Yu He closed her phone, finally having one slightly pleasant thing happen.
After getting the Black Spirit Pearl next week and curing Qin Beiting's illness, she would leave. She didn't care if he was forced by his family to meet other women.
"Mr. Qin is a bit too formal. Can I call you Beiting Gege?" Qi Yuanyuan asked, looking at Qin Beiting with sincere eyes.
Yu He, who had no music playing in her headphones, was speechless.
"Whatever you like," Qin Beiting replied casually, his gaze returning to Yu He.
She was drinking creamy soup, seemingly indifferent to whatever Qi Yuanyuan did.
Qin Beiting was also speechless.
Was his tactic of playing hard to get so ineffective?
The young girl was either playing games or just eating, showing no other reaction?
She used to always say she liked him the most when she was little, why had she changed so much as she grew up?
"Beiting Gege, you're so kind," Qi Yuanyuan smiled shyly. She was indeed the man she fell in love with at first sight: noble, gentlemanly, and gentle.
If it weren't for the third party present, she might have almost believed that from the scene at the entrance and Qin Beiting's gentlemanly behavior during this time, he truly liked her.
But when she saw Qin Beiting's gaze fall on Yu He again, a gentleness not meant for her emerged from his usually icy phoenix eyes.
Only then did she realize that everything she had done was for someone else's benefit. This was from Da Feng Fiction Network.
However, she, Qi Yuanyuan, would never easily give up the man she desired!
Qi Yuanyuan ignored them and continued, "Speaking of which, Beiting Gege, we really have fate. Six years ago, during the pirate hijacking on the high seas cruise ship, it was you who saved me. If it weren't for the special forces sent by the country to rescue us at that time, thousands of people on the entire cruise ship would have perished at sea..."
Yu He listened to her words, quietly drinking soup.
No wonder she was so enthusiastic; she wanted to repay his kindness by offering herself.
Just as she was thinking this, she suddenly felt her foot being touched. She froze.
Before she could react to whose foot it was, it slid slowly up her leg under the slit of her qipao, rubbing against her calf through her sock.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Yu He choked on her soup and abruptly looked up, staring at Qin Beiting in shock.
This man, while someone was clearly trying to win him over, was actually flirting with her leg under the table?!!
What on earth did he want?!
"Drink slowly, don't rush. I'll make sure you're full before you leave," Qin Beiting said with a smile of ambiguous meaning, handing her a napkin.
Yu He was speechless.
She composed herself expressionlessly. Under the table, she suddenly lifted her left foot and, using her knee, hookingly retaliated, preventing him from retracting his foot.
"Mr. Qin, may I remind you of the purpose of your itinerary tonight? Shouldn't you let Miss Qi see your illness?"
Yu He smiled, her gaze shifting between the two of them.
Her look seemed to say, "Mr. Qin, you're a man, you should be a gentleman and approach Dr. Qi."
Qin Beiting was speechless.
If he stood up now, he would definitely expose his impulsive little action under the table.
He just wanted to provoke the young girl, but he didn't expect her to be so vengeful.
However, he was satisfied with this reaction and deliberately rubbed his toes against her knee again.
Yu He's calves were bare, and the rubbing sent tingles of ticklishness through them.
What did this man want?
Finally unable to bear it, she released her foot and let him go.
At the same time, feeling defiant, she secretly glared at him, only to see Qin Beiting looking at her with a mischievous smile, as if to say, "Admitting defeat?"
Yu He was speechless.
Qi Yuanyuan was also speechless.
She had just eloquently recounted their beautiful first meeting, intending to tell Yu He about her fated connection with Qin Beiting and their compatible social standing, only to be completely treated as a background prop?
Not only that, but these two were actually exchanging flirtatious glances openly in front of her!
Her excellent upbringing from childhood made Qi Yuanyuan suppress herself again.
She was destined to be the seventh young mistress of the Qin family. If she were to be defeated like this, she wouldn't be worthy of liking Qin Beiting.
At this moment, the waiter came in with more dishes.
"Even if you're in a hurry to see a doctor, you shouldn't starve your stomach," Qi Yuanyuan said with a perfect smile. "Beiting Gege, their French foie gras here is excellent. You should try some."
"I don't eat foie gras," Qin Beiting refused.
Qi Yuanyuan wasn't embarrassed and said, "Oh, you don't eat foie gras. I'll remember that. Their Kobe beef steak is also good. You should try it."
"I don't eat steak," Qin Beiting added.
Yu He glanced up at him. Doesn't eat? Was she eating breakfast with a ghost this morning?
Qi Yuanyuan was speechless.
She finally understood; it wasn't that he didn't eat it, it was that he didn't want to eat it.
"Then let's go to the lounge, and I'll examine you," Qi Yuanyuan said, standing up and picking up the medical box placed nearby.
The lounge she referred to was the small room where Yu He had gone to get a chair earlier.
It had a bed, a sofa, and even a bathroom. It was indeed a well-equipped lounge.
Whether they went in for a medical examination or something else, she couldn't tell.
Yu He thought that with Qin Beiting's intelligence, he wouldn't fail to understand, right?
However, Qin Beiting actually got up and followed her into the lounge.
Yu He was speechless.
Her master was right; all men were pigs!
Inside the lounge.
Qi Yuanyuan closed the door and turned around, gazing enviously at Qin Beiting's tall figure. An impulse surged within her to rush forward and embrace him.
"What is Qin Yongchao's purpose in sending you?" Qin Beiting turned around, his aura chilling, instantly sobering Qi Yuanyuan.
"He said you weren't feeling well and asked me to check on you," she replied.
In reality, Qin Yongchao suspected that Qin Beiting might be seriously ill and wanted her to investigate.
"Is that so? Then please tell him when you go back that he'll be disappointed. I'm in excellent health," Qin Beiting said.
His illness had always been a secret. If the Qin family found out, it would be very disadvantageous for him.
Qi Yuanyuan's expression stiffened. His words were clear: he didn't need her to examine him.
So he only came in to clarify their relationship?
Seeing him about to leave, Qi Yuanyuan immediately blocked his path. "You like her, don't you?"
Qin Beiting looked at her with some surprise.
Even an outsider could see he liked Yu He, so why couldn't Yu He understand?
Qi Yuanyuan's heart fluttered at his gaze.
But this look confirmed in her heart that Qin Beiting truly liked Yu He.
"I can help you pursue her," she added.
"What's the price for this transaction?" Qin Beiting asked.
You!
Qi Yuanyuan thought to herself, but outwardly she smiled sweetly. "What transaction price? I don't need anything. We're friends. If you're happy, I'll be happy for you."
"Don't say such things to me again," Qin Beiting said, bypassing her.
Qi Yuanyuan froze and asked, "Why?"
"I don't like green tea," Qin Beiting replied before opening the door and leaving.
Qi Yuanyuan stood rooted to the spot, her cheeks flushing, a burning heat spreading across them as if she'd been slapped twice.
The image of the number one socialite in the capital that she had so carefully cultivated had been called tea?