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Chapter 199 - A Wallet I Picked Up

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Chapter 199 - A Wallet I Picked Up

And so, Tang Yin, helpless and cornered, decided to give Lin Yi two options.

She wanted to make things clear- Lin Yi appearing in her house was not something she wanted happening on a regular basis.

If the guy wasn"t serious about the whole thing in the first place, then it"d be best if he left her alone, instead of bothering her all the time.

If he was serious, then it"d make sense to set a time for him: after the final exams. She could focus on her studies in this critical year without outer disturbances, and it"d also act as a test of sorts, to see if Lin Yi was actually serious about starting a relationship with her. Needless to say, he"d never agree to waiting for months if he weren"t.

If he did happen to wait for her all those months, then there was no harm in trying it out with him… After all, college was a place where real relationships happened- As much as a goody-two-shoes Tang Yin was, even she fantasized about stuff like that.

Lin Yi, on the other hand, wasn"t expecting Tang Yin to be making a proposal like that- should he accept, or decline?

He was just about to say something when Tang Yin turned and quickly left in Xiaobo"s direction.

Lin Yi quickly caught up to her, noticing that she"d reverted back to normal, as if nothing had happened. Tang Yin was still Tang Yin, albeit with a tint of shyness now, something that added to her beauty- it touched Lin Yi.

They reached Xiaobo, who was staring at the medical bills in his hands blankly. Lin Yi walked up to him. "Xiaobo? Did you finish?"

"Boss… it"s a ten thousand kuai deposit… I don"t have enough……" Xiaobo said, a little embarra.s.sed that he took up the responsibility without the money for it.

"Oh?" Lin Yi blinked as he turned to Tang Yin. "Isn"t Fen"s mom here?"

"Fen"s family isn"t much better off than mine is- they"ve spent a lot on other fees for Fen"s sickness the last couple years, and they even have debts. There"s no way they just have extra money lying around." Tang YIn sighed. "Are you willing to pay for it first? I promise Fen"s family will give it back to you."

"Me?" Lin Yi wasn"t someone who troubled himself with the affairs of other people, especially not with strangers… Lan Fen, however, was someone Xiaobo had fallen for- it was only natural that he"d help out.

Yet he didn"t have the bank card Li Fu had given him- he had just thrown it in his bedroom drawer, since he didn"t spend much money anyway.

Other than the thousand kuai he"d been paid with by Sun Jingyi for his shield service, he still had Wu Chentian"s wallet he could use.

He handed the one thousand to Xiaobo before pulling Chentian"s wallet out- there were about three or five thousand rmb in there, and the rest were just usd. They were much bigger bills than the rmb ones, including five hundred and even a thousand dollar bill- they weren"t printed anymore, but were still in circulation.

They were more like collection items than money one would spend- they had to be worth much more than the numbers printed on the bills. No one would spend bills like these.

Evidently, the big dollar bills in Chentian"s wallet were for the sole purpose of showing off only. Lin Yi had met similar people before- he could tell that the Wus were quite a powerful family.

Lin Yi pulled out all the rmb, handing it to Xiaobo before asking him a question. "Ask them if usd is okay."

Xiaobo took the money gratefully before running to the counter. "Excuse me, is usd alright?"

"Yes, but for deposits only. The final bills need to be paid for with rmb." The staff said.

"Okay, thanks." Xiaobo sighed in relief before running back to Lin Yi. "Boss, usd is good too, but only for deposits."

"Kay, here you go." Lin Yi said as he pulled all the one hundred dollar bills out for Xiaobo- they probably wouldn"t even recognize the five hundred and thousand dollar bills if Lin Yi handed those over. They might even a.s.sume it was counterfeit money.

"Couldn"t tell that you were this rich- you have usd, even." Tang Yin said, peeking inside Lin Yi"s wallet. The guy"d even claimed that he wasn"t a young master- what was all this money, then?

"Oh, this wallet you mean? I picked it up from the ground." Lin Yi shrugged.

"Picked it up?" Tang Yin blinked, a little frustrated at Lin Yi"s lies- did he think she was an idiot? Picked it up from the ground? Why couldn"t she find a wallet like that on the ground?

