Su Qingsang felt dejected and sorrowful in the afternoon, but after a half-day drama, these emotions evaporated.
Only exhaustion plagued her mind. She wanted to take a bath and have a good sleep so that she could be prepared for work tomorrow.
However, the moment she closed the door, Huo Jinyao hugged her.
“Huo Jinyao…” Su Qingsang put her hands on his chest. “I’m so tired. I want to go to bed.”
“Honey.” Huo Jinyao was slightly dissatisfied with her coldness. He leaned towards her and bit her lips softly. “I am not thinking about that right now.”
Su Qingsang blinked and found Huo Jinyao’s words untrustworthy.
Huo Jinyao behaved himself during the daytime, but he turned into a wolf at night. His mind was occupied with nothing but a desire to do ‘that thing’ (1) with her.
“Okay, you are not thinking about ‘that thing’. Can I go shower right now?”
“Later.” Huo Jinyao wrapped his hands around her waist and picked her up to the sofa near the balcony.
There was no moonlight tonight. From their viewpoint, they could see the city glistening with glowing lights.
He held her waist and propped her on his thighs.
“Honey, you’ve had a long day.”
“It was okay.” Su Qingsang replied, thinking he was talking about Zhang Yichen. “He was your uncle.”
And she was not exhausted.
“I’m not talking about my uncle.” Huo Jinyao turned her body to look deeply into her eyes. “Honey, do you want to say anything to me?”
Su Qingsang paused to face him and saw her shadow in his eyes.
She felt like her heart had been tickled, and that tickle touched the deepest and softest part of her heart.
“Huo Jinyao?”
She stared at her, lost in her thoughts.
“Honey.” Huo Jinyao kissed her lips. “Are you sure you have nothing to tell me?”
Su Qingsang knew that he found out everything.
However, she didn’t want to bother Huo Jinyao. She believed that she could resolve the problem by herself.
“I want to take a shower. Okay?”
“Don’t you want to explain why you are home so late today?”
Su Qingsang was clear there was no way for her to hide it from him. She didn’t intend to deceive him. “Something happened, but I think I can deal with it.”
Huo Jinyao’s eyes were deep-set, and his pupils were dark, filled with Su Qingsang’s shadows.
“Honey, I know you are strong, and I know you can resolve it. But I want you to rely on me and let me deal with it. What do you think?”
“You deal with it? How will you deal with it?” Su Qingsang thought of Li Hong’s erratic testimony.
“Well, why don’t you tell me the whole story? So I can have a full picture of the situation, and I can decide what to do.”
Su Qingsang looked down. Thinking about Li Hong, she didn’t know where to start.
Huo Jinyao didn’t push her and merely waited for her in silence, with his hands around her waist. His chin was resting on her head, rubbing her hair softly.
It was an intimate posture they had developed between themselves. Su Qingsang began to feel relaxed, enveloped in his arms.
She had already collected her thoughts and had calmed down. She was good at adjusting herself.
But in his arms, she suddenly felt grieved again. She behaved like a child who had just tripped; she was fine when nobody was around.
Yet, if the child was comforted by her parents or someone else, she would cry with tears in her eyes, instead.
Su Qingsang remained in her position, hugging Huo Jinyao’s waist. In a small voice, she told the whole story, from meeting Li Hong to helping her perform the surgery.
“It never occurred to me that she would change her words and frame me. If I had known, I would have never visited her at noon.”
Huo Jinyao heard the story and had a hunch that it was a scheme. The whole thing might be someone’s plan.
Although, it looked like an accident on its surface.
“Honey, you are too kind.”
Su Qingsang shook her head. She didn’t think of herself being kind. She was a doctor, and it was her duty to care about her patients.
Before the accident, she felt sympathy for Li Hong, which prompted her to go and visit her. It was unexpected that things would end up like this. Su Qingsang never anticipated it.
“Don’t worry. I’ll try to resolve this.”
“What are you going to do?” Su Qingsang looked at him questioningly. “Are you going to find Li Hong, threaten her, and force her to speak the truth?”
