"Yuan Song, you can wait for us here." s.h.i.+ Yi said to his a.s.sistant.
"Yes, sir."
s.h.i.+ Yi took s.h.i.+ Enxi to the busy food street filled with vendors. It was just like the same as back then, they would usually visit the place and eat street food together with their mother whenever their father wasn"t around.
This time, without their mother, the two siblings started shopping for their favorite food. They ate while they walked and filled their tummies.
"If mom was here, she would surely buy from every stall." s.h.i.+ Enxi chuckled.
"Our mother"s stomach is different from us."
"Yup, it"s the same as sister Bingbing." She turned to her brother, "We should invite her next time."
"Yes, we should."
What should she do? Should she tell s.h.i.+ Yi and Li Bingbing that it was w.a.n.g Hao who killed their parents?
They have the right to know about it...
She stared at her brother who was enjoying the food he bought. If she told him about it now, it would just spoil the mood.
No, not now. She will tell them about it once Lu Mello return.
Fan Xiao Yao was wearing a mask and gla.s.ses to avoid others from recognizing her when she went to visit Huang Li.
She was in the lobby when she sent him a message.
CarrotKiller: [Senior Huang, are you busy?]
When she received to reply from him, she decided to look for him. She went to the reception area to inquire about his whereabouts.
She went and asked a random nurse. "Excuse me, miss. May I know what department is Dr. Huang Li?"
"He"s in the Anesthesiology department."
"I see. May I know what floor that is?"
The nurse thought she was just one of his patients so she smiled and said, "It"s on the fifth floor but I"m not sure if he"s there."
"I see. Thank you."
Fan Xiao Yao went to the fifth floor and looked for the Anesthesiology department. When she saw the sign in one of the doors, she knocked and entered.
The only person in the room was a beautiful woman wearing a white coat. When she noticed Fan Xiao Yao"s presence, she smiled and asked, "Yes?"
"Is Dr. Huang Li here?"
"Dr. Huang? He"s currently in the middle of a surgery." The woman took a peek on her wrist.w.a.tch, "It should end after a while. Why are you looking for him?"
Fan Xiao Yao pursed her lips. He really was that busy?
She suddenly felt that her presence would just be a nuisance for him. She went all the way to ask him out for dinner but it seemed that she was really going to spend her dinner alone.
"Oh, it"s nothing. He"s just a relative of mine. I thought that maybe I can give him a surprise." Fan Xiao Yao lied, chuckling a bit.
"Oh! If you want, you can just wait for him here."
"No, there"s no need. I"ll just visit him next time."
"I can let him know you pa.s.sed by. Just give me your name."
"It"s alright. I"ll come back some other time. Thank you, ma"am."
Fan Xiao Yao took her leave.
A few moments after she left, Huang Li arrived. He was not able to meet her on the way since he used another elevator.
"Oh! Dr. Huang, you"re finally here!" The woman exclaimed. "A woman came by, looking for you."
A woman?
"She said that she was your relative."
Relative? Was it his mother?
"She just left not long ago before you came."
"I see."
Huang Li went to his desk and took his phone to check on his WeChat. All messages he got came from one person, Fan Xiao Yao.
He read through her messages and when he saw her latest message, a sudden thought came in his mind.
Could it be her?
Since he didn"t have anything scheduled anymore, he was supposed to go home. He removed his white coat and gathered his things. "I"ll take my leave now."
"Wanna grab dinner together?" The woman grinned at her.
Huang Li smiled, declining her offer. "No thanks."
He left the room and waited for the elevator. Upon entering, he decided to give Fan Xiao Yao a reply.
Huang Li: [I apologize for the late reply.]
CarrotKiller: [It"s alright. How did the surgery go?]
Huang Li: [It was successful. Are you free tonight?]
CarrotKiller: [Sorry. I"m busy.]
She was busy? So she wasn"t the one who came? Was it really his mother? Maybe he should give his mom a call?
Huang Li: [I see. Let"s have one next time.^^]
He kept his phone, not reading her reply. He went to the parking lot and went to his car.
As he headed his way away from the hospital, he saw a familiar figure, standing alone by the bus stop.
Fan Xiao Yao?
She may be wearing a mask and gla.s.ses but that eye-catchy. flowery bag of hers was so familiar.
To make sure it was her, he parked the car not far from her before giving her a call.
The woman who was standing alone heard her phone ring. She took it out of her pocket and checked it. The woman seemed to be contemplating whether to answer it or not. In the end, when she answered it, Fan Xiao Yao"s soft voice was heard from Huang Li"s phone.
"h.e.l.lo?"
It really was her.
He couldn"t help but chuckle. He ended the call and slowly drives his car and stopped it in front of her. He lowered the gla.s.s window and looked at her.
"Aren"t you supposed to be busy?"
Fan Xiao Yao was surprised upon seeing his handsome face. Her heart started racing, she was blus.h.i.+ng hardly but because of the mask, it was hidden well.
Huang Li"s smile was so captivating! How can he have such a killer smile? She felt like she was going to melt just because of it!
"Superior Huang? W-What are you doing here?"
"F*ck! Fan Xiao Yao, are you a broken radio?! Why are you stuttering?! Calm down! Calm down!" She scolded herself. If Huang Li wasn"t in front of her, she would have slapped herself just to get herself together.
"I should be asking you that. You were the one who came to look for me in the hospital, right?"
She averted her gaze from him. "... Yeah..."
The reason why she told him that she was busy was because she thought that Huang Li might find her clingy and annoying for trying to be close to him.
They were not even that close and yet she was already acting like his lover.
"Why are you still standing there? Get in."