Chapter 215 — A Chance Encounter at the Hospital
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Wei Zhao naturally supported his only brother at school. Kang** was a good guy and very loyal. On harmless matters like this, if Wei Zhao could help, he would.
Wei Zhao put down the phone and got dressed. He glanced at the time — just past seven. That Kang**, he really was an early bird. Ever since Wei Zhao had been able to communicate with Old Jiao in his dreams, he had taken endless delight in it. The old man knew so much, about everything under the sun, as if there was nothing he couldn't do.
He went to the kitchen first. Using the leftover hairtail from yesterday, Wei Zhao cut up a few potatoes and put them all into the electric pressure cooker. The advantage of stewing potatoes in an electric pressure cooker was that it was quick and the potatoes came out soft.
Gu Mengyao's kitchen had every kind of cooking utensil imaginable — a complete set — but many of them had never been used. Though the pots had been taken out of their boxes and placed in the cupboard, the instruction manuals were still inside them.
The electric pressure cooker had an automatic timer, so Wei Zhao didn't need to set anything manually. He left a note on the dining table for Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, telling them to help themselves after getting up, saying he had some errands to run. Then he left the villa.
The matter of Shen Yushu's smashed-up car had been dropped. Wei Zhao couldn't be bothered to call Uncle Qing to come fix it. It could wait for now — it didn't affect the car's usability anyway.
At Ningshi Road station, Kang** was already waiting. Wei Zhao picked him up, and they headed to the city's First People's Hospital.
In the emergency room ward, however, they didn't see Xiaofen's family. The bed Xiaofen had occupied was now taken by an old woman. Only after Kang** asked around did they learn that Xiaofen had already been moved to an inpatient ward.
Just as they were leaving the ward, they saw Nurse Guan Xin — the one who had dressed his wound before — walking in with medicine in her hand. Spotting Wei Zhao, she gave a slight start of surprise.
"Wei Zhao? What are you doing here?" Guan Xin's voice held a note of surprise and delight.
These past days, Guan Xin had been worried about Wei Zhao's injury. Ever since his last dressing change, when he had never come back, she had feared that something had gone wrong with his wound... In truth, Guan Xin also hoped to see more of Wei Zhao. Toward her savior, she harbored an indescribable fondness.
It couldn't be called love — Guan Xin wasn't that infatuated. It was more that he left a very good impression on her; when she didn't see him, she would think of him... She had thought she would never see Wei Zhao again, yet unexpectedly they met by chance in the hospital.
This surprised and delighted her at the same time.
"Guan Xin? Haha, a friend of mine is hospitalized, so I came to visit." Wei Zhao hadn't expected to run into Guan Xin here either.
"Oh..." Guan Xin nodded. "The wound on your leg..."
"It healed long ago," Wei Zhao said with a smile. "Thank you."
Guan Xin wanted to say more, but just then a doctor in the ward called her over to change a patient's dressing. She could only rush an apology to Wei Zhao and leave with some reluctance.
She had wanted to ask for Wei Zhao's mobile number, but she couldn't bring herself to say it. After all, she was a girl — it was embarrassing to ask a man for his number...
Inwardly she felt a twinge of annoyance: couldn't you just take the initiative and ask for my number?
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