Chapter 498

Growing Greedy

Sophia Sullivan paused mid-step.

She saw Alexander Laurent standing at the end of the hallway.

"Professor?" She was surprised. "What are you doing at the hospital?"

Alexander's gaze shifted back from the distance.

It softened instantly when it landed on her face. "I..."

"He brought me here." Quincy Evans clutched his stomach as he stepped forward, his face pale.

Sophia looked at him. "Professor Evans? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Don't ask... I must have eaten something bad. I've had diarrhea since morning. Medicine didn't help. Alex insisted on dragging me here for a check-up."

Sophia nodded. "You really should get checked out. Stomach issues can be serious. It's better to find out early."

"Huh? Why do you two sound exactly the same?"

Sophia raised an eyebrow, glancing at Alexander.

Alexander was looking at her.

His gaze was deep, carrying some indescribable emotion.

"Sophia, we should go." Sebastian Evans spoke up suddenly.

Sophia snapped out of it. "Okay."

She turned to Alexander. "Professor, we're leaving now."

She walked away side by side with Sebastian.

Alexander remained where he was.

His eyes followed their retreating figures, gradually darkening.

"...Alex? Alex!"

Quincy called his name twice.

Alexander turned to look at him, the chill in his eyes not yet dissipated.

Quincy shivered. "You..."

"She said 'we'."

"Huh?" Quincy was stunned.

It took him a few seconds to process. "What's wrong with 'we'? How else should she say it? It's not incorrect..."

Alexander's face was expressionless.

She and Sebastian were a "we".

Then what was he?

What did he count as?

Alexander suddenly realized she always called him "Professor".

Polite, distant, perfectly appropriate.

But never intimate.

What did she call Sebastian?

Mr. Evans?

Or Sebastian?

His expression grew darker.

This low pressure atmosphere persisted all the way to the examination room.

The doctor finished asking about Quincy's symptoms and prescribed medication.

Then he looked at Alexander—

"And you? What seems to be the problem?"

Alexander: "...I don't have diarrhea."

"? But you look terrible. I'd recommend a full physical exam."

"..."

Quincy stifled a laugh, making his stomach hurt even more.

This feeling...

Was truly unbearable!

...

Sophia followed Sebastian to the small pharmacy.

It was located in a very hidden spot, at a corner on the ground floor of the second inpatient building.

There was no sign.

You only knew it was a VIP-exclusive pharmacy once you entered.

It didn't need a sign.

Those who could come here naturally knew the way.

All the pharmacists knew Sebastian.

"Brought your girlfriend?" someone teased.

"Sis, don't say that... just a friend."

The female doctor glanced at Sophia, lowering her voice. "Friends can develop into girlfriends, you know."

Sebastian scratched his head and grinned foolishly. "I wish..."

But Sophia always kept him at arm's length.

It left his heart suspended mid-air. It was agonizing, yet he cherished the feeling.

Sophia didn't hear any of this.

Her mind was entirely on her grandmother's medicine.

The VIP pharmacy was highly efficient.

The medicine was quickly decocted and sealed in separate bags.

You just needed to warm them in hot water when it was time to drink.

An hour later, the two of them left.

Sophia received a call from her grandmother—

"Hello, Grandma?... I got the medicine, it was decocted at the small pharmacy... Okay, wait for me, I'll come pick you up right away."

She put away her phone and looked at Sebastian. "Thanks for today. I need to go get my grandmother. I'm heading off."

"...Okay! See you!"

Sebastian watched her walk away.

He didn't withdraw his gaze until her figure disappeared completely.

His phone rang—

Sebastian: "Hello?"

"You brat! You just drop off the lunchbox and run off? Who's more important than your grandfather?"

"...Heh heh."

Professor Huang: "?"

Was this kid possessed?

When Sophia drove out of the hospital, Alexander had just picked up the medicine.

He sat on a bench in the outpatient area, waiting for Quincy who was still in the restroom.

Ten minutes later, Quincy emerged unsteadily.

"Alex... give me a hand..."

Alexander stood up and supported him, unable to hide a frown. "You're this weak?"

"You try going over a dozen times!"

"..."

"But you were already weak. The doctor just said you looked terrible."

Alexander made a move to let go.

"No, no, no... I was joking... you can't take a joke."

Alexander helped him sit down.

He handed him the medicine. "Take this first. To prevent dehydration."

Quincy: "..."

After taking the medicine, he felt a bit better.

Maybe it was psychological.

As long as the diarrhea stopped!

Quincy adjusted his sitting position and spoke slowly—

"Alex, just now, when you saw Sophia with that kid, your eyes turned red. Talk to me. What's really going on between you and Sophia?"

Alexander was silent.

Just as Quincy thought he wouldn't get an answer, he spoke.

"I asked her if she would start a new relationship."

"What did she say?" Quincy asked seriously.

"She said her studies are her priority right now. She isn't considering anything else."

"So you don't accept that answer now?"

Alexander looked up, his eyes deep and unfathomable. "...I don't know. But seeing her get close to Sebastian Evans, I feel..."

He paused, searching for the right word.

A few seconds later, he continued. "Unbalanced."

Yes, unbalanced.

Quincy: "You don't want to see her get close to other men, but you're just friends. You have no right to interfere, right?"

"...Yes."

So he had changed.

He had grown greedy.

No longer satisfied with just being friends.