Urban Romantic Divine Doctor

Chapter 278: Chapter 277, thank you for saving her

Chen Qiaomu naturally didn’t want to admit these things. She picked up a cushion and threw it at her cousin, then left angrily, saying, ”I’m going to the bathroom.”

Shi Jin opened a beer and handed a bottle to Xu Wendong, saying with a smile, ”Your name is Xu Wendong, right?”

Xu Wendong quickly reached out to take it, ”Yes.”

Shi Jin clinked bottles with him, drank a few sips directly from the bottle, and asked casually, ”Do you know about Qiaomu’s original family?”

Xu Wendong shook his head, ”I haven’t heard about it.”

”Yes, neither of you confirmed your relationship before. You certainly don’t know about her original family,” Shi Jin smiled and continued, ”Qiaomu is my aunt’s daughter. My aunt fell in love early and gave birth to her at eighteen. In the end, my aunt and that man weren’t even old enough to get married, and they split up.”

”After that, my aunt struggled to raise Qiaomu on her own.”

”Although our Shi family wanted to help her.”

”But my aunt is a very strong-willed person. She didn’t want our family to bear the consequences of her mistakes.”

”Luckily, she succeeded in raising Qiaomu, who got into medical school with excellent grades.”

Xu Wendong didn’t argue about this. He clearly remembered that Qiaomu had scored the highest among the freshmen in their entire department and was a true academic achiever.

”Qiaomu wasn’t demoralized by her unfortunate original family. She excelled in her studies and also obtained level ten certificates in piano, guzheng, and fine arts.”

”However.”

”The impact of her original family affected her physically and mentally.”

”You might not believe it, but Qiaomu received many love letters in middle school, let alone in high school.”

”No exaggeration. I once used the love letters she received to start a fire for cooking. Can you believe I cooked a pot of ground pot chicken with them?”

”But she never opened any of those love letters.”

He paused and asked, ”Do you know why?”

Xu Wendong shook his head.

Shi Jin sighed, looking helpless, ”She fears boys, fears marriage. This is the most fatal blow her original family dealt her.”

”When we realized this, our whole family was very worried. We even took her to see many psychologists, but how could a few sessions erase the trauma caused by her original family?” He took another sip of his beer.

”Xu Wendong, I don’t know why Qiaomu likes you, but I want to say thank you. Your presence has been a salvation for her soul.”

”At least she no longer fears the opposite sex and is willing to date you.”

”You’re still young now. If I say I hope you two can get married after graduation, it might seem too far-fetched. After all, dating and marriage are two different things.”

”I just hope during your relationship, you offer her a bit more tolerance and provide more love and care.”

”If one day you find that you no longer like her, you can secretly call me, and I’ll take her back.”

”Of course, if you aim for marriage, the Shi family will certainly not let you down.”

”I can’t guarantee you’ll be incredibly successful in this life, but at least you’ll have no worries about food and clothing, without having to worry about a car or house.”

”The premise is not to let Qiaomu be sad.” He said this while taking off the high-end Patek Philippe Nautilus wristwatch from his wrist and tossed it to Xu Wendong.

”Our wrists are about the same size; you should be able to wear this watch.”

Xu Wendong didn’t know how much the watch was worth. Just by looking at its style and feeling its weight, he could tell it wasn’t cheap.

But he knew.

What Shi Jin gave him wasn’t just a watch.

It was a responsibility.

He wanted Xu Wendong to remember this night’s conversation whenever he saw the watch.

Refusing it would certainly make him unhappy.

”Thanks, cousin,” Xu Wendong said earnestly, ”Just like you said before, we’re still very young, and we have a long way to go. Our mindsets will change with time.”

”I can’t guarantee anything for the future, but as long as I’m with Qiaomu, I’ll make her happy every day.”

”What were you two talking about?” Chen Qiaomu came over, sat beside Xu Wendong, and instinctively held onto his arm, giving Shi Jin a wary look, ”You didn’t give Xu Wendong a hard time while I was gone, did you? I’m telling you, if you dare to trouble him, I’ll go complain to Grandpa and have him deal with you.”

Shi Jin felt like crying but had no tears, ”Honored Aunt, I even gave my watch to this guy. Do you think I’d bully him?”

Chen Qiaomu: ”That sounds about right.”

”Boss, something’s wrong.”

Just then, a bar staff member rushed over with a nervous look and whispered to Shi Jin, ”The Wanlong Association people are here again. They said they want to collect ten years’ worth of protection fees all at once.”

Upon hearing this, Shi Jin’s face changed instantly. Although he ran a legitimate bar, he also had to pay a hefty protection fee to the Wanlong Association every year.

This was almost an unwritten rule in all entertainment industries. It’s just that he didn’t expect that after paying last month’s annual fee of two hundred thousand,

The other party would come again, demanding ten years’ worth of protection fees at once.

This made him feel like cursing.

Even though the bar’s business was currently good, who knew what things would be like ten years down the line? He didn’t even know if his bar could last ten years.

”You both keep playing, I’ll go out for a bit.” Shi Jin said to Xu Wendong and Chen Qiaomu, then got up and went outside.

The sound in the bar was extremely noisy, but Xu Wendong’s hearing was astounding. He heard the conversation between Shi Jin and that security guard, causing him to frown.

The boss of the Wanlong Association, Wu Qiankun, was dead, so why was the Wanlong Association still coming to collect protection fees? And for ten years in advance, no less?

Could it be that Cao Jinbo hadn’t handled the Wanlong Association’s people?

”I’m going to the bathroom as well.” Xu Wendong found an excuse. After going to the restroom, he directly called Cao Jinbo and informed him of the situation.

Cao Jinbo respectfully said, ”Mister Xu, I have indeed taken over the Wanlong Association’s territory, but some members are unwilling to submit. They’re probably trying to seize this opportunity to make a big score and then run off with the money!”

”But don’t worry, I’ll bring people over right now.”

After a brief chat, Xu Wendong hung up the phone. Then he found the overly pleasing, smiling Shi Jin at the bar’s entrance, ”Thank you, Brother Gao, for understanding. I’ll pay the protection fee for the next five years right away.”

Faced with people from the Wanlong Association, Shi Jin truly couldn’t afford to offend them.

Fortunately, the other party was somewhat reasonable, considering the bar had just opened and only charging for the next five years, although the fee was still as high as one million.

But he could manage to put that amount together.

Just as Shi Jin was about to make the transfer, Xu Wendong’s voice interrupted, ”Cousin, you can’t give them the money!”