Chapter 23 "You....Finally....Come." (Must Read)
The raindrops hit the windshield, and the wipers swung rhythmically from side to side, wiping away the water marks and gathering them together again.
The streets were empty and quiet late at night, with the occasional glow of street lamps filtering through the rain, casting mottled shadows inside the car.
Lin Che held the steering wheel with one hand and casually placed the other hand on the car window, tapping the window frame lightly with his fingertips.
His profile looked particularly calm in the flickering light, and his eyelashes cast a small shadow under his eyes.
"Tomorrow is the last day of my wedding leave." He suddenly spoke in a low voice with a hint of fatigue. "I have to go to the hospital to submit my thesis materials in the morning, and then go back to the Lin family in the afternoon."
Lu Yu hummed, and withdrew his gaze from the window to the profile of Lin Che.
The heater in the car was on full blast. Lin Che took off his coat and wore only a dark grey sweater with the cuffs slightly rolled up, revealing a slender wrist.
He drove in a relaxed manner, as if he was already used to such late-night journeys home.
The sound of rain blocked out all the noise from the outside world, and the car was so quiet that we could hear each other's breathing.
The car drove slowly through the empty streets, and the rain made a slight sound under the tires.
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When Lin Che walked into the hospital's administrative building with her thesis materials, the elevator door was about to close.
He quickly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to block it, and the metal door slowly reopened -
Standing inside was Qin Yize, dressed in a suit and tie, with his newlywed wife in his arms.
The air froze instantly.
Qin Yize obviously didn't expect to meet Lin Che here.
His eyebrows raised slightly, his gaze swept from the cuffs of Lin Che's washed-out shirt to the crudely bound stack of papers in his hand. A hint of sarcasm curved his lips. "Hey, Doctor Lin."
Lin Che walked into the elevator expressionlessly and stood in the corner.
"I heard you're still in pediatrics?" Qin Yize's voice was filled with deliberate surprise. "You were Professor Shen's most proud student back then. How come you've now fallen to treating children for colds?"
His wife looked at Lin Che curiously and asked quietly, "Who is this..."
"Oh, let me introduce you." Qin Yize hugged his wife's waist affectionately, "This is Doctor Lin Che, who used to work in general surgery. Now..."
He deliberately drawled out his tone, "I'll continue to use my remaining energy in pediatrics."
There were two colleagues from the administrative department in the elevator. Upon hearing this, they immediately lowered their heads and pretended to look at their phones.
Lin Che stared at the elevator floor numbers, his knuckles leaving a few white marks on the paper cover.
bite--
They arrived at the executive floor. Just as Lin Che was about to take a step forward, Qin Yize suddenly pulled out a gold-stamped invitation from his briefcase and said, "I almost forgot something important."
In front of everyone, he stuffed the invitation into Lin Che's coat pocket, his movements as rough as if he was stuffing a piece of waste paper.
"My son's full-moon banquet is next week, and the whole hospital is invited." Qin Yize leaned close to Lin Che's ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Remember to come and see what happens if you offend me."
The sharp edge of the invitation left a red mark on Lin Che's chest.
When the elevator door opened again, several department heads were walking towards this side in the corridor.
Qin Yize immediately put on a polite smile, walked out with his wife, and called out loudly: "Director Wang! I was just about to give you an invitation..."
Lin Che stood where he was and slowly took out the invitation.
The gold-plated word "Qin" hurt my eyes under the light.
There were whispers behind him: "That's the one who sent Young Master Qin to the hospital..." "Serves him right. I heard he was about to be promoted to chief physician..."
When the teacher at the paper submission office took the materials, his eyes glanced back and forth between him and the invitation.
Lin Che suddenly smiled and crumpled the invitation into a ball, holding it in her hand. "Excuse me, this is the revised draft that Professor Shen requested."
When he turned around, he saw himself reflected in the glass - his collar was still buttoned tightly to the top button.
Ding Dong~
【LY】： Have you submitted the information?
【LY】: Do you need me to go back with you this afternoon?
Lu Yu’s two WeChat messages appeared prominently on the phone screen.
Lin Che took out his phone and looked at Lu Yu's message. In the bright elevator, his face was reflected on the phone screen.
My fingertips hovered over the screen, deleting and reducing, and in the end I didn't know what to reply.
[Fish that loves to eat cats]: The information has been submitted. I'll go back alone in the afternoon, you can go about your business.
Lu Yu saw the message on the screen that Lin Che replied to three minutes later, and his eyes were fixed on the other party's WeChat name.
Cat-loving fish.
From the first day she added him, she smiled at the funny WeChat name. It really suited Lin Che's style.
"Hello? What's wrong?" Lin Che seemed to be standing in a dimly lit place. The picture on the phone screen flickered and the signal was not good.
After struggling for a long time, Lu Yu finally couldn't help himself and made a video call to Lin Che.
