Chapter 1399

"Uh..."

Xie Qiao finally came to her senses, waving her hands and saying, "You've misunderstood. Qin Chuan and I are just friends; we've played together since we were kids."

"You're a girl, after all. No matter how close you are, you still need to keep some distance," Chen Baojia said. "I think if you had a boyfriend, you wouldn't be happy seeing him being so intimate with another woman, right?"

"No, what's this? Can't I have friends if I'm dating someone?" Xu Lin felt nauseated; Chen Baojia's cutesy way of speaking gave her goosebumps—it was just too lethal.

She scratched her arm again and continued, "Besides, Qin Chuan already told us you aren't his girlfriend. What are you saying all this for? 'Can you please stay away from Chuan Chuan~'"

Xu Lin exaggeratedly mimicked Chen Baojia's earlier manner, making Chen Baojia glare at her in anger.

"Oh, stop it, you're nauseating me to death," Wang Ying said, swatting Xu Lin in annoyance.

"How can you be like this?" Chen Baojia seemed very indignant, but then she turned and said, "Chuan Chuan isn't with me right now, but we definitely will be in the future! Also, this guy, can you please lower your voice while eating? You're being very impolite right now..."

"Are you not eating?" Xiao Qianxi, who was eating a jianbing guozi on the side and listening to the commotion, glanced at her.

Wang Yan hadn't expected to be involved, so he gently bumped Xiao Qianxi—who was protecting her man—with his shoulder, then turned his head to look at Chen Baojia.

"Our compatriots from Taiwan are really quite unfriendly, aren't they? If you can't win an argument, don't use me as a punching bag, okay? Your Chuan Chuan is over there making jianbing; go find him for comfort."

"I hate you! Can you not mimic the way I talk?"

"You know, you're really being a pain in the neck..."

Chen Baojia stopped arguing. With her little intentions laid bare and seeing the people around her holding back laughter, she couldn't quite keep a straight face, but she stubbornly refused to leave, sitting there and asking Xie Qiao all sorts of questions about Qin Chuan.

It had to be said, she really had some nerve.

Of course, Wang Yan wasn't targeting her; he was just teasing her a little and hadn't said anything excessive. If this had been a guy, it would have been a different story—he would have slapped him across the face long ago...

Xie Qiao felt a bit uncomfortable. Chen Baojia was blinking her big eyes and asking questions very politely; if she didn't answer, it would seem rude, especially since the girl had come from so far away and was a compatriot from Taiwan. But if she did answer, seeing Chen Baojia's cutesy, annoying demeanor made her feel agitated.

Fortunately, Wang Yan and Xu Lin were very tactful. Regardless of whether Chen Baojia disliked them, they chatted happily with her, asking about the situation in Taiwan, how it differed from the mainland, how the trip was, and so on...

Now it was Chen Baojia's turn to feel uncomfortable, but since she wanted to learn more about Qin Chuan, she had no choice but to play along.

However, as they talked, she forgot about asking about Qin Chuan and started chatting genuinely with Wang Yan and Xu Lin, and the conversation went quite smoothly and happily.

They chatted like this until the lunch rush was over, and Qin Chuan walked over.

"Chuan Chuan, you're done?" She stood up happily to greet him.

"Come here, let's go over there and talk." Qin Chuan dodged her hug, stepped forward, grabbed her suitcase, and walked away.

Of course, he couldn't help but steal glances at Xie Qiao's reaction during the process.

Chen Baojia followed Qin Chuan for two steps, then quickly trotted back and bowed to Wang Yan: "I'm sorry, Wang Yan. I didn't mean it; you won't hold it against me, right?"

"Of course not." Wang Yan raised an eyebrow.

"Thank you for your generosity, Wang Yan. It was really fun chatting with you."

Wang Yan nodded with a smile, watching Chen Baojia follow Qin Chuan to the other side to sit down.

"You're truly something, Wang Yan," Xie Qiao said, giving him a sincere thumbs-up. "That Chen Baojia was almost crippled by your smooth-talking."

"Pure, unadulterated smooth-talking," Xu Lin nodded repeatedly.

"If this gets out, our compatriots in Taiwan will think we mainlanders are something else," Wang Ying laughed. "You're really hurting national unity."

Xiao Qianxi also gently patted Wang Yan twice, unable to stop laughing.

Bystanders see clearly; they had watched as Wang Yan, sentence after sentence, talked Chen Baojia into such a state that she couldn't tell north from south, and she stopped asking about Qin Chuan. He talked about how Taiwan was, how Canada was, how hard it was to study abroad alone, how the city of Beijing didn't seem bad at all, how the people he met along the way were very enthusiastic, and so on—a chaotic mix of everything.

Wang Yan smiled and waved his hands: "You guys are putting it too harshly, as if I'm some kind of bad guy. That's called having a pleasant conversation, understand?"

