Chapter 306: Chapter 306: He Intends to Capture by Letting Loose
“Oh, you were with a client.”
Su He smiled and then said, “Such a big client that would make Mr. Wan personally accompany them must be quite important.”
Wan Muqi: “This person, sister-in-law, you know him as well.”
No sooner had he finished speaking than Xiao Si showed up.
Su He narrowed her eyes slightly: “He is the client you were talking about?”
Wan Muqi nodded: “Yeah.”
“…”
“Yo, my sister-in-law is here too.” Xiao Si glanced at Su He, then looked at An Mi sitting quietly beside her, and said, “Little sister An Mi is here too, what a coincidence.”
After saying that, he deliberately glanced at Wan Muqi.
His term “little sister” was meant to disgust Wan Muqi, warning him not to be a cradle snatcher.
This guy, for some reason, insisted on attending this seminar; he’s a lawyer, not a doctor. Why would he come to a medical seminar?
The moment he saw An Mi, he understood.
He had an ulterior motive, and a thieving one at that.
An Mi looked at Xiao Si and greeted him politely: “Hello, Doctor Xiao.”
Actually, she hadn’t seen Xiao Si many times. How could they be so fated?
But she didn’t delve deep into thought, if they met, they met.
Xiao Si took a seat behind her and said with a smile, “No need to be so formal, just call me Si. At my age, you could even call me uncle, but since I’m handsome, ‘brother’ sounds better, doesn’t it?”
An Mi: “…”
To be honest, she found it somewhat difficult to call out “Brother Si.”
He was indeed handsome, but still, she found those words a bit scalding to the tongue…
Every word Xiao Si said was to poke at someone’s heart.
He was doing it on purpose, wanting to make a certain someone aware of the age difference between himself and others.
After all, he had the audacity to threaten him before!
Then, pointing at Wan Muqi, he said, “As for him, little sister An Mi, you can call him uncle.”
Wan Muqi: “…”
An Mi dared not look at the man; she suddenly remembered that the first time they met was in the men’s restroom, and he had just finished using the toilet at that time.
She had called him “uncle” back then.
When she had suddenly appeared above the ceiling of the men’s room, she must have given him quite a scare.
Back then, it wasn’t because she thought he looked old that she called him uncle, on the contrary, he was very handsome.
Seeing him well-dressed and wearing a pair of glasses, she thought he was quite the gentleman, so she politely greeted him with “uncle.”
Hearing this, An Mi just smiled awkwardly.
Xiao Si then purposefully asked, “By the way, I saw you in the hospital yesterday. Are you not feeling well?”
An Mi was startled.
Wan Muqi sat there, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, his eyes behind the thin lenses glancing at Xiao Si.
Xiao Si wasn’t concerned at the moment; with Su He there, he wouldn’t dare do anything to him.
Upon hearing this, Su He turned to look at her, “What’s wrong with you?”
An Mi swallowed and her mind raced, then she said, “Sis, it’s nothing. I was just accompanying a classmate to the hospital. He was feeling unwell, so I went with him.”
Relieved to hear that it wasn’t a health issue with her, Su He didn’t inquire further whether it was a male or female classmate.
But with An Mi’s personality, she wouldn’t accompany a male classmate to see a doctor.
However, Xiao Si said meaningfully, “Oh, so that was your classmate. I happened to be passing by the emergency infusion area at the time and saw you. I thought about saying hello, but I was in a hurry to see a patient, so I didn’t go in.”
He said what he said, but the corner of his eye spared glances at the man next to him, intentionally or otherwise.
The man appeared calm, shooting him a cold, disapproving look.
But the warning in the man’s eyes was unmistakably clear.
Xiao Si was nosy but knew when to back off and when to stop while he was ahead.
After all, although this man usually kept a low profile, he wasn’t any less scheming than Jiang Yan and Gu Beiyan, and most importantly, he studied law, gaining no advantage over him whatsoever.
…
The seminar lasted a full three hours.
Just as Su He was about to leave with An Mi, they bumped into Wan Muqi and Xiao Si again in the parking lot.
“Little sister-in-law, what a coincidence to see you here,” Xiao Si said with a grin.
Su He raised her eyebrows slightly, “What’s up?”
Xiao Si: “Mr. Wan and I came in one car, but unfortunately, it broke down. Mind giving us a lift since it’s on the way?”
Su He didn’t refuse.
Xiao Si originally wanted to take the front passenger seat, but then he thought about Ah Yan finding out he’d taken his wife’s front passenger seat, and he decided against it, fearing there would be hell to pay.
With Xiao Si there, there was never a dull moment throughout the journey.
Ironically, all three people in the car were not very talkative, but he still managed to keep the atmosphere from turning cold.
“I think you shouldn’t be a doctor; you should switch to being a lawyer,” Wan Muqi eyed him.
Xiao Si’s mouth was just too noisy.
Wan Muqi’s comment was something Su He agreed with.
