Why didn't you tell me earlier that my little sister is still waiting for me?

Director Zhang was afraid that Lin Bufan would cause trouble again, so he quickly asked, "Mr. Lin, I've agreed to all your requests. So... when can the treatment demonstration begin? What do we need to prepare?"

Lin Bufan crossed his still slightly numb legs and waved his hand casually, "No rush, no rush. My schedule is quite full these past two days. I have several important international video conferences to attend, and a few small projects worth billions waiting for my approval... How about this, I'll present it in a few days! You can also use these two days to prepare well."

Suddenly remembering something, Lin Bufan quickly added, "By the way, don't send me those minor ailments like colds, fevers, headaches, and brain fever. They're too unchallenging, a complete waste of my time, and don't show my skills. Just pick a few cancer patients. It doesn't matter what kind of cancer it is, lung cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer... It doesn't matter if it's in the early, middle, or late stages, or how serious the condition is. The more difficult the better! Then I can solve them all at once, and it will save you the trouble of verifying them one by one."

"What?!" Director Zhang was so shocked that his glasses nearly slipped off his nose. He frantically adjusted them, his voice distorted with shock. "Mr. Lin, you... you mean, no matter what type of cancer, no matter what stage it's in, no matter how serious it is... you... you can cure it?!"

Director Zhang felt his medical knowledge being challenged once again, and subconsciously explained, "But...but different cancers have vastly different mechanisms of disease progression, malignancy, and drug sensitivity! For example, pancreatic cancer and thyroid cancer are completely different concepts! The treatment difficulty of late-stage, multi-metastatic cancer versus early-stage, localized cancer is vastly different! How...how can we generalize?"

"Hey! It's a world of difference for others, but for me, it's just a piece of cake!" Lin Bufan waved his hand nonchalantly, interrupting Director Zhang's words, his attitude casual and arrogant: "No matter what kind of cancer it is, as long as it has the word cancer in its name, it's all under my jurisdiction! So don't worry about picking people, the more difficult the better, it's best to find me those who your hospital thinks are the most hopeless, who can only receive conservative treatment or are simply sent home to prepare for their funerals! I just want to open your eyes to what it means to bring the dead back to life, what it means to be a medical miracle!"

Without giving Director Zhang a chance to continue, Lin Bufan waved his hand and continued, "Alright, Director Zhang, stop giving me medical advice. Just prepare as I say. Pick the most difficult cases, the harder the better! We'll know when the time comes, just take them out for a walk and see if they're any better. Now, you can get back to your work."

Director Zhang looked at Lin Bufan's confident and unquestionable appearance. Although his heart was still filled with doubts and disbelief, he thought of Chen Nanxing's living example and swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue. He nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Lin, I will prepare and screen suitable cases as soon as possible. When you are free, we can start at any time."

After saying that, Director Zhang nodded towards Mr. and Mrs. Chen and the direction of the bed, then turned around and left the ward with a look of shock and expectation.

As soon as the ward door closed, Chen Nanxing immediately turned around, staring at Lin Bufan with his big, sparkling eyes. His face was filled with undisguised admiration, and his voice trembled with excitement. "Lin Bufan, you're amazing! Cancer! You can cure any type, no matter how severe! This... this is simply like the magic tricks from a fairy tale!"

Lin Bufan enjoyed Chen Nanxing's almost blind admiring gaze, and raised the corners of his mouth proudly. He habitually wanted to shake his hair, but then he remembered that his hair had been dyed back to black and had been cut short, so he couldn't shake it with any momentum at all. He couldn't help but pause, but it didn't affect his pretentious momentum at all.

Lin Bufan cleared his throat and said in a nonchalant tone, "Is that amazing? Sister Nanxing, let me tell you, I have so many amazing qualities. They're like the vast starry sky, too many to count! Treating illnesses and saving lives is just a relatively insignificant skill among my many abilities."

Back in the day, when I was dominating kindergarten, I already displayed extraordinary leadership qualities and artistic talent. I even monopolized the red flowers in the next class! In third grade, the robot I independently developed to write homework won special prize in the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition. Sadly, my mother later confiscated and dismantled it, saying it was interfering with my studies... In junior high, I casually wrote a novel that became a phenomenal online sensation, setting a trend for an era! Not to mention high school, where I developed well-rounded skills in basketball, soccer, table tennis, track and field, swimming, and aerobics, winning city championships with ease..."

