeniably one-of-a-kind—despite having
taken off Kaiyang Wang's belt before, she now greeted him as though nothing had
happened. Wait, what was even more puzzling was Kaiyang Wang's response! He
actually returned Miss Luo's greeting.
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