Crashing into an Old Flame
Chapter 210: Lead the way

Chapter 210: Lead the way

Unable to take it any longer, Diana turned to look at the woman, ’’What? You want to splash wine again?"

A hint of awkwardness flashed in Veronica’s eyes as her face turned slightly red, ’’Who do you think you are?" she scoffed exaggeratingly, trying to sound arrogant.

Diana arched a brow. She had the urge to laugh.

But before she could say anything, the elevator doors opened and Veronica left hastily as if she would suffocate if she spent another moment in her presence.

Diana chuckled but the smile on her face was quickly wiped when she looked at her phone.

As she was walking with her attention on the phone, she did not even realize that she was about to bump into someone until a familiar voice exclaimed, ’’Girl, do you want to kill me?!"

Diana was stunned. She glanced at the owner of the voice.

It was the patient she had met twice, ’’Sir, are you alright?" Diana quickly bowed.

The middle-aged man sighed, ’’You young people walk around like you are royalty.’’

The corner of her lips twitched slightly but she did not argue with him, ’’How have you been? Are you feeling well lately?"

The man nodded, ’’I am the same.’’

’’Oh, the last time we met, you dropped your lighter,’’ As she spoke, Diana reached towards her bag to take out that lighter but she realized that she had not brought it with her. Moreover, the bag she brought today was a different one. She scratched her neck awkwardly, ’’It’s left at home.’’

’’I thought I lost it...’’ the man muttered absent-mindedly.

’’I had wanted to look for you but I was busy these days and I don’t know your name...’’

’’Louis.’’

Diana’s eyes widened. ’Louis’ was engraved on his lighter so it was truly his name.

Louis looked at Diana thoughtfully, ’’Why don’t you take a walk with me? I am bored.’’

Diana wanted to deny but when she noticed his hopeful expression, she could not bring herself to do that.

This patient was too lonely. She saw him thrice in the hospital, including today and every time, he was all by himself without any friends or family with him.

’’Sure, where would you like to go?"

"Let’s go to the garden. I have been admitted here for two days now and I usually go to the hospital garden when I am bored. It’s a good place.’’

Diana smiled, ’’Sure, please lead the way.’’

Louis looked at her with a strange expression on his face when he heard her words.

’’Uh...’’ Was there something wrong?

’’You girl... You don’t even know where the hospital garden is yet an amateur like you was running around trying to take over my issue. Which doctor hired you to be his assistant? If his eyesight is so bad, how can I trust him with my life?!"

Diana’s lips twitched slightly. Why was she taunted for no reason?

Although the gossip has been clarified with what Diana did and nobody dared to provoke her like before, unlike the hospital staff, no patient would care to take a look at the hospital notice board. So, naturally, this man in front of her who was super paranoid about his health issues thought that she was playing around in the hospital.

When he saw that the girl had turned quiet, Louis frowned. Did he scold her too much? Was he so harsh that it scared her!?

Sigh... This younger generation really had feeble minds.

In the end, he scoffed, ’’You are still so young. You should be much younger than my son and there is a lot of time for you to do many things. You must not fool around with important things like this. If you are still interested in this field, you need to gain decent knowledge and experience first...’’

While talking, he had already started walking towards the garden.

Diana followed him speechlessly while being lectured about the moral ethics of a human.

In the hospital hallway.

Hazel walked ahead with four shopping bags, two in each hand.

Following her was Logan who held eight bags, four in each hand.

’’Do you think little Ana would like all this stuff?" Hazel had a thoughtful expression on her face.

There was not a single expression on Logan’s face when he heard that. What had he got to do with any of these?

The sight of that stunning man carrying shopping bags caused every woman in the hallway to stop and stare. But when they saw Hazel, they inevitably felt a little jealous and wanted to be in her place instead.

Although Hazel was in her 40s but neither her face nor her figure gave her age away. No matter how one looked, she was beautiful and elegant and if she stood beside Maxim, she could easily pass off as his elder sister.

Hazel could sense the stares. So, she turned around and gave Logan a look, ’’After Little Ana takes Max in, it will be your turn to find someone for yourself,’’ she warned.

Logan’s lips twitched slightly.

What exactly did she mean by ’takes Max in’? Was Maxim a dog in his mother’s eyes?

’’No need.’’

Hazel was irked when she looked at his emotionless face, ’’There is a need. Oh, I forgot to ask. Do you have a girl you like?"

"No.’’

"A crush?"

"No."

’’A wife or ex-wife?"

"_" ’’No.’’

"A motherly figure?"

Logan’s tone dipped, ’’No.’’

Hazel sighed, ’’Then, I will personally take over your matters,’’ Logan and Ivy might be working for Maxim for the past few years but in her eyes, they were more like siblings. Ivy was still young so her matters could wait. As for Logan... ’’You are not getting young anymore. Even Max had accumulated some good luck from his past life to have encountered Little Ana in this one. But not everyone can be as lucky.’’

Logan nodded. He would prefer to stay away from such luck.

’’But you don’t need to worry,’’ Hazel stepped back and patted his shoulder, ’’Since I am here, I will naturally handle all your luck. I will set up a profile for you on Tinder. Let’s arrange a photoshoot this week and we also need to do some shopping for you...’’

With that, Hazel planned everything meticulously, not noticing Logan’s handsome face gradually turning blank.

Even if Hazel noticed it, she chose to avoid it. In her opinion, it was the more, the merrier. If Diana, Daisy, Logan, Ivy, Ryle, and Maxim could be happy and settled, that would make her feel assured.

She had lost a lot of things in her life. When she got married, she had to drop out of the university and after her father’s death, she never once had the chance to look back.

Now, even if she went around dating anyone, it was not to build a family with them. Her heart had weathered many storms over the years to be easily moved by anyone anymore.

But the warmth of family was something that she always cherished. When she lost her father and did not have anyone, there was still Maxim. And now with all these kids around, Hazel could not ask for anything more.

’’Do we need to contact Director Qin before visiting him?" Logan cut her thoughts off.

Hazel waved a hand, ’’Uncle should be in his office. There is no need to inform him...’’ she trailed off when she was suddenly reminded of something, ’’Did you get the chessboard we bought?"

Hazel was naturally bored and wanted to visit Diana. But knowing her son, he would be petty and childish when it was about matters related to Diana.

So, she ended up shopping for Diana to use it as an excuse to visit her, and on her way, she had even gotten her hand on an antique chessboard that she bought for Old Master Qin without a second thought.

’’It’s left in the car trunk.’’

Hazel pointed towards the shopping bag in his hands, ’’Keep them here and retrieve it. Let’s surprise the old man,’’ her face bloomed with a beautiful smile.

Old Master Qin was a chess enthusiast and he never left any chance to have a match with her. But Hazel, on the other hand, sneaked away every time because it bored her. She had learned to play chess only because her father loved it and being the strict person that he was, he made her learn every skill that he was adept in.

When Hazel requested Old Master Qin to appoint Diana for the position of Maxim’s assistant, she had promised him that she would play a lot of matches with him but in the end, she kept going back on her word when the time came, which infuriated the old man.

He was avoiding her now and Hazel was worried that if this went on, the old man would burn her house in anger someday. So other than meeting Diana, her second motive was to coax the angry old man.

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