Chapter 50 - Confidant (2/2)

Bam! Doctor Lou excitedly as he slammed his hands on the table, causing Lei Xing to jump in shock. He exclaimed, ”Ah yes!” and got down from his stool and scurried to the back of the shop.

Lei Xing frowned.

...What is he doing now -_-?)...

After a short while, Doctor Lou came rushing back holding a jug and two cups with a bright smile, ”As I thought I still had one left.” He set them down on the desk and excitedly said, ”Now to commemorate our friendship.”

Lei Xing raised an eyebrow, ”Friendship?”

”Of course! We are now friends... right?” Doctor Lou looked at Lei Xing with a confused expression.

”I don't even know who you are.” Lei Xing flatly said.

Doctor Lou blinked, ”Ah, you don't?”

Lei Xing narrowed her eyes, ”Of course not, how did you figure it out, and with one look too? It's not like there's a sign above my head or anything.”

”Ah but there is.” Doctor Lou remarked.

Lei Xing went wide-eyed, ”There is?”

Doctor Lou then burst into laughter and Lei Xing frowned in response.

...I'm not fond of being the butt of anyone's joke, you know -_-)'...

Lei Xing set aside her irritation and proceeded to get answers, ”So explain, how did you know? or how can you know? and how do you know all that to? Have you met someone like this before? Or perhaps, are you also like this? Also, you said you don't see any attachments...so are you a seer or something like that? How can you be sure I don't exist there anymore or that she isn't there, can you see it? If not, then how can you know for certain? Explain.” Lei Xing rambled off a series of questions and looked at Doctor Lou, who seemed taken aback as he seemed to be frozen.

After a few seconds passed, Doctor Lou blinked and then sat back on his stool while grumbling under his breadth, ”Questions, questions, questions, questions...you ask a lot of questions, you'd think the world swindled you or something.”

Lei Xing blanky stared at him and pretended not to hear, waiting for the answers.

Doctor Lou looked at her and then sighed, ”There have been other cases, probably...Every case has different circ.u.mstances, but I am sure there is probably one...or two like you...you can consider this whole scenario more of an accident of the universe...Ah, do I know anyone like that right now? No...A seer?... I guess you can call it that...how do I know? Well, it takes years of studying the universe, which in turn... opens up new avenues of vision...Ahh...”

Lei Xing opened her mouth, ”The-”

Doctor Lou interjected, ”No, I can't teach you, you don't have enough time, it'll be a waste of energy, it's too much work and I'm very busy.” Doctor Lou finished with nodding to reaffirm his position.

Lei Xing pursed her lips and quietly grumbled, ”Tch, you're always here sleeping, how are you busy?”

”I'm meditating not sleeping!” Doctor Lou defended.

”With your head cushioned on your arm pillows?” Lei Xing asked with raised eyebrows.

”I'm old! I have creaky bones!” Doctor Lou indignantly replied.

”Sure...” Lei Xing then glanced off to the side, still not believing his excuse.

Doctor Lou smiled, ”Ah so now that we're done with that, let's celebrate!”

Lei Xing pursed her lips, still a bit unnerved and suspicious of his character.

”Here.” Doctor Lou moved a cup to her front. ”Now, from today we are fr-”

”Ah! There's something else...” Lei Xing interrupted causing Doctor Lou to glare at her, but she wasn't bothered and continued, ”Hm, I'm not sure how to explain this...but I seem to have seen something...no, imagined something that happened to someone else, vividly too...One was...a memory and the other was a dream, is that normal with this?”

Doctor Lou furrowed his brows and stroked his beard, ”Hm, so you can see into people's minds...?” Then he excitedly smiled, then closed his eyes and put his fingers on his temples, ”Okay, I'm ready, now tell me what I'm thinking?”

Lei Xing frowned and was not amused, ”I didn't say I could see into people's minds...”

Doctor Lou's smile fell and he opened his eyes and dejectedly said, ”Oh...how disappointing...”

Lei Xing's lips twitched.

...I'm sorry I couldn't entertain you -_-)...

”It was just one person's...so far...subconsciously? I'm not really sure how it worked out...Is it possible that I gained some powers from crossing over?” Lei Xing hesitantly asked.

Doctor Lou raised his eyebrows, ”Powers?”

Lei Xing nodded, a bit excited and eagerly awaited his reponse.

Doctor Lou blinked at her a couple of times and then he burst out laughing.

Lei Xing frowned in irritation, ”I'm being serious.”

”Yes, of course you are...Powers, sure why not?...hahahahaha soon you'll be flying high in the sky hahahahahaha...yes a phoenix of grand proportions, how about that? hahahahahaha....Just you wait, you'll see! hahahahahahahaha...Powers...” He continued jesting, howling with laughter and even started banging on the table as he was laughing.

Lei Xing stood there with a deep scowl on her face, the more he laughed the more irritated she felt and the more irritated she felt, the more embarrassed she became and eventually she turned around and stormed out of the shop.

”Ah? hahaha wait! Come back....hahaha, you didn't drink the wine hahahahaha....” Doctor Lou shouted behind her, ”Be sure to come visit hahahaha... we're friends now! You have to! Hahahaha!...” He shouted in-between howls of laughter.

Lei Xing's frown deepened as she heard him calling out to her. She stormed out the doors and didn't look back, Ah Jin saw her come out and quickly followed behind her. Lei Xing didn't stop and just randomly turned on the street and kept walking to get as far away as possible from the sound of that laughter and the embarrassment.

...Powers? What was I thinking? And I actually said it to that...It's my fault for opening up to that maniac, yes it is my fault!... But even if it's ridiculous, couldn't he have been less...less...less of a FREAKING a**h*ole about it!!... Also, it's not that funny!! ಠ╭╮ಠ)...