Dim light shone in from the window. On the not-so-luxurious bed, a young man in his twenties frowned slightly, and his eyelashes trembled slightly.
"Achen, Achen!"
The gentle voice faintly reached the young man's ears.
The young man wanted to open his eyes, but his eyelids would not listen. He wanted to move his arms, but he had no feeling. He wanted to scream and struggle, but there was no reaction.
"Achen." But the voice in his ears became clearer and clearer.
"Oh." After an unknown amount of time, a hoarse sound seemed to come out of his throat.
The young man gradually opened his eyes and saw a woman looking at him anxiously and happily.
"Sister Ye." The young man's voice was still hoarse.
"Achen, you finally woke up! Um." The woman heard the young man's voice and was so excited that she seemed to cry out.
The young man took the woman's hand, patted the back of her hand, and asked softly, "How long have I been unconscious?"
The woman choked and said, "Today is the eighth day. Ah, Achen, I'll take you to the hospital for a check-up!"
"No, Sister Ye, I'll just take a rest."
"No! You must go. I'll go change my clothes and help you put on your clothes later!"
The young man's name is Ye Chen. He was born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine. His ancestors had served as imperial doctors for generations, and his father was a doctoral tutor at the top medical school in the country, Xianghe Medical College, and Ye Chen himself was a junior student at Xianghe Medical College.
When Ye Chen was just born, his parents divorced, so Ye Chen had no impression of his mother at all.
However, when Ye Chen was ten years old, his father reorganized the family. Ye Chen's stepmother was also a doctor who had studied abroad for several years and specialized in Western medicine surgery. The two met, knew each other, and cherished each other during a consultation, and thus came together.
His stepmother also brought a daughter, the woman just now, Ye Chen's nominal sister Ye Zi.
Ye Zi, who was four years older than Ye Chen, became a bully in the new family, often teasing Ye Chen, making him miserable. The tall and handsome little girlfriends he had several times also fell into trouble because of Ye Zi's pranks.
But the happy days did not last long in their family. Two years ago, his parents participated in a very urgent medical incident. After devoting all their strength, they both died in the line of duty.
Ye Zi, who heard the bad news, seemed to have grown up overnight. She gave up the postgraduate quota she had already obtained, entered Xianghe Hospital with the first place in the school and became a doctor, earning the not-so-high salary to support Ye Chen to study at Xianghe Medical College.
Thinking, Ye Chen gradually recovered his strength, stood up and put on his clothes.
"Sister Ye."
The house they rented was not big, but it seemed particularly warm under Ye Zi's care.
"Achen, why are you up? Wait for me for five more minutes."
Ye Zi was carefully putting on makeup in front of her small dressing table. Her beautiful face became even more beautiful under her dancing hands, covering up her originally haggard look.
Twenty minutes later, Ye Zi drove her red Beetle to Xianghe Hospital with Ye Chen.
"Doctor Ye." Ye Zi took Ye Chen and walked quickly in the hospital. Doctors and nurses passing by greeted Ye Zi one after another. It can be seen that she has a very good relationship with people in the hospital.
In front of a clinic, Ye Zi opened the door for Ye Chen and said, "Go in. I won't accompany you."
"Okay." Ye Chen responded and walked in.
A few nurses came up from the other side of the corner and whispered, "Doctor Ye, Doctor Ye, is this your boyfriend!?"
"Nonsense, what nonsense are you talking about." Ye Zi's face suddenly turned red and said, "That's my brother."
"My biological brother or my love brother, haha."
Ye Zi's face flushed even more, and she said angrily, "He, his name is Ye Chen, what do you think!"
"Is that so? Then what's your brother's number, Doctor Ye?" Several nurses looked at Ye Zi with hopeful eyes.
"Go away, go away!"
Seeing that Ye Zi was a little angry, several nurses laughed and dispersed.
"Xiao Ye, sit down." In the clinic, a doctor was waiting for Ye Chen.
"Hello, doctor."