Xiao Si: “No way, you lawyers are all too sly. I speak nothing but the absolute truth, while you lawyers, your mouths are full of deceits, mixing truth with falsehood, traps everywhere.”
Then, he turned to An Mi with a weighty voice and earnestly advised: “Little sister An Mi, let me tell you, when you look for a boyfriend or a husband in the future, steer clear of lawyers. They specifically target innocent and kind-hearted girls like you, and you might end up being conned out of everything.”
An Mi didn’t know how to respond and could only laugh awkwardly: “…”
Xiao Si continued: “If you’re going to choose, find someone honest like your brother-in-law, or like your big brother Xiao Si here.”
An Mi felt it would be rude not to respond, but she didn’t know what to say, so she just agreed vaguely: “Oh, alright.”
Wan Muqi sat with his legs crossed and leaning against the chair back, hands crossed over his knees, his fingertips inadvertently caressing the backs of his hands.
By the time they returned to Yue City, it was already past seven.
“Little sister-in-law, I’ve made a reservation at Taoyao Inn, let’s have dinner together as a thanks for the ride. I’ve already messaged Ah Yan to bring Xixi along,” Xiao Si suddenly said.
At that moment, Jiang Yan also called her.
She answered, and he was talking about dinner too.
So, she drove straight to Taoyao Inn.
By the time they arrived, Jiang Yan and Gu Beiyan were already there.
“Oh, Mimi, you’re here too,” Jiang You said cheerfully upon seeing An Mi.
“Jiang You,” An Mi called out sweetly.
Then she turned to Jiang Yan and greeted him with a “Brother-in-law.”
The man nodded and acknowledged her with a response.
However, Jiang Yan’s gaze instinctively shifted to Wan Muqi who was trailing behind them.
An Mi greeted everyone in the private room, one by one.
She knew all of them, but they weren’t very close; she knew them because of her sister and brother-in-law.
Among this group, she was the youngest, just 19, and naturally, everyone looked after her.
“By the way, Mimi, your sister told me you chose a medical major for university, right?” An Mi found herself seated next to Jiang You, destined not to get any peace and quiet.
Among those present, besides Xiao Si, who was the most talkative, Jiang You was next in line; the two were neck and neck.
Anyway, with either one of them around, it’s never dull. And when both are present, it’s a gossiper’s Heaven.
Actually, throw Jing Xuan into the mix, and these three could go on for days and nights.
“…”
As they were chatting, Jiang You suddenly remembered something Gu Beiyan had mentioned to her one day.
She then turned to Wan Muqi and asked, “Mu Qi, I heard from Beiyan that you’re now working at A University, is that right?”
Wan Muqi hummed in response.
Jiang You continued, “An Mi is also at A University; you should really look out for her.”
Jiang You meant well, since An Mi seemed genuinely innocent, not much of a talker, and she was concerned that An Mi might get bullied at school.
Wan Muqi once again hummed emotionlessly and added, “I don’t teach students from the medical faculty.”
At this moment, Jiang Yan glanced at Jiang You and suddenly interjected, “Don’t go increasing Wan’s workload here; An Mi isn’t a child anymore, she can take care of herself. Besides, if anyone should worry about this, it should be your sister-in-law and I, not you.”
Caught off guard by her elder brother’s reprimand, Jiang You looked confused. What had she said?
It wasn’t like she had said anything out of line, had she?
Gu Beiyan gently pressed her hand, signaling her not to talk back.
To be honest, Jiang You didn’t dare to talk back to her brother.
As soon as Jiang Yan finished his sentence, the room fell silent once again.
Xiao Si gave Wan Muqi a meaningful look filled with sympathy, a look that said, “You’re on your own.”
Xiao Si glanced around the private room and concluded, “Relationships here are so messy!”
Gu Beiyan used to call Su He “sister-in-law,” and now he had to switch to “sister.” As for Wan Muqi, it’s still undecided, but if it ever gets there, it would mean changing from “sister-in-law” to “sister.”
Ah… what a mess!
All of a sudden, he turned to Su He and asked, “Sis, apart from little sister An Mi, do you have any other sisters?”
Su He: “Do you want something?”
Feeling the chill in her gaze, Xiao Si quickly cowered, “Eh, nothing. Just asking.”
Su He indeed had another sister, from her eldest uncle’s family, about the same age as An Mi, but she wasn’t studying in Yue City.
However, Su Ning had a somewhat opposite personality to An Mi; the former was more outgoing, while the latter was more introverted. An Mi was only livelier around people she knew well.
…
In the following half a month, An Mi was extremely busy with final exams fast approaching.
An Mi was always diligent in her studies and considered a good student by her tutors, but she never slacked off despite her good grades. On the contrary, as exams drew nearer, she became even more of a bookworm.
Her daily routine was predictable: classroom, dormitory, library.
Sometimes, she’d even forget to eat, only remembering when Chen Jin brought her meals and urged her to eat.
