Chapter 221: Taking It

In the restaurant, it was the peak of lunchtime. Even if people's lives weren't very affluent, there were always affluent people. At this time, several tables of diners were sitting in the shop.

The group of Renhe students sat separately by gender, six people to a table, surrounding four tables. It wasn't that they weren't allowed to sit together; it was just that they were relatively reserved, and mostly they were just too embarrassed.

For someone like Xiao Hong, there was no such thing; she squeezed herself between Qiu Shui and Xin Yi. Then Gu Ming ran over eagerly and swapped seats with Xin Yi.

Everyone knew Xiao Hong's style, so others didn't say anything; squeezing a bit was fine.

The group of men and women chattered about how things were during military training, occasionally teasing the few pairs who were clearly together, making it very lively.

After a long time, the other diners had finished and left, and only then were the dishes placed on the table one by one. It was very lively, and they even ordered several crates of beer, planning to get drunk.

"Classmates, let me say a few words," Hou Pu said, standing up with his glass. "Today, we are reunited after a month apart. Some have left, and some have arrived. To Liu Tingting, who has left, we wish her a bright future and smooth sailing. To Yuan Baihui, who has arrived, shouldn't we welcome our new classmate?"

Everyone applauded to give face. She had already introduced herself at the class meeting, so this was just the first contact; whether it would work out or not, everyone had their own ideas.

Yuan Baihui picked up a beer bottle and stood up: "Thank you all for the welcome. I'm easy to get along with, let's communicate more in the future. This bottle of beer is a toast to everyone."

After speaking, amidst the howling of the boys and the exclamations of the girls, she drank a bottle of beer cleanly. After finishing, she turned the bottle upside down to show it was empty.

This immediately raised the atmosphere. Hou Pu silently put down his glass and instead picked up a bottle of beer: "Good, I won't say much more. I wish everyone further progress in their future studies. Come, everyone together, cheers..."

"Cheers..."

The female classmates basically drank from glasses, but the male classmates couldn't. It wasn't that there were those who didn't drink, and counting the example set by Yuan Baihui, not wanting to lose to a woman, one by one they drank straight from the bottle. Including Xiao Hong, who was at the same table as Wang Yan, they were all like this.

Wang Yan drank beer like it was water; he was the first to finish, sat down, and looked at the others.

Many people were clearly holding on hard, their Adam's apples bobbing up and down, their mouths wide open, clearly on the verge of spitting it out. But fortunately, they all restrained themselves. After a lot of effort, their eyes were red from the gas in the beer, but they finally drank it all.

After drinking, the group talked and chatted lively.

The newcomer Yuan Baihui was there asking Gu Xiaoman and You Yue about the male classmates in the class, while Wang Xiuyu, whose fate had been changed by Wang Yan, was eating quietly by herself. She hadn't wanted to come; it was Zhao Yingnan who had dragged her along. Some male classmates were probably drinking for the first time; after one bottle and some talk, they got excited and started challenging others to drink.

The couple at the bar counter didn't feel it was noisy either, watching the group of students with smiles.

The overall atmosphere was quite good, but the small circle was full of drama.

Gu Ming occasionally picked up food for Xiao Hong, and Xiao Hong occasionally picked up food for Qiu Shui, chatting and laughing, occasionally pretending to look at Wang Yan, who was sitting opposite eating and smiling, while also taking care of Gu Ming's emotions.

Qiu Shui, while dealing with Xiao Hong beside him, occasionally looked at Zhao Yingnan, who was smiling beautifully at another table, and drank.

Xin Yi, besides chatting with people, occasionally looked at Yang Yue, and then drank sullenly, seeking drunkenness.

And Zhao Yingnan and Yang Yue, while eating and drinking, were paying attention to Wang Yan, who was telling interesting stories about working.

Everything was seen by Wang Yan; overall, it was quite interesting.

This meal lasted from noon until evening.

Hou Pu got drunk because of his ambition to change his fate. Gu Ming got drunk because the person he loved didn't love him, and he had to stand by and watch with a smile. Qiu Shui got drunk because Wang Yan had more than him. Xiao Hong got drunk because of the tangled emotions in her heart and the grievance of being rejected despite throwing herself at him. Xin Yi got drunk because of unrequited love. Huang Qi got drunk because he didn't know how to handle a relationship across the ocean.

