Chapter 61
Few people knew that Qiao Ye was in the hospital. Of course, this was also because Xu Shen did a good job of keeping it secret.
At this critical juncture, if something else were to come out, it would probably not be as simple as her being hospitalized.
Her old illness relapsed, and no one knew what it was, not even Xia Yi.
When Qiao Ye saw Pei Qing appear in her ward, she even forgot to take the noodles in her hand for a moment.
She could only lie on the hospital bed and be asked to "sit" dryly.
Pei Qing was holding some fruit in his hand. In a place like Country M, the price of fruit was not cheap. At least for Pei Qing with his current income, it was an expense that would hurt him.
After arriving here, Pei Qing asked without hesitation: "What's wrong with your body?"
Qiao Ye originally wanted to laugh it off, but Pei Qing seemed to have anticipated this and directly blocked what she wanted to say. "I checked with Dr. Xu. He's a specialist in mental illness. She's your primary care doctor. Does that mean you also have some degree of mental illness?"
This one sentence made Qiao Ye's originally prepared words stuck in his throat, unable to go up or down.
She paused and said hesitantly, "Is this matter important to you?"
Pei Qing pulled out a chair and sat beside her bed. "It's important, but not that important."
"Then why are you asking this?"
Pei Qing didn't say anything, but lowered her head and carefully peeled the oranges for her. The small oranges in this season were sour and sweet and very delicious.
Likewise, its price is also very beautiful.
Seeing that she was reluctant to speak, Qiao thought about it and changed the subject, "Have you applied to your teacher for early graduation?"
"I've applied." Pei Qing said.
"Oh. That's good. If you need my help, you can tell me in advance. After all, we are partners..."
For some reason, she was particularly clumsy with her words today. She desperately wanted to ease the embarrassment, but sadly found that she could do nothing.
Silence surrounded them again.
Pei Qing placed the peeled oranges on a plate beside him and said, "You should have a good rest. I still have my graduation thesis to write. I'll be leaving now."
Qiao also looked at her back as she hurried away, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Pei Qing, who had already left, did not really go far. She was sitting in the corridor of the clinic. At the end of the corridor not far away, a woman in a white coat seemed to be smoking.
A figure blocked her light source, and she looked up and saw a delicate face.
There was still a faint smell of nicotine on the other person's body, obviously the smell of the cigarette he had just smoked had not yet dissipated.
"Did you call me here just to see her?" Pei Qing looked at her and said lightly.
Xu Shen didn't care about her sarcastic words. She leaned against the white porcelain wall beside her, looking at Qiao Ye's ward not far away. She said indifferently, "I know you're smart, so you can understand some things without being pointed out."
"But as you can see, even though I came, it didn't make any difference."
"Indeed. But you also gained something, didn't you?" Xu Shen's gaze was so penetrating that Pei Qing suddenly felt that he had nowhere to hide under her gaze.
"..." She turned her eyes away, not looking at her, "I don't understand what you are saying."
Xu Shen didn't respond. After a long while, she suddenly said, "You like Qiao Ye."
It's not a question, it's an affirmative sentence.
Almost subconsciously, Pei Qing wanted to refute her, "How could I..."
Before she could finish her words, Xu Shen continued, "You might be stubborn and deny it, but the little details our bodies subconsciously reveal won't lie. What do you think?"
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"What exactly do you like about Qiao Ye?" Xu Shen looked at her curiously. "You subconsciously avoided looking at Qiao Ye, not wanting to meet her gaze. You were about to leave, but when you heard the news that Qiao Ye was hospitalized, you came back anyway. Even when Qiao Ye was doing something else, your eyes would always follow her. I know Qiao Ye is very charming and smart. No matter what situation she faces, she can always handle it with ease. She is strong, but she can also be weak when she should be. But I don't think that's why you like her. What do you think?"
Xu Shen is indeed the most professional psychologist. She has analyzed almost all of Pei Qing's mental activities.
But as she said, "What do you like about her?"
Pei Qing looked at her blankly, and repeated her question to himself, "Yes, what do I like about her?"
The woman didn't say anything, just quietly waiting for her reply.
Ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour passed...
Pei Qing finally raised his head and looked at her. Her expression was sad. "You know what? It was Qiao who brought me into a place that didn't belong to me. If I had followed the normal path, with the reputation of Law School of University A, I could have entered a very good law firm and become a qualified lawyer. But she brought me into her world, and everything changed from then on."
Hearing this, Xu Shen nodded, "And then?"
"I became a sharp sword in the hands of these people, providing them with necessary legal assistance. At the same time, I also witnessed some things that I never dared to imagine before."
Her words were very obscure, but Xu Shen understood them.
"After seeing the bright lights and revelry of some upper-class people, there's no going back, right?"
