Can't Take My Eyes Off You

C 220-221

They speculated that the girl must have had a special kind of relationship with the Qi family, either Mr. Qi's illegitimate daughter or his mistress. Otherwise, why did the Qi family keep their mouth tightly shut about her, to the point where not even a word had leaked out? They could not explain the Qi family's generosity too.

Jiang Yao threw the matter out of the window after ending the call. If the director were to arrange for a car to come pick her up, she would attend the meeting. If not, she would not go.

Now, she was the majority shareholder of the hospital, she had the ultimate control in her hands. However, from the looks of it, being the majority shareholder alone was not enough. There were still some buggers who were trying to get in her way.

She was furious with those minority shareholders who initiated the meeting without her knowledge beforehand. She doubted that these people did not know she was a student! They deliberately wanted to hold the meeting at 3.30 pm to see if they could manipulate this young shareholder, they wanted to see where her bottom line was and what kind of tricks she had up her sleeves.

Jiang Yao pondered upon the means to seize the control power of these shareholders. She figured that the best and most effective way was to buy back all the shares from these minority shareholders, and became the only owner of the hospital. By doing so, she would have absolute authority in the hospital and no one could object her decision anymore.

Although the idea was very good, it required a lot of money.

If it were not because of her wealthy and heroic husband, she had no idea what kind of hard life she would be having right now.

There was no doubt that Lu Xingzhi was wealthy, but she did not want to rely on him for every single matter.

Her top priority for the moment was to get more money.

She decided to first determine the monetary value of the shares these people had, and see if there were any way she could generate the money needed. If she did not have the means, there would be no choice but to ask from Lu Xingzhi first. When she becomes the owner of the hospital, she could use the revenue to earn money and pay him back.

The morning class ended at 11.10 am. Jiang Yao and Wen Xuehui waited for the rest of their roommates at entrance no. 1 of the cafeteria before the six of them went in together.

As soon as they entered the cafeteria, Moe, who had been sleeping in Jiang Yao's bag, jolted awake instantly. He hid in the bag while peeking out through the tiny gap, observing the people and their food.

"Jiang Yao! Jiang Yao! That guy in the black shirt, what is it he's holding in his hand, the red sauce thing? I want that!"

Moe even booted Jiang Yao's back with its legs in case she could not hear it.

Upon his urge, Jiang Yao looked at the plate as the man was passing by them. The red sauce thing that Moe mentioned was actually sweet and sour ribs.

"Are you sure you can eat that?" Jiang Yao wondered out loud, "I thought that cats and dogs can't eat food with soy sauce or salt?"

Jiang Yao had never reared a pet, but she had heard about the basic knowledge about animals not being able to eat oily and salty food.

"How can you compare me with those inferior animals? I can eat whatever I want to eat!" Moe locked its mesmerized gaze on the man passing by, feeling that its happiest moment was at noon ever since it tagged along with Jiang Yao.

Eventually, Jiang Yao ordered herself a set meal and packed a whole-meat dish for Moe. When she walked to the table where her roommates were sitting with the tray and a takeaway box in her hands, all of the girls stared at her like they were looking at an insane person.

"Jiang Yao, why did you become such a big eater all of a sudden?" Zhou Xiaoxia said while pointing at the takeaway box, "Is this your snack after a nap later?"

"Jiang Yao, are you..." Lin Qiaoyu was sitting beside Jiang Yao. When she spoke, her eyes slowly shifted from the takeaway box to her belly and stared in a daze. "Are you pregnant? I remember when my sister-in-law became quite a glutton, she was pregnant, she could consume several meals a day."

After hearing what Lin Qiaoyu said, the other five girls turned and glued their eyes to Jiang Yao's flat belly.

"Hey, hey! Stop staring at my belly!" Jiang Yao covered her belly and frowned at them. Moe's smirk resonated from her bag, she curled her palm into a fist and punched the bag twice, and then huffed in satisfaction when Moe squeaked an 'ouch!'.

"I'm not pregnant! You guys have pretty absurd imaginations!" Jiang Yao pointed at her bag and said, "I bought it for Moe, it doesn't like eating dried fish or cat food lately."

"Can cats eat these?" Wen Xuehui frowned, curious.

"Yes, that's what we feed our cats back in my hometown, it's fine." Jiang Yao was pretty quick in making up a reasonable bluff, she did not even blink her eyes or blush when she told the lie.

"Oh, I see." Lin Qiaoyu, on the other hand, was the one who blushed timidly. "I'm sorry, I'm overthinking it."

Actually, it was normal for Lin Qiaoyu to think of it that way. After all, Jiang Yao was married and it seemed that she had a good relationship with her husband. Hence, when she noticed that Jiang Yao's appetite had increased tremendously, she could not help but think of her sister-in-law's shocking food intake during her pregnancy.

"Now that you mention it, I also noticed that Moe hasn't been eating much the past few days. It stopped touching the cat food after only two bites, it didn't even look at the dried fish when I offered it one," Zhou Xiaoxia exclaimed, "Your cat is really special."

As soon as they returned to the dorm after lunch, before Jiang Yao could even put her bag away, Moe jumped out of Jiang Yao's bag and urged her while tugging at the takeaway box. Reluctantly, the first thing she did was to pour lunch into Moe's special large feeding bowl.

Finally, Jiang Yao came up with another conclusion about Moe—not only was it a lecherous cat, but it was also a glutton!

Just look at what it picked for lunch! Sweet and sour pork ribs! Fried ribs! Braised ribs! It ate nothing but ribs in a single serving! She wondered if it would ever be concerned about indigestion with all these ribs going through its tiny little digestive system.

Squatting beside Moe, Zhou Xiaoxia watched as Moe ate its lunch with great pleasure. After watching for a while she sighed leisurely and said, "Jiang Yao, your cat's meals are better than all of us combined."

Three servings of meat were not cheap even by the cafeteria's standard. Most of them had limited monthly allowance when they left their hometown to further their studies here, they did not have the luxury to have meat in their meal on a daily basis, yet, Jiang Yao's pet was having three servings of meat for lunch alone.

Zhou Xiaoxia was merely lamenting about the fact that rich people's pets enjoyed a better life than they did, but it was not out of malicious jealousy. She was aware of, and understood, the social disparity between the rich and the poor. She was grateful that she could come here to further her studies and be provided a monthly allowance that was enough for her to live comfortably.

Li Yi and Lin Qiaoyu heard Zhou Xiaoxia's sigh and only then did they find out that Moe was having three servings of meat in its bowl. Reflexively, they glanced at Jiang Yao who was tidying up her books and bag.

Since the first day, they could tell that Jiang Yao came from a wealthy family, but they never expected her to be so rich, she did not seem to frown in dismay or exasperation when she packed such a hearty lunch for her pet.

As a so-called animal, Moe, did not care about the price tag, it only cared about which dishes attracted it.

Before Jiang Yao left for college, her in-laws gave her a hefty amount of money as her living expenses, her parents gave her pocket money, even both her brothers gave her a lot of money to cover for her college expenses. She could afford a luxurious and comfortable lifestyle. Lu Xingzhi also gave her some money when they were at the airport.

Not forgetting the fact that Lu Xingzhi's bankbook was in her possession too. He had been depositing his salary into the account since his first paycheck and never used it, it contained a large sum of money. However, with all the money she obtained from her loved ones, she did not even have to touch the money in the bankbook.