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Chapter 141 Love Only Makes People Foolish
At night, after dinner, it's time to relax. Qi Fei is lying on the sofa, scrolling through short videos.

Suddenly, my niece called.

Qi Fei remained calm. This girl called her every few days, but each time it was never about anything important.

Since she had nothing better to do anyway, and it didn't matter who she chatted with, Qi Fei answered the call from her niece.

"Aunt! Aunt!"

Qi Fei reflexively moved the phone away a little; her little niece's voice was really loud and shrill.

"What do you want? What do you want to talk to me about now?"

Qi Fei's voice came through the phone watch, and Du Lian unconsciously showed a hint of anticipation on his face.

"Guess who I ran into?" the little girl said, not forgetting to look up and give Du Lian a happy smile.

Qi Fei asked jokingly, her little niece sounding quite excited, "You're not going to run into my idol, are you?"

"Uncle, please say something, and Auntie will know..." The little niece raised her arm, hoping that Du Lian could tell Qi Fei in person who she had met.

Qi Fei's mind reacted quickly; she probably guessed that the person her niece had encountered was likely Du Lian.

"Qi Fei, I...I'm taking your niece home." Du Lian didn't know what to say, so he simply explained what he was doing.

Qi Fei was right; the person her niece met really was Du Lian.

"You're taking her? Where's her grandma?" Qi Fei was very safety-conscious when it came to children; how could such a young child be out alone at night?

The little girl answered the question quickly, "Grandma, I told her to go home by herself. I want Uncle to take me home."

"Why?" Qi Fei asked casually.

“A naughty aunt came to see Uncle. Uncle is Aunt’s boyfriend. I won’t allow the naughty aunt to talk to Uncle!”

Hearing what her niece said, Qi Fei's head was about to explode. Du Lian was right in front of her niece.

What boyfriend? What a piece of trash!

Furthermore, Zhou Sisi went to see Du Lian again.

How can she be so shameless!
The little girl's words made Du Lian inexplicably nervous. Qi Fei could definitely guess that the person who had just come to find her was Zhou Sisi.

Qi Fei recalled what Ming Wei had said, and she decided not to deny that she and Du Lian were boyfriend and girlfriend.

Given the current situation, Qi Fei had nothing more to say. "Auntie has something to do, so I'll stop here for now. You should be a good girl and let Uncle take you home."

The little girl nodded obediently, "Okay!"

In Du Lian's view, Qi Fei had already hung up the phone.

Du Lian suddenly remembered that Qi Fei had said she needed his help to pretend to be her boyfriend so she wouldn't have to go on blind dates.

Could it be that this is why her little niece thinks I am really her aunt's boyfriend?

The next day
The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Walking on the street feels like being in a giant oven, and even the wind blowing around you is hot.

In the emergency room corridor, Tang Ying drank mineral water as she walked towards the resuscitation room. The situation in the emergency room was relatively calm today.

Suddenly, her phone rang. Tang Ying screwed the cap back onto the mineral water bottle and took her phone out of her pocket to look at it.

The phone call made her expression tense for a moment.

"Teacher, are you looking for me?"

The person who made this call to Tang Ying was her doctoral supervisor and mentor, Professor Zhang.

Before getting down to business, Professor Zhang inquired about Tang Ying's situation, asking, "How's work been lately?"

"That's good, that's good, teacher." Even without seeing Professor Zhang in person, just hearing his voice made Tang Ying feel very timid.

"Your Director Xu called me today."

"What did he say?" Tang Ying felt a little nervous. She didn't know what Director Xu and Professor Zhang would say to each other.

"He said he had secured a spot for studying abroad in your department, and he thought Lu Xiao was a good fit."

"That's great!"

Tang Ying knew that Professor Zhang must have played a role in Lu Xiao being chosen by Director Xu, and she was genuinely happy for Lu Xiao.

"But your Director Xu said that Lu Xiao told him to think about it."

Tang Ying was speechless. "Is he crazy? Such a good opportunity, does he need to even consider it?"

Professor Zhang didn't want to beat around the bush with Tang Ying, so he asked directly, "Do you know why he didn't follow me and went to find you instead?"

"I don't know." Tang Ying genuinely didn't know, and she didn't have the time to think about it.

"I think you're really smart but emotionally incompetent. You can't even tell what he's thinking about you?"

Professor Zhang's comments stunned Tang Ying, and she immediately realized why Lu Xiao hesitated about the opportunity to study abroad.

Indeed, love only makes people foolish!

After chatting with Professor Zhang for a few minutes and waiting for him to hang up, Tang Ying quickly found Lu Xiao's number and called him.

The call was answered quickly, as is the norm for emergency room staff.

"Senior sister, you were looking for me?"

Lu Xiao assumed that something had happened in the department and that Tang Ying was now questioning him.

Tang Ying's tone was calm. "I'll treat you to dinner tonight. I'll send you the address later."

Upon hearing that Tang Ying wanted to invite her out to dinner, Lu Xiao was overjoyed. "Really?"

"real."

After saying those two simple words, Tang Ying hung up the phone.

What I need to say to Lu Xiao tonight could very well damage their years-long relationship, since they are from the same school.

However, Tang Ying had no choice. She could not accept Lu Xiao's feelings for her, and she would not let Lu Xiao miss the opportunity to study abroad.

Ming Group
The elevator stopped at the twentieth floor, and as the elevator doors opened, Pei Ming and Du Lian stepped out one after the other.

This floor has the most secretaries and assistants, who all report directly to Du Lian.

Seeing Pei Ming and Du Lian return to their places, everyone stood up and greeted Pei Ming.

"By the way, go to the planning department later. I need to see their plans for the third quarter." Pei Ming said, stopping in his tracks and turning to look at Du Lian.

"Yes, Mr. Pei, I'll have someone run that route for you later."

Du Lian looked at Pei Ming, his eyes seeming to say, "Do I really need to handle such a trivial matter?"
"I'm giving you a chance to meet your girlfriend, and you don't want it?"

As soon as Pei Ming spoke, everyone present lit up.

Du Lian has a girlfriend in the planning department! Who is she? She's really amazing to have managed to win Du Lian over!

"President Pei, is there some misunderstanding?"

What Du Lian actually wanted to say was, Pei Ming, do you have some serious illness?
"I'm not forbidding you from finding a partner at the company. Isn't it just Qi Fei who argued with the sales department last time? You don't need to hide it."

Among the group of people present was Qi Fei's friend, whose eyes widened like saucers at that moment.

You, Qi Fei! You dated such a great guy like Du Lian and didn't even tell anyone! Are you even human?!
Du Lian now genuinely believes Pei Ming is mentally ill. He can neither publicly criticize Pei Ming nor publicly deny his relationship with Qi Fei.

If he publicly denies his relationship with Qi Fei now, the gossip will definitely spread throughout the company, and Qi Fei will definitely lose face.

Moreover, he hadn't yet explained to Qi Fei why he had avoided her kissing him last time.