"Don't be so polite. Your father can be considered my senior. Just call me Brother Li."
"Oh, OK."
"Do you remember what happened that day?"
"That afternoon after class, on the way home, just as I arrived at the gate of the community, I suddenly lost consciousness."
"Is that so? Since you are awake, let's do all the routine tests first."
"Okay."
More than an hour later, all the test results came out. Doctor Li looked through the test results with a frown.
"It's really strange. Everything is normal." Doctor Li said to himself silently.
"Okay, go back first. If you have any abnormal reactions, come to me anytime."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Li."
"You're welcome."
After leaving the clinic, Ye Chen and Ye Zi walked towards the garage. Thinking of the strange looks from everyone during the physical examination, Ye Chen couldn't help but ask, "Sister Ye, why do they look at me so strangely? What happened that day?"
Ye Zi turned her head and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, she put down her dignified airs and said in a gloomy tone, "There was a thunderstorm on a sunny day, and it hit you on the forehead, but you didn't have any problem. Of course you are a monster!"
"Oh, I was struck by lightning?"
"Hmm."
"Then you were in a coma for eight days, and nothing happened?"
"No problem was found on the day you were struck, but you couldn't be woken up."
"Oh."
No one spoke that night. The sunlight of the next morning poured into the room, and everything seemed to have never happened.
"Achen, good morning. Go wash up and get ready for breakfast."
Just as I opened the door, I heard Ye Zi's voice coming from the kitchen. On the dining table were steaming porridge and wheat dumplings.
"Okay." Perhaps because he had slept for eight days, Ye Chen felt that he was in particularly good spirits.
Soon, Ye Chen finished washing up and came out. Ye Zi had already sat at the dining table waiting for him.
"Is it delicious?"
"Yes, it's delicious. Sister Ye is getting better and better!"
"As long as Ah Chen likes it, I'll buy some wheat dumpling wrappers after get off work this afternoon and make it for you in two days."
"Don't bother me. I can just eat a little for breakfast."
"You have to eat it, it's not a big deal!"
"Okay, okay."
Not long after, the breakfast on the table was eaten up by the two of them. Ye Chen took the bowl and chopsticks into the kitchen to wash the bowls, while Ye Zi went back to the room to dress up and get ready to go out.
"Ah Chen! I'll pick you up after school this afternoon. I have a little sister coming to Zhonghai today. Let's go and receive her!"
"Okay."
After washing the bowls, Ye Chen went to school. Xianghe Medical College and Xianghe Hospital were not far away. The place they rented was between the two places, so it didn't take long to walk.
Ye Chen's morning class was a Chinese medicine class. Some of the obscure questions became much simpler for some reason. Ye Chen could understand them very well in his mind as soon as he heard them. The two-hour class ended in the blink of an eye, leaving him with a sense of unsatisfaction.
"Ye Chen, come to my office later." The counselor appeared at the door just after the class ended. Ye Chen packed up his things and followed him.
"Xiao Chen, sit down." The counselor Liu Qing was also a graduate of this school and a student of Ye Chen's father. She was naturally very good to Ye Chen. When there was no one else in the office, she used the private name of the two.
"Okay, Sister Qing."
The two sat side by side. Liu Qing took out a document from the drawer and placed it in front of Ye Chen, saying, "Xiao Chen, I am also very sorry about the matter between Teacher Ye and Mrs. Ye. Sister Qing can't help you in other aspects. There will be a group of international students in the school next semester. If you are willing, Sister Qing has reserved a place for you in the study buddy program."
The study buddy program is a support program for international students of Xianghe Medical College. It provides one-on-one life and study assistance to outstanding students of the school and new students who are not fluent in the language. For these outstanding students, the school will also provide some subsidies.
Although the subsidy may not be much, Ye Chen is still very happy to earn some money to supplement the family expenses through his own efforts. He said excitedly: "I can do it, thank you Sister Qing!"
