– Crown Prince Liu
As luck would have it, Lei Ruilin had to be on the filming set. Qin Mian let Lei Tie use the car, while he took a taxi to Qingming Square. At 6 o’clock, the street lights were on. After meeting with Lin Feng and exchanging a few simple greetings, he got in Lin Feng’s car. The low-key black car swam in the ocean of lights and stopped at the entrance of a grand hotel.
The main character of the party was Liu Yaoming, Liu Yingchu’s cousin. Not many people were invited, about twenty people, so a medium-sized banquet hall was booked in the hotel.
When Qin Mian and Lin Feng arrived, there were more than ten people in the hall, taking food from the buffet table; they carried plates and chatted in threes and twos. There were also people at the performing stage, singing with microphones.
Qin Mian’s eyes flashed a faint trace of understanding. Right now, there were so many people coming about half an hour before 7 o’clock; it seemed that Young Master Liu’s identity was unusual.
Many people came to greet Lin Feng. After listening to their talks, Qin Mian realized that Lin Feng was the eldest son of Lin Weijie, a famous entrepreneur in China. Lin Weijie, one of the representatives of the IT Industry, had been ranked in the top three in the domestic The Richest List for five consecutive years. It was no wonder that Lin Feng didn’t even blink when he proposed to buy the supplementary medicine. 1 million was a drop in the bucket for the Lin family.
Lin Feng did not neglect Qin Mian and introduced him to others. The others had never heard of Qin Mian’s name, so their reaction was mediocre. They just nodded to Qin Mian for Lin Feng’s sake. It was considered a greeting, yet there was an aura field that excluded Qin Mian.
Qin Mian, who had seen the emperor before, was not affected by them at all. He gave a smile and nodded slightly. He took a glass of wine from the waiter’s tray and sat down on the sofa with his legs overlapped, calm and composed.
Lin Feng knew Qin Mian’s skills best. Since he took the medicine Qin Mian prescribed, his health was getting better and better day by day. In the past, he didn’t even dare to speak aloud. Now, he was almost the same as ordinary people and was full of spirit every day. Just a few days ago, he went to the hospital again for an examination, and the doctor even had an expression of unbelievable. Therefore, he did not dare to neglect Qin Mian. Who dared to say that his family members would not be seriously ill in the future and need to ask Qin Mian for help?
However, even if he wanted to make friends with Qin Mian, he would not flatter him. Instead, he chose some suitable topics to chat with Qin Mian, so as to make Qin Mian feel comfortable.
Qin Mian saw his intention and appreciated him.
When the others saw Lin Feng’s attitudes, they felt strange. This made them curious about Qin Mian’s identity.
Voices came from the door. Lu Yunzhao, Zhang Zixuan, and Sun Ting came in together. Zhang Zixuan and Sun Ting were led by Lu Yunzhao.
“Young Master Lu, here you are.”
The singers smilingly welcomed them.
Lin Feng didn’t walk over. When Lu Yunzhao approached, he stood up and greeted him with a smile.
After chatting for a while, Lu Yunzhao noticed that the person sitting on the sofa didn’t move; he was not happy. Once he took a clear look, his face darkened. “Qin Mian? Why are you here?”
Lin Feng stepped forward. With a faint smile, he said politely to Lu Yunzhao, but also polite to Qin Mian, “Mister Qin is my friend. I brought him here. Do you know each other, Young Master Lu?”
Lu Yunzhao didn’t answer, but stared at Qin Mian darkly.
Qin Mian looked at him with indifference, “The production crew’s problem was your doing.”
Lu Yunzhao’s expression turned even worse. He had some relationship with the investor of Heart Caution. After finding out that Lei Ruilin was actually a member of the cast, he immediately made a phone call to the investor and then sent someone to stare at the cast, waiting to see a drama. He thought that Chen Yue would replace Lei Ruilin if he threatened Chen Yue with investment withdrawal. However, he didn’t expect to receive news that the film had changed investors so soon. His threat not only didn’t work, but also made the original investor pay a lot of liquidated damages. But of course, the original investor wouldn’t let him return the [lost] money, but he owed the favor.
