Chapter 54 I want to ask you for a favor next Wednesday
Wei Qingming looked up at her with interest, as if wondering how she would explain this matter.
He was not a simple man. He knew very well whether the mark on her neck was a hickey or a mosquito bite. In fact, he vaguely felt something when she first arrived at the store that day. He didn't know why he had a high perception in this regard.
But he had also confirmed with her that she didn't have a boyfriend. These two things together were enough to explain the problem.
Li Qingqing met his playful gaze, and for some reason she suddenly felt a little panicked. To be honest, she had not thought about how to explain this matter. She thought there was nothing wrong with her private life. At least this result was not her active choice. She felt that she could still defend herself.
It can be said that there is no problem at all, but from the perspective of secular values, it does not seem very reasonable.
After a long silence, she decided to explain the reason to him in a more tactful way. "I have no choice but to commit myself to someone because of some unavoidable reasons. However, this result is not my active choice, so I think there is nothing wrong with my private life. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. If Boss Wei thinks this reason is not valid, then I respect your position."
Wei Qingming frowned, as if he had not expected this statement. He thought for a moment and said, "How do you define 'unavoidable'?"
Li Qingqing looked at him, a trace of sadness flashing in her eyes. "If I said it was to save a life, would you believe me?"
After hearing this answer, Wei Qingming's expression changed obviously, but it was unclear whether he believed it or not.
He stared at Li Qingqing for a long time, then turned back and shouted towards the kitchen, "Xiao Li, come here."
The man in his thirties came out from the kitchen upon hearing the sound and stood next to Wei Qingming.
Wei Qingming pointed at Li Qingqing and said to Xiao Li, "I'm sorry, our pastry chef has been replaced by her today. I will compensate you for the loss caused to you."
Xiao Li looked at Li Qingqing, a look of dissatisfaction clearly on his face. "She's so young and obviously has no experience. Are you sure you want to replace me?"
Wei Qingming said in a deep voice, "Xiao Li, you have your strengths, but you won't stay here long. I need a pastry chef with a spirit of research and innovation. You have good abilities, but you won't go far in product innovation. You should know this yourself."
Wei Qingming's words were very direct, and Xiao Li seemed to be very aware of his own shortcomings. He did not argue anymore, but quietly took off his apron and left.
"Let's get to work." Wei Qingming pointed to the kitchen towards Li Qingqing.
"ah……"
Everything happened so fast that Li Qingqing was still a little slow to react. She thought Wei Qingming would at least ask some details about the incident, but he didn't ask and just believed her.
"Today is a soft opening. You should first familiarize yourself with the products. There are dedicated sales staff in the store, and you can just focus on making desserts."
Li Qingqing nodded silently and went into the kitchen.
At the end of the day, she was basically familiar with the work process. The other employees in the store were basically brought over by Wei Qingming from the previous store. Everyone became familiar with the work quickly, and there were already quite a few orders on the first day of trial operation.
Li Qingqing was very surprised at other people's vision and ability to make money. She had always wanted to be a Chinese medicine doctor, but this road was so long and sad for a child from a poor family.
Maybe she should put her dream aside for the time being and make enough money first so that she can have a chance to settle down and not sell herself for money. Only then can she pursue her dreams freely.
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Lu Yan was away this week, and Li Qingqing enjoyed the long-lost feeling of freedom. She worked during the day and continued to study baking and Chinese medicine knowledge at night, and her work soon got on track.
That day, when she was busy in the kitchen, she suddenly felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen. Li Qingqing knew that her damn period had come again.
She had taken some medicines that Mu Xingyi had prescribed for her a few days ago. This time the pain was obviously much lighter than before, but it was still a little beyond her tolerance.
She forced herself to finish the work at hand and asked Wei Qingming for leave in the afternoon, but the constant sweat on her forehead and pale face still made the apprentice next to her notice something was wrong.
"Qingqing, are you feeling unwell?" Apprentice Xiao Jiang put down the dough in his hand and asked her.
Li Qingqing frowned and wanted to say that it was okay, but the sudden pain made her unable to speak. Li Qingqing suspected that the unusual pain might be related to the birth control pills she took.
Xiao Jiang hurried to call Wei Qingming. Wei Qingming came to the kitchen and found that Li Qingqing was in so much pain that she couldn't stand, so he immediately drove her to the nearest hospital.
Li Qingqing was in so much pain that she almost went into shock, but she still apologized to Wei Qingming: "I'm sorry, boss, I've delayed my work."
Wei Qingming frowned and looked at her without saying anything.
When she arrived at the hospital, Li Qingqing found out that Wei Qingming had sent her to Mu Xingyi's hospital.
She originally wanted to tell him that they should go to another hospital, but another burst of pain changed her mind. She was almost dying in pain, so this little embarrassment was nothing. Besides, the hospital was so big that she might not meet Mu Xingyi.
But as luck would have it, the two met in the hospital corridor.
Mu Xingyi was surprised to see Li Qingqing suddenly appear here, but when he saw a strange man supporting her, his face immediately turned cold again. He wanted to tease her, "You changed men after not seeing each other for a few days?"
But in the end he still endured it. He did have some resentment towards Li Qingqing for hiding the fact that she was with Lu Yan from him, but he did not want to break up with Li Qingqing completely.
Li Qingqing covered her lower abdomen and forced a smile to greet Mu Xingyi, "Hello, Doctor Mu, nice to see you again..."
Seeing that Li Qingqing knew the doctor in front of him, Wei Qingming handed Li Qingqing over to Mu Xingyi.
"Since you know this doctor, I won't stay here with you. I'm busy in the store, so I'll go back first."
After saying that, he turned and left. Mu Xingyi looked at his indifferent back, and his cold expression softened a little. It seemed that he had thought too much.
"Dysmenorrhea?"
Seeing her pale face, Mu Xingyi immediately guessed the cause of the illness.
Li Qingqing nodded awkwardly, her eyes avoiding, not daring to look into Mu Xingyi's eyes.
Although the two said on WeChat that they would continue to be friends in the future, everyone knew that it was just a polite remark.
Mu Xingyi helped her into his office, gave her a few injections to relieve the pain, and then prescribed her the same Chinese medicine he had prescribed for her before, three courses of treatment at once.
"You'll basically feel much better after taking these three courses of medicine. If the effect isn't obvious, come back and see me."
Mu Xingyi acted like a professional doctor throughout the whole process and did not reveal too many personal emotions. Li Qingqing was secretly glad that Mu Xingyi did not take the opportunity to question her, otherwise she would be embarrassed again.
She nodded silently, took the medical prescription, stood up and prepared to leave, but Mu Xingyi suddenly called her.
"Qingqing."
Li Qingqing subconsciously turned around to look at him and found that his eyes were filled with complicated expressions. She didn't know whether it was disappointment in her or unwillingness in himself.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Are you free next Wednesday? I'd like to ask a favor."
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