When Ji Guizhang went on a business trip, Bai Jiaojiao wasn't the only one who went with him; a senior brother and a senior sister also came along. These two senior brothers and sisters were about to graduate. Ji Guizhang was a responsible teacher and a responsible doctor, and this surgery was a good opportunity for them to broaden their horizons, so he brought them along.
As for Bai Jiaojiao, she was simply a personal disciple who took her everywhere she went.
Ji Guizhang paid for all four of their train tickets, which were sleeper berths. The journey took five hours, and the two senior students were quite excited, chattering away the whole time.
Bai Jiaojiao didn't chatter much because there was someone sitting next to her.
Shen Heng served Bai Jiaojiao tea and water, making it seem like Bai Jiaojiao was the expert in the field of oncology. Bai Jiaojiao sighed and said, "Brother Heng, I'm not thirsty."
Shen Heng was quiet last night, but after lunch he said he would bring her over, and then he got in the car with her and wouldn't leave.
She gave up the factory and stopped going to school. If it weren't in front of everyone, Bai Jiaojiao would have really asked him if he would follow her everywhere she went.
Ji Guizhang took a sip of tea, ignored the two of them, and said to the two students next to him, "Don't think we're going out to play. You're all quite excited. Be serious and calm down. Don't let the hospital think that the students in our school are all unreliable."
After Ji Guizhang finished speaking, the two quickly suppressed their smiles.
"Your teacher has a rather strange temper," Shen Heng whispered to Bai Jiaojiao.
"Who can blame you? Don't talk nonsense." Bai Jiaojiao kicked Chen Heng.
"When have I ever treated you like this? You only know how to bully me."
While no one was looking, Shen Heng kissed the tip of Bai Jiaojiao's ear, and Bai Jiaojiao's ear immediately turned red.
Ji Guizhang was right across from them, but he closed his eyes and turned his head away, pretending not to see them.
He knew the young couple had a good relationship, but this was just too shameless.
Their train arrives tonight, and the surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning. They can make preparations tonight, and the patient can also prepare the surgical schedule.
The hospital had originally arranged accommodations for them, but unexpectedly, Shen Heng came along and took Bai Jiaojiao to stay at the guesthouse.
"If I hadn't come, would you be able to sleep in such a big room? They would at most arrange a duty room for you, and only your teacher could live in a room of this size."
Shen Heng didn't feel that his visit was impolite at all; on the contrary, he was smug, as if Bai Jiaojiao would be letting him down if she didn't appreciate it.
After washing her face, Bai Jiaojiao threw the towel at Shen Heng: "Can't I just book a room myself? Coming to the guesthouse with you, I have to bring out an extra ID."
Shen Heng touched the precious marriage certificate in his arms. Ever since the incident of Li Xiulian running away with Yu Wenli came out, Shen Heng had kept this certificate in his hand, and Bai Jiaojiao wouldn't let him touch it.
“It’s not safe for you to sleep alone. I’m just worried about you going out alone at night. What if someone knocks on your door?”
As Shen Heng was speaking, he was about to reach out and pull Bai Jiaojiao closer when he heard, just as he had said, someone knocking on the door.
Bai Jiaojiao was startled, and Shen Heng patted her to comfort her: "You've seen a ghost. Don't be afraid."
It's already 8 o'clock. At this hour, who would still be out and about? If they're not going home, fine, but why are they knocking on the door?
He gestured for Bai Jiaojiao to sit on the inside of the bed, then walked towards the door and asked, "Who is it?"
There was still no sound from outside. Shen Heng reached out and grabbed the broom by the door, preparing to open the door and hit the person outside with the broom.
Who is it?
He asked again, but there was still no response from outside.
Shen Heng flung open the door, only to find a frail old woman standing outside.
Shen Heng quickly stopped. The old woman was probably in her fifties or sixties, with a head full of white hair tied up in a mess. She was wearing a relatively clean and tidy gray cloth jacket and carrying a blue cloth bundle in her hand. She was so thin that he could kill her with one blow of his broom.
"Who are you? What do you want with us?"
"I...I..." Seeing Shen Heng's posture, the person outside was also startled. She took two steps back, her whole body trembling, patting her chest, "You scared me to death, you scared me to death. Who, who are you?"
"You come knocking on our door in the middle of the night and ask who I am? How did the guards on duty let you in?"
Seeing that this person was turning the tables on him, Shen Heng was about to close the door.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute. I heard that the doctor here is from Yancheng. I am the patient's family member. I heard you were here, so I brought you some things."
"Family members?"
"yes."
"Tell me, what illness does your family member have? What's the name of the doctor who performed the surgery?"
“My old man has a tumor in his brain. My son used his connections to find Professor Ji, a doctor at Yenching University. My son used to be his comrade-in-arms in the army.”
What the woman said made sense. Bai Jiaojiao, who was inside, heard this and poked her head out: "Is your husband's surname Liu?"
"Yes, yes, my husband's surname is Liu."
Aunt Liu glanced at Bai Jiaojiao, then at Shen Heng: "Which of you is Doctor Ji?"
"A young man with no experience is unreliable; how come they are two young people?"
Could it be that Doctor Ji looked down on their family and sent someone randomly?
"None of us are."
Before Bai Jiaojiao could finish speaking, Aunt Liu objected: "Then can you perform the surgery?"
"us......"
“I knew it; this matter wasn’t as simple as my son made it out to be.”
Aunt Liu clutched her bundle tightly to her chest, her back hunched, and left without even saying goodbye, muttering to herself, "I knew it! Now that they're rich and powerful, how could they possibly care about poor people? How much could they possibly care..."
"Why......"
Bai Jiaojiao opened her mouth, speechless as she looked at the old woman's back.
Shen Heng said, "Never mind that, let your teacher talk to her tomorrow."
After saying that, the two closed the door.
Bai Jiaojiao sat on the bed and said, "This person is probably here to give a gift. Look at her bag, it's bulging. And she doesn't trust Teacher Ji at all. She's probably afraid that Teacher Ji will look down on them and won't do her best in tomorrow's surgery."
"This person is really looking down on others. Her son doesn't even say anything to her. Should we talk to your teacher, Ms. Ji, about this tomorrow?"
"Let's not talk about it. Teacher Ji wouldn't have cared about these things anyway. He came all this way for that comrade."
This is a misunderstanding. If Ji Guizhang were really staying in this room, he wouldn't have accepted the gift.
However, Shen Heng did demonstrate the usefulness of his presence; otherwise, Bai Jiaojiao would have been terrified if someone had knocked on her door in the middle of the night while she was alone.
With Shen Heng around, Bai Jiaojiao slept soundly. The next day, she got up a little early and went to the entrance of the hospital's inpatient department to wait for Teacher Ji to arrive.
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