âMy boyfriend bought me a house, itâs still being renovated, so Iâm staying in the company dormitory nowâââ
âYouâre still showing off your property like this? I see youâre really not in any hurry. Fine, donât give me that angry look, I know you have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Your vanity must be stronger than most peopleâs. But from now on, youâll listen to me.â
Professor Liu found it amusing to see Xiao Qian making Ye Xiaoyu speechless. This little steel cannon really had a narrow view, and since Yu Gangdanâs school days, she had been trampling on others at any opportunity. Moreover, she managed to combine this pettiness with her treatment of patients. It was surprisingly harmonious and unified.
âI donât even know if what youâre saying is rightâ¦â Ye Xiaoyu was already somewhat convinced by Xiao Qian after seeing her interactions with her younger sister, but she wouldnât admit it out loud.
But Boss Qian never cared for those hypocritical people. She had dealt with lots of weirdoes, and someone like Ye Xiaoyu wasnât even worth a second glance.
âHow about a bet? No makeup for two months?â
âYou say it, whatever you want!â Ye Xiaoyu felt like she was helplessly being ridden on by Xiao Qian.
âFirst, when your sister can be discharged from the hospital, Iâll consult with the psychiatrist and then weâll come up with a treatment plan. The process will be long because itâs a recurring issue. I alone canât handle it, and your parents arenât suitable to care for a depression patient, so you need to cooperate with me.â
âBut I⦠I have to work!â
âUp to you, this is your familyâs child. If youâre not determined, sheâll have no hope. Of course, you can send her to a mental hospital, but as far as I know, domestic facilities havenât been up to par these past few years.â
Without family members to accompany her, the mental hospital would be crowded and Weiwei would be put together with other depression patients. This would be far from ideal for a child of her age.
âFor your work, I can talk to the director to help you adjust your time.â Professor Liu spoke up.
Ye Xiaoyu nodded without hesitation.
âSecond, you need to move to my apartment complex. The house across from mine seems to be available for rent. You can move there with Weiwei.â
âWhat?!â Ye Xiaoyuâs face showed disgust as if she had eaten a fly. Living with Meiwei would be even more terrifying than going out without makeup!
Even Professor Liu raised her eyebrows, she had expected Xiao Qian to intervene, but she didnât expect it to be so thorough, which was a bit unlike Xiao Qianâs character.
âI have a complete treatment plan for the child. I need to interact with her as much as possible, and being closer to me will be better for control. Be content, if it werenât for your similar names and ages, I wouldnât be so thorough.â Xiao Qian said arrogantly with her chin raised.
âFine⦠but donât let my sister know about my issues, especially⦠about Yu Minglang, and the competition with you at the station. Meiwei, you can do whatever you want to me, but you canât talk about me in front of my sister.â
Xiao Qian responded, sizing up Ye Xiaoyu from head to toe and making a few clicking noises, giving her goosebumps.
âWhat are you doing?â
âI just thought of an ancient saying, âEvil but fearing others to know, there is still goodness in evil.â It means that even though youâre doing something wrong, you fear being found out and still have a sense of shame. This shows that you havenât gone beyond redemption. You know itâs wrong to covet a married man, and youâre embarrassed for your sister to know, so why are you still trying to hook up with my Xiao Qiang?â
âMeiâ¦Wei!â Ye Xiaoyu clenched her fists, wanting to beat her up so badly!
âNo need to shout so loudly, Iâm not deaf. By the way, I need to talk to you about my consultation fee.â
âIf you canât cure me, I wonât pay you!â
âSheâs my best student, she can do it.â Professor Liu enjoyed watching this scene, as her apprenticeâs way of being jealous was quite unique and assertive, and quite entertaining to watch.
âDonât be impatient, letâs make a gentlemanâs agreement. If I donât cure you, I wonât take your consultation fee. My usual fee is this much,â Xiao Qian showed a â5â gesture, and Ye Xiaoyu nodded immediately.
âIs it five thousand? Okay!â Her salary wasnât high, just over a thousand a month without bonuses. Even with the allowance, there wasnât much to spare. However, she also liked to buy cosmetics, so she didnât have much in savings. Five thousand wasnât a small sum, but it was manageable.
Xiao Qian glanced at Professor Liu awkwardly and cleared her throat, âThatâs the price per hourâ¦â
Professor Liu glared at Xiao Qian, this little brat! How could she charge so much?!
How could Xiao Qian tell her mentor that 5,000 per hour was her regular price, and she would even charge tens of thousands for rich targets?
Seeing her teacherâs unhappy face, Xiao Qian quickly added with an apologetic smile, âItâs a market economy, with free pricing. No forcing or coercing, itâs all voluntary!â
âWeâll settle our accounts later!â Professor Liu glared at Xiao Qian, this money-grubber. No wonder she said that Xiao Qian was like a nouveau riche, buying properties left and right, she was practically a quack doctor in the industry!
âYouâre too much, Iâll report you for price gouging!â Ye Xiaoyu was shocked by Xiao Qianâs price.
âDonât be so tense, youâre Xiao Qiangâs old classmate. Iâll give you a pre-enemy price.â
Pre-enemy price⦠It didnât sound like anything good would happen.
Ye Xiaoyuâs mouth twitched as Xiao Qian continued to explain.
âI donât even want your money. Youâre an impoverished anchor, so poor that you even snatch my program that has no perks! How can I ask for your money?â
âMeiwei, enough!â Was this treatment or an insult?
If time could turn back and Ye Xiaoyu had known that her future male god would find such a female destroyer, and that she would be the only one that could save her sister, she would never have messed with Yu Minglang. It was always upsetting to provoke Meiwei, suffering one heartache after another!
Xiao Qian had no sympathy for her. Sanitary napkins and Xiao Qiang were things that she couldnât lend out, so if she didnât torment Ye Xiaoyu to death for coveting Xiao Qiang, how could she survive in the villain circle in the future, and how could she live up to the character sheâd created for herself?
âMy consultation fee isnât money. For every hour I treat your sister, youâll work an hour as a part-time worker in my house, including but not limited to: washing clothes, cooking, shopping, tidying up the room, scrubbing the toilet, wiping windows, wiping cars, fixing electrical circuits, unclogging drainsâ¦â
Xiao Qian counted on her fingers while Ye Xiaoyuâs face turned green.
Professor Liu almost burst out laughing when she heard the outrageous yet cute consultation fee.
There really wasnât anyone else more vengeful than Xiao Qian.
âTeacher, am I being unreasonable? Even the worst doctors in our field charge at least ten or eight yuan per hour, right? And thatâs how much a part-time worker would cost now, right? Weâll take labor as payment, and no one will owe anyone!â
If you covet my Xiao Qiang, youâre dead â fair enough!
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