Chen Zhao’s face flushed slightly, and his breath felt warm. “Oh, okay.”
Hanging up the phone, he popped up off the bed with a quick leap and leaned over the balcony to get a breath of fresh air.
Wait, why was he being so obedient? Doing whatever Qin Er told him to do?
Chen Zhao shook his head.
Right, he remembered he hadn’t taken his medicine today yet. Chen Zhao quickly grabbed a pill from the desk and swallowed it with some water.
After taking his medicine, he comfortably climbed back into bed, picked up his phone to scroll through Douyin, and burst out laughing at the absurd videos.
A WeChat notification popped up, it was a message from his childhood friend, Jiang Yuzhou.
Fish Porridge: 【Bro, it’s already vacation! Why haven’t you come to hang out with me yet? I’m almost dying of boredom!】
Ten Days: 【Aiya, too many things going on recently, I forgot.】
Fish Porridge: 【Are you free tomorrow? Let’s go out and play.】
Ten Days: 【Sure thing! Perfect timing, I haven’t been out to play in a long time either.】
Fish Porridge: 【By the way, bring your girlfriend along too. Let your pal treat his sister-in-law to a meal.】
Ten Days: 【…】
Fish Porridge: 【What’s wrong?】
“Broken up?! What happened?” Jiang Yuzhou asked over the phone.
Chen Zhao briefly explained the situation. Jiang Yuzhou exclaimed, “How shameless! Cheating is cheating, and he calls it ‘choosing the better option’!”
“Bro, don’t dwell on it. I’ll introduce you to someone new another day.”
“No need, I’m currently executing my revenge plan.”
“What plan?”
“Transfer me fifty bucks.”
Ding! Fifty yuan received.
Chen Zhao: “Good bro.”
Next, he briefly outlined his revenge scheme.
Upon hearing it, Jiang Yuzhou was deeply shocked. “Are you crazy? That’s literally walking into the tiger’s den!”
Chen Zhao: “How can you catch the tiger’s cub without entering its den?”
Jiang Yuzhou: “That Qin Er is a scumbag. Doing this inflicts a thousand damage on the enemy but costs you eight hundred yourself.”
Chen Zhao: “I’m a guy! Even if he finds out I’m a guy, what can he do? He can’t do anything to me!”
Jiang Yuzhou: “Alright. Although I don’t really approve, I’ll reluctantly back you up.”
Chen Zhao: “See you tomorrow then, bye-bye.”
Jiang Yuzhou: “Bye-bye.”
The next day, Chen Zhao said goodbye to his grandmother and took a taxi back to Riverside Garden.
Even though he knew Qin Er was at work today, he was still very cautious when passing by Qin Er’s front door, terrified that someone might suddenly step out.
Once home, Chen Zhao quickly started dressing up. He put on a brown Lolita dress printed with tiny kittens, paired it with twin tails, put on a lovely coat of makeup, and headed out.
Jiang Yuzhou didn’t recognize him at first and stood glued to the spot in complete disbelief for a long moment. “Bro… you smell so good.”
“I have a very tough mission to assign to you today.”
“What is it?”
At 10:30 AM, Qin Er had just finished consultation in the emergency room. He explained the situation to the patient’s family. “If there are any issues, we will spare no effort in treatment.”
The family members wept tears of gratitude, repeatedly saying, “Thank you, Doctor Qin.”
Having practiced medicine for many years, Qin Er had received countless compliments like this, his heart remained calm and unruffled as he responded to their gratitude with faint composure.
Seeing Qin Er so brimming with confidence, the family trusted him even more, thinking to themselves that he truly lived up to his reputation as Doctor Qin, handling everything with effortless ease.
After going over the precautions, Qin Er led his graduate student upstairs.
He was a master’s supervisor at A University’s School of Medicine and had two graduate students under him, the one on shift with him today was Lin Yunshu.
As the two walked into the elevator, Lin Yunshu consciously stood behind his mentor and noticed the phone in Qin Er’s pocket light up.
Sensing the vibration, Qin Er took out his phone and checked the message.
