The man in the bed is called Bertram, a sophomore, simple-minded, innocent and kind, likes fashion design, and is an orphan. However, as a result of the violence, he developed schizophrenia, which is a dual personality. Under the influence of certain special circumstances, he will do things that hurt others and hurt himself.

When he heard that Bertram was hospitalized, Lance subconsciously thought that he was a second personality, which was why he was in a hurry to leave at that time. But, fortunately, no, when he arrived at the hospital, the doctor told him that it was just an ordinary gastrointestinal cold. He breathed a sigh of relief, Bertram's face was pale, and he looked like he had been eating irregularly for a long time, and he had lived upside down during the day and night.

Lin Qi carried the carefully prepared food, under the name of the company, to DRB's VIP ward area, the senior ward area is different, the decoration is warm, not like a hospital at all.

"Buckle button!"

"Come in."

“lin?!” Lance didn't know that Lin Qi would come over today, because in his heart, Lin Qi's relationship with himself was not good enough to know Bertram's existence.

"Hey! I came to see you on behalf of the company. Lin Qi didn't know the reason, and greeted Lance with a bright smile.

"yes, come in."

Lin Qi entered the ward but found that the person lying on the hospital bed was a teenager he didn't know, and after a closer look, Lance was not wearing a hospital gown, and immediately understood that it was not Lance himself who was sick, but he lied to the media that he was sick for the sake of this boy. It's good that this matter is not exposed, but if it is known by the media, public opinion will definitely ruin his reputation.

He took such a big risk and stayed in the hospital to take care of this boy, and their relationship must have been extraordinary. However, Lin Qi was extremely calm at this time, if he didn't say it, she wouldn't ask.

"It turns out that it's not that you're sick, it's the food I prepared for patients with stomach colds in China. Want to try it? Lin Qi's last sentence was said to the boy on the bed.

The atmosphere was awkward, D stood up and took the thermos bucket in Lin Qi's hand, "This is Bertram, a very important younger brother of Lance; This is Lin, a colleague from our company. D gave a brief introduction to the two.

"Hello, I'm Bertram." The boy smiled kindly, but looked weak.

"Hello Lin, do you like Chinese food?"

"Of course, but I don't have a good stomach, and Lance won't let me eat because most of the dishes are very spicy."

Lin Qi glanced back at Lance, took the porridge that D had received, put it on his small dining table, opened the thermos bucket, and a medicinal fragrance belonging to celery permeated the entire ward.

"Wow, it smells so good, and it doesn't look spicy." Bertram seemed intrigued by the fresh Chinese food that Lin Qi had brought with him.

"Lance doesn't know much about Chinese cuisine, and Chinese food culture is so vast and profound that you can't fully understand it unless you are a professional researcher. This is a recipe given by a friend of mine from a Chinese medicine practitioner, you can rest assured that it is absolutely fine. Lin Qi looked back at Lance with an inquiring look, and Bertram also looked at him pitifully.

Lance walked over and took a look at the porridge, although he didn't know much about Chinese food culture, but this one did look good, and he still had this trust in Lin Qi.

With Lance's acquiescence, Bertram happily picked up the spoon and began to eat. After eating, Lin Qi chatted with him about something else, because the two of them both studied design and had a lot of common topics. Before he knew it, it was time for Bertram to sleep, and after saying a brief goodbye to him, Lance sent Lin Qi out of the ward door. Walking in the hallway, neither of them spoke, and they were about to walk to the elevator. Lance still didn't want to say anything, to explain, Lin Qi broke the silence first.

"You don't want to explain, I won't ask, and rest assured, I won't say anything to anyone."

"I know."

"Really?" Lin Qi looked into Lance's eyes.

"Yes! At least from now on, yes! After Lance finished speaking, he smiled under Lin Qi's gaze at him.

Lin Qi also smiled, "Okay." ”

Lance kept sending her to the gate of the hospital, but Lin Qi didn't rush to stop the car, "This child, is there something wrong with your body?" The first time she saw Bertram, she thought his face was unusual.