It was the same today.
“Seriously, Mimi, can you not be so wrapped up in studying? Look at you, studying in the dorm, studying in the library. Can’t you enjoy some of the freedom of college life?”
“You’re not rushing for an imperial examination in the capital; it’s just a final exam. With your knowledge, you could easily pass without much effort. Studying so intensely that you forget to sleep and eat makes it hard for the rest of us three in the dorm to relax.”
Chen Jin sat opposite her, leaning on the desk, staring at her and sighed, “You don’t know how demotivated Zhuzhu, Huihui, and I feel. We thought about slacking off a bit, but seeing you, we just can’t bring ourselves to do it.”
An Mi looked up at her and blinked, “But other than studying, I don’t really know what to do.”
Chen Jin suggested, “You can surf the internet, play some games, binge-watch some series. There are lots of things to do.”
An Mi looked at her sweetly, “But I’m not interested in those things. It feels like a waste of time to me, just frittering away the hours.”
Chen Jin: “…”
Chen Jin usually had a lot to say but found herself at a loss for words hearing that.
Everything she’d said previously seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.
“Forget it, maybe you’re just naturally studious, not like us who cram at the last minute. I shouldn’t lead you astray. Better for you to focus on your studies; when you’re tired of studying one day, I’ll show you some fun outside of class.”
The point is, she’s not just a bookworm either, so Chen Jin couldn’t really say much. An Mi is a typical example of someone who works harder than those who are successful, constantly reminding them that they’re here in this world just to make up the numbers.
“By the way, have you seen Mr. Wan lately?” Chen Jin changed the subject.
An Mi shook her head, “No.”
It’s been half a month since they parted ways that day.
“What’s up?” An Mi asked.
“It’s about that lawsuit in my family, we settled it a week ago,” Chen Jin said. “You’ve seemed really busy every day, so I didn’t tell you. I just remembered it.”
“Didn’t Mr. Wan tell you?” Chen Jin asked casually.
An Mi shook her head again, “No.”
Chen Jin was a bit surprised, “So, he hasn’t been in touch with you at all over the past half month?”
An Mi said puzzledly, “Mr. Wan and I are just ordinary friends, so it’s normal not to be in contact.”
“That’s not normal!” Chen Jin said somewhat excitedly, “Is he playing hard to get?”
“What do you mean by playing hard to get?” An Mi asked.
Chen Jin explained, “It’s like at first he was showing you a lot of attention and seemed to show interest, and now he’s suddenly distant, not contacting or appearing around you, just to make you think of him, to get you all confused and flustered. Then he’ll find the right moment to make a tender move, so you will willingly fall into his arms.”
An Mi frowned, she always felt that Chen Jin was spouting nonsense.
“Jinjin, have you been reading too many novels?”
An Mi knew that Chen Jin particularly enjoyed reading romance novels.
“Nowadays, who has the time to play these mind games? He’s a lawyer, he must be busy, no time to chat with me. Besides, final exams are approaching, and I’m busy too. Moreover, I haven’t been thinking about him, and definitely not in the flustered way you described. So, Jinjin, what you said isn’t entirely correct. Not everyone likes to play the game of playing hard to get,” An Mi analyzed very rationally.
Chen Jin: “…”
She sighed, “I think if Mr. Wan really wanted to pursue you, he would have to go through a formidable ordeal before he could succeed.”
Alas, her bookish friend’s mind is too straightforward, filled with a sea of knowledge, but utterly devoid of any notion of love and desire.
Upon hearing this, An Mi earnestly replied to her, “I’m not the type Mr. Wan likes.”
“…”
The next day at noon, Chen Jin dragged An Mi out of the library.
“I’m not getting your food for you today, you have to come out and eat yourself.”
Chen Jin really couldn’t stand it anymore, and she didn’t want to indulge her any longer.
“You’re always submerged in a sea of books. Sooner or later, you’ll drown in it. You need to come up for air and take a walk,” Chen Jin said, pulling her to queue up for food.
But suddenly, Chen Jin’s sharp eyes spotted a familiar figure.
“Hey, hey, Mimi, look, isn’t that Mr. Wan?” Chen Jin patted An Mi’s shoulder and said with some excitement.
The person they were speaking of yesterday appeared today – it must be fate.
At least, that was what Chen Jin thought.
Just as An Mi turned to look, a tall woman appeared next to Wan Muqi.
The woman wore a fitted knit dress and high heels, with her hair neatly tied behind her. She was beautiful, with features that were both intellectual and sexy.
The two of them seemed quite well-matched together, and their relationship also appeared quite close.
“Who’s that woman?” Chen Jin asked.
At that moment, Wan Muqi turned around and saw them.
Their eyes met.
After a brief pause, An Mi raised a polite smile as a greeting.
It was also just in time for their turn to get food.
“Jinjin, it’s our turn, hurry up. We need to eat and then go back to studying,” An Mi urged, pulling her along.