Jiang Zhirou paused.
If Lu Wenxi knew that she was going to meet Shu Yi, she would surely be worried. It was better not to tell her about this for the time being.
"I'm with Chi Yu," she said.
"Ah..." Lu Wenxi on the other end of the phone sounded obviously disappointed upon hearing this. "Then you guys go ahead and have dinner."
Chi Yu hated third wheels the most. Lu Wenxi wouldn't be such a big "light bulb" to join them for dinner.
Jiang Zhirou also detected her disappointment. "We'll make another appointment some other day, Wenxi."
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Wenxi leaned back on the sofa. "I finally got off work early today, but none of you guys are available. I can't even find someone to have dinner with."
After work, she rushed straight to Ji Bai's hospital, thinking she could have a romantic dinner with him. But who would have thought that he suddenly had another surgery.
Ji Bai was sitting on his office chair, looking through the materials in his hand.
"Isn't Qingmian available?" he asked.
"She's with Brother Chi Yu. They're on a date. What would I do there?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Bai's hand stopped flipping through the materials. He looked up in Lu Wenxi's direction.
"Are you sure you heard it right? They're not together. Chi Yu is at home. He just asked me to send him Qingmian's previous medical examination report. He said he was going to take Qingmian for treatment these days."
"Qingmian isn't at home?" Lu Wenxi sat up straight and leaned forward, asking Ji Bai.
"No. If she were at home, Chi Yu wouldn't ask me for this in front of her. And, I just found out that Chi Yu is going to propose to Qingmian. So, he's going to take Qingmian for treatment these days to prevent the other personality in her from suddenly showing up."
Hearing these words, Lu Wenxi's expression turned ugly.
Ji Bai also noticed her mood. He put down the things in his hand, walked quickly to the woman, and sat down beside her.
"What's wrong? You look so pale. Don't you want Qingmian to get married early?"
Lu Wenxi shook her head. A terrible thought suddenly popped into her mind.
Seeing her like this, Ji Bai was even more worried. "Don't just shake your head. Say something."
"Ji Bai... Has Qingmian ever lied to me?"
Lu Wenxi suddenly asked such a strange question.
Ji Bai thought for a while. "It seems not. At least I've never heard you say so."
"Since I met Qingmian, she's never lied to me, not even once."
Lu Wenxi looked at Ji Bai very seriously.
"But just now when I called her, she lied to me. She said she was with Brother Chi Yu and they were going to have dinner together."
"Maybe you're overthinking it. Maybe she has something private to do and doesn't want to tell you for the time being?"
Ji Bai thought there was no need to lie about such a thing, so he comforted Lu Wenxi.
But Lu Wenxi kept shaking her head. "No, Qingmian wouldn't do this."
If Qingmian really had something private to deal with, even if she didn't want to tell Chi Yu, she would at least consult Lu Wenxi's opinion.
But she didn't.
Lu Wenxi suddenly remembered the strange feeling she had last time in the hospital.
Now she became nervous. She grabbed Ji Bai tightly. "Ji Bai... Do you think... Is Qingmian really the same Qingmian as before?"
"Maybe... She's not Qingmian anymore?"
Hearing this, Ji Bai frowned. "Why are you as nervous as Chi Yu? This is impossible."
"The memories of the two personalities are not shared. If the current Qingmian is really not Qingmian, then why does she have Qingmian's memories?"
"It doesn't make sense."
"At least there has never been such a case until now."
"But—"
Just as Lu Wenxi was about to say something else, Ji Bai's phone suddenly rang.
"Don't worry too much. I'll answer the phone first."
Ji Bai picked up the phone and walked out of the office.
It was a call from a doctor abroad who was specifically responsible for researching Qingmian's condition.
As soon as Ji Bai answered the phone, the anxious voice of the other person came from the other end.
"Dean Ji, the research direction of the patient Chen Qingmian's condition is completely wrong. She doesn't have dissociative mental disorder. In other words, there is no second personality in her. It's always been herself. Our direction was wrong from the very beginning..."
The following words were all about the progress of the research on Qingmian's condition.
When Ji Bai hung up the phone and returned to the office, his face was much uglier than before.
Seeing his strange expression, Lu Wenxi immediately got up from the sofa and walked towards the man.
"What's wrong? Is something wrong with Qingmian?"
Ji Bai looked at Lu Wenxi with a complicated look in his eyes. It took him a long time to speak. "Wenxi, maybe your guess is right... Maybe the current Qingmian... Really isn't Qingmian anymore..."
"Are... Are you sure..." Lu Wenxi was shocked.
"There is no second personality in her. It's always been herself. But I still don't know why she has two different personalities."
Lu Wenxi's mind was in a mess. According to Ji Bai, her good friend was both herself and not herself.
She was a bit confused for a moment. There was not only shock but also complexity in her eyes.
...
Jiang Zhirou arrived at the restaurant that Shu Yi had mentioned according to the address.
As soon as she walked into the restaurant, she saw Shu Yi sitting by the window. There was also a woman beside him.
It was too far away, and the woman was wearing a hat, so she couldn't see her face clearly.
Jiang Zhirou touched the gun at the back of her waist to make sure it was still there. Then she took a step forward and walked towards the two of them.
As she got closer, the woman beside Shu Yi slowly raised her head.
"Long time no see, Chen Qingmian."
When Jiang Zhirou saw the woman's face clearly, her pupils suddenly shrank.
But in just a second, she quickly regained her composure and sat down on the empty seat opposite them.
There were people coming and going here, and it was a busy downtown area. Xiang Yun wouldn't be stupid enough to attack her here.
After sitting down, Jiang Zhirou looked directly at Xiang Yun.
"You finally decided to show up? I thought you would hide like a mouse for the rest of your life."
After saying this, she shifted her gaze from Xiang Yun to Shu Yi. "I didn't expect that Senior Shu has a wide circle of friends. You even know Miss Xiang."
Jiang Zhirou's words were full of sarcasm.
Shu Yi frowned subconsciously. Qingmian was being a bit aggressive today. His Qingmian shouldn't be like this.
He didn't know Xiang Yun at all. She was arranged by Wen Yuxuan.
He knew very well what the purpose was. It was just to monitor him.
He just didn't expect that Qingmian actually knew this person.
And judging from the situation, there should have been some unpleasantness between the two of them.
Xiang Yun remained silent in the face of Jiang Zhirou's taunts. Her eyes were always fixed on her, as if she wanted to swallow her.
"Don't look at me like that," Jiang Zhirou said to Xiang Yun. "I don't like women. I only love our Professor Chi. If you keep looking at me like this, it's easy for me to misunderstand that you're in love with me."