Chapter 142: Seal Palace, A Little Sweet

Xie Chengyun was Lei Xiao’s boss. Doubt flashed in his eyes. Lei Xiao’s niece knew the Lu family and the Qin family? Qin Rui’s attitude made it obvious that he respected Lei Xiao’s niece, so why was Lei Xiao’s position taken away from him?

The others did not know about this and upon seeing that Lei Xiao had strong backers, they smiled obsequiously. “So you’re actually Ms. Gu’s uncle.”

Lei Xiao said nothing, the smile on his face a little stiff as the thoughts in his head ran wild.

How did Gu Mang and Gu Si know influential families from the capital?

Lu Chengzhou swept a glance across Lei Xiao’s expression and scoffed disdainfully. He said coldly, “I’ll be going. I’m busy.”

Lu Shangjin nodded. He called over the official behind him. “Let’s go in too.”

The group walked into World Restaurant.

Lei Xiao was frightened out of his mind. He kept looking back every few steps as he followed the group.

Qin Rui was at the tail end of the group. Once everyone else had gone in, he looked at Gu Mang and said, “Ms. Gu, will Yaozhi’s body recover naturally with food therapy or does she need Chinese medicine to recuperate?”

Lu Chengzhou turned and looked behind him. Qin Fang had said that he had spent half a year looking all over for expert doctors but had not found any who could cure the girl.

Yet, Gu Mang was the one who cured her, and with only one dose of medicine no less. She knew Chinese medicine inside and out, and had even mastered acupuncture. Yet she scored zero on all of her exams.

A flash of interest flashed across the man’s eyes.

Gu Mang stood lazily with one hand in her pocket. She held the milk tea by the lid with only three of her fingers. Her wrist was completely relaxe