The Young Urban Doctor

Chapter 551: Chapter 551: Come Clean, Were You Surrounded by Beauties?
 

Luo Ziling didn’t want to respond to Ouyang Feifei’s question, so he eventually excused himself to use the restroom to address a physiological need and temporarily hid away.

After emerging from the bathroom, Ouyang Feifei’s expression had returned to calm as if nothing had happened, sitting elegantly while drinking tea and did not mention anything related to calling off the engagement.

Although the subject wasn’t brought up again, the atmosphere was still somewhat awkward.

About half an hour later, upon realizing that Ouyang Feifei showed no abnormal reaction, Luo Ziling left her villa rather embarrassingly.

For the first time, Ouyang Feifei did not suggest sending him back with Wang Qing but simply walked him to the villa’s gate, reminding him to be careful before returning to her room.

When Luo Ziling left Ouyang Feifei’s villa, he breathed a sigh of relief.

As the cold wind blew, he became very alert.

Reflecting on the day’s events, they seemed more preposterous the more he thought about them.

If he and Ouyang Feifei were in a romantic relationship, then today’s incident would seem normal, and could even be described as warm and touching.

But because they weren’t a couple, everything was awkward, and Ouyang Feifei’s high-profile behavior in the evening also made him feel quite uneasy.

After leaving the villa complex, he didn’t call a taxi; instead, he walked in the direction of the school.

Ouyang Feifei’s villa was several kilometers away from the school, but for Luo Ziling, a few kilometers was no big deal.

On his way back towards the school, he received a call from Ling Ruonan.

“Ling’er, have you come back?” Ling Ruonan knew that Luo Ziling was going to attend a social event with Ouyang Feifei today to meet some celebrities from the medical field. Concerned about how the event went and fearing that Luo Ziling might have encountered trouble, she called to check on him.

Ling Ruonan’s concern made Luo Ziling feel warm, and he quickly responded, “Mom, it has ended, and I am heading back to school now.”

“That’s good,” Ling Ruonan sighed in relief, not delving into it further. She asked Luo Ziling to come to her place tomorrow morning. The two would chat, have lunch together, and afterward, she would take him shopping to buy some daily necessities for him.

Luo Ziling naturally agreed.

For him, maternal love had always been scarce, and if he could genuinely receive his mother’s care and affection, he cherished it greatly. He promised Ling Ruonan that he would come over tomorrow morning to join her for lunch. Then he would accompany her shopping, offering to carry the bags.

Luo Ziling’s reply naturally made Ling Ruonan very happy.

After ending the call with Ling Ruonan, Luo Ziling discovered that he had several unread WeChat messages.

Some were from Ouyang Huihui, others from several classmates in his dorm, and there were also messages from Yang Qingyin.

Luo Ziling quickly opened the messages from Yang Qingyin.

“Junior, has the social event ended?”

“Looks like you’re still there, feasting away!”

Reading the two messages Yang Qingyin sent half an hour ago, Luo Ziling immediately replied with one: “I’m back, jogging on the way to school, I haven’t checked my phone.”

Yang Qingyin’s message came back quickly, “I felt really sleepy this afternoon, so I took a nap and just got up. I haven’t even had dinner. Can you join me for dinner?”

Of course, Luo Ziling wouldn’t reply with a no; he told Yang Qingyin that he could be at the school gate in about ten minutes and suggested she could just wait for him there.

Luo Ziling felt that since Yang Qingyin directly asked him to accompany her to dinner, she must have something to say; how could he possibly refuse?

Without paying any more attention to other messages, he immediately dashed to the school gate.

Thus, a surprising scene appeared on the street, a man dressed in a high-end suit, looking utterly aristocratic, carrying a bag that totally mismatched his attire, running down the sidewalk in leather shoes.

When Luo Ziling, out of breath, reached the school gate, he saw Yang Qingyin, who had disguised herself with glasses and a hat, already waiting for him in a dark corner, and immediately went over to greet her.

“Oh, with your outfit today, I bet the turn-back rate is really high, worried about being harassed by beautiful girls, huh!” After seeing Luo Ziling’s appearance, Yang Qingyin couldn’t help teasing him, “Standing next to you, this ugly duckling feels quite inferior.”

“Keep teasing me, and I’ll have to punish you,” Luo Ziling stretched out a hand and playfully flicked Yang Qingyin’s nose, smiling as he threatened, “Would you like to taste the authentic Luo Family’s Bewildering Fist?”

“What is the Luo-style Bewildering Fist?”

Luo Ziling extended both hands and tickled Yang Qingyin’s waist. While she couldn’t hold back the tickles and giggled, he said with a serious face, “This is it!”

“Annoying junior, always bullying me!” Yang Qingyin made clawing gestures as she prepared for revenge, but Luo Ziling caught her hands.

Fortunately, the place where they were standing was dimly lit, and not many people noticed them.

After fooling around for a while, Yang Qingyin pushed Luo Ziling, “I’ll walk in front, you follow, but don’t stay too close. With the way you’re dressed, I dare not walk with you.”

“Alright,” seeing that Yang Qingyin still had reservations, Luo Ziling didn’t insist and obediently agreed.

Initially, Yang Qingyin wanted to eat noodles, but Luo Ziling was dressed too ostentatiously today, and she felt embarrassed to sit in a noodle shop with him, fearing it might cause another scene.

The incident during the last sports meet blew up on the school forum to such an extent that the server crashed.

Later, the school, upon the requests of some people, temporarily closed the forum and deleted all those posts, claiming to the public that it was due to server failure, and the hard drive data had been lost.

Although Yang Qingyin didn’t feel she had done anything wrong, she knew that her appearance at the sports meet was too high-profile and had a big impact, therefore she still wanted to keep a low profile, at least not letting anyone see her openly with Luo Ziling.

Unconfirmed matters could only be speculation. Guesswork was one thing, but seeing them together was something completely different.

In the end, the two chose a rather upscale coffee house and took a private room.

After sitting down in the private room, Yang Qingyin took off her glasses and looked at Luo Ziling earnestly for a while, then smiled and said, “Dressed like this, you really do look more handsome than most people. Now confess, were you surrounded by beauties at the reception today?”

“Of course, there were,” Luo Ziling pointed to his own face, “With this get-up, if there weren’t any beauties paying attention, I’d have to cry and jump into Lake Wuming to sober up.”

Yang Qingyin was amused by Luo Ziling’s deadpan joke, laughing until she was shaking like a branch in the wind.

When Yang Qingyin managed to stop laughing, Luo Ziling whispered, “Senior, you must have something to tell me today, right?”

Yang Qingyin’s smile faded, and she looked seriously at Luo Ziling, “You’re really smart, I do indeed have something I want to discuss with you.”