Ye Qingqing's heart sank to the bottom. She wanted to hide, but it seemed that Hua Xiaolou had already seen her, so there was no need to hide anymore.
She simply walked straight up to him, and at the same time, Hua Xiaolou bowed slightly and whispered, "I'm sorry..."
He looked very cautious.
Ye Qingqing frowned; it seemed different from what she had expected.
"It's alright, just be more careful next time you walk." Yuwen Feng's gentle voice rang out. He patted his white coat lightly to smooth out the wrinkles, smiled slightly, and then brushed past Hua Xiaolou.
Hua Xiaolou watched Yuwen Feng walk away before turning around and seeing Ye Qingqing. She looked surprised, her eyes wide open like a startled deer.
Ye Qingqing had already approached and deliberately asked, "Did you run into someone you know?"
Hua Xiaolou hurriedly shook her head, "No...no, I accidentally bumped into that doctor just now..."
Ye Qingqing feigned sudden realization, "I thought you knew someone here. What are you doing here?"
Hua Xiaolou blushed and whispered, "I came to visit classmate Du, and then... and then I wanted to see what the area was like here..."
"This is the First People's Hospital, the largest public hospital in Pingjiang. You might work here someday," Ye Qingqing said half-jokingly.
Hua Xiaolou's face flushed red. "No... I want to go back to my hometown."
Ye Qingqing's heart skipped a beat, and she asked, "Do your parents want you to go back?"
"Yes, my parents and siblings all want me to go back, and I want to go back myself."
Hua Xiaolou looked sincere. If Tie Dan hadn't investigated, Ye Qingqing would never have suspected anything.
"Your parents and siblings are worried about you, right? By the way... your siblings must be getting on in years, are they married?" Ye Qingqing asked casually.
Hua Xiaolou's expression changed very slightly, something Ye Qingqing would never have noticed if she had been observing closely.
"They're both married."
People in rural areas get married early, especially in his poor hometown where even birds poop. Many people get married at seventeen or eighteen. He's already twenty-one, so his older siblings must already be married.
Ye Qingqing smiled slightly, "You're an uncle now, right?"
My heart sank to the bottom, and the doubts that had already dissipated surged up again.
Hua Xiaolou nodded, "Yes, the children are all very cute."
He glanced at Ye Qingqing. Why was this idiot asking so many irrelevant questions, like she was checking his household registration? It was so annoying. Fortunately, he answered them all fairly standardly, so he shouldn't have made any mistakes.
"I'm going back to school, are you coming back too?"
Ye Qingqing shook her head. "I have something to do. You should go back first."
As soon as Hua Xiaolou entered the elevator, Ye Qingqing's smile slowly froze, and her expression turned somewhat unpleasant. Hua Xiaolou had lied again.
Not all of his five older siblings got married. The fifth one, Hua Xiaolou's fifth sister, went to work in the south when she was a teenager and didn't return home for several years afterward, disappearing without a trace.
Even Hua Xiaolou's parents didn't know if their fifth daughter was married, so how could Hua Xiaolou possibly know?
Moreover... Ye Qingqing felt that when she first saw Hua Xiaolou, his temperament was very different. He was not at all like a pitiful little white rabbit. Although he was slightly shorter than Yuwen Feng, his aura was even stronger than Yuwen Feng's.
Although Yuwen Feng had his back to her, Ye Qingqing could still sense that the man's expression when facing Hua Xiaolou was likely one of trepidation.
But Ye Qingqing couldn't be sure if it was just her imagination. In just a moment, Hua Xiaolou had reverted to his former submissive self.
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