Chapter 193: Chapter 191: Doctor Wen’s Mysophobia

But after saying this, Wen Ying didn’t elaborate.

This only deepened Hou Yaojun’s suspicion.

’Does she know or not?!’

’Is she just putting on an act, or is this for real?!’

For the rest of the flight, Wen Ying closed her eyes to rest, while Hou Yaojun was completely distracted. He kept glancing over at Wen Ying, his mind racing through one possibility after another.

Suddenly, Hou Yaojun felt his eyes playing tricks on him!

Did he just see the white doll in Doctor Wen’s arms blink?

And not only blink—it seemed to look right at him.

Hou Yaojun stared, looking again. The doll hadn’t moved, nor had it blinked. It was just a doll with plastic eyes.

Hou Yaojun thought it was ridiculous. ’Am I so scared that I’m starting to hallucinate?’

’To think I actually thought a doll could move and blink its eyes?’

’How absurd!’

Just as Hou Yaojun was chiding himself for being too tense, his eyes played tricks on him again!

He was sure he had just seen the doll move again!

And this time!

It wasn’t the eyes that moved, but the paws!

’It was definitely the paws moving!’

Hou Yaojun stared unblinking at the doll. ’My hallucinations must be because of this woman!’

But when he stared intently, the doll was just a doll. It looked like one of those sold online, just a bit more lifelike.

But the seed of doubt had been planted in Hou Yaojun’s heart. He felt some unknown, heavy weight pressing on his chest, making his heart race and his breathing shallow.

’There’s definitely something unnatural about this woman!’

’Leaving someone like her around is just asking for trouble!’

Hou Yaojun closed his eyes and took a deep breath. ’I’m the eldest young master of the Hou family. How can I let a little thing like this scare me?’

’There are countless powerful people in this world, but as long as I have money, no one can harm me!’

As the plane began its descent, Hou Yaojun seemed to make up his mind about something.

Hou Yaowen kept pouting and glancing over at Hou Yaojun, apparently angry that his older brother wouldn’t let him be with the beautiful women.

The plane landed smoothly, and Wen Ying was woken by the woman sitting next to her.

When they disembarked, Hou Yaojun and Hou Yaowen surprisingly hadn’t waited for them or tried to pester them; they were already gone.

The woman looked at Wen Ying with a smile, full of admiration. "Doctor Wen, you’re amazing! You managed to get rid of those two difficult Hou Family members. My name is Xu Jiali. You can call me Lili."

"I’m Wen Ying."

Hearing her name, Xu Jiali’s smile widened even more, taking it as a sign that Doctor Wen had accepted her as a friend.

After they got off the plane, Xu Jiali stuck close to Wen Ying’s side.

"Doctor Wen, this money is yours."

Xu Jiali offered, but Wen Ying didn’t respond, simply continuing toward the airport exit.

"Doctor Wen, I know you don’t care about the money, but I wouldn’t have gotten it without you. The most I can accept is a fifty-fifty split. I can’t take this much all by myself."

At this, Wen Ying finally stopped and turned to look at her. "Who said I don’t care about money?"

"Huh?" Xu Jiali looked at Wen Ying, confused, not understanding what she meant.

"You can have the money. As for what the Hou family owes me, they’ll pay me back themselves."

Xu Jiali was even more confused. ’The Hou family owes Wen Ying something?’

’What could they possibly owe her?’

’Back on the plane, it was clear that Wen Ying was hearing about the Hou family for the first time. How could they already owe her something?’

But since Wen Ying didn’t elaborate, Jiali didn’t feel it was her place to ask.

"Doctor Wen, I just feel like I’m taking advantage of you if I keep all this money."

Wen Ying thought for a moment. "How about this? You can pay for my cab ride to my destination. Consider that your way of paying me back?"

"Okay!" Xu Jiali agreed at once.

Just as they neared the exit after security, Xu Jiali suddenly grabbed Wen Ying’s arm. "Doctor Wen, look! It’s the Hou brothers!"

Wen Ying looked where Xu Jiali was pointing. The two brothers were leaning against the body of a luxurious, expensive-looking car, and they were smiling mysteriously in her direction.

Xu Jiali’s expression turned to one of panic. She had thought they were gone.

She never expected them to be waiting for them here!

’What do I do, what do I do, what do I do?’

’Out here in public, they wouldn’t dare try to force us or do anything crazy, right?’

Wen Ying glanced at the two Hou brothers and continued walking forward, seemingly not worried in the slightest.

"Doctor Wen, why are you still walking? Aren’t you scared?"

"What’s there to be scared of?" Wen Ying’s voice was calm, which only confused Xu Jiali more. ’Could it be that Doctor Wen has a powerful background, too?’

"Don’t worry. You’re the sponsor paying for my cab fare. I won’t let anything happen to you."

Hearing Wen Ying’s words, Xu Jiali still looked conflicted, but she followed her anyway.

’There are so many people at the airport. They definitely can’t get away with anything!’

But things didn’t go as Xu Jiali had expected. Hou Yaowen walked toward them. "Ladies, I’ll give you a ride. Get in the car."

The way he said it was interesting; it wasn’t a suggestion but a command.

Xu Jiali summoned her courage. "No, thank you. We’re not going the same way. Thank you, Young Master Hou."

"Are you trying to embarrass me?" Hou Yaowen’s voice grew cold.

"Miss, you’d better think carefully. Those other cars are all filled with my Hou Family people."

Xu Jiali glanced at Wen Ying. In stark contrast to her own nervousness and worry, Wen Ying looked completely unfazed, as if this were all just a trivial matter.

Only then did Wen Ying look at Hou Yaowen. "Are you sure you want to give us a ride?"

"Of course. It’s my honor to be of service to a beautiful woman, Doctor Wen."

"Alright then. Since it saves me money, why wouldn’t I? Lili, let’s get in."

Xu Jiali grabbed Wen Ying’s arm, trying frantically to signal her.

But Wen Ying seemed resolute, following Hou Yaowen toward the luxurious car.

Xu Jiali stomped her foot in frustration but could only follow along.

Seeing Hou Yaowen bring Wen Ying and Xu Jiali over, Hou Yaojun was very Satisfied.

"The two of you can sit separately. Doctor Wen, you take this car."

The color instantly drained from Xu Jiali’s face.

’We absolutely cannot be separated!’

"Mr. Hou, that’s not very sincere of you. Are you sure you want to separate me from my friend?"

"Since Doctor Wen is against it, then never mind."

Xu Jiali and Wen Ying got into the car and sat in the back row. When Hou Yaowen tried to get in with them, Wen Ying kicked him back out. "Sorry, I’m a germaphobe. You can’t sit here."

It was a seven-seater vehicle. Two people were in the driver and front passenger seats.

Two people in the second row.

The third row could seat three.

Wen Ying and Xu Jiali were in the third row, which was where Hou Yaowen had tried to get in.

Hou Yaowen, who had been about to fly into a rage after being kicked, was merely confused when he heard her excuse. "What kind of germaphobe?"

"Your older brother knows. Why don’t you ask him?"

Hou Yaowen stood outside the car and looked at Hou Yaojun in the second row. "Brother, what... what kind of germaphobia does she have?"

Hou Yaojun’s head throbbed. How was he supposed to explain this?