273: Chapter 273 What exactly is your purpose in coming to this island?

Inside the woods, Xu Zhixia followed less than half a meter behind him, holding a large, broad leaf she had just torn from a tree trunk.

She had never seen such a huge leaf in civilized society.

"Dr. Xu." Without looking back, Lin Fan voiced the doubt in his heart, "What on earth did you come to this island for?"

The question came very abruptly, and Xu Zhixia stopped in her tracks, "Didn't I already say so earlier?"

"I am the accompanying medical consultant hired by Yang Ningcong at a high salary, which is to say, his private doctor responsible for his safety."

"By the way, I am also out looking for Qingxue."

"Not only is Qingxue my dearest best friend, but she is also a walking mega-treasury."

"Yang Ningcong keeps claiming he went out to sea to find true love, and so am I."

"Billions of dollars, who wouldn't be tempted?"

Lin Fan turned around, with his wooden stick propped against the ground.

Looking for Su Qingxue?

Could it be that Yang Ningcong was truly a deeply affectionate young master?

"So, Yang Ningcong's voyage to sea this time was really to pursue Su Qingxue?"

Xu Zhixia let out a short laugh.

"Lin Fan."

She took a step forward, passing Lin Fan, her gaze searching through the bushes.

"You usually have a pretty sharp brain, how come you've become so naive at a time like this?"

Lin Fan didn't reply; of course he didn't believe it, but Yang Ningcong wasn't a fool, and since Su Qingxue had just met with an accident at sea, surely he wouldn't joke with his life just for fun.

As Lin Fan remained silent, Xu Zhixia spoke again, "How could a person like Yang Ningcong risk himself into this kind of unknown danger just for the sake of Su Qingxue alone?"

Xu Zhixia squatted down in front of a moss-covered stone, ahead of which were a few medicinal herbs.

"His voyage to sea this time wasn't for any love at all, purely for fun."

Lin Fan was stunned. It really was just for fun? Wasn't this flirting with death?

Xu Zhixia pulled out those medicinal herbs, "Qingxue had her accident at sea two months ago."

"His dad and mom wasted no one knows how much breath trying to stop him."

"And the result? Once this young master's temper flared up, no one could persuade him otherwise."

"In the end, he ended up looking like this neither human nor ghost now."

"Fun—with his status, couldn't he have enough fun domestically?"

Xu Zhixia stood up.

"Some things are strictly investigated domestically, but out on the high seas, who cares about him."

Xu Zhixia looked Lin Fan up and down.

"I'm not belittling you, but the level of luxury on Yang Ningcong's voyage is something an ordinary person like you wouldn't even dare to imagine."

Lin Fan was choked up by these words, but instead of getting angry, he developed a strong sense of curiosity.

"Oh?"

Lin Fan leaned against the tree trunk, "Let's hear it. How do these rich second-generation heirs who step on our heads usually play?"

Xu Zhixia continued walking forward.

"Do you know what his super yacht was filled with inside?"

Lin Fan shook his head.

"Women."

Xu Zhixia gave the answer.

"Women from more than forty countries, of all kinds—yellow eyes, white skin, everything you could imagine, all invited over by him with money."

Lin Fan was stunned for a moment. More than forty countries.

Was this grandson Yang Ningcong collecting stamps or something?

Changing to a different country every day, he wouldn't repeat for over a month.

As a rich second-generation heir around thirty, could his kidneys take it!

Lin Fan originally thought that the happiness of rich second-generation heirs was nothing more than sports cars and yachts.

Now it seemed poverty not only limited his imagination, but also restricted his worldview!

With this setup, why was he still chasing Su Qingxue?

"Leaving a whole forest un-chopped, why insist on hanging from a single tree?"

Lin Fan couldn't help but complain.

"He brought so many women out to sea, yet still had the time to put on the act of a romantic saint looking for President Su? Isn't that the height of hypocrisy?"

"That's why I say you're naive."

"To Yang Ningcong, those forty-odd women on the ship are called playthings. They are consumables that can be bought with money at any time."

"And Su Qingxue is different."

Xu Zhixia turned her head and glanced at Lin Fan.

"Su Qingxue is the president of Shengtang Group and the heir to a hundred-billion-dollar fortune. To Yang Ningcong, she is not just a woman, but a marriage partner—a super bargaining chip that can double the assets of Yang Group."

"As long as he marries Su Qingxue, domestically, he would become the leader of the entire industry."

Lin Fan wasn't surprised; in high society, there was no love, only matches of equal social status.

"Dr. Xu, I want to ask you another thing?"

"Hm?"

"Yang Ningcong brought women from so many countries out to sea, so why are there only the few of you on this island? Where are the others?"

"Of course, don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in those people with yellow eyes and white skin."

"I just purely want to learn foreign languages. After all, it's pretty boring idling on this island, and if I can learn one more skill, it wouldn't be a bad thing."

Xu Zhixia gave him an eye-roll, "How would I know that?"

"I only know that the tsunami swallowed the cruise ship, and then when I woke up, I was tightly bound up by you."

Uh... Lin Fan quickly snapped back to his senses upon not getting the answer he wanted, "That's not right."

Lin Fan took two steps forward, walking directly in front of Xu Zhixia and cutting off her path for finding herbs.

"You're off topic, Dr. Xu."

Xu Zhixia raised her head.

"What I asked just now was what on earth you are after by coming to this island."

"You just used a whole bunch of Yang Ningcong's absurd history to divert my attention."

"I don't believe you went out to sea truly just for money."

This didn't make sense logically.

With Xu Zhixia's professional level and calm mind, she could easily thrive in any top Grade-III Class-A hospital domestically.

No matter how much the private medical center paid, it wouldn't be enough for her to come wade through this muddy water.

Xu Zhixia stood quietly in place.

Lin Fan stared closely at her.

There was less than half a meter of distance between the two of them.

She bent down, wanting to pluck a blade of grass.

Lin Fan glanced over. This... wasn't right...

How... how could it be even bigger than Qingxue's?

"Snap."

The stem was pulled apart, making a faint crisp sound.

Lin Fan snapped back to his senses. Xu Zhixia seemed to know Lin Fan was looking at her, and she smiled, "Lin Fan."

"We are all corporate slaves. Why should a corporate slave make things difficult for another corporate slave?"

Lin Fan was stunned for a moment.

Corporate slaves?

With this word popping out of this female doctor's mouth, the sense of discord was maxed out.

Xu Zhixia casually threw that herb into her back basket.

"Do you really think I am some medical elite with a well-off family background?"

She shook her head.

"My family's situation is much more miserable than yours."

"A drunkard dad, a gambler mom, supporting the family at a tender age."

Lin Fan almost choked on his own saliva. Why did these lines sound so familiar?

"You think I'm joking?" Xu Zhixia saw Lin Fan's reaction, "This is the true portrayal of my family."

"Dr. Xu, don't lie to me. If your family was really like that, could you have gone to the same school as Su Qingxue? Go trick a ghost..."