Flags were waving, and the place was packed with people. Excited fans wore T-shirts with Lin Jie's face printed on them, clutching their books as if they were precious treasures, desperately trying to break through the security guards just to get close to Lin Jie.

This was the scene of Lin Jie's book signing event.

To be precise, this was the book signing event in Lin Jie's imagination.

When he arrived at the campus of the Medical College accompanied by Zhang Xiaoxiao, Qin Gang, An Kexin, and An Kemeng, he discovered that the reality was a far cry from his fantasy.

On the open space in front of the small grove, there were three tents for shade, with a red banner hanging on the edge of the middle tent that read, "Expert Lin Jie's Book Signing Event."

Inside the tents were some tables and chairs.

To the east of the three tents, several neat stacks of books were piled up, and several publishing house staff were busy selling books and collecting money.

This book signing event venue was so simple that it saddened Lin Jie, really saddened him.

The only thing that consoled him a bit was that there was already a winding queue of over a hundred people in front of the middle tent.

Seeing Lin Jie arrive, the people waved their books and enthusiastically called out, "Teacher Lin," "Expert Lin."

Lin Jie waved back with a smile, acknowledging them.

"Expert Lin!"

Chu Jing, with sweat on her forehead, jogged over with a smile and said, "Many people came early in the morning to queue up and wait for you. Would you like to say a few words to everyone first?"

Lin Jie doubted the truth of her words.

Looking at the surrounding environment, the glaring sun, and feeling the warm breeze, he thoughtfully said, "Though there's shade from the trees, it's still not as comfortable as an air-conditioned room."

"The weather is a bit hot, let's not keep the readers waiting any longer, let's start directly."

"Okay, Expert Lin, please follow me!"

Lin Jie followed Chu Jing to sit inside the middle tent, where he found bottled water and a few pens ready on the table.

"Brother Jie, I bought these pens with my own manuscript fees especially for you."

Lin Jie took a rather high-end-looking pen case from An Kemeng, opened it, and found a pen in a dark gold color inside.

He took out the pen and wrote the two characters "Lin Jie" swiftly on a sheet of draft paper beside him.

Seeing the flowing and vigorous strokes, Lin Jie was very pleased with the results of his recent practice, which he'd been doing overtime for days.

He turned and smiled at An Kemeng, saying, "Not bad, writing with this pen feels very comfortable. I really like it."

"Kemeng, thank you."

An Kemeng chuckled and said, "As long as you like it, Brother Jie. But don't forget about that matter I mentioned."

Do I really need constant reminders?

Lin Jie ignored An Kemeng, turned to Chu Jing, and said, "Let's get started, the sooner we finish, the sooner we can head back."

Chu Jing smiled slightly and waived a hand, signaling the staff responsible for maintaining order to allow the first person through.

This was a bespectacled young man who came over quickly, carrying five books. He said, "Expert Lin, I bought these on behalf of my aunt. She's a general surgeon at our local hospital and greatly admires you. She insisted that I get your autograph."

"Thank your aunt for her recognition!"

Lin Jie took a book with the cover turned open from Chu Jing, ready to sign.

The young man spoke again, "Expert Lin, could you also write the four characters 'Da Yi Jing Cheng' (Excellence and Sincerity in Medicine), my aunt loves this phrase."

Lin Jie was momentarily stunned.

"Da Yi Jing Cheng," this phrase comes from the Tang Dynasty work "Essential and Precious Prescriptions" by Sun Simiao, also known as "Qiān Jīn Fāng," widely acknowledged and deeply influential.

Lin Jie only recently learned the meaning of this phrase while reading some miscellaneous medical books.

The word "Jing" in the phrase refers to skilled professional techniques, and "Cheng" refers to noble moral character. It means that only those with superb medical skills and noble ethics can be called "great doctors."

This first request for extras put Lin Jie in a tricky spot. Knowing Lin Jie's background, Chu Jing quickly spoke, "This student, there are quite a few people here today. To save time, Expert Lin is only signing his name today."

"Oh, just the signature is fine, only the signature is okay."

Seeing the young man's disappointment, Lin Jie smiled and said, "To be honest, I've gotten used to writing prescription scripts, only my signature can probably be recognized. The rest of my writing, I'm afraid, wouldn't be legible to you."

"If you don't mind, I can write it in prescription script."

The young man delightedly said, "That's fine, that's fine! Honestly, my aunt's prescriptions, I can't recognize them either, but the pharmacists at the hospital can."

Right then and there, Lin Jie prepared himself, picked up the pen, and swiftly wrote a line, then signed his name on a new line.

For the other four books, he just signed his name.

The young man carefully examined that line of writing, shook his head, and said, "If I hadn't known in advance these four characters, I really wouldn't have believed they could be written like this."

"But, I guess my aunt will recognize it."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jie gave a faint smile, thinking to himself, if your aunt can recognize it, I'll be impressed.

"Thank you, Expert Lin!"

