A Billion Dollar Exchange

When Richen entered the hotel room, Xin Yong was already asleep. She didn't bother waking her. Dropping her purse, she slid out of her dinner gown and walked into the bathroom.

After taking a shower, she changed into her nightwear and lay down next to Xin Yong thinking back to what happened at the party.

She couldn't sleep, she twisted and turned on the bed till she got so tired and didn't know when she drifted off.

Sad and Angry.

.....

"Mr Liu Wei, who are you to the patient?" The Doctor who had checked up on Liling asked. Liu Wei had instructed him to undergo a general checkup on her.

They had waited for about an hour for the results, so when it was ready Liu Wei was called into the doctor's office while Liling stayed in the ward with Wang Feng. She didn't talk to him neither did he.

Actually there was nothing to say to each other.

Liu Wei didn't know how to address himself.

her friend?, he was not even a friend. So what was he?

"I'm her fiancé."

" "

The doctor stared at him inquisitively, his eyes widened in shock. But later coming to himself he answered.

"Okay, from the test results, the patient is well and okay, she can leave immediately"

Liu Wei listened to the doctor silently, but instead of being glad that she was okay, he was rather very sad.

Her being okay, meant that she was going to leave immediately.

He bowed his head a little, his eyes flickered as a thought ran into his mind.

"Could you diagnose her for an illness? "

" "

The doctor stared at him bewilderedly.

'His fiancé was okay, and he is wanting her to be ill, such joke!'

Liu Wei noticed his stare and immediately added.

"Not as though she'll be taking drugs, but.. ' thinking about it, he didn't know how to explain the situation, he immediately thought of something

"The thing is, my fiancé is always working, she's overworking herself. So I need her to rest a little, so could you diagnose her of stress or something?, I'll pay any amount"

The doctor watched Liu Wei's expression. He understood his situation.

'Seems this young fella is in love and wants to be closer to his fiancee, haha.'

"Ah, don't worry Mr. Liu Wei, I understand you. I'll diagnose her of stress and strictly warn that she stays at home for at least two months."

"Thank you doctor"

Liu Wei smiled and thanked the doctor warmly.

"We can go see the patient now"

A smirk evident on Liu Wei's lips.

.....

"Stress? "

Liling's eyes widened. How could she be diagnosed of stress?, she hadn't felt weak in any way...

She was kicked out of her thoughts by the doctors' next sentence.

"..I've given your prescriptions to your fiancé... "

Liling nearly choked on her saliva.

'My fiancé?, I'm not getting married to anyone, who then is my fiancé' She raised her brows as she scanned through the men in the room.

Wang Feng had been with her the whole time, so it couldn't be him. Glancing at Liu Wei, she creased her brows.

'Mr Liu Wei?, he couldn't..'

She stared at him surprisingly. Liu Wei felt her gaze he kept his face expressionlessly straight and played with his phone.

She looked at him doubtfully, but in the end she decided not to trouble herself over it. After all it was just said in passing.

When the doctor left the room, it became silent over again, except for the sound coming from the air conditioner; it could have been as silent as a graveyard.

Thirty seconds..

A minute...

Two minutes...

"Mm mmm, I would be going out for a drink..." Wang Feng who was almost suffocating in the silence finally broke it.

He glanced at Liu Wei who was still fondling with his phone with all seriousness and then at Liling who had been staring at the ticking clock, obviously thinking about something, then quickly left the room, not forgetting to close it behind him.

Without him there, the atmosphere became a bit awkward.

"You heard the doctor, right? "

Liu Wei finally dropped his phone and lifted his gaze to face her.

"Mmm... "

"So you won't be going back anytime soon, the prescription says you have to rest for two months.. "

"I'm going back tomorrow "

Liling cut him off before he could finish, she shifted her gaze from the door and turned to face him, unblinking.

Liu Wei was stunned at her composure, this was the first time he had seen her very serious. He paused for a while before he spoke up again.

"The doctor said... "

"Why are you good to me?, and why do you care? "

" "

'Yes, why do I care!, that question I can't even answer myself'

Liu Wei was utterly speechless, his lips moved but no words came out. Liling had totally changed from being the cute pretty girl to a stern faced mermaid.

She wasn't even smiling anymore. The situation became very awkward for Liu Wei, he stared at her for a while and when he finally summoned the courage to speak, she beat him to it.

"I'm going back tomorrow, I'll rest when I get home. You can give me the doctor's prescriptions, thank you "

She immediately stood up from the bed and walked towards Liu Wei who was standing by the window. Stretching out her hand, she demanded for the prescriptions.

"Liling"

Liu Wei's voice rang out, it was endearing and soft. He tried to hold her hand that was stretched out but she instinctively withdrew it.

"Mr Liu Wei, by any means, do you like me? "

Her eyes darkened with an icy glare, she took two steps back from him and crossed her arms.

Liu Wei was totally speechless. Totally speechless.

He really wasn't expecting those questions at all. It really caught him off guard. He stared at her, his eyes almost speaking his heart's content.

"Mr Liu Wei, please you should deal with any growing feelings, because between you and me, there would be nothing. I'm grateful for everything you've done for me. But our worlds are so different, you should understand it better than anyone else, so let's treat this meeting as an oversight, I'll be taking my leave now." With that, she turned her back and made to leave the ward.

"Liling, wait... "

Liu Wei couldn't help but stop her, he really couldn't control his heart. He held the edge of the curtains tightly to prevent himself from running to her and stopping her himself.

Liling turned to face him, and as professional as she could be she asked.

"Mr Liu Wei, is there anything else?"

Liu Wei was dumbfounded, what he initially wanted to say totally cleared from his brain. His lips fluttered and after some time, he finally spoke.

"Let Wang Feng take you back to the hotel, you don't know the way.. " His voice drained of any vigour. He gently turned around to face the glittering blue sky.