“That is an option.”
“Forget it. I am afraid that things would go opposite.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean…” Remembering that Li Hong had just flip-flopped today, Su Qingsang didn’t think it was a good idea. “I am afraid that she will turn around again. If that happens, it will not only be my problem, it will also implicate you.”
“That will not happen.” Huo Jinyao reassured her with confidence. “I will let Yang Wenchang deal with it. You must believe in his ability and his means.”
“I don’t disbelieve you.” Su Qingsang looked up and met his eyes. Her eyes were clear and soft. “But Jinyao, I prefer to resolve the issue by myself.”
“By yourself? And how do you resolve it?”
“There must be a way.” Although Su Qingsang tried to come up with a plan on the way home to no avail, it didn’t hamper her optimism.
“Anyway, the hospital didn’t give me any discipline. I don’t think things can be that bad.”
Huo Jinyao didn’t agree with her optimism. Doctors and teachers were two occupations that were misunderstood the most.
He may ignore it if such a misunderstanding fell on other people, but he would never bear it if Su Qingsang was misapprehended.
He didn’t want Su Qingsang to be misunderstood. He even couldn’t tolerate other people harboring erroneous thoughts about her.
“Jingyao…” Su Qingsang wrapped her arms around his waist. “Thank you, but I’m sure I don’t mind it.”
She was mad at the beginning, but she had calmed down and re-evaluated the situation. She found it was no big deal.
It was not the first time that she was mistaken, and it was not the first time such things happened.
She didn’t need to care about those keyboard warriors. She didn’t need to worry about what they were thinking about or what they were believing, as long as she had a clear conscience.
All she wished was that people who she loved and cared for believed in her.
As to other people, she didn’t need to be concerned.
Huo Jinyao’s phone rang. It was Yang Wenchang. He told Huo Jinyao that he had worked with the staff from the department of public relations, and after hours of grueling work, they finally removed the trending topic of Su Qingsang’s incident.
The related threads were also deleted. It was easy to delete them because the fake news and false facts should be deleted, according to the user agreement.
“See, it’s resolved!”
Huo Jinyao showed her the homepage of Weibo. All news related to Su Qingsang’s “malpractice” was gone.
Su Qingsang didn’t expect that Huo Jinyao would move so fast. He must have known it earlier, not now.
Su Qingsang’s nose was red and sore as she fought back her tears. “Jinyao.”
“I said it. I want you to believe me.”
Of course, things were not finished yet. The root of all issues was from Li Hong. If she didn’t incur more trouble, everything would be fine.
Su Qingsang stayed silent. In truth, she believed Huo Jinyao all the time.
“It’s all right.” Gazing deeply at Su Qingsang, whose tears welled up in her eyes, Huo Jinyao smiled softly and gently pinched her face. “I said it. You can leave them to me. See, it’s quite simple, right?”
It was simple. Su Qingsang nodded with a thin smile on her face.
“I don’t care about Weibo or the trending topic. I’m fine as long as you believe me,” Su Qingsang said.
Whatever happens, as long as he believed her and stood by her, she would be fine.
“You silly!” Huo Jinyao kissed her lips. “Of course I believe you. You are my wife.”
Su Qingsang grinned and rubbed her face on Huo Jinyao’s chest.
“Huo Jinyao, thank you.”
With him by her side, even if he didn’t do anything for her, she still felt safe and content.
All the hard feelings and grievances she had been feeling, seemed to be nothing at this moment.
It was just trivial stuff, wasn’t it? She was able to adjust the mood.
“Go take a shower,” Huo Jinyao said, patting her back. “And sleep early.”
“Okay.”
…
When Su Qingsang got up in the morning, she forgot Zhang Yichen was staying in the house.
She didn’t take off her pajamas and instead, put on a coat and went to the kitchen.
The moment she went out of the room, she saw Zhang Yichen walking inside.
She blinked her eyes, looked down at her disheveled state, and immediately rushed back to her room.
