NOVEL NEXT Chapter 424: Zhong Feng's Phone Call
"Wang Ye, today, when you were on stage, you didn't you discover a piece of True Stone? After the competition ends, could you possibly..."
It might have been because Guo Pengzhan had never actively asked for anything from anyone else in his life, so, when he tried to speak now, he became more visibly nervous. The improvement he had shown just moments ago began to fade.
Under Wang Ye's few words of encouragement, Guo Pengzhan finally managed to voice the words he had held back: "Could you give it to me?"
After finishing this simple sentence, Guo Pengzhan's face turned completely red with strain, his face drenched in sweat. Seeing this, Gu Jing hastily took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his face, looking at Guo Pengzhan with eyes full of heartache.
Maybe fearing that Wang Ye would misunderstand, Gu Jing explained on behalf of her husband: "Wang Ye, it's not that he wants to ask you directly, but although he has worked hard all his life, whenever there were benefits to be had, he never took them. The only thing he has is this Zhu Baozhai."
"But even for Zhu Baozhai, he allocated most of the earned money to the employees or donated it outright. The money we kept for ourselves is actually not much."
"So..."
Gu Jing wanted to continue speaking, worry evident on her face, fearing that Wang Ye might think of Guo Pengzhan as a beggar, which could ruin her husband's reputation for a lifetime over this incident.
"Enough, why are you telling the child all this?"
Guo Pengzhan waved his hand, stopping Gu Jing from continuing.
Guo Pengzhan now, compared to the one Wang Ye had seen during the day, seemed very different; he seemed suddenly aged, his gaze filled with an expression of helplessness and resignation.
It was a kind of... compelled compromise to life.
The expression revealed in Guo Pengzhan's eyes made Wang Ye feel a heart-wrenching pain just by looking.
An individual formerly admired by many, who had been busy all his life, should have had wealth and honor, but in his old age, was forced by reality to make compromises.
"Wang Ye, actually, I don't want this thing for free. I can provide you clues, I..."
Just as Guo Pengzhan was about to say something, Gu Jing suddenly started coughing violently. Guo Pengzhan quickly turned his attention to her, gently patting her back.
As Wang Ye's gaze fell on Gu Jing and after observing her for a moment, he finally spoke: "Grandpa, you want this piece of True Stone because you intend to have grandma wear it, to treat her injuries, right?"
"Yes, yes, that's right."
Guo Pengzhan nodded, and when he mentioned Gu Jing's illness, he sighed again, his facial expression aging notably in an instant. He continued speaking:
"True Stone nourishes people. Her illness—if she had the True Stone, though it might not have a great effect, it could help her live longer. Honestly, at this age, at this time, I don't have many other desires."
"In my view, anything else doesn't matter. As long as my wife can be well in the coming time, that's enough, better than anything else."
"I have a way to directly cure grandma's illness," Wang Ye suddenly spoke, his words causing a flicker of hope in Guo Pengzhan's eyes. But it was just a flicker, which vanished in an instant.
Guo Pengzhan sighed again and then said to Wang Ye: "Wang Ye, I know, you are very skilled in medicine, able to discuss medical arts with Zhong Feng, certainly no slouch."
"But the key problem is, Zhong Feng and I, we are old friends too. In the past, Zhong Feng also treated my wife, but in the end, he could only alleviate her condition a bit, beyond that, there was simply no way."
Guo Pengzhan's face slowly showed loss as he spoke these words.
"No."
Wang Ye was adamant. Upon hearing Guo Pengzhan's words, Wang Ye's voice was very decisive, "He is he, I am me!"
"The diseases he can't cure don't mean I can't cure them!"
Wang Ye's statement instantly changed the way Guo Pengzhan looked at him!
What does that mean?
Did Wang Ye's statement imply that he was confident in his own medical skills, skills which were even much stronger than those of Zhong Feng?
Otherwise, why could Wang Ye cure the diseases that Zhong Feng couldn't?
But the key issue was, could this be reliable?
Guo Pengzhan hesitated.
After all, Wang Ye was just a young man in his early twenties who boldly claimed to treat diseases that Zhong Feng could not cure...
Although Guo Pengzhan believed in Wang Ye, the critical factor was that the person Wang Ye was going to treat was Gu Jing, his own wife.
Indeed, if the sick person had been Guo Pengzhan himself, he might have let Wang Ye try to showcase his confidence in Wang Ye, but the issue was that it wasn't himself who was sick, but his wife, Gu Jing.
At that time, the sole reason he abandoned the imminent wealth and glory was because of Gu Jing.
In their hearts, there was only a life together without disturbance from others.
If anything bad happened to Gu Jing, then in Guo Pengzhan's view, living in this world wouldn't mean much to him anymore.
As Guo Pengzhan hesitated, his phone rang at that moment.
Guo Pengzhan looked at the caller, and at this point, very few people called him.
In the beginning, many people called Guo Pengzhan, hoping he would take some shares, hoping he could help with various tasks, but after being rejected by Guo Pengzhan a few times, these people stopped calling him.
That's just how reality works.
Guo Pengzhan was slightly stunned when he saw who was calling him. The call was from Zhong Feng.
Guo Pengzhan answered the call. As soon as the call connected, Zhong Feng's voice came through, "Old Guo, I heard that you met Wang Ye today at the jewelry competition?"
Given Wang Ye's popularity online and Guo Pengzhan's appearance in today's jewelry competition, it surely sparked another frenzy on the internet.