Chapter 265 — A Change of Impression
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"Even so, I still have to thank you. I, An Jianwen, am not a man who likes to owe others favors. This debt today, I will repay!" As for Wei Zhao's words, An Jianwen paid them no mind.
The two had been at each other's throats before, and the fact that Wei Zhao could step in to save him now was entirely out of consideration for Gu Mengyao. An Jianwen understood this perfectly well.
He cast Gu Mengyao a grateful look. "Yaoyao, your Brother Jianwen didn't treat you well for nothing back then!"
As for Shen Yushu, An Jianwen had nothing left to say. That girl was just like that — whoever rubbed her the wrong way, she would torment to death. An Jianwen had no idea how he had provoked this little hellion; she had always been less than fond of him.
"It's nothing. As long as you're all right." Seeing that An Jianwen's life was no longer in danger, Gu Mengyao breathed a sigh of relief. "But you should still do as Wei Zhao said and get your stomach pumped, just to be safe."
Without realizing it, Gu Mengyao had come to regard Wei Zhao as her personal encyclopedia. At some point, his words had begun to influence her deeply.
"Of course..." An Jianwen smiled. He said the words aloud, but inside, his heart ached. There had been a time when Gu Mengyao had listened to him just like this, treating her big brother's every word as gospel truth, flying into a rage at anyone who dared argue with him. But the years had passed, and another man had appeared in her life...
An Jianwen refused to accept it. He had thought that upon returning from his studies abroad, he could formally propose courting Gu Mengyao. She was only just about to enter university then, and given the Gu family's upbringing, they would never allow her to date so early. So An Jianwen had returned to Songshan City full of confidence — he had not even bothered to inquire about Gu Mengyao's situation in advance, nor had he rushed to pay a visit. Instead, he had first sought out Su Taizao, once a fellow member of the Four Young Masters of Songshan, to catch up.
He had never expected that in a restaurant at an amusement park, he would happen upon Gu Mengyao — only to find she was already taken... and her man looked utterly ordinary. Just as An Jianwen began to wonder whether there was something wrong with Gu Mengyao's judgment, whether she had deliberately rebelled by choosing some poor nobody, the skill Wei Zhao displayed completely overturned his opinion.
To determine the cause of his illness from a single glance at the soup he had drunk, to make him vomit up everything he had eaten with a few presses and kneads on his back — was that something an ordinary person could do?
Especially after overhearing the exchange between Gu Mengyao and him, An Jianwen became all the more certain that he had misjudged the man. Wei Zhao was not as simple as he appeared on the surface.
"Wei Zhao, can you save Brother Jianwen?" "Oh, I can. But I don't want to."
Those few simple sentences made it clear that Wei Zhao's abilities might extend far beyond this — perhaps much further. Because saving a life seemed to be no more than a casual effort for him.
This forced An Jianwen to reassess the level of his opponent. For the first time, this rival made him feel something he had to take seriously. Before, there had only been mockery, contempt, and confidence.
The sound of an ambulance siren rose. Even at an amusement park, an ambulance had free passage — it was just that the distance from the hospital to the suburban amusement park was not short. By the time the ambulance arrived, Wei Zhao had already brought An Jianwen back from the brink.
Several paramedics strode in quickly. "Where's the patient?"
"Over here!" Su Taizao hurriedly waved them over. "Food allergy. He's already vomited it up. He needs a stomach pump!"
"All right. Are you a family member of the patient?" The paramedics moved to lift An Jianwen onto a stretcher, but An Jianwen waved his hand, indicating he could walk on his own.