Chapter 412 - 410: Audience with the Divine Doctor
After saying that, Zhang Yufei went to sit under the shade of a tree, sitting idly like that, and soon it was evening.
Indeed, Zhang Ju did not come out even once during this half day, truly a heart of stone. Meanwhile, Chen Tianlong was drenched in sweat, parched and thirsty.
Zhang Yufei walked over, took a look at Chen Tianlong, and was startled. The sun was indeed scorching, just a few hours made a person like this.
So, Zhang Yufei thought for a moment and began walking towards the manor’s hall. Before long, she returned with a few steamed buns and a bottle of mineral water.
She had obtained these from the housekeeper.
"Here, Chen Tianlong, you should eat something first. You can’t just kneel like this; before you even get a response, you’ll starve." Zhang Yufei was rather pragmatic; if it were her kneeling, she definitely wouldn’t keep kneeling all the way.
"Yufei, no need, I don’t want to eat." Chen Tianlong felt sincerity was necessary; he didn’t believe Zhang Ju was entirely heartless.
"Oh...."
Looking at his determined face, Zhang Yufei thought to herself, could Chen Tianlong really be like those people on TV who kneel until they faint?
Oh my! So foolish!
However, shaking her head, she plopped down on the ground and began munching on the buns. The night was very quiet, and just like that, it unknowingly reached eleven o’clock.
The nearby Zhang Yufei was already nodding off, teetering on the brink of sleep.
Suddenly, a dry thunderclap startled her awake. Right after, the sky filled with dark clouds, and shortly it began to pour rain.
"Damn! What kind of weather is this, scorching heat by day, torrential rain by night."
Zhang Yufei felt very frustrated, seeing nowhere to shelter from the rain. She shouted to Chen Tianlong, "Chen Tianlong, it’s raining, let’s find somewhere to take cover for a while."
"No, I won’t get up unless Divine Doctor Zhang agrees to my request." Chen Tianlong said faintly, though he was both hungry and tired, and his legs had long gone numb.
As he spoke, the rain poured down torrentially.
Zhang Yufei, being a girl, couldn’t withstand the pounding of such heavy rain, and after a while, ran to the eaves in front.
However, at this moment, Zhang Yufei was a bit angry as well. This Zhang Ju really knew how to put on airs, not even coming out for a peek in this downpour.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Zhang Yufei knocked on the door and shouted, "You old man, Chen Tianlong has been kneeling all day, and now it’s pouring outside, can’t you come out and see? They say doctors have parents’ hearts, has your conscience been eaten by dogs?"
Sure enough, inside, Zhang Ju was taken aback. He was so focused on researching new medicine, he rarely looked outside. During dinner when the housekeeper brought him his meal, nothing about the outside was mentioned, so he naturally thought Chen Tianlong had left.
And Housekeeper Li Sheng didn’t mention Chen Tianlong because he didn’t want to make the old man furious again over this. After all, the biggest matter now was to succeed in new drug development; everything else was to be put aside.
Moreover, Chen Tianlong wasn’t related to them in any way. It was quite normal for the old man not to save his friend since Beiji Medical Manor wasn’t a charity.
Zhang Ju stood by the window and looked outside. Through the dim night, he saw the young man still kneeling there, motionless, and felt a jolt in his heart.
This man’s perseverance was so strong; from noon until now, he had endured the scorching sun, and now the pouring rain washed over him. This sincerity was truly admirable.
If it wasn’t for his other identity, he would really like to take a trip to South Sea City with him, if only for this sincerity.
Sighing, Zhang Ju went back to his room and lay down to sleep.
Zhang Yufei shouted for a while, seeing there was no response, angrily kicked the door and looked at Chen Tianlong.
At this time, she felt a bit distressed. Although Chen Tianlong wasn’t her boyfriend, he had once shielded her from a bullet. Thinking about the gunshot wound on his back, she felt a wave of anxiety.
She glanced around, saw two clothes hanging near the window, thought for a moment, and walked over....
Before long, Zhang Yufei was seen holding two pieces of clothing standing behind Chen Tianlong, and she too had been slowly drenched, occasionally sneezing.
Originally, Chen Tianlong didn’t find the exposure to the elements very hard to endure, but hearing Zhang Yufei sneezing while trying to shield him from the rain, he was deeply moved.
He really wanted to stand up, give her a big hug, to let her feel a bit of warmth.
However, he couldn’t get up; one mustn’t give up halfway through.
Just like that, who knows how long it went on, the rain stopped. And Zhang Yufei, too, knelt on the ground, she didn’t even know why she did it herself, only feeling that Chen Tianlong was pitiful!
Early the next morning, Zhang Ju deliberately opened the door and stretched.
The rain lasted until about three o’clock in the morning, but when he got up to use the bathroom, he found it just stopped raining.
So, that young man outside should have been unable to bear it and ran to take cover from the rain, right?
However, when Zhang Ju fixed his gaze, his mouth opened wide enough to fit an egg. He never expected that not only was Chen Tianlong still kneeling outside, but also that young girl was kneeling beside him.
Both of them were wet all over, looking very disheveled.
"Sigh...."
Despite being of advanced age, Zhang Ju’s heart wasn’t that hard. Seeing this scene, he also felt a bit soft-hearted.
However, he didn’t want to impose things on these two young people, but he knew, after such a night, perhaps they were already caught up in it, wanting to let go but unable to.
When the sun rose again, Chen Tianlong felt warm all over, while next to him, Lin Yufei was shivering continuously. Zhang Yufei, although a police officer, was a girl after all. Her successful appointment as a team leader was largely due to the help Master Ma gave her behind the scenes.
Therefore, as a female cop, Zhang Yufei didn’t have that robust a physique, nor was she particularly outstanding.
"Two of you, have some food."
Housekeeper Li Sheng appeared again, holding a tray with a few steaming buns and two bowls of soup.
Chen Tianlong opened his eyes, somewhat dazed, and upon seeing Li Sheng in front of him, immediately said, "Thank you, Housekeeper Li, but I can’t eat. You give it to Yufei."
"I won’t eat either." Although not that robust physically, Zhang Yufei had quite a strong character.
Looking at them both being so stubborn, Li Sheng smiled wryly and said, "If you don’t eat a bit and go change into dry clothes, are you planning to meet the manor master like this?"
Originally, Chen Tianlong intended to continue resting with his eyes closed, but upon hearing Li Sheng’s words, he suddenly realized and said excitedly, "What? Housekeeper Li, what did you just say?"
"Haha... Congratulations to both of you, the manor master wishes to see you. However, whether or not he will agree to your request, that I can’t say." Li Sheng said with a smile.
"Ah?"
Both of them were taken aback simultaneously, knowing there was hope for a turning point.
Excitedly, Chen Tianlong tried to stand up immediately but felt his lower limbs were numb and couldn’t stand up at all. Zhang Yufei was a bit better off, having only knelt from the latter half of the night, and secretly taking a rest once tired.
So, she stood up immediately, then walked over to Chen Tianlong and pulled him up with force.