"Amazing? Perhaps, but life is always full of regrets like this or that. No matter how capable a person is, there are places his strength cannot reach. None of us are omnipotent!" Wei Zhao shook his head and said with some sadness, "Her illness comes down to a missing medicinal herb, and that herb is very hard to find nowadays..."

"Yes, none of us are omnipotent!" Xu Shilan sighed with feeling as well and nodded. "So that is how it is. Then she really is pitiful..."

"So her ideas are a little odd. Do not mind her. I have seen some of her wishes, and one of them is that if she were a boy she would want to pin you down, and if she were a girl she would want to play at 'that'... which would amount to pinning you down indirectly..." Wei Zhao put in a word for Feng Xiaoxiao, afraid Xu Shilan might misunderstand her. As for himself, he did not care; misunderstood or not, it made no difference to him.

"Huh?" Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Xu Shilan froze for a moment. "So it is like that... Your girlfriend really does think in strange ways..."

"Right? She has known since childhood that she would not live past twenty, so it is only normal that she thinks differently from other people..." Wei Zhao said, "So, Miss Xu, I hope you can spend more time with her. Take it as a request from me."

"That is only natural. No problem at all." Xu Shilan agreed at once. Now that the misunderstanding was cleared up, and Xu Shilan felt quite sympathetic toward Feng Xiaoxiao!

Before, Xu Shilan had thought herself unlucky enough, having suffered a family tragedy as a child and then developed this headache that could split her skull open at any moment, but compared with Feng Xiaoxiao, none of that counted for anything!

Soon Feng Xiaoxiao had fixed up her appearance and came running out of the dressing room, and Wei Zhao stopped talking at that moment and slipped to one side.

Xu Shilan had her own professional photographer. Xu Shilan spoke to Sister Wang, and Sister Wang brought the photographer over to take a set of photos of her with Feng Xiaoxiao. Because Xu Shilan now knew Feng Xiaoxiao's background, she posed with great patience and seriousness, without the slightest trace of impatience.

"Wow, I never thought I would one day take so many photos together with Xu Shilan! Hubby Wei Zhao, come take one with us?" Feng Xiaoxiao waved excitedly at Wei Zhao.

"I will skip it. You two go ahead. I do not like having my picture taken!" Wei Zhao waved his hand. He had little interest in taking photos with a star.

"Come on, Hubby Wei Zhao, just do it to keep me company!" Feng Xiaoxiao said coquettishly, refusing to take no for an answer.

"All right, then just one!" Wei Zhao gave a wry smile and walked over.

Xu Shilan was seething with rage! I am a huge star! There are plenty of people who want to take a picture with me, and you do not like having your picture taken? Do you think I am willing to pose with you? Humph! If it were not for the fact that you helped me once, and that Feng Xiaoxiao is so pitiful, do you think I am so idle? Keeping you company taking pictures for fun?

But she could only say that in her heart, cursing Wei Zhao a thousand times over inwardly, without being able to say a word of it aloud.

Wei Zhao stood beside Feng Xiaoxiao, but put Feng Xiaoxiao in the middle of the photo, and Xu Shilan grew even more annoyed. Usually when she took pictures with other people, was she not always placed in the middle, with the others standing on either side? Now it was completely reversed, and she had become the mere backdrop!

So in this photo, Xu Shilan did not smile, pouting with pursed lips as she finished the shot with a look of grievance, like someone who had swallowed her anger.

After the photos were taken, Xu Shilan's company staff had also just about finished packing up. Everyone was getting ready to leave for Xu Shilan's celebration banquet, and Feng Xiaoxiao had returned fully satisfied, so she did not plan to keep clinging to Xu Shilan either.

"Miss Xu, thank you." Wei Zhao nodded to Xu Shilan. Whatever else, Feng Xiaoxiao had been very happy today, and Wei Zhao's impression of Xu Shilan had improved.

"You are welcome. I really did not do anything." Xu Shilan shook her head and smiled.

"Then Xiaoxiao and I will not disturb you further. We will take our leave. I can see you still have other business. You are off to a celebration banquet, right? We will be going. As for the matter of a photo with my friend, we can talk about that another time." Wei Zhao did not want to trouble Xu Shilan too much. After all, he had already taken up so much of her time today, and he felt a little bad about it.

"Mr. Lin, please wait a moment..." Xu Shilan hesitated, then said, "In a while I do have to attend a celebration banquet, but might I invite you and Miss Feng to join us?"

Xu Shilan had two motives for doing this. First, she wanted to ask Wei Zhao whether her headaches could be cured. After all, this ailment had tormented her for so many years, and if there were a chance to get better, Xu Shilan would naturally not let it slip by. Second, Xu Shilan truly did pity Feng Xiaoxiao, and bringing her along to the celebration banquet would count as spending more time with her.

"Join the celebration banquet?" Wei Zhao's brows knitted slightly, and he grew somewhat suspicious of Xu Shilan's motives. He had done Xu Shilan a favor, but Xu Shilan had already repaid him by talking with Feng Xiaoxiao and taking pictures with her. That should have settled the debt between them, leaving neither owing the other. For Xu Shilan now to invite him and Feng Xiaoxiao to her celebration banquet was a little too enthusiastic!

Could she have some other purpose? Wei Zhao was no fool. Xu Shilan's purpose was probably nothing other than his treatment of her illness. Her headache had only been temporarily held down by his acupuncture and massage, but it would flare up again. If Xu Shilan was looking for him, Wei Zhao really could not think of any other reason besides that.

"Mr. Lin, to tell the truth." Xu Shilan hesitated, then hid nothing. "First, I feel a special affinity with Miss Xiaoxiao, a kind of natural closeness. I do not have many friends, so I would like to take Xiaoxiao as my friend. Second, I have some physical problems I would like to consult Mr. Lin about!"

"Oh —" Wei Zhao was rather surprised by Xu Shilan's frankness, though his overall impression of Xu Shilan rose a few points. "Ask Xiaoxiao what she thinks."

By saying that, Wei Zhao was effectively not refusing Xu Shilan's suggestion, but leaving it to her to ask Feng Xiaoxiao. If Feng Xiaoxiao agreed, then he would naturally have no objection. Wei Zhao's thoughts were all on Feng Xiaoxiao now; as long as she was happy, anything was fine.

As for the pains in Xu Shilan's body, that was a small matter. If Feng Xiaoxiao was truly happy, then Wei Zhao would have no problem helping Xu Shilan out.

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