Open a Clinic to Cultivate Myself Chapter 261 Let's Share a Room

Ning Tao said, “This place is far inferior to your hotel room. I have to inconvenience you for the night. Would that be a problem for you?”

Lin Qingyu slightly jerked the corner of her mouth. “So to you, I'm only one of those rich, pampered and extravagant girls, right? I was a very independent girl when studying abroad. The room I rented then was very run-of-the-mill. There will be no problem for me staying here a year, let alone a night.”

Ning Tao smiled. “Very well then, you can sleep in my room tonight. I will sleep in the living room.”

“That won't do,” Lin Qingyu said.

Ning Tao said, “You're a guest. I can't let you sleep on the sofa, can I? Don't stand on ceremony. Let's agree on this: you sleep in my room.”

Only now did Lin Qingyu nod. She suddenly seemed to have remembered something. “Why are you thinking of opening a clinic in Guan City?”

Ning Tao gave a bland smile. “I used to be a roving doctor. After staying too long at one spot, I will feel the need to travel. After some time, I will move with my clinic to another venue. But right now, I'm not sure where I will be going.”

Lin Qingyu could not help but wrinkle her brows. “Why can't you stay in one place? Aren't you looking for a wife to start a family, so you can settle down to a more down-to-earth life?”

Ning Tao said, “That's not the life I want. I am born to be a restless worker.”

Although he said this, this was not the thought he had in his mind. He, too, wanted to remain in Shan City, since it was after all his hometown. He, too, wanted to enter into a relationship with a woman he liked, marry and start a family. But he was a born go-between of good and evil, the owner of Sky Clinic. He was fated not to live such a life.

After finishing Bai Sheng off, he would have to shift. But he did not know where to. How could he settle down in such circumstances, start a relationship with a woman, and even marry and have children?

Lin Qingyu seemed very disappointed by his words and felt dejected. She cast her eyes from the living room down the corridor. She saw a small door ajar. There was a small courtyard behind that door, where clothes were sunning on a rope. On that rope was a pair of green panties and a green bra.

Lin Qingyu's expression instantly changed. “Is there… is there a woman living with you?”

Ning Tao followed her line of sight and looked. “Oh, it's Qing Zhui's clothes. She is living with me. She's the nurse of my clinic.”

Lin Qingyu asked in surprise, “Are you two cohabiting?”

Ning Tao said embarrassedly, “No. She sleeps in one room, I sleep in another.”

“She must be very pretty, right?” Lin Qingyu asked, probing him tentatively. The truth was that she had never seen Qing Zhui before.

Ning Tao nodded. “Yes, she's very pretty.”

Lin Qingyu gazed at Ning Tao with strange eyes. Her eyes seemed almost able to penetrate his heart and unearth his secret. An unmarried man and woman, living in the same house— and the woman's pretty as well! All men had their impulses, right?

At this moment, her cell phone started to ring.

Lin Qingyu took out her cell phone and glanced at it, then picked up the call. “Yes, it's me, Mr. Takeda. Okay, sure… I'll be there soon.”

With these words, Lin Qingyu hung up the phone.

Ning Tao asked, “Was the call from Tamao Takeda?”

Lin Qingyu said, “Yes. He has just touched down. He has booked a hotel and wanted me to go over. He says there are some business matters we need to discuss. I need to go.”

Ning Tao was silent for some time before saying, “That Tamao Takeda isn't a good guy. Both he and his father, Shinsuke Takeda, aren't sincere about cooperating with your company. We had just been sneak attacked. Now, he's asking you to go to his hotel. Doesn't it all seem a bit too coincidental? Can you not go?”

Lin Qingyu said, “But I've already agreed. Besides, I can tell myself if he and his father, Shinsuke Takeda, are good guys. I won't stay in your apartment. I'm leaving for the hotel.” As she spoke, she glanced at that pair of green panties again. That green panties and bra seemed to be the reason behind her change of mind.

Ning Tao said, “If you insist, I will take you there. I'll be worried if you go there alone. Those people may show up again.”

Lin Qingyu thought for a while and then nodded. “Sorry to trouble you then.”

Ning Tao smiled. “Why are you so polite? Let's go. I'll take you there.”

Lin Qingyu turned back her head and glanced at Qing Zhui's panties and bra again, before leaving with Ning Tao.

The electric motorbike God's Will left Hakka Alley and Ning Tao navigated using his phone's GPS. They rode very slowly to Jinri Hotel where Lin Qingyu's appointment was.

Nothing happened on the road. They reached Jinri Hotel without any trouble. It was a recently erected, five-star hotel. Its decor was Japanese and one could tell it was a hotel managed by Japanese investors.

When Ning Tao arrived at the doorway of Jinri Hotel, Tamao Takeda was already waiting at the lobby entrance. There were a few bodyguards by his side, all staring coldly at different places.

Tamao Takeda saw Ning Tao and Lin Qingyu sitting behind him. A cold gleam flashed across his eyes, but in an instant, he switched it into a smile instead. Before Ning Tao's motorbike had reached the steps leading up to the hotel lobby, he had come forward. “Mr. Ning, it's been some time. I'm so happy to see you.”

Ning Tao stopped the motorbike, staring at Tamao Takeda.

Tamao Takeda's bodyguards also advanced, staring alertly at Ning Tao.

Ning Tao smiled. “So it's Mr. Takeda. Hello.”

Lin Qingyu got off God's Will and greeted Tamao Takeda.

Tamao Takeda said with a smile, “I was wondering if Miss Lin might meet with some trouble on the road. It seems that my worries are unwarranted. Miss Lin is such a beauty and there will be someone protecting her everywhere. Mr. Ning, are you worried about Miss Lin traveling alone to this distant city, so you have hurried here from Shan City? I'm so sorry for your troubles.”