People who are drunk have behaviors that are out of control. Xiao Hong grinned foolishly, hugging Gu Ming and Qiu Shui on both sides. Gu Ming confessed his love to Xiao Hong desperately, and Qiu Shui mocked Gu Ming from the side.

It was fortunate that Qiu Shui was wise enough not to go up and do anything with Zhao Yingnan. Xin Yi was muttering while crying, but he didn't dare to go in front of Yang Yue, feeling extremely aggrieved. Hou Pu was the most long-winded, muttering about how he would stay in the capital even if he died, how he would buy a house to bring his parents to the city, and how he would make his four sisters live a good life...

Among the group of boys, the only sober ones were Wang Yan, Du Zhong, and two minor characters. The girls were all fine except for Xiao Hong; the most Yuan Baihui did was join the boys in the fun, drinking three bottles. The others basically had one or two glasses, or at most one bottle, mostly drinking beverages.

After Wang Yan paid the bill, he followed Du Zhong and the other sober ones, bringing the group of drunk, swaying boys back to the school dormitory.

After this meal, university life officially began.

Medical students indeed had a lot of coursework: "Pathological Anatomy," "Physiology," "Psychiatry," "Medical Imaging," "Surgery," "Clinical Pharmacology," and so on. They were seed players focused on by the small class, and they were indeed very tired every day.

Although Wang Yan hadn't systematically studied Western medicine, he had a foundation himself. He was quite proficient in things like anatomy, human structure, sports medicine, massage, and bone setting. Coupled with his own level 5 Traditional Chinese Medicine, he learned by analogy, and while it wasn't easy, it wasn't difficult either. Moreover, his spirit points were so high, and his memory was there, so it was much easier than Hou Pu, Xin Yi, and others who memorized books day and night.

Therefore, his time was relatively abundant, and it didn't affect him going out to earn money on Saturdays and Sundays. From time to time, he would take Zhao Yingnan and Yang Yue out shopping to relax and see the great changes around them, or stay in the mansion for two days, where he would cook some delicious food himself. Of course, sometimes he would take one of them home alone, but they didn't do anything; mainly, he sensed that the two girls were still a bit resistant, so they slept "vegetable" style.

As for his mission target, Xin Yi, Wang Yan had taken his pulse and didn't find anything wrong. He felt that the reason he left so hastily later was mostly because he studied too hard during the years of classes, had an irregular schedule, and neglected physical exercise.

Wang Yan prepared several prescriptions and made them into pills, saying they were secret family recipes, and gave Xin Yi quite a few. He also took Xin Yi out to move around when he was free, so basically, there were no more problems.

As time passed, Xin Yi also discovered something wrong. After all, there wasn't much to do during military training before, and he could think that his relationship with Wang Yan was because he was close to Zhao Yingnan. But now, with the coursework so busy all day, knowing Yang Yue, she wouldn't waste too much time. As a result, the three of them ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner together basically every day, and from time to time, he could see Yang Yue walking alone with Wang Yan.

He couldn't help but ask Wang Yan clearly. Wang Yan didn't need to hide it and told him the truth. Of course, Xin Yi didn't believe it or accept it, and finally found Yang Yue. He heard with his own ears that she was willing to be a mistress...

Xin Yi had the heart to fight Wang Yan to the death, but he couldn't beat him, so he could only get himself dead drunk. He knew he couldn't compare to Wang Yan, but what he couldn't let go of was why Yang Yue was willing to share Wang Yan with Zhao Yingnan, but wouldn't look at him more.

Of course, Xin Yi could understand that feelings couldn't be forced, and he explained it to himself quite well. Except for feeling uncomfortable when seeing Wang Yan's smiling face, everything else was fine.

Wang Yan certainly couldn't break up with Xin Yi. After all, once Xin Yi was out of his control, he wouldn't be able to know Xin Yi's physical condition immediately, and wouldn't he be finished? Face was useless to him, so he took the initiative to invite Xin Yi to drink and had a good talk for half the night. No matter what, there was a grudge in his heart, and it was impossible to return to the past, but it was good that they could talk and that he could listen to what he, Wang Mou, said.

Qiu Shui and Xiao Hong were together after all, because he felt the distance between him and Xiao Hong. If he didn't take action, Xiao Hong would probably run away. However, he still couldn't help but miss Zhao Yingnan, just as Xiao Hong missed him in the original story.