Lin Bufan's words became more and more outrageous, but his tone became more and more certain, as if everything he said was an indisputable fact.

Chen Nanxing clasped his hands to his chest, listening without blinking, his face filled with pure admiration and trust, nodding continuously: "Yes! I believe! Lin Bufan, you can definitely do it! You are simply superman!"

Xu Hongdou, standing by, couldn't bear to listen any longer. She raised her hand and pinched her brows, an expression of extreme helplessness and speechlessness on her face. She couldn't help but interrupt Lin Bufan's narration of his "glorious history": "Nanxing! Did you get sick and burn out your brain? What he said is just bragging! How could you believe it?"

Chen Nanxing turned his head and looked at Xu Hongdou, his eyes still firm, with a hint of defense for Lin Bufan: "Hongdou, I think everything Lin Bufan said is true! He is such an amazing person! Otherwise, how can I explain my illness? So many doctors were helpless, but he just used a few lollipops... uh, his special medicine, to cure me! This in itself is the biggest miracle! So, I believe everything he said!"

Lin Bufan immediately raised his chin towards Xu Hongdou, a smug expression that said "just watch!" on his face, his tone teasing: "Hongdou, you're not jealous of me, are you? You know, jealousy can completely change a person's appearance! Look at your expression now, wow, it's almost distorted, it really affects the beauty of your pretty face!"

Xu Hongdou was so angry at the two people's mindless worship, one of them was shameless, that she rolled her eyes and snorted in annoyance. She was too lazy to argue with them anymore. She turned and walked to the window, looked out, and pretended to ignore it.

Seeing this, Lin Bufan winked at Chen Nanxing triumphantly. Chen Nanxing responded with a sweet, adoring smile.

Lin Bufan chatted with Chen Nanxing for a few more words, then looked at the time and stood up to leave. He turned around and looked at Xu Hongdou who was standing by the window: "Hongdou, do you want to go with me?"

Xu Hongdou turned around, shook her head, and said calmly: "No, I'm going to rest today and accompany Nanxing for a while."

"Okay, then you guys chat." Lin Bufan shrugged indifferently, opened the ward door and walked out.

The door closed gently, blocking out the sounds from outside. However, Chen Nanxing's gaze remained on the door, as if he could see through it and see the departing figure.

"Don't look anymore. The person has gone far away. You can't see a single flower even if you look." Xu Hongdou's voice was a bit teasing, breaking the silence in the room.

Chen Nanxing seemed startled, and suddenly came back to his senses. A barely perceptible blush appeared on his cheeks. He looked away in a panic and said with forced calmness, "What are you talking about? I... I just thought the door panel seemed a little dirty, and I was wondering if I should ask the nurse to wipe it..."

Xu Hongdou curled her lips, not exposing Chen Nanxing's despicable lie. She walked to the bed, sat down, picked up an apple, and slowly began to peel it.

The ward fell into a brief silence, with only the slight "rustling" sound of a fruit knife scraping across the apple skin.

After a while, Xu Hongdou stopped what she was doing, raised her head, and her eyes fell on Chen Nanxing's still dazed face. After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but speak: "Nanxing..."

"Hmm?" Chen Nanxing responded absentmindedly.

"You..." Xu Hongdou chose her words carefully: "Are you... in love with Lin Bufan?"

Chen Nanxing's body stiffened imperceptibly for a moment, and then, like a cat whose tail was stepped on, his voice suddenly rose, with obvious panic and denial: "No! What are you talking about! Hongdou, don't make random guesses!"

Xu Hongdou ignored Chen Nanxing's feeble excuse. She put down the apple and knife, and said in a more serious tone, "Nanxing, I'm not kidding you. Lin Bufan... he is indeed very charming, young and promising, handsome, and good at making people happy. Most importantly, he saved your life... I'm not surprised that you would have a good impression of him."

She paused, looked into Chen Nanxing's eyes, and continued, "But you have to see clearly, he is not suitable for you. He is surrounded by...all kinds of women. Look at Rose, then look again... In short, he is too fickle. You will get hurt if you are with him."