The young man left, holding the five books.

Beside him, Chu Jing couldn't help but ask, "Expert Lin, that writing?"

Lin Jie pretended to explain profoundly, "This is a unique script used among us doctors to communicate, the prescription script that most people can't understand. How about it, looks good, right?"

Chu Jing thought for a moment and then earnestly nodded, "Although I can't recognize it either, I can feel that the prescription script you wrote, Expert Lin, has a unique rhythm and beauty. It's quite impressive."

This signature style is not Lin Jie's creation; to be precise, it is Shen Lanruo's signature style.

Because Shen Lanruo usually writes in English letters.

Under the influence of memory, Lin Jie writes English fluently, but when it comes to Chinese, it's a disaster, one awkward character after another.

Just now, Lin Jie used Shen Lanruo's signature style to write the English words similar in meaning to "Great Doctor Sincere"

What he thought was, no one would recognize these words anyway, or just pretend to recognize them, so he could write whatever he wanted.

The book signing continued, with people occasionally making extra requests, asking for a sentence or a dedication to someone.

Lin Jie met all their requests, naturally using a signature style that no one could recognize, still in English version.

"Hello, teacher!"

Upon hearing this familiar voice, Lin Jie looked up and found Fang Huanru standing in front of the desk.

Tilting his head, he further noticed Xiao Ganghao, Yan Beichen, Song Licheng, Lu Xiaoyu, and others lined up behind her.

"Didn't I already give you guys a set of signed books? What are you up to again?"

Fang Huanru said with a smile, "We're here to support you, teacher. Besides, we all have family, friends, and classmates in the medical field. One set is definitely not enough."

"Teacher, please sign a few more sets for us!"

Saying this, she placed five sets, twenty-five books in total, on the desk.

These were the good intentions of the students, and Lin Jie could only sign each book one by one...

After an hour or two, Lin Jie, who had been burying his head in signing, felt his wrist getting a bit sore.

Feeling like he had signed for two or three hundred people, just as it was about to end, Lin Jie stood up, moving his wrist while looking into the small grove.

Upon seeing this, Lin Jie was dumbfounded.

Oh dear, the line in the small grove still had a hundred or two hundred people, seemingly never shortening.

"Why are there still so many people? Director Chu, you didn't call for extra help, right?"

Director Chu chuckled and said, "How could we have called for help, Expert Lin? All the people here today are for you and your books."

"And let me tell you some good news..."

She said excitedly, "The first print of fifty thousand sets has all sold out. Today, the eight hundred sets left for the signing are the last of the first prints."

"Hmm, now there are still..."

Director Chu glanced at the two remaining stacks of books and continued, "About two hundred sets left, which should sell out soon."

This number gave Lin Jie hope. He drank half a bottle of water and prepared to finish signing in one go.

At this moment, Qin Gang approached with a phone and whispered, "Lin Jie, the damage assessment from yesterday's accident is out. The total damage to several cars and various losses add up to seventy-six thousand."

"However..."

Before Lin Jie could ask, Qin Gang said with some helplessness, "The accident processing department said that the girl was crying and making a fuss, pleading and begging, saying she had no money and that if she had to pay, she would really crash the car to seek death."

Lin Jie snorted coldly, saying, "Everyone must be responsible for their actions."

"Leave this matter to Lawyer Li Haoxiang, and ask him to assign a young lawyer to oversee this strictly, urging the relevant department to handle it seriously..."

"Or, unite with the other victims and file a lawsuit together."

"There's no need for sympathy towards such a person. They must know that the world doesn't revolve around them."

Qin Gang nodded and replied, "I understand, I'll contact Lawyer Li right away..."

Lin Jie then sat down again and continued signing...

"Hello, Expert Lin!"

The voice was so pleasant, gentle and soothing like a trickling stream, sweetly imbuing the heart, and Lin Jie couldn't help but look up to see the voice's owner.

It was an adorable and cute girl, but...

Lin Jie noticed that she wasn't looking very well.

The girl was covered in large beads of sweat, her face flushed, and her light-colored sleeveless T-shirt looked like it had been washed, completely soaked in sweat.

The weather today, though a bit hot, shouldn't cause someone to sweat like this.

Lin Jie couldn't help but stand up and asked with concern, "How do you feel, classmate? Is there anything wrong with your health?"

"I'm fine, just sweating a lot."

She wiped the sweat off her face with the back of her hand and explained, "Maybe I'm just too excited to meet you, Expert Lin..."

Looking at Lin Jie's face made her blush even more. She bit her lip, suddenly stretched out her hands to grab Lin Jie's arm, and pulled him hard towards her.

This change was truly unexpected.

Unprepared, Lin Jie's upper body tilted forward...

His vision darkened, and then he felt his lips being blocked by something soft.

Was he... forcibly kissed?

In disbelief, Lin Jie came to his senses and found that the girl rolled her eyes and fell straight to the ground...

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