A gentle voice came through the receiver, but it was intermittent because the information was not very good.
Lu Yu still heard it carefully.
Lin Che seemed to be sitting in the car, looking down at something, his phone placed on the steering wheel, facing him. When he lowered his head, his dark hair half-hid his dark eyes, obscuring his expression. Only half of his fair, delicate face flickered in the light of the underground parking lot.
"Is everything going well?" Lu Yu's low voice came over. Lin Che paused and glanced at the camera, but his eyes met Lu Yu's unobstructed gaze.
The red at the corners of his eyes had not yet dissipated, but fortunately there was no trace of moisture. The moment Lin Che looked up, Lu Yu felt like someone had pinched his heart.
"It's okay. I've handed in the information. It will definitely need some revisions later." Lin Che answered with his head tilted to the side, and took something out of the right pocket of his clothes. A wrinkled red greeting card was opened and taken a look at before being thrown out of the window.
Lu Yu heard Lin Che opening something that looked like paper, and at a glance he saw him throw it out of the window with cold eyes.
This is an unhappy look.
"Unhappy?" Lu Yu's ending tone was prolonged, which moved people's hearts even more in the silent space.
Lin Che started the car and placed the camera of his mobile phone on the right bracket, recording his entire body on the screen.
Slender fingers turned the steering wheel, and the lights flickered in and out. Lin Che didn't answer, her lips tightly pressed together, revealing the answer to the question.
Lu Yu didn't turn off the video but just waited quietly on the other side, his eyes fixed on Lin Che's movements.
But when we were almost at the gate, we heard a loud bang.
Lin Che's car was maliciously driven away. The two cars collided head-on. The other party's Land Rover wasn't badly damaged, but Lin Che's second-hand car couldn't withstand the impact.
The front of the car was severely dented, and the violent shaking inside the car threw the phone out from under the seat.
Lu Yu's vision was blocked, and the loud noise was followed by endless silence.
"Lin Che? Lin Che? Are you okay?" Lu Yu's anxious voice came from under the car seat.
The violent collision caused Lin Che to lose focus under the huge impact force, and his face was buried in the airbag. It took him two or three minutes to fully wake up.
The phone under the seat had been hung up, and Lin Che couldn't move or reach out to pick it up.
He felt a little regretful that he didn't hang up the phone just now. With Lu Yu's personality, he would definitely come over, so he was worrying for nothing.
Red blood flowed down Lin Che's forehead, along the right side of his temple, and down to his jaw. He came to his senses and touched the sticky area on his face, only to find that he was bleeding.
Someone rudely opened the car door and pulled Lin Che out of the car. Lin Che, who was still half conscious, was thrown to the ground.
Lin Che supported herself on the ground with both hands and tried her best to stand up with her feet.
The other party kicked him in the stomach, and the huge force knocked him over.
"You bastard, you're so shameless." Qin Yize tore the wrinkled invitation into pieces and threw it in Lin Che's face.
The sticky blood covered his right cheek and flowed into his eyes. Lin Che couldn't see clearly and felt no pain.
He just wanted to stand up, and he always kept his back straight even in embarrassing situations.
What Qin Yize couldn't stand the most was Lin Che's aloof look.
"Aren't you quite capable? Why the hell are you silent?"
Qin Yize lifted Lin Che's shirt collar with both hands and pushed him against the car window.
"Qin Yize, is this all you can do?" Lin Che laughed, leaning against the car, letting the other party twist his collar.
Red blood overflowed from his mouth, and the sarcastic smile reached its peak here.
Qin Yize's fist missed Lin Che's face, but he was unexpectedly kicked in the lower body by Lin Che. Qin Yize's face instantly turned a pale red and he fell to the ground, twitching, clutching his lower body and unable to speak.
Lin Che raised his hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his eyes with the sleeve of his right hand. He used a lot of strength to steady his body and walked step by step towards Qin Yize who was lying on the ground.
When Lu Yu arrived, he saw Lin Che with blood all over his face standing in front of the car lights, with one foot on Qin Yize's face.
The other party's howling filled the entire underground parking lot.
"Then... let me tell you... whether I can fucking speak." Lin Che seemed to have no strength left. Holding on to the last bit of strength, the adrenaline allowed him to kick the lying Qin Yize to the ground again.
The severe pain caused the other person to faint.
The next second, Lin Che knelt on one knee, blood dripping from his collar onto the cement floor, mixing with the dust.
Lu Yu took a quick step and caught Lin Che's falling body.
The unfocused sight made it difficult to see who it was in the dim light, but the crisp aroma of cedar reached Lin Che's nose unmistakably in the dusty underground parking lot.
Lin Che closed her eyes and gave an ugly smile.
"You...finally...are here."
Blood mixed with tears covered Lin Che's face. Lu Yu's cold expression made it difficult for him to see clearly, and he fainted the next second.
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