Xu Li got a taxi and ran to the hospital in one breath. As soon as he stepped into the hall with his left foot, he saw a young man holding a sign under the notice board.
Looking for my lover, Xu Li?!
… Huh?!
Xu Li tilted his head and thought for a moment. He had no impression of the person in front of him since he was not a friend he often met at the bar. He was still deep in thought when the boy in front of him wiped away his tears, seeing him by the door as soon as he looked up. Pushing away the crowd, he rushed over.
“Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu!”
Xu Li took a step back in horror. Unfortunately, it was too late. The boy hugged his thigh, knelt on the ground, choked up, and said: “I’ve finally found you, Mr. Xu!”
Xu Li frowned and reached out to pull him. “Get up first! What’s the matter with you?! Kneeling to me in public?! Everyone will think I’m bullying you… Get up!”
The boy finally stood up, looking miserable. Only then did Xu Li take a closer look at his facial features, realizing that he was indeed not ugly, with charming eyebrows. Even with tears in his eyes he still had a sense of pity. Most of the boys from the bars he usually frequented looked like that.
However, it wasn’t a look that Xu Li liked.
After searching his memory once again, he was still completely sure he had never seen the person in front of him.
“I’m sorry, but… Who are you?” He looked at the other party’s face and couldn’t help asking.
The boy stretched out his hand eagerly, pulled Xu Li’s clothes, and said: “It’s normal for Mr. Xu to not remember me… You drank a lot of wine that night, and I left in the morning. Maybe you don’t remember it.”
Xu Li: “…”
“Which day, where?” Xu Li asked.
“A week ago, Caiyun Bar.” The boy answered.
Xu Li narrowed his eyes and recalled carefully that he had indeed gone to Caiyun Bar a week ago. On Ah Huo’s birthday, they were drinking and celebrating. In his impression, he did drink too much, but the person in front of him… He still couldn’t remember.
“What’s your name?” He asked.
The boy twisted for a moment and whispered: “Mr. Xu never asked me my real name… My stage name is Little Rainbow.”
Pff! Passing by, a little nurse pushing a wheelchair couldn’t hold back when she heard these two words.
“… Forget it.” Xu Li waved his hand. It was indeed immoral to talk about that at the entrance of the hospital. “Don’t make any more trouble. I’ll give you my phone number. Just call me later. I still have something to do now.”
“No!” Little Rainbow was short and thin. However, when he grabbed Xu Li’s arm desperately, the force was too strong to struggle.
Xu Li was surprised: “What are you doing?!”
Little Rainbow knelt again, held Xu Li’s left leg in both hands, and started crying: “Mr. Xu, you can’t ignore me! You promised me that you would help my mother see a doctor while you were drunk, saying that you could provide us with free accommodation! That’s why I came here! My mother is sick, you can’t regret it!”
Xu Li was stunned: “… When did I promise?!”
Little Rainbow’s mother also staggered over at that moment, and her silver hair was blown into a mess by the wind and snow. She knelt on the ground without hesitation, hugged Xu Li’s free right leg, and cried: “Dr. Xu, you are a good person! If you don’t help, we’ll have to sleep on the street tonight!”
The people in the hospital hall all held their breaths, watching with excitement. After frolicking in the flowers for so many years, Xu Li overturned his car for the first time. Nobody thought that one day he would be entangled by a scammer he met in a bar.
And so, everyone looked at him with mockery and contempt.
Xu Li’s patience was almost worn out. He tried to shake his legs and said angrily: “Get out of the way and help your mother up! I said I would solve your problem, but not like this!”
Little Rainbow raised his eyes and asked: “Really?”
“Just let go quickly!” Xu Li had limited patience. He simply grabbed the little chick’s arm and lifted him, but not before turning around to assist the old lady.
Looking towards the elevator in the distance, Xu Li thought that he needed to find Zhang Yuze as soon as possible and make it clear that this Little Rainbow was just a scammer who came over to fight a big battle. However, with so many people watching the excitement…
His thin-faced Dr. Zhang was probably full of fire.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Little Rainbow quickly grabbed Xu Li’s clothes again. The force was not well controlled, almost pulling Xu Li down on the floor. Now Xu Li was completely annoyed, turning around to say: “Little boy, you can’t understand people’s words? I have something to do now. I’ll come to see you when I’m done!”
“What if you run away?” Little Rainbow raised his face with stubborn eyes.
“I’ll run away with your mother!” Xu Li shook his hand and warned: “Let me tell you, I don’t know what little tricks you want to play. Whether this matter is true or not, is debatable, but don’t rely on drunkenness to force me. I’m willing to help you find a way to solve your problem, but…” He paused and continued: “I’m going to find my boyfriend now. If you mess up my love life, I’ll never help you.”
This time, Little Rainbow finally let go. Xu Li looked at his momentary change of expression and felt more and more that the matter was extremely strange. However, it was too late for him to think about it. What was important right now was coaxing his boyfriend back!
And so, Xu Li rushed to the 18th floor at the fastest speed of his life, unwilling to even wait for the elevator. Soon enough, he was lying on the nurse’s table, sticking out his tongue, holding his waist, and gasping like an enraged bull.
Zhao Xiaole poured him a glass of water and said: “Assistant Xu, take a deep breath. Don’t die.”