"It's okay. Teacher Ye has helped me a lot over the years. You and Xiao Ye still call me sister. It's my duty to take care of my brother." Liu Qing said with a gentle smile on her face: "Don't go to the cafeteria. Let's go to my sister's dormitory to eat something later."
"Sister Qing, no need, I'll just go to the cafeteria to eat something."
"Hmm?" Liu Qing put away her smile, frowned, and said seriously: "Do you think my sister's cooking is not delicious?"
"How is it possible! My sister has learned the true teachings from my mother."
"Haha! Not yet, I just learned a few tricks from my master's wife."
The two walked towards the dormitory while chatting and laughing. The lunch break was not long, and soon Liu Qing prepared several dishes with the help of Ye Chen.
"Well! Not bad, sister Qing's cooking skills have improved again. Whoever marries sister Qing in the future will be blessed."
Liu Qing suddenly became a little depressed, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"I'm serious. It's that Gao who doesn't know how to cherish sister Qing. Sister Qing is not wrong!"
"Okay, little rascal, sister has thought it through a long time ago. Instead of finding such a person to live with, it's better to be alone and live comfortably."
"Is it, is it?"
"Eat your meal!" Liu Qing tapped Ye Chen's head with the chopsticks in her hand and scolded with a smile.
A day passed unknowingly. Ye Chen just finished his last class and went downstairs to see Ye Zi's Beetle parked at the door.
On the way to the airport, Ye Chen couldn't help wondering, "Sister Ye, where did your best friend come from?"
"I knew her before my mother came to Zhonghai. She seems to have studied abroad in recent years, and we haven't been in touch much."
"Is that so."
"Hmm."
Ye Zi seemed to be in a good mood, and the two soon arrived at the airport pick-up point.
Ye Zi looked at the exit with excitement, while Ye Chen on the side lowered his head and played with his mobile phone in his hand.
"Xiao Xi! Over here, over here!"
Not long after, Ye Chen heard Ye Zi's shouting beside him and looked in the direction of her gaze.
It was a tall woman, about 175cm tall in high heels, with large sunglasses covering most of her face, and slightly curly long hair draped behind her. She wore a silver-gray gauze top with a medium-length hip skirt, which made her look mature and attractive.
After seeing Ye Zi, the woman smiled slightly and walked towards the two of them.
"Sister Ye." The woman's tired and cold voice was a little happy.
"Let's go, let's settle down at my sister's place first!" Ye Zi excitedly took the woman's hand, turned around and said to Ye Chen, "Little brother Ye, help your sister Xi carry things!"
Holding the Fendi handbag and the Rimowa suitcase in his hand, Ye Chen followed the two with a wry smile.
"Thank you." "It's okay."
The woman smiled and turned her head.
After returning home and moving the woman's luggage into the room, Ye Zi went into the kitchen, leaving only the two of them in the living room.
"Let me introduce myself, Cheng Xi, 25 years old, like Sister Ye, from Kyoto."
"Ye, Ye Chen, Sister Ye's younger brother, from Zhonghai, oh, ah, 23 years old."
"Then I will call you brother like Sister Ye, you can just call me Sister Xi."
"Oh, OK, OK."
Silence fell between the two of them, Cheng Xi didn't seem to like talking much, staring at the TV, which was playing something.
"Xiao Xi, Chen! Come to eat."
Ye Zi's voice soon came from the kitchen, Cheng Xi walked to the dining table and sat down, while Ye Chen went to the kitchen to help serve food.
After dinner, Ye Zi and Cheng Xi returned to their room early to rest, and Ye Chen also returned to his room after washing the dishes and putting away the dishes.
For some reason, Ye Chen couldn't fall asleep for a long time, and after a while, there was some noise outside the door, which was not well soundproofed. As if by magic, Ye Chen got up, put on his pajamas, and went out.
On the small balcony next to the living room, Cheng Xi was wearing only a thin silk suspender pajamas, leaning on a recliner, staring at the sky in a daze.
"Do you have any wine?" Ye Chen had just walked a few steps closer when he heard Cheng Xi's voice.
