in2ebook Chapter 274 Colleagues!
Chapter 274 Colleagues!
After seeing Qinling and Li Yan off that day, I went to the station the next day to see off Zheng Tong, Luo Jianguo, and Li Kuiyong, who were also going back to northern Shaanxi to continue their work in the countryside. It was inevitable that we would say goodbye, and farewells are always sad.
Zhong Yuemin handed a large package to Zheng Tong.
"Please give these gifts to Uncle Ma and Brother Li on Gong'an Road for me."
Say goodbye, the train starts moving, wave goodbye, the train gradually moves further and further away until it disappears from sight.
"Sigh, they're all gone, all gone. I'm all alone again!"
Zhou Xiaobai, holding Zhong Yuemin's hand, snorted:
"What do you mean by being all alone? You still have me. You'll have to go back to your unit in a couple of days. My older brothers, my second older brothers, and my sister-in-law have all gone back to their units in Northeast China. I'm the only one left in Beijing. I'm the loneliest one here."
"Since we still have some time, let's go to the company, and your man will give you a good warm welcome?"
Zhou Xiaobai glanced at him. During the ten-plus days of the Spring Festival, the place they visited most frequently was the company's 'dormitory,' where the two of them spent day and night.
"No, I'm just thinking about that. You'll come with me to the hospital later, where I work."
"What are you going there for? You probably haven't started work yet, have you?"
"I'm not working, so I'll take you there to show you the place. You'll need to know where I work so it'll be easier for you to come and find me later."
"Alright, let's go take a look."
Driving to the hospital, Xiaobai arrived at the department office. Having graduated from military medical university and worked for only a few years, she was just an ordinary employee. The office, a six-person room, wasn't spacious, but it wasn't particularly roomy either. Several of her colleagues were inside. As soon as Xiaobai entered, she greeted them all.
"Xiaobai, why are you at work today? The New Year holiday isn't over yet, you should still have time off."
Zhou Xiaobai went in and said:
"Sister Li, Sister Wang... I came to see you and wish you a Happy New Year. You're both still working during the Spring Festival, so I bought some fruit as a token of my appreciation."
They distributed some to everyone.
"Xiaobai, thank you for still thinking of us. I think you are much more considerate than the hospital leaders. We were all on duty during the Spring Festival, and the leaders didn't even give us a New Year's red envelope or a word of comfort."
"Xiaobai, I think you're suited to be a leader. That way, we'll have fruit to eat during holidays."
Zhou Xiaobai smiled.
"Don't flatter me like that. If the director or the hospital leaders hear this, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay here."
The group chatted animatedly, leaving him out in the cold, only bringing him up again after a while.
"Hey Xiaobai, who is this...?"
Zhou Xiaobai beckoned to Zhong Yuemin, who was standing at the door, "Come in, what are you doing standing there!"
Zhong Yuemin in the past,
"Let me introduce you, this is Zhong Yuemin, he's in the army, and he's my boyfriend!"
As she spoke, she put her arms around Yuemin's arm, appearing very intimate.
"Object?"
Several colleagues stopped eating their oranges and stared intently at him with curiosity, shock, astonishment, and disbelief. He felt like a monkey in a zoo, being observed so 'unrestrainedly' by these women.
He thought to himself, "What's with all these expressions? She's just a boyfriend, what's so strange about that?"
"Hello!" she said politely.
Several people nodded, and one of them said:
"Xiao Zhong, you...you're really Xiao Bai's boyfriend?"
Zhong Yuemin nodded, looked down at himself, and thought to himself that nothing seemed amiss.
"What, doesn't it look like it?"
"It's not that it doesn't look like her, Xiao Zhong. You probably don't know how popular Xiao Bai is in our hospital."
A colleague said:
"When she first arrived, within a week, word spread throughout the hospital that a stunningly beautiful doctor had joined our internal medicine department. All the unmarried male colleagues were constantly running to our office, sometimes saying they wanted to ask about medical knowledge, sometimes they wanted to borrow a book, sometimes they'd bring us fruit—all sorts of excuses. But they were all really after Xiaobai. Some patients even tried to introduce their family members to her, setting her up as a potential match."
In the first six months, these people practically wore down the threshold of our internal medicine office.
Zhong Yuemin turned to look at his partner; these people had never mentioned this to him.
Zhou Xiaobai's red lips curved slightly.
"Sister Wang, it's not as exaggerated as you make it out to be."
"I'm not exaggerating, it's really true," said the colleague called Sister Wang.
"Xiao Zhong, what rank are you in the army now? Company commander, battalion commander, or regimental commander?"
This is a military hospital, so I have some knowledge about the ranks and positions within the military.
Zhong Yuemin waved his hand.
"Sister Wang, I'm just a soldier, a squad leader, not an officer."
"Really? Xiao Zhong, don't be modest. If Xiao Bai takes a liking to you and makes you his girlfriend, you must be very capable. Don't hide it."
"I'm not being modest. I was sent to the countryside in northern Shaanxi as an educated youth. If I hadn't been lucky enough to join the army, I might still be living in a dilapidated cave dwelling in the countryside of northern Shaanxi, and I wouldn't be able to come back to Beijing."
The group was surprised. Seeing that she spoke so earnestly and didn't seem to be joking, what did Xiaobai see in him? They were all in the same department and knew a little about each other's family backgrounds. Xiaobai's father was the commander of the military region, a high-ranking and powerful figure. Her two older brothers were said to hold high ranks in the military in Northeast China. With such status and background, plus Xiaobai's good looks, her other half, even if not matching her status, should at least be a good match in terms of social standing.
Seeing the expressions on their faces, Zhong Yuemin understood what they were thinking. Just then, another person entered—a man in a white lab coat and glasses, who appeared quite refined.
"Xiaobai's here!" Her tone was filled with joy and excitement, but the next second, Zhou Xiaobai was seen intimately linking arms with a man.
The smile on his face immediately froze, and his tone turned cold.
"Xiaobai, who is he?"
Zhou Xiaobai replied calmly.
"Liu Tong, let me introduce you to my boyfriend, Zhong Yuemin. You often ask me about him, right? He came home to visit his family this Spring Festival, so I brought him to the hospital to introduce him to you."
Yuemin, this is my colleague in the department, Liu Tong!
"Dr. Liu, hello! Please take good care of Xiaobai in the future!"
Reach out.
The other person's lips twitched, and they reluctantly extended their hand. "Y-you...hello!"
The two words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.
After exchanging only a few words, he left the office again. Seeing that he clearly had a lot of grievances against him, the others looked embarrassed and remained silent. After a while, the two left and went to the recreation area outside the inpatient building. Walking along the tree-lined path, Zhong Yuemin said:
"Dr. Zhou, you have ulterior motives. You called me to the hospital so you could use me as a shield, didn't you?"
Zhou Xiaobai pouted her red lips, didn't deny it, and turned her head away.
"What, you don't want to? Others would love to be in this position. Didn't you hear some of my colleagues talking about how many people are pursuing me? But I chose you. You're so lucky."