Xu Li took a big mouthful and asked her: “Where is Zhang Yuze?”
Zhao Xiaole replied: “Dr. Zhang has an operation this morning. He just entered the operating room to disinfect and change clothes. I’m afraid you have to wait for a long time.”
“What?!” Xu Li sighed and looked embarrassed. “Damn, I shouldn’t have been in such a hurry…”
Zhao Xiaole didn’t mind his embarrassment and looked at him with slanted eyes. “I say, Assistant Xu, although I have known for a long time that you’re not sincere in love, since you decided to properly date Dr. Zhang, you can’t be so careless! Letting your little lovers come to the hospital… Do you know how many pairs of eyes were waiting to see Dr. Zhang’s joke this morning?”
“It’s my fault.” Xu Li was out of breath, but still managed to continue. “In fact, this person is quite strange. I still don’t think it’s a love debt.”
“How about you tell me in detail?” Zhao Xiaole looked in the direction of the head nurse and confirmed that no one was staring at her. She was happy and free enough to partake in gossip.
Xu Li was just about to open his mouth when the mobile phone in his pocket rang, prompting him to answer the phone first. Looking at the caller ID, it was the dean who called him in person.
Xu Li suddenly felt bad.
Sure enough, because Little Rainbow stood in the hospital hall so conspicuously, the dean was afraid of a bad social impact, so he asked Xu Li to take them away quickly and not affect everyone’s work.
“Oh, really now…” Xu Li rubbed his hair in annoyance, raising his eyes to say: “Zhao Xiaole, I have to deal with the people below first. When Zhang Yuze comes out, please tell him that I’ve been here.”
“Do you think we’re shooting idol dramas?” Zhao Xiaole poked his chin and rolled her eyes. “I know what you mean, but I advise you to properly coax Dr. Zhang. Otherwise, you can only wait for him to break up with you.”
Xu Li sighed heavily again and left with his head down.
…………
Zhang Yuze’s operation dragged on for a long time, and he didn’t even have enough spare time for lunch. As soon as he walked back to the 18th floor with two sour arms, Zhao Xiaole shouted in his direction: “Dr. Zhang, Assistant Xu came in the morning!”
Not surprisingly, Zhang Yuze replied with a cold face: “Xu Li is not a wanted criminal with a reward of 50 million yuan. There’s no need to come and tell me what he’s doing.”
Seeing Dr. Zhang’s appearance, Zhao Xiaole silently squeezed two drops of sweat for Xu Li.
It was such a calm day… In the afternoon, Zhang Yuze changed out of his white coat and left work early. He didn’t need to go to the outpatient clinic that day, and since he had an operation in the morning, the rest of his schedule was free.
Zhang Yuze wrapped his scarf and walked to his car, just in time to answer Li Chenghong’s call.
“Hey, Second Bro, are you in a good mood?”
Zhang Yuze sneered and said: “I feel like flying.”
On the other side, Li Chenghong giggled and continued: “Okay, don’t think too much about it. Do you want to go out for a drink tonight? How about I accompany you to relieve your worries?”
Zhang Yuze started the car and said with zero emotion: “I don’t have anything to worry about. Xu Li is not worthy. Well, I still have to go home and clean up. Thank you for your kindness.”
The evening rush hour had not arrived yet, and there was not much traffic on the road, allowing Zhang Yuze to return to his home smoothly. To take care of Xu Li, he hasn’t visited his own house except for grabbing a change of clothes once in a while. Now, everything was covered with a layer of dust.
Zhang Yuze took off his coat and changed his shoes. He found some home clothes to change into, planning to clean up first. And so, it was almost six o’clock in the evening when he finally finished washing his clothes, wiping the floors, and disinfecting everything.
Xu Li never called, and Zhang Yuze never thought about him. During a break from housework, he even had enough strength to take out his mobile phone and delete the post that officially announced their relationship.
For Dr. Zhang, even if the situation was not yet clear, the absurd love game between him and Xu Li had truly come to an end.
He didn’t dislike Xu Li, but he hated trouble.
What made him angry was not who Xu Li provoked or which bar he went to, but precisely the kind of troublesome love debts that would also end up involving him, drowning him in humiliation.
And so, Zhang Yuze thought: Anyway, there was no strange system to bind him to the scum top once he transmigrated into this book. If they broke up, then they broke up. What’s the big deal?
His only regret was that stupid bet. At Han Jinhang’s wedding, he’ll have to pay double and still attend all by himself, making all his classmates think that he still couldn’t let go of his ex-boyfriend, cherishing himself and waiting for his return.
… A small problem.
Fuck!
After cleaning up for a while, he ordered takeaway and had a good meal. Looking up, it was snowing outside again.
In January, the snow in Yanjing rarely stopped.
Zhang Yuze finally took out his mobile phone and sat on the sofa to rest for a while. Only then did he see that Xu Li had called him ten times, but he was doing the dishes in the kitchen and didn’t hear anything.
The screen of his mobile phone lit up, and Xu Li’s eleventh phone call persistently dialed in. Zhang Yuze subconsciously wanted to hang up, but he felt that if he did that, he would really look like a jealous little wife.
Thinking of that, he chose to answer.
On the other side of the phone, Xu Li shouted urgently: “Boyfriend, I’m downstairs at your house! Okay, okay, meet me, okay?!”