Wang Yan thought Xiao Hong didn't like Qiu Shui that much either; it was just that what you couldn't get was the best, and what you couldn't get was what you wanted, which was why they were entangled for so many years.

In fact, Xiao Hong and Qiu Shui weren't a good match. Qiu Shui had no responsibility, no sense of duty, and loved to escape; Xiao Hong had no upbringing, loved to make trouble, and wasn't willing to live an ordinary life. The two weren't a match. Someone like Qiu Shui would have been fine finding someone like Zhao Yingnan as in the original story; life wouldn't have been bad. But Xiao Hong was a waste; she wasn't someone to live a life with.

So even if the two were together, it was a pile of trivial matters, fighting every day.

It wasn't that Xiao Hong didn't know Qiu Shui had thoughts about Zhao Yingnan, but she also found a way to deal with it. As long as Qiu Shui went to offer favors to Zhao Yingnan, she would go to Wang Yan to talk intimately. As long as the two of them fought, she would also go to Wang Yan. Qiu Shui would always give in and soften, which worked every time.

Of course, this was mainly because Qiu Shui couldn't bear to part with Xiao Hong and even more didn't want to see Xiao Hong with Wang Yan; otherwise, he would have kicked someone like Xiao Hong to the side long ago.

Learning that Qiu Shui and Xiao Hong had officially established a relationship, Gu Ming was genuinely sad for a while. However, after that, he happily followed the two around, still not giving up.

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Just like this, more than half a year passed, and it was June '94. There was one month left, and the second academic year would officially end. Of course, there was no break; their breaks were all spent following and doing odd jobs at the hospital, and even during the New Year, they only had two days off for the Eve and the first day.

On this day, Friday, after class, Wang Yan took his books and strolled back to the dormitory with Hou Pu and the others.

Huang Qi threw himself on the bed exhaustedly: "Break tomorrow, what are you all going to do?"

Hou Pu sat on the stool and pushed his glasses: "What else, go out to work."

Xin Yi let out a long sigh: "Have to study, there's so much to memorize."

"What about you, Qiu Shui?" Huang Qi looked at Qiu Shui on the side.

Xin Yi curled his lips: "Do you even need to ask? Definitely going out with Xiao Hong."

Huang Qi nodded, also feeling his question was redundant. Ignoring Du Zhong, who was either going out to work or playing with Gu Xiaoman, he turned his head to look at Wang Yan, his eyes filled with inquiry.

Wang Yan was just about to speak when the Motorola mobile phone he had turned on on the road rang. After taking a look, Wang Yan answered: "Hello? Yingnan?"

"Mm, okay."

Two sentences, and he hung up.

Although Wang Yan had bought a mobile phone long ago, they still couldn't help but envy him when they saw it. At this time, the streets were full of pagers, or else big bricks, so in comparison, the mobile phone in Wang Yan's hand was not that common.

A mobile phone wasn't that rare a thing for Wang Yan. In terms of price alone, it wasn't as expensive as a big brick; after all, counting the network access fee and such, it was over twenty thousand, while his phone was only a few thousand. He bought three in one go and gave them to Zhao Yingnan and Yang Yue for convenience in contact. Of course, that was only for him. At the current wage level, to buy such a mobile phone, one would have to save and scrimp for a year.

Subsequently, putting the phone into his pocket, Wang Yan looked at Huang Qi: "I'm the same as usual, going out to work."

Hou Pu couldn't hold it in: "No, Wang Yan, can you tell me how you make money? If I had your ability, I would have gone out to do business long ago, why would I still be studying?"

He had wanted to ask before, but could never open his mouth; after all, this was a private matter.

"It's nothing, just doing some small business. It's not like you don't know what I do, just flipping computers and such. It's not that I'm saying it, but your ideas are very dangerous. What you learn is your own. If you really go all-in, it's fine if you earn, but there are times when you lose. I'm not scaring you, losing everything is light; if things go wrong, you might even end up with a debt."

Thinking for a moment, Wang Yan continued: "But if you want to experience it, it's fine. I can introduce you to go do sales for two days and see; then you'll know."

It's normal to envy others making money, but Wang Yan didn't think any of these people were capable enough. Take Qiu Shui, who later talked about resigning to start a business and having a huge net worth. Based on what Wang Yan could see now, Qiu Shui couldn't reach that; he was far from having that ability. Therefore, there was only one reasonable explanation: his academician father helped. And like Hou Pu and others who didn't have family resources, it was basically a waste. They didn't have foresight, let alone Wang Yan's ability; even if a blind cat bumped into a dead mouse, they couldn't make it big.

