Chapter 551: Let Me Keep You Company

When Huang Zhao was checking Guo Zhengchang’s pulse.

Chen Xiao read something was wrong from Huang Zhao’s eyes and facial expression.

But, speculation is just speculation.

At the moment Huang Zhao said it out loud, Chen Xiao’s mind suddenly went blank.

Huang Zhao even noticed right away that the color drained from Chen Xiao’s face.

He quickly supported Chen Xiao, urgently asking:

"Are you alright?"

While speaking, Huang Zhao also checked Chen Xiao’s wrist.

Realizing that it was only because of anxiety, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Xiao steadied himself and managed to force a smile:

"I’m fine, Elder Huang, just my mind went blank suddenly."

"It seems your bond with the old brother is deep."

"It’s not that my bond with him is deep, but it’s Elder Guo who has always been sacrificing for me. If...if this time it wasn’t because of my accident, he wouldn’t have gone to Shencheng City. If he hadn’t gone to Shencheng City, how could his health be in this state?"

As Chen Xiao spoke, his heart was filled not only with guilt and remorse.

More so with regret and heartbreak!

Short could be a few months, long could be half a year!

At this moment, Chen Xiao wished Huang Zhao was a quack, a fake doctor.

But Chen Xiao knew very well, it was because of Huang Zhao’s demonstrated medical skills that he understood the seriousness of his words.

So-called few months.

Nothing more than three months at most!

Chen Xiao couldn’t imagine how he would accept the reality when Guo Zhengchang suddenly departs in a few months.

Seeing Chen Xiao daze again.

Huang Zhao pressed one of his acupoints, and after massaging a few times, Chen Xiao’s face began to gradually glow with color.

"Mr. Xiaochen, each person has their fate, of course...my diagnosis may not be very accurate. Regardless of Western or Chinese medicine, each has its own pathways, I suggest you consult with Western medicine."

"After all, things brought from the West still prefer data as evidence."

Chen Xiao nodded slightly, forcing a smile:

"Thank you, Elder, let me take you to rest first."

Huang Zhao said nothing more, just softly responded before following Chen Xiao to the room.

After arranging Huang Zhao, only then did Chen Xiao walk alone to the edge of the summit.

The wind at the summit was strong.

Especially at the edge where there was no vegetation cover, it even made Chen Xiao unable to open his eyes.

He wiped his eyes.

The wind blurred his vision.

The temperature of the wind also made him gradually feel a hint of chill.

He didn’t want to stand.

Just in an instant, he felt a strange fatigue.

He directly sat on the grass, took out his phone.

At this moment, he really wanted to talk to Lin Xi.

But because of his issues, Lin Xi hadn’t reported to the unit for some days.

Today, she must also be busy.

Although between couples, it’s not necessary to mind these things much.

Yet his wife’s job nature is different.

Chen Xiao didn’t want her to get distracted because he didn’t know whether Lin Xi was at the unit or out on a mission.

If she was out on a mission, distraction could possibly lead to danger.

Thus, Chen Xiao gave up the plan to call Lin Xi.

He lay on the grass, closed his eyes, his mind filled with Guo Zhengchang’s figure.

When first met, he and Guo Zhengchang only had ordinary interactions.

Even after solving the Xiaofeng Village case, he and Guo Zhengchang were just in a collaborative relationship.

Everything changed starting from the Xiaofeng Village case press conference.

Chen Xiao leveraged the Power of Sculpting and Painting to capture the attention of the reporters, thereby covering up the Guo Family scandal.

Back then, the impression Chen Xiao left on everyone was.

He was very low-key, disliked being in the spotlight, even to the point of hating the spotlight.

Thus, Guo Zhengchang felt grateful to him.

Guo Zhengchang was someone who repaid every favor, and because of this character, in later interactions with Chen Xiao, their relationship began to become indescribable.

Collaborative relationship?

That was no longer the case.

And had long surpassed that level of relationship.

Chen Xiao had thought, Guo Zhengchang probably treated him like Guo Qing.

Guo Qing was his relative, his junior.

Chen Xiao felt Guo Zhengchang also treated him like a junior.

This feeling.

In a sense, it was even thicker than blood ties.

But it’s also because the feeling was thicker that Chen Xiao always didn’t know how to deal with his relationship with Guo Zhengchang.

And now, Guo Zhengchang’s life seems to be nearing its end.

For Chen Xiao, who has always benefited greatly from Guo Zhengchang, he feels he’s about to lose the most important elder in his life!

Chen Xiao felt pained, the more he thought, the more pained.

After resurrection, making money was not his primary life goal.

Solving cases wasn’t either.

His primary goal had always been to make amends to those relatives he owed.

His wife, parents, and those who treated him well.

But he had been striving to make it up to those people.

Unexpectedly, after resurrection, he owed a person who wasn’t supposed to have any intersection with his destiny.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao began to breathe heavily.

He wanted to use this to ease the weighty emotions inside him like a boulder.

Soon, he noticed something, then he sat up looking behind.

Guo Zhengchang was quietly watching him from a distance, not coming over, as if afraid of disturbing Chen Xiao’s peace.

Chen Xiao got up and walked towards Guo Zhengchang.

The latter saw him approaching, then greeted him the same way.

"What are you thinking? Why do you look like you’ve lost your soul?" Guo Zhengchang asked with a smile.

Possessing the Power of Deceit, Chen Xiao suddenly didn’t know what to say.

Finally thought up a lame excuse, just as he was about to speak, Guo Zhengchang continued:

"Chen Xiao, my days are probably numbered, right?"

Chen Xiao’s gaze suddenly shrank, Guo Zhengchang continued:

"Although you are very smart, in terms of intelligence, this old fellow admits he is not as good as you. But, Chen Xiao, don’t forget I am decades older than you."

"These elder years have allowed me to see and ponder people, probably tens of times, or even more than you."

"So reading expressions and behaviors aren’t exclusive abilities of detectives; as a businessman, and a fairly successful one, it’s equally basic skills for me. Therefore, your and Dr. Huang’s eyes and expressions, I could roughly read some clues."

Faced with someone like Guo Zhengchang, lying wasn’t a good choice.

Lying in front of him also meant Chen Xiao was avoiding reality.

Seeing Guo Zhengchang seriously looking at him, Chen Xiao no longer planned to say anything false.

Nodding his head, he said: "Dr. Huang suggests you consult with Western medicine; Western medicine, after all, is more scientific, while Chinese medicine relies entirely on experience."

"There might be slight discrepancies, but they shouldn’t be large. My private doctor has been stressed over my health lately, because if anything happens to me, he’d lose a lucrative job."

"So the words Dr. Huang said to you alone, I think I’ve guessed them right."

With a calm face, Guo Zhengchang gazed at the city below the summit, his eyes showing some hints of attachment.

Seeing that attachment, Chen Xiao spoke: "Grandpa Guo, I don’t have much work ahead; let me accompany you!"