Chapter 375: Chapter 338 Stop Messing Around
"Have you found out where AV is?" Gu Qili was delighted, this was the best news she’d heard all morning.
"Yes, I found him. He’s at the hospital, in the neurosurgery department of Central Hospital, room number 1101. He is there taking care of his girlfriend."
"You are so well-informed, just like a detective." Seeing Zhu Ping run until she was out of breath, Gu Qili quickly poured her a glass of water.
Zhu Ping took a big gulp and caught her breath: "What are you planning to do?"
"First, go see his girlfriend. Regardless of whether AV can come work at the winery, as a friend, I should go see her."
"You’re not planning to secretly help again without saying anything, are you?" Zhu Ping almost choked on her water.
"AV resigned from the French Restaurant to take care of his girlfriend and he has no source of income now. He’s definitely struggling. He’s also prideful and would likely refuse to accept charity from others, so, the most important thing for us now is to figure out how to help him, whether he can come to work or not isn’t something to insist on."
Zhu Ping rubbed her forehead: "You’re always like this, sigh, never mind, good deeds lead to good karma."
"Let’s go, come with me to the hospital now."
After arriving at the hospital, just as Gu Qili and Zhu Ping exited the hospital’s elevator, a fashionably dressed woman approached, wearing large sunglasses and not looking where she was going, she bumped directly into Gu Qili.
"Are you blind? Didn’t you see me?" The fashionable woman’s glasses nearly fell off. She adjusted them and then started cursing at Gu Qili.
Gu Qili’s shoulder was still in pain from the bump, but she didn’t bother to argue, and instead, the woman retorted.
"It’s you who should watch where you’re going, did your eyeballs fall to the ground?" Zhu Ping protectively stepped forward, "Are you in such a hurry to die, walking so fast?"
The fashionable woman encountered someone daring to talk back to her for the first time, she coldly sized up the two of them. Seeing Gu Qili, she squinted her eyes; perhaps beautiful things often attract jealousy, as her first impression of Gu Qili was very poor.
"Miss, why are you walking so fast?" A man who looked like a secretary hurried up from behind.
"I was blocked by a dog." The fashionable woman snorted coldly and went into the elevator with the secretary.
Zhu Ping, unwilling to let it go, wanted to argue further but was stopped by Gu Qili, arguing with such people was a waste of time.
The fashionable woman stepped into the elevator, mumbling to the secretary: "This AV really doesn’t appreciate favors. He hasn’t made wine for so many years, can the wine he makes now even be drinkable? That we at Feihe Winery are inviting him to be a winemaker, is giving him great honor, I don’t believe that there’s no one else in Aus City who can make wine. Look at how poor he is now, yet still playing so high-and-mighty."
"Miss, don’t be angry, it’s his loss for not appreciating it..."
The elevator doors slowly closed, and whatever else they said was no longer audible, but Gu Qili clearly heard the words "Feihe Winery." Who doesn’t know that Feihe Winery is one of the top wineries in Aus City; so that fashionable woman must be Gao Ruobing, the heiress of Feihe Winery.
"Zhu Ping, let’s not go." Gu Qili suddenly changed her mind. AV was currently in such a downtrodden state, seeing an old acquaintance like her would probably be very embarrassing for him, and even a winery like Feihe couldn’t persuade him, how could she possibly make him change his mind.
"Not going? Just giving up halfway?" Zhu Ping obviously couldn’t accept this, "I finally found out his details."
"Don’t worry, your efforts won’t be wasted, let’s go talk to his girlfriend’s attending doctor, maybe we can help him."
Upon asking, they discovered a hopeful option. The attending doctor said that there’s a neurosurgery expert currently in Aus City, and if he could take a look, there might be a more effective treatment method available, and this expert happened to be Luo Shangqing.
Gu Qili didn’t call Luo Shangqing directly but first asked Mu Shuoqian, someone like Professor Luo, who has a high daily scheduled, and her relationship with him was not familiar enough to casually ask for his help.
When Mu Shuoqian received the call, he didn’t answer her question but instead, he asked back.
"Hmm,
"Not yet, Mu Shuoqian, can you help me find Luo..."
"Let’s talk when we meet." He had already hung up.
Gu Qili frowned, staring at the darkening screen of her phone, "What’s he up to."
"What happened?" Zhu Ping asked from the side.
"Mu Shuoqian said he’s coming over. If he personally intervenes, I think Professor Luo will agree."
"The President is coming? Then, maybe I should skedaddle." Zhu Ping, upon hearing Mu Shuoqian’s name, scurried off like a mouse seeing a cat.
