Flower City's Peerless Divine Doctor

After dinner, Li Chen finally left Ye Shiman's house.

On the way, Fang Yan called him.

"Brother, what are you up to?"

"I'm outside, about to head home, what's up?"

"Didn't you say you were checking out that guy's information, did you find anything? He's been contacting my mom even more frequently these days, and from their conversations, it sounds like my mom is about to invest in him, I'm a bit worried."

"Yanyan, don't worry, I'm already on it, that guy is a scammer."

Li Chen briefly shared the information he had gleaned from Chen Wanqiu with Fang Yan.

Upon hearing that Chen Zekai was nothing but a kept man, Fang Yan's disdainful tone intensified, "Hmph, I knew it, he's no good."

"I will go back and tell my mom to stay away from that gigolo."

"Yanyan, no!" Li Chen immediately interrupted.

"What's wrong?" Fang Yan asked, puzzled.

"If you tell her, even if she becomes suspicious, she will confront him, and we still don't have any evidence. That man can easily deceive her with his sweet talk."

"Didn't you say your mom really trusts him now? Instead of exposing him, it might just startle the snake. So, we can't talk now."

Li Chen clearly explained the analysis to Fang Yan.

The smart little girl immediately grasped the intricacies of the situation.

Given her understanding of her mother, it indeed could happen.

After a pause, she expressed her concern, "Then what do we do? Do we continue to look for evidence?"

Li Chen pondered for a moment, finding evidence wasn't going to be easy.

Even though Chen Wanqiu knew Zhang Ruping, they weren't close friends. Asking about someone's private life bluntly especially that their kept man was messing around would definitely be inappropriate.

It was indeed a bit tricky!

"Brother, please think of something! My mom will get deeper into this, and I'm afraid she won't be able to handle the blow," Fang Yan's voice came through again.

"I'm thinking!"

Li Chen responded while walking, deep in thought.

Then he had an idea.

Suddenly, an idea surfaced in his mind.

If things went smoothly, it would clearly expose Chen Zekai's true colors, and by then, not a shred of hope would remain.

He then shared the plan with Fang Yan.

"Brother, will that work? It won't hurt mom, will it?" Fang Yan asked, somewhat worried.

"Don't worry, I'll be there when the time comes," Li Chen reassured her.

After agreeing, he finally hung up the phone.

The following two days, Li Chen went to work as usual.

It wasn't until Saturday, around noon, that Fang Yan called again—Meng Yuqing and Chen Zekai had gone out together and were eating at the Italian restaurant in New Century Plaza.

Hearing this, Li Chen excused himself to his family and rushed out.

On the way, he called Chen Wanqiu, asking her to come over.

When he took a taxi to the Italian restaurant, Chen Wanqiu had also arrived, driving her car.

"What's the matter, calling me over in such a hurry?"

"Missed you, can't I have lunch with you?"

"Nice try, spill it—what's going on? I was in the middle of a meeting. When I got your call, I rushed over."

"Called you to watch a show, you'll know soon!"

Chen Wanqiu wore a look of curiosity and, without further questions, followed Li Chen into the restaurant.

This was Li Chen's first time here; the restaurant's facade was not large, but the interior space was quite expansive, and the decor gave it a feeling of being in a foreign vacation spot.

They took a seat at a secluded spot, ordered some food casually, and Li Chen's gaze swept across the room, searching for Meng Yuqing's figure.

Quickly, they found a spot in a corner.

Sitting at this angle, Li Chen couldn't see the person facing Meng Yuqing, but from behind, he was certain, it was none other than Chen Zekai.

At that moment, the two were intimately chatting, completely unaware of Li Chen's presence.

"You little rascal, what are you looking at?"

Seeing Li Chen looking around right after ordering the meal made Chen Wanqiu even more curious.

Following Li Chen's gaze and spotting the elegantly dressed Meng Yuqing, she turned her head and giggled, "You little rascal, can't sit still even during a meal, ogling another woman right in front of me, I might get jealous, you know."

"But, well, that woman does look nice, is she your type?"

Hearing Chen Wanqiu's laughter, Li Chen turned his head around.

Meng Yuqing was thirty-nine and Chen Wanqiu was forty, both of whom were mature beauties who didn't show their age.

The difference was that Chen Wanqiu had a bit more of a sharp, businesswoman's edge, while Meng Yuqing seemed more tender and delicate, especially right now, with her smile blooming beautifully, full of feminine charm.

"Do you know who the man sitting opposite her is?" Li Chen asked with a playful smile, "Chen Zekai!"

"Chen..."

Chen Wanqiu murmured to herself.

She had just spoken a word when she suddenly remembered something Li Chen had asked her the other day, and exclaimed in astonishment, "Zhang Ruping's gigolo?"

"Exactly!"

Li Chen smiled nonchalantly.

He picked up his phone, composed a message, found the number he had gotten from Chen Wanqiu that day, and sent it.

"You little rascal, did you send that to Zhang Ruping?"

"Yep! Didn't I say I'd show you a good show? Having the gigolo secretly dating and getting caught by his sugar mama, should be pretty interesting right?"

Chen Wanqiu fell silent, smiling devilishly.

Her gaze fixed on Li Chen's face, she looked for a while, "You said that woman is a friend's mom whom you know?"

"Yes!"

"A female friend, right?"

Li Chen looked up and saw the playful smile on that beautiful face, he smiled ambiguously, "What are you implying?"

"I just feel like your motives aren't that pure."

"I'm just entrusted by a friend to help out, how is that impure?"

"Really? With such a beautiful woman, are you saying you're not even a bit tempted? You're not planning on having both mother and daughter, are you? You're so twisted..."

At this, Li Chen was abruptly choked up.

So far, he had only formally interacted with Meng Yuqing once.

Recalling that incident in the bathroom made his heart race and his blood boil.

He truly hadn't entertained that thought before, but his cheeks couldn't help but redden.

"What are you talking about? I'm just fulfilling a friend's request, I don't want her mom to be deceived."

"Tsk tsk, your face is all red, you won't even admit it, come on, I won't laugh at you."

Chen Wanqiu's laughter grew even more radiant.

As the CEO of a large company, she had met all sorts of people, especially rich ones from big families, tales of mother-daughter pairs, sister duos, she had heard countless of them.

So, when she spoke about it, she was very relaxed.

"Really..."

He was just speaking.

Beep Beep Beep.

A sharp burst of car horns sounded.

The restaurant was on the edge of New Century Plaza, where vehicles weren't allowed to pass, but, oddly enough, several black business vehicles honked to clear the way for pedestrians and pulled up directly in front of the restaurant.

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