After her dramatic cousin stopped acting up, the aloof doctor got anxious.

Qi Wenshen's mood inexplicably turned pleasant, and his eyebrows and eyes relaxed.

Wei Jing, standing beside Qi Wenshen, looked on with envy. "Qi Wenshen, your cousin actually said you're handsome?"

"With your deadpan face, even a dog wouldn't want to look at you."

Qi Wenshen looked at him coldly.

Even a dog wouldn't look at your face.

After saying that, he strode out of the club.

Wei Jing spat, "Qi Wenshen, you bastard."

At the entrance of the clubhouse.

Shen Ruo stood by the roadside, waiting for a ride-hailing car.

Zhou Lan chased after her, clasped her hands together, and apologized repeatedly with a forced smile.

"Shen Ruo, I was wrong, I was really wrong."

"I shouldn't have lied to you, and I shouldn't have helped my brother."

"Please forgive me, okay?"

She blinked her eyes, looking pitiful.

Shen Ruo snorted, "I'm hungry."

"what?"

I said I was hungry.

Zhou Lan's eyes lit up. "I'll treat you to dinner."

"That's more like it."

Shen Ru pouted and followed her to the side of the road.

Just as the two got into the car, Qi Wenshen came out of the club.

He stood on the steps, watching the taxi disappear from sight.

Zhou Lan offered to treat everyone, so Shen Ruo didn't stand on ceremony.

The location is a high-end Japanese restaurant in the city center, serving conveyor belt sushi. The price is calculated per plate, with different colors having different prices.

The two sat down.

Shen Ruo's eyes seemed to be equipped with radar, accurately locking onto all the plates on the turntable that cost more than twenty yuan each.

Salmon belly, sea urchin, sweet shrimp, foie gras sushi, seared Wagyu beef, and nanana.

These were all sushi dishes she had looked at and swallowed her saliva countless times before.

She felt bad about the remaining balance and couldn't bear to eat it.

Now that Zhou Lan is treating, we can finally eat to our hearts' content.

Zhou Lan sat beside her, watching her place dish after dish in front of her. Her lips twitched, and she wanted to say something, but remembering the mistake she had made that night, she swallowed her words back.

Fine, I'll just pay to avoid trouble. Who told her to act so unfairly?

Shen Ruo stuffed a piece of salmon belly into her mouth, the aroma of the fat exploding on her tongue, and she couldn't help but let out a satisfied sigh.

This is the life a human being should live. Instant noodles and sausages are just for survival; this is what life is all about.

Zhou Lan took a plate of tamagoyaki (Japanese rolled omelets) and got down to business, "Shen Ruo, what does your cousin usually like to eat?"

"have no idea."

Shen Ruo didn't even look up, and picked up another sweet shrimp.

Zhou Lan paused for a moment, then changed the subject, "So what does he like to do after get off work?"

"have no idea."

What color does he like?

"have no idea."

What brand of perfume does he usually wear?

"have no idea."

Shen Ruo finally looked up at her, still chewing on sushi, and asked, "Why are you asking these questions?"

Zhou Lan put down her chopsticks speechlessly. "If I want to pursue your cousin, I have to play to his tastes, right? You live at his house, you go to work and come home together every day, and you don't know anything about it?"

Shen Ru rolled her eyes. "I'm his cousin, not his mother. Why should I know what he eats, uses, or likes?"

Zhou Lan: "..."

I realized that this logic seemed correct, but something still felt off.

Shen Ruo sighed silently in her heart.

Zhou Lan, Zhou Lan, if you knew how difficult Qi Wenshen was in the original book, you wouldn't be so motivated.

That man and the female lead had a tumultuous relationship for almost half the book before things started to look promising. With your level of skill, you can't even leave the beginner's village.

But she didn't say it.

Because she knew it would be useless to say anything.

Zhou Lan glanced at the foodie next to her and said, "Forget it, it's pointless to ask you. I'll find out Director Qi's preferences myself."

I wish you success.

Zhou Lan then asked about another topic.

"Are you really not considering my brother? He's really quite good-looking. He has a Beijing residency, owns a house and a car, and has a stable job. He's a doctor and she's a nurse—they're a perfect match. Would you like to learn more about him?"

"I'm doing an internship right now, and I'm exhausted every day. All I want to do is work hard, sleep well, and eat well. I don't want to be distracted by your brother's situation, and I don't have the energy to be. Please don't bring it up again, okay?"

Zhou Lan felt a little regretful. She really liked Shen Ruo, and it would be even better if she could become her sister-in-law.

Shen Ruo took another plate of seared salmon from the turntable, placed it in front of herself, picked up a piece and waved it in front of Zhou Lan, "Do you want some? If not, I'll eat it all."

Zhou Lan suddenly laughed, a laugh that was both helpless and relieved. "Eat? Why should you eat it all? I treated you, and I haven't even had a few bites yet."

She reached for another piece of salmon, stuffed it into her mouth, chewed until her cheeks were bulging, and said indistinctly, "But seriously, don't you really know what Director Qi likes? Even a little bit would be fine..."

"have no idea."

"At least you know what kind of coffee he usually drinks, right?"

"Zhou Lan".

"Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore."

While they were eating, Zhou Lan's phone rang.

She walked out of the sushi restaurant with her phone in her hand.

As soon as the call connected, Zhou Ke asked her, "How did it go? What did she say?"

"Brother, give up. Shen Ruo doesn't like you. I asked her for you, and she has absolutely no interest in you, not even a little bit. Don't make me do this kind of thing again. I won't do it."

Zhou Ke was silent for half a second on the other end of the phone, then let out a cold laugh, "She's just an intern nurse, she looks down on me? What's wrong with me?"

Zhou Lan rolled her eyes.

Her brother is good in every way, except that he has too much of an inflated sense of self-importance.

A general cardiologist, decent-looking, wealthy, drives a sports car, and is the dream lover of all the unmarried female nurses in the hospital.

These labels have been attached to him for so long that he actually believed he was invincible, unstoppable, and capable of winning over any girl.

But Shen Ruo wasn't buying it.

Zhou Lan had seen the way Shen Ruo looked at Zhou Ke.

Be polite, distant, give a perfunctory smile, and then make an excuse to leave.

That look in his eyes was no different from how he looked at an ordinary colleague.

Zhou Lan sighed, "Brother, just think of me as siding with outsiders. Besides, I really think you're not good enough for her."

Zhou Ke was so angry he laughed. "Are you my real sister? You and Shen Ruo are sisters, right? You're so biased, I thought you two were family."

Zhou Lan retorted confidently, "Of course I'm telling you the truth because I'm your sister. I wouldn't bother telling anyone else. You can pursue whoever you want; what does it have to do with me?"

"Do I still want a sister-in-law?"

"I do want to, but it can't be Shen Ruo. Try someone else; there are plenty of pretty girls in the hospital. Why are you fixated on her?"

Zhou Ke ground his back teeth, his voice squeezing out from between them, "Do you believe I'll suspend your card?"

Zhou Lan was not afraid at all.

"Fine, stop it then. If you stop my card, I'll still get paid next month. My internship salary isn't much, but it'll be enough for me to eat. You're using this to threaten me? Dude, is that all you're capable of? How childish!"

"you……"

"Okay, okay, I'm not talking to you anymore. Shen Ruo is still waiting for me inside. Think carefully about what I said. If you can't figure it out, keep thinking about it. Just don't bother me anymore."

After Zhou Lan finished speaking, she hung up the phone decisively, not even giving her brother a chance to say goodbye.