Super Doctor - Chapter 179

But thankfully… Xu Ze saw the information on Sun Lingfei’s father. It was relatively normal. Aside from holding shares in several well-known large corporations and having two mistresses on the side, there wasn’t anything too excessive…

However, according to the data analyzed by Xiao Dao, the Sun family’s situation seemed to have taken a turn for the worse over the past two years… A certain high-level backer of theirs had fallen from power… So the Sun family was now trying to find another reliable patron… and forming a marriage alliance seemed to be one option they were considering…

Reading the analysis provided by Xiao Dao, Xu Ze couldn’t help but frown. Only now did he truly understand the meaning behind the expressions Old Master Li and Li Yue had when they confirmed his relationship with Sun Lingfei.

And also the reason why Lingfei had been so reluctant to face her feelings for him before…

“Xiao Dao… do you think I have a chance?” Xu Ze pondered for a long while before finally asking with a soft sigh.

“Yes… and as long as you can hold on until after Sun Lingfei graduates, your chances are very high, at least eighty percent…” Xiao Dao replied without any hesitation…

“Two years?” Xu Ze raised an eyebrow.

“Mmm… two years… As long as you are careful and work hard enough, and if nothing unexpected happens, in two years you will have a status comparable to the Sun family…” Xiao Dao stated with certainty…

“Alright… then let it be two years… I hope we can hold on…” Xu Ze looked at the information displayed on the light screen and suddenly smiled. “Show me the information on the others… let me have a good look… I need to prepare myself and see… what kind of opponents I’ll be facing in the future…”

The images on the light screen flashed page by page, and Xu Ze’s expression grew increasingly serious. Seeing these people and this information, he now understood just how much he would have to contend with by walking this path.

Just how many things were hidden deep within the circles of Yanjing… and what terrifying power lay concealed there…

“So? Are you scared?”

“No… I just feel a lot of pressure…” Xu Ze answered honestly.

“Mmm… It’s natural to feel pressure… But, you have me… In two years, we should have enough strength. Worst case scenario, we just go and snatch her away… I don’t think that would be too difficult…” Xiao Dao said very seriously.

Xu Ze also nodded lightly. “Mmm… if it comes to that… then we’ll snatch her… Anyway, I said I would, even if I had to snatch her, I’d bring her back…”

Summer in Yanjing was still very hot. Although they had agreed to meet for dinner, Sun Lingfei came out early… They had arranged to meet at a French restaurant with a nice atmosphere.

Xu Ze had asked Li Yue earlier to borrow a car. Knowing what Xu Ze needed it for, Li Yue generously had his own Aston Martin delivered.

Looking at this very familiar car model, Xu Ze smiled. This was the first high-end sports car he had encountered in the virtual space. He never thought Li Yue would lend him his beloved car. He had originally just intended to borrow an ordinary car…

Seeing that it was almost time, Xu Ze drove off, following the route Xiao Dao suggested, heading towards the agreed-upon restaurant…

He hadn’t been driving long when Xiao Dao suddenly warned in his mind: “Xu… someone is following you…”

“Someone’s following me?” Xu Ze raised an eyebrow. He had only shown his face yesterday, and already someone was tailing him today? It seemed he really was a trouble magnet…

Xu Ze glanced in the rearview mirror. There was a line of cars behind him; he really couldn’t tell which one it was… Yanjing had more cars than anywhere else…

“That black Hyundai…” Xiao Dao said with a light laugh. “It’s been following you since you left the hotel. It’s followed you through four intersections now…”

“A black Hyundai?” Xu Ze looked behind him and indeed, among the line of cars, he spotted the black Hyundai in the third position.

He then smiled slightly and said, “Alright… let them follow… Keep an eye on them for me…”

“Okay… I’m on it… Even if you needed me to get a satellite for surveillance, I could get it for you…” Xiao Dao chuckled proudly. Monitoring one car was a trivial matter for him.

With Xiao Dao handling it, Xu Ze stopped worrying and drove on towards the restaurant.

Arriving at the restaurant, Xu Ze headed to the reserved table. Sun Lingfei had actually arrived before him. Seeing her, Xu Ze couldn’t help but smile.

He walked over quietly and sat down, saying with a smile, “You’re earlier than me…”

Sun Lingfei looked up at Xu Ze, a happy smile appearing on her face. “I had nothing to do at home… so I came out early…”

“Oh…” Xu Ze smiled and nodded. He understood perfectly well that, just like him, they both just wanted to see each other sooner.

Sun Lingfei had already ordered. She nodded to the waiter, who began bringing the dishes.

