Chapter 85: I Really Am a Great Star

After saying that, Ling Xiao was about to leave without another word.

Sister Zhang grew anxious and hurried forward to stop him.

"Hey! What kind of attitude is that? We came all this way, and now you say the place is closed just like that? Is that how you do business?"

Ling Xiao gave her a faint glance.

"Get lost."

"Hey—you..."

"Enough. Sister Zhang, stop talking."

Lin Yixuan pulled Sister Zhang behind her and bowed to Ling Xiao.

"Divine Healer, I came here sincerely seeking treatment. I hope you can help me and cure this stubborn illness."

Ling Xiao tapped the wooden sign by the door.

"Rules are rules. One patient a week, consultation fee one hundred million. Get in line."

"Then may I ask, if I start lining up now, how long until I can be treated?"

"About eight or nine years."

Lin Yixuan froze on the spot, and Sister Zhang could not help bursting out in anger.

"What is wrong with you? Wait eight or nine years, and by then someone else will already have cured it. Who would still come looking for you? Are you crazy?"

Ling Xiao narrowed his eyes, a cold glint flashing within them.

"If you keep being this rude, I don’t mind teaching you some manners."

Sister Zhang shuddered.

"I... Hmph! I’m not wasting my breath on you. Yixuan, let’s go. This guy is all show and no substance—he’s nothing but a fraud, definitely not some divine healer!"

"Sister Zhang, what did you promise me just now? If you keep being so rude, I really will get angry!"

"I surrender!"

Sister Zhang folded her arms in a huff, her proud figure all the more striking for it.

Lin Yixuan bowed to Ling Xiao once more.

"Divine Healer, I was sent here by Sister Xiaoya. If you don’t help me, I truly won’t have any other way!"

"Xiaoya?"

"Yes, Cai Xiaoya. She said you once saved her grandfather."

"So it was her."

A flicker of joy appeared on Lin Yixuan’s face.

"Yes, Sister Xiaoya and I have been close friends for many years. You should be her friend too, right? Please, help me."

But Ling Xiao merely turned away with an air of cold indifference.

"You think too highly of yourself. She is not yet qualified to be my friend."

With that, he said no more and rose to leave.

Behind him, Sister Zhang muttered bitterly, "That guy is such a show-off! He’s definitely a quack, otherwise he wouldn’t be acting like this. He really thinks he’s some kind of living immortal!"

Lin Yixuan shook her head helplessly.

"Talented people inevitably have a bit of pride. Sister Zhang, you were too abrupt just now. You made him unhappy."

"Yixuan, you’re simply too easy to bully, which is why you ended up being drugged and your throat is almost ruined now. That guy is obviously not some divine healer. He’s one hundred percent a street swindler! One hundred million for a consultation, and a wait of eight or nine years—he’s just playing hard to get, trying to make you anxious and fall for it. If you believe him, you’ll be the one suffering!"

Lin Yixuan laughed and sighed at the same time.

"All right, all right. He was a perfectly decent person, and you’ve almost talked him into sounding like a con artist. Let’s go find Sister Xiaoya first. No matter what, I should thank her for helping me think of a solution."

"You really do need to learn to see through people’s true nature."

Sister Zhang let out a long sigh as though lamenting how hopeless it was to instruct the stubborn. Then she started the car and drove off with Lin Yixuan.

At a traffic light, she could not help frowning.

"Huh? Isn’t that the same person from earlier? He’s walking so fast!"

After thinking for a moment, she gritted her teeth and called out to Sister Zhang.

"Sister Zhang, go to Sister Xiaoya’s restaurant first and wait for me. I have something to do and will be there a little later."

"Hey! Yixuan, don’t go running around! This place is unfamiliar, and if your fans recognize you, it’ll be very troublesome!"

"I know. I’ve got a mask and sunglasses on—no one can see me!"

With that, she turned and hurried off without looking back.

Ling Xiao was walking along when a fragrant breeze drifted past him, causing him to slightly furrow his brow and stop.

Looking up, he saw it was that same girl again.

"Do you still need something?"

Lin Yixuan smiled faintly.

"Hello. I’d like to apologize for my friend’s rudeness earlier."

"No need."

Ling Xiao turned and walked on, and Lin Yixuan quickly caught up.

"I haven’t introduced myself yet. My name is Lin Yixuan. It’s a pleasure to meet you."

She held out her hand. It was small and delicate, as white and smooth as jade, very alluring.

But Ling Xiao did not even glance at it.

That left her somewhat embarrassed.

After a soft cough, Lin Yixuan hurried after him again.

"You haven’t heard of my name?"

"No."

Ling Xiao’s coldness was enough to kill any conversation on the spot, leaving Lin Yixuan with a deep sense of helplessness. At the same time, she could not help feeling puzzled.

Was Ling Xiao really a modern person? In this age of such advanced internet, how could he not know who she was?

Unless... perhaps he thinks I just happen to have the same name as someone else?

Thinking of this, she looked left and right. With few people around, she gritted her teeth and once again spread her arms to block his path.

Ling Xiao had not expected her to rush up to him again and again; in his momentary carelessness, he bumped into her chest.

Soft, springy, and it even pushed him back just a little.

"What exactly do you want?"

Ling Xiao was getting impatient.

Lin Yixuan took a deep breath and said, "I think I should no longer hide my identity. Doctor, please don’t be surprised, and don’t scream, or we’ll attract a lot of trouble."

With that, as though making some great decision, she removed her sunglasses and mask.

At that instant, the scenery around them seemed to lose all its color.

It was a stunningly beautiful face, skin like snow, eyes dark as ink, without a single flaw.

A verse came to mind, perfectly fitting:

Emerging from clear water, a lotus blossom; untouched by any ornament.

Though barefaced, she possessed an aura of utter purity and innocence.

One glance was enough to eclipse every so-called internet beauty.

This woman... should not be of this mortal world.

Yet Ling Xiao merely looked at her coldly.

"So you were just showing off your looks?"

"Yes!"

Lin Yixuan nodded, then hurriedly shook her head.

"No, no! That’s not what I mean! My face—look closely at my face!"

"Hm?"

Ling Xiao frowned slightly.

"It looks like you have a boil. You’re having a flare-up."

"Poof—!"

Lin Yixuan felt as though she was about to spit out a mouthful of blood.

"My heavens, do you really not recognize me?"

Ling Xiao’s brows furrowed even more deeply.

"Do I need to recognize you?"

Lin Yixuan slapped her forehead, feeling utterly drained.

Then her gaze shifted to the side, and suddenly her eyes lit up.

"Look at that billboard. Do you see it? Doesn’t the person on it look just like me?"

Ling Xiao glanced over.

"Oh! So you’re a celebrity."

Lin Yixuan felt no happiness at all, only an even deeper sense of desolation.

"If this world didn’t have time machines, I’d honestly suspect you were a primitive human being."