For the next two weeks, Ji Yuan didn’t go home, and Ji Shuyan got used to this deserted atmosphere.
It’s just that the child who had been raised by his side for so many years has now flown out like a little pigeon whose cage has been opened and Ji Shuyan couldn’t help but feel a sense of frustration like an old empty nester.
He talked to his colleagues in the department about this, and they looked at him with difficulty.
He was only thirty-three years old yet why does he have the mentality of an old man?
The head nurse shook her head, “This won’t do, Director Ji. How about you try having a relationship?”
Ji Shuyan watered the flowers on his balcony, “Who do I try with? Most people my age are married, and those who are not married are like me, not interested in finding someone.”
“Then find someone younger than you,” the head nurse answered with a smile, “Director Ji, you are good-looking and have a gentle temper. Even though you have a cold exterior, you have a warm heart. You should find a young and lively girlfriend who can drive up your enthusiasm.”
Ji Shuyan gave her a strange look, “No need.”
He has never considered someone younger than himself. He has always admired mature and calm women who can communicate smoothly and get along well. Even if they can’t go on and separate, they can still leave dignity for each other.
Those who are too young had too much enthusiasm and troubles.
He doesn’t want to subject himself to a hard time yet.
“Director Ji, if you want, I can introduce my cousin to you,” another male doctor patted his thigh, “She is twenty-seven, not much younger than you. She finished graduate school with a major in finance.”
Seeing that the chat was turning into a matchmaking session, Ji Shuyan immediately raised his hand to stop it, “Okay, let’s end this. I’m fine being single, at least I’m free.”
The male colleague sighed regretfully. He had been urged by his mother to introduce someone to his cousin for a long time. It was really unfortunate to let such a high-quality young man slip away.
He asked Ji Shuyan unwillingly, “Do you have an appointment tonight? If you don’t have one, you both can have a meal together.”
“I have an appointment,” Ji Shuyan sat back in front of his desk, “I’m meeting up with my friend.”
There was no way around that.
The male colleague gave up completely, and in the blink of an eye, he was envious of Ji Shuyan’s freedom, “You’re right, it’s better to not get married. I have to take care of the children once I get home from work.”
Everyone in the department laughed, and several doctors with children took advantage of the opportunity to chat about raising children.
Ji Shuyan opened the patient report that was just sent to him. The patient he was in charge of, in bed No. 6, had to undergo surgery soon because her mitral valve was incompetent and needed to be repaired. Because of the patient’s age, he needed to make sure the patient’s physical condition could bear it before the operation.
Other doctors were also chatting while doing their work. No one was idle, but while chatting, the topic came to Ji Shuyan again.
A doctor Xue, who had been in the hospital for many years, looked at Ji Shuyan by the window with a smile in her eyes. When she first came to work here, Ji Shuyan was still a college student. After so many years, she considered Ji Shuyan to be like her nephew.
She smiled and said in a low voice, “Sometimes I just can’t figure out what kind of person Ji Shuyan would fall in love with. It’s almost like he is married to his job.”
“It’s hard to predict, love is unreasonable,” a younger doctor next to her answered, “Maybe he’ll meet them after work today.”
At 7:30pm, Ji Shuyan walked out of the hospital.
He left a little earlier today as tomorrow was the weekend and he could go on holiday.
He drove his car and navigated to the address given by Zheng Wenbin. It was a newly opened bar and the owner was Zheng Wenbin’s sweetheart. So, he was very enthusiastic to drag him to this place.
Zheng Wenbin is Ji Shuyan’s best friend from high school to the present. The two have very different personalities. Ji Shuyan is quiet and introverted while Zheng Wenbin is lively and gentle. But by accident, they were seatmates in high school for three years, and remained good friends till now.
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He looked exceptional with his indifferent and handsome features. The word abstinence radiated from head to toe of his body, which made people can’t help but want to dirty him.
Ji Shuyan ignored his surroundings and looked for Zheng Wenbin in the crowd. Although the bar was newly opened, it was not low in popularity. The music was lively and there were people everywhere. The lead singer of the resident band was a handsome young guy. He blew kisses to the audience while singing, setting off waves of heat.
Ji Shuyan scanned around, and finally found where the bar counter was. Zheng Wenbin was sitting there, smiling and chatting with a rather tall man.
He walked over and gently patted Zheng Wenbin on the back, “Wenbin.”
Zheng Wenbin turned around to see him, his eyes lit up, and he reached out to give Ji Shuyan a hug, “You’re finally here, I haven’t seen you for days.”
Ji Shuyan also hugged him.
Zheng Wenbin turned his head back and introduced to the tall man next to him, “This is Ji Shuyan, my best friend, the one with whom I have the best relationship.”
He also told Ji Shuyan, “This is Wei Jingming. He is my friend.”
Zheng Wenbin was obviously a little embarrassed when he said this. He was already handsome with round, droopy eyes and clean-looking features. His shy expression made people feel even more soft.
Ji Shuyan looked up at Wei Jingming next to him, and knew that this was Zheng Wenbin’s sweetheart.
A while ago, when Zheng Wenbin suddenly said that he fell in love with a man, it frightened him a lot. But now, looking at this man named Wei Jingming, he felt that it was not difficult to understand.
For a bar owner, Wei Jingming looked quite civilized. He was tall and slim, with slightly long hair, handsome facial features, and a black skull tattoo on his wrist.
Ji Shuyan was not a social person. He did not take the initiative to talk after sitting down.
Wei Jingming stretched out his hand generously, “Hello, I’m Wei Jingming. Wenbin’s friend is also my friend. Today’s drinks are on me, so feel free.”
