Chapter 38 She's a bit clingy

Xu Anan was chatting about Zhou Jingyu and his mysterious girlfriend, and she became more and more excited as they talked. However, Chen Zan felt more and more guilty as she listened. She didn't dare to listen to anything Xu Anan dared to say.

After picking his fingers, he couldn't help but retort: ​​"An An, it's possible that she's not my girlfriend."

They are lovers, or in other relationships.

Xu Anan was stunned for a moment, then turned her head to look at Chen Zhan, whose face was calm, and blinked, "Zhan Zhan, do you know something?"

Chen Zhan's fingers drooped at his side, curling slightly. "No, I just thought that for a big shot like him, marriage should be very particular about whether the couple is well-matched, right?"

"You have a point." Xu Anan thought about it seriously, "Let's not talk about him anymore. After all, it's not us. Such a big shot must be difficult to serve. We just need to know that Wei Yunxi is unlucky. Anyway, he probably won't have the energy to harass you for a long time. You can go to school with peace of mind."

This is good news for them.

Chen Zhan sent Xu An'an off and returned upstairs. Director Gu told him that several neurosurgeons had arrived from Beijing. They were among the country's top surgeons. It would take at least half a year to get an appointment with them in Beijing. Tomorrow, Chen Zhan's grandmother's surgery would be performed by them, so it was a trial run, and they were a sure thing.

When Director Gu talked about these experts, his eyes were full of excitement and admiration. Chen Zan didn't understand them, but he probably knew that they were very capable. To be able to invite them to Rongchuan for surgery, the person behind them must have put a lot of thought into it.

She tiptoed back to the ward, took out her cell phone, found the number she had just saved in the afternoon, edited the message and sent it successfully.

Thank you, Mr. Zhou.

It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and she thought Zhou Jingyu had probably gone to bed.

Unexpectedly, just as the message was sent, the other party called. Seeing the incoming call notification pop up on the screen, she was startled and hurried out to answer the call.

In the quiet corridor late at night, apart from the doctor at the nurses' station making rounds in each ward, there was no one else to be seen. The silence was so deep that it made people feel uncomfortable.

When the call was connected, Chen Zhan took a deep breath and said nothing.

"Chen Zan."

Zhou Jingyu's deep voice came from the other side of the phone and hooked into the eardrum.

She rubbed her ears and whispered, "Mr. Zhou, it's so late, haven't you rested yet?"

Zhou Jingyu had just come out of the dinner party in Yuncheng to take a break. As soon as he got into the car, he saw the text message from Chen Zan and called back.

He took a cigarette out of the cigarette box with one hand, held the phone in one hand, and took the lighter in the other hand. He lowered his head to light it, then held it in his hand and lazily flicked the ash against the car window.

A low laugh escaped his throat at that, "Are you really concerned about me?"

Chen Zan heard the sound of the lighter and inexplicably thought of the night when he was standing on the roadside smoking at the Tang Palace Club. His half-closed brows were blurred in the gray-white smoke rising from his fingertips. She seemed to smell the bitter smell of cigarettes floating in the air.

She bit her lower lip lightly and did not answer the question. Instead, she said in a serious tone, "Thank you for inviting an expert from the capital to come here for grandma."

Zhou Jingyu didn't care about her abrupt change of subject. He just asked about her grandmother's health condition and that although the wound on her face was shallow, the dressing should be changed in time.

His casual tone was full of concern for Chen Zan, which made her wonder, this man is so good to his lover, I wonder what he is like when he talks about love.

Chen Zan answered all the questions obediently.

Zhang Qing came over and urged Zhou Jingyu to go to the next place, saying that two ministers from the Yuncheng Development Commission and the Finance Department had come over temporarily and were already waiting for him in the box.

Zhou Jingyu then said to Chen Zhan, "I still have to go to the next social event, you should rest early. If you can't get enough sleep in the hospital, I'll ask the driver from Jing Mansion to pick you up and you can sleep there."

Chen Zhan heard Zhang Qing's deliberately lowered voice and realized that Zhou Jingyu was still out socializing. He was afraid of disturbing the other party. "Mr. Zhou, please go and do your work. I'm used to sleeping. There's no need to ask the driver to pick me up."

Zhou Jingyu nodded lightly.

Chen Zan quickly said good night and hung up the phone.

Zhou Jingyu put down his phone, raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhang Qing. The latter felt inexplicably that his gaze was chilling, as if he was unhappy at having his good thing interrupted.

He coughed lightly and asked tentatively, "Is it Miss Chen calling?"

Zhou Jingyu took a puff of his cigarette indifferently and put it out, then said without a word, "She's a bit clingy."

Zhang Qing: “…”

He didn't seem to ask whether Miss Chen was clingy or not, right?

Chen Zan hung up the phone, leaned his back against the cold white wall of the corridor, and pressed the phone against his chest, which was burning hot.

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8 o'clock the next day

Grandma was wheeled into the operating room. Before entering, Chen Zhan held the old woman's hand tightly. Before she could say anything, her grandmother patted the back of her hand comfortingly and said, "What are you afraid of? The experts have said that the operation is not difficult."

Chen Zhan said with a slight sob in his voice, "Grandma, after you finish the operation, I will go back to get your passbook without letting Ms. Xu know."

Chen Jiaohua smiled and said, "When your mother comes back, you will go back to school. Do you hear me?"

The lights in the operating room came on. Ms. Xu Jing had finished her performance last night. She had bought the nearest flight possible, but still couldn't make it to her grandmother's surgery. She felt very guilty about this.

The surgery lasted seven hours. When Xu Anan finally finished her class, she came over and waited outside the operating room with Chen Zhan. At noon, Xu Anan was about to order takeout when someone arrived with a Xinrongji takeout box. "Excuse me, is this Miss Chen?"

Chen Zan looked up at the stranger delivering the food in front of him and said, "It's me."

"This is the meal you ordered, please sign for it." The manager took out a pen and asked Chen Zan to sign.

Chen Zhan wanted to say that he didn't order anything, but suddenly remembered Zhou Jingyu. After pursing his lips and signing, the manager said, "I wish you and your friends a pleasant meal."

Xu Anan had just finished making a food order and was surprised when she saw the food box that had been delivered. "Xinrongji takeout? Who ordered it? They even have to reserve seats two months in advance. They never do delivery."

Chen Zhan received a message from Zhou Jingyu on his phone. Facing Xu Anan's suspicious look, Chen Zhan didn't dare click on it. He put it aside and made up a story, "It must be a friend of Ms. Xu Jing at the New Rongji Restaurant."

Xu Anan knew that Director Gu, who took over the hospital where her grandmother was transferred, was also a friend of Ms. Xu, so she didn't doubt it too much. After all, in her eyes, Chen Zan's friends were as clean as they could be.

"It's actually Xin Rong Ji! I've never had their delivery before. You're no wonder you're Ms. Xu's friend! That's so cool!"

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