"Oh, yes."
Ye Chen said as he turned back to the kitchen, took two cans of beer from the refrigerator and returned to the balcony.
"Drink one with me." Cheng Xi handed back a can of beer and said.
"Gudong, gudong." Before Ye Chen could react, Cheng Xi tilted his neck and poured the whole can of beer into his mouth.
"Gah!" "Anything else." The empty beer can was deformed by Cheng Xi's pinch and thrown on the ground.
"Yes, I'll get it for you." Ye Chen said as he was about to get up.
"I'll go." Cheng Xi said as he stood up and walked inside.
In the moonlight, Ye Chen looked at Cheng Xi's back. The narrow pajamas barely covered the perky buttocks, and the snow-white legs were completely exposed in front of Ye Chen.
"Brother Ye, do you want to hear my story?"
Sitting back, Cheng Xi took out the two dozen beers in the refrigerator and said in a slightly hollow voice.
Ye Chen did not answer, and Cheng Xi started talking.
Cheng Xi was born in a wealthy family. His parents are the largest shareholders of Chengshi Pharmaceutical Group, a listed group in Kyoto. Four years ago, Cheng Xi went abroad to study. Now he has graduated from undergraduate studies and originally planned to continue to study for a master's degree. However, he suddenly received the news that his parents died in a car accident. He hurried back to China, but found that things were far from that simple.
All the family's properties and shares were sold off, and it was announced that the couple committed suicide because of the investment failure and insolvency. However, Cheng Xi knew very well that this was definitely not the truth. The mastermind behind the scenes must be her uncle Cheng Zhiqiang, who was the second largest shareholder of Cheng's Pharmaceutical Group and now took over Cheng's Pharmaceutical Group. It was a trap set by him to get her family's money.
Originally, Cheng Zhiqiang wanted to keep her in Kyoto, but after she found something wrong, she fled to Zhonghai overnight and went to Ye Zi, who must not have colluded with her uncle.
"Huh, what are your plans, Sister Xi?"
"I want revenge and take back what belongs to my parents. I studied medicine abroad. I plan to study for a master's degree at Xianghe Medical College first to see if I can get some help here."
Cheng Xi drank and talked, and almost all of the two dozen beers went into her stomach, making her a little dizzy.
Cheng Xi suddenly sat up, propped up the small table in front of her and said, "Brother Ye, do you want to help me? If you help me get revenge, I can give you anything."
"Me, me?" Cheng Xi bent over, looking at the deep ravines on his chest, and Ye Chen's voice trembled a little.
"Stinky brother." Cheng Xi stood up and said, "Accompany me to buy things tomorrow." Then he went back to Ye Zi's room.
"Selling medicine?" Ye Chen muttered while tidying up the cans on the table and the floor, and several prescriptions flashed through his mind.
The morning sun shone into Ye Chen's room, and the alarm clock on the phone beside his pillow did not ring. Only then did he realize that today was Saturday.
"Good morning, Sister Ye."
"Good morning, Chen!" Ye Zi had finished dressing up and stood at the door and said, "Today you will go shopping with your sister Xi. I'll drive the car for you. I have to go to work."
"Okay, goodbye, Sister Ye!"
Ye Zi only left a breakfast. After Ye Chen finished eating and washing the dishes, Cheng Xi hadn't gotten up yet, so she wrote down several prescriptions that flashed through her mind last night.
After an unknown amount of time, the memory in her mind gradually became clear, and extremely complex prescriptions appeared on the paper, which also made Ye Chen immersed in them.
"Swish!" As soon as she finished, the paper in front of her was taken away.
Cheng Xi frowned slightly and looked at the manuscript in her hand carefully.
"Ye Chen, come and help me." Cheng Xi's eyes shone with an inexplicable light, "I can agree to any conditions you want!"
"Sister Xi, I." Ye Chen was a little nervous and hesitant, and didn't know how to answer for a while.
