Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“You’re right, the little girl is really pitiful.” After a long silence, Jia Junxi spoke again.
Thinking of his own guess and the secret which would be revealed once it was confirmed, Jia Junxi’s eyes became complicated as he looked at the little girl not far away.
After a few seconds of pause, he said, “So you just live well and take good care of her. I will take care of the cornea issue.”
Luo Zhan came back to his senses from his emotions, then he turned his head and looked at Jia Junxi.
Jia Junxi said calmly: “I have already contacted the International Corneal Donation Bank for her.”
Luo Zhan’s expression became slightly tense, and he rarely showed some nervousness.
Jia Junxi: “They will comprehensively consider the patient’s adaptability, the success rate of the operation, and the probability of postoperative recovery before giving out a spot. In Tang Ran’s case, it’s only a matter of time before she gets a spot.”
Luo Zhan asked: “How long will it take?”
Jia Junxi said, “The earliest we can get one it is this year, and the latest is the end of next year.” He paused, “So you need to arrange for her guardian in the Tang family to sign the document as soon as possible.”
Luo Zhan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Tang Ran was walking back holding her blind stick at this time. Luo Zhan came to his senses, walked forward and supported the girl.
Before leaving, Luo Zhan looked at Jia Junxi: “I will remember what you said, thank you, Dean Jia.”
After finishing the business, Jia Junxi had already returned to his usual strange temper. Hearing this, he only glanced at Luo Zhan and said, “It’s a rare honor to hear a word of thanks from Young Master Luo.”
As long as Tang Ran’s eyes could be cured, Luo Zhan would have ten thousand times more patience towards Jia Junxi than anyone else.
So after hearing Jia Junxi’s sarcasm, he remained calm as if he didn’t hear it: “Dean Jia is busy with work, so we won’t bother you.”
The little girl beside him nodded in cooperation: “Goodbye, Dean.”
Jia Junxi paused and said, “Well, goodbye.”
After watching Luo Zhan and Tang Ran leave, Jia Junxi did not rush back to the office. Instead, he walked back to the front desk, knocked on the counter, and asked, “How is the free physical examination arranged for the Auto Technology employees going?”
The receptionist at the front desk checked the progress sheet uploaded to the computer before looking up and saying to Jia Junxi, “More than half of the people have completed the physical examination.”
Jia Junxi asked: “Did Lan Jingqian get checked?”
The receptionist quickly lowered her head and searched the database, then shook her head regretfully: “Not yet.”
Another assistant receptionist at the deputy desk raised her hand and said, “President, Mr. Lan’s secretary office called and said they would come to visit you this afternoon and complete the physical examination.”
Only then did Jia Junxi show a look of relief.
He was about to go back to the office when the nearby front desk receptionist asked cautiously, “Dean, I heard that you are a good friend of Mr. Lan from Auto Technology?”
Jia Junxi paused and turned back: “Who told you that?”
The receptionist said sheepishly, “Well, someone brought it up when we were chatting.”
Jia Junxi didn’t say anything.
The assistant receptionist also joked, “The dean must have a good relationship with Mr. Lan, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to let Auto technology employees come to our place for free medical examinations.”
Jia Junxi came back to his senses and smiled coldly: “You two are still thinking about these things while working. I pay you so that you can gossip, right?”
The receptionist blinked: “Isn’t this also work?”
“I haven’t seen you guys take other jobs so seriously,” Jia Junxi sneered, “Why are you asking about this? Are you interested in Lan Jingqian?”
“…”
The two secretaries looked at each other and then laughed together.
The assistant receptionist was a bit bolder and said with a smile, “That Mr. Lan is a famous bachelor. He is so handsome, has a good temperament, and is successful in his career. I heard that he is 37 years old this year, but he looks like he has just reached 30.”
“Yes, yes, I’ve heard of that, too.” The receptionist immediately nodded in agreement. Then she couldn’t help laughing and winking at her colleague, “But the guy who just left was also really handsome, and looked like a celebrity. It would be a pity if he doesn’t make his debut…Except for the way he looked at people and his cold words, there’s absolutely no flaw to find.”
“Alas, there are many young girls chasing after this kind of person, so we can forget about it.”
“Right.”
“…”
Seeing the two girls who were gossiping while completely ignoring him, Jia Junxi felt both angry and amused. So, he raised his hand and knocked on the table: “Are you working or dreaming?”
The two receptionists quickly turned back and lowered their heads in embarrassment.
Jia Junxi paused before turning around but couldn’t help but remind them: “After Lan Jingqian comes this afternoon, don’t make any trouble – you don’t have to worry about him, and it has nothing to do with you.”
The assistant receptionist’s eyes sparkled with the attitude of seeking gossip: “Dean, you are so familiar with President Lan, do you have any inside information that others don’t know?”
“It’s not really a secret. People who knew him before more or less know a little about it.”