"You can look at the IC in here if you don"t believe me." Lin Yi said as he pulled Wu Chentian"s IC out, waving it about in front of Tang Yin"s eyes.

"Ah?" Tang Yin"s eyes widened in complete disbelief- the wallet wasn"t Lin Yi"s?! The guy really did pick it up! "You really did pick it up..? But… How can you spend that money?"

"You told me to pay up first……" Lin Yi said as he slipped the IC back and dropped the wallet into his pocket.

"I……" Tang Yin didn"t know what to say. "Shouldn"t you give it back to the owner? He"s probably really anxious about it…"

"Ah, the owner isn"t anxious or anything." Lin Yi smiled. "It"s a gift."

Wu Chentian having anxiety over his wallet was the last thing Lin Yi was concerned about- He wouldn"t be able to do anything to Lin Yi, anyway, and at the end of the day, the guy deserved it!!

Lin Yi had only taken his wallet because he"d done it first, too- he"d be in a pretty bad situation if he reported this to the police, and it"d be pretty embarra.s.sing if his family found out… The Wu family should be a pretty important family, from what Lin Yi had seen.

So Lin Yi decided not to care at all- the guy should be glad Lin Yi wasn"t blackmailing him or anything.

"Gift?" Tang Yin didn"t believe that, but the guy had spoken, and it wouldn"t be very appropriate for her to continue questioning. She didn"t agree with what Lin Yi was doing, but it was an emergency, and Fen needed that money.

After all, Tang Yin had a good idea how things like this went down if the medical fees weren"t paid for- they"d probably kick Fen out- hospitals weren"t a charity, after all.

"Boss, thank you! I"ll return you the money for sure!" Xiaobo said excitedly as he walked back to Lin Yi gratefully, receipt in hand. He was right to follow Lin Yi and call him his boss, after all! Who else would, without so much as hesitating, pull out this much money in the same situation?

"Return it? It"s not that much- forget it." Lin Yi said, not expecting Xiaobo and especially Fen"s family to be paying that back to him. He"d be fine with just that sum if Fen and Xiaobo had a shot together- it was something he"d like to see as Xiaobo"s "boss".

"Boss……" Xiaobo was about to say something else when Lin Yi stopped him.

"Go- go see her." Lin Yi said.

"Ah, right! Right!" Xiaobo nodded. He looked at Lin Yi gratefully before walking away.

Chapter 200 - Fen"s Sickness

They went to room six, the one the doctor had mentioned earlier- Song Huiping and Liu Xinwen were sitting beside the innermost bed, out of the three others that were occupied by patients.

Kang Xiaobo didn"t stop to consider what Huiping would think of him as he charged straight at Lan Fen, sighing in relief after seeing that she was fine. The doctor had said so earlier, but he couldn"t quite relax until he made sure with his own eyes.

"Yin Yin, you"re here!" Xinwen greeted, a little color in her eyes as her gaze stopped at Lin Yi, who stood beside Tang Yin.

"Yeah. How is she, Wen Wen?" Tang Yin said, a little uncomfortable with that look in Xinwen"s eyes. She moved her body to put some distance between her and Lin Yi.

"Fen"s okay, but the doctor said her body"s a little too weak, and she needs to stay in the hospital for a while… They need a ten thousand kuai deposit……" Xinwen walked over to Tang Yin and lowered her voice. "But we both know the situation Fen"s family is in. You think we"ll be able to put together that money for her?"

"Um…… Well, I asked Lin Yi to pay for it first……" Tang Yin said, the discomfort rising as she considered what her words implied- this girl had enough suspicions about her and Lin Yi as it was, saying something like that only cemented those suspicions! Why else would Lin Yi pay ten thousand rmb, if not for her sake?

"Lin Yi?" As expected, Xinwen turned her eyes to Lin Yi. "Yin Yin… The two of you……"

"It"s not what you think okay…… I"ve talked things over with him, I"ll tell you about it later so maybe we should focus on Fen now..?" Tang Yin explained with a whisper.

"Oh……" Xinwen wasn"t quite trusting of Tang Yin"s words anymore- from what she could see, the girl was in love already. Hadn"t she learned from what Fen had been through yet?

