Shao Jingque just took a glance and then looked away, continuing to walk towards the stairs as usual.
Fan Shengnan, who had been waiting for a long time, pursed her dry lips, stared at her intently, and tried hard to force a friendly smile on her face, but when Shao Jingque walked past her without paying any attention to her, her face froze completely.
“…startled magpie.”
Fan Shengnan was stunned for two seconds before she came to her senses and quickly called out to Shao Jingque who had already climbed a few steps.
Hearing that Fan Shengnan couldn't help but call him, Shao Jingque sighed secretly in his heart──
In fact, there was no need to call her. After tonight, she would automatically disappear from their sight. At this moment, there was really no need for the two of them to talk anymore.
But when he thought of the scene where Fan Shengnan squatted on the ground and carefully bandaged his worn heel, Shao Jingque finally stopped.
"Doctor Fan, what's going on?"
Shao Jingque's tone of voice was no different from usual, even more polite, but Fan Shengnan could sense alienation in it.
She felt inexplicably anxious. She had originally thought that she had always had a clear conscience. Now she only needed to explain the misunderstanding to Shao Jingque, and all the problems would disappear.
But at this moment, Shao Jingque's unusual calmness was like a prelude to a storm, making her feel more uneasy than ever.
A rare trace of nervousness flashed across Fan Shengnan's face. She subconsciously swallowed her saliva to make her dry throat utter a sound:
"I want to explain to you again. This afternoon in the Marine Ward..."
Before she had said a few words, an ambiguous smile suddenly appeared on Shao Jingque's face, interrupting Fan Shengnan's unfinished words and making her feel uncontrollably panicked, like a student who had made a mistake and was caught in front of a teacher who already knew everything.
"Doctor Fan, if you're referring to the time you examined Lu Zhan's old injury this afternoon, there's no need to explain. I don't think there was anything wrong with you examining him, nor have I created any unnecessary misunderstandings about it."
"Then why are you..."
Fan Shengnan had never found it so difficult to speak as she did at this moment. Even she herself felt uncomfortable listening to her hesitation.
Shao Jingque kindly took over her words:
"Why are you angry?"
Fan Shengnan nodded awkwardly, then continued:
"Since you didn't misunderstand and didn't think there was a problem, why did you quarrel with Lu Zhan? I know you had an argument in the ward, and you haven't returned to the ward yet..."
She took a deep breath as she spoke, as if she had made a great decision:
"Jing Que, please believe me. Lu Zhan and I are just comrades-in-arms. There is nothing between us that goes beyond comradeship. I don't want my actions to affect your relationship."
Shao Jingque listened to her words quietly, and looked calmly into Fan Shengnan's eyes with his almond-shaped eyes. After a moment, he slowly spoke:
"Doctor Fan, you're not a doctor at the Henan Provincial Military District Hospital, right?"
Fan Shengnan was stunned for a moment, unable to understand why Shao Jingque suddenly asked such a question, which seemed to have nothing to do with what happened today.
She paused for a moment, then answered truthfully:
"No, I'm temporarily working here because I'm part of the flood relief and rescue medical team."
Shao Jingque nodded. At least at this moment, Fan Shengnan was just like the Doctor Fan in her impression, a proud person, and proud people often disdain to tell lies.
This also shows that she was not wrong about him...
I just didn't see through it.
"Where did Dr. Fan originally work?"
Fan Shengnan's heartbeat inexplicably quickened. She seemed to sense the signs that Shao Jingque was about to ask a question, but she couldn't think clearly in such a short time.
She answered hesitantly:
"I work in the neurosurgery department at Ningshi Military Region Hospital."
For some reason, as soon as the words came out of her mouth, Fan Shengnan saw a hint of understanding on Shao Jingque's face.
Shao Jingque nodded and said thoughtfully:
"I always thought you and Lu Zhan met at the Henan Provincial Military District Hospital. Because you always called him Captain Lu, I just assumed you weren't familiar with each other, so you addressed him in such a 'formal' way."
"But in fact, you are comrades who have worked together for a long time in the same military region, and you were the first one to rush to the disaster area to rescue him."
"You called him Lu Zhan back then, and you also called him Lu Zhan when you were anxious to explain just now. Why do you have to call him Captain Lu in front of me?"
"Don't you think that sometimes trying too hard to distance yourself from something that doesn't need to be distanced actually makes it more obvious?"
Fan Shengnan's pupils widened instantly, and her heart was pounding, as if the secret hidden in her heart was exposed in front of her. She felt dry in her mouth and sweat on her clenched palms. She couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Shao Jingque's expression was calm, with the corners of her mouth even slightly raised. Even if Fan Shengnan didn't speak at the moment, she didn't intend to embarrass her.
Shao Jingque smiled faintly at her and continued to go upstairs.
She still had some things left in the Lu Zhan ward that needed to be sorted out. After sorting them out, she would be ready to set off back to Ning City as soon as the next morning came.
Wang Tao took her along the way here once, and it was just a matter of taking a few more buses. As long as she asked for help when she was out, she wouldn't get lost even at her age.
Shao Jingque's calmness made the usually calm Fan Shengnan feel uneasy. Watching her disappear around the corner of the stairs, Fan Shengnan impulsively shouted:
"If you don't want to see me, I can apply to be transferred from the rescue team and let other doctors take over Lu Zhan's follow-up treatment!"
Shao Jingque's light voice came from the corner:
"No need, Doctor Fan. I'll be back in Ning City tomorrow morning. Whether I want to see you or not, we probably won't meet again."
Shao Jingque's words startled Fan Shengnan. The uneasiness and guilt in her heart instantly reached a peak. She ran after him and grabbed Shao Jingque's arm.
"You're leaving?!"
Shao Jingque's brows finally furrowed, as if his patience, which he had been trying so hard to maintain, was about to run out:
"What's the problem?"
At this moment, Fan Shengnan wished she had ten mouths so that she could say something that would make Shao Jingque believe her and stop having conflicts with Lu Zhan.
But in a hurry, Fan Shengnan's words sounded like she was angry:
"Of course there's a problem! I've already told you that Lu Zhan and I don't have any shady relationship, and you keep saying you believe me, yet now you're abandoning him and leaving. Isn't this a problem if your words and actions are so inconsistent?!"
"What you say and what you do are different?"
Shao Jingque suddenly let out a light sniff from his nose.
Before this, she had always respected Dr. Fan very much and was grateful to her for saving Lu Zhan's life. She had never looked down on her.
But now Shao Jingque couldn't help it anymore──
"You should first take care of your own problem of 'saying one thing and doing another'!"
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