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Qiao Hao followed Shi Dongdong downstairs, came out of the elevator and sat down on a bench in the hospital lobby.

Shi Dongdong handed him a cup of instant coffee, which he had just bought from a vending machine.

"Can you drink coffee?" Qiao Hao asked him.

"I hurt my head, not a stomach problem." Shi Dongdong raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, I think it's better for patients to drink less coffee." Although he himself couldn't do without coffee for a long time.

Shi Dongdong smiled, and looked at the wound on Qiao Hao's face. There was a small gash three or four centimeters long, obviously scratched by a woman's nail.

Qiao Hao turned his face unnaturally, feeling extremely embarrassed.

"They said you are a good doctor." Shi Dongdong said suddenly.

"Huh?" Qiao Hao was puzzled, he was so embarrassing in front of him, how about a doctor?

"The aunt in the hospital gown next to me said, you must have capsized in the gutter today, but why don't you let people eat?"

"The patient has esophageal cancer. The entire esophagus is rotten. If the food leaks into the trachea and then falls into the lungs, it will be dangerous." Qiao Hao frowned, thinking of the old man who was so thin that he was only skin and bones, I sighed in my heart.

"How boring is it to live like that, do you only rely on nutrient solution?"

"Yes, but people always want to live longer. At least, nothing can happen to me." After Qiao Hao finished speaking, he suddenly worried that Shi Dongdong might misunderstand what he said.He looked at Shi Dongdong, only to see that the other party had just finished a sip of coffee, his lips were moist.

"I understand what you mean. Watching patients die at your own hands is always a burden." Shi Dongdong said.

Qiao Hao didn't speak, at least he didn't have to explain anymore.

There were people coming and going in the lobby, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, there was still a queue at the registration desk, as was the place to pick up the medicine.The emotional ups and downs caused by the previous conflict seemed to be much calmer at the moment, Qiao Hao looked at the boy beside him again, and the feeling of unreality from the last time he saw him came back.

"However, why is esophageal cancer also in your department? Aren't you from the respiratory department?" Shi Dongdong asked again.

"The busiest department in the hospital," Qiao Hao smiled helplessly, "Many cancer patients will end up with respiratory infections, so all kinds of cancers may come to our department."

"And then die?" Shi Dongdong moved closer to Qiao Hao.

"Of course not...definitely," Qiao Hao felt a little cramped because of the close distance, and he didn't know how to answer the question coldly posed by the other party. In fact, many people did die here, but Not all of them, so he had to answer truthfully, "The respiratory system is fine, and if there are other problems, then transfer to other departments."

This time, Shi Dongdong was no longer so persistent, just nodded, and his body slowly returned to the previous position.

Qiao Hao raised his hand to look at his watch, "I've been out for a long time, I should go back."

"Maybe there's still arguing up there." Shi Dongdong obviously didn't want to leave.

"Then it's time to go up, otherwise I'll feel sorry for handing over the mess to my colleagues." Qiao Hao said, in fact, he wanted to say, you are a hospitalized person, so you shouldn't be out for too long.It's just that he wasn't sure if it was appropriate for him to say the concern in these words.

"Then you go back, I'll finish this cup of coffee." Shi Dongdong raised his glass as if he was holding a glass of champagne.

"You too... go back to rest early." Qiao Hao's tone was slightly stiff, but his body couldn't wait to stand up, and walked straight to the elevator.The people behind him didn't speak, and Qiao Hao was too embarrassed to turn his head. The elevator door was just waiting for him, and he took a few steps to get in, and the door closed behind him.

Qiao Hao felt that his face was slightly hot, and he didn't know if it was due to the wound or something else.

In the elevator, there were either the pale face of the patient in the wheelchair, or the indifferent expressions of the family members. Qiao Hao looked down at his torn white coat, and suddenly found that his heart was beating violently.He didn't expect that Shi Dongdong, whom he hadn't seen for so many years, could make himself blush and heartbeat at this moment.

Or, they should talk frankly about what happened back then, at least they should say sorry to that boy, Qiao Hao thought.

Sitting alone in the lobby wearing a hospital gown, Shi Dongdong looked extremely thin. He took a few sips of coffee, and the bad taste of instant coffee made him frown.

A pair of long legs soon appeared in front of his eyes, Shi Dongdong slowly raised his head, the face of the man opposite was expressionless, the previous tension had recovered, and there was only a touch of indifference in his eyes looking at Shi Dongdong.

"You should go back." He said.

Shi Dongdong raised his eyebrows and nodded, but when he got up, he climbed onto the man's shoulder, "Tell me, was the handsome doctor just now, or Huo Yan?"

"Mr. Huo."

The man ignored Shi Dongdong, set him up and walked towards the elevator.