Chapter 1785 — The Strange Little Shu

Unless it was that one time he was injured and couldn't come out, he would never fail to leave his room.

Hearing Gu Mengyao's words, the old man Wei's expression grew even more grave. If something was out of the ordinary, then there was certainly a problem — could Wei Zhao have run into some trouble?

"So... Xiaoyi may have gotten himself into some kind of trouble..." Old Man Wei could not be certain, but worry was plain in his heart. "I'll go take a look..."

"We're coming too..." Tang Yun said instinctively.

"All right, then stay behind me and don't make a sound. If he truly lost track of time, we shouldn't disturb him," Old Man Wei cautioned.

Tang Yun and the others hastily nodded to show they understood.

Old Man Wei crept quietly to Wei Zhao's door and gave it a gentle push; it swung open at once.

Wei Zhao never locked his door at home — there were no outsiders here, so he had no fear of being disturbed.

At first, after pushing the door open, Old Man Wei had meant to be careful and keep it from making any noise. But the moment he took in the scene inside the room, he gave a violent start, shoved the door wide and rushed in, crying out in alarm: "Xiaoyi, what's happened to you?"

There lay Wei Zhao on the floor, his whole body flushed red. His clothes and the wooden bed had long since crumbled to ash, and Wei Zhao lay sprawled amid that ash!

At Old Man Wei's cry, Tang Yun, Gu Mengyao and Little Shu also rushed into the room. But when they saw that Wei Zhao was unclothed, their faces flushed at once — though only for an instant, before shame gave way to alarm, for the color of Wei Zhao's body was much like that of a boiled crab. And that was not all: the moment they drew near him, they could plainly feel the heat of a fire roasting their skin!

"Grandpa Lin, what's wrong with Wei Zhao?" Tang Yun forgot her embarrassment and asked urgently.

Lin Dongfang, for his part, was frowning deeply. Clearly he too had no idea what had happened, or why Wei Zhao should suddenly be in such a state.

"I don't know yet, but something has definitely gone wrong!" Old Man Wei said, his expression grim. This was plainly not... it could not possibly be normal to lie there on the ground without moving a muscle — something had clearly gone amiss!

With that, Old Man Wei reached out and touched Wei Zhao's body. Even with his physique, impervious to fire and water and hard as diamond, he was badly scalded by Wei Zhao — fortunately without injury, but anyone else would likely have been burned outright.

Old Man Wei pulled his hand back the instant he touched him, his expression growing heavier still. "Has Xiaoyi ever had anything like this before?"

"This... no, never..." Tang Yun thought it over, then shook her head decisively.

"But... he hasn't, though Little Shu seems to have," Gu Mengyao said suddenly, recalling the time not long ago when Little Shu had abruptly broken out in fever. The situation had been much like Wei Zhao's now — her whole body flushed red as though boiled, and burning hot enough to frighten anyone!

The only difference was that Little Shu had been conscious then, while Wei Zhao was now unconscious.

"Oh? You mean that time she was stricken with fire poison?" Old Man Wei remembered too — Wei Zhao had called him before and told him about Little Shu.

"Yes, that's right, the time she was stricken with fire poison — but the circumstances were somewhat different," Gu Mengyao said with a nod. "Little Shu's fever came out of nowhere; she said it was an old ailment from childhood. But Wei Zhao's... this must have come on afterward!"

Old Man Wei nodded approvingly. Gu Mengyao was clearly quite sharp, to spot the difference at once.

"When Little Shu had this happen before, how was it resolved?" Old Man Wei asked.

"I took a kind of medicine to suppress it..." Shen Yushu said. "But it should be different for Brother Arrow..."

Shen Yushu knew her own body best, and she knew her condition was surely not the same as Wei Zhao's. So, to keep Grandpa Lin from going astray, she hurried to explain.

"Indeed... it should be different..." Old Man Wei risked the burn once more to feel Wei Zhao's breath, and finding it more or less normal, he calmed himself and said: "Perhaps something has gone wrong. You stay here and watch over him; I'm going to make a phone call..."

Old Man Wei drew a deep breath. He had not been in contact with that person for years, but this time, for Wei Zhao's sake, he had no choice! For the situation Wei Zhao now faced was beyond his ability to resolve — it was not something he could fix!

"All right!" Tang Yun agreed without the slightest hesitation. It was embarrassing, but Wei Zhao's life hung in the balance — what did she care for anything else? Besides, she and Wei Zhao were already a couple; though their relationship had not yet gone that far, she might as well take a look in advance, gain some experience, and not be so flustered by shyness in the future.

Shen Yushu, meanwhile, frowned slightly and reached out curiously to touch Wei Zhao's body...

"Little Shu, careful, don't touch him!" Gu Mengyao was badly startled. That heat — if it fell on an ordinary person's body, would it not scald them to death? Lin Dongfang had his own secret methods, and though he seemed unharmed, he had still clenched his teeth against the burn. How could Little Shu compare with him?

But Gu Mengyao's warning came a step too late — Shen Yushu's hand had already touched Wei Zhao's shoulder, and both Gu Mengyao and Tang Yun turned pale with fright!

The instant Shen Yushu's hand met Wei Zhao's body, there came a sharp sizzle. She had just come in from outside, where a fine rain was falling, so her hands carried some moisture — and in that instant the moisture was vaporized outright. It was a terrifying thing to behold.

Yet just as Tang Yun and Gu Mengyao feared for Shen Yushu, something strange happened!

Shen Yushu seemed utterly unable to feel the heat of Wei Zhao's body; there was nothing unusual in her expression at all. And the next moment, the red in Wei Zhao's body seemed to fade considerably, while Shen Yushu's own body suddenly turned bright red. Her hand upon Wei Zhao's shoulder acted like a conduit, drawing the heat from within his body into her own!

"So hot!" Then Shen Yushu's body turned red all over — yet not to the point of setting her clothes alight...

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