Chapter 4. Only When The Lotus Roots Are Broken…

When Luo Zhiyao rushed over in her white coat, He Shuyu was leaning listlessly on the hospital bed, receiving an infusion.

The hospital was rather cold and cheerless at the end of the year, and the latter’s face was even colder than the hospital.

Luo Zhiyao looked around the ward and down the corridor, but no one was in sight. Instead, she met He Shuyu’s warning gaze.

She touched her nose sheepishly, “Why are you looking at me like that? When I picked up your call, I didn’t even have to work. I rushed over to care for you, and this is how you treat me?”

If Luo Zhiyao’s words could be believed, it would be time for red rain to fall from the sky.

He Shuyu picked up the wrapped skinny pork congee and took a slow sip through the straw.

“Still on duty on New Year’s Eve?”

The shift in topic was too obvious. Luo Zhiyao’s heart felt like a cat was living in it, scratching and clawing. She said, “My brother is not here. Why should I go back? What am I going to do? To compete with them? “

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Anyone who looked at Luo Zhiyao’s current gossip-tree appearance would not be able to associate her with the youngest and best surgeon at Jiangcheng First Hospital.

“What could it be? He was just passing by the riverside when I had a stomach bug. He met me and then sent me to the hospital. If there really was something, how could he not still be here now? “

There was some truth to the words. How many people in Jiangcheng were lining up to butter up to Ms. He? By not seizing such a good opportunity, the young, handsome man was still young and stubborn.

The cup of skinny egg and lean pork congee reached the bottom, and He Shuyu pointed to the back of her right hand.

“Come on, Dr. Luo. Help me pull this troublesome thing out. It’s almost finished too. “

She hated sitting in the hospital for infusions because it was a waste of time.

But today was an exception.

An hour or so ago, ever since she had said that, Chi Xiuyuan’s body had been tense and his lips pursed.

At that moment, He Shuyu suspected that he would throw the car keys at her and then turn away without a second thought.

However, the child was still soft-hearted and ignored her offensive words, driving her to the hospital with a dark and sullen look on the way.

She didn’t want an infusion, but she got a glare.

It was not like hate between relatives, but a taste of the word “trouble”.

She couldn’t tell what she was thinking at the time. She felt guilty and a little amused at the same time, so she obediently let the nurse give her the injection.

Her little friend went around and bought her a hot cup of skinny egg and lean pork congee from somewhere.

He was really like her little boyfriend.

But still stubborn.

He had finished buying the congee and wanted to leave.

She was in a rare good mood and teased him, saying she was alone and had nowhere else to go.

She thought her little friend would be in a difficult position, or that he would stay with her after the infusion and then throw her the keys.

But he was smart enough to point at her bag and ask her to take out her phone to call a friend.

It was true; she was always surrounded by people when she went in and out of Infinity.

It was impossible for people not to notice Luo Zhiyao.

Thinking of her little friend’s dark and sullen face, He Shuyu unconsciously curled her lips.

“Pop!”

With the crisp clap of her hand, He Shuyu looked back over and saw the gossip on Luo Zhiyao’s face intensify.

The needle on the back of her hand had already been removed from her collected expression, and Dr. Luo teased, “Thinking of whom, with a spring in your step?”

He Shuyu laughed a little. She got off the bed, lifted the coat next to her, and put it on, saying slowly, “Suddenly, I think it’s nice to have a little boyfriend.”

Luo Zhiyao: “!”

“Are you seriously not joking? Do you want your sister to give you some advice? Is it that little kid from the dinner party? What’s with the sudden enlightenment? I also think that the handsome boy is good-looking and well-built. More importantly, if you analyze from a medical point of view, his skeletal figure, he-“

“Shut up!” He Shuyu threw out two words.

When Luo Zhiyao gossiped, her mouth was unstoppable. The primary criteria for a boyfriend was his figure: His abs must be perfect, pectoral muscles must be hard enough, and his length must be checked. 

It was outrageous.

Luo Zhiyao rolled her eyes at He Shuyu, who was so uninterested and waved her hand to go back to her duty.

“Forget it, I’m too lazy to care about you. Go back when your stomach doesn’t hurt anymore. Toss yourself less in the future, before you really toss yourself to death. Your hundreds of billions will really be cheap to those assholes. “

She walked out with a sarcastic remark, but before she could take two steps, she was grabbed by the arm. Instantly, her eyes lit up, thinking that He Shuyu wanted to take lessons from her.

She lifted her chin and was about to give a couple of pointers when He Shuyu said, “You’re not going back from your shift at the hospital tonight, are you? Can I borrow your car? I’ll pick you up tomorrow morning. “

Two question marks drifted up in Luo Zhiyao’s eyes. “Where’s your car? Didn’t your handsome brother drive you here in your car? “

“You’ve even inquired about this?” He Shuyu looked over with a sideways glance.

Luo Zhiyao sheepishly inclined her head. She honestly fished out her car keys from her pocket, saying undauntedly, “Did you let little handsome take your car back?”

“Good man, He Shuyu, it’s me who underestimated you!”

Only the man who unobtrusively released a big move really understood that it was only when the lotus roots were broken could they be entwined [1].

*****

He had learnt to drive so that he could sometimes be a substitute driver for a customer.