And the sales job he introduced was truly a core job. After all, doing business is simply buying in, going through a series of intermediate processing, production, and innovation links, and finally selling out. If he really misjudged and there was someone capable among these people, Wang Yan wouldn't mind helping them, but the road was walked by themselves.

Hearing Wang Yan say this, Huang Qi was the first to shake his head: "I'll pass. Being a doctor is quite good, and the salary is not low in the future, plus they provide housing, and it's stable."

Hearing Huang Qi say this, others who were somewhat moved also expressed their refusal one after another.

In the end, only Hou Pu and Xin Yi wanted to give it a try.

Hou Pu was simple, just wanting to earn money and get ahead. Xin Yi was probably still resentful of Wang Yan, wanting to earn money to show Yang Yue that he wasn't inferior.

Wang Yan didn't care, gave them an address, told them to go there tomorrow, and then received a call from Yang Yue and left directly.

Zhao Yingnan had called before saying she was going home and wouldn't be with him this week, so it was just him and Yang Yue. It had to be said that Zhao Yingnan's relationship with him was known to everyone, while the relationship with Yang Yue was only known to Xin Yi; others might have suspected, but no one thought in that direction. What era was this? It was long past the old society, and they were all students at the best medical college; how could that be?

Yang Yue was waiting a bit further from the gate; she didn't want to be criticized either, and on this point, Wang Yan was indeed sorry for her. Not riding a bicycle, Wang Yan went out and hailed a taxi to pick up Yang Yue and went to the market near the mansion.

The two bought vegetables together with laughter, returned to the mansion, and worked together to process the ingredients, and finally, Wang Yan wielded the big spoon.

At the dinner table, seeing Yang Yue distracted, Wang Yan picked up some food and put it in her bowl, asking: "What are you thinking about?"

Yang Yue pushed her glasses, looked up at Wang Yan: "I want to go abroad."

Wang Yan wasn't surprised by this, it was just that he had never asked before. He ate a bite of food and said lightly: "Why do you want to go abroad? To learn better knowledge? Or for a better living environment and not come back?"

"What's the difference?"

"If you want to learn knowledge, then after finishing your master's, I can go with you to study for a doctorate. If you want to settle down, then our fate is at an end."

Going to America to study for a doctorate was indeed in the plan. After all, in comparison, modern medicine was still better there, and his integration of Chinese and Western medicine certainly required learning.

Settling down was impossible, unless one day he traveled to a foreign copy, otherwise he wouldn't go. Even if it were a foreign copy, he would still be a scourge and couldn't be settled. Having fought with foreign devils for so many years, he didn't like that group of people.

Yang Yue was silent for a long time: "We'll talk about it when the time comes."

She didn't want to part ways with Wang Yan; after all, she had invested so much, how could she easily let go? She just wanted to see what Wang Yan meant and whether her dream of going abroad could still be realized. She knew Wang Yan wasn't short of money; if they couldn't go through the public-funded route, the hundreds of thousands for self-funding were a small matter...

"Eat."

The road was walked by oneself, and Wang Yan respected whatever Yang Yue chose. The overall environment was just like that, and he couldn't change anything.

After the meal, Yang Yue consciously washed the dishes and followed Wang Yan to the study. Wang Yan wrote calligraphy, and she read books; she liked this kind of ease.

Zhao Yingnan and Yang Yue hadn't been in contact with Wang Yan for a short time; they had basically talked everything through, and it was no different from living a life when at home. They slept in the same room, just in separate beds.

At ten o'clock, after Yang Yue finished washing, Wang Yan took a simple shower, turned off the light, and went to sleep.

It was just that Yang Yue was truly not right today, tossing and turning, rolling back and forth, until finally, Wang Yan pulled her directly into his quilt.

Feeling the heat from their skin touching, Wang Yan held Yang Yue: "Have you thought it through?"

There was no sound of speech; his neck was encircled by a pair of fair hands, and then the hot panting came, and he felt a bit of moisture on his lips...

If there were color here, it should be a hazy, aphrodisiac pink... ===== CHAPTER 222 =====

If there were a color here, it would be a hazy, aphrodisiac pink...