Chapter 21 (2/2)
“I’ll tell you honestly that we don’t know either We’d only just discovered it yesterday Unearthing this surpasses everything we know about the crafting abilities of the Ming dynasty As for what it does – we’ll still have to wait for you, little Master, to repair it before we can find the answer” At that point, she stared Xia Lei in the eye, “Master Xia, tell me honestly – can you fix it?”
Xia Lei smiled “Would you believe I could fix the compass if I were an old man in his fifties or sixties and I came to you with my certifications, then?”
“Master Xia, I had no intention of… I was… Forget it If you can fix this coive you an embroidered banner”
She really was a bookith no real-world experience People would norift but she thought of an e was really different froht of the maple leaf-shaped birthmark on her buttocks and could not help but wonder if that was theabout her
“I’ no response fro the eive it toJing see her embroidered banner on the wall and a nice sht, Doctor Ning,” Xia Lei probed, “do you knohat Miss Long does?”
“I don’t knoas about to ask you,” said Ning Jing
Xia Lei sighed internally and felt full of disappoint a sort of preoccupation which wouldn’t go away unless he found an answer
Just then, Ning Jing frowned and collapsed in a squat, holding her storabbed her ar nervously, “Doctor Ning, what’s wrong?”
“My… My… Storoaned in pain Her face had drained of colour and turned ashen in a second
“Doctor Ning, are you sick? I’ll call the aetting scared by Ning Jing’s condition and hurriedly pulled out hisJing, however, grabbed his wrist “No… It’s just acting up again I’ll be fine in a bit”
“You can’t be fine in a state like that! It’s best you go to the hospital Let me make the call,” said Xia lei, concerned
“No, it’s really fine… Professor Huang will be back soon I’d also like to take a look at your workh she insisted she was fine, she frowned as she spoke and ground her teeth in an obvious display of atte to bear her pain
“Is your health more io to the hospital again
“Bo-Both are i clutched at Xia Lei’s arm as she tried to pull herself to her feet slowly She crouched in a squat again halfway up, her forehead beaded with sweat Ning Jing smiled weakly, “Give me a hand Get me to the sofa so I can lie down”
Xia Lei put one arm around her little waist and the other behind her knees, lifting her in one move, then headed towards a sofa in the corner of the rooht when he carried her - it felt like he was carrying between 45 and 50 kilogra wo did not expect Xia Lei to do that and she lay on Xia Lei’s chest; that strong,on her soft skin and thatfroot her pain and a blush bloo on the sofa and asked, concerned, “Do you feel better now?”
Ning Jing avoided Xia Lei’s eyes “I feel better It’s just et better”
“What illness? Have you had it checked at the hospital?”
“It’s a wo looked embarrassed
Xia Lei did not probe further after hearing her say it was a woet yourself examined at the hospital; the condition you were in was terrible to see If it’s not an old illness like you say, it will be dangerous to delay treat’s lips as she said, “You’re quite a caring one, aren’t you? Are you so nice to all the girls?”
Xia Lei laughed aardly, “I have a sister and I take care of her a lot, soJing’s sto She curled up on the sofa, her hands weakly and clureater pain than before “If… If only my mother were here My pain alent ahen she rubbed my tummy…”
Xia Lei hesitated, then bit the bullet and reached over
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