Chapter 2731: You’re Invited Too

"If you really just see me as a friend, that would be great.""Then what do you think I see you as?"

Li Mingxi fell silent; how was she supposed to answer that.

"You eat. I’m not hungry, I’m going to take a walk." Couldn’t she just go out and eat?

Xiao Lang stood up with his own boxed meal in hand. "You eat, I’ll go out to eat."

Then he left briskly, without any extra entanglement.

Li Mingxi watched his departing back and wondered if she’d gone a bit too far...

But if she didn’t, he would never give up.

She was already 34 this year, and Xiao Lang was 35.

They might look very young on the outside, but they really weren’t that young anymore.

Xiao Lang was already 35; he should be getting married. She couldn’t hold him up.

With that thought, Li Mingxi felt that from now on she had to be even more ruthless.

...

Li Mingxi sat and finished her meal. Just as she was done, her assistant came looking for her.

"Director, someone’s here to see you."

Li Mingxi didn’t rush to ask, instead she looked at Xiaohan.

"Did you ask Xiao Lang to come see me?"

Xiaohan played dumb. "Wasn’t it Mr. Xiao who came to see you on his own?"

"He came to see me and you just let him in?"

"Mr. Xiao is your friend, and you two are so familiar with each other. I thought you wouldn’t mind..."

Yes, they were that familiar.

They’d known each other for years now; anyone would think they had a very good relationship.

There was no way Li Mingxi could tell Xiaohan about the awkwardness between her and Xiao Lang.

"Alright. Next time someone comes to see me, no matter who it is, except my family, you notify me first."

"Okay."

"Who did you say was looking for me just now?"

"It’s Mrs. Wen. She said she was introduced by her son to come for a consultation."

Wen Peng’s mother?

At the thought of Wen Peng, Li Mingxi immediately thought of Wen Ning.

She rose calmly. "Take them to my consulting room."

"Okay."

Li Mingxi put on her white coat and headed toward her consulting room.

Mrs. Wen was already waiting inside, and so was Wen Ning.

When Li Mingxi saw them, her expression stayed composed. She stepped forward, a faint smile at her lips. "Hello, Mrs. Wen."

Mrs. Wen shook her hand. "Miss Li, you’re still as beautiful as ever."

"You can just call me Mingxi, Mrs. Wen. Strictly speaking, you’re also my elder."

"Alright, then I’ll call you Mingxi. Mingxi, this is my younger daughter, Wen Ning. I don’t know if you two have met before?"

"Of course we’ve met. At your son’s wedding last time, I saw Miss Wen."

"Hello, Sister Mingxi." Wen Ning also greeted her with a smile.

After a few polite exchanges, Li Mingxi invited them to sit down.

"I wonder, Mrs. Wen, who is it you’re here for today?"

"Me." Mrs. Wen smiled. "My legs haven’t been very good lately. I’ve had rheumatism for years, and it seems like it’s gotten worse."

Li Mingxi stood up and squatted in front of her. "Let me take a look."

Mrs. Wen’s problem really was rheumatism; it was just that with age, it had grown much more severe.

These were exactly the kind of conditions Li Mingxi was good at treating, but rheumatism still required slow, gradual conditioning; it was impossible to cure completely in the short term.

She prescribed some herbal medicine for Mrs. Wen, then gave her many instructions, and even taught her a set of health exercises before she stopped.

When it came to patients, no matter who they were, Li Mingxi was always very serious and meticulous, never treating anyone carelessly.

Mrs. Wen naturally could feel her sincerity and goodwill.

"Mingxi, it will be Wen Ning’s 26th birthday banquet in a few days. I’d like to invite you to come as well. You must make sure to come then." Mrs. Wen kindly extended the invitation.