With a hint of allure in her eyes, Song Nuan's voice grew more captivating, as if she hadn't noticed her own exposure.
"Dr. Chen, do you have a girlfriend?"
The intoxicating scent of Song Nuan wafted towards him at close range. Chen Xiao, flustered, quickly stood up, his face flushing, and lowered his head further.
"Just... just broke up."
"Then let me be your new girlfriend?"
As Song Nuan spoke, she gracefully approached Chen Xiao, her steps like blooming lotuses, her movements swaying.
"While my sister is away and Grandpa is asleep, where do you want to look? I'll secretly let you have a peek, okay?"
Chen Xiao couldn't handle it when he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Song Nuan's long, bare legs beneath her skirt. He turned and fled.
"I... I have something to do."
Watching Chen Xiao's flustered retreat, Song Nuan's pretty face gradually turned cold. She mused to herself:
"How could an intern doctor be able to diagnose Grandpa with a rare poison and cure it so easily? I have every reason to suspect he's involved with the real culprit!"
Considering this possibility, Song Nuan quickly took out her phone.
"Immediately investigate intern doctor Chen Xiao in the emergency department of Central Hospital. I want all his information!"
...
Chen Xiao felt an inexplicable worry for Chen Qing, who was away on a business trip. After clocking out, he hurriedly ate lunch in the cafeteria and headed straight to a mobile phone store near Central Hospital.
The beautiful sales associate, seeing his handsome features and tall, dashing appearance, was exceptionally enthusiastic. After helping him quickly get a replacement SIM card, she eagerly led him to choose a new phone, frequently winking and occasionally touching him.
Just then, Li Bingxue, heavily made up and provocatively dressed, suddenly entered the store.
Upon seeing Chen Xiao at the counter, she immediately complained with disgust on her face.
"What bad luck! How can I run into this pervert who harasses female colleagues everywhere I go?"
The freckled woman beside her even rushed directly in front of Chen Xiao and questioned him.
"Chen, are you following me and Bingxue? I'm warning you, if you dare to set your sights on us, I'll report you to Director Gou too!"
The woman was named Hu Yun. She was in her early thirties, a nurse in the emergency department, divorced with two children, and had an unclear relationship with Gou Shunquan, with constant scandals.
The sales associate was startled and quickly distanced herself from Chen Xiao. Others in the store also cast him strange glances.
Chen Xiao retorted sharply.
"I came in first. If anyone's following, it's you following me, right?"
Hu Yun looked at him doubtfully.
"Then what are you doing here?"
Glinting with hatred at Li Bingxue, Chen Xiao said with a dark expression.
"Of course, I'm reporting my SIM card lost and getting a new phone. Otherwise, tomorrow I'll be framed as a fraudster or even a murderer!"
Li Bingxue, feeling guilty, deliberately raised her head, avoiding Chen Xiao's gaze.
"Hmph! This store is high-end. Even the cheapest phone costs over five thousand yuan. Can you afford it?"
Chen Xiao knew how hard Chen Qing worked and that she was frugal, never wasting a penny. After getting into university, he worked even harder at part-time jobs, supporting himself and trying not to burden Chen Qing. In Li Bingxue's impression, the phones he used never cost more than a thousand yuan.
Glancing at the phone worth over five thousand yuan in Li Bingxue's hand, Chen Xiao coldly asked instead of answering.
"Otherwise, who bought your phone?"
"You..."
After all, she had accepted his help, and Li Bingxue, enraged, was suddenly speechless. Thinking about how foolish he had been to spend his hard-earned money from half a year of part-time work on the promiscuous Li Bingxue, Chen Xiao wished he could slap himself.
Completely ignoring Li Bingxue and Hu Yun, he suppressed his anger and said to the sales associate.
"Please give me this phone!"
He had already decided before coming. People's hearts are fickle. Rather than misplacing his sincerity and feeding it to dogs, it was better to treat himself well. During his five years of university, he had worked part-time whenever he had free time to earn extra income. Although most of the money was spent on Li Bingxue, he still had nearly twenty thousand yuan in savings, so buying a good phone was not a problem.
"Pfft—"
Hu Yun burst into laughter when she saw the phone Chen Xiao was pointing at.
"You actually want to buy a phone worth over ten thousand yuan? Do you think doing this will win our favor? Don't dream. We wouldn't look at you even if we had to marry a chicken or a dog."
Li Bingxue also looked at him with disdain.
"Is it interesting to inflate your ego?"
"Heh heh."
Chen Xiao laughed in anger, utterly disgusted, and wished he could leave immediately. When the sales associate took out the phone from the counter, he was fumbling with it, his hand reaching into his pocket for his bank card. He accidentally handed the purple-gold business card that Song Yan had given him the previous night to the sales associate.
"Swipe the card!"