Chapter 31 Birthday
He couldn't hide it anymore. Zhou Jingzhan sighed inwardly and faced reality very reluctantly: "Let me introduce you to my colleague, Ji Hong." Then he said: "My parents."
Ji Hong felt like his world was about to collapse, and he stammered, "Uncle, hello, uncle and aunt."
"Xiao Ji, come to my house and play when you have time. Jing Zhan and he..."
Normally Zhou Jingzhan wouldn't interrupt others, but this time he was afraid his mother would say something she shouldn't, so he interrupted her in time: "Mom, mom, mom, staying up late is bad for your health. It's so late, you and my dad should go home quickly."
Qin Huiping knew what he was thinking, so she didn't say anything more. She said hello to Ji Hong and left.
It was not until the two figures disappeared on the stairs that Ji Hong completely digested this fact and looked at Zhou Jingzhan with an indescribable expression.
Zhou Jingzhan was silent for a while, then reluctantly accepted his fate: "Just let it be known to you."
Ji Hong walked lightly to the door of the box. He couldn't help but ask, "Why haven't I heard you mention it in all these years?"
Zhou Jingzhan didn't understand this question: "Why should I mention my parents in my work?" Although he asked a rhetorical question, his tone sounded like a statement.
The two walked to the box, and before they opened the door, they heard a commotion inside and faint laughter.
When he opened the door, he found it was Wang Bin. He was drunk, holding a bottle of wine, smiling foolishly, and mumbling something. He looked back at the door and found Zhou Jingzhan.
After seeing people, Wang Bin smiled even more brightly, but soon his voice became tearful and he shed tears with a bit of grievance.
It was a normal phenomenon of being drunk, so Zhou Jingzhan didn’t take it seriously and planned to return to his seat.
However, just as he raised his foot, Wang Bin suddenly stood up and slammed the wine bottle on the table. His speech became much clearer, and he could hear what he was saying: "Zhou Jingzhan!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Bin left his seat and rushed towards Zhou Jingzhan. Unfortunately, he couldn't stand firmly and fell down all of a sudden, hugging Zhou Jingzhan's thigh.
When Wang Bin came over, Zhou Jingzhan was about to explode, feeling as if a large amount of bacteria and viruses were sticking to his body.
Not only the person involved, but other people also came forward to pull him away after seeing Wang Bin hugging Zhou Jingzhan. No one knew where Wang Bin got so much strength to refuse to let go.
Later, a group of people began to pull Wang Bin's hands, and if he wasn't careful, he would touch Zhou Jingzhan's legs.
Finally, Zhou Jingzhan couldn't stand it anymore: "Call 120 and take him away."
Just like that, Wang Bin held Zhou Jingzhan's legs and remained frozen. While waiting for the ambulance, he kept complaining tearfully, "Zhou Jingzhan, do you know that I chose thoracic surgery because of you? I even wanted to apply for your graduate program, but you didn't accept me. I always listened to your classes very carefully, just to get you to notice me. But, but when I came to the hospital for internship, you had no impression of me at all. You didn't even remember me..."
Zhou Jingzhan had an impression of him. He always sat in the first three rows in class, but he had a blank expression: "I remember it now."
Ten minutes later, the hospital's ambulance finally arrived, and it took three or four strong men to pull Wang Bin away.
Zhou Jingzhan went back to the car and sprayed himself from head to toe three times with disinfectant before starting the car to go home. After returning home, he took a shower in the bathroom for more than an hour. After going to bed, he still felt uncomfortable all over, so he got up and showered twice more.
Zhou Jingzhan couldn't sleep the whole night, always feeling unclean.
The next day, he went to the hospital as planned. As soon as he entered the office, he saw Wang Bin lying on two tables, tied up and sleeping quietly.
Zhou Jingzhan looked at him with disdain and began to feel uncomfortable again.
Later, people came into the department one after another. After seeing Zhou Jingzhan, they quickly woke up Wang Bin.