"Yes, yes, yes, you're absolutely right. I really suspect that if you kept talking, that little Taiwanese girl would let you sell her and then help you count the money."

"Your minds are too malicious, actually speculating about me like this. It's truly heartbreaking."

Just as everyone was laughing, they saw Wang Ying, who had been lively just a moment ago, suddenly clutching her stomach, frowning and grimacing, with fine beads of sweat even appearing on her face.

"Are you not feeling well?" Wang Yan asked.

Hearing Wang Yan's words, everyone looked at Wang Ying, and seeing her like this, they immediately became nervous and concerned.

Wang Ying said weakly: "I'm fine, my stomach just hurts."

Xu Lin said: "If it hurts, why don't you go to the bathroom?"

"I don't want to go to the bathroom, I just feel pain." Wang Ying's face was twisted in agony. "It started hurting suddenly, like my stomach is tied in knots."

"Let's go to the hospital. Can you walk?"

"Oh, it's come to this, just carry her, good buddy," Xu Lin decided directly.

Wang Yan nodded with a smile and even winked at Wang Ying.

Even though she was in enough pain to want to die, Wang Ying still found time to glare fiercely at Wang Yan. Then, she was scooped up into Wang Yan's arms, and he walked quickly outside. Xiao Qianxi and the others behind them hurried to catch up.

"What's wrong?" Qin Chuan asked loudly.

Xie Qiao looked back and said: "Wang Ying's stomach hurts, we're taking her to the hospital to get it checked out."

Qin Chuan was startled. She had just eaten the jianbing he sold; could it be that something went wrong? He quickly gave Dalong a couple of instructions and ran to follow them.

Chen Baojia also trotted along, dragging her suitcase to catch up...

However, by the time the two of them got downstairs, Wang Yan and the others had already gotten into a car and driven far away. Qin Chuan hurriedly took out his phone to call Xie Qiao and ask for the location...

On this side, they listened to Xie Qiao on the phone, hearing her comfort him by saying it might not necessarily be from eating the jianbing.

Xu Lin remembered something and asked: "Hey, good buddy, aren't you from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners? Didn't you see what was wrong with her?"

"It's not acute enteritis, it's just gastritis. She'll be fine after two days of IV drips at the hospital. It's not a big deal."

"Not a big deal? Why don't you try it? I'm in so much pain I could die." Wang Ying whined from the back. "Besides, do you even have a license to diagnose me here? Be careful, or I'll report you for practicing medicine illegally."

"You guys just look at her like this and you'll know it's not a big deal. She still has the energy to bicker with me, so it doesn't hurt that much. Just put your hearts at ease; don't scare yourselves when there's nothing really wrong."

The hospital wasn't far away. Beiqing University had a medical department and its own affiliated medical school, and its comprehensive strength was very strong. Wang Ying's minor issue could have been solved at a community clinic; going to the Beiqing University affiliated hospital was actually a bit like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

But after getting into the car, Wang Ying had already taken out her phone and started making calls, and a private room had already been prepared...

Once they arrived and underwent some examinations, without any surprises, Wang Ying was diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis and lay in the hospital room getting an IV drip.

"I really couldn't tell, your diagnosis was quite accurate," Xie Qiao said, giving him a sincere thumbs-up once again.

"I just wanted to take photos when I applied for university; otherwise, being a doctor wouldn't have been a problem for me either."

"But you still haven't taken any photos, have you?" Xiao Qianxi said. "You're so busy every day, and you don't even go to class."

"This is what I've been emphasizing all along: I started my business precisely to take better photos. There's no way around it; photography is just too expensive. And I don't want to be bossed around by others, nor do I want to go around acting like a grandson to find work. Doesn't that mean I have to get rich?"

Xu Lin laughed: "Your company is getting bigger every day; I'm afraid you'll have forgotten your original intention of photography long ago."

"Impossible. Right now, the company is just starting out, and there are too few talented people I can use. I can't handle the pressure, so I don't dare to delegate power; I have to grab hold of every big and small matter. When the company gets bigger, gets on the right track, and has the ability to self-repair and the capital not to fear losing money, then I can be a hands-off boss and enjoy life gracefully."

"Easier said than done. Who knows how many lifetimes it will take to get to that point," Wang Ying snorted.

"It'll be fast. Three to five years at the fastest, ten to eight years at the longest, and it'll pass in the blink of an eye. Didn't you just lament that time can't be held back? Look, we've been busy for a while, and before we knew it, school has been open for half a month."

"Yeah, it'll be sophomore year in a few months, and in the blink of an eye, we'll graduate and go our separate ways," Xu Lin nodded in agreement.

"Your blink is way too fast," Xie Qiao couldn't help but retort.

Just as everyone was laughing, the hospital room door was pushed open, and Qin Chuan walked in holding flowers, with Chen Baojia following behind.

"That..." Qin Chuan opened his mouth, a bit unable to speak.

