At this point, the old man slowly sat up, and seeing this, Xu Fei removed the silver needles from his body.
“Young man, what’s your name? This old man wants to properly repay you for saving my life.”
Hearing this, Xu Fei shook his head and looked at the old man.
“No need for repayment, sir, saving people is my duty, there’s no need for thanks, if you really want to thank me, just have your son learn more about Chinese medicine in the future!”
With that said, the bus happened to enter the capital’s borders, Xu Fei, in a hurry to get to the First City Hospital, didn’t have time to ride it to the station and loop back, so he quickly got off.
“Did you hear that, you little punk? We’re going to the hospital soon to see your Uncle Wang, if you dare say anything about Chinese medicine being a scam again, watch out, he’ll twist your ears off!”
After Xu Fei left, the rescued old man continued scolding Liu Wangcai on the bus, his eyes lingering on the direction Xu Fei had gone, muttering to himself.
“Sigh, what a fine young man, it’s just a shame I don’t know where I’ll see him again!”
At that moment, Xu Fei was in a taxi, constantly urging the driver to hurry, because after getting off the bus, he realised it was already six in the afternoon.
Whether it was because the First City Hospital was close or because the taxi driver sped up after Xu Fei’s prodding, thankfully it didn’t take too long, and Xu Fei arrived at the hospital.
As soon as he reached the entrance, he spotted Duanmu Qing from a distance, anxiously peering into the distance, and beside her stood Dong Tianyi and Duanmu Lei, brimming with arrogance and smugness, chattering away at her.
“Look, sis, enough waiting, it’s already six, I reckon that kid’s too scared to show up, after all, if he comes and loses, he’s out of a job!”
Duanmu Lei, seeing Xu Fei still hadn’t arrived, immediately started whispering in his sister’s ear.
“Hey! Duanmu, my man, that’s not quite right, it’s not ‘if he loses,’ if he shows up, he’s definitely losing!”
“So I say this kid’s smart for staying away, how about this, I’ll cure Auntie’s back pain right now, and tonight we all go out for dinner, eh, sis?”
Dong Tianyi, ever the opportunist, jumped on Duanmu Lei’s words, inviting Duanmu Qing to dinner while taking a hard jab at Xu Fei.
“No need, let’s wait a bit longer!”
Duanmu Qing had no interest in engaging with these two, so she kept her responses short.
At that moment, she felt a pang of guilt, that morning, after impulsively confessing to Xu Fei the night before in a fit of excitement, she’d been too shy to face him and left quietly, now Xu Fei hadn’t shown up, probably delayed because he’d been waiting for her.
“Fine, fine, you can wait, but sis, if we keep waiting, the hospital bed’s going to start costing us! Let’s head in!”
Duanmu Lei pressed on, turns out he’d relied on Dong Tianyi’s connections to get a free bed, but if they waited past evening, they’d have to pay.
Yesterday, this guy was all about being the dutiful son thinking of the family, yet now Duanmu Lei wouldn’t even fork out bed fees for his own mother.
Just as Duanmu Qing couldn’t resist her brother’s insistence and was about to be dragged inside, a familiar and thrilling voice rang out.
“Sorry, traffic was bad, I’m late!”
Hearing this, Duanmu Qing quickly shook off her brother’s hand, turned around, and saw Xu Fei looking up at her, before shyly turning her head away.
