"Here so quickly?"
Chen Xiao glanced at the wall clock, surprised to find that less than ten minutes had passed since he made the call. He then slapped Zheng Youzhi unconscious and opened the door with a cold expression.
At the slightly deserted entrance of the Ji Shi Tang, under the dim streetlamp, a pregnant woman with a bulging belly was shrouded in the night, looking haggard and pale.
Her name was Wu Huimin, the eldest daughter of their next-door neighbor, Wu Xianyao. She had been married for many years but had been staying at Wu Xianyao's home to carry her pregnancy for the past six months.
Seeing Chen Xiao open the door, the forced smile on Wu Huimin's face instantly turned to disdain. She frowned and said impatiently, "Chen Xiao, quickly give me some Jinkui Shunqi San. My dad needs it urgently!"
She had looked down on Chen Xiao since childhood, and especially after marrying a rich but foolish husband, she paid him even less attention.
After supporting her heavy, barrel-like waist and swaggering in to sit down, she shook her head critically and mocked, "Sigh! How many years has it been? Why is your shabby TCM clinic still the same? Don't you know how to renovate? No wonder business is getting worse day by day!"
Chen Xiao, already fuming from delivering medicine to Wu Xianyao at Zhe Gutian during the day, was further provoked by Wu Huimin's taunts. He frowned and said without hesitation, "Sister Huimin, you can go back. Jinkui Shunqi San is sold out."
With her nostrils flared, Wu Huimin rolled her eyes incessantly. "Can't you re-mix it if it's sold out? You're over twenty, and you're even interning at the Central Hospital. Surely you don't mean you don't know how to prepare such a simple Chinese medicine?"
With a chuckle, Chen Xiao nodded without thinking, "No."
"You..."
Wu Huimin's nose almost crooked with anger. She stood up abruptly and left, muttering, "Pah! Besides being good-looking, you're a useless good-for-nothing, not even qualified to carry my Huixian's shoes!"
Coincidentally, just as she stepped out of the Ji Shi Tang, a faint scent of shower gel wafted by, and her sister, Wu Huixian, suddenly jogged over.
Wearing a light pink cotton nightgown, Wu Huixian was beautiful and graceful, tall and slender, with a quiet demeanor. She was a well-known beauty in the Ji Shi Tang area.
Seeing Chen Xiao, who was about to close the door, from a distance, Wu Huixian's heart fluttered.
She was only two months younger than Chen Xiao. They had been childhood sweethearts, inseparable since they were little. They were classmates and deskmates from primary school to high school, only parting ways when they went to university.
She had graduated from a key medical college in Yanbei City and was currently interning in the neonatology department of the First Affiliated Hospital of the Provincial Medical University.
However, no matter how busy she was, she would find time to chat with Chen Xiao every few days.
She quickly approached Chen Xiao, her face beaming with a charming smile, "Brother Xiao, why are you free to help Aunt Qing watch the shop? Aren't you on night duty tonight? Why not seize the day? How about I treat you to a late-night snack?"
Her first sentence was filled with undisguised joy at seeing Chen Xiao, while the latter half was a bit shy, her pretty face slightly flushed.
Coupled with the fact that she had just showered, she looked like a lotus emerging from water. Her fair, long legs under her skirt were particularly eye-catching, making her appear even more elegant and beautiful.
Smelling the faint fragrance emanating from her, Chen Xiao inexplicably felt his throat dry. He instinctively lowered his head to avoid her gaze, his heart also seeming to beat faster.
Fearing that her sister would be taken away by Chen Xiao, Wu Huimin grabbed Wu Huixian before Chen Xiao could speak. "It's so late, what late-night snack? Hurry home and persuade Dad to go to the hospital. The Jinkui Shunqi San is sold out. If he delays any longer, there will be big trouble."
Wu Huixian looked at Chen Xiao reluctantly and said with pleading eyes, "Brother Xiao, my dad relies on Aunt Qing's exclusive secret recipe Jinkui Shunqi San to live. Could you trouble yourself to prepare a dose for him now?"
Chen Xiao completely ignored Wu Huimin, who kept rolling her eyes at him. He turned and took a packet of Jinkui Shunqi San wrapped in kraft paper from the medicine cabinet and handed it to Wu Huixian. "It's not sold out. Here!"
Although he was annoyed with Wu Xianyao and Wu Huimin, he couldn't take it out on Wu Huixian.
Wu Huimin was instantly furious. "Didn't you just say it was sold out?"
With a slight raise of his eyebrows, Chen Xiao retorted coldly, "Whether it's sold out or not depends on who's buying. If you want to buy it, then it's sold out. But since Huixian wants to buy it, even if it were truly sold out, I would prepare it for her!"
Wu Huixian, holding the Jinkui Shunqi San, blushed crimson. She lowered her head, too shy to look at Chen Xiao, her heart pounding. "I haven't seen him for a few days, why is Brother Xiao suddenly so shameless? In the past, he would never dare to talk back to my sister!"
Wu Huimin, on the other hand, completely lost it. She lunged at Chen Xiao, her words becoming increasingly venomous. "You little bastard with lustful eyes, are you trying to hit on my sister? I warn you, my dad and I will never agree..."
Before she could finish speaking, with a yelp, she suddenly fell to the ground without warning.