"Oh, look at me, I was so busy joking around I forgot to tell you. Qin Chuan, it has nothing to do with you," Xie Qiao said quickly. "Wang Ying has acute gastroenteritis. She said she hasn't been eating properly for a long time, so her stomach is quite weak. It has nothing to do with that jianbing of yours; she would have felt uncomfortable eating anything today, and it was just time for the illness to flare up. Besides, it wasn't a big deal to begin with; it was just a false alarm."

"Hey, you too, you should have thought of me. This scared me to death; I was so afraid something might happen," Qin Chuan let out a long sigh and hurriedly stepped forward with the flowers. "Wang Ying, no matter what, we can be considered friends. Whether it was because of the jianbing or not, I had to come see you. I wish you a speedy recovery."

"Fine, just put the flowers there. No need for a speedy recovery; I'll be recovered by tomorrow."

At this moment, Chen Baojia said from the side: "It's so nice that you all can take care of each other when something happens. It's not like Baojia, who is alone abroad with very few friends, and the relationships aren't good, so I don't dare to trust anyone. I used to have Chuan Chuan, but now Chuan Chuan isn't going back to study either."

"It's only for a few years; just go home when you're done," Xu Lin said in annoyance. She felt nauseated whenever she heard this Taiwanese girl talk.

"But Baojia wants to immigrate to Canada. My parents worked so hard to support me going to Canada just so I could stay there. Baojia actually wants to stay there too..."

"Then why are you complaining so much?" Xie Qiao was speechless.

Chen Baojia acted as if she hadn't heard and turned to look at Wang Yan: "Wang Yan, I heard from Chuan Chuan that you started a business in college. You're really amazing."

"It's alright, just average amazing."

"He also said your net worth is over a hundred million?"

"I only have... in my pocket," Wang Yan said, looking at Wang Ying on the bed. "I paid two thousand yuan for you; remember to pay me back."

"Oh? Really? I didn't know that," Wang Ying blinked, playing dumb.

"Look at you guys, this little rich girl is so tacky. She's so rich, yet she's trying to welch on a debt with me."

"Welching on a debt is bad," Chen Baojia said, looking at Wang Ying and taking Wang Yan's side.

Wang Ying rolled her eyes: "Can't you tell when someone is joking?"

"Baojia doesn't know how close you are; some jokes shouldn't be made casually," Chen Baojia said with a serious face.

"Look at that, even our compatriot from Taiwan can't stand it."

"Is that so, Boss Wang?"

Meeting Wang Ying's gaze, Wang Yan's expression was natural: "Whether it is or isn't, why are you asking me? How would I know so much?"

"No, what are you two talking about?" Xu Lin looked confused.

"Who knows? It's inexplicable." Wang Yan remained as natural as ever, as if he were truly some kind of upright gentleman.

It was just like Chen Shimei when he was found by Bao Longtu and had his tail pinched—truly righteous and awe-inspiring.

However, this analogy wasn't quite appropriate either, as Wang Mou wasn't afraid of those subsequent plot points...

"Wang Yan, can Baojia visit your company?" Chen Baojia blinked, cupping her face with both hands. "Baojia really wants to see how big your company is. Can you grant me this little request?"

"Oh, Boss Wang is busy; stop bothering him," Qin Chuan wanted to die again.

"I'll just go take a look, I won't do anything. Is that not allowed? Would that be too stingy? Isn't it said that people in the mainland are very generous?"

"Who said that?" Xiao Qianxi was curious.

"I not only heard it in Canada, but I also saw quite a bit of it. The international students from the mainland all drive luxury cars and have parties every day; it's very lively. Chuan Chuan has it hard; he still has to work and study over there."

"Isn't that the end of it then?" Qin Chuan said helplessly. "Alright, I'll take her to get settled first. See you all later."

Chen Baojia wouldn't leave: "Wang Yan, you haven't said if it's okay yet."

She pouted, looking pitiful.

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "There's nothing wrong with that. Let Qin Chuan take you for a stroll; feel free to look around."

"That's great! Thank you, Wang Yan. Then, will you not be at the company?"

"I have things to do in the afternoon."

"Then if you're not there, that wouldn't be very good. When will you be there? I'll have Chuan Chuan bring Baojia over to visit then."

"Tomorrow morning, I suppose."

"Okay, it's a deal then. Baojia is leaving now. Goodbye, Xie Qiao, goodbye..." Chen Baojia waved at everyone energetically and was finally dragged out by Qin Chuan...

Wang Yan clearly heard the people in the room let out a long sigh of relief.

Chen Baojia's tone and demeanor were uncomfortable to be around.

Yet it wasn't exactly annoyance; there was quite a bit of fun to be had with Chen Baojia. She had a somewhat silly, not-so-shrewd feeling, and she was reasonably likable, so no one really hated her.

It was just that they had never seen anyone like this before, and just thinking about it gave them goosebumps...

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