Chapter 78 — To Interfere or Not (Faster Updates, Please Recommend, Please Bookmark, Please Give All Kinds of Support)
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Wei Zhao examined them carefully and found two ingredients seemed to have been stored too long and had gone slightly stale, their potency greatly reduced. Having no choice, Wei Zhao had them weigh out extra, making up in quantity for what they lacked in quality.
He checked the vessels and dispensing tools he had asked for as well, and only after making sure there was nothing wrong did he pack everything carefully and leave the pharmacy.
These days, whether Chinese patent medicines or Western medicines, all sold very well. Only loose herbs like these did not sell briskly in pharmacies, with few buyers. That was also why Wei Zhao had been able to finish his purchase and walk out of the pharmacy so quickly.
Out of the pharmacy, Wei Zhao had no plan to go straight to school. He was already absent, so whether he went or not hardly mattered. Having already bought a full set of measures and tools for compounding, Wei Zhao meant to find a place to prepare the medicine first.
Such work could hardly be done at school, and still less in Gu Mengyao's villa. Fill the whole house with the smell of Chinese medicine and those two girls would go mad. The best way was to rent a room by the hour, finish the job, and leave.
With that idea in mind, Wei Zhao was in no hurry to get to school, and instead wandered around near the pharmacy to see if there was a decent hotel where he could get an hourly room.
"Hm?" At the mouth of a deserted alley, Wei Zhao saw the same girl from the pharmacy. She was now collapsed on the ground, with a pool of bright red blood spreading beneath her.
Wei Zhao frowned. He did not want to meddle, but in this lonely alley, let alone whether anyone else would pass by, even if someone did, who would dare take up such trouble? If the rescue failed and the person died, it would only invite needless trouble.
Wei Zhao hesitated. He was a man with a mission on his shoulders and should not court extra trouble. Moreover, in his line of work, one had to be ready to die at any moment. Though Wei Zhao also knew that if he left her alone, she would likely die of losing too much blood.
But at times, there was truly nothing Wei Zhao could do, especially with something that had nothing to do with him and was so plainly trouble. The girl was clearly no ordinary person. This was meddling Wei Zhao really could not afford.
Gritting his teeth, Wei Zhao strode quickly past the girl. As he passed her fallen body, he could not help casting her a pitying glance. I hope you can pull through on your own, and then he hurried away.
But Wei Zhao had gone only a few steps when he suddenly stopped. Wait.
That last glance had shown Wei Zhao something that looked strangely familiar, though he dared not be sure.
Wei Zhao turned back and walked again to the girl's side, bending down to stare fixedly at a ring on the little finger of her right hand.
When he made out the patterned design upon it, Wei Zhao sighed, quickly felt the pulse at her wrist, and finding there was still a pulse, carefully lifted her from the ground and settled her onto his back.
Though the girl had already lost consciousness from losing too much blood, she still showed some instinctive reaction when Wei Zhao carried her, struggling twice by reflex. Perhaps it was a conditioned response to attack from the outside world.
Seeing no one about, Wei Zhao quickened his pace and ran back the way he had come, carrying the girl on his back.
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