After three rounds of drinks, Old Qiao was already drunk.
"You've had so much to drink, why don't you rest at my place first?" Qiao Weiwei asked with concern.
"Do I look like I've been drinking?" Li Se appeared as if nothing had happened.
Qiao Weiwei exclaimed, "You didn't drink water just now, did you?"
Then, she picked up Li Se's wine glass and poured it into her mouth, only to be choked into coughing.
"Are you okay?" Li Se quickly went over and patted her back, but he ended up patting a soft spot.
"Where are you patting?" Qiao Weiwei asked indignantly.
Li Se said awkwardly, "I was in a hurry, so I didn't pay much attention."
Qiao Weiwei wished she could find a hole to crawl into; she was so embarrassed.
After leaving the Qiao family estate, Li Se was still thinking about the assassin. While drinking, he had also been thinking about it from time to time, but he couldn't figure out who would hire an assassin to kill him, especially one from the top ten international assassin organizations, Blood Gate.
A commission of ten million was nothing to many wealthy individuals. Many who had animosity towards Li Se could afford to pay ten million, but it wasn't just about the money; one couldn't contact Blood Gate without possessing a certain level of power.
*Ring ring...*
His phone rang at that moment, breaking Li Se's thoughts.
It was Jiang Ranran calling.
"Ranran, what's wrong?" Li Se asked.
"Can you come over?" Jiang Ranran's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Okay!" Li Se asked for the address and then drove there. The address was none other than the First Hospital.
After meeting Jiang Ranran, Li Se asked, "Ranran, are you sick?"
"It's not me, it's my best friend's mother. She's been hospitalized for a month, and her condition seems to be getting worse, so I thought I'd ask you to take a look," Jiang Ranran said.
"Alright, let's go in," Li Se nodded and, holding Jiang Ranran's hand, entered the hospital.
However, what Li Se didn't notice was that a figure happened to witness this scene. Her eyes immediately reddened, but this was quickly replaced by a chilling coldness. The only tenderness she had vanished without a trace, and she then turned and left.
"Yining, how is Auntie?"
Upon arriving at a hospital room, Jiang Ranran asked a girl.
This girl was about the same age as Jiang Ranran, but she was somewhat thin, and her clothes were washed to the point of being faded. It was evident that her family's financial situation was very ordinary.
"It doesn't seem good," Guo Yining said with a troubled expression.
"It's been a month, and there's still no improvement?" Jiang Ranran asked, puzzled.
"Sigh!" Guo Yining sighed. Then she noticed Li Se and asked, "Who is this?"
"My boyfriend, Li Se," Jiang Ranran quickly introduced. "His medical skills are excellent. He cured my father's legs, so there's definitely no problem having him treat Auntie."
Guo Yining was somewhat surprised because Li Se looked very young. Although he was handsome, it was still hard to believe that his medical skills were so good. However, she trusted Jiang Ranran and was about to nod for Li Se to treat her.
"Can any Tom, Dick, or Harry treat illnesses now?"
Just then, an unfriendly voice rang out. A man in a white coat and glasses walked in, appearing to be in his thirties.
"Dr. Liao, he is..." Guo Yining wanted to speak up for Li Se.
Dr. Liao waved his hand and said with a smile, "Yining, people's hearts are very wicked nowadays. You shouldn't be easily deceived. This big hospital will definitely try its best to cure your mother. You can't just find someone else to treat her. If something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret."
Hearing this, Guo Yining couldn't help but hesitate.
"My boyfriend's medical skills are excellent. He can definitely cure her!" Jiang Ranran said coldly.
Dr. Liao hadn't taken it seriously at first, but when he saw Jiang Ranran's beauty, his eyes nearly popped out. His original target was Guo Yining, but this Jiang Ranran was far more beautiful than Guo Yining. His interest was immediately piqued, and he said with a smile, "Miss, you may not know this, but this big hospital has a specialized set of examination standards. After diagnosis, there will be a standard treatment plan. Don't worry, I have great confidence in my medical skills. I studied abroad in the United States."
This overseas educated status had allowed him to be with many women. With his current achievements, what kind of woman couldn't he pursue?
The moment he saw Jiang Ranran, he had a plan.
"So, with me here, it's more than enough. I will definitely cure her," Dr. Liao said with great confidence.
"Then have you made a diagnosis?" Li Se asked indifferently.
Dr. Liao glanced at Li Se and said casually, "The examination is already underway. We still need to take an X-ray today. Yining, this is the fee payable today."
He took out a slip and handed it to Guo Yining.
"An additional eight thousand yuan?" Guo Yining's expression changed when she saw the amount.
"There's no other way. This includes the examination and some medication. Yining, are you having trouble?" Dr. Liao asked with an appearance of great concern for Guo Yining. "If you have any difficulties, tell me immediately. I am a doctor, after all, and doctors have benevolent hearts. If you don't have the money, you can tell me directly, and I'll pay for it!"
"What a good doctor!"
"This is true benevolence of a doctor."
"No wonder he could study abroad. May good people have peace their entire lives."
There were other patients and their families in this ward besides Guo Yining's mother. When they heard Dr. Liao's words, they all praised him.
"Thank you, Dr. Liao. I... I can gather it myself," Guo Yining naturally didn't want to owe Dr. Liao a favor.
"Dr. Liao, if I'm not mistaken, Auntie only has a bit of stomach trouble, which isn't a serious illness. You're taking X-rays, admitting her to the hospital, and giving her an IV drip. I truly suspect you might be an incompetent doctor!" Li Se said in a deep voice.
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes "looking, listening, inquiring, and palpating." By observing the qi, he could roughly understand Guo Yining's mother's physical problems. Even now, although she was much weaker, it wasn't a serious illness. However, being hospitalized for a month seemed rather exaggerated.
Upon seeing the way Dr. Liao looked at Guo Yining, Li Se immediately understood something: this man was after Guo Yining.
"What do you know?" Dr. Liao reprimanded. "Are you a doctor, or am I? Do you have any right to speak here? Get out quickly and stop hindering me from treating the patient. What's wrong with society these days? Anyone can jump out and claim to be a doctor? It's utterly ridiculous."
"Dr. Liao is right."
"This young man is only in his early twenties; he shouldn't be a doctor yet, right?"
"But what he said isn't entirely unreasonable. She's been hospitalized for a month, and it doesn't seem like a serious illness?"
"..."
The people around them started to murmur.