An Kexin's move this time was both sudden and clean.

Not only did Lin Jie not react in time, but the man beside Li Jiao was also astonished, his mouth agape as he stared at An Kexin, forgetting to take care of Li Jiao, who had fallen to the ground.

Many people in the hall did not notice the strangeness here, and those who saw it perhaps thought that Li Jiao had accidentally twisted her foot and fell, so they paid it no mind.

An Kexin once again linked arms with Lin Jie, smiled gently, and said, "A-Jie, let's go greet the event organizers first."

"Oh... alright, let's go!"

Lin Jie followed An Kexin's lead, moving forward while constantly reminding himself.

Do not be fooled by An Kexin's gentle facade; if any conflict arises with her in the future, I must forbear, I must forbear, absolutely no violence, remember, remember.

"She's my college classmate, just a bitch."

An Kexin explained softly, "At first, I didn't see her true colors. I regarded her as a friend. I never expected her to speak ill of me behind my back and refuse to admit it when I discovered it."

"Since then, she and I have become enemies, and we quarrel from time to time."

"At the graduation dinner, she actually tried to drug me secretly..."

"Drug?"

Lin Jie's face turned cold, and he demanded uncomfortably, "What kind of drug?"

An Kexin chuckled softly and said, "Don't worry, just a laxative. Moreover, she didn't succeed, a classmate saw it and secretly informed me."

"With graduation approaching at that time, there were no more concerns. With all the new and old grievances accumulated together, I beat her up fiercely and even said 'hit her every time I see her.'"

She swung her little fist and said nostalgically, "Beating someone is really much more satisfying than quarreling or cursing. It's truly cathartic! For a bitch like Li Jiao who deserves a beating, force is the only deterrent."

Lin Jie glanced back and saw that Li Jiao had been helped up by that man, and asked, "Li Jiao attending this event must have something to do with the Fu Family, or be related to the pharmaceutical industry."

"Do you know the specific details?"

An Kexin thought for a moment and said, "I remember now, Li Jiao's family is in the pharmaceutical raw material business, and they should be a raw material supplier for Zhengmao Pharmaceutical."

Speaking of this, she smiled and said, "Most industries in the country are buyer's markets, including the healthcare industry. Hospitals are considered the bottom-tier industry, heh…"

"If she dares to provoke me again, I'll figure out a way to make pharmaceutical companies stop buying her family's raw materials…"

"Hey, Expert Lin, you're here!"

"Good evening, Expert Lin!"

At this moment, many people saw Lin Jie and walked over, greeting him and making small talk.

Lin Jie saw many familiar faces, like Cheng Xingguang and Ren Maoshi from the Affiliated Hospital, Fang Lianggong and Ge Junda from Limin Hospital, as well as many strangers coming over to make connections and get acquainted.

Lin Jie is not very adept at handling such social situations.

But with An Kexin's occasional tips and guidance, he managed to exchange a few words with these people, even those he wasn't well acquainted with or even strangers, without making others feel he was too aloof...

At this moment, Li Jiao regained her composure, and the pallor on her face had faded.

She was stepping hard on her boyfriend's shoe with her stiletto heel, angrily saying, "Wang Binglei, are you dead?"

"Even if you couldn't stop her punch, you should have fought back a little to vent for me, right? But you just watched them walk away!"

The man called Wang Binglei endured the pain on his foot, forced a smile, and said, "Jiaojiao, the people here at the event all have some status."

"If I, a grown man, hit your female classmate, even if we're in the right, we'd be wrong."

Li Jiao was furious, raising her foot and stomping hard on Wang Binglei's foot, lowly shouting, "I'm your girlfriend, yet I got hit, and you're still worried about this and that, why don't you just go die!"

She glared at An Kexin and Lin Jie, who were surrounded by several people, with fiery eyes and said, "I won't let this go today..."

Li Jiao, clutching her still aching stomach, suddenly had an idea, and her body softened as she leaned on Wang Binglei, whispering darkly, "Wang Binglei, hold me, make a scene, and then leave appearing panicked…"

"Then we'll go to the City Second Hospital; the deputy dean there is a friend of my father…"

She gritted her teeth and said, "I'll ask him to help forge a miscarriage certificate."

"This time, I won't let An Kexin walk away from this without consequences; if she doesn't kneel and apologize to me, I won't be Li."

Wang Binglei was startled, whispering his dissuasion, "Jiaojiao, doing this elevates the matter to a legal issue; if things get big, it might be hard to handle."

"Look at the people greeting them..."

"Huh..."