Gu Qili waited at the hospital entrance for a while, and Mu Shuoqian’s Maybach slowly drove up.
"Get in." He rolled down the window and waved at her.
Gu Qili pointed to the parking lot: "But my car is still parked there."
"I’ll have Yuan Yi come drive it, get in."
Gu Qili had no choice but to open the door and get in, immediately noticing a small lavender sachet hanging on the rearview mirror, she smiled and asked him: "You still kept it?"
"I just found it today, Yuan Yi said it doesn’t look good without hanging something, so I hung it up." Mu Shuoqian was driving attentively, his explanation seemed a bit far-fetched.
"I didn’t say anything, why are you nervous?" Gu Qili thought to herself, still pretending, she had already seen it in the storage box, it was wrapped very tightly, that’s why it’s still so new.
She knew in her heart, but did not expose him.
"By the way, did you ask Professor Luo for help? I need a favor from him."
"I had arranged to have dinner with him, but he had something come up last minute, he said, for my sake, he would definitely do his best."
"Really? That’s great, Professor Luo is such a good person, but, thanks to you as well."
But the actual version of the events was:
Mu Shuoqian: Professor Luo, your younger sister needs a favor.
Luo Shangqing: Okay, I just happen to be free tomorrow.
Mu Shuoqian: Let’s have lunch together then.
Luo Shangqing: Sure, who else is coming?
Mu Shuoqian: Just me and your sister. Since she came back, she and I haven’t had many meals alone...
Luo Shangqing: ... Suddenly I remembered I have something to do, you guys go ahead.
Mu Shuoqian: It’s not like I didn’t invite you.
Luo Shangqing: (Silently swallowed the word ’damn’)
Mu Shuoqian parked the car in front of Xiangshan Club, and a doorman had already run over to park the car for him.
After sitting down in the private room, he ordered ice cream for her, and she dug into it while watching him order food.
All four dishes were her favorites, unexpectedly, after so long, he still remembered what she liked to eat, the ice cream in her mouth was as sweet as honey, melting right into her heart.
After the meal, Gu Qili went to the restroom, and Mu Shuoqian stood in the lobby waiting for her, the man in a black casual suit, posed casually and enchantingly, the splendid lobby instantly became a backdrop to him.
Xixiao entered the club and saw such a scene, she was delighted and hurriedly walked over quickly.
Ever since she had parted on bad terms with Mu Shuoqian last time, this man had been bothering her, and the female lead for that movie hadn’t been decided yet, she had to seize the last chance.
"Young Master Qian, what a coincidence, you’re having a meal here too?" Xixiao smiled charmingly, her charisma as a star fully displayed.
Mu Shuoqian glanced at her, nodded slightly, showing no interest in engaging with her.
And when Mu Shuoqian also saw her, he quickly walked over and grabbed her hand, complaining with dissatisfaction, "Damn slowpoke."
Gu Qili glanced at him then at the wide-eyed Xixiao: "You know each other?"
"Don’t know her." At this moment, Mu Shuoqian wished he could deny any and all relationships with Xixiao, even though they basically had none, because he was afraid of Gu Qili misunderstanding.
"She’s Xixiao, can I take a photo with her?" Gu Qili, acting like a little fan, still sneakily glanced at Xixiao.
"What to take, too idle." This remark wasn’t loud, but Xixiao still heard it, it seemed like it was blaming the girl, but actually, he was hinting that she was not worthy to take a photo with her.
Gu Qili pouted her lips, swung his hand with force, so stingy, not even allowing a photo with a celebrity.
Mu Shuoqian was not going to let her temper prevail, tightening his grip on her hand a bit, "Stop it."
She really doesn’t know her own worth, in the future, these celebrities would be the ones wanting to take photos with her.
Xixiao watched the two of them walk away side by side,
"I promised Niannian that I would pick him up tonight." Gu Qili checked her watch, "Just stop ahead, I’ll browse the shops a bit, and then head directly to the kindergarten when it’s time."
"To my office." Mu Shuoqian didn’t take her suggestion, adding: "To my office."
"No." His office was utterly boring, she really didn’t want to go there, and she wasn’t sure what other crooked ideas he might have.
Mu Shuoqian wouldn’t listen to her, stubbornly driving the car towards his office.
"Hey, you can’t be unreasonable, I really don’t want to go," Gu Qili was getting anxious.
His intransigent demeanor frustrated her, just as she was preparing to cajole him a bit more, his phone suddenly rang, she didn’t know who was calling, but his expression changed immediately.