Recalling the past, Jia Junxi felt a sense of being full of vicissitudes of life.
The two secretaries waited eagerly for a long time before they heard Jia Junxi smile and shake his head and sigh: “He will not like young girls like you even more.”
“Ah? Why?”
“He likes women who are one or two years older than him, and the most difficult to control, the kind that he can only be submissive to.” Jia Junxi paused and laughed, “And think about it, with all his conditions, why hasn’t he married in so many years?”
The deputy receptionist asked cautiously: “Gay?”
Jia Junxi was stunned for a moment, then laughed angrily: “What kind of nonsense do you girls think about all day long? – Because he has been hurt in love and still has someone in his heart!”
The two receptionists were stunned.
After Jia Junxi walked towards the office, the two of them came to their senses and came together curiously.
“There’s someone in his heart, have you heard of it?”
“Yes, and it seems that Mr. Lan has never had a girlfriend since he became famous. Financial magazines say that he is a very cold and self-restrained type. How many years of emotional trauma does he have?”
“Tsk tsk, terrible…”
With Jia Junxi’s warning in advance, when Lan Jingqian arrived at the front desk in the afternoon, the two receptionists were indeed one more obedient than the other.
“Mr. Lan, this is our dean’s office.” The front desk receptionist who personally ushered the person in gestured and knocked on the door: “Dean, Mr. Lan is here.”
“Come in.”
The receptionist pushed open the door and turned to make way.
The man behind her was wearing a suit jacket and a long coat, a style that would make most men look short, but on him he looked better than a model, with every line being just right.
Smelling the scent of a mature and cold man’s perfume, the receptionist blushed and lowered her head, then she heard the gentle but a little distant voice above her head:
“Thanks.”
The long coat brought a faint fragrance with the wind.
It was not until the footsteps reached the innermost part of the office that the receptionist hastily came to her senses, blushed, closed the door, and ran back.
Jia Junxi witnessed the whole process. He sat in the boss chair, playing with a fountain pen in his hand, as he joked to the man who walked in: “Can you control your masculine charm? You have been like this since school, it has been so many years, yet you still use it to tease girls?”
“…”
Lan Jingqian and Jia Junxi had been close friends for many years and they spoke freely to each other. Lan Jingqian had also long been accustomed to Jia Junxi’s strange temper of not being able to chat unless he ridiculed others.
He calmly walked to the sofa, took off his long coat, sat down at ease, and said in a calm voice: “I didn’t tease your subordinates. You saw that I only said thank you.”
“For someone like you, just saying thank you is already a teasing.” Jia Junxi stood up from the chair.
Lan Jingqian picked up the teapot on the table, passed it to him and sniffed it: “Ripe Pu’er tea from Yunnan?”
“Well, this one is more than ten years older than you and me. How about it, you, an old classmate who I haven’t seen for many years is back. Is my sincerity enough?”
“Enough.”
Lan Jingqian smiled faintly and raised the teapot in his hand.
“It’s enough to cover one tenth of the cost of the wine you wasted when you visited me last year. For its sake, I’ll just pretend that you haven’t seen me for years and forget about it.”
“Hahaha……”
Jia Junxi was not ashamed when his intentions were exposed, he just walked to the sofa and sat down.
After Lan Jingqian skillfully brewed the tea, Jia Junxi took a cup and asked, “Has the physical examinations for your Auto Technology employees finished?”
“Well, I have to thank you for this employee benefit.”
Jia Junxi said, “After all, this is your first time returning to China to develop the market, and I am the host. How inappropriate would it be if I don’t show some support within my capacity?”
Lan Jingqian chuckled lightly, but his emotion was indifferent: “Thank you.”
“Why are you being polite… Did you remember to get your own physical examination done?” Jia Junxi mentioned it unintentionally, taking a sip of hot tea. “You are not young anymore, you have to take care of your health.”
Lan Jingqian smiled faintly: “I had just gotten checked before coming here. It’s only been a year since we last met. Last time, I didn’t even hear your tone being so full of vicissitudes of life. What’s wrong this time?”
“Well, I’m almost forty, feeling just a little bit emotional, it’s normal.”
“…”
After not seeing each other for a year, Lan Jingqian and Jia Junxi chatted for a long time. The spring water that Jia Junxi had someone send for Lan Jingqian’s return was almost finished, and the conversation became less interesting.
As the last drop of water was poured into the cup, Jia Junxi asked, “How is your relationship status this year? Have you made any progress?”
The slender, beautiful hand holding the long handle of the fairness cup paused in the air. Lan Jingqian lowered his eyes, with an inexplicable sense of alienation in his faint smile.
“I don’t have any desire in this regard. You have always known this.”
Jia Junxi stopped.
After a few seconds of silence in the office, he asked:
“You still can’t forget her, can you?”
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