Chapter 367: Chapter 366: Missed Calls
The whole roasted pig at Water World was slow-roasted, much like a whole roasted lamb. The restaurant claimed they used their own free-range pigs from the mountains, weighing one hundred fifty to one hundred sixty pounds, and marinated them for twelve hours in a secret, proprietary sauce.
Yan Feifan wasn’t sure if this was just a marketing gimmick.
But the roasted pork ribs were undeniably savory and fragrant. Paired with crisp, sweet mini cucumbers, they didn’t taste greasy at all.
At first, Yan Ziruo had been demure, insisting one pork rib would be enough for her.
But she had one after another, only stopping after she’d eaten four...
After lunch, the four of them relaxed on beach loungers, chatting idly and resting.
But it wasn’t long before Yan Feifan fell asleep...
When he opened his eyes again, it was nearly five in the afternoon. He had slept for almost four hours.
A beach lounger was no substitute for a real bed, and Yan Feifan woke up with a sore back and numb legs.
As he stretched his stiff limbs, he asked Yu Suye, who was waiting beside him, "You didn’t go have fun? Have you been watching me this whole time?"
"Where are my sister and that guy?"
Yu Suye chuckled. "Your sister left for the city already. She went in that guy’s car."
"I wasn’t watching you the whole time. I had fun with her until four. I came over when I got tired."
Yan Feifan murmured an "oh" and said, "We should get going too..."
When they got to the locker room, Yan Feifan opened his locker with the passcode and found several missed calls on his phone.
To make sure they could all enjoy the day without distractions, Yan Ziruo had made everyone leave their phones in their lockers.
Yan Feifan had thought about his patients and, since none required urgent monitoring, had agreed to his sister’s plan.
As for any emergency patients who might have tried to reach him today, Yan Feifan could only feel they were out of luck.
Yan Feifan picked up his phone and checked it, finding missed calls from Zhao Xiaoting, Wang Chuan, and Qin Ying.
Zhao Xiaoting, in particular, had called five times.
Yan Feifan first returned Mrs. Qin’s call.
"Mrs. Qin, I was at Water World today. Is there something you need?"
Qin Ying acknowledged this with a soft "oh" before continuing, "Guo Fan, the national badminton player, referred a basketball player to us."
"I’ve accepted the case. It’s a wrist joint injury."
"I’m thinking of making Su Ye the attending physician, with you by her side to supervise. Her skills still aren’t quite on your level."
Yan Feifan agreed. "No problem, Mrs. Qin. Su Ye and I will take good care of his injury."
After ending the call with Mrs. Qin, Yan Feifan dialed Wang Chuan’s number.
"Finally awake?"
Hearing Wang Chuan’s teasing tone, Yan Feifan chuckled. "Chief, did you speak with my sister?"
"Yes. When I couldn’t reach you, I tried your sister. She already got back to me."
After a pause, Wang Chuan’s voice came through the phone again. "Good for you. Life needs a bit of balance."
"I was actually worried you’d just keep slaving away at the hospital like a workaholic until one day you suddenly burned out, had a breakdown, and decided you didn’t want to be a doctor anymore."
Yan Feifan chuckled. "Chief, that’s not going to happen to me."
"Healing the sick and saving lives is my passion. I’ll never get tired of it."
Wang Chuan laughed heartily over the phone. "Don’t be so sure. This work carries a heavy weight."
"Oh, and Ziruo mentioned you spotted someone with melanoma at Water World today?"
"Just a suspected case," Yan Feifan corrected him.
"With your Eyes of Golden Flame, I’d say it’s practically a sure thing."
Wang Chuan offered the praise, then quickly added, "Water World isn’t far from my place. Why don’t you and Su Ye come over for dinner?"
"I happened to run into Mr. Pan today, and I mentioned the financing for the company you’re founding. He’s very interested."
"After dinner, you can chat with him about it..."
Yan Feifan agreed. Finally, he dialed Zhao Xiaoting’s number.
"Oh, thank heavens! You finally called back, Mr. Yan..."
Yan Feifan cut her off bluntly. "Get to the point."
"Mr. Yan, you don’t understand. I couldn’t reach you, and I’ve been getting hounded to death over it."
Zhao Xiaoting explained with an aggrieved tone, then quickly added, "She’s arriving in Binhai tonight."
"Mr. Yan, is it possible to arrange an examination for tonight?"
Yan Feifan considered for a moment. "Have her come to the plastic surgery center at midnight. We’ll make the necessary arrangements to ensure confidentiality."
"Okay, I got it!"
"Mr. Yan..."
Before she could finish, Yan Feifan cut in again, "Anything else?"
"No!"
"Then that’s all."
Yan Feifan hung up, changed his clothes, and walked out of the locker room to find Yu Suye already waiting for him.
"Did you talk to Mrs. Qin?"
When Yu Suye nodded, Yan Feifan added magnanimously, "About that basketball player’s injury, I want you to handle it with full confidence."
"If anything goes wrong, I’ll take the fall."
Yu Suye’s eyes crinkled with delight. She looped her arm through Yan Feifan’s and giggled. "With you saying that, I can do whatever I want, tee-hee..."
Yan Feifan quickly added a condition. "As long as it’s something you can reach by jumping."
"Don’t get too carried away."
Yu Suye gave him a cute eye-roll and huffed, "Am I that reckless?"
"Let’s go..."
Yu Suye drove to the Phoenix Tail Mountain Villa District. Following Yan Feifan’s directions, she followed the mountain road up to a villa at the very peak.
She followed Yan Feifan into the villa’s small yard, where a little dog came running and barking. WOOF! WOOF! Yan Feifan bent down and scooped it up.
"Fanfei..."
The voice was hoarse and grating to Yu Suye’s ears, and the words were somewhat slurred.
Then, she saw a young girl with a face that was half-angel, half-demon emerge from the villa.
Yanyan took the squirming little dog, Helen, from Yan Feifan. She looked at Yu Suye and complimented her, "Wow, you’re so pretty."
Yu Suye replied graciously, "Thank you."
"Yanyan, you’re going to be beautiful too. I truly believe that."
Yanyan patted Helen’s head to calm her down. "I’m confident about that too," she said.
"Fanfei is a genius who’s always creating miracles."
"Isn’t that right?"
Yan Feifan met Yanyan’s gaze and nodded firmly. "Yanyan, just you wait. You’re going to stun everyone."
"Did you finish your exercises for today?"
"All done!"
Yanyan then grabbed Helen by the scruff of her neck, extended her arm, and began lifting and lowering the dog like a weight.
"Fanfei, I can do this fifty times without even breathing hard."
"Yeah, right," Yan Feifan said, clearly not believing her.
Just then, Wang Chuan appeared in the doorway, smiling. "Dinner’s ready. Come and eat..."
At the dinner table, Wang Chuan told Yan Feifan that Yanyan’s mother was interested in investing twenty million RMB in Yanyan’s name...
"Feifan, before you arrived, I spoke with Mr. Pan again."
"He said he’s invited a few friends and they’re waiting for us..."
