CHAPTER 130: 130: XIAO QINGYAO (IV)_1

"Cough, cough!" Clearing his throat uneasily, Doctor Xiao was again unable to take his eyes off Dong Huiying.

Dong Huiying ate rather slowly; she had just finished a roasted chicken leg, and her hands were still full of roasted chicken. Although she was already full, he couldn’t help but salivate, which was incredibly embarrassing.

He actually coveted the food in a child’s hands.

Dong Huiying wiped her mouth, "There’s about half left, do you want it? Don’t worry, I tore the chicken leg with my hands, so it doesn’t have my saliva on it."

Doctor Xiao’s eyes lit up once more, and he swiftly took it, looking as though he was afraid someone would compete for it.

Dong Huiying couldn’t help but chuckle. It seemed this man was truly a foodie. Hmm, foodie meets foodie, tears welling up in each other’s eyes, what a heartfelt connection.

After finishing the remaining roasted mountain chicken, Doctor Xiao was sated. He clutched his stomach and massaged it in circles to the left and right, and at last found leisure to chat.

"Child, you still haven’t told me, how come you’re alone on the mountain?"

Dong Huiying: "..."

Could you please stop calling me ’child’?

She ground her teeth fiercely, "I am eighteen years old!!"

Hmm, actually, the original body’s age was even greater, but indeed, this small body’s bone age was eighteen.

Doctor Xiao was slightly astonished, "Child, one should be honest."

"I am really eighteen years old!"

Doctor Xiao’s eyelids twitched, "Impossible, right?" Had she reported the wrong age, was it ten instead of eighteen?

But suddenly, Doctor Xiao thought of someone else. That person, like this young girl, was eighteen, but petite and delicate, short in stature, and thin, appearing to be only around eleven or twelve years old.

However, that person had a foul temper, dark skin, and a face full of freckles. But the person before him was like a soft pink ball of dough, innocent and elegant, a beautiful little beauty in the making.

He shook his head vigorously, "Impossible, how could it be?"

Dong Huiying stared at him steadily, and Doctor Xiao bowed his fists, "My apologies, I was reminded of someone just now. That person, like you, young miss, doesn’t show her age from her appearance."

He still had some doubts at heart, for somebody like Original Master Dong Dabao was a rare exception. However, remembering the delicious mountain chicken and the last herb he had yet to find in his basket, he immediately adjusted his mindset.

He needed to butter her up, to ingratiate himself. No matter her real age, as long as she could satisfy his appetite, she was like a little ancestral deity to him, someone to be revered.

Dong Huiying thought to herself, she really wanted to tell him that, unless something unexpected happened, the person he was thinking of should indeed be her.

Then she contentedly touched her own cheeks, noting that her transformation was truly significant.

However, since this Scholar knew the Original Master Dong Dabao, then, does that not mean?

"May I ask your name?"

It was only then that Doctor Xiao remembered he hadn’t introduced himself, and he straightened his back modestly, saying, "My apologies for the oversight. My surname is Xiao, first name Qingyao, and I am the Village doctor of Kaoshan Village."

"Ah—" As expected, this man really knew her and was even from the same village. She had heard the name of Doctor Xiao several times before; he seemed to be a medical fanatic, known for his research in Medical Skill often heading into the mountains for months on end without being seen.

She covered her lips and snickered softly.

Yet, she also felt it strange, as the men in her family were taller than average, far exceeding the average height of men in Dayuan. This Doctor Xiao, hmm, wasn’t short either, about the same as Yixuan. She estimated he must be at least 1.8 meters tall.