Ji Shuyan subtly raised his eyebrows, why did he have such a big face just because he is Wenbin’s friend?
But he didn’t say anything. Nodding his head, he shook hands with him, “Hello.”
Zheng Wenbin ordered drinks for Ji Shuyan, “Which is the cocktail with the lowest degree of alcohol you have here? Make him one, the kind that’s like sweet wine. He is a doctor, and rarely touches alcohol. He has never allowed himself to get drunk.”
This kind of request is not something Wei Jingming has never seen before.
“Make him a forest green,” Wei Jingming said to the bartender, then looked at Ji Shuyan, “Mr. Ji is a doctor?”
“Yes, do I not look like it?” Ji Shuyan asked.
“No, you do.” Wei Jingming sized him up for a few moments, “You look like an elite at first glance.”
Zheng Wenbin laughed beside him, “You have quite a good eye. He has been exceptional since he was a child, and has always been an elite.”
Ji Shuyan lightly kicked Zheng Wenbin, “You are the only one who can boast so blindly.”
After thinking about it, he took out a business card from his pocket and gave it to Wei Jingming, “If you need anything, you can call me.”
Zheng Wenbin was speechless.
Ji Shuyan would probably be the only person who comes to drink with a business card.
Wei Jingming accepted it politely, but his interest in Ji Shuyan was also very limited. So, he chatted a few words casually, and then turned his attention to Zheng Wenbin.
Ji Shuyan watched from the side, not understanding why Zheng Wenbin was embarrassed to come alone and insisted on dragging him.
If you were to ask him to speak on this, it was simply “the minister is in love, and the (other) minister is also interested”.
He sat there like a light bulb. Wei Jingming looked unsmiling, but he looked at Zheng Wenbin with a gentle and soft gaze, not a trace of it drifting towards him.
Ji Shuyan’s drink was served soon. He drank while looking at the stage. Zheng Wenbin was busy with his crush, so he resigned himself to being the background board.
The resident singer on the stage changed to another song.
This resident singer was very young, with a headband tied on his forehead, jumping up and down on the stage. His face under the light was a little blurry, only the deep contours were vaguely visible but the side of his face was particularly beautiful.
Ji Shuyan froze, he didn’t know why but for a moment he felt that this person’s side profile looked a bit like Duan Zhi.
As he was thinking, his phone vibrated.
He looked down and found that someone was calling him and the caller ID – Duan Zhi.
Indeed “Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives”.
He didn’t know what Duan Zhi was up to, so he quickly picked it up, “Hey, what’s the matter?”
Duan Zhi was in fact near Ji Shuyan at the moment.
This street, in addition to bars, also has izakayas. Today, their club had chosen this place for their gathering. If they were still interested after the meal, they could go to the stalls next door for the second round.
When a group of young people got together, the ambience was of course going to get more and more upbeat. Drinking beer can make people crazy, and it didn’t take long for them to start playing truth or dare.
The bottle landed on Duan Zhi again. He was extraordinarily unlucky today. This was the fourth time he was selected.
He chose dare. The group of fox friends wanted him to call the seventh person in his contacts to confess his love.
“Fuck, you guys are so corny, can’t you be a little fresh?” Duan Zhi ridiculed them. Nevertheless, he didn’t intend to be shameless and lowered his head to look at his phone.
But when he saw the seventh person in the contacts, he was stunned.
It was Ji Shuyan.
The name was dazzling on the white screen, like a shining thorn and a rose stuck in his heart at the same time.
His fingers were stuck there, simply unable to press the button.
The others were already urging him, “If you agree to bet, you must accept to lose. Even your dad has to give me a confession.”
Someone sitting right next to Duan Zhi, leaned over and saw the name. Although he didn’t know who Ji Shuyan was, he was full of enthusiasm and poked it with his finger.
The phone was connected.
“Damn” Duan Zhi almost jumped up, “Are you a fucking hand owed ah!”
He was not prepared at all, but the call was dialled out.
He tried to hang up in a frenzy, but his luck reached a peak at this moment and in just three seconds, the call was answered.
It all happened so fast that it was impossible to react.
In a flurry of noise, Ji Shuyan’s voice came from the phone, “Hello?”
Duan Zhi felt like his heart was about to stop beating.
After half a month of not seeing each other, Ji Shuyan’s influence on him still hasn’t diminished a bit.
Just hearing Ji Shuyan’s voice, half of his body seemed to be frozen, while the other half seemed to be soaked in the spring rain, tingling.
“Uncle Ji…” He called out in a low voice.
When the people around heard this address, they all showed surprised expressions, and quickly began to cover each other’s mouths, sushing one another and faking a quiet scene.
“What’s the matter, Duan Zhi?” Ji Shuyan asked.
Duan Zhi’s Adam’s apple rolled.
What should he say?
Even though he was in this lively and crowded izakaya, listening to Ji Shuyan’s voice, he felt that the world had become quiet.
He swept a glance at the classmates surrounding him, he knew that no one could see his strangeness at the moment, and no one would take it seriously.
It was just a game of truth or dare.
Even if he said “I like you”, it was nothing more than a joke.
But Ji Shuyan at the other end of the phone didn’t know.
Duan Zhi suddenly became calm.
He leaned against the wall, sat in a somewhat casual and lazy position and spoke, “Uncle Ji, I want to tell you something.”
“Well, go ahead.”
He played with the lighter on the table with one hand, and with a click, flames burst out.
He smiled and spoke as carelessly as he could, “I like you, will you go out with me?”
Translator’s note
The chapter was too long so I split it but I’ll release the other part before the usual release.
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