The Plant Had Arrived—Chen Xiaoxiao Had Hope Again! With the Plant Here, the Plot Could Finally Move Forward!

At this moment, recalling the conversation outside that she had overheard by accident, Chen Xiaoxiao's heart was filled with confusion.

Ye Chen?

Fei Yangyao?

How could these two be connected? What was their relationship? Why did Fei Yangyao know about her old history with Ye Chen? Had Ye Chen told him? But where was Ye Chen? Why was Fei Yangyao here while Ye Chen was absent? Why was Fei Yangyao pretending to be Ye Chen?

Question after question swirled through Chen Xiaoxiao's mind, leaving her utterly bewildered.

Her little head was filled with huge question marks.

Chen Xiaoxiao had heard from her best friend that Fei Yangyao was a mysterious man.

Mysterious?

Maybe she should just play along with him for now?

If she saw what he was trying to do, perhaps the mystery would reveal itself.

So, after her initial panic, she suppressed her emotions and began playing the role of a blind girl reunited with her childhood sweetheart.

"It's all right. It's in the past now," Young Master Fei consoled her. "We can start over."

She blinked hard, trying to squeeze out a few tears, but no matter what she did, she could not force any out.

If Ye Chen had really come, Chen Xiaoxiao might indeed have thought of something sad.

But the moment she thought about acting out this scene with Fei Yangyao, she found it inexplicably hilarious. It was already impressive enough that she could keep herself from laughing out loud.

Unable to produce tears, she could only take a deep breath, compose herself, nod slightly, and softly reply, "Mm."

But from Young Master Fei's perspective—

Chen Xiaoxiao's eyes were lowered, her long lashes casting two soft shadows beneath them. The corners of her lips curved faintly downward, as though carrying endless sorrow, yet she was still trying to remain strong and keep her tears from falling so easily.

Standing amid the flowers in the shop, her delicate features made her seem even more like a classical Jiangnan beauty—graceful and melancholy.

Seeing this, Young Master Fei unexpectedly felt a trace of pity and wanted to take good care of her.

"I'll take care of you from now on," he said instinctively.

The moment the words left his mouth, even he froze.

That wasn't in the script!

But seeing Chen Xiaoxiao's moved expression, Young Master Fei decided to roll with it. It was close enough, and he could not take it back now anyway. Ye Chen probably would not care about such minor details.

Wearing Ye Chen's limited-edition skin, he did not care much about it.

"Thank you," Chen Xiaoxiao said softly. "Ye Chen."

She pronounced the two words "Ye Chen" with particular clarity.

Young Master Fei merely assumed she was touched and smiled.

"Do you know? During the years I disappeared, it wasn't because I abandoned you. I went to find a way to cure your illness."

A line that made Young Master Fei desperately want to mock it.

Did finding a cure really require disappearing without a trace?

The two things had nothing to do with each other.

What, he could not look for treatment while taking her with him?

In the end, Chen Xiaoxiao had just been a little girl back then, with no value to speak of.

Now that she had grown into such a beauty, his little head had taken control of his big head, and his second head had become the boss, so he wanted to cure Chen Xiaoxiao.

Still, though it was an impulsive decision, Ye Chen treating Chen Xiaoxiao was not entirely useless. Later in the book, Chen Xiaoxiao had a unique storyline of her own.

That dog of an author had never brought in a useless female lead.

"Is that so?"

Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaoxiao did not seem all that expectant.

Then again, after all these years, she had probably long since stopped placing much hope in her eyes.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Repeated failures had already made Chen Xiaoxiao accustomed to the murky darkness.

Of course, being cured would be good. But if she could not be cured, life still had to go on.

"Of course."

Having learned the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate, he could now be considered a seasoned Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner. But this secret technique alone was still not enough to cure her.

Fortunately, Young Master Fei remembered the treatment process that the book had described in painstaking—no, detailed—fashion.

Previously, when he had possessed no medical skills at all, he would never have dared to blindly copy those steps.

But now, the medical knowledge he possessed gave him the confidence to adapt as needed.

It was like someone who had completely mastered all three years of high school mathematics: after taking the college entrance exam once, they could take the same paper again and score full marks.

But if it were someone who could not even solve a system of two linear equations, they might take the same paper ten times and still not necessarily get a perfect score.

That was also where Young Master Fei found the confidence to come and treat Chen Xiaoxiao.

"But..." Chen Xiaoxiao hesitated.

As for putting on an act, Chen Xiaoxiao had no psychological burden. But if Fei Yangyao was going to treat her illness...

Even if she trusted Fei Yangyao's character, she did not dare trust his medical skills.

Back then, the old woman who had taken her in had brought her around to seek out famous doctors throughout the Southern Kingdom, yet they had found nothing.

Even renowned doctors had been helpless. Could Fei Yangyao really do it?

She had only met Fei Yangyao once and did not dare trust him unconditionally.

"What's wrong? You don't believe me?" He adopted Ye Chen's tone and pretended to be angry.

"Yes—no, no, that's not it..." Chen Xiaoxiao was also hesitating over whether she should come clean.

If she came clean, then Young Master Fei's efforts would go to waste. Chen Xiaoxiao could tell that he cared greatly about this matter.

He had treated her quite well during their last meeting, and Chen Xiaoxiao did not want to let his efforts down.

But if she did not come clean, she could not completely trust his medical skills either.

She knew quite a few people whose good intentions had led to bad results.

For a moment, the two of them were stuck in a stalemate.

Young Master Fei felt a little overwhelmed.

Sure enough, just as expected, the unexpected happened.

But in the original novel, Ye Chen had not needed to do much convincing either!

Why had a problem arisen the moment he tried it himself?

Could it be that he lacked some of the Dragon King's domineering aura?

Fortunately, Young Master Fei was glad he had prepared a backup plan. He signaled with his eyes toward the reinforcements outside the door, telling them to hurry up and join in.

A Jiu and Jiang Anran were standing by the door, watching the drama unfold. Both of them could clearly see that things had stalled.

Jiang Anran covered her mouth at the doorway, stifling laughter as she kept glancing at the two of them. Her eyes darted about, eager to watch a good show.

It seemed Young Master did not know that Xiaoxiao had very sharp hearing.

She had probably heard most of what they had said outside just now.

Seeing that it was her turn to take the stage, she quickly wiped the smile off her face, put on a stern expression, and pushed open the door.

It could not be helped. If she did not keep a straight face, she was afraid she would not be able to hold it in.

"Ding-a-ling~"

The plant had arrived—Chen Xiaoxiao's light had arrived! The plant had arrived—the plot could finally move forward!

Young Master Fei beamed with joy, grinned from ear to ear, was overjoyed, and practically had a son...

"Xiaoxiao... Huh, who are you?" Showing none of her usual anger, she mechanically greeted her best friend, then turned with a look of "surprise" toward the unfamiliar man.

"My name is Ye Chen. I'm Xiaoxiao's childhood sweetheart."

"Oh? Xiaoxiao's childhood sweetheart?"

"Yes."

Young Master Fei then put on an act and explained his entanglement with Xiaoxiao to her once more. Of course, this was for Chen Xiaoxiao's benefit.

"You said you're going to treat Xiaoxiao's eyes? You know medicine?" Jiang Anran did her best to play the part of a qualified best friend acting as a health inspector.

"Of course I do."

"How can you prove it? You say you can cure Xiaoxiao, but what if something goes wrong?"