Chapter 100 - A Moment Where Strangers Turn to Friends (1/2)

The woman was in her mid-thirties but looked younger than that. However, she had thinning hair.

Zheng Ren a.s.sumed it to be the side effects of chemotherapy.

There was a light-hearted smile on her face as she walked over with Chang Yue.

“Hey, why are you guys hiding like rats?” Chang Yue asked with a laugh.

Zheng Ren gave them a dumb smile and stayed mum. He did not know the details and decided to play it safe.

“Let’s get Su Yun and go to dinner,” Chang Yue said as she returned the cigarettes to Zheng Ren. “This chief resident of ours is just embarra.s.sing. Leaving a half-packet on the floor like that.”

“You…” Zheng Ren opened his mouth, then promptly closed it.

He reigned in his emotions and berated himself for being hot-headed. Nevertheless, he was worried about the woman tagging along. What if the woman did something drastic after dinner and some drinks? Would they be safe?

Chang Yue had a bright smile on her face.

“A minor misdemeanor. Come on, I’m starving after that little breeze.”

“Okay, let’s get Su Yun.” Zheng Ren played along with her antics. He was not going to doubt her now.

Zheng Ren usually took a light year to build relations.h.i.+ps with strangers until they were friends. Chang Yue managed it in a blink of an eye.

That was the difference between them.

Only Zheng Ren was in his white coat, so he went in to get Su Yun.

The man was a slowpoke. Perhaps he should add Su Yun in the WeChat group for convenience’s sake.

Zheng Ren had qualms with the das.h.i.+ng Su Yun even though the man was only doing his job checking up on patients post-surgery. He could pick up surgical skills just from a visual demonstration, after all.

In the ICU, Zheng Ren saw Su Yun seated between two hospital beds, monitoring patients’ vital signs.

Zheng Ren greeted the ICU nurses and approached Su Yun. “How’s everything?”

In the top right corner of his vision, the System notified him that both patients were stable and the symptoms of hemorrhagic shock had reversed.

They were still connected to ventilators to aid breathing. It took some burden off their heavily-injured bodies. Zheng Ren expected the tubes would be removed tomorrow.

“They’re stable now,” Su Yun said. He brushed dark curls from his forehead.

“You don’t need to monitor them overnight.”

“The ICU has on-call doctors. I’m an emergency department doctor, so I’ll monitor them for only two hours post-surgery,” Su Yun said stoically. The line alone chilled the ICU.

A few people were staring daggers at Zheng Ren.

He shuddered involuntarily.

“Let’s go.” Su Yun stood up and dusted his coat. Without a glance back, he headed straight for the ICU exit.

Zheng Ren felt imaginary daggers cut into his skin and quickly ran after Su Yun. He wanted to get out of this b.l.o.o.d.y ICU.

As they changed their outfits, Su Yun asked, “Why were you looking for me?”

“Ah, didn’t Chu Yanran tell you that we’re all having dinner together? I was going to check up on the patients, so they sent me to get you.”

The word ‘dinner’ made Su Yun’s expression change. His facial muscles twitched as he tried to fight his emotions. It was comical to Zheng Ren.

“I’ll tell them to hold back on the drinking. Rest a.s.sured.” Zheng Ren patted Su Yun’s shoulder with false concern.

“…”

They exited the ICU and found their four companions chattering animatedly with the woman from before at the lobby.

Su Yun was taken aback by the stranger.

Zheng Ren ignored Su Yun’s surprise and clapped his hands together. “The pretty boy is here, so let’s go.”