Lance was silent for a moment and nodded, "His health has always been bad, his resistance is very poor, he has insomnia, he doesn't eat much, and he is prone to gastrointestinal problems. In addition, I do design, often in the design room, and I don't come out for a few days. ”

"Then has he always been so bad before?"

"No, when he was 17 years old, he was kidnapped, and when he was rescued, he was covered in wounds. Later, after receiving treatment, I began to not like to eat very much. ”

Lin Qi could hear that he was deliberately hiding something, but since it was something he wanted to hide, it was estimated that it was more severe than receiving violent injuries, "Does he also have some mental problems?" ”

Lance paused, "Yes." ”

"I think his problem is complicated and he can't go on like this. You are usually busy with work, it is impossible to be with him anytime and anywhere, there must be something about him that he is not aware of, and you don't know, affecting him. ”

Lance frowned, didn't speak, thinking about how long it was true that he hadn't lived with Bertram for a long time, and that he had told him on the phone about his daily life, and that he might have eaten at all, but for fear that he would be worried, he would say that he had eaten.

This is indeed a problem! But he can't give up his job yet, and he is responsible for all the expenses he and Bertram have. And I don't know when Bertram's illness will attack, and in case of an attack, hospitalization is also a large expense. No, there has to be a solution to this problem.

“lance？ lance？ Lin Qi watched the expression on his face change, and suddenly felt a little jealous, but then he thought about it, what kind of jealousy did she eat with a boy!

"Lin......" Lance didn't know what to say now, he was confused.

"I'll go back first, you can go up."

"Thank you today, he hasn't eaten so happily in the past few days."

"No thanks, I'll come back another day."

"Okay."

Three days later, Lin Qi finally got a half-day off, and hurriedly went to the supermarket to buy a lot of ingredients. After the last incident, she felt that Bertram was so important to Lance, and that she liked her rarely, and she wanted to take this opportunity to bring her relationship with Lance one step closer.

If you want to capture a man's heart, you must first grab a man's stomach. If you want to get a crush, you have to get the people around him first.

Lin Qi summed up these two wise sayings, which is to grab Bertram's stomach.

"Xu Zitang, why did you answer the phone."

"What are you doing?" The other party's voice is obviously not awake yet.

"I want to make yam pork rib soup, tell me how to do it?"

"You don't know how to surf the Internet, do you?"

"If I can understand those recipes, what else would I call a kitchen white!"

“……”

In the end, under the guidance of the smart Xu Zitang, Lin Qi boiled three pots of soup at the same time, one of which barely passed.

While preparing other side dishes, Lin Qi told Xu Zitang about the situation of Bertram, hoping to get some useful information from this genius girl. When he heard that Lin Qijian was looking for a full-time nanny for Bertram, Xu Zitang's mind was excited, what a good opportunity! That's okay, just do it!

"Lin Qi, your friend needs a nanny, I'll go, I know medicine, just help him with diet therapy and adjust his physique."

Lin Qi thought he had heard it wrong, and took the phone to his eyes and looked at it, "Xu Zitang, you're not joking, are you?" ”

"No, I'll be honest with you, I have something I need to go to you, but I don't have a valid reason right now."

Lin Qi packed the soup and put the side dishes in the crisper box, "Oh~~, I knew that you would be so kind!" ”

"Okay! One word! ”

"Okay, I have to ask the family's opinion?"

"Quick Fix!"

Lin Qi went to the hospital to see Bertram that day, and he liked Lin Qi's soup very much. He also told Lin Qi about many Chinese cities he wanted to visit, and Lin Qi introduced him to many good places in China that he didn't know. Bertram was so happy that the smile on his lips was still deep until Lance came.

After Bertram fell asleep, Lance and Lin Qi went to the small flower garden of the hospital and sat on a bench.

"Lin, Bertram likes you very much."

"Yes, I can see it."

"What about you? Are you so good to him because of me? Lance never mentioned what Lin Qi confessed that day, not because he forgot, but because he didn't know how to face it. He didn't want to hurt her so bluntly, especially after she helped her hide Bertram, but he couldn't live with anyone in his heart for a long time, and he was tormented by what to say so that he didn't lose a very special good friend.