As things stood, Tang Yin was dangerously close to falling to Lin Yi"s clutches- Xinwen had to watch out for that.

Xiaobo, on the other hand, charged right to Fen"s bed without so much as a thought, freezing as he got there- he didn"t know what he was supposed to do. He did want to put his hand on her forehead, but didn"t dare do so.

"Hi, what"s your name?" Huiping asked. She"d never seen Xiaobo before until today, and was curious at the level of pa.s.sion towards Fen her savior was displaying.

"Hi aunty, I"m Kang Xiaobo." Xiaobo introduced, a little embarra.s.sed. "I"m… in the same school as Tang Yin and Liu Xinwen."

"Oh…… Well, I really need to thank you for what you did today! If it weren"t for you……" Huiping"s eyes teared up as she recalled the situation they were in moments ago. "Poor child……"

"It"s okay, aunty… See? Fen"s fine now, right……" Xiaobo said, panicking a little as Huiping"s tears streamed down her cheeks. "Everything"s in the past now, cheer up aunty……"

"Haa…… You"re right, it"s all over." Huiping nodded as she stood up. "Young man, you and the girls look after Fen first, I"ll go prepare the deposit money- they asked for ten thousand……"

"Aunty, it"s fine… It"s been paid already……" Xiaobo said, handing the receipt to Huiping.

"Ah?" Huiping blinked as she received the receipt, not quite catching on. The words six thousand rmb and one thousand dollars were written on it.

Huiping would be pretty dumb to not see that something was wrong- not only had Kang Xiaobo saved her daughter, going to all the trouble to come to the hospital and even sort out the deposit… She"d never believe Xiaobo if he told her it was out of kindness.

"Son, you……" Huiping"s hands were trembling a little as she looked at the amount written on the receipt. "This money……"

Xiaobo was feeling a bit embarra.s.sed under Huiping"s stare. "Aunty, my boss paid for it first……"

"Your boss?" Huiping didn"t know what was going on anymore.

"Aunty Song, the medical fees have been paid by my cla.s.smate Lin Yi." Xiaobo explained. "Him!"

Lin Yi had no choice but to speak up at that point. "Hi aunty."

Huiping was getting pretty confused- she had wondered if Xiaobo was interested in her daughter, but apparently it wasn"t him who paid for the fees. Who was this Lin Yi?

"Young man…… You……" Huiping looked at Lin Yi, confused. She hadn"t paid attention to the kid earlier, since he never spoke- but why would someone unrelated to them pay for the medical fees?

"Uh… Aunty, I"m a close friend of Tang Yin." Lin Yi was feeling playful, and decided to say that suggestively.

"Ah… Oh……" Huiping, naturally, misunderstood the relationship between the two! After all, why would Lin Yi pay for the medical fees of Tang Yin"s friend if they were normal friends?

Tang Yin, on the other hand, noticed the suggestiveness in Lin Yi"s voice- she glared at him, a little displeased. Didn"t they already talk this over?!! This guy was too much!!

Things were confusing enough as it was, however, and Tang Yin"s explanation would only worsen the situation. She could only ignore the statement.

A soft moan came from Fen, and everyone shifted their focus to the girl. Huiping went to her daughter immediately. "Fen, are you up?"

"Mom? Where am I?" Fen asked as she looked around the room.

"Fen? You"re awake? Don"t you remember, you wanted to commit suicide earlier!" Huiping said as she put Fen"s hand in hers.

"Suicide? Why would I do that?" Fen said, her mouth open in confusion.

"You don"t remember? That"s… good……" Huiping said. "Fen, you were daydreaming again, dreaming about that b.a.s.t.a.r.d! You wanted to jump off the third floor from our house!!"

"Ah!!" Fen exclaimed with a startle- she was trying to commit suicide? Why couldn"t she remember anything? "Then did I jump?"

"Yes you did!! If this boy hadn"t caught you then……" Huiping"s voice went hoa.r.s.e at the last words.

Fen seemed to be aware of her condition- she wasn"t doubting her mother"s words. She turned her head slowly to look at Xiaobo… her eyes clouded over as she saw his face.

Huiping seemed to have sensed something- she was about to stop her, but it was too late. Fen had started mumbling. "Zhaoming, is that you? You came to see me?"

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