Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Don’t Let
Wait Until I’m Old and Yellow!
Lin Qingxuan, however, frowned. "Uncle Lei, if I were you, I wouldn’t hide my illness and refuse treatnt."
Lei Qingtian scoffed. "’Refuse treatnt?’ Is he even a doctor?"
"Miss Lin, let’s talk another ti. I’m not in a good mood today. I’ll be going." Lei Qingtian had a fiery temper and didn’t even show Lin Qingxuan any courtesy. With a flick of his sleeves, he left.
"You’ll co looking for ," Yang Qi said with a smile.
"Bullshit! I wouldn’t co to you, you charlatan, even if I were on my deathbed!" Lei Qingtian shouted angrily as he departed.
"Yang Qi, don’t be upset. You’re too young, so it’s inevitable that he’d look down on you. Besides, as the Prefecture Master of Jingnan, he’s used to being flattered. He got angry simply because you treated him like any other patient," Lin Qingxuan said comfortingly, watching Lei Qingtian’s retreating figure.
"I’m not upset. I just think it’s a pity. That man has a decent reputation in Jingnan Prefecture. If he ends up with a quack, I’m afraid he won’t have long to live," Yang Qi sighed.
"Are you that confident?" Lin Qingxuan asked.
"Don’t you believe ?" Yang Qi countered.
"I do!" Lin Qingxuan nodded. "Don’t worry, I’ll have soone keep an eye on him. I’ll notify you imdiately if anything happens."
"Alright, you should get back to your business. I’ll be going now," Yang Qi said.
"In such a hurry? Can’t you stay for a cup of tea?" Lin Qingxuan asked, a hint of disappointnt in her voice.
"If I don’t stay busy, how will I earn the fortune needed to marry you?" In the past, Yang Qi would never have dared to say sothing so direct, but now he had the capital to back it up.
"Aren’t you afraid? If you want to marry , you’ll face opposition from Jingzhou. You might even have to provoke the Divine Child! The Divine Child is a terrifying existence, far beyond your imagination. He’s away at the mont; otherwise, he probably would have co to kill you the mont he found out you were pursuing !" Lin Qingxuan said with a laugh. She was no longer shy. The more ti she spent with him, the more she discovered his good qualities. Why resist? She liked this man!
"So what if it’s Jingzhou? So what if it’s the Divine Child?" Yang Qi declared confidently. "I believe I can surpass them, and I believe I can protect you!" If he couldn’t even protect Lin Qingxuan, what right did he have to pursue this woman?
"Well then, I’ll be looking forward to your performance," Lin Qingxuan said with a sweet smile. "But don’t make
wait until I’m old and my beauty has faded."
"I won’t!" Yang Qi took a deep breath. He was already striding swiftly toward that goal.
Yang Qi didn’t return to his residence; instead, he went to the company to find Ye Fei.
"Co on, we’re going to buy a house!" he said. He had promised to help Ye Fei get his old villa back, but an investigation revealed it had already been demolished. It was useless to reclaim it now, so he decided to buy him a new one. A friend like this was a rare find. Besides, the Qifei Group would have to rely on Ye Fei in the future, as he didn’t have much ti to manage company affairs himself.
"Buy a house for ?" Ye Fei was stunned.
"Of course. Consider it a company benefit. As the president, you can’t live in a hotel forever," Yang Qi said with a smile. Without letting Ye Fei protest further, he hailed a taxi and went directly to Kang City’s most upscale residential area—Qin and Chu National Style.
"No way, why are we here? Qin and Chu National Style is a community of mainly villas. It’s the most high-end residential area in all of Kang City. Even the non-villas are large luxury flats. Given the current property prices in Kang City, a single unit would cost at least ten million, and villas are even more expensive. No, absolutely not. The company just launched; I can’t let you spend money like this." Ye Fei tried to turn back.
"I’m using my own money!" Yang Qi said, dragging Ye Fei directly into the Qin and Chu National Style sales office.
There weren’t many people in the sales office. The prices here were so high that it naturally didn’t attract a large crowd. The mont Yang Qi and Ye Fei entered, they caught the eye of a saleswoman. However, a glance at their clothing and age was enough for her to lose all interest. Neither Yang Qi nor Ye Fei was the flashy type, so they weren’t wearing designer brands. They were both dressed in casual clothes that cost only a hundred or two. The saleswoman’s sharp eyes spotted this imdiately. Paired with their youth, she concluded they definitely couldn’t afford a property here.
"Are you two here for the free lunch?" the saleswoman, Chen Lan, asked sarcastically. Their sales office provided complintary lunch for potential buyers, and it was almost that ti. It wasn’t surprising she would think this, as people had co for free food before.
"You snob! We’re here to buy a house!" Yang Qi despised people like her. He’d run into them when buying clothes and now again when buying a house. Snobs like this really are everywhere.
"Buy a house? Are you serious?" Chen Lan was taken aback, thinking she must have misheard. She stated authoritatively, "Sir, are you aware of the prices at Qin and Chu National Style? Our cheapest large apartnts here are 60,000 per square ter, and they’re all 300-square-ter units. Although property in Kang City isn’t that expensive, our units are not sothing you can afford. A single large apartnt costs nearly 20,000,000. Villas are even more expensive, at 80,000,000 each! Can you afford that? To think you’d tell
you’re here to buy a house... I think you’ve co to the wrong place."
With a mocking expression, Chen Lan added, "Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to. If you want a free lunch, just say so."
"Cut the crap. Who told you I can’t afford it?" Yang Qi’s frown deepened. It was frustrating to deal with such humiliation just to buy a house. What is wrong with people these days? So materialistic.
Chen Lan’s voice grew louder. "Look at your shabby clothes! Who are you trying to fool? A property that costs tens of millions? As if you could afford it! What a disgrace!"
Her loud voice drew a crowd of onlookers, including the sales manager. She was a stunning woman in a standard professional suit and silver-gray stockings, with a natural beauty that could turn any man’s head. Her na was Zhang ixi.
"Chen Lan, is that any way to speak to a custor?" Zhang ixi frowned, having overheard Chen Lan’s rude remarks.
"Manager Zhang, it’s not my fault! They can’t afford to buy, but they’re here causing trouble," Chen Lan retorted, feeling completely justified.
"It doesn’t matter if they can afford it or not; you cannot speak to them like that." Zhang ixi turned to Yang Qi and suddenly froze, stunned. "Yang... Yang Qi! What are you doing here?"
Yang Qi was also surprised.
Zhang ixi was his first love. They were high school classmates, and she had been the school belle back then—an absolute goddess with countless admirers. The two had been in a passionate relationship, but they ended up at different universities, and their connection gradually faded as they moved on with their separate lives.
After graduating from a less-prestigious university, Zhang ixi had co to Kang City and could only find work in sales, selling houses. It was around that ti she learned that Yang Qi had beco a young entrepreneur in Kang City with a net worth of a billion.
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