Fu Tingzhou extinguished the cigarette in his hand upon hearing this.
He nodded, exhaling the last puff of smoke.
Su Xuewen, thinking he was worried about Tang Xi, offered reassuring words, "Don’t worry, Tang Xi is fine. We went for a checkup together two months ago, and her medical report was normal. It’s just a bit hard for her raising a child on her own. Now that you two are together, it’s nice. You can support each other from now on."
Fu Tingzhou nodded again, "Before, you were colleagues."
"Yeah, old colleagues. I met her while working at Central Hospital. She was in thoracic surgery, and I was a nurse there. Later, because of my marriage and pregnancy, I couldn’t handle the high workload and voluntarily transferred to the community hospital, which is more relaxed and not as busy. Tang Xi only transferred here this year, because back then..."
Su Xuewen was speaking when she suddenly stopped.
She glanced at Fu Tingzhou, seeming to hesitate whether to continue.
Fu Tingzhou prompted, "Because of what?"
"Don’t take this to heart or mind it, after all, everyone has some ex-related troubles. You must have had a few girlfriends before ending up with Tang Xi. It’s not Tang Xi’s fault; she always had a good reputation in the hospital, young and beautiful, and even though she had a daughter, she had no shortage of admirers. However, Tang Xi was never much interested in romance. Doctor Gao pursued her constantly, and they seemed quite compatible. That Doctor Gao is... a bastard of the Gao Family, none other than the famous Gao Family."
What Su Xuewen said was no secret anymore.
The whole hospital knew about it at the time.
"Doctor Gao’s sister made a scene in the hospital, and since the Central Hospital had investments from the Gao Family, no one dared to offend Miss Gao. She insisted that Tang Xi seduced Gao Jianlin and fiercely attacked her reputation, demanding Tang Xi be transferred out. With just a word from Miss Gao, Sister Tang Xi was assigned to the community hospital."
Fu Tingzhou frowned deeply, he was aware of this situation.
In the internet era, the incident of Gao Youhan making a commotion in the emergency department had spread all over the net, and he had seen that video too.
But at this moment, his feelings were different from before.
"Tang Xi and Gao Jianlin... how were their feelings?" Perhaps because he had just smoked, Fu Tingzhou’s voice was noticeably husky.
He didn’t expect to ask such a question himself.
It made him look like he cared a lot.
Su Xuewen reassured him, "They were nothing, just ordinary colleagues. Don’t dwell on it." As if worried he would misunderstand, she hurriedly added, "They’ve had no contact for a long time, and Sister Tang Xi is someone who really values family. The first time I saw you, I thought you were a very steady person, you have a good appearance, no wonder Sister Tang Xi would like you."
The woman in front of him was just a stranger, the only connection being that she was Tang Xi’s former colleague.
There wasn’t much for Fu Tingzhou to say to her, but when he heard "no wonder Sister Tang Xi would like you," his frown eased.
Su Xuewen called after him, "I need a favor."
"It’s , I’m not quite sure about these matters, my husband and I have a mortgage on our house, and we’re looking to pay it off early. But the bank won’t allow it, I’ve called them seven or eight times, they keep saying I need an appointment, but it’s impossible to get one..."
Fu Tingzhou looked at her, seeming to not understand why she would come to him for this.
"I heard from Sister Tang Xi that you work in real estate sales, so you might know a bit about this, and I thought I’d ask you," she said.
"Tang Xi said I work in real estate sales?" Fu Tingzhou hadn’t expected Tang Xi to fabricate such an ’identity’ for him, but he wasn’t upset, instead, he found it quite amusing. He took out his phone, made a call and then said to Su Xuewen, "Let me ask one of my colleagues for you."
Half a minute later, Fu Tingzhou hung up the call.
He told Su Xuewen, "Wait a few minutes, then you can try calling the bank again, you should be able to make an appointment."
Su Xuewen kept thanking him, "Thank you so much, I appreciate the trouble."
Sitting in the car, Fu Tingzhou looked at himself in the rearview mirror, dressed sharply in a smoke grey suit, "Shen Duan, do I look like a real estate salesman to you?"
Shen Duan almost slammed on the brakes abruptly.
He then heard Fu Tingzhou let out a low, faint laugh.
"She really knows how to assign jobs. Does my real identity embarrass her? Hmph, real estate sales?"
Clearly, this wasn’t so much spoken to Shen Duan as it was a kind of muttering to himself.