Wanwan: 【Brother, I’m back home. But I went out with a friend first, see you tonight~】
Wanwan: 【Picture】
The thumbnail was a bit dark. Qin Er tapped to expand it and saw the girl dressed extraordinarily pretty. Her straight legs were snow-white and slender, and the tops of her white stockings pinched slightly into her thigh flesh, looking immensely alluring.
Beside the girl stood a well-built, muscular man.
Lin Yunshu suddenly saw the veins on Qin Teacher’s temples bulge. His usual cold, refined demeanor vanished entirely, replaced by a terrifying aura radiating from his entire body.
Lin Yunshu shrank back into the corner of the elevator, trembling with fear.
Save me! What on earth did Teacher Qin just see? Is he in a terrible mood? Is he going to ruthlessly enslave me later?!
Suppressing his hostility, Qin Er asked the girl.
QE: 【Is it just you and him?】
Wanwan: 【Yep!】
Wanwan: 【Wearing this outfit?】
Wanwan: 【Yeah, is something wrong? Wanwan looks super pretty in little dresses!】
The words “little short skirt” fiercely stung Qin Er’s eyes.
He closed his eyes, holding back the restlessness in his chest, when Chen Wan sent another message.
Wanwan: 【My phone battery is dying, talk to you later! Goodbye brother! Have a good day at work, mwah~ (Cat waving gif)】
“Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.”
As soon as Chen Zhao locked his phone screen, Jiang Yuzhou gave him a giant thumbs-up.
Chen Zhao: “I deliberately took a picture with a man to show him and make him jealous. I understand these little quirks of men inside out.”
Jiang Yuzhou: “Tsk tsk, I really underestimated you.”
Chen Zhao: “You didn’t do half bad either, those workouts weren’t for nothing.”
Before taking the photo earlier, Jiang Yuzhou had intentionally done fifty push-ups and flexed his posture to create the ultimate muscular bro effect.
Jiang Yuzhou: “Of course! You think my nickname ‘Licking Dog’ was given for nothing?”
The two sat in a Chinese restaurant eating home cooked dishes. Chen Zhao checked his phone every now and then. “Even after all that, Qin Er hasn’t messaged me back. He really knows how to keep his cool.”
Jiang Yuzhou ate with great relish. “Well, obviously. If he couldn’t keep his cool, how could he seduce other people’s girlfriends?”
Thinking about this made Chen Zhao furious. “You’re right. That’s why I have to be even cooler than him. Boiling a frog in warm water. Qin Er is that frog!”
He took a bite of food indignantly, and Qin Er finally replied.
QE: 【(Address)】
Chen Zhao opened it, it was the location of a high-end restaurant.
“Look, Qin Er sent it over. When the time comes, come with me.”
“Go with you? Aren’t you afraid he’ll beat me up?”
“Tsk, I’m obviously not asking you to sit down and eat with us. I’m not stupid. I need your help with something, listen to me…”
All afternoon, Qin Er felt his sanity tearing itself apart in madness. He kept convincing himself that Chen Wan was simply out playing with her childhood friend.
It was just that the friend was a man, just that Chen Wan was wearing a short skirt, and just that it was only the two of them.
That was all.
And acting like this was highly irrational. Qin Er found it strange himself, that his emotions could be manipulated by a girl like this was extremely unlike him.
After a brief period of adjustment, Qin Er raised his eyes, returning to his role as the cold, elegant Doctor Qin.
He continued taking Lin Yunshu on rounds, discussing medical conditions, and writing prescriptions until five o’clock, when he left work promptly.
Traffic was a bit congested on the drive. Qin Er checked the time four or five times, counting down the traffic lights second by second.
Roughly an hour later, Qin Er arrived at the restaurant entrance, where Chen Zhao was quietly waiting.
Catching sight of Qin Er, Chen Zhao’s eyes lit up, and he trotted over in his low heels. “Brother!”
Qin Er cast his eyes down. The girl wore a doll collared dress, her skin glowed like mutton fat jade in the night air, and her watery peach blossom eyes looked pitiful yet adorable.
He glanced around her. “Where is your friend?”
“He left.” Chen Zhao looked up. “Is brother worried about me?”
Qin Er thought he had misheard. “Worried?”