Lin Qi looked at her and smiled, "This factor can't be ruled out, but there is another point, it's just because we fell in love." In the eyes of China, fate is a very magical thing, and it cannot be described by any adjective. ”

"I didn't deliberately avoid what you said to me before, I said that I had someone I liked. It's not a lie, it's just that he and I are not in a relationship. Lance tried to be as tactful as possible.

"I know, but I'm not going to give up, you don't have to be distressed, I'm not going to cause you any trouble. I will tell you by action how worthy of your love I am. Lin Qi looked at him fixedly.

Lance looked at Lin Qi's eyes, warm feelings, and his heart was very entangled.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, let's talk about the matter in front of me." Lin Qi sat down again.

"What?"

"I have a friend who is a genius and she is well-versed in Chinese medicine. I had no intention of talking about Bertram before. She said that she was going to come to the United States for a while to do some things, and she needed a quiet place to live. I think we can repay her by asking her to help Bertram recuperate, and by the way, let her live with Bertram. ”

Lance thought for a moment, "I can agree to provide accommodation, but I'd like to meet Bertram to get his body right." You can rest assured that even if I don't ask her to take care of Bertram, she will provide accommodation. ”

“ok。”

Lin Qi didn't expect that Xu Zitang moved so fast, and after only three days of hard work, she had already arrived in the United States.

When Lin Qi received Xu Zitang's call, she was still working, but she was already at the airport, so she had no choice but to ask for leave to pick her up.

"Yes, I have the car." Xu Zitang said that Lin Qi drove a small broken second-hand car that he bought with his salary. The corners of his mouth trembled, you Miss Xu, I haven't seen any luxury cars.

"I'll tell you, you'll be a little more reliable in a while." Lin Qi looked at her flip-flops, super shorts, and small vest, which was already unreliable, but her breasts were still so big, and she was a female hooligan!

"Don't worry, everything is in the suitcase, you can find me a place to change my outfit first."

When she arrived at CAA, Lin Qi first found a dressing room for Xu Zitang and asked her to change her clothes. He called Lance again and told him to go to the pre-arranged conference room. Everyone was busy, Xu Zitang came in a hurry, and Lin Qi had no choice but to arrange the meeting directly at CAA.

Xu Zitang came out with a change of outfit, Lin Qi was really a little frightened, wouldn't it really backfire?

Xu Zitang was dressed in a dark flower robe, and Lin Qi couldn't say why, anyway, it was tailor-made at first glance, his long hair was tied behind his head with a hairband, there was almost no trace of makeup on his face, he was wearing embroidered cloth shoes, and he was carrying a special box for traditional Chinese medicine.

Before entering the door, Xu Zitang moved his facial muscles, and immediately changed into an indifferent look that is customary to traditional Chinese medicine. There is really a little bit of fairy wind bones.

After entering, Xu Zitang found that Lance had been doubting his professionalism, and Xu Zitang didn't want to grind. I had to resort to a little bluffing. She stepped forward and touched Lance's vein, then said, "Haven't you slept with someone in a long time?" ”

Lin Qi almost squirted out a mouthful of water, what is this thing talking about?!

Lance was shocked at first, but then delighted.

"This is the depression in your body, plus the usual work fatigue, the vitality of the guide zhì is empty, although there is nothing to show now, but after a long time, it will not be accurate. Have you been feeling a chill in your lower back lately? ”

"Yes."

Xu Zitang clenched his fist with his hand and pressed it lightly on one of his acupoints, and Lance immediately felt the pain and exhaled slightly.

Xu Zitang changed his technique again and massaged him, and within a few minutes, Lance's expression began to become happy, and Xu Zitang stopped when he saw this.

"How?"

"It's amazing! In the future, my brother will trouble you! ”

Xu Zitang waved his hand, "Just provide me with a place to live." No other remuneration will be charged. ”

Lance was puzzled.

Lin Qi explained to him, "This is the rule passed down by her master, curing diseases and saving people, in their eyes, it is the accumulation of virtue." ”

Hearing Lin Qi's explanation, Xu Zitang almost didn't hold back, accumulating virtue? For those things she did, she had to treat as many people as she could accumulate for free.