Pointing at the food, Sun Lingfei looked sweetly at Xu Ze and said, “Do you remember? This is what you ordered the first time we ate out together…”

Xu Ze looked at the chicken salad and pan-seared foie gras on the table and smiled, nodding. “I can’t believe you remember…”

“Of course I remember…” Sun Lingfei’s charming eyes were full of tender affection as she looked at Xu Ze. “This is also the first time the two of us are formally eating out together… So I ordered these for you again. I hope you like them!”

“Of course I like them…” The two engaged in intimate, loving conversation, causing Xiao Dao, who had been about to say something, to quickly retreat.

‘Xu gave strict orders not to spy on his privacy. I guess this counts, right?…’ Xiao Dao shrunk back in the virtual space, thinking helplessly, ‘Phew… I only heard a little bit. That was just too mushy…’

The two spent over an hour enjoying their meal, much to the frustration of the men in the black Hyundai waiting outside…

Two young men wearing sunglasses sat in the car, nibbling on hamburgers they’d brought from KFC, grumbling. “I don’t know what Young Master Wu is thinking, having us tail this guy… They’re in there having a fancy dinner, and we’re stuck here eating burgers…”

“Ji Mao, stop complaining. I heard this is something Young Master Bao specifically asked to be done. We’d better do it well. If we lose them, Young Master Wu will definitely have our hides…” The other man took a fierce bite of his burger, gulped down some Coke, and stared intently at the entrance, afraid he might miss them.

Little did they know that while they were watching, they were being watched themselves. Xiao Dao listened to their conversation gleefully in the virtual space. Since successfully advancing to Level 2, his abilities had grown significantly. Monitoring a conversation within a few hundred meters was effortless for him now, requiring no special equipment and very little energy.

“Young Master Wu? Young Master Bao?” Xiao Dao grinned. “Wu Yuelong? Zhang Libao?”

“It’s most likely those two… They probably want to cause trouble for Xu today… Should I warn Xu?”

Xiao Dao frowned thoughtfully, but soon shook his head and chuckled lightly. “Forget it… He’s in the middle of a romantic conversation right now… It’d be rude to interrupt.”

“Besides, now that I’m Level 2… what can’t we handle? It’s not like anyone would dare fire a missile at us in the capital…” Xiao Dao thought smugly. He lounged in the virtual space, humming a little tune while listening to the two unlucky fellows’ chat.

A long time later, the external monitor finally reported that dear host Xu and his sweetheart had finished their romantic dinner and were preparing for him to take her home…

Xiao Dao checked the time… Hmm… past nine already. Things on this planet were so troublesome… a meal taking over two hours… sigh…

Xiao Dao looked at the monitor showing Xu Ze and Sun Lingfei still being all lovey-dovey. He could only sigh. Oh well… let him be… With me watching, nothing bad will happen…

Sun Lingfei looked at the car Xu Ze was driving and said with surprised laughter, “You and Li Yue must really be close. He even lent you his favorite car…”

“Heh… He’s uncommonly good to me. I said I needed a car, and he just sent this one over…” Xu Ze shook his head with a light laugh.

“Let’s go… Get in. I’ll take you back slowly…” Xu Ze said with a smile.

“Okay… Let’s drive out of the city first, then head back slowly… It’s too noisy in the city…” They got in the car and drove towards the Western Hills outside the city.

The traffic in Yanjing was heavy. It took them a good half hour just to get out of the city. Once on the ring road outside, Xu Ze cruised slowly at 40 km/h near the edge, gradually lowering the convertible top…

“This is so nice… It’s been so long since I’ve gone for a drive like this at night…” Sun Lingfei leaned her head gently on Xu Ze’s shoulder, smiling sweetly.

“What about your car? Did you leave it in Xingcheng?” Xu Ze asked casually.

“Mmm… It’s in the garage at my apartment complex…”

“Oh… That’s fine. I’ll be staying in Yanjing for a few more days. I’ll come pick you up then.”

“You’re staying a few more days? Do you have other things to do?” Sun Lingfei asked curiously.

“Mmm… Li Yue said he wants to introduce me to a few people…” Xu Ze nodded with a smile.

“Introduce you to people?” Sun Lingfei was curious. Who would Li Yue want to introduce Xu Ze to?

Xu Ze smiled and nodded. “I’m not sure either, but since he’s taking me to meet them, they probably aren’t ordinary people. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have asked me to stay longer.”

“Oh… That makes sense…” Sun Lingfei nodded, then suddenly said happily, “Li Yue is really good to you… He thinks of everything for you. I find it quite surprising…”

Xu Ze smiled and was about to reply when Xiao Dao’s voice sounded in his mind: “Xu… We have a minor issue…”

“A minor issue?” Xu Ze was startled, only then remembering that he had been followed on his way here…