Qin Mian’s indifferent expression further angered Lu Yunzhao. He said to Zhang Zixuan and Sun Ting, “Drive him out!”
Lin Feng’s expression abruptly changed and he squinted at Lu Yunzhao.“Young Master Lu, today is Young Master Liu’s birthday. He’ll be here soon…”
Before Zhang Zixuan’s words were finished, Lu Yunzhao said in an angry voice, “I said drive him out! I’ll explain it to Young Master Liu myself.”
Lin Feng stepped forward and said in a heavy tone, “Young Master Lu, Mister Qin is my friend.”
“So what?” Lu Yunzhao was so angry that he could not choose his words.
Lin Feng asked flatly, “That is to say, Young Master Lu can decide for Young Master Liu in this event?”
Sun Ting stopped Lu Yunzhao before the latter opened his mouth, shook his head, and looked at Qin Mia with a complex expression, who had been sitting on the sofa calmly. Even though he was the only one sitting at the scene, Sun Ting still felt that everyone had a weak presence in front of Qin Mian.
At this time, two more people came in: Qin Lian and Yue Xiangkui.
When Qin Lian saw Qin Mian, his smile froze on his face.
“Someone you know?” Yue Xiangkui asked thoughtlessly.
Qin Lian responded ambiguously.
Yue Xiangkui did not ask further.
When Liu Yaoming and Liu Yingchu walked over side by side and saw that everyone was standing, they were puzzled and asked, “Why are they all standing?”
All of them changed into smiling faces and wished Liu Yaoming a happy birthday and presented gifts.
Only then Qin Mian stood up.
Liu Yaoming walked to Lin Feng with a smile, nodded to Qin Mian in a friendly way, and asked Lin Feng, “A-Feng, is this Mister Qin you mentioned?”
“Yes.” Lin Feng said with a smile, “This is Qin Mian, a doctor. Mister Qin’s medical skill is extraordinary. It’s to his credit that my illness has improved so quickly. Mister Qin, this is Liu Yaoming, the third generation of the legendary army.”
“What legendary?” Liu Yaoming smiled and slapped Lin Feng on the shoulder. One could see that he had a good relationship with Lin Feng.
He was Liu Yingchu’s cousin, so he had heard about Qin Mian from Liu Yingchu.
“Nice to meet you, Mister Qin.”
Qin Mian held out his hand and said, “Nice to meet you, Young Master Liu. I wish you a happy birthday.”
Lu Yunzhao heard their conversation clearly; his expression changed greatly and he was afraid. Although his status was not low, he was not as good as Liu Yaoming. Liu Yaoming was the real “Crown Prince”. It was no secret that the elderly man of the Liu family had been unwell in the past two years. The reason why Liu Yaoming attached so much importance to Qin Mian was obvious. He could not help but secretly congratulated himself that he had not driven Qin Mian away, otherwise, not only the Liu family would have blamed him, even his Lu family would not have spared him.
In addition to Lu Yunzhao, there was another person who didn’t look very good. That was Qin Lian. In the first place, he spent so much effort to get into this circle; so how did Qin Mian get into the relationship with Young Master Liu so easily? As the sense of crisis of forced restraint came to mind again, Qin Lian blurted out, “Young Master Liu, isn’t something wrong with this? As far as I know, this ‘Mister Qin’ had no contact with medical skills before he was 24 years old.” Even at this time, he did not say that Qin Mian was his elder brother. But in order to avoid being found out afterwards, he didn’t say anything. He just used a sarcastic tone in “Mister Qin”. Outsiders would only think that they had a private enmity.
