"Who are you?" Qiao Qiao asked numbly.
"I'm Feng Feng's older brother. We met at Buyetian that night, have you forgotten?" the man's voice was somewhat lewd.
Hearing this, Qiao Qiao remembered. She had met him before in a private room at Buyetian with Qi Suilin. The memory was still vivid: a portly, bald, and greasy, lewd old man, whose daughter was older than her, yet he had still tried to touch her.
"What can I do for you, Mr. Feng?" Qiao Qiao asked indifferently.
"I heard you're in a difficult situation now, need money? Be my lover, and I'll help you," Feng Feng said lewdly.
If this were in the past, Qiao Qiao would have immediately hung up the phone, perhaps saying "Get lost!" before doing so.
Her first time was meant for the man she loved.
But at this moment, with no other options, she asked, "Can you help me clear all my debts?"
Seeing her waver, Feng Feng said lewdly, "My dear, as long as you agree, those debts are nothing. I can even buy you a house and a car."
Qiao Qiao's heart stirred. Her medicinal herbs were ruined, and Qi Yewen wouldn't help her. She would surely be killed by loan sharks!
She didn't want to die!
Compared to being killed by loan sharks, selling her body was nothing. As long as no one knew, no one would ever find out!
Qiao Qiao's eyes hardened, and she agreed, "Okay, you have to keep your word."
Feng Feng, driven by lust, readily agreed, "Good, good, good. I'll send you the address. See you later."
Qiao Qiao hung up the phone, glanced at the address, tidied herself up, changed her clothes, and went out.
She thought that by selling her body a few times, she could resolve this issue. Little did she know, this was just the beginning of her descent into hell, a life worse than death...
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On the other side.
Qi Nan emerged from the General Hospital of Benevolence dejectedly. Seeing a girl standing at a corner of the entrance, his eyes lit up.
The girl was wearing a fitted white qipao with subtle patterns. Her dark hair was braided into a centipede braid down her back. Sunlight spilled upon her, outlining her in a golden glow, ethereal and beautiful, as if she were not of this world.
Qi Nan quickly pinched his cheek, rousing himself, and walked over. "Miss Yu, why are you here?"
Yu He turned around. "I told you to just call me by my name, no need to be so polite."
Qi Nan awkwardly touched his nose. "Yu He."
Even though they had known each other for more than half a month, every time he saw Yu He, he couldn't suppress the excitement of seeing an idol. It was only through self-control that he hadn't called her "idol," "goddess," or "sister-in-law."
"How did it go?" Yu He asked.
Qi Nan's mind replayed what the Vice President had said in the office earlier:
"Although the anonymous divine doctor is very skilled, she has no successful cases of awakening comatose patients. Professor Williams of M Nation's authoritative psychiatry department has awakened ten comatose patients, and even he couldn't help. This indicates that Young Master Li will not wake up.
"Don't waste your efforts. This is bound to fail, so we cannot lend you the operating room and medical equipment. Young Master Qi, I hope you can understand my work."
Yu He needed an operating room and some large medical equipment to operate on Li Yechen. Yu Xianyi Clinic did not have them, especially the GE 3.0T MRI machine that was required. It needed to be custom-ordered from abroad and would take at least three months to arrive, which was too late. So Qi Nan volunteered to find a venue for her.
He had originally thought he could secure it at the Qi family's hospital headquarters, but he had overestimated his standing in the Qi family. The main branch had always strictly guarded against their branch family interfering in the Qi's hospital matters, to the point where they wouldn't even lend an operating room. Da Feng Novel Network.
Seeing him silent, Yu He already knew the answer. "Let's go."
She said this and walked towards the car parked nearby. Qiao Wei was waiting for them inside.
Qi Nan followed her, feeling somewhat dejected. "I'm very sorry, I thought I could..."
"No need to apologize. I've already found a place," Yu He said, sending a message on her phone as she got into the car.
She hadn't really expected the General Hospital of Benevolence to provide a venue, but Qi Nan insisted on trying, so she didn't stop him.
Qi Nan was surprised. "You found one? Where?"
"You'll know soon. Wei Ge, let's go," Yu He said to Qiao Wei, who was in the driver's seat, but he didn't respond.
"Wei Ge?" Yu He called again. Qiao Wei finally reacted. "Uh, okay, we're leaving now, right?"
Yu He followed his gaze and saw Qiao Qiao's medicinal soup hall not far ahead. The door was open, but there weren't many people.
The car drove past the entrance of the medicinal soup hall without seeing Qiao Qiao inside. She probably didn't dare to show herself in the shop anymore, fearing creditors.
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Vice President's Office.
Qi Suilin stood by the window, looking down at Qi Nan and Yu He leaving in the car at the hospital entrance. His gaze was deep, giving no indication of his emotions.
"Young Master, if the old man finds out about this, he will surely be angry," the Vice President reminded him.
In fact, just providing an operating room and medical equipment for Yu He and Qi Nan wouldn't have caused any issues. On the contrary, it could have generated headlines about the anonymous divine doctor collaborating with the General Hospital of Benevolence, possibly even boosting stock prices.
But Qi Suilin refused!
Ever since Yu He sent Qi Yuanyuan to prison, the Qi family and the anonymous divine doctor had been at odds.
Especially after Qi Suilin had just learned that Qiao Qiao's batch of medicinal herbs was ruined and had caused no harm to Yu Xianyi Clinic, it made him even angrier.
It wasn't that he cared much about Qi Yuanyuan or Qiao Qiao. He was angry because Yu He had damaged the Qi family's reputation. He was destined to inherit the Qi family, and he wouldn't allow anyone to be better than him, especially his competitors!
"Then don't let him know," Qi Suilin said sternly.
Old Master Qi had gone to S Nation to attend a medical conference. If he were here, he wouldn't have allowed them to bring Qiao Qiao into the Qi family and do such a ridiculous thing.
"But even if we don't provide them with an operating room and medical equipment, someone else will," the Vice President couldn't help but remind him.
After all, the anonymous divine doctor's reputation was still quite influential.
Qi Suilin narrowed his eyes, his gaze sinister. "Pass down my orders: no one is to provide Yu He and Qi Nan with an operating room or equipment!"
The Vice President's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't. He replied, "Yes," and turned to make a call.
After a while, he returned and said cautiously, "Young Master, Miss Yu has already found an operating room and equipment. Xiehe provided them."
"Does Xiehe no longer want to cooperate with my Qi family?!" Qi Suilin slammed the table.
Although Xiehe was a public hospital in the capital, they had a cooperation with the Qi family regarding medical equipment.
"It was the president of the Chinese Medicine Association, Xiang Tianrui, who acted as a liaison to get it approved," the Vice President explained.
Hearing this name, Qi Suilin clenched his fists. The Qi family had always focused on Western medicine and had considered expanding into traditional Chinese medicine. He had approached Xiang Tianrui several times, but this busy man was always unavailable.
Why would he have the leisure to deal with such matters now?!
"Let's go to Xiehe. I want to see how capable she is at such a young age!" Qi Suilin suddenly stood up and left.