Their encounter only lasted for a few seconds, but it pulled Zhang Yichen’s heartstrings when he saw her dodging figure and noticed her uncomfortable glance tainted with embarrassment.
Looking down, he went back to his room, pretending nothing had happened.
When Su Qingsang was out of her room again, there was only Huo Jinyao outside. Before she went out, she checked her clothes thoroughly, making sure her outfit was appropriate.
“Jinyao.”
“Morning, honey! I bought some breakfast. Come and eat.”
“Okay,” Su Qingsang nodded, scanning the living room and the guest room. “Where is Uncle?”
“He said he had a mission and left.”
Su Qingsang was silent. It was nice for him to be absent because it saved her the embarrassment.
Although there were lots of beautiful girls in bikinis on the beach, more or less, Su Qingsang didn’t feel at ease when she recalled being observed by a senior family member in her disheveled look.
“Let’s have breakfast. I’ll give you a ride after that.”
“No, thank you. I’ll go to work by myself.”
Since the trending topic had been removed from Weibo, and no updates appeared online, the only remaining issue left was Li Hong.
The hospital had dealt with violence against doctors before. She believed that the hospital would come up with a way to deal with Li Hong.
“Let me drive you.”
Huo Jinyao was concerned about her. He was afraid that such things would happen.
It was true that the threads had been deleted, and the trending topic was removed. However, you couldn’t dodge some reporters.
Huo Jinyao called Yang Wenchang the previous day and told him to try to avoid incidents such as reporters intruding into Su Qingsang’s work.
Su Qingsang reconsidered and didn’t refuse Huo Jinyao’s request.
She thought that the problem was almost resolved. The remaining unresolved piece was regarding Li Hong.
Li Hong dared to scam when she got pregnant with Lin Gang. They probably did that for money. If they received the amount of money that satisfied their expectation, they might stop the fraud.
It didn’t make sense, though. Moreover, if Su Qingsang gave them money, they would become the party that had been wronged.
However, if Su Qingsang didn’t give them money, how could she let Li Hong change her words? How could she appease the incident?
“Don’t think too much.”
Su Qingsang was lost in thought when the car was parked in front of the hospital. Fortunately this time, there were not many people in front of the hospital.
Su Qingsang patted her chest, her heart awash with anxiety.
Huo Jinyao pulled her hands and squeezed them lightly. “It’s okay. Don’t be nervous. If anything happens, just call me. Okay?”
Su Qingsang gazed at the surroundings and thought of the Weibo threads that had been deleted. “I think the hospital will have a plan. Why don’t you just leave things here for now?”
“I can’t. I can’t drop this matter. You are my wife.”
Huo Jinyao kissed her face.
The sun rays glowed into the car, tainting Huo Jinyao’s face with a golden color. He kissed her with a smile on his face, his eyes full of softness.
Su Qingsang instantly felt that none of those things mattered at this point. Right now, in her heart, there was only Huo Jinyao.
The man she loved. The man that belonged to her.
“Okay. If I have anything, I’ll call you.”
But it should be fine now.
“See you.”
Su Qingsang entered the hospital doors, as Huo Jinyao continued to gaze at her. She went to her department.
On her way to the department, she felt everything was like before and that nothing had changed, as if yesterday’s accident and quarrel were an illusion.
However, for some reason, Su Qingsang felt more unsettled with the current situation.
Zheng Chenyu saw her and greeted her, “Qingsang, you are here.”
The previous day was Zheng Chenyu off-day, so he didn’t know what happened in the hospital. When he came today in the morning, things were already appeased.
Looking at him who thought everything was fine, Su Qingsang heaved a sigh of relief.
“Morning! Did you have breakfast?”
“No. Do you want to treat me with breakfast?”
“No thanks!” Su Qingsang knew he took the day off yesterday. “But I do have something to give you.”
“I know I have a gift,” Zheng Chenyu replied, laughing. “I saw it on Wechat Moments yesterday.”
“What? They put in Wechat Moments?”
