Chapter 092: What a knockout!

Duan Xingye clapped his hands. “I’m serious! Do you have some kind of illness?”

Right—Duan Xingye had no idea she had just extorted three hundred million from Duan Feihan at the Elixir House to buy medicine.

Bai Chuwei only gave a silent smile.

Yes, she was ill.

Five thousand years ago, the man who died saving her had not left her much better off; she still suffered from heart pain from time to time.

She could bear it, though. Until twenty years ago... that bastard Duan Xiuqi had tricked her, and from then on she had been forced to take medicine every day.

For twenty years on Cloud Mist Mountain, she had done nothing but cultivate medicinal herbs, yet no matter how quickly she ripened them, their growth still could not keep up with the rate at which she consumed them.

In these five thousand years, there had been at least nine thousand men who had pursued her, if not ten thousand, and she had never seen the old ancestor bear such a deep grudge against anyone.

Congratulations to Duan Xiuqi—he had left an indelible mark in her heart.

Of course, there was no need to tell Duan Xingye that.

She only accepted three patients by appointment each day, and by noon the other two students she had scheduled for today had already come and gone. They were nothing more than minor troubles like menstrual cramps and stomachaches.

Su Ruan, who had come to deliver homework, had rosy cheeks. “Classmate Bai, let’s go to the cafeteria together.”

The cafeteria at Henghua No. 1 High School was delicious. Although Bai Chuwei had long since achieved inedia and would never feel hungry, that did not stop her from loving good food. Since Su Ruan had come to deliver homework, Bai Chuwei was in a good mood and nodded.

She ordered a few of her favorite dishes, and while she and Su Ruan were still deciding where to sit, Duan Xingye, not far away, waved at her. “Weiwei, I saved you a seat here.”

Duan Xingye usually ate with Xu Xingchen, but today, for once, he was not with him, which naturally sparked all sorts of speculation among the students.

A knowing smile appeared on Bai Chuwei’s face as she led Su Ruan over to sit across from Duan Xingye.

Do not let Duan Xingye’s innocent, harmless appearance fool you—he was the undisputed campus heartthrob of Henghua No. 1 High School. Su Ruan had never eaten with someone like him before, and before long her cheeks were burning; she was so flustered she could hardly hold her chopsticks steady.

No sooner had Bai Chuwei sat down than the students around them began talking again.

From Bai Chuwei’s chuunibyo phase, to the bizarre Chinese exam answer of hers that had gone viral, to her recent cure for Su Ruan’s menstrual pain—and now the need to book two thousand-yuan appointments in advance—she had almost become the queen of gossip.

At the center of all the attention, Bai Chuwei remained perfectly calm, eating with elegant composure.

“I went to see Bai Chuwei today, and she really is a bit amazing. I hadn’t even told her what was wrong with me, and she already said I had a stomach problem!” one girl said excitedly the moment she spotted Bai Chuwei nearby.

“I heard that last time she told Teacher Zhou to go get a breast scan. Aren’t there supposed to be cultivators with supernatural powers these days? Could she have x-ray vision?” a wildly imaginative boy guessed boldly.

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The more Gao Qiaoqiao ate, the more uneasy she became. Last week Bai Chuwei had said there was something wrong with her shoulder, and now her left shoulder really was hurting more and more; even medicated patches had done nothing.

Gao Qiaoqiao tugged at her boyfriend, Di Zongping, beside her. Di Zongping had never met Bai Chuwei, but the rumors about her had spread all over the school lately, and he had become somewhat curious as well.

He led Gao Qiaoqiao toward Bai Chuwei’s table, and the instant he saw her, his eyes went straight.

Putting everything else aside, Bai Chuwei was truly beautiful.

Sitting there, she outshone every girl around her with that ethereal, dewy grace. It made him stir in places he had no business stirring, his blood surging and his breathing quickening without his even noticing.

Damn, this girl was hot.

A cool female voice drifted over with the wind. “Keep staring, and I’ll dig your eyes out and step on them like firecrackers.”