Lu Chen was even more embarrassed by this. However, he wasn't angry. Only someone who considers you family would say something like that! He repeatedly stamped his feet, "I was wrong! I was wrong! Please help me, everyone!"
Instantly, the whole family burst into laughter.
Gong Xiaoyi spoke up: "I can help you!"
Lu Chen immediately looked at her.
Actually, the person he mainly came to the Gong family to see was Gong Xiaoyi!
In the entire Gong family, Gong Xiaoyi and Xu Jiaqi had the best relationship. Moreover, Gong Xiaoyi was a young girl, and Xu Jiaqi was more likely to accept what she said. If she didn't accept it, Gong Xiaoyi could easily charm her.
Seeing Lu Chen's pleading gaze, Gong Xiaoyi smiled, "Hehe, so how will you repay me?"
Gong Jiu snapped, "You brat, helping Brother Chen and you're talking about repayment? I'll hit you!"
Gong Xiaoyi pouted.
Lu Chen quickly said, "Okay, okay, repaying is only right. After all, Xiaoyi has to put in effort and energy for this favor! I'm willing, Gong Jiu, stop talking. Come on, tell Brother Chen, what kind of repayment do you want? Candy or something?"
Gong Xiaoyi scoffed, "I don't want candy! I want you to agree to one condition, but... well, I haven't thought of one yet. I'll tell you when I do!"
As she spoke, a strange smile appeared in her eyes.
Lu Chen didn't care about anything else and readily agreed.
The rest went smoothly. Gong Xiaoyi immediately made a phone call to Xu Jiaqi in front of everyone.
Everyone around them pricked up their ears!
Xu Jiaqi answered the phone quickly. After hearing Gong Xiaoyi's explanation, she initially appeared very unhappy and displeased. Gong Xiaoyi scolded Lu Chen for being inconsiderate, and Gong's parents and Gong Jiu joined in the loud scolding.
Lu Chen, without considering the consequences, readily agreed.
Finally, Xu Jiaqi agreed to forgive Lu Chen. However, she made a condition: she wanted to have a late-night snack at the city's most luxurious revolving restaurant, and Lu Chen had to treat her.
Before Lu Chen could even agree, everyone in the Gong family, except for Xiaoyi, loudly agreed.
Did Lu Chen have a choice?
Anyway, in the end, the matter was settled.
The agreed time was nine o'clock. Lu Chen sat down and drank tea with everyone for a while, chatting for a bit. Seeing that it was almost time, he hurried off.
He had only been out a short while when he heard the clattering sound of slippers running behind him.
"Brother Chen, wait!"
Lu Chen stopped, and Gong Xiaoyi caught up.
She caught up, but instead of speaking, she looked at Lu Chen with a complicated expression.
Lu Chen felt a little guilty under her gaze and asked, "What's wrong, little girl?"
Gong Xiaoyi sighed deeply and stared straight at Lu Chen: "Brother Chen, do you like Sister Jiaqi?"
Lu Chen was taken aback: "Why are you asking that?"
Gong Xiaoyi said, "Nothing! Just answer me!"
Lu Chen thought for a moment. He knew Gong Xiaoyi liked him, so he decided to cut off her feelings. He nodded.
Gong Xiaoyi bit her lower lip: "Then do you like me?"
Lu Chen quickly answered: "Yes, the kind of liking a brother has for his sister!"
Gong Xiaoyi's eyes immediately reddened, her face filled with sorrow. She gritted her teeth and asked earnestly, "Is it because I'm still small and not big enough? But I'll grow bigger! When I'm as big as Jiaqi, I'll be just as beautiful and sexy as her. And, my breasts... will be as big as hers, maybe even bigger!"
As she spoke, Gong Xiaoyi even puffed out her small, soft breasts.
Lu Chen was immediately speechless, both amused and exasperated.
Gong Xiaoyi added, "I know men like big breasts on girls, I get massages here every day! My friends said mine are very elastic, which means they'll develop really well!"
Lu Chen covered the upper half of his face.
"Okay, I won't talk about this anymore! If you like Jiaqi, then go ahead and like her! After all, everyone has to have a few relationships to understand who's right for them. I don't mind. But I hope your last relationship will be with me, and my first and last relationship will both be with you!"
Gong Xiaoyi said all this in one breath, then suddenly turned and ran away.
Watching her slender figure disappear, Lu Chen almost cried. Are young girls these days really so emotionally complex? Do they really understand things so deeply? Girl, you're only sixteen!
The most luxurious revolving restaurant in all of Lanzhou is the Deep Blue Restaurant, located at the confluence of the river and the sea.
This restaurant is about fifty meters high, its base entirely made of an iron tower structure. At the top, it abruptly expands, forming a circular space of about two thousand square meters, roughly mushroom-shaped.
Two transparent elevators go up and down separately.
This very imposing revolving restaurant has two levels. The first level is indoors, and the second level is on the upper terrace. On hot days, drinking beer and enjoying the sea breeze on the terrace must be incredibly comfortable.
