In the evening, Lin Jie came to the dining room and saw that An Kexin, An Kemeng, and Lin Miao were all having a bowl of overcooked noodles like himself, and said, "You don't have to accompany me like this."

"My tooth still hurts now, and I don't have much appetite. Even if you eat delicacies, it won't make me crave them."

An Kexin resolutely said, "Sharing joys and sorrows can't just be talk!"

"Although we can't bear your toothache, when it comes to food, we need to keep consistent to show support."

Lin Jie happily said, "Thank you for your support. I just need to endure for three or four days, and my diet will basically return to normal."

The warm noodles entered his mouth, touching the wound inside, and it still hurt a bit.

Lin Jie slurped the noodles, tilting his head to the right, trying to keep the noodles in his mouth away from the wound…

"Sister, let me tell you something, Boss Ye came in the morning…"

An Kemeng, who was stirring the noodles in her bowl with chopsticks, chattered about the matter that Ye Hongqing had told about his friend's daughter disfiguring herself.

She said with some incomprehension, "Sister, how could this girl be so foolish?"

"Knowing she's prone to scarring and still going through with disfiguring herself, is she short-sighted or does she have a self-destructive tendency?"

"Ah Jie, is this true?" An Kexin also found it hard to believe.

Lin Jie quietly replied, "That's what Boss Ye said, it probably wasn't fabricated."

"Alas, young people these days are becoming more and more worrying."

An Kexin sighed and said to An Kemeng and Lin Miao, "Many people jokingly say that women in love have zero IQ. Young girls in love have a negative IQ."

"This points to a fact that some girls lose themselves once they fall in love."

She pondered and said, "In this world, there have been quite a few young girls who, just because of their parents' disapproval, have committed suicide claiming it's for love. In that sense, cases like self-disfigurement aren't that hard to understand."

An Kexin warned again, "Boss Ye's reminder is very apt, and this is something you all need to take as a warning."

"The boys who truly like you wouldn't want you to do such things; you must carefully discern in the future…"

An Kexin thought for a moment, then continued, "You must understand one thing, the love from your family is absolutely selfless."

"Our discipline or prevention is based on our past experiences, maybe not one hundred percent correct, but the intention is definitely for your own good."

"If any conflict arises, you must think positively and never act rashly like this girl did."

An Kemeng and Lin Miao both responded with an "Oh."

Lin Miao chuckled, "Kexin, you don't have to take the opportunity to educate us."

"To me, Brother is an omnipotent presence. When he gets mad, I wouldn't dare not listen to him."

An Kemeng also said in a charming voice, "I've always been well-behaved and have listened to Dad and you, Sister. Now, I also listen to Brother Jie."

An Kexin glanced sideways at the two of them and said, "I hope you remember what you're saying now."

"When the time comes, don't get so infatuated that you don't care about anything else…"

After dinner, Lin Jie originally planned to read some books or journals in the study or research a surgery plan, but the pain from the wound made it difficult to concentrate.

After trying for more than half an hour, Lin Jie gave up.

He went back to the living room, intending to watch TV and chat with Lin Miao and the others to distract himself.

However, the scene before him made Lin Jie a little gloomy.

The coffee table was piled with fruits, nuts, little cakes, and various snacks, with some wrappers and nut shells scattered on the floor.

An Kexin, An Kemeng, and Lin Miao all had something in their mouths, turning to look at Lin Jie, not daring to chew or swallow.

Lin Jie pointed at them one by one and snorted, "Is this what you call sharing joys and sorrows?"

"Is this how you support me?"

An Kexin swallowed the food in her mouth hard, with an embarrassed expression and said, "Ah Jie, why did you come out of the study? Once you went in, you would stay for at least two or three hours before."

"The wound hurts, can't concentrate," Lin Jie said, covering his left cheek, in a not-so-good mood.

Lin Miao stood up and pulled Lin Jie to sit on the sofa, saying fawningly, "Brother, do you want me to warm up a cup of milk for you?"

"I can make fresh fruit juice," An Kemeng volunteered.

Lin Jie shrugged and said, "I really don't have an appetite."

"But, you all can still eat, don't mind me."

An Kexin started tidying up the fruits and snacks on the table, chuckling, "Ah Jie, it was wrong of us this time, we shouldn't have secretly eaten without telling you."

"It won't happen again. This time we'll definitely do as we say, I promise."

The table was quickly cleaned up, and the four of them squeezed onto the sofa, covering themselves with a blanket, and started watching TV.

Now, Lin Jie wasn't interested in TV shows.

After becoming a doctor, he didn't have much free time to watch TV shows.

This time, after watching a variety show with them for a while, Lin Jie felt a bit bored and thought it would have been better to watch the news.

