10 – Getting Closer to Fu Shangbai…
“It’s you, young lady.”
The uncle smiled warmly. “Young lady, you stopped me, is there something you need?”
Su Jiaojiao stared at the trace of black energy between the uncle’s brows.
She said straightforwardly, “Uncle, it seems you’re afflicted by illness. Are you aware of it yourself?”
The uncle’s smile stiffened slightly, then he sighed. “I know.”
Su Jiaojiao spoke frankly, “Then why haven’t you gone to see a doctor? If I may ask, is it because the doctors said it’s incurable, or because you don’t have the money? If it’s a matter of money, I can help you—”
The uncle had helped her earlier, and if he couldn’t afford treatment, she didn’t mind paying for this life-saving expense.
The uncle shook his head. “I’ve been to many hospitals. It’s late-stage stomach cancer. There’s no cure.”
Su Jiaojiao raised an eyebrow and smiled confidently. “Who said there’s no cure? You just haven’t met a divine healer. Your illness can be cured by a divine healer.”
It was merely a small area of diseased tissue. She could use her demonic power to extract the malignant energy from the affected region.
Upon hearing this, both the uncle and the child stared at her in shock!
While the uncle was still hesitating, the child excitedly ran forward, looked up at Su Jiaojiao, and asked, “Auntie, where is the divine healer?”
Su Jiaojiao pointed at herself. “I am the divine healer.”
She looked at the uncle and said with a smile, “Uncle, you have a kind heart, and I’m doing a good deed today. I’ll treat your illness as a favor. However, I’ve just come out of the mountains and don’t have any medicinal herbs on hand. I need time to prepare the medicine. If you trust me, stay at this hotel and wait for me. I’ll come find you once I’ve prepared the medicine.”
The child nodded repeatedly with joy.
But the uncle found it hard to believe that a young girl like Su Jiaojiao could cure his stomach cancer.
He feared she might be the kind of scammer he’d seen on TV, preying on terminally ill patients…
Yet, a voice inside him said, “This young lady is meeting you for the first time. Why would she go to such lengths to deceive you?”
He struggled internally, torn with indecision.
After a long pause, his desire to live finally outweighed his fear of being deceived.
Well…
He might as well try one last time.
He stared intently at Su Jiaojiao. “Alright, we won’t go to another city these next few days. We’ll stay here and wait for you, young lady.”
His eyes reddened. “If you can truly cure my illness, I’ll give you all my wealth!”
Su Jiaojiao shook her head and smiled. “I don’t need money. I’m helping you because you’re kind-hearted. You helped me earlier, and now I’m repaying you.”
She pointed at the elevator with a smile. “Let’s not say more. Uncle, take your grandson to play. We need to go upstairs now.”
The uncle quickly nodded. “Alright, alright, young lady, you go ahead!”
Watching Su Jiaojiao’s retreating figure, the uncle felt a surge of boundless hope!
Perhaps he had truly encountered a divine healer!
…
Inside the elevator.
Su Tuantuan wandered around the narrow elevator.
Instead of being excited about his first elevator ride, he was rather disdainful.
“My mother’s aerial flight is much faster than this, and it’s especially stable—doesn’t make you dizzy at all!”
Shang Lu lowered his head and ruffled Su Tuantuan’s hair, immediately showering him with praise.
“The ancestor is naturally the best. How could this broken elevator compare to the ancestor’s sword flight? Ah, if only the ancestor could take me flying someday, I’d die without regrets…”
Su Jiaojiao rubbed her temples in frustration. “Shut up!”Once she finds out about the ID and surveillance situation later, she’ll kick this guy to the curb—so annoying!
Shang Lu gave her a pitiful glance and silently shut his mouth.
Trying to win the ancestor’s favor—why is it so, so difficult!
When the elevator reached the thirteenth floor, the doors slowly slid open.
Through the narrow gap, Su Jiaojiao caught a glimpse and was startled to see the man standing outside!
Dressed in a suit, young and handsome.
Apart from his somewhat sickly pale skin, everything was just as she remembered from those past lives.
Yes, she had run into Fu Shangbai again.
Who would have thought? Even staying at a hotel, she’d bump into this guy!
Before, he was in the car while she was on the roadside—now, they were meeting face-to-face in a narrow hallway.
This distance—damn it—was getting closer and closer!