Feeling relieved, Xie Wanying found a chair in the office, sat down, and rolled up her pant leg.
The injury on her knee wasnāt severe, just some scrapes with a bit of bruising, which should heal on its own in a few days. Compared to this minor injury, her stomach growled with hunger. She had finished all the snacks in her backpack during the taxi ride and could only make do with instant milk powder oatmeal back at the dorm. She had to admire her momās foresight to tell her to keep some food in the dorm. After all, her mom had been a medical worker like her and understood these things.
Suddenly, her phone rang, and she didnāt know who was calling. Xie Wanying took out her phone to check; it was Senior Changās number.
Chang Jiawei was now off the front-line and second-line shifts and had started working third-line. Typically, second-line and third-line doctors would choose to go home rather than linger at the hospital. After climbing up to this point, no doctor would like to continue working day and night at the hospital; going home to rest is best.
Answering the call, Xie Wanying asked, "Teacher Chang?"
"Itās me. Iām at the hospital. I heard you came to Guoxie?" Chang Jiawei asked her from the other end.
The senior was in the hospital because a patient needed emergency care, requiring doctors from above to come back and help, and he happened to hear about her coming to Guoxie. Xie Wanying thought so, without any suspicion, and said, "Yes. Is Teacher Chang busy in orthopedics?"
No, the third section of the orthopedics department was quiet, with no emergency calls, and he was strolling in his old classmate Fu Xinhengās office. Specifically, he was learning, a side effect of being inspired by that surgery. Trying to guess what she, a straightforward person, might be thinking was out of the question, Chang Jiawei squinted and said, "Itās so late, are you having a late-night snack?"
"Iām going back to school; I have food in my dorm," Xie Wanying, who couldnāt lie, answered truthfully.
The call was just right. Chang Jiaweiās eyebrows raised with excitement as he said, "Fu and I are getting a late-night snack. As I said before, weāll often treat you to meals. What do you want to eat? Weāll treat you together."
"Thereās no need to be so formal, Teacher Chang."
"You donāt need to be formal with me. Are you in the pediatrics department now? Iāll come to find you." After speaking, worried she might refuse, Chang Jiawei hurriedly grabbed his phone and prepared to head out.
As he reached the doorway, he bumped into Fu Xinheng, who was about to enter the office.
Seeing him in a rush, Fu Xinheng asked, "Emergency in your department?"
"No," Chang Jiawei said, waving his phone, "When the late-night snack arrives, just leave it here; Iāll go get Yingying to come over and eat."
"Did she come to the hospital?" Zhou Junpeng, who was on duty and followed behind Fu Xinheng, asked in surprise when he heard that Xie Wanying had arrived. He thought that her coming to the hospital late at night must not be for a good reason, given she wasnāt on duty or studying.
Seeing these people claiming to want her to join the cardiothoracic department, but not paying attention to her movements at all, Chang Jiawei shook his head disapprovingly at them, "You should at least care about her a bit. Iāve said it many times, to win a girlās heart, the most important thing is care and affection."
Fu Xinheng and Zhou Junpeng were momentarily stunned, unable to react.
Ignoring the two dazed ones, Chang Jiawei ran out quickly.
Upon hearing that the senior was going to find her, Xie Wanying could only stay in the pediatrics office and wait. She didnāt expect Senior Chang to arrive so quickly.
Not long after, Senior Changās voice echoed in the corridor.
"Doctor Hu, how are your eyes?" Chang Jiawei said.