Wang Bin also had a headache after the hangover, but he didn't care at all because a group of people surrounded him and asked him to apologize to Zhou Jingzhan quickly.
After about three minutes, Wang Bin recalled everything clearly and slumped back in his chair. After an intense mental struggle, Wang Bin took a few deep breaths and mustered up the courage to walk up to Zhou Jingzhan. "Director Zhou."
"What's up?"
"...I didn't mean to offend you last night. I just drank too much. I won't do it again." Wang Bin felt more and more guilty as he spoke.
"Yeah." Zhou Jingzhan responded neither lightly nor heavily, then left the office.
Wang Bin pouted and looked sad. His image was completely ruined in front of Zhou Jingzhan.
In the following period of time, Zhou Jingzhan was angry because Chu Yunqi went to Lhasa without telling him, and Chu Yunqi was angry because Zhou Jingzhan blocked him. The two of them competed with each other and had no contact.
Zhou Jingzhan's life was no different, still busy. He even began to forget Chu Yunqi, just like seven years ago, slowly accepting that he was not in his life.
Although Chu Yunqi was bored to death, Lu Wenning and Xia Baiming still had work to do, so they played in Tibet for five or six days. Chu Yunqi did not return to Beijing with them, but stayed in Sanya for about ten days.
In mid-September, in order to motivate his students who were thousands of miles away, Chu Yunqi held three consecutive video conferences, and then went to Yanjiao to live with his grandmother. At this time, his birthday was just a few days away, and he began to attend various parties.
On September 23, it was Chu Yunqi's 28th birthday. He was not very happy, after all, he was almost 30 years old. After dinner, he drove to the hospital as planned. Many people reminded him to go to the hospital for a check-up, of course, Zhou Jingzhan was not among them.
Chu Yunqi did not disturb others and did the examination alone. The result was as expected, negative.
Zhou Jingzhan, on the other side, had just finished his ward rounds when he received a call from his grandfather. This old man was definitely up to no good. Zhou Jingzhan walked into his office and answered the call reluctantly: "Hello, Grandpa."
Zhou Qing was sitting in the yard basking in the sun. When he heard his grandson's voice, he happily replied, "Hey, Jing Zhan, is the hospital busy?"
"Not bad." The sun was blazing brightly at this hour, and Zhou Jingzhan fiddled with the blinds. "Why did you suddenly think of calling me?"
"I was thinking that we haven't met since Yunqi returned to China. Today is his birthday, so let's have a meal together."
Zhou Jingzhan certainly remembered that today was Chu Yunqi's birthday, but since things were pretty awkward between the two of them, he refused without a second thought: "I have something tonight, you guys eat."
Zhou Qing groaned in pain, "Tsk!" and said, "Stop making excuses for me. I've heard about your quarrel. Take advantage of tonight to take the initiative and stop being so awkward."
Zhou Jingzhan really couldn't understand how his grandfather, an old cadre, could hear so much gossip. He said unhappily, "Why should I take the initiative? I don't owe him anything."
"Oh, my precious grandson, Grandpa knows you don't owe Yunqi anything, but he doesn't owe you anything either. Don't forget that you broke up long ago when he went abroad."
Zhou Jingzhan rolled his eyes. "I haven't forgotten, but he breaks up with me every other day over trivial matters. How can I know he's serious that time?"
"That's why you have to seize this opportunity. If you keep making such a fuss, he'll leave again. Where will you go to cry then?"
"It's his business if he wants to leave. I can't cry."
Zhou Qing seemed too lazy to waste words with him: "Okay, I won't argue with you anymore. Anyway, you must be there tonight, otherwise don't blame grandpa for making things difficult for you in the hospital." After saying that, he hung up the phone without hesitation.
Zhou Jingzhan sighed and went to the outpatient clinic exhausted. When it was time to get off work in the evening, he thought about what would happen if his grandfather really made trouble for him and felt that it would be difficult to deal with it, so he went to the restaurant very unwillingly.
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