The young lady hired me to help her and the young master have an online romance.

When he asked who it was, Jiang Wan became wary.

Gu Manning didn't know Tao Mengshu.

Moreover, Tao Mengshu said that Di Wenjun came from a wealthy family in Haicheng.

If she reveals Tao Mengshu's name, and Shang Shixu happens to meet her in the future and asks her about it, wouldn't that expose the truth?

Jiang Wan resolutely kept her true identity hidden and simply made up a story.

Nice Rabbit Squid: [You don't know them, but they're employees of my company.]

Nice Rabbit Squid: [I should go to sleep now, goodnight brother]

Lie: Goodnight

*

the next morning.

When Jiang Wan woke up, there was a new Facebook message on her phone.

A picture.

Inside the basketball court, a man wearing a black and red basketball jersey is dunking.

His entire body was brimming with explosive power.

Muscles, bones, hormones overflowing from the screen.

Jiang Wan blinked.

Is this man displaying his peacock feathers?

I sent her this picture first thing in the morning....

Nice Rabbit Squid: [Good morning, brother! Did you go play ball this afternoon? Was it another scrimmage?]

Lie: [Hmm]

Nice Rabbit Squid: [Did your team win?]

Lie: [With me here, how could we possibly lose?]

Jiang Wan laughed out loud, going along with him—

Nice Rabbit Squid: [Yes, yes, yes, how could my baby possibly lose when he's so good?]

Nice Rabbit Squid: [You're the best in my heart! ദ്ദി˶ｰ̀֊ｰ́)✧]

Lie: [。]

Jiang Wan saw that he used a period and knew he was shy.

—A secretly pleased, repressed man.

Nice Rabbit Squid: [What are your plans for today?]

Lie: [Attending class]

Nice Rabbit Squid: [Me too, but I only have classes in the morning.]

After Jiang Wan finished sending the message, a sly glint flashed in her eyes.

Nice Rabbit Squid: [Honey, don't you feel like we're having an online romance?]

There was a five-second silence on the other end.

Lie: [I don't think so]

Nice Rabbit Squid: [You're just being stubborn~]

Lie: [...]

Jiang Wan smiled and threw off the covers to get out of bed.

*

The Chinese Literature Department teaching building.

11:30 am.

Sunlight streamed obliquely through the classroom windows, casting a golden hue on the desks.

Jiang Wan was sitting by the window, taking notes.

Zhou Feiyan was unusually quiet in the seat next to her today.

Jiang Wan noticed that she kept adjusting her posture.

Sometimes leaning forward, sometimes leaning back, and sometimes turning the body to one side, as if searching for a position that would make it more comfortable.

"Feiyan, what's wrong?" Jiang Wan asked in a low voice.

Zhou Feiyan replied softly, "I probably ate something bad this morning; my stomach is a little upset."

Her lips were a little pale, but her expression was relatively relaxed. "It's okay, it'll be fine in a bit."

Jiang Wan didn't think much of it and continued listening to the lecture.

But less than ten minutes later, Zhou Feiyan's body suddenly stiffened.

He suddenly bent over, clutching his lower right abdomen with both hands, his face turning deathly pale in an instant!

"Flying Swallow?"

Jiang Wan put down her pen, held her shoulders, and felt her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"Wanwan... my stomach hurts so much..."

Zhou Feiyan's voice was broken and intermittent, each word sounding as if it were squeezed out from between her teeth.

A fine layer of cold sweat appeared on her forehead, and the color of her lips changed from pale to bluish-purple.

Jiang Wan's heart clenched suddenly!

Seeing her clutching her lower right abdomen tightly, five words flashed through my mind—

Acute appendicitis!

The moment this thought exploded in Jiang Wan's mind, she stood up abruptly.

"teacher!"

"Zhou Feiyan may have acute appendicitis. I'm calling an ambulance now!"

As he spoke, he took out his phone and dialed 120.

A brief silence fell over the classroom.

The professor strode over from the podium, and the students in the front row turned around to look.

Jiang Wan had already dialed 120.

"Hello, a student in classroom 302 on the third floor of the second teaching building at S University is experiencing acute abdominal pain, suspected to be appendicitis. Please send an ambulance as soon as possible."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Wan squatted down, put one hand on Zhou Feiyan's shoulder, and held her cold hand with the other.

Zhou Feiyan was in so much pain that she curled up in her chair, her forehead pressed against the edge of the desk, and she let out suppressed, intermittent groans.

"It's okay, it's okay, the ambulance will be here soon."

Jiang Wan's voice was very soft and steady, but only she knew that her heart was about to jump out of her throat.

She took out her phone and sent a message in the dormitory group chat.

Jiang Wan: [Feiyan has acute appendicitis. I called 120 and she's waiting for the ambulance in the classroom. Zhile, are you at school?]

Wang Yurong replied almost instantly: 【What?! I just boarded the high-speed train home!】

Li Zhile: [I'm at school, which hospital? I'll go straight there.]

Jiang Wan: [I don't know yet. We'll find out which hospital to take us to when the ambulance arrives. I'll keep you updated in the group chat.]

The ambulance arrived quickly.

When Zhou Feiyan was lifted onto the stretcher, she gripped Jiang Wan's clothes tightly, her fingernails digging into the fabric.

Jiang Wan naturally followed her into the ambulance.

The moment the car door closed, she heard the paramedics reporting information on the walkie-talkie—

"The patient is a 22-year-old female, suspected of having acute appendicitis. Her vital signs are stable, and she is being transferred to the Third People's Hospital of the city."

The Third People's Hospital is the closest Grade III Class A hospital to S University.

The sirens of ambulances tore a path through the city streets.

Jiang Wan sat next to Zhou Feiyan, held her hand, and gave her strength.

She has seen acute appendicitis.

In high school, a boy in my class suddenly had a seizure during evening self-study and was taken to the hospital and immediately taken to the operating room.

The doctor said that if we had arrived half an hour later, the appendix would have perforated, which would have been life-threatening.

Jiang Wan dared not think any further.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Zhou Feiyan was rushed into the emergency room.

The doctor performed an examination and diagnosed it as acute appendicitis, requiring immediate surgery.

When Jiang Wan signed, her fingers trembled slightly, but her handwriting was still relatively neat.

"The surgery will take about an hour. Family members can wait outside." After saying this, the nurse pushed Zhou Feiyan into the operating room.

The operating room door closed, and the only sound in the corridor was the tapping of keyboards coming from the nurses' station not far away.

Jiang Wan sat down on a plastic chair outside the operating room, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled.

"Wanwan."

Li Zhile's voice came from the other end of the corridor.

Jiang Wan looked up and saw her walking quickly forward, asking with a serious expression, "How is it?"

"I just went in, and they said the surgery would take about an hour."

"Are you hungry?" she asked.

Jiang Wan shook her head. "I can't eat."

Li Zhile didn't say anything more, and stayed next to Jiang Wan, waiting with her.

Time passed second by second.

Jiang Wan was a little anxious. She subconsciously took out her phone and, without considering that it was late at night in Boston, sent a message to Shang Shixu.

Nice Rabbit Squid: [My roommate has acute appendicitis and is currently undergoing surgery. I'm at the hospital taking care of her.]

After sending the message, Jiang Wan held her phone tightly in her palm.

A reply came a dozen seconds later.

Lie: [Are you terrified?]

Lie: [Don't be afraid, everything will be alright.]