Chapter 1881 - 1899: Seeing Through the Truth (Part 2)
Nan Fei actually didn’t want to go out; she felt a bit tired, her head was throbbing with pain, probably due to overthinking, and she felt particularly fatigued and wanted to rest. However, with the matter weighing on her mind unresolved, she couldn’t focus on sleeping, so she simply nodded.
"Alright! Let’s go out to eat then! It’s not far anyway."
"No need!" Huo Kewei remembered something, "Let the cafeteria prepare a bit, we’ll eat at the hospital cafeteria. Uncle arranged it with the hospital on the first day of Aunt’s hospitalization, so the cafeteria will specially reserve a private room for us to dine."
Yin Nan gave a thumbs up, then made a gesture for someone to lead the way.
"Okay!"
It’s better not to go out. The group arrived at the second floor of the hospital cafeteria, where indeed there was a private room. It was likely reserved for when higher leadership came to visit and inspect, used to entertain guests. The decoration was unexpectedly nice, with several private rooms, and the one reserved for Huo Beijiang easily seated seven or eight people comfortably.
After the group sat down, although there were no waiters, a professional chef came over to inquire about their tastes. Upon learning that there was a patient, he nodded and left. Clearly, he was used to such situations, knowing what food to prepare, and he already had it figured out.
While waiting for the food to be served, Huo Kewei was anxious, wanting to ask Yin Nan about who he was talking about knowing, when there was a knock on the box door. The person outside rhythmically knocked twice, and the door was pushed open from the outside, admitting a man in a suit, probably in his forties.
Nan Fei leaned back in her chair, squinting at the incoming man, recognizing him. He seemed to be a famous entrepreneur; she had seen him more than once in financial magazines in her past life.
Fu Xinwu also recognized him. Her father was in business after all, and the Fu Family had business dealings with Ji Yuanjie, though they weren’t very familiar.
"Why are you here so fast?" Yin Nan asked in surprise, "Don’t tell me you were just around the hospital?"
"I came here specially." Ji Yuanjie entered, smoothly taking off his suit jacket, elegantly rolling up his shirt sleeves, greeted Yin Nan, and then separately greeted Fu Xinwu and Huo Kewei.
Finally, it was Nan Fei’s turn.
"I presume this must be Student Jiang Nanfei?" Ji Yuanjie was very polite, completely different in demeanor from when he talked to Huo Beijiang and others at the Martyrs’ Cemetery, warmly and enthusiastically saying, "I’ve heard your name for a long time, I greatly admire your work, and I’ve dreamed of acquiring one of your paintings, but I’ve never had the chance to meet the artist in person. Today is truly a stroke of luck."
Yin Nan curled his lips at Ji Yuanjie disdainfully, cursing him inwardly as shameless.
Ji Yuanjie truly admired the painter Jiang Nanfei. As a collector, he couldn’t possibly not know about the painter Jiang Nanfei, who rose to fame and was at the peak of her career from the start. He indeed wanted to buy one of her works but hadn’t managed to.
In truth, Jiang Nanfei was too unconventional as a painter, having created only a few pieces in total, less even than the designs she had drawn in the past!
But previously, no matter how outstanding Jiang Nanfei was in painting, in Ji Yuanjie’s eyes, she was merely a painter without anything particularly special or weighty. Not being able to acquire her artwork was just a matter of not offering enough money. Was Ji Yuanjie short on money?
Of course not!
Ji Yuanjie had plenty of money.
But now it was different. He had his own channels and had already learned before rushing over that Huo Beijiang had been in a car accident, but not only did he come out unscathed in the collision, but he also managed to kill the assassin. Later when Yin Nan rushed there, he was also aware of the incident with the sniper ambush.