"Why don't you call your aunt?" Lin Zhibai "kindly" suggested, turning around and sitting down first, leisurely waiting for her.
She needs to call her mother about this.
Gu Fanyan went to the corridor and dialed her mother's number. "What's going on? Haven't you always considered Lin Zhibai a thorn in your side?"
"People should look at things from a developmental and changing perspective," Gu's mother said with a smile.
"Wait a minute," Gu Fanyan listened carefully, "Why is there the sound of mahjong over there? You're not planning to come, are you?"
"Mom has been bedridden for over a month. She should get together with her old girlfriends. Be good, have a couple more drinks for me and Lin Zhibai to express our gratitude."
Before Gu Fanyan could say anything more, Gu's mother hung up the phone.
Mom went through a life-or-death experience, so she's come to terms with it now, right?
Even if you've come to terms with it, you can't put your own daughter in an awkward position!
However, it is also a fact that Lin Zhibai saved her mother.
Gu Fanyan returned to the private room and looked up to meet Lin Zhibai's teasing gaze. "I thought Sister Fanyan had secretly slipped away."
Gu Fanyan pursed her lips: "Stop talking nonsense. You saved my mother once, so it's only right that I treat you to a meal."
"You order," she said, pushing the menu towards him and sitting down opposite him.
Lin Zhibai leaned forward, standing only half a table away from her. "Sister Fanyan, please order. I love everything Sister Fanyan likes to eat."
His eyes were fixed on her.
"Close your eyes!" Gu Fanyan warned impatiently. "Just because I invited you to dinner doesn't mean you can say whatever you want."
He grunted in agreement, indicating he had taken the advice to heart, but he resolutely refused to change his ways.
Gu Fanyan opened the menu and held it up, which conveniently blocked her face and also kept his gaze away.
Lin Zhibai smiled, his handsome eyes filled with undisguised joy.
Gu Fanyan, teased by him, was like a noble cat about to go crazy.
He almost told her that he didn't actually want to eat anything; just being able to look at her was enough.
His smile deepened; if he told her, she would definitely jump up and down in anger.
Just then, the ringing of a phone broke the atmosphere in the private room.
Gu Fanyan picked up the phone; it was Lin Guangchen's number. However, a woman's voice answered: "Are you Ms. Gu, Dr. Lin's girlfriend? I'm a nurse in Dr. Lin's department."
"Yes, it is him. What happened to him?" Gu Fanyan frowned.
"Dr. Lin suddenly fainted and has been taken to the emergency room," the nurse replied.
Gu Fanyan was in a hurry to leave.
"Sit down!" As soon as she stood up, Lin Zhibai's face darkened.
"Lin Guangchen fainted while on duty, I have to go see him!" she explained anxiously.
"What you should be doing now is inviting me to dinner on behalf of your aunt," Lin Zhibai said coldly.
The pleasant atmosphere from just now vanished instantly.
Gu Fanyan was speechless. "Lin Guangchen is also your brother. You're not worried about him fainting..."
"Nothing can disturb our meal," Lin Zhibai interrupted her.
"But I have to go! Lin Guangchen is my boyfriend!" Gu Fanyan grabbed her bag and left.
"Is this how your Gu family expresses your gratitude?"
As she reached the door, Lin Zhibai spoke with a mocking tone.
"Incomprehensible!" she said, and left.
As night deepened, the candlelight flickered in the quiet private room, making the romantic decor even more beautiful.
But it was empty.
Gu Fanyan started her car and prepared to leave when suddenly a sports car stopped abruptly in front of her car.
"Are you crazy?!" she couldn't help but curse.
Fortunately, she braked in time, otherwise the two cars would have collided.
The other car window rolled down, revealing Lin Zhibai's face. "Get out, get in the car," he commanded in a deep voice.
Gu Fanyan hesitated for a moment in the car.
With his car blocking the front, she couldn't leave without getting in his vehicle.
However, when the engine started up, she actually started the car again.
Is she planning to ram his car?
Lin Zhibai stared intently at her, refusing to back down.
If she's willing to bump into him, he's willing to be bumped into by her.
However, her car was tilted backward.
With a series of screeching sounds, her car reversed and sped away down another road.
It turned out there were no cars behind her.
She feigned hesitation, actually trying to fool him and lower his guard.
Lin Zhibai was utterly speechless.
Lin Guangchen had woken up, but was still lying in the hospital bed, his face pale.
The nurse told Gu Fanyan, "Dr. Lin has been performing three surgeries every day for a week. When he's tired, he just sits down against the wall and falls asleep. He hasn't been home at all."
Gu Fanyan and Lin Guangchen smiled: "This is... the troubles of a famous doctor?"
Lin Guangchen forced a smile: "I personally perform the procedures, so I get a high commission."
Gu Fanyan asked in confusion, "Are you short of money?"
"Who would complain about having too much money?" Lin Guangchen retorted, but with a smile on his lips, as if he were joking.
"How is your mother doing lately?" Then, he changed the subject.
"He's recovering very well and can play mahjong tonight."
Gu Fanyan chatted with him for a few minutes, and then, under the pretext of buying him food, she went outside to find the nurse.
"Why has Dr. Lin been so busy lately? Don't you have any other surgeons in your department?" she asked.
"The patients always specifically request him to be the surgeon..." the nurse hesitated.
"Are there any other reasons?" Gu Fanyan pressed.
"No, no more." The nurse immediately shook her head, her eyes filled with panic as if she wanted to tell everyone that she was lying.
Gu Fanyan sighed lightly, feigning helplessness, "I think I'm a pretty bad girlfriend. I don't understand what my boyfriend is thinking at all..."
"No, no," the nurse quickly said, "Actually, I only heard Dr. Lin mention it casually; he seems to be short of money lately..."
They really are short of money!
Gu Fanyan was quite surprised!
"Did he buy a house?" she asked. "Could he have contracted some kind of illness?"
The nurse shook her head: "I don't know about that, and Dr. Lin wouldn't tell us these things."
The nurse went off to do her work.
Suddenly, a mocking laugh echoed in the quiet corridor.
Gu Fanyan turned her head, and Lin Zhibai leaned against the wall with his arms crossed. "You're a very irresponsible girlfriend. You know too little about your boyfriend."
He really is persistent! He's followed us all the way here!
Gu Fanyan ignored him and prepared to go downstairs to buy food.
Lin Zhibai raised one hand, "Did you know that Lin Guangchen likes char siu rice?" He was holding two lunch boxes in his hand.
"He wants to eat wontons today." Gu Fanyan rolled her eyes at him and turned to leave.
She returned to the ward with a bowl of wontons, only to find Lin Zhibai already sitting on the edge of the bed.
Lin Guangchen was putting something that looked like a check into his pocket, his face full of gratitude: "Zhibai, thank you this time."
He gave Lin Guangchen money!
He heard everything she and the nurse said in the hallway!
Isn't he deliberately slapping her in the face?
"Lin Guangchen, give the check back to him!" Gu Fanyan said immediately.
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