The Young Urban Doctor

Chapter 499: Chapter 499: Angry
 

Luo Ziling and Ling Ruonan sat together in the car and talked for more than an hour. After the time passed nine o’clock, Ling Ruonan finally left.

As Luo Ziling was preparing to get out of the car, she spoke some meaningful words, “Ling’er, it seems the situation is getting increasingly complicated and interesting. Because of your return, the tranquility among Yanjing’s elite families has been disrupted, and many people are harboring different thoughts. It’s not easy to immediately distinguish friends from foes. If we make good use of these people, perhaps we can turn the situation to our advantage and neutralize the adverse factors. Moreover, this is a sensitive period concerning personnel arrangements, so they don’t dare make significant moves. Therefore, they can only take covert actions against you instead of overt retaliation. Or, they might even try to frame each other to tarnish their competitors’ reputation.”

“So, during this time, both you and I won’t be in great danger. We can take advantage of this special period to stir up some issues. If we can achieve something during this time, it will be quite beneficial for us. Chen Qiaoyu is right, if you have to keep in touch with Yang Qingyin, you shouldn’t be too blatant about it. Make sure to be discreet and not to agitate their sensitive nerves.”

“You can have public appearances with the Ouyang sisters, or other women. Especially, increasing your interaction with Ouyang Feifei could be advised, and even letting slip about your past engagement could be useful. The economic power of the Ouyang Family is not to be underestimated by anyone; with their involvement, things would get even more complex. In short, the murkier the waters, the more people get dragged in and constrain each other, the better the situation will be for us.”

“Mom, you definitely see these matters more clearly than I do. Just tell me outright what to do from now on,” Luo Ziling said with a bitter smile. “I’ve never experienced these kinds of struggles before, and the things that have happened around me recently have really made me nervous. It’s a good thing Grandpa taught me a strong physique and powerful martial arts, or I would have been wiped out as soon as I arrived in Yanjing.”

Ling Ruonan instantly felt a surge of guilt upon hearing Luo Ziling’s words, as she felt sorry for not having completely protected Luo Ziling. She quickly made a suggestion, “Then, how about I leave two people with you to ensure your safety? Wuyue could be an option as well.”

“Let’s not,” Luo Ziling refused with a shake of his head, “I’m studying at school. Having bodyguards following a big guy like me around would be lame and embarrassing. As long as I’m careful henceforth, I should be able to avoid trouble. If there’s something I can’t handle on my own, I’ll ask for your help right away.”

“Also,” Luo Ziling continued without waiting for Ling Ruonan to respond, “I have a lot to learn. I need to think of ways to deal with some things independently, learn how to make use of the people and things around me—I need to grow. So, let’s forget about the bodyguards. In a few days, I might become an unofficial member of Dragon Rise, and then things will go even smoother.”

Convinced by the sense in Luo Ziling’s words, Ling Ruonan didn’t insist, and after giving him a few more words of caution, mother and son parted ways.

When Luo Ziling returned to his dormitory, he saw it was bustling with activity, as quite a few male and female students were visiting.

But it was already late, so after Luo Ziling got back to his dorm and chatted with the visiting students for a bit, they left.

“Boss, the day after tomorrow is the opening day of the sports event. We’re all looking forward to you astonishing everyone!” After finishing his washing up, Cao Jianhui leaned on Luo Ziling’s bed, grinning, “Do you know that these two cowards above us, who didn’t have the guts to join the sports event, have already organized a huge cheer squad for you? The girls in our class who are not involved in any event have all been rallied by them to cheer for you.”

Hearing this, Wu Longjiang and Li Fuming immediately stuck their heads out from the top bunk. Li Fuming said with a proud face, “Boss, isn’t it cool to have dozens of beauties cheering for you all at once?”

“Does our class even have that many beauties?” Luo Ziling scoffed at the two guys from the top bunk, “At most, there are a single-digit number of girls in our class who can be considered beauties!”

The two were immediately deflated by the comment, and Wu Longjiang even retorted resentfully, “Boss, bug off. Don’t judge our class’s girls by your own standards for beauties. If you insist on judging that way, we don’t mind making your opinions public and seeing whether you become everyone’s darling or everyone’s enemy.”

Li Fuming’s eyes lit up as he threatened, “Boss, you pay a price for talking nonsense. You have to treat us to some late-night snacks, unless…”

Cao Jianhui immediately joined in the clamor, “Yeah, Boss, you have to treat us to late-night snacks. Look at him, getting more and more self-satisfied, surrounded by beauties every day. If he doesn’t treat us, we’ll spread his negative gossip on the forums every day, stink up his reputation.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Alright, alright,” Luo Ziling, unable to help laughing at the antics of his three buddies, immediately agreed, “Is it just a night snack? I’ll treat you tomorrow, and you can order whatever you want.”

As soon as Luo Ziling agreed to treat them, the three guys burst into cheers, and Cao Jianhui, thrilled, jumped on the bed. As a result, he carelessly hit the bed frame and couldn’t help crying out in pain.

Wu Longjiang, who had been leaning down talking, nearly fell off the bed when Cao Jianhui bumped into him. Startled and enraged, he immediately slid down from the top bunk, and the two of them wrestled on Cao Jianhui’s bed.

After causing a ruckus for a while, Wu Longjiang let go of Cao Jianhui and climbed back up to the top bunk.

Taking advantage of the scuffle on the bed, Luo Ziling snapped a photo and posted it to his social circle, accompanied by a caption: “Two living treasures full of bromance; come and check them out, everyone.”

Once the picture was posted, it immediately garnered a lot of attention and likes, with numerous comments as well.

Most of the comments were from girls.

One girl asked Luo Ziling, “Handsome comrade, do you have a bromance with another roommate too? Otherwise, how come you’re not interested in us beauties?”

Ouyang Huihui also replied in the comments, “Really a pair of live treasures.”

Then, Luo Ziling received a message from Ouyang Huihui, “Ziling, did you come back swaggering today?” followed by several rolling-eye emojis.

Luo Ziling sent a message back to explain, “Didn’t go out swaggering, just stayed in the dorm, bickering with them.”

While sending the message, it dawned on him that he hadn’t chatted or met with Ouyang Huihui for several days.

He couldn’t help feeling strange: how come Ouyang Huihui had suddenly disappeared these past few days?

“And here I thought you were busy!” Ouyang Huihui’s message still included several rolling-eye emojis.

She had intentionally not contacted Luo Ziling for a few days to see how he would react.

Little did she know, Luo Ziling hadn’t shown any reaction at all, didn’t even take the initiative to look for her, which left her feeling very disappointed and quite angry.

And when she got angry, it spelled trouble for Luo Ziling.