The doctor’s words were very tactful, but Tang Yanqi understood them. She pulled out a smile at the corner of her mouth and said frankly, "Yesterday, I fainted on the road, and it was Mr. Sheng who helped me. He brought me to the hospital and has already taken good care of me; how can I trouble him with anything else, don’t you think?"
Tang Yanqi was absolutely telling the truth, but when she put it like that, naturally, others would interpret it as Sheng Jianan being a good Samaritan, saving lives, and nothing more.
If that’s the case, then they had nothing more to worry about.
"Miss, this way, please."
They arranged for a nurse to take Tang Yanqi to the cashier. She paid for a night’s hospital stay, plus medication and treatment fees, and when she came out, Tang Yanqi let out a deep sigh, thinking it cost half a month’s salary.
Completely unconcerned with her own financial pain, Miss Tang didn’t notice the black luxury car parked on the road on the other side of the hospital entrance.
Engrossed in her own financial distress for a while, Tang Yanqi slowly walked toward the nearby bus stop. A sickness had set her back to square one, and she’d have to tighten her belt to get by again.
This morning, Sheng Jianan had a meeting to attend, so he woke up early. After leaving Lake Bay Villa, he didn’t even know why he inexplicably ended up at the hospital. By the time he realized where he was, his car had already parked steadily at the hospital entrance. As soon as he looked up, he saw Tang Yanqi coming out.
A moment ago, Sheng Jianan was frowning at having been bored enough to come here, and the next moment, his frown deepened—wasn’t this woman sick? Why was she taking the bus?
Did she fry her brain with fever, or was there something wrong with her brain to begin with?
As someone who was born and raised as a pampered Crown Prince, Sheng Jianan naturally had never taken a bus, and his impression of buses boiled down to four words: crowded, and smelly.
He could understand why some people chose this means of transportation, but he couldn’t understand why Tang Yanqi would choose it.
Miss Tang of the Tang Family enjoying the bus? Hah, who would believe that?
While Sheng Jianan was lost in thought, a bus slowly pulled into the station. For some unknown reason, a sudden panic stirred in his heart, and almost simultaneously, he opened the car door and got out. Before the car door could shut, the bus on the other side slowly started, and Tang Yanqi was still standing there; this wasn’t the bus she was waiting for.
Through the crowd and traffic, watching Tang Yanqi standing there quietly, Sheng Jianan suddenly felt that he was truly being ridiculously idle. Whether she took the bus or not, what did it have to do with him?
Back in the car, Sheng Jianan’s phone rang; it was Qiao Zi calling to ask when he’d get back to the office, as the meeting time was approaching.
Sheng Jianan responded simply, then looked up again. Another bus had slowly started and left, and this time, Tang Yanqi’s figure disappeared from the station.
Ignoring the restless feelings in his heart, Sheng Jianan scratched his head, started the car, and headed to the Shengshi Group.
Over there, Tang Yanqi had no idea she had boarded the bus under someone’s observation. She was in luck; there weren’t many people on the bus. She found a window seat, watching the scenery outside as she returned to K University.
Back at the dormitory, as soon as Tang Yanqi stepped inside, she sensed something was off. Qi Cheng and the sisters Bai Bing and Bai Xue all looked at her with extremely peculiar expressions, a mix of sympathy and things left unsaid.