Chen Nanxing pouted, reached out and gently pushed Xu Hongdou, her voice full of obvious coquettishness: "No! Hongdou, you are really annoying, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Xu Hongdou handed over the peeled apple, her eyes revealing the helplessness of seeing through everything: "Nanxing, I'm not kidding you. Lin Bufan... He saved you, and I'm more grateful to him than anyone else. But if you get too close to him, you'll be the only one who gets hurt in the end."

"Oh, you're really overthinking it!" Chen Nanxing took the apple, took a big bite, and said vaguely, "I'm just grateful to him, pure gratitude! He's my savior, so isn't it only natural for me to be a little warmer and nicer to him? How can this be linked to whether I like him or not?"

Xu Hongdou said angrily, "You call that a little? I saw it clearly just now. She came out of the bathroom with numb legs, and you rushed over to help her without even putting on your shoes. You looked so nervous, and the concern in your eyes was almost overflowing. How can you call that a little?"

Under Xu Hongdou's relentless pressure, Chen Nanxing, with nowhere to hide, launched a desperate counterattack: "Hey, Hongdou, what's wrong with you? Why do you always pester me with your words? Could it be... that you like Lin Bufan, and seeing me get close to him, you're jealous?"

Xu Hongdou's hand holding the fruit knife suddenly stopped, almost cutting her finger. Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, her voice unconsciously rose an octave, a hint of panic at having her secrets exposed. "You...what nonsense are you talking about! How could I be jealous of him? He and I..."

Xu Hongdou originally wanted to say that the two of them had nothing to do with each other, but suddenly she thought of that damn "contract" and could not continue. Otherwise, if she said it was okay now, they would be together in two days. How could she explain this?

Seeing Xu Hongdou suddenly fall silent, Chen Nanxing immediately began to press the issue: "Oh - so that's how it is - ah - no wonder you kept nagging me about how bad he is, it turns out you have other intentions! Hongdou, you're hiding it well enough!"

"I didn't! Stop talking nonsense!" Xu Hongdou put the fruit knife and the unpeeled apple on the bedside table and said angrily, "Anyway, I have warned you. Whether you listen or not, I don't care!"

Seeing that Xu Hongdou stopped asking questions, Chen Nanxing decided to stop and continued to chew her apple with a smile. However, deep in her eyes, the emotion that Xu Hongdou had mentioned, which even she herself might not have fully understood, quietly settled.

Silence returned to the ward, with only the occasional chirping of birds outside the window and the faint sounds of the city in the distance. The two friends each had their own concerns: one longed for a new life after recovery, while the other was vaguely troubled by the absurd and helpless "contract" relationship that was about to begin.

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Meanwhile, Lin Bufan had already forgotten the little incident at the hospital. After he left the hospital, he called Huang Yimei directly.

Lin Bufan originally wanted to ask Huang Yimei out for a candlelight dinner, and then do some exercise for three hours when he was a little tipsy to work off the alcohol. But unfortunately, Huang Yimei's mother heard her answering the phone, and she insisted that Lin Bufan come to her house for dinner. Unable to refuse her kindness, Lin Bufan had no choice but to drive over!

In the evening, the Huang family's home was filled with the warm and homely atmosphere as always. Huang's mother prepared a sumptuous meal. The steamed fish was so tender and tasty that Lin Bufan praised it generously.

After Huang's father's legs and feet were healed, he became more energetic. He even had a couple of drinks with Lin Bufan at the dinner table and talked about current affairs and technological development. Although he was still often skeptical about Lin Bufan's "high-sounding theories" that sounded like fairy tales, the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.

After dinner, the family sat in the living room, drinking tea, watching TV, and chatting about family matters. However, Huang Yimei seemed a little absent-minded, frequently winking at Lin Bufan, signaling him to stop wasting time and leave quickly.

Lin Bufan held a cup of Coke and sipped it slowly, as if it was some kind of nectar that needed to be savored carefully. He ignored Huang Yimei's frequent glances.

Huang Yimei was so angry when she saw Lin Bufan's complacent look that she finally couldn't help but clear her throat and said, "Mom, Dad, it's getting late. Lin Bufan has something to do tomorrow. I'll take him home first."

After saying that, without waiting for anyone to respond, he pulled Lin Bufan out the door!