When Lu Chen arrived, Xu Jiaqi was already there, in a corner of the open-air restaurant. She was wearing a light blue long dress, the sea breeze blowing, lifting the hem of her dress, faintly revealing her fair thighs.
She sat at an angle, one leg crossed over the other. Her fair, fleshy feet were clad in purple high-heeled strappy sandals. Her arches were slightly upturned, making her incredibly alluring.
Paired with her flowing long hair, she was simply a goddess!
Thinking back to how he hadn't recognized her voice just now, Lu Chen wanted to slap himself twice.
"I'm so sorry, Jiaqi! Please forgive me, I... I was such a jerk, I didn't even recognize your voice. Whatever punishment you want to give me, I'll accept it!"
Lu Chen sat down, sincerely apologizing.
At this moment, Xu Jiaqi showed no signs of anger whatsoever, and the naivety she displayed on the phone was gone. Now, she was a woman of dignified elegance, exuding charm and allure.
She waved her hand gently and smiled calmly, "It's alright, actually I was wrong too. We've only met two or three times, it's normal that you didn't recognize my voice. I shouldn't have been angry, I was just being too childish. Don't take it to heart."
Lu Chen looked distressed, "Jiaqi, what you're saying makes me even more uneasy. Between us… after all, some things have happened. I know you're holding it in, and so am I."
What those things had happened, of course, was perfectly clear to Xu Jiaqi. She sighed softly, tucking a few strands of her wind-blown hair behind her ear.
That gesture was incredibly alluring, leaving Lu Chen speechless.
"What are you looking at?" Xu Jiaqi rolled her eyes at him, a semblance of intimacy restored.
Lu Chen chuckled, "Jiaqi, you're so beautiful, a mature and charming beauty!"
Xu Jiaqi sighed softly, "Heh, mature and charming beauty? That's true, I am a beautiful young woman, aren't I?" As she spoke, her eyes took a rather fiery look at Lu Chen.
Lu Chen chuckled sheepishly.
At first, he didn't know. Later, he heard from Gong Jiu that Xu Jiaqi had a brief marriage, which ended in divorce for various reasons. Now, Xu Jiaqi was a young divorced woman.
This was quite similar to Dong Qingqing.
One was the vice president of the hospital, the other the deputy director of the gynecology department. Lu Chen couldn't help but wonder, were beautiful women working in hospitals prone to divorce?
The two ordered food. The food here was indeed expensive; even a simple plate of wasabi steak cost 388 yuan. The two of them casually ordered already exceeded 1,000 yuan.
However, this amount was a drop in the ocean for Lu Chen.
Xu Jiaqi suddenly said, "Actually, Ah Chen, you should have guessed that I called you because I need something."
Lu Chen chuckled, "Of course! That's why I rushed to find Xiao Yi to talk you down and calm you down, so it wouldn't interfere with your business!"
"You, with that mouth of yours, you've ruined so many innocent girls!" Xu Jiaqi pouted, further displaying her charm. She even lightly kicked Lu Chen under the table.
If it weren't for their past ambiguous relationship, she wouldn't be so excited.
Lu Chen couldn't resist and reached down to pinch Xu Jiaqi's soft, delicate heel.
That pinch made Xu Jiaqi's eyes sparkle with intoxicating beauty.
Then, the two talked about serious matters.
Actually, Xu Jiaqi had wanted to tell Lu Chen about this for a long time.
This was definitely not good news.
Xu Jiaqi's father, Xu Zhou, was also a doctor, and a doctor with some international renown in the medical community. However, Xu Jiaqi specialized in orthopedics, while Xu Zhou was a cardiologist.
Furthermore, Xu Zhou resided in Australia, not China.
Through treating heart disease patients, Xu Zhou made a lot of money, but developed a gambling addiction and lost a considerable amount. This year, he owed a powerful Australian family two million US dollars!
The patriarch of that powerful family suffered from a very strange heart condition. This heart condition was hereditary, and no doctor had ever been able to cure it; even alleviating symptoms was extremely difficult.
Therefore, the family said that if Xu Zhou could cure the patriarch's heart condition within six months, the two million US dollars would be forgiven, and he would even receive an additional one million US dollars.
However, if he couldn't cure him and couldn't repay the debt, he would die within six months!
And that kind of heart disease was extremely rare and difficult to treat. Although Xu Zhou was a cardiologist who had successfully treated over three hundred patients, he was powerless to help the patriarch with this particular condition. "Although I'm furious with his gambling addiction, he's still my father. When I learned he couldn't cure his heart disease, I searched everywhere in the country for someone or any medicine that could treat it. Nothing. Until I met you, I thought you might have some expertise, but I wasn't sure, so I didn't tell you."
"And yesterday, Xiao Zhao from our hospital told me that you can actually treat heart disease, and you cured a girl from No. 3 Middle School who fainted due to a heart attack. And, coincidentally, the chieftain from Australia, led by my father, has come to China, hoping to find a good doctor. They're in Yunzhou now!"
Xiao Zhao was the doctor who had been so arrogant to me a few days ago.
Lu Chen nodded: "You want me to help!"