Supreme Divine Physician in the City Chapter 1758 - 1759: Broken Promise

Chinese New Year’s Eve is approaching.

Naughty children are already starting to play with firecrackers.

The whole city can almost hear the constant crackling of firecrackers, accompanied by the pure and innocent laughter of countless children.

Ye Xiaoying stood with her sword in the courtyard where she lived alone, quietly listening to the distant sound of firecrackers, her beautiful eyes as if holding a whole world.

That year, snow was flying...

Once, he was weak, sickly, impoverished, and looked down upon by all his classmates, as humble as a speck of dust.

But now, he is a dragon among men, powerful and influential, renowned in Yan Country, and all the enemies who stood in his way are almost all dead.

He is omnipotent, standing tall and proud!

He... is no longer that little beggar.

She... is no longer that snot-nosed girl.

"I really miss it."

Ye Xiaoying sighed gently, her starry eyes shimmering with nostalgia.

If only time could flow backward, if only...

Suddenly.

Ye Xiaoying, as if shocked, quickly hid all her exposed thoughts, her eyes like swords looking toward the gate.

There, a young man’s figure is approaching.

Very familiar, yet very unfamiliar.

Ye Xuan!

"Ye Xiaoying, open the door for me!" Ye Xuan shouted as he reached the gate.

Ye Xiaoying glanced at Ye Xuan, brandishing her sword impatiently, "I’m practicing my swordplay, I don’t have time for you."

Standing at the gate, Ye Xuan was taken aback, feeling helpless, and had to enter by himself.

It was just a matter of a light leap.

Landing in the courtyard, Ye Xuan watched Ye Xiaoying practice her sword for a while, then chuckled, "Ye Xiaoying, you really are talented! In just a few short days, you’ve mastered the Three Sword Styles you got from the underground?"

Ye Xiaoying didn’t look at him, "Hmph, I don’t need your praise."

Ye Xuan was really frustrated; even a great enemy wouldn’t talk this way, right? It was Zhao Xunjian who destroyed your family, not me, Ye Xuan!

Fortunately, Ye Xiaoying has always been like this lately, and Ye Xuan was already used to it.

He shrugged indifferently, then smirked, "But judging by your sword practice today, you seem a bit distracted. What’s up? With Chinese New Year’s Eve approaching, are you feeling empty and lonely inside?"

Ye Xiaoying’s brows furrowed, and her beautiful eyes flared with anger.

She really wanted to boldly say that she indeed felt empty and lonely and wanted Ye Xuan to spend this New Year’s Eve with her, just like when they were kids.

But how could Ye Xiaoying say such words?

To Ye Xuan, she is just an old classmate by now, and perhaps she has always been that, so why make things difficult for him?

He now has a remarkable and extravagant family; how could he have time to spend with her on New Year’s Eve?

"Hmph."

Ye Xiaoying coldly snorted, choosing to ignore Ye Xuan altogether, and had no interest in mock sword practice anymore.

She sheathed her sword and turned around.

Ye Xiaoying glared at Ye Xuan with a cool indifference, speaking with irritation, "What do you want from me?"

"Can’t I visit you even if there’s nothing?" Ye Xuan said with a friendly smile.

Ye Xiaoying started to despise Ye Xuan’s casual manner increasingly and directly issued an eviction order, "If there’s nothing you need, you can leave. I don’t have time to waste with you."

Ye Xuan’s face turned dark; back then, even the grubby snot-nosed girl was much cuter than the current Ye Xiaoying.

He sighed helplessly, thinking to himself, "I just suddenly remembered we had a lot of fun when we were kids. Ever since we met, whenever I was in Yan Country, we always spent Chinese New Year’s Eve together, and this year, I’m in Yan Country."

Ye Xiaoying was stunned, nearly suffocating for an instant.

Joy struck, and she was astonished.

He... he still remembers?

Ye Xiaoying’s face lit up with extreme joy, just about to say something.

But before her smile was fully revealed, Ye Xuan lit a cigarette, suddenly adding, "My family is already setting up a New Year’s atmosphere. Since there’s not much going on, why don’t you come over and join the fun?"

Ye Xiaoying’s half-emerged smile froze instantly, looking quite awkward.

Join... join in the fun?

Once, you and I were childhood sweethearts, as close as siblings.

Now, to you, am I just someone to join in the fun?

At this moment, Ye Xiaoying felt as if she were plunged into an ice cellar, as cold as could be!

Bastard!!

"No need!"

Ye Xiaoying’s expression turned as frosty as ice, her eyes like swords, staring coldly at Ye Xuan through gritted teeth, "I’m not lonely at all, and I’m not the least bit interested in your so-called New Year’s Eve, what about the times we were never apart when you were in Yan Country on such nights? I don’t recall any of it? Stop spouting nonsense to me; we weren’t that close, and there’s not that much past to reminisce!"

Ye Xuan was dumbfounded on the spot.

What happened?

What just happened?

Ye Xuan was utterly baffled.

He clearly saw that Ye Xiaoying seemed about to smile, yet suddenly, this tigress went berserk?

Isn’t it too baffling?

Ye Xiaoying, I suggest you go to the hospital for a mental check; I seriously suspect you have a split personality!

Ye Xuan came back to his senses, feeling both wronged and frustrated, "I say, Ye Xiaoying, do you have to turn your back on me like this? We played together every day as kids; have you forgotten? The only snowfall in West Jade City in decades, we had so much fun playing in the snow during those days!"

Ye Xiaoying’s face remained stony, and she didn’t reply.

Fun?

It was indeed fun back then; being with that little beggar, there was almost never a dull moment.

But now, looking back, it’s heart-wrenching!

"See, you still remember it, so why act like you don’t?" Ye Xuan continued, "Also, that time we played with firecrackers, and broke someone’s flower pot, we ran away faster than thieves, and then stayed at home for days fearing they’d find us—you haven’t forgotten that, right?"

I haven’t forgotten.

Ye Xiaoying certainly hasn’t forgotten.

Not a single moment, has she ever forgotten the slightest bit?

It’s you, Ye Xuan, who broke the promise!

What promise?

Well, like many childhood games, once, Ye Xiaoying asked Ye Xuan what kind of wife he wanted to marry when he grew up, and Ye Xuan said: If you grow up and are no longer a snot-nosed girl, then I’ll reluctantly marry you.

Ye Xiaoying beat up the sickly Ye Xuan.

But from that time on, whenever her nose ran, she would wipe it away immediately. Growing up, becoming increasingly meticulous, she learned to dress up and love beauty more and more.

Now, how beautiful is she, Ye Xiaoying, so capable of causing the downfall of cities and states?

Ye Xuan didn’t marry her, wasn’t that breaking the promise?

That’s okay, Ye Xiaoying isn’t a petite woman bothered by such things; then... then at least let me be the small one, right? A mistress, a second, third, or even the tenth could do!

But in the end?

Ye Xuan just saw her as an old classmate and deskmate!