Chapter 66: Wish
Wei Jie slowly opened his eyes. The pain from his arm made it difficult for him to sleep well most of the time.
For Wei Jie, pain is a good thing, as it means there is still hope.
I had no feeling in my lower body, as if it was not my own body. My legs and body felt like an object that did not belong to me.
When Wei Jie touched the side of his leg with his hand, it felt like he had touched a corpse. The feeling was the same as when he touched the soles of his feet that were numb from squatting; it was very strange.
His left arm often suddenly hurts recently, so Wei Jie always has to have someone watching him.
This is the case day and night. There must be someone by his side to take care of Wei Jie in case of emergencies.
After Wei Jie opened his eyes, Tan Xinyue, who was watching over him, asked, "Does it hurt again?"
"It's a mild case, so no need to take medicine." Wei Jie explained his feelings at the moment, "I don't want to take sleeping pills unless necessary."
Tan Xinyue sat down again and took her hand back from the cabinet. "Okay, eating too much of this is not good for you."
Wei Jie couldn't sleep. He felt like it was still midnight and it was very quiet outside.
After being silent for a while, Wei Jie looked at the ceiling and said slowly: "Do you have any wishes?"
When Tan Xinyue heard such a sudden question, she smiled and said, "Yes, I have many wishes."
Wei Jie said: "Then tell me a wish that you find difficult to fulfill, a wish that you have always wanted to realize."
"Okay, let me think about it."
Tan Xinyue felt that she had many wishes, but now she suddenly had to say one, she felt a little at a loss.
Soon, Tan Xinyue said, "When I was very young, I thought one million was enough for me to spend in my lifetime, but later I found that at least five million was needed. And now, I feel that ten million may not be enough. Who knows what will happen in a few years? It's not easy out there now. Everything is rising sharply. Maybe in a few years, ten million will be the level of ordinary people."
This is what bothered Tan Xinyue. After sighing, she continued, "So I feel that making money is useless now. I should have a way to make money stably at any time, such as collecting rent."
Wei Jie asked directly: "So what is your wish?"
Tan Xinyue explained: "It means having a house in a first-tier city so that I can have a retirement home. I am old, and I am not learning to prescribe medicine for people. I really don't know how many years I can hold on."
Tan Xinyue is not old. She is the type who is almost mature, and her body and appearance are very well maintained.
But time is time, and it cannot be retained by care and cosmetics alone.
"You invested in some broken property before." Wei Jie knew that Tan Xinyue had lost the money in her own business, but he didn't know what it was.
In the past, he only valued Tan Xinyue's ability to take care of people and never asked about other things.
Thinking back to the past, Tan Xinyue felt very sad and regretful.
"As for investment and loan, I thought I could get out as soon as possible and make a profit, but I didn't expect that as soon as I put in the money, it swallowed the money and ran away without even giving me a chance to test the waters."
Although Tan Xinyue's explanation was very simple, Wei Jie already understood roughly what it was.
"Oh, so that's it. It's really stupid. This trick is for smart people like you who have some money. If you are a low-income person, you won't be fooled, because if you want to defraud money, you are mainly targeted at the middle class."
After hearing what Wei Jie said, Tan Xinyue became even more upset.
"Oh, if only I had met you earlier and talked to you, I would definitely not have been deceived."
Wei Jie smiled disdainfully, "Not necessarily. I am not good at giving advice, and you don't seem like someone who would listen to advice. I guess when I told you not to follow me, you probably thought I was young and naive, and that you were self-righteous and thought you could just keep doing nothing."
Tan Xinyue could see the mocking expression on Wei Jie's face, and said awkwardly: "Maybe, but if I had met you earlier, you would definitely have a way to prevent me from investing money in that trap."
Wei Jie smiled again and said, "No, I usually won't persuade people again after persuading them once. If I do, not only will it upset them, but they will also resent me after they are deceived, thinking that I didn't persuade them hard enough."
"So when I encounter this kind of thing, I won't persuade you again after trying it once. I will agree with you, pretend to have the same idea as you, and then not follow you. After you are cheated and bankrupt, I will give you food to eat, a place to live, and lend you some money. You will definitely gain more."
Wei Jie was expressing his true thoughts. He was just that kind of person.
Wei Jie would do things that would add icing on the cake, and he would also do things that would provide timely assistance.
Tan Xinyue felt like she was being taken advantage of by Wei Jie. Wei Jie was obviously the one who needed care, and she was much older than Wei Jie, but when she was with Wei Jie, she was always the one being tamed.
Tan Xinyue was helpless : "I regret it very much. So much money is gone just like that. That is half of my savings. Now I can only come here to sell myself to work and pay off the debt. It's a bargain for you."
Wei Jie's face was still full of disdain, and he looked down upon Tan Xinyue's defense.
"If it's really half of my savings, it means you're very sensible. Humph! From my guess, I'm afraid you not only invested your own money, but in order to make more money, you must have borrowed money to make more money, and then got pricked by a thorn, and after paying all the money, you hid in my place to escape the debt, right?"
Tan Xinyue was very embarrassed and lowered her head nervously, "You know everything? Did anyone ask you for money?"
Wei Jie said casually: "No, I just guessed it very simply. You don't leave a good impression on me."
Tan Xinyue was very embarrassed. She had been trying hard to redeem herself from the unpleasantness of hiding her gender. After all, Wei Jie wanted a male doctor from the beginning, and Tan Xinyue had been working very hard so as not to give Wei Jie the impression that she was not as good as a male doctor.
Wei Jie quickly said, "Don't be nervous. You stayed here because of your skills. I think you can do this job. Besides, compared to a male doctor, a beautiful female doctor who looks comfortable is not bad. As long as she doesn't cause trouble for me, it's fine."
Tan Xinyue breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more at ease. She stood up and said, "I will cherish this job. I feel that the time I have spent with you is very pleasant, but I feel like I am always being bullied by you."
Wei Jie soon saw Tan Xinyue sitting next to him.
In order to help Wei Jie, who was enduring the pain, relax, Tan Xinyue placed Wei Jie's intact right hand in front of herself to divert Wei Jie's attention.
When enduring pain, you still need to grab something with your hands, or be grabbed by someone, to divert the pain through touch.
Wei Jie closed his eyes. "My wish is to recover my body. This wish is very difficult , at least for me. I can't find anyone who can professionally solve my problem. But you are lucky to have met a professional who can solve your problem."
Wei Jie didn't have good intentions, he just wanted others to look forward to something happening with him.
"When my right hand is healed, I will fulfill your wish."