An Kexin said softly, "I just watched a few scenes of a TV drama starring Hu Ge and found it uninteresting so I changed the channel. How's the guy who had cosmetic surgery to look like Hu Ge doing?"

Lin Jie casually replied, "He's already been discharged. However, for the wounds to heal completely and stabilize the cosmetic appearance, he still needs some time to recuperate."

"Once he's fully recovered..."

He confidently said, "With a bit of makeup, appropriate clothing, and a couple of people acting as assistants, showing up in places like airports, the likelihood of being mistaken for Hu Ge is very high."

An Kemeng laughed, "With such a realistic appearance and image, can't he leverage the fame and popularity of a big star to make money by attending commercial events?"

An Kexin wrapped her arm around An Kemeng, who was leaning against her, and said, "For impersonators who bear a high resemblance to big stars and have some talent, this is exactly how they earn money."

"The really skilled ones can have an annual income of several million."

Surprised, Lin Miao couldn't help but say, "Wow, isn't this a great way to make money?"

She thought for a moment and said, "Spend a few hundred thousand for my brother to get surgery to look like the hottest star, then he could do performances everywhere and earn a few million in a year."

"The return on investment here is exceptionally high."

"Brother, brother..."

Lin Miao shook Lin Jie's arm and giggled, "I've thought of a great business idea."

"We start a talent show company. You give plastic surgeries to produce the most famous domestic and international stars, let them perform at events, and split the earnings in half."

"This way, earning tens of millions a year, or even a billion, is possible."

Lin Jie just smiled, pinched Lin Miao's nose, and said, "You only think of good things."

"In such cases, a single person working small-time to earn some money is fine and won't attract attention."

"But if you really establish such a company, it will get noticed, and then lawsuits for image infringement, deception, and misleading will come your way."

Lin Miao responded with an "Oh" and said, "Then you should just be a doctor. Just performing surgeries for others, you can earn a lot of money."

When it came to money, Lin Jie turned and asked, "Kexin, how's the company's financial situation, is it still tight?"

"There were a few payments that came in these past few days, providing some relief."

"However..."

An Kexin said helplessly, "In the next two to three years, the company's finances probably won't improve."

"Unless Anlin Hospital can quickly turn a profit, or the company's revenue sees a significant leap."

"But the likelihood of these situations occurring is slim."

"Ah Jie, the forty million you lent us can't be paid back in the short term."

Lin Jie said unbothered, "It's fine, Miaomiao and I don't lack money to spend, and we don't have any large expenses. Occasionally, we might encounter a wealthy person willing to spend money to save their life and make a big profit."

An Kexin leaned her head on Lin Jie's shoulder and softly said, "Thank you!"

She cautiously suggested, "Ah Jie, your income is already quite high. You don't need to worry about frugality. Your standard of living and consumption can be raised a bit more, just a bit more!"

The stable monthly income of the Lin siblings mainly has three components.

They are the stipends, labor fees, and surgery fees from the University Affiliated Hospital, the salary of the vice president of the First Military Medical University Affiliated Hospital, and the monthly rent from a commercial property leased to a bank as a branch location.

Totaling these three components, it comes to about 150,000 per month.

As for the little salary Lin Miao earns, it's not even considered by Lin Jie anymore.

The additional income comes from appreciation from patients and research project grants, among others.

Although these incomes are not stable, their amounts are quite substantial, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions or even tens of millions.

Lin Jie also has a very substantial prospective income in mind, a share of the sales profits from a generic drug by Zhengmao Pharmaceutical.

In his expectations, the annual income from this section should at least be in the tens of millions level.

Perhaps due to deeply feeling the helplessness of poverty in early years, both Lin Jie and Lin Miao are not extravagant spenders.

Although their monthly expenses are relatively high compared to ordinary families, often exceeding seventy to eighty thousand, compared to their income, they are still considered frugal.

Moreover, the bulk of this monthly seventy to eighty thousand expense includes the salaries of Qin Gang, Guan Muhua, and Zhang Xiaoxiao, traditional Chinese medicine for the Lin siblings, and numerous red packets for various weddings, funerals, and full-month celebrations.

Overall, the Lin siblings' spending level in Binhai City is roughly in the middle tier.

Certain refined and level-enhancing expenditures, such as attending a symphony, watching a play, visiting a museum abroad on weekends, viewing an art exhibition, or listening to an opera, are simply not in the picture.

In other words, if Lin Jie didn't have the title of a famous doctor, given his wealth and income, his current level of living and spending would be unsophisticated, stingy, and inexperienced.

To put it nicely, he still doesn't know how to enjoy life; his nature is plain.

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