Who is Tang Rao, soone who never shortchanges herself, especially when it cos to won. She demonstrates this particularly vividly.
"Shall we deepen this kiss a bit more?"
Wen Jinjin finally caught a chance to catch her breath, and was almost startled into slipping and falling when she heard Tang Rao's suggestion.
"Better not, your head still hurts. You need to rest more. I'll bring over the dicinal al I prepared. Eat sothing and then rest."
Ever since Wen Jinjin returned from Taohuayuan, she seed like a completely different person. She had been by Tang Rao's side all along, but never before had she been so caring towards Tang Rao. Ever since Tang Rao found her again, she beca attentive, gentle, and more emotional.
"Don't overwork yourself. Tomorrow I'll take you to find a location for the clinic. Let's decide where to establish it first."
Establishing a clinic was initially just Wen Jinjin's idea, but now it had beco a shared vision between Wen Jinjin and Tang Rao. Seeing how seriously Tang Rao talked about it, Wen Jinjin readily agreed without any pretense.
As Tang Rao promised, early the next morning, Tang Rao took Wen Jinjin to stroll through the streets.
They crossed several alleys. Tang Rao showed Wen Jinjin several locations, and Wen Jinjin shook her head at each one.
It was either the rent being too expensive, or the place didn't feel suitable.
Since it was Wen Jinjin opening the clinic, naturally, the location was for her to choose.
"Why don't I take you to see the other place? It was actually the first place I thought of taking you to, but that street was heavily damaged recently. It'll take so ti to repair. You should take a look first, and if it's suitable, we can settle there. Otherwise, we'll keep looking."
Tang Rao was referring to the street that was almost completely destroyed by Yan Lin.
Selected by Yan Lin, the street surely had its rits.
This street used to be quite famous locally. It was in a bustling area, with many businesses, and the residents around were quite wealthy. If it wasn't for Yan Lin's devastating blow to the locals, the place would still be as prosperous as ever.
"Alright, let's go have a look first."
Wen Jinjin trusted Tang Rao and knew there was no mistake in what Tang Rao recomnded. Embracing a mindset of giving it a try, she went along.
But what t her eyes?
A whole street in ruins, with a few scattered people cleaning up the debris?
Aside from that, Wen Jinjin didn't see any other scenery.
"You an to build the clinic here?"
Never mind the foot traffic, just the state of the street was enough to make Wen Jinjin want to retreat.
"Yeah, this street has great developnt potential, and here, we only need to buy a piece of land. We can design it however we like, without being constrained by conditions."
Like a lover's retreat, you can design it in whatever style you like, ensuring the structure is fully utilized, rather than having so parts usable and so not.
"Looks like this place just went through a disaster. Is it safe to set up a clinic here?"
Wen Jinjin wasn't worried about her own life being in danger. She didn't want the clinic she worked hard to build to be destroyed at any given mont.
The clinic would be the fruit of her labor. Who would want to see their enterprise, built with hard work, easily destroyed?
"It's safe!"
Tang Rao responded instantly, without even thinking.
Seeing Wen Jinjin's skeptical look, he realized he might have sounded a little too confident earlier. Perhaps the girl thought he was bluffing?
"The person who destroyed this street is dead. I killed him."
That's why Tang Rao was so confident. After hearing the explanation, Wen Jinjin finally relaxed her anxious heart.
"This street is pretty good. Why don't we choose it?"
Seeing Tang Rao placing high hopes on this place, Wen Jinjin straightforwardly agreed to settle on it. She believed that good things never go unnoticed. With her dical skills, even if the street didn't turn out as anticipated, there would still be plenty of visitors.
Moreover, the clinic currently had only one person. If too many people ca, she wouldn't be able to handle it alone.
"Which plot of land do you want?"
Which plot?
Tang Rao was generous and wealthy, not even asking the landowner for their opinion before making bold promises. But Wen Jinjin believed it nonetheless. As long as Tang Rao said it, Wen Jinjin believed it.
"This one."
She casually pointed at a plot of land and gave Tang Rao a nod once she decided.
"This one?"
Tang Rao wondered what was going through this girl's mind. Why would she so easily choose a not-so-prominent piece of land without having a look?
"We don't even know whose land this is or if they'd be willing to sell."
Wen Jinjin bit her finger, speaking as she thought, looking particularly adorable.
Even Tang Rao, watching her, almost forgot their main task.
"I'll go and ask."
To have private ti with Wen Jinjin, Tang Rao had co out without bringing Yue Er. Now needing to inquire about land ownership, he realized how inconvenient it was not having soone to help.
With many people cleaning up the ruins nearby, finding the landowner was quite easy.
"If you're looking for Lao Liu, you'll have to go to his house just over there, in that little house. Speaking of Lao Liu, poor guy, he just lost a son and his shop got destroyed. He's probably at ho wallowing in grief. You want to buy his land? Doubtful; he probably wouldn't be willing to part with it."
Seeing soone interested in the land belonging to Lao Liu's family, the people cleaning the debris turned green with envy. Why couldn't this good fortune fall on them?
Even though business wouldn't necessarily favor them, it didn't stop them from putting obstacles in Tang Rao and Wen Jinjin's way. Their comnts were based on their own assumptions, said casually. If the couple gave up, they still had a lot of land, and reconstruction required money. Why not sell so land to enjoy life instead?
But Tang Rao didn't pay attention to their words, rely observing their greedy eyes to know what they were scheming.
Finding the small house ntioned by those people, Tang Rao knocked on the door. There was soon a response from inside, and after a mont, the door opened.
The elderly man before them was on the brink of old age, unsteady on his feet, trembling slightly.
The light inside was dim. Having just co out, he couldn't quite adapt to the brightness and instinctively shielded his eyes. Once they adjusted, he lowered his hand to scrutinize the two 'unexpected guests.'
"Looking for my son? Unfortunately, he's already dead."
The old man's eyes were red and swollen, clearly from crying; if this continues, he might end up losing his vision.
"No, no, sir, we've co to see you."
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