After a few rounds of drinks, everyone was feeling a buzz and chatting about their lives over the past few years. What impressed them the most was Wan Yunting. Despite being wrongly imprisoned for seven years, his life had taken a drastic turn in the three months since his release.
Not only had he cleared his name of rape charges, but he had also assisted the police in apprehending drug dealers like Chen Tao. Now, he had received a special honor medal and was hailed as a drug-busting hero by the public.
Furthermore, he had another identity: a traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the TCM department of Southern Hospital. Xue Jianchao and He Chengping immediately asked Wan Yunting to check their pulses and see if anything was amiss with their health.
"Have you been feeling like you can't sleep well, often staying up late and having nightmares? Waking up feeling drained and weak?" Wan Yunting asked He Chengping, who was having his pulse taken, with a serious expression.
"Yes, I just feel like I'm lacking energy," He Chengping exclaimed, surprised that Old Wan indeed had a knack for this.
"That's because your kidneys are deficient," Wan Yunting said with a smile.
"Hahaha..."
This immediately made Jin Xiuwen, Xue Jianchao, and Guan Hongyu burst into laughter.
"Pfft..."
Jiang Peipei, Huang Yuqing, Lin Yaya, and Fang Yanxi also giggled, covering their mouths. He Chengping was flustered. "Old Wan, don't talk nonsense. I haven't even gotten married yet."
"Then you should stay up less and go out less often," Wan Yunting retorted with a wry smile, giving him a look. The guy was genuinely weak.
"Old Wan, are you really going to pursue a career as a doctor?" Guan Hongyu asked with a smile.
"Yes, I'm currently focusing on traditional Chinese medicine."
Wan Yunting nodded and then turned to Jin Xiuwen, asking, "Old Jin, how have you been lately?"
Knowing what he was referring to, Jin Xiuwen shrugged and chuckled, "Business is slow, so I can only make ends meet."
Wan Yunting and Fang Yanxi exchanged a look, and he said to Jin Xiuwen, "Why don't you come and work with us? Yanxi and I have partnered to open a TCM beauty company. Since Yanxi is busy, we need someone to manage the company."
"TCM beauty company?"
Everyone heard that they had started a company together. Wan Yunting nodded and smiled, "It's the medicinal ointment we used to treat Yuqing's facial scars. We plan to produce and launch it."
"That's great! The couple is even starting a company together," He Chengping teased.
Guan Hongyu, sitting beside them, smiled. As he looked at Fang Yanxi, his eyes betrayed a profound gaze...
Fang Yanxi seemed to notice his look, turned her head to glance at Guan Hongyu, and gave a polite smile.
Guan Hongyu immediately retracted his hidden thoughts and smiled faintly at Fang Yanxi.
"Alright, do you want to offer me the position of chairman or CEO?" Jin Xiuwen asked, slightly tipsy.
"Yanxi is the chairman, so you should be the CEO," Wan Yunting said with a playful glare.
This made Xue Jianchao and He Chengping envious, but there was nothing they could do. After all, back in college, Jin Xiuwen, Guan Hongyu, and Wan Yunting were the closest friends.
However, Guan Hongyu had dropped out of college after his family faced issues in his second year, and he lost contact with Wan Yunting and Jin Xiuwen.
If Jin Xiuwen hadn't stumbled upon Guan Hongyu on a platform a few days ago and added him, they might never have found him.
"Hello, Uncle Ying, what's up?"
At that moment, Jiang Peipei received a call from Zhang Ying, the assistant coach of the Huadu City basketball team.
"You and Uncle Feng are also dining at Deyue Lou? Alright, alright, I'll ask Yunting."
Upon hearing that Zhang Ying and the others were also at Deyue Lou, Jiang Peipei put down her phone and called out to Wan Yunting, "Yunting, Uncle Ying wants to see you."
Wan Yunting, who was discussing company matters with Jin Xiuwen, paused and looked at Jiang Peipei. She explained, "Uncle Ying is the professional basketball assistant coach I told you about last time. They're at Deyue Lou right now. They heard you were here and wanted to meet you."
"Is that so?"
Recalling Jiang Peipei's suggestion for him to join the professional basketball team when they were at school, Wan Yunting found it difficult to refuse when they wanted to meet him. "Alright, I'll go and see them."
"They're at the entrance. I'll go and let them in."
Jiang Peipei immediately stood up and opened the private room door. She saw several middle-aged men standing in the corridor outside, chatting. Seeing Jiang Peipei emerge, Zhang Ying asked, "How is it? Did he agree?"
"He agreed! Uncle Ying, Uncle Feng, please come in quickly." Jiang Peipei, beaming, quickly ushered them in.
"Okay..."
Zhang Ying was delighted. He, along with the tall, burly man beside him, who was about fifty years old, was Feng Biao, the head coach of the Huadu professional basketball team.
Wan Yunting, Fang Yanxi, Jin Xiuwen, and Guan Hongyu, who were seated, stood up to greet Zhang Ying and Feng Biao politely as Jiang Peipei led them in.
"Mr. Wan, we're not disturbing you, are we?"
Zhang Ying came forward first, extending his large hand to Wan Yunting with a smile and an apologetic greeting.
"No, not at all."
Wan Yunting extended his hand and shook hands with Zhang Ying and Feng Biao, smiling. "Peipei mentioned that you two are coaches for our Huadu City professional basketball team."
Feng Biao shook his hand and said with a smile, "I'm Feng Biao. Peipei mentioned that you were on the school team and a player under Teacher Gong. I watched the video of your game against the team from another province last time. You're a basketball prodigy! Your skills and jumping ability are even better than most of my current players."
"Please don't."
Wan Yunting waved his hand, humbly smiling. "Coach Feng, you're too kind. I used to play often when I was in school, but I rarely play now. My skills can't compare to your professional players."
"Haha, being too modest isn't good!"
Feng Biao and Zhang Ying chuckled, pointing at him. After all, Zhang Ying had witnessed the latter half of the game when Wan Yunting represented Huadu University against the provincial basketball team. The fact that Wan Yunting's final slam dunk had shattered the backboard had stunned everyone.
"You're good at basketball, and now you're also our Huadu people's anti-drug hero, honored with a special medal. You're truly an extraordinary individual." Feng Biao had also watched the commendation ceremony held by the police that day and admired Wan Yunting even more. "What do you say? Would you like to come and play for our professional basketball team?"
Wan Yunting shook his head at this suggestion and smiled, "Coach Feng, I appreciate your recognition, but I am currently a doctor in the TCM department of Southern Hospital and also serve as a TCM teacher at Xingyao Elementary School. I'm quite busy with my daily schedule and genuinely don't have time to play basketball, so I sincerely apologize."
"Oh, don't refuse so quickly."
Feng Biao and Zhang Ying had clearly anticipated Wan Yunting's refusal.
They had spoken to Jiang Peipei beforehand and knew that Wan Yunting was not inclined to join the professional basketball team at the moment.
"We're not asking you to join our team full-time. You could be an import player for our basketball team."
Feng Biao smiled at Wan Yunting, "This way, you won't waste your days needing to train with our team daily. You'd only need to come to the team for two days of training before a game, integrate with the players, and then play as our import player!"