Wen Huilan naturally understood the principle of respecting a superior's privacy.
Whether Gao Wenfu had truly lost his composure or not, she pretended not to notice. She turned as usual, preparing to open the door and leave. But then she heard Gao Wenfu draw an overly long breath.
A "respectable man" like him should not have been making such exaggerated movements.
Wen Huilan turned back and saw Gao Wenfu lower his head, his body trembling slightly, almost beyond his control.
"Are you all right?"
Was he having an episode? An Extraordinary Species?
Or was there some outside force at work?
Wen Huilan glanced at the doorknob and confirmed that she had not opened the door yet. The shielding power of the Extraordinary Domain personally set up by Gao Wenfu should still have been functioning.
Gao Wenfu answered with a choking laugh. "That move of his is rather..."
Before he could finish, he pressed a hand to his chest again. His shoulders and rib cage rose and swelled, his breathing growing heavier and heavier, making him look exactly like a patient struck by a sudden severe illness.
Wen Huilan decisively said, "I'll call Lao Zhou over."
Lao Zhou was the accompanying physician for the business delegation. He might not be of much use in the current situation, but the gesture had to be made.
"Don't bother."
As he spoke, Gao Wenfu seemed to lose the strength to remain standing and dropped heavily back into his executive chair. The chair let out a "bang," followed by a creaking groan.
Oddly enough, changing position seemed to improve his condition somewhat. His breathing eased, but whenever he tilted his head back and exhaled, some dull gray color seemed to spray from his mouth and nose in fine threads before swiftly vanishing.
Wen Huilan instinctively