Me After Meeting You

Calvin looked at her with a dazed expression.

But Amber didn’t look back. Instead, she stretched out her out and pointed at another room. “I’m sorry, but I’m still busy right now. If there’s anything else that you need to know, you can go ask dr. An.”

Right after saying this, Amber turned to leave, but Calvin called her back. “Amber ….”

Amber stopped, and quietly turned around to look at him.

Her gaze was too calm, so calm that it naturally commanded one’s silence. The pressure was so intense that Calvin felt like he couldn’t say anything, as anything he said would be extraneous. So he could only laugh bitterly and say, “Alright. Sorry for the trouble.”

Amber smiled and left.

When she entered Ian’s ward, the first thing she saw were Ian’s grandparents sitting outside. The scene was reminiscent of a silent movie, as the two were playing cards without making a single sound. When they saw Amber enter, they became excited and happily whispered to her, “Dr. Camille, you’re here?”

Amber nodded and looked into Ian’s ward. Ian’s grandmother chuckled. “They’re inside.” After gathering her cards, she happily shouted inside, “Ian, Dr. Camille’s here.”

After her announcement, the lawyer came out and led Amber in. Ian was sitting by the bed, one hand was connected to an IV drip and the other was holding a stack of documents, all while an elite-looking man stood by his side. Clearly, the three of them had been discussing business matters.

Amber stood by the door, assessing Ian’s mental condition. He seemed to be doing fine-for someone like him, maintaining his normal cold and aloof demeanor meant that he was normal. She asked, “Should I wait outside?”

“No worries, we’re almost done,” the lawyer said.

At that moment, the elite-looking man started packing his things up. As he left, the lawyer said, “I’ll send him out. Please wait for me, Dr. Camille.” Then the two left.

Now, only Amber remained in the room with Ian. Out of habit, she started checking his medicine before realizing that Ian was still sitting there, his legs were stretched out, his hands folded by his abdomen, and his gaze coolly directed at her.

“Are you feeling alright today?” Amber asked.Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

“I thought that your relationship with Nancy was pretty good.”

This, Amber would never deny. “She’s my professor, and I respect her very much so.”

Ian laughed mockingly. “Respect, but also disagreement.”

“She is a respected professor, but I don’t necessarily have to agree with all of her thoughts and viewpoints. Even in the ancient times, conflicts between a teacher and their student was a normal occurrence.”

“Like with Plato and Aristotle?”

She had just discussed platonic love with him, and now he was even bringing up the schism between Plato and Aristotle, truly, he was a studious patient.

Amber sighed. “I don’t dare compare myself to the great sages. It’s just like what my professor said. I’m ill suited for scientific research.”

“Ill-suited, but you even want to prevent it from happening?”

Amber was serious. “She’s my patient. She came to my hands, and I’m responsible for her. Even if I know that it might be useless, I still want to work hard and try to help her. I’m not a saint, as I’m just trying my best to maintain a clear conscience. So if it’s convenient, I’d like to request your lawyer to help me.”

Ian didn’t say anything. His eyes drooped slightly as he looked at his folded hands. Over the course of his illness, he had gotten quite a bit thinner. His slim body had even become a bit bony, and his skin even paler. Under the ward’s harsh lighting, his long eyebrows made his severe expression look a little more gentle.

But when he spoke again, his words were as detached as before. “Then you should also know that Axton is the largest investor in Nancy’s research laboratory. As the current CEO of Axton, why should I help you rather than her?”

He looked straight at her. “Can you give me a reason?”

After Ian asked his question, Amber felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck her out of the blue.

She had actually forgotten about the relationship between Axton Group and Nancy, and had even foolishly tried to ask Ian’s people to help her stop her own professor.

No wonder the lawyer had insisted that she come over; she’d thought that Ian had taken a personal interest in the matter all right, he had indeed taken an interest in the matter, but a professional one. As the CEO of Axton Group, of course he’d be interested in the going-ons of one of Axton’s most important laboratories.

However, she wasn’t prepared at all for this!

Amber was feeling frantic: her intellect didn’t seem enough to handle a problem as large as this, and she was quite annoyed that she even had to deal with it in the first place. Honestly, shouldn’t it be enough for doctors to just focus on treating their patients? Why did she have to be involved in all these bureaucratic affairs?

But she quickly halted these defeatist thoughts. Amber quickly readjusted her mental state by rubbing her face and letting out a long breath. “My apologies, I forgot about that.”

Amber felt like Ian was about to make a disdainful expression again, and she was exasperated at the thought of it alone. “But it’s alright if you’re not able to. If your lawyer isn’t able to help me, then I’ll find another way on my own.”

As for what Ian had said about giving him a reason, she ignored it.

But Ian didn’t. “Perhaps the person who introduced Lawyer Shawn to you didn’t make it clear, but if he can’t handle the case, then no one else can.”

Amber stared at him.

Ian repeated himself seriously. “I can let him help you, but you need to give me a reason to do so?”

If this were a drama, then at this time, Amber’s response might have been something like, “Alright, I’ll give myself to you then.”

But this wasn’t a drama, and Amber would never say something like that. She looked at him and ground her teeth as she begrudgingly asked, “What sort of reason do you want?”

“How about bringing down Axton Pharmaceuticals? If Axton Pharmaceuticals falls, then Nancy’s laboratory will definitely be affected, and she won’t be able to conduct any further experiments or take in Elly. At least, not in the near future.”

“….”