"Yes." Pei Qing admitted without hesitation, "It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it's hard to go from extravagance to frugality. I admit, they really gave too much. So I greedily wanted more."
"That's why you reached a cooperation with the girl from the Kang family."
"Yes. But this is a sure win for me. I have a law degree from a world-renowned university. Thanks to my collaboration with Xue Xiaochen, I will be able to join the Kang Group, a company many people crave, without taking a written exam or interview, and become a lawyer there. There, I will meet many of the world's top figures and develop them into my own network and resources."
As she spoke, she slowly raised her head and looked at Xu Shen. "Look. Through Qiao Ye, didn't I get a part-time receptionist position at the Audley Hotel? Even if it's just a receptionist, the people who come and go at the Audley Hotel every day are all political and business celebrities. I just need to make myself familiar to them. If they need a professional lawyer later, will they come to me for President Li or Qiao Ye's sake?"
Xu Shen looked at her inquiringly, "You actually think so?"
"Yes." Pei Qing nodded, "But things always go in the other direction. I admit that I am attracted to Qiao Ye, but I always remember my purpose."
Her honesty made Xu Shen admire her a little, "I understand."
After she finished speaking, she was about to leave, but Pei Qing stopped her, "So what's going on with her?"
Pei Qing didn't think that Xu Shen called her over this time just for such a simple matter.
So she called her and she had to admit that she had also developed a strong interest in Qiao Ye's past.
Hearing this, Xu Shen took out a cigarette and lit it. This was the nth cigarette she had smoked that day.
She thought with some humor that she never expected that one day she would have such a strong addiction to smoking.
"Jo isn't as simple as you think. You could even say she's quite complicated. If you want to know, why don't you go ask her yourself?"
"So what disease does she have?"
Xu Shen blew out smoke rings. "Borderline personality disorder and paroxysmal affective disorder, along with a mild case of bipolar disorder."
Pei Qing's body trembled when these words came out. "Why does she have these diseases?"
"There are many reasons. But for the specifics, you might need to ask her yourself."
Pei Qing was silent for a moment, then said, "I understand. Thank you."
"If you really like her, you have to learn to accept her other side."
Pei Qing paused for a moment before leaving, not knowing whether he heard it or not, but just left here directly.
She was a little surprised when she received the news from Xu Shen.
On the way back, she got to know this woman a little bit.
A very good psychologist, but she disappeared after graduation and no one knows where she went.
Unexpectedly, she became Qiao Ye's exclusive psychologist.
She sighed softly, decided not to think about these things anymore, and luxuriously took a taxi and left.
She needs to sort out graduation matters as soon as possible.
While in the car, she received a call from Xue Xiaochen.
"Hello?"
"I heard you applied for early graduation?"
"Yes. Any questions?"
Just like before, there is no need to beat around the bush when talking to Xue Xiaochen, always get straight to the point.
"Then please bring someone back for me."
"What?" Pei Qing was slightly stunned and didn't understand what she meant for a moment.
"Help me bring Kang Lening back."
Pei Qing was a little unfamiliar with the name at first, but she soon remembered it.
It was the young man who opened the art gallery. She didn't expect that he was related to the Kang family in the capital.
"I see."
This time, Xue Xiaochen rarely hung up the phone first. "I've heard about your father's situation. Please accept my condolences."
Pei Qing was somewhat flattered by the sudden words. "It's okay. The dead cannot be resurrected. I've accepted it."
"Well. After you come back, you can go back to see your family first." Xue Xiaochen paused and said, "If you need it. I will give you a week to adjust your condition."
"OK."
After hanging up the phone, Pei Qing looked a little dazed.
She didn't have much contact with Xue Xiaochen, but judging from her decisive style of doing things, she was really strong.
At least from some of the things she learned, she could get a glimpse of it.
The current situation of the Kang family is very unclear, especially the direct descendants of the Kang family, who secretly mock Xue Xiaochen for not having the surname Xue and not Kang, and for not being qualified to manage the affairs of the Kang family.
But the other party didn't care at all. In just half a year, the Kang Group had convinced its employees not to look for them.
Even some assets were transferred away.
She also roughly guessed that her main task this time was to turn some of the Kang family's gray income into legal income.
Thinking of this, she sighed softly and suddenly felt very tired.
But then her eyes became firm again. This was the path she had chosen, and she would finish it even if she cried.
But after she left, Qiao Ye's situation was completely different from hers.
Everything on the table fell to the ground, making a mess.
The woman's chest heaved violently as she stared at something on her phone with wide eyes.
The next second, the phone was thrown hard against the wall, breaking into pieces like a pile of waste.
Her expression was distorted. She lowered her head and muttered to herself, "How dare he? Oh, I really gave him face."
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