“Yes. So I’m waiting for mine.”
Zheng Chenyu’s words made Su Qingsang relax. She gave Zheng Chenyu the local food she brought yesterday.
Zheng Chanyu took it and waved the gift in his hands. He smiled at her and said, “Thank you! I’ll buy you dinner next time. All right, I’m going to have breakfast now. Do you need me to get you anything?”
“No, thank you. I had breakfast in the morning.” Su Qingsang called him before he left. “Doctor Zheng.”
“Em?”
“Did you find anything different in the hospital this morning?”
“What’s different?”
“Nothing. It’s okay.” Su Qingsang shook her head. She thought the issue had been resolved.
Li Hong might alter her words yesterday as a result of her husband’s instigation.
Maybe she felt guilty today?
Su Qingsang had to see patients in the morning, so she put off her concerns as she became busy.
She didn’t go to see Li Hong. She thought if she visited her now, Li Hong might feel offended.
If Li Hong created some new story, it would have the opposite effect on her and the hospital.
However, she did ask Sun Huiya about Li Hong’s situation. Su Huiyao told her that after she made a scene yesterday, Li Hong felt pretty good. When they left, she enjoyed her meal and fell asleep.
Sun Huiya checked Li Hong’s wound this morning. Su Qingsang did a great job, and her wound looked fine.
Li Hong didn’t ask about Su Qingsang, as if she forgot what happened yesterday. However, Lin Gang didn’t look satisfied because he kept asking Sun Huiya if the hospital would just let it go at that.
Li Gang asked if the hospital was going to cover for the doctor who insulted the patient. He also asked if the hospital was going to bully more of their patients.
Sun Huiya had no idea how to answer his questions.
Strangely, Li Hong glared at Lin Gang and stopped him from asking.
“Li Hong looked like she was willing to let it go.”
Sun Huiyao spoke her thoughts. She couldn’t guarantee that things would go in this way; however, given the current circumstance, it was probable.
“Anyway, as long as they don’t make a scene and stop pressing on the hospital, we will not put them in any trouble.”
“I know.”
Su Qingsang bobbed her head. It would be the best result if things went on like now, as long as Li Hong didn’t regret and change her testimony again.
Sun Huiya patted Su Qingsang’s shoulder and said, “Qingsang, no matter what happened, things are under control now. You can breathe and focus on your work.”
Su Qingsang nodded. “Thank you, Director Sun.”
Since the hospital expressed the attitude, Su Qingsang didn’t intend to ask further.
Su Qingsang performed one surgery this afternoon. Although it was a minor one, she still had to prepare for it.
When she was in the middle of the surgery, she was focused, and all her attention was fixed on the surgery. She didn’t notice what had happened outside and didn’t realize things had changed so vastly within such a short period.
The afternoon passed swiftly. When Su Qingsang finished the surgery and came out of the operating room, it was almost time to get off from work.
She instructed the patient with a couple of precautions, and then went back to the office.
It was 15 minutes before she left work. When she was planning to get changed and leave, she took out her phone and refreshed the page on Weibo.
However, she couldn’t refresh it. She paused, tried refreshing the page again, and failed.
Su Qingsang had a terrible feeling about this. She didn’t want to give up, so she kept trying to refresh the page, again and again.
Finally, she succeeded. There was a knock on the door at this time.
Li Meilin entered the office. She looked anxious, eyes filled with nervousness.
Meeting Su Qingsang’s eyes, she took a few deep breaths and calmed down.
“Doctor Su, we have a huge problem.”
Su Qingsnag’s heart skipped a beat. She squeezed the phone in her hand, eyes locked on Li Meilin. She asked, “What’s going on?”
“Have you checked Weibo?”
Li Meilin looked at the phone in Su Qingsang’s hand. Her voice was light as she said, “You should check it out. Then you will know.”
While she was talking, she peeked outside. When Li Meilin’s eyes fell back on Su Qingsang, her eyes were filled with sympathy.
(1) ‘That thing’ implies sex.
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