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Chapter 962 - 694 favorability rating +5

Chapter 962: 694 favorability rating +5

Jiang Chen left the inpatient department, his relaxed demeanor gone. Arriving at the parking lot, he opened the door and got into his car.

Sitting in the car, he didn’t start it immediately. He thought for a moment while sitting in the driver’s seat.

Then, he took out his mobile phone and made a call.

Capital City.

Cao Jinse was dining in a private restaurant, with Lan Peizhi sitting across from her.

While they were chatting, Cao Jinse’s phone that was placed on the table suddenly rang.

After a glance at the caller ID, Cao Jinse expressed some surprise, then told Lan Peizhi, "Jiang Chen."

Lan Peizhi succinctly said, "He wouldn’t call unless it was important."

Lan Peizhi gave a wry smile, then picked up a napkin to wipe her mouth before answering the call.

"Miss Cao, I hope I’m not disturbing you?"

Polite.

Truly too polite.

Given their current relationship, such an obvious act was completely unnecessary.

"How do you know you’re disturbing me?"

Silence fell on the other end of the line.

Cao Jinse stopped joking, her tone even and laced with a smile, "Go ahead."

"I have a friend who has leukemia, and the best treatment for this disease is bone marrow transplant. However, we can’t find a suitable donor in East Sea. So I wanted to ask if Miss Lan could contact the hospital in Capital City."

She was spot on.

Or to say, she knew this guy very well.

After quietly listening, Cao Jinse glanced at Lan Peizhi across the table and then said somewhat surprised, "You’re saying your friend has leukemia?"

Hearing this, Lan Peizhi turned her gaze as well.

"Yeah, I’ll send you her medical records later."

"Did I say I’d help?"

Jiang Chen fell silent again.

Of course, that was a joke.

Even if they were not friends, they were important business partners now, and Cao Jinse certainly had no reason to refuse such a "small favor."

"May I ask, what kind of friend is this?"

It wasn’t just casual questioning.

She had a fairly good grasp of this man’s character; since meeting, he had contacted her only a handful of times, let alone asking for help.

This friend must be quite special.

"A college classmate."

"Just a classmate? That simple?"

Cao Jinse questioned instinctively, not out of curiosity, but as a reflex triggered by her intelligence.

"She’s a classmate who once had a romantic relationship with me."

Asking for help naturally required an appropriate attitude, and besides, the medical records would reveal the truth, so there was little point in hiding it.

Jiang Chen explained candidly and calmly.

Upon hearing this, Cao Jinse momentarily didn’t know what to say.

"...Sorry."

Jiang Chen didn’t seem to mind, "It’s no trouble."

Cao Jinse didn’t say much more, "I will contact the hospital and let you know if there are any updates."

After hanging up, Cao Jinse put down her phone.

"He said his girlfriend, probably an ex-girlfriend, has leukemia and asked me to help contact the hospital."

Indeed, not an ordinary person. Even when hearing the terrifying three words "leukemia," Lan Peizhi’s expression didn’t fluctuate much, only responding blandly, "The girl who dumped him?"

Cao Jinse showed a strange expression, suddenly eager like a child who wanted to hear a story, "He’s been dumped?"

"At East Sea University, he was quite well-known, mention his name, and there were few who didn’t know it."

Obviously neither of the shining women of their respective eras were gossip types, but now, faced with the same man, they seemed to share an interest in idle talk.

"Miss Lan, you must have looked into him, right? What was he like back in his university days?"

Since one had earnestly asked, the other naturally wouldn’t conceal anything.

And so, Comrade Jiang Chen was unwittingly stripped nearly bare of his secrets, and his once resounding infamy as a lapdog became crystal clear to Cao Jinse.

Wasn’t it said that people from The Jianghu were supposed to be honorable?

Indeed, times had changed.

"All this is true?"

Cao Jinse couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.

"Didn’t you check on him?"

"I did, but not in such detail."

Cao Jinse reflected, "His ex-girlfriend, she must be very beautiful, right?"

"Nothing special."

Lan Peizhi’s reply was casual, "After breaking up with that girl, he seemed a bit fragmented."

Fragmented.

An apt description.

Cao Jinse didn’t seem to find much fault with it, "Maybe it’s because he really had true feelings for that girl, otherwise he wouldn’t be helping her with her illness now."

"People who are sincere nowadays are really rare."

Cao Jinse sighed genuinely.

Although Lan Peizhi hadn’t been very vivid in her storytelling, Cao Jinse had grasped the gist of the story.

For most men, or let’s say ninety percent of them, not to mention lending a hand, faced with such a situation they’d probably gloat or even kick someone while they’re down.

Of course.

Unlike solving math problems, no matter what choice is made, there’s no clear right or wrong.

"The compassion of a woman."

Lan Peizhi summarized it with those words.

"Heh."

Cao Jinse chuckled involuntarily, a smile forming on her lips, "Miss Lan, don’t tell me you wanted him to be cold and uncaring? If he were that ruthless, we’d have to be careful. If he can be so decisive with someone he once truly liked, what about people like us? And another saying goes, those who achieve great things don’t concern themselves with trifles. If you can’t get over emotional hurdles, what great things can you do?"

It was clear to anyone with eyes.

Choosing to treat his ex-girlfriend wasn’t about not being able to let go, on the contrary, it signified he had moved on.

Lan Peizhi might have been pondering Cao Jinse’s words, remaining silent.

"Miss Lan, if you disagree, I’ll refuse him. I don’t really want to earn this kind of favor," Cao Jinse said.

"If you refuse, it shouldn’t affect his good deeds."

Good deeds.

Cao Jinse couldn’t help but laugh, "Today, Miss Lan, you seem to admire his virtue against ingratitude, don’t you?"

Being emotionally detached certainly left no flaws.

But if given a choice, anyone would prefer to associate with someone who had empathetic feelings.

"Good deeds often go unrewarded."

Lan Peizhi didn’t give a direct answer, but it was an answer nonetheless.

"That’s not necessarily true, it’s a matter of probability. I still believe, in this world, there are more good deeds that receive good rewards," Cao Jinse spoke warmly.

Whether "good deeds receive good rewards" was true, no one knew, but it was certain, contrary to what Lan Peizhi said, that there were good people in the world who got rewarded.

Or more precisely, perhaps she herself hoped her own words weren’t reality.

East Sea.

While driving, Jiang Chen suddenly heard a "ding" in his mind.

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He instinctively slammed on the brakes, causing an angry honk from the car behind.

Jiang Chen ignored it, his mind gone blank, his face showing not delight, but only bewilderment.