"No, isn't it possible?" Cheng Xi's eyes dimmed, "Yes, who am I?"
"No, Sister Xi, I can help you!" Ye Chen's speech speed suddenly became faster in excitement.
"Then it's settled."
"Ah?"
Looking at the cunning in Cheng Xi's eyes, Ye Chen realized that he had fallen into Cheng Xi's trap.
"Okay, brother Ye, I won't treat you badly. Let's go and go shopping with my sister!"
According to the address given by Cheng Xi, Ye Chen drove to the destination, "Sister Xi, are you going to buy a car?"
"Yes, it's inconvenient to live in Zhonghai without a car. Let's go!"
Cheng Xi said as she walked into the 4S store, and Ye Chen hurriedly followed.
"Welcome, are you two here to see the car?" As soon as the glass door opened, a salesperson came up to greet them.
"Yeah." Cheng Xi responded softly.
"Have you ever heard of our Jaguar Land Rover models?"
"Do we have any Ftype cars in stock?"
"Yes."
An hour later, a silver-gray sports car roared out of the garage, and the roar of the 5.0T supercharged engine resounded throughout the street.
As for why an hour passed, it was not because Cheng Xi had any hesitation, but just waiting for the expedited insurance to take effect.
"Ding Dong." Ye Chen looked at the location information received on his mobile phone, with a bitter smile on his face.
The roads in the city were a bit congested, and Ye Chen, who finally arrived at his destination, found that he had come to the sales office of the most luxurious residential community in Zhonghai City.
There was only one car parked in the small parking lot, which was the one Cheng Xi had just mentioned.
As soon as he got off the car, a service staff member came over with a parasol and led Ye Chen to the sales hall.
"Let's go and see the house." Before they entered, they saw Cheng Xi coming out.
"Oh, OK."
The sales lady took the two of them to walk in the community, introducing the various precious trees and flowers in the community garden.
This is a duplex apartment on the top floor. The two floors add up to more than 500 square meters. It has been fully decorated. The entire house is designed by the top designer dedicated to the builder. It can be said to be extremely exquisite. The balcony outside the living room can directly see the entire Zhonghai River, which makes its price much higher.
"Ms. Cheng, we have entered your information into the gate. You can enter directly with fingerprints or pupils in the future. Is there anything else you need?"
"No, thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard. If Ms. Cheng needs anything, you can contact me at any time. I wish you a happy life."
"Okay."
"Xi, Sister Xi!? Did you buy it?"
"I just paid when you came."
"Oh."
"Let's go. I still have some places to ask them to modify. I have to stay at your place for a while."
Back home, today is Saturday, Ye Zi has to be on duty at the hospital. Originally, Ye Chen ate something outside, but now he could only reluctantly enter the kitchen.
Eggs, luncheon meat, corn, rice,
Ye Chen looked at the ingredients in front of him, a little confused. Really, make fried rice with eggs?
"Puff." A burst of laughter suddenly came from behind, "Go out."
Cheng Xi took off her makeup and changed into Ye Zi's home clothes, which made her look more approachable and cute.
Leaning against the kitchen door, she looked at Ye Chen, who was confused, with a smile.
An expert can tell the difference with one move.
Ye Chen was outdone by Cheng Xi's posture of picking up the kitchen knife. Her exquisite knife skills and skillful movements were like a beautiful painting.
When she lifted the pot, her long hair tied together behind her swayed left and right, which made Ye Chen lose his mind.
Pork and corn kernels, hot and sour potato shreds, and scrambled eggs with chives, three home-cooked dishes were placed on the table, which made people feel very appetizing.
It turned out that Cheng Xi had been cooking by herself when she was studying abroad, so she practiced this good cooking skill, which was naturally much better than Ye Chen, who had been taken care of since childhood.
As the night deepened, Ye Chen fell asleep after leaving a light on for Ye Zi who had just gotten off work in the early morning.
"He didn't know that his life would change dramatically from tonight, or that he was just returning to the path he should have taken. "