Chapter 167 Breathtaking
"Mr. Wang, we agreed beforehand that we were just coming over for a meal." Ji Wanqing maintained her last bit of politeness, but her voice had already turned cold.
"Eating? Isn't the dinner table a place for drinking and discussing business?" President Wang clearly didn't want to let her off easily. "Xiao Qing, don't be so naive. It's your good fortune that President Li thinks highly of you. Drink to your heart's content with President Li, and don't worry about the little money you owe me... there will be plenty of benefits to come in the future!"
These words were quite blunt, and Ji Wanqing's heart sank to the bottom. She knew that this meal would be more than just eating, and she also found her naivety laughable.
She genuinely believed that if she cooperated properly, she might be able to offset the two million yuan debt.
Now that things have come to this, she can only be thankful that she had made preparations in advance.
Ji Wanqing took a deep breath, no longer pretending, and stood up directly.
"Mr. Wang, Mr. Li, thank you for your hospitality today. However, my mother is still in the hospital, so I really have to go back. As for the debt, I will repay it as soon as possible as agreed. You don't need to trouble yourself to reduce it in this way. You don't need to contact me again in the future."
After saying that, she picked up her bag and was about to leave.
"Stop right there!" President Wang slammed his hand on the table, his face turning completely grim. "Ji Wanqing, don't push your luck! You have to drink this wine today, whether you like it or not!"
Mr. Li also spoke slowly, his tone threatening.
"Miss Qingtian, you still need to know the rules to survive in this industry. If you offend the wrong people, your future live streaming career will be difficult... You probably won't be able to pay back this money."
The atmosphere in the private room instantly plummeted to freezing point, and the other people accompanying her also looked at her with ill intent, with a subtle tendency to surround her.
Ji Wanqing's heart was pounding, but she forced herself to calm down, quietly reaching into her bag to grab her phone, ready to call the finish line immediately if things went wrong.
Just as tensions were rising, there was a sudden knock on the door of the private room.
Before anyone could respond, the door was pushed open.
A man in a restaurant manager's uniform walked in, with a professional and respectful smile on his face.
"Excuse me for disturbing you, esteemed guests. Is Miss Ji Wanqing in this private room?"
Everyone was stunned.
Ji Wanqing was also somewhat surprised and replied, "Yes, that's me."
The manager smiled and said to her, "Ms. Ji, there is a Mr. Pei downstairs in the restaurant who wants to see you. He says there is a very urgent matter concerning your mother's condition and he needs you to come down immediately."
Mr. Pei? Ji Wanqing's heart skipped a beat!
Pei Yu? What's he doing here? And he even knew she was here? And... about her mother's illness?
A huge panic gripped her instantly, making it almost impossible for her to think.
Compared to the current predicament, any slight movement or change in her mother's condition would affect her more.
"What's wrong with my mom?!" Her voice changed, and she didn't care about General Manager Wang or General Manager Li anymore, she asked the manager anxiously.
"Well... Mr. Pei didn't go into details, he just told me to make sure you come down immediately," the manager replied, his answer perfectly tactful.
"Excuse me, I must leave!" Ji Wanqing could no longer care about anything else and hurriedly said to President Wang and the others. She didn't even have time to think about whether this sudden rescue was suspicious before she followed the manager and rushed out of the private room.
With outsiders present, Mr. Wang and his group could only watch helplessly as Ji Wanqing left.
Ji Wanqing followed the manager almost running through the restaurant lobby. As soon as they reached the entrance, they saw a black SUV parked on the side of the road, but the person standing next to the car was not at the finish line.
Under the cover of night, the streetlights outlined Pei Yu's tall and slender figure. He was dressed in simple casual clothes, and his face showed signs of fatigue, as if he had rushed over.
His face was expressionless, but the look in his eyes behind his glasses softened almost imperceptibly the moment he saw that she was safe and sound.
"Brother Pei? What happened to you..." Ji Wanqing ran up to him breathlessly, both surprised and suspicious, but mostly fearful of her mother's illness. "My mother..."
“Your mother is fine, her condition is stable.” Pei Yu interrupted her, his voice as calm as ever. “Get in the car first.”
He opened the car door and gestured for her to get in.
Just then, a person got out of a car next to them. "Sunny Day."
Ji Wanqing looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall, aloof man getting out of the car; he was at the finish line.
That car was different from the ones that had driven before the finish line, which is why she didn't recognize it.
His gaze first fell on Ji Wanqing, confirming that she was unharmed, and then sharply swept over Pei Yu, who was standing next to her with his hand still on the car door.
Two equally outstanding men stood a few steps apart, sizing each other up under the dim streetlights at the restaurant entrance.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment, and Ji Wanqing sensed that something was subtly off.
Pei Yu held onto the car door without letting go. His eyes behind his glasses were calm and unwavering, but his aura of cool composure was in no way inferior to Xie Chi's.
The last one at the hospital was "Don't Bark," so this is the finish line? One of the men who brought her the bag.
Xie Chi's gaze lingered on Pei Yu for a moment before finally returning to Ji Wanqing's face, his tone revealing no emotion.
"It's alright, I'll take you home."
“I don’t think that’s necessary. Qingtian and I are neighbors, and it’s on my way,” Pei Yu immediately replied.
Ji Wanqing, sandwiched between the two, felt as if the air was thinning.
She quickly introduced them, her voice still slightly panting from running, "Brother at the finish line, this is the doctor you met last time, he's my mother's attending physician, he does live next door to me. Brother Pei, this is..."
She was a little unsure how to introduce the finish line. If she said it was a big shot in the live stream, she was afraid Pei Yu would have a bad impression of her.
Although she has never done anything that would sell her soul, the live streaming industry is something that many people have bad ideas about.
She paused before continuing, "My friend."
"Dr. Pei... why do you also call me Sunny Day?" Xie Chi nodded slightly to Pei Yu as a greeting.
But the inquiry in his eyes did not diminish, and he expressed his doubts with a smile.
Why would a doctor, a neighbor, act as a protector and take Ji Wanqing away at this time and place?
This clearly goes beyond the scope of ordinary doctor-patient or neighbor interactions.
Upon hearing this, Ji Wanqing finally snapped out of her daze.
It seems that Pei Yu addressed her in the same way last time, but this was just the way she was addressed during the live stream.
She turned to look at Pei Yu, her eyes also filled with doubt.
A hint of unease flashed in Pei Yu's eyes, but it was fleeting, and he spoke calmly.
"I received a call from the hospital saying that Aunt He had some arrhythmia and that her family needed to come as soon as possible."
Ji Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what she meant and quickly agreed.
"Yes, yes, Dr. Pei, let's go to the hospital quickly!" She looked apologetic. "Thank you so much for coming tonight, but the matter has been resolved. Brother Jidian, you should go back and rest early. You've really gone to so much trouble for us today."
All she wanted to do at that moment was get out of this suffocating place as soon as possible.
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