He was saying quite plainly that Ning Tao was a leech.

Ning Tao said indifferently, “I have always been zealous about my friends. If someone tried to harm them, I will surely make them pay tenfold.”

A tinge of anger flashed across Tamao Takeda's brows, but it vanished in an instant. He no longer addressed Ning Tao but turned to face Lin Qingyu instead. “Miss Lin, I have got the hotel to prepare your accommodation and a conference room. Please go to your room and take a rest first. Then we can discuss business matters.”

Lin Qingyu hesitated and said, “Mr. Takeda, I need to book another room.”

Tamao Takeda asked, “Why?”

Lin Qingyu answered, “Doctor Ning is my friend and he needs a room too.”

Tamao Takeda started to frown. “This hotel seems fully booked. But I can make an inquiry for you. If there are spare rooms, I will arrange one for Mr. Ning. If there isn't, then sorry. We can't throw the other guests out, can we?” With that, he signaled to a bodyguard with his eyes. The bodyguard left for the lobby reception.

Even without the bodyguard's reply, Ning Tao could guess the outcome. This Japanese-styled hotel must be related to the Takedas. But the more Tamao Takeda tried to keep him away, the more worried he felt. Some uneasy premonition had surfaced in his heart.

Lin Qingyu looked at Ning Tao, saying quite awkwardly, “Tao, why don't we…”

Ning Tao said, “Why don't I wait for you here? Soon it will be suppertime. I will give you a treat to welcome you.”

Lin Qingyu was about to speak, but Tamao Takeda interrupted them. “Mr. Ning, I think you should go first. Miss Lin and I will be discussing late into the night. Besides, it was I who had invited Miss Lin. As the host, I should be the one giving her the treat. Why don't you come back tomorrow?”

Ning Tao stretched a hand into his trouser pocket.

The two bodyguards by Tamao Takeda's side instinctively advanced one step and would have “blocked” Ning Tao's path whichever way he went. Even if Ning Tao was taking out a gun, they would have unhesitatingly blocked the bullets for Tamao Takeda.

Ning Tao's hand came out of the trouser pocket. In his hand was only a cell phone. He had just received a text message.

It was from Bai Jing. “New information. Senior Yin has just found out those men are staying at Jinri Hotel, where you are now.”

Ning Tao put his cell phone back into his pocket and smiled. “Mr. Takeda, aren't your bodyguards a little too vigilant? I was just fishing for my cell phone and they reacted so sensitively. If I was taking out some weapon, could they have really protected you?”

Tamao Takeda said coldly, “What do you mean by these words? Are you threatening me?”

At this moment, a Rolls-Royce full of hanging photos of Gang Island came to the entrance. The limousine stopped and before the porters could open the door, a blond woman had pushed the car door open and alighted.

When he saw her face clearly, Ning Tao could not help but start a little.

It was Joanna, the most favored adopted daughter of Barnes, the Famished Wolf of Wall Street.

“Aha!” Joanna's laughter was uninhibited, full of joy. “What a small world. Doctor Ning, I'm so glad to have run into you here!”

Ning Tao gave a slight smile. “So it's Miss Joanna. What brought you here?”

Joanna's face was wreathed in smiles. “I'm here to attend the Asian Technological Forum. Our financial group has invested in many technological companies. The future of technology is in Asia. So I came.”

Ning Tao shook hands with Joanna.

By his side, Tamao Takeda was watching Ning Tao and Joanna chat fervently. He seemed to have seen a ghost. He had long had information that Barnes's daughter, Joanna, had booked a room in this hotel. He had been planning for her visit. Yet to his surprise, this clinic doctor Ning Tao was now chatting so happily with the world-renowned socialite Joanna!

He did not know Barnes owed his life to Ning Tao. The latter had saved him from the brink of death.

Joanna did not even glance once at Tamao Takeda. Her eyes since alighting had never left Ning Tao's face. After shaking hands, she asked again, “By the way, why are you here, Doctor Ning?”

Ning Tao said, “I would like to stay in this hotel, but there seems to be no room left.”

Joanna said, “I've booked the presidential suite. There are two bedrooms in that suite, so you can stay in one. I would like to chat with you. Would you please honor me with your stay?”

Ning Tao smiled. “Of course I will. Thank you.”

Tamao Takeda's countenance was looking a little ghastly. But he still went up and stretched out his hand, greeting politely, “Miss Joanna, please to have met you.”

Only now did Joanna glance at Tamao Takeda. “You are…?”

Tamao Takeda quite awkwardly retracted his hand. “I am the CEO of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company of Japan. I am one of the shareholders of this hotel. I have long heard of Miss Joanna's name and am very pleased to have met you.”

At this moment, Lin Qingyu edged to Ning Tao's side and said in a strange voice, “You're such a chick magnet. There will be pretty girls who know you wherever you go.”

Ning Tao gave a wry smile and said nothing. If it weren't for Bai Jing's message, would he be so thick-skinned and desperate as to stay in this hotel? Although protecting Lin Qingyu was a vital task, it was also important to investigate the Black Fire Company's motives.

Joanna and Tamao Takeda exchanged niceties before losing interest in each other. She said, “Doctor Ning, let's go to my suite and chat.”

Ning Tao answered, “Please wait for a while. I need to park my motorbike.”

Only now did Joanna discover an electric motorbike by Ning Tao's side. She beckoned and a black bodyguard resembling King Kong who had stood by her Rolls-Royce came forward. She said, “Go and park Mr. Ning's motorbike for him.”

Ning Tao left God's Will in the care of the black bodyguard. He followed Joanna into the hotel.

The black bodyguard wanted to ride God's Will but it would not start. He could only push it away.

Lin Qingyu watched Ning Tao's departing back, her brows deeply furrowed.

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