The tips given by generous customers were enough to pay his salary for the whole day.

Chi Xiuyuan was also afraid that he wouldn’t know how to drive a luxury car when he had to drive for a customer, so he had studied how to drive various luxury cars. He was even able to estimate the price of a famous car to a certain extent.

He Shuyu’s white Bentley was specially customized, and it cost no less than eight figures.

Chi Xiuyuan didn’t dare drive the car into the dilapidated neighbourhood. Instead, he paid for it to be parked in a nearby underground car park and then walked back to the neighbourhood.

He had initially refused to take He Shuyu’s car back; after all, he couldn’t afford to pay for a car at this price if it was gently scuffed.

But He Shuyu’s subdued elegance was not only in the business world; she was able to strategize wherever she was.

“It’s so late. Can you get a taxi back? “

The woman’s pale face gradually took on some blood as she drank some porridge to warm her stomach 

Tomorrow… no, it was New Year’s Eve already.

He had had his phone on and waited for almost twenty minutes, but the Didi drivers [3] did not take the order.

Seeing the woman’s pale, smiling gaze, Chi Xiuyuan said stiffly, “I can walk back.”

What was driving back in her car?

He didn’t mind what people’s eyes; he was just still thinking about the eight-million dollar dress he had splashed with red wine. He was afraid of another eight million when the white Bentley he had just driven around at will was clearly more than eight million.

“The hospital and your house seem to be in opposite directions. Can you walk back? “

Chief He, the reigning boss of the business world, said lightly.

After a short period of speechlessness, came his stubborn voice, “There are shared electric bikes.”

“Did you return the last one?”

Chi Xiuyuan:”……”

It hadn’t been returned; the gift bag he had been issued today was still hanging on the scooter.

Chi Xiuyuan sighed. He carried the gift bag that he had just retrieved from the river, took off his shoes, and went inside. 

It was also an extremely cold night; how else could he have retrieved the gift bag?

Otherwise, after spending the registration fee and the parking fee, the New Year’s gift bag would have still flown away. He had not met the richest woman in Jiangcheng, who was known as the Goddess of Wealth, but a gold-devouring beast.

After pressing the heating button on the water dispenser, Chi Xiuyuan leaned back on the simple sofa and squinted for a while with his eyes closed.

It was already late, but he didn’t feel the least bit sleepy.

Tonight’s encounter had been abrupt and unexpected, and he had to return the car tomorrow.

“Knock! Knock!”

There was a knock on the door of the house, and Chi Xiuyuan bounced up from his seat on the sofa.

“Little Chi, it’s your Uncle Ji. I cooked some extra dumplings tonight and didn’t finish them. It’s just as well you’re back. Eat some to fill up your stomach.”

Uncle Ji was Chi Xiuyuan’s landlord. He was still in his early fifties and had sloping feet, but he was very energetic. He took care of the overgrown flower beds in the neighbourhood and liked to grow roses and moonflowers.

Chi Xiuyuan opened the door and said, “Uncle Ji, why are you still awake at this late hour? Come in and have a seat. “

Uncle Ji waved his hand and said, “No, no, you’re tired from work. Eat your dumplings and go to bed early. Don’t be too tired at a young age.”

He lived across the street and never asked him what work he had to do late at night, nor did he pry into his personal affairs. He just occasionally brought him some food.

After thanking Uncle Ji, Chi Xiuyuan carried the hot dumplings into the house, knowing that the dumplings in the bowl were not the extra ones he had cooked for dinner. They were the ones Uncle Ji had cooked on purpose when he heard the commotion of his return.

Uncle Ji was very good at his craft, and the dumplings were beautifully wrapped.

The dumplings were fresh and stuffed with his favourite kind of corn.

After eating two dumplings, Chi Xiuyuan suddenly noticed the car keys sitting on the table.

He had taken the keys back and forth several times, and only now did he notice that the key ring had a teardrop-shaped crystal mouse key ring.

The little mouse had rubies for eyes, a luxury in the same vein as its owner.

He Shuyu was twenty-five years old and, by calculation, a rat [4].

When Chi Xiuyuan absentmindedly bit into the dumpling, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

There was a text message, and the sender’s note was:

President He.

He paused as he bit into the dumpling.

Not only had He Shuyu forced him to take her car back, but she had also made him save her number on the pretext of returning the car tomorrow.

She had snatched the phone with skill, her nude manicure glowing a honey-like pale amber in the translucent light of the phone screen.

Chi Xiuyuan pointed the phone at his fingertips and unconsciously crunched the dumpling.

The screen went dark again and lit up once more. It was WeChat.

The new friend’s note was: “He Shuyu, add me. I have trouble with texting.”

After swallowing half the dumpling in his mouth, Chi Xiuyuan opened the text message to find only four short words.

President He: Are you home yet?

Chi Xiuyuan’s fingertips hovered above the rejection, thought for a moment, and then clicked accept.

He didn’t send any messages, but instead gingerly found the two most recent purchases on his bill. He took a screenshot and sent it.

[C: Registration fee and parking fee]

[1] The lotus roots are broken but the threads connect – an idiom meaning that you still carry a torch for someone or you still have a connection to someone even after you both go your separate ways.

[2] Didi Drivers is a Chinese version of Uber and Lyft.

[3] Chinese Zodiac calendar.