Chapter 174: Listen to the Expert

Upon arriving at the North Mountain Sanatorium, Akuan also brought some changes of clothes for Ruan Mianmian and Jiang Ce from Starfish Bay.

Jiang Ce intended to stay here to keep them company.

Meanwhile, Chen Ci had also gone home to pack her things, preparing to stay here and accompany Xiang Kui just like Jiang Ce.

After settling the two of them in, Jiang Ce handed Ruan Mianmian over to Akuan.

"Mianmian, I still have some matters to attend to. Akuan will stay here with you both, so just tell her if you need anything."

The latter half of this sentence was directed at Xiang Kui.

Xiang Kui nodded with satisfaction and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, Young Master Jiang!"

Jiang Ce gave a faint, tight-lipped smile and then looked at Ruan Mianmian.

Noticing this dynamic, Xiang Kui sensibly stood up and said to Akuan, "Come show me around. Come to think of it, this is my first time here."

"You got it."

After Xiang Kui and Akuan left, Jiang Ce said slowly, "Wait for me to come back."

Ruan Mianmian furrowed her brows, looked at Jiang Ce, and asked, "Jiang Ce, what are you going to do?"

Jiang Ce did not answer. A faint, gentle smile gradually gathered in his attractive dark eyes. He walked toward Ruan Mianmian and reached out to stroke her chin.

"After being cared for so long, you've finally put on some meat."

Ruan Mianmian hurriedly rolled her eyes at him. During this period, holed up in the hospital, she truly had lived a life where food was brought to her mouth and clothes were handed to her by others.

Although she had suffered through an ordeal, her weight had indeed increased by a couple of pounds under Jiang Ce's careful feeding.

Ruan Mianmian casually swatted away Jiang Ce's teasing fingertips and asked seriously, "Tell me, did you get some news?"

She was not a fool and could easily sense the changes in Jiang Ce's mood.

Therefore, she also had a premonition that whatever business Jiang Ce was going to handle right now might very well be related to Fang Xiaoyan.

Either they had found the person, or they had tracked down some other news.

Moreover, Ruan Mianmian suddenly felt an ominous foreboding.

"Why so serious?"

Jiang Ce continued to change the subject. He pulled Ruan Mianmian into his arms and smiled, "Don't overthink it. I'm just going out to discuss some business and will be back very soon."

"Really?"

"When have I ever lied to you?"

Jiang Ce's brows and eyes were brilliant, overflowing with deep tenderness.

Even though Ruan Mianmian still held a few suspicions in her heart, they were suppressed at this moment by Jiang Ce's words.

"Alright, then I'll wait for you to come back."

"Mhm."

Jiang Ce hummed softly in acknowledgment. After releasing Ruan Mianmian, he turned around of his own accord and walked outward.

Ruan Mianmian saw that not far away, Jin Jiu was already standing respectfully at the bottom of the steps waiting for him.

Jiang Ce walked down decisively. Before leaving, Jin Jiu nodded at Ruan Mianmian from a distance as a greeting across the space.

Soon, that Rolls-Royce Phantom vanished from Ruan Mianmian's sight.

Not long after Jiang Ce left, Li Zheng hurried over, bringing someone along with him.

"Let me introduce you. This is Huang Qinyuan, a nutritionist I specially hired for the two of you. During this period, your diet and daily life will be entirely managed by Ms. Huang."

Li Zheng brought Huang Qinyuan before Ruan Mianmian and the other, making a brief introduction along the way.

"Hello, Ms. Huang."

Ruan Mianmian nodded at Huang Qinyuan and took the opportunity to look her over.

Huang Qinyuan looked to be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, but she exuded a mature and elegant temperament. Dressed in a sophisticated and well-fitted women's business suit, she looked very much like an industry elite.

It was evident that Li Zheng and Huang Qinyuan shared a pretty good relationship; the familiarity displayed in their conversation was easily noticeable.

"Hello, everyone. I am Huang Qinyuan. Over the next period, I will have to ask the two of you to take care of me."

Huang Qinyuan greeted the two of them with poised grace.

Xiang Kui nodded with a smile, acknowledging the introduction.

Li Zheng continued with a smile, "Mianmian, this Ms. Huang has won competition championships. You two must not underestimate her. I'm afraid I won't have time to run over here frequently during this period, so I can only leave this in Ms. Huang's capable hands."

"A competition championship? Do nutritionists have competitions too?"

Xiang Kui was not very familiar with this, but she suddenly grew very interested in the remark and asked about it.

Huang Qinyuan smiled and explained, "Actually, nutritionists also need to study and obtain certifications. I simply participated in a few competitions occasionally while studying abroad. It's nothing impressive at all—don't listen to my senior brother here bragging!"

Senior brother?

Ruan Mianmian glanced at Li Zheng and smiled, "So you ended up introducing your junior fellow student to me?"

Li Zheng scratched the back of his head and laughed, "Yeah, back in the day, my junior sister was also a top medical student. It's just a pity her aspirations lay elsewhere, but either way is fine."

"Oh? Either way is fine? How come I remember you didn't say that back then?"

Huang Qinyuan playfully teased him, creating a joyful atmosphere.

"You, oh you, your tongue is still as sharp as ever. However, this time I was entrusted by a friend, so I must ask you to put your heart into caring for these two."

Li Zheng conceded defeat and smiled at Huang Qinyuan.

"Alright, no problem."

Huang Qinyuan readily agreed with a smile.

"Great, then you ladies stay here. I have some matters to attend to and need to rush back to the hospital."

After giving a few brief instructions, Li Zheng left the North Mountain Sanatorium first.

"Ms. Huang, please take a seat. Let's not all stand here."

Ruan Mianmian invited Huang Qinyuan to sit down, and Xiang Kui also crowded over.

Looking at Ruan Mianmian, Huang Qinyuan said, "I see we're all around the same age, so let's drop the formalities. You can just call me Qinyuan. We'll be spending a long time here together after all."

"Deal."

Ruan Mianmian liked her straightforward personality.

Huang Qinyuan then turned her attention to Xiang Kui's face and said, "Senior brother has already briefly told me about your situations. Right now, both of you are still in the recovery stage, so you must strictly watch your diets. From now on, your meals are completely on me."

Xiang Kui hurriedly laughed, "Okay! We'll listen to the expert!"

Huang Qinyuan: "No, no, I'm no expert."

Since the three of them were of similar age and shared compatible personalities, they were soon chatting away happily.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ce and his entourage had slowly arrived at their destination.

Before them stood a magnificent high-rise building. Jiang Ce stepped slowly out of the car and then, surrounded by a crowd, walked step by step toward the interior of the building.

There were easily over a dozen people in their group, all dressed in black and possessing tall, imposing figures.

Upon reaching the entrance of the corporate headquarters, they charged inside without a word. The front desk staff failed to stop them and immediately called for security guards to surround and block them.

Seeing people coming to cause trouble and noting their intimidating formation, the security guards at the entrance hurriedly rushed forward to form a blockade, intercepting anyone who tried to pass.

"Who are you people? How can you just barge in without even announcing yourselves? What kind of place do you think this is, letting you run wild?"

The security captain stepped right up in front of Jiang Ce and his group, aggressively waving the stun baton in his hand.

Jiang Ce said nothing, casting a cold, sweeping glance at the man that immediately frightened the security captain into swallowing hard.

"Who... who on earth are you people?"