Chapter 1206 — Utterly Bizarre

Out of the bedroom, Tang Yun exchanged a hurried word or two with her father, then she and Wei Zhao were out the door in a flash; down the stairs, into the car, and only then did Tang Yun finally let out a breath. "Wei Zhao, you can save Xiaoxiao, can't you?"

"I'm not certain yet. We'll have to see..." Wei Zhao gave a bitter smile.

At Wei Zhao's words, Tang Yun could not help but fall silent! How could she fail to grasp what he meant? He was telling her he had no confidence. When he was certain of a thing - as when Wei Zhao had promised to cure her father, he had spoken in full, unshakable terms, saying he could definitely heal him. But now, with Feng Xiaoxiao, all he offered was: we'll have to see.

So Tang Yun knew. This time, Feng Xiaoxiao was perhaps truly in danger!

Wei Zhao tore through the streets, ran several red lights, and soon reached the compound where Feng Xiaoxiao lived - a place neither Wei Zhao nor Tang Yun was a stranger to. Having parked the car, he burst into the Feng household.

Feng Tianlong, his face haggard, opened the door. Wei Zhao asked anxiously, "How is she, Uncle Feng?"

"This is Director Liu, Xiaoxiao's attending physician. Director Liu, tell Xiao Yi how Xiaoxiao is getting on!" Feng Tianlong said to a doctor in a white coat standing a short way off.

"Very well, Mr. Feng." Director Liu nodded. He did not know what line of work this young man was in, but he did know who Feng Tianlong was, so he held nothing back: "Sir, Miss Feng's attack came on very suddenly. We have done all we could, but every resuscitative measure has failed. All of Miss Feng's readings are poor now; her bodily functions are declining across the board..."

"Mm. Let me see." Even as he listened to Director Liu, Wei Zhao was already striding toward Feng Xiaoxiao's bed. Several tubes and wires had been attached to her, and row upon row of machines were humming and blinking away. At the sight Wei Zhao frowned. "Take all of these off."

"Take them off?" Director Liu was taken aback.

"Do as Xiao Yi says - take them all off." Feng Tianlong did not know what Wei Zhao was after either, but Wei Zhao had saved Feng Xiaoxiao once before, so he must have a way this time as well; all he had to do was follow his instructions.

"Very well, Mr. Feng." With Feng Tianlong's leave, Director Liu and the nurses began stripping away the wires and tubes connected to Feng Xiaoxiao.

Looking at Feng Xiaoxiao lying on the bed, her face ghastly pale, Tang Yun felt a keen ache in her heart. She had always known that a day like this might come, yet now that it had arrived, it hurt her all the same.

"Wei Zhao, can you save her? I'm begging you..." Tang Yun gazed at Feng Xiaoxiao, hardly able to bear it. Over these past weeks of acquaintance she had long since taken Feng Xiaoxiao to her heart as a true friend; if anything were to happen to Feng Xiaoxiao, Tang Yun would surely be devastated!

Tang Yun's plea left Feng Tianlong, standing beside her, dumbfounded! Others, knowing nothing, would simply assume she was Feng Xiaoxiao's dear friend and that her worry was only natural - but Feng Tianlong knew that his own daughter was this girl's rival in love!

By their agreement Tang Yun was the first wife and Xiaoxiao the second, yet whoever you were, you would not welcome an extra wife in the house! And yet here was Tang Yun, worried sick about Feng Xiaoxiao - and not a scrap of it feigned, to judge by her face!

Who was Feng Tianlong but a trained agent, with a first-rate eye for people? If Tang Yun had been putting on false concern merely to curry favor with Wei Zhao, Feng Tianlong would have seen through it at a glance! But all he saw was sincerity and alarm, without a trace of pretense.

In that moment Feng Tianlong's heart swelled with gratitude and respect. This girl was truly magnanimous and kind-hearted - for Wei Zhao to have such a girlfriend was his blessing. Compared with his own daughter, Feng Tianlong thought, Tang Yun was very much the more generous; his own girl, he had to admit, could be rather petty and willful.

"Isn't she my girlfriend too? I'll certainly do everything I can..." At the sight of Tang Yun, Wei Zhao did not quite know whether to laugh or cry, but he answered her in earnest, solemn tones.

"Mm..." Tang Yun nodded.

Wei Zhao took Feng Xiaoxiao's hand, then said to Feng Tianlong, "Don't let anyone disturb me."

"Understood." Feng Tianlong nodded, then turned to Li Yifeng behind him. "Xiao Li, stand guard at the door. Let no one in to disturb us!"

"Yes!" Li Yifeng touched the pistol at his hip, nodded gravely, and took up his post at the door with quick strides.

Wei Zhao circulated the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art. He had already tasted the ferocity of Feng Xiaoxiao's draw the last time, so this time, to keep Feng Xiaoxiao from draining his strength dry in a single stroke, he slipped directly into a sleeping state and entered the jade pendant space, drawing on the energy within it to feed her bottomless appetite!

Wei Zhao's expectation was not mistaken. This time, just as before, the moment he set the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art in motion, the vast energy of the jade pendant space came flooding like the tide through his hand and into Feng Xiaoxiao's body!

Still, this time it was somewhat easier on him - the energy in the jade pendant space was, after all, endless and inexhaustible. But the next instant Wei Zhao was alarmed: he found that the energy of the jade pendant space seemed nowhere near enough to satisfy Feng Xiaoxiao, while the energy in his own body was seeping away, little by little, into hers!

It was the first time Wei Zhao had ever met with such a thing. Whether he was treating the wounds of General Weiwu or powering up Uncle Qing and Qiu Lingshan, the energy he sent into them had always flowed straight through from the jade pendant space, and never once had demand outstripped supply like this.

He had long sensed that Feng Xiaoxiao's body was strange, but he had never imagined it could be this strange! Wei Zhao's expression changed. "Elder Jiao," he asked, "what is going on?"

"Strange... extraordinarily strange!" Even Jiao Yazi had fallen into a reverie. "Her body is so strange. And this energy you are pouring into her seems to do no real good at all. Her life is nearly spent - no amount of energy will alter that; at best it can barely keep the spark alive. For her to wake, I am afraid, is impossible..."

"What do you mean?" Wei Zhao froze at Jiao Yazi's words. "No good? How can it be no good? Elder Jiao - are you saying she has reached the end of her life, and that this time nothing will help, no matter what?"

"Not necessarily. The last time she collapsed I felt the very same, and yet she lived - and lived a long while besides. There is something strange in it, but I cannot say what... Ah, if only my true body were here; then I could go out and look for myself. Through you, I can never be certain of anything..." Jiao Yazi sighed.

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