It was at this moment that Wang Binglei noticed that those gathered around An Kexin and Lin Jie were all prominent figures in the Binhai Medical Community, including deans from the University Affiliated Hospital and Limin Hospital, as well as several highly esteemed medical experts...

The more he observed, the more astonished Wang Binglei became. These people seemed to revolve subtly around the young man in the center...

He pointed towards the center of the hall, lowered his voice, and said solemnly, "Jiaojiao, did you see that?"

"That's Dean Cheng from the Binhai University Affiliated Hospital, and that's..."

Wang Binglei introduced each person, saying, "This boyfriend of your classmate seems quite remarkable; these heavyweight figures of the Binhai Medical Community are all speaking to him."

"Jiaojiao, the background of this young man might be very profound, so don't act rashly for now."

Although Li Jiao was willful and unruly, she was no fool. At this moment, she also realized that the young man with An Kexin appeared to be of significant status.

Suppressing her restless curiosity, she pursed her lips and said, "You should go find out what the background of that pretty boy is..."

This event marked Fu Xiuyuan's debut as the chairman of Zhengmao Pharmaceutical, and the Fu Family clearly valued it highly, inviting virtually all the notable figures in the Binhai Medical Community.

Naturally, the Hu Family was evidently not on the invitation list.

Moreover, the old master of the Fu Family personally appeared at the reception to lend his support to Fu Xiuyuan.

When the reception officially began, Fu Xiuyuan, in his capacity as chairman, gave a welcome speech and introduced, through visual materials, the new drug the company was launching on the market...

Lin Jie originally intended to give face to Fu Xiuyuan by making an appearance at the reception, planning to stay for about an hour.

However, he had not anticipated that after exchanging a few words with the old master and Fu Xiuyuan, he would be surrounded by several medical professionals.

The conversation naturally shifted to professional medical topics, and whether intentionally testing or genuinely seeking advice, a series of challenging medical problems and conundrums were presented to him.

The issue was that Lin Jie found himself greatly intrigued and engaged in lively discussions with these individuals...

Fu Xiuyuan, holding two glasses of red wine, approached An Kexin, handed her one, and stood beside her, watching Lin Jie surrounded by a dozen people, passionately engaged in conversation.

"Expert Lin is akin to a sun; wherever he goes, he is the focal point of everyone's attention."

An Kexin took a gentle sip of her wine, suppressing the pride in her heart, and modestly said, "That's because today is an occasion suitable for A-Jie's charm to shine."

"If you invited him to a financial industry reception, this wouldn't be the case."

She snorted again and said, "These old foxes surely think the rumors about A-Jie are exaggerated. They must be somewhat skeptical, so they're using this opportunity to gauge A-Jie's worth!"

Fu Xiuyuan sighed and said, "Originally, this reception was supposed to be my inaugural reception, but now it's become another occasion for Expert Lin to expand his influence and gain fame."

"Had I known this earlier, I should have gone along with his excuse not to attend."

He joked, "President An, should I bill you for the reception expenses?"

"No problem!"

An Kexin generously replied, "Just hand me the invoice, if you have the guts to give it, I have the guts to cover it."

Fu Xiuyuan chuckled and said, "If I really did, my old man would probably ground me for a week."

After pausing for a moment, he suddenly asked, "An Kexin, when you first arrived at the reception, did you have a conflict with Lisheng Group's heiress, Li Jiao?"

An Kexin turned to him, smiling brightly, and said, "Why? Is she using you to seek an explanation?"

Fu Xiuyuan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "She wouldn't dare. She's scared because she knows your boyfriend is too formidable."

"So, her father specifically called me, hoping..."

An Kexin smiled, pressing her lips together, and said, "Li Jiao and I were university classmates, and it's just a continuation of our old university grievances, nothing major. Besides, I'm not the one who suffered!"

"Tell her as long as she remembers to keep her distance from me, I won't hold it against her."

Fu Xiuyuan nodded, lifted his wine glass in a gesture of thanks, and said, "Thank you!"

"It's really nothing major, no need for you to intervene, it's alright. As long as she doesn't stir up trouble again, I'm not planning to deal with her!" An Kexin replied politely.

"The issue is, they don't really know your true thoughts."

Fu Xiuyuan observed the people surrounding Lin Jie, noting how their attitudes became increasingly respectful, and said with a sigh, "The influence and network of Expert Lin seem to be growing by the day."

"If he ever gets angry for a beauty's sake and decides to shut down an upstream company, causing its bankruptcy, that might be an exaggeration, but making its orders significantly decrease and dealing it a severe blow, that's something he can achieve."

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