"This..."
Chen Xiao was stunned on the spot. He was half-sitting by the hospital bed and made a move to escape from Chen Qing's sight.
But Chen Qing, who had been listening intently, reacted faster. She grabbed Chen Xiao's shirt hem and, with a mischievous, aunt-like smile, whispered:
"Son, just pretend I'm not here. Talk however you want, hehe."
Chen Xiao's mouth twitched. He felt extremely awkward. After a slight hesitation, he said to Song Nuan on the screen:
"I'm going to sleep now. We can talk tomorrow if there's anything."
With that, he simply hung up the phone.
"What? That's it?"
Chen Qing's jaw dropped. She stared blankly for a moment before complaining indignantly:
"You silly boy, are you an idiot? Little Song dressed like that to video call you late at night, it's obvious she's interested in you. You didn't even seize the opportunity to ask her out for a late-night snack or a midnight movie, and you can't even say a few sweet words? You deserve to be single!"
But as soon as she finished scolding, she suddenly realized something was wrong and looked at Chen Xiao suspiciously:
"That's not right. Isn't Little Song the temporary nanny you just hired yesterday? What kind of girl is so open right after you meet? Could it be that you already knew each other?"
Chen Xiao knew that once Chen Qing started talking, it would be hard to stop. So, he explained vaguely:
"I saved her grandfather's life a couple of days ago at the hospital."
"Savior? Wow! That's amazing, son!"
Chen Qing's eyes lit up, her expression filled with joy:
"That girl Song is really great. Not only is she beautiful and has a good figure, but she's also a good cook and knows how to take care of people. Most importantly, although her attire is a bit bold, she hasn't even glanced at any of the men who came to Jishitang to get medicine during the day. She's clearly a treasure with an outwardly open but inwardly conservative personality. If you could get together with her, I'd be dreaming with a smile! By the way, what does she do for a living? She's not really a nanny, is she?"
Before Chen Xiao could answer, Chen Qing paused and then said with even greater excitement:
"Hey! Even if she's a nanny, it's fine. We don't care about so-called matching social status. Hurry up and give me your phone, I'll call her myself right now to set you two up."
Chen Xiao was torn between laughter and tears. He quickly said:
"Empress Dowager Chen, can you stop worrying so much? She and I are at most just ordinary friends."
Fearing that Chen Qing would continue to harp on Song Nuan, Chen Xiao simply fled to the adjacent ward to sleep while he spoke.
Chen Qing had bought a small apartment years ago, and with the excessive interference from her mother and uncles and aunts, not even half of Jishitang's self-use rooms were left; they were all used as commercial wards. Chen Xiao was temporarily staying at Jishitang this time to facilitate getting medicine and healing, so both mother and son had to make do with narrow hospital beds.
After falling asleep, Chen Xiao began to practice the Great Dream Vajra Divine Skill in his dreams again, gradually becoming entranced and losing himself. Occasionally, he would turn over, his muscles bulging and his bones creaking, and then turn over again, his bulging muscles vanishing, his trembling bones returning to peace, as if the great elephant were formless and returning to its original simplicity.
At midnight, all was quiet.
A very luxurious, extended commercial car slowly drove towards Jishitang.
The driver was the burly Lei Qingfeng, and in the passenger seat was Li Bingxue, dressed provocatively like a streetwalker, with heavy makeup, a low-cut dress, and a short skirt.
However, Li Bingxue's target was not the thick-faced Lei Qingfeng, but Yasuo in the spacious back seat, with blond hair, blue eyes, a full beard, and dressed in high-end luxury goods.
If it weren't for the three burly black bodyguards sitting in the back and Yasuo's consistently aloof and abstinent demeanor, Li Bingxue, with her personality, would have already thrown herself at him.
She kept looking back and sending seductive glances, saying flatteringly:
"Dr. Yasuo, the intersection ahead is Chen Xiao's family's Jishitang. If he and his mother aren't home, they must be staying there tonight."
Li Bingxue had originally hoped that Lei Qingfeng would help her get revenge on Chen Xiao, but she never expected to meet Yasuo, the renowned developer of the 3A botulinum toxin, from abroad. Naturally, she had to curry favor with him.
Lei Qingfeng, ignored, was very resentful and cursed inwardly:
"You fickle bitch. If you ever find out that the Dr. Yasuo you're fawning over is actually one of the leaders of the Death God, a ruthless devil who kills without blinking, would you still dare to shamelessly throw yourself at him?"
Despite his displeasure, Lei Qingfeng dared not show it. Instead, he fawned over Yasuo just like Li Bingxue:
"Lord Yasuo, Miss Li is Chen Xiao's ex-girlfriend. If she takes the lead, she can definitely easily pass through the layers of checkpoints secretly set up by the Northern Border Army and lure Chen Xiao to us to await our judgment."
To prevent Li Bingxue from knowing about the Death God mercenary group, Lei Qingfeng deliberately used a very rare foreign language when communicating with Yasuo.
Yasuo nodded in agreement:
"Stop the car here. Miss Li, please trouble yourself to bring Chen Xiao to the car to meet me. After the job is done, I guarantee to arrange for you to study for free at the most famous medical school abroad."