It was not surprising that no one found out that Qin Mian was Qin Lian’s elder brother. Qin Mian was Qin Yongcheng’s illegitimate son. He entered the Qin family only when he was 15 years old. After graduation, he worked as a photographer of food programs. He didn’t touch the Qin family’s business and hardly appeared in front of the public. So outsiders didn’t know Qin Lian had an elder brother.Liu Yaoming gave Qin Lian a cold glance. No matter whether Qin Mian’s knowledge of medicine was true or false, Qin Lian should not put Qin Mian down on this occasion. This was slapping him, Liu Yaoming, in the face.
Qin Lian’s heart thumped; even Yue Xiangkui looked at him with disapproval.
Liu Yaoming was too lazy to argue with Qin Lian and considered it as he didn’t hear what the other party said. He said with a smile, “This way, please.”
Intentionally or unintentionally, Qin Lian was excluded by everyone.
The birthday party, in blunt words, was wine, dine, and sing. More or less, everyone could see that Liu Yaoming was trying to rope in Qin Mian. Thus, they were apprehensive and did not go overboard. They went to the side to play minigames, or fight over to sing, and even turned down the volume.
Qin Mian, Liu Yaoming, Lin Feng, and Liu Yingchu were sitting in the booth in the corner.
Although Liu Yaoming was a Crown Prince, he was not as arrogant and arbitrary and treated people with contempt as most people would think. His speech and manner were very decent and elegant. “Mister Qin, to be honest, I want to invite you to give medical advice to an elder of mine.”
Qin Mian handled the identity of the four members of his family very properly. The identity of Liu Yaoming’s family was not ordinary. Qin Mian knew that Liu Yaoming must have investigated him, but he could only find out that their family just came back from abroad and settled in S City. Nothing else could be found out.
Qin Mian said, “Young Master Liu should know that my medical skills are not from regular medical schools.”
“I know.” Liu Yaoming gave him an apologetic smile, admitting that he had investigated him. Qin Mian’s graduate school was not a medical school. “I’m very sincere, so let’s get this straight. Hope you don’t mind.First, I’d like to ask Mister Qin to check the pulse of my elder. As for whether I need Mister Qin for treatment, we’ll talk about it later. Of course, I’ll pay for it.”
Qin Mian was noncommittal. “If it’s not inconvenient for Young Master Liu to say, how unwell is the elder?”
Liu Yaoming nodded and said in a low voice, “There is a sign of paralytic stroke.”
“I don’t charge a low consultant fee.” Qin Mian didn’t need to flatter anyone.
Liu Yaoming’s smile deepened. “Of course, no problem.” If Qin Mian didn’t charge for the outpatient service, Liu Yaoming would owe him a favor. One must know that sometimes, owing someone a favor was more troublesome than owing someone money.
A waiter came over, stood a few steps away, and did not approach, “Young Master Liu, there is a Mister Lei outside seeking Mister Qin.”
Qin Mian took out his mobile phone to take a look; it was turned off automatically when there was no power.
Seeing this, Liu Yaoming knew it was his (QM) friend and said to the waiter, “Please invite him in.”
In a moment, a tall man strode in. His face was frosty as his cold eyes swept around indifferently; it was only when they fell on Qin Mian that they became gentle.
The civil smile on Qin Mian’s face faded away and turned to genuine yet charming. He quickly walked over and said, “You come to pick me up?”
Lei Tie embraced his shoulder and nodded, “Can go?”
Liu Yaoming noticed the unique temperament of a soldier on Lei Tie. He asked Qin Mian with a smile, “Who is this?”
Qin Mian’s eyes swept over to Qin Lian. A touch of cunningness flashed through his eyes. He said frankly, “This is my spouse, Lei Tie.”
Liu Yaoming and the others were stunned. There were also gays among the friends around, but they had never seen such an honest and easy-mannered person as Qin Mian.
Qin Lian nearly slipped the wineglass in his hand. His eyes flickered; he couldn’t restrain his excitement. Qin Mian mingles with a man!
Qin Mian said, “Young Master Liu, I’m sorry. I’m leaving first. You can get in touch with me at any time if you have made arrangements there.”
Liu Yaoming said with a smile, “Okay, many thanks. I’ll see you off.”