Chapter 62: Gang War?

  "Doctor! Doctor... The patient in room 513 has woken up, but is having severe coughing..."

  Su Lin quickly ran to the nurse's station, and then there was a doctor on duty who hastily followed in.

  "It's okay now that you're awake. Coughing is just a normal reaction after the procedure, it will be fine in a while. We'll do another check-up tomorrow and everything should be alright by then."

  The doctor on duty looked at Ye Mu's situation and said slowly.

  "It's all right as long as nothing is wrong, it's all right as long as nothing is wrong. Thank you, Dr. Liu."

  Ye Xingzhu saw that her mother's cough had also subsided, and she finally felt at ease. At the same time, since she had just hastily come out of the bathroom, the clothes on her body were temporarily put on, and even the buttons on her nurse uniform were not fully fastened.

  And on the other hand, Su Lin was also like that. When he came back to himself, he only then discovered that his T-shirt was worn inside out.

  "Nurse Ye, don't be polite. Your mother's situation is already considered relatively optimistic. At the earliest, after half a month of recuperation after surgery, she will be able to get out of bed and walk..."

  Dr. Liu, who was on duty, was handing over some post-operative care instructions to Ye Xingzhu, while Su Lin, realizing that his T-shirt was on inside out, awkwardly touched his head and walked out of the ward, preparing to change in the bathroom in the corridor.

  But just as Su Lin had just walked out of the ward and was heading in the direction of the bathroom, she happened to run into Fang Liping, who was coming out of the ICU.

  Seeing Fang Liping, Su Lin was also very surprised. So late, why would Qin Yanran's mother come to the municipal hospital? Thinking of what happened in the hotel that day, Su Lin felt a little embarrassed and didn't know how to face Fang Liping. Just as he thought of lowering his head and turning around to avoid her before she noticed him, Fang Liping had already seen him too.

  "Are you... Su Lin?"

  Fang Liping called out to Su Lin in the corridor, and with that, Su Lin had no excuse to walk away. He looked a bit awkward wearing his T-shirt inside out, and he rubbed his head foolishly, smiling at Fang Liping: "Ah... Aunt Ping, what a coincidence, running into you again here!"

  After saying this, Su Lin's heart felt a little regretful. What is meant by "again" encountering each other! His own mouth was truly inept at speaking, wasn't this making people who heard it feel that he was hinting at the last time's enchanting encounter in the hotel?

  "What on earth am I thinking? Aunt Ping is Yanran's mother. No, no, can't think wildly."

  Su Lin looked down, somewhat embarrassed, not daring to look at Fang Liping. But Fang Liping was standing with her arms crossed, looking at Su Lin with a hint of amusement. When she saw the T-shirt that Su Lin was wearing inside out, even this normally composed female mayor couldn't help but burst out laughing: "I didn't expect that Su Lin not only has good grades, but is also a nonconformist!"

  "Non-mainstream?"

  It was inexplicable, Su Lin looked down at his own jacket that he had put on inside out and immediately felt a bit embarrassed, "No, that... Aunt Ping, I... Ah! I don't know how to explain it, I just accidentally put it on inside out, inside out..."

  Su Lin couldn't say that he was wearing his T-shirt inside out, because of the interruption in the bathroom with Ye Xingzhu. Moreover, in front of Fang Liping, Su Lin always felt a heavy pressure, after all, the female mayor's strong aura was not to be underestimated.

  "Alright, Su Lin little fellow, can't even take a joke? Today I saw you at the school's oath-taking ceremony, and you were so bold and stirring. Now how come you're suddenly acting like a timid little wife?"

  Seeing Su Lin's appearance today, Fang Liping, who was always serious, couldn't help but chat with Su Lin. At the same time, Fang Liping remembered the sad expression of her daughter when she left just now, and seeing that Su Lin was indeed at the municipal hospital, she became even more certain that this matter might be related to Su Lin after all. So, she asked tentatively: "Su Lin, little classmate, did you see Yan Ran just now?"

  "Is Yanran also in the municipal hospital? No... Because our neighbor, Liang Ayi, was hospitalized for heart disease, I came to visit on behalf of my family. But I didn't see Yanran today. Ah, Ping Ayi, what brings you to the municipal hospital? Is someone sick?"

  At the time in ward 513, Su Lin was facing away from the door and didn't see Qin Yanran come at all, so naturally she had no impression of her. Now that Qin Yanran and Fang Liping have appeared together at the municipal hospital, the only possibility is that someone in their family is ill.

  "It's my mother who fell ill. Oh! Right, Su Lin, my mother's illness is also thanks to you, you are the benefactor of our family, I and Yan Ran discussed it, after the college entrance examination, please come to our home for dinner."

  After Su Lin's reminder, Fang Liping remembered that her mother was rescued by Su Lin. The young man in the pencil sketch looked 90% like Su Lin.

  "What's wrong with your mother? Thanks to me? Aunt Ping, I...I didn't do anything, did I? Is it a mistake..."

  Su Lin was somewhat inexplicable, but after a few sentences of idle chatter, Su Lin was not as tense as he was at first, however, every time he looked towards Fang Liping, he would still feel a little guilty.

  "Miss Ping and Yanran really do look alike, but Yanran clearly doesn't have Miss Ping's figure. Well, Yanran is only eighteen, while Miss Ping must be at least thirty-eight! But still, it seems that the charm of a mature woman remains!"

  Unconsciously, Su Lin compared Fang Liping in front of him and her daughter Qin Yanran, and even thought about it in his heart, whether Aunt Ping's figure was more plump or Sister Zhu's was bigger.

  There was still the lingering scent of Zhu Jie on his hands, and the passion that had almost dissipated suddenly flared up again when he saw Fang Liping. He didn't know why, but perhaps it was the thrill of a forbidden love that made Su Lin's mind start racing once more.

  "Su Lin, do you remember? Seven or eight days ago, you saved an old lady who suddenly had a heart attack at the Dong'an Vegetable Market? That was my mother. Luckily, you sent her out of the Dong'an Vegetable Market in time, otherwise, if we had waited for the slow stretcher of the ambulance to arrive, I'm afraid it would have been too late."

  Fang Liping explained, pausing for a moment, lowering her voice and continuing, "And also that time at the Jiaxing Hotel, I want to thank you for saving me too."

  "Oh! So that old lady is Yanran's grandma, the world is really too small. Aunt Ping, it's nothing, this is just a small effort, I'm a good boy of the 21st century, helping others with pleasure, upholding justice, these are all part of my duties. Hehe!"

  Su Lin became more and more at ease, and in front of Fang Liping, he even started to show off his eloquence.

  "You're speaking in an official tone in front of me. Anyway, Su Lin, Yan Ran means the same thing, after the college entrance exam, please come to my house for a meal, and thank you properly..."

  Fang Liping hadn't finished speaking when her mobile phone rang urgently.

  "Hey! I'm Fang Liping, what's up, speak!"

  Very concise, picking up her mobile phone, Fang Liping asked with a straight face.

  "Something's wrong, Mayor Fang, there was a gang shootout in Western City tonight..."