"Suppose? Since you don’t want to go to the United Kingdom, why insist on leaving?"
Gu Yao didn’t want to discuss this topic with him. Noticing the medicine Ais was carrying, she changed the subject.
"The weather’s gotten cold lately, and I caught a cold without realizing it. It’s nothing serious." Ais smiled, noticing Gu Yao’s face didn’t look well, and then became more serious, asking with concern:
"By the way, what are you doing at the hospital entrance? Are you sick too? You don’t look well."
"No, I’m just passing by." Gu Yao couldn’t help but glance toward the inpatient department.
"Why are you passing by and end up at the hospital entrance? This is not a good place, hurry and leave." Ais said, reaching out to pull Gu Yao away. As soon as he touched her, he felt it was too abrupt and retracted his hand, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Sorry, seeing you back in the country, I got so excited and..."
Ais’s boyish awkwardness made Gu Yao find it amusing.
She thought, how could someone with means be so naive when interacting with girls?
Given his innocence, should she stay further away from him?
"It’s fine, I was just about to leave."
"How about we go eat, it’s just about mealtime."
"I..." Gu Yao wanted to refuse. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ NovєlFіre.net
"I’ve been queuing up for registration since the morning, and I haven’t had a sip of water since then. I’m really hungry."
Unable to resist Ais’s enthusiastic invitation, Gu Yao nodded in agreement.
As they left the hospital entrance, Gu Yao glanced back at the hospital.
Similarly, without her noticing, Ais also looked back at the hospital. The clear eyes he showed to Gu Yao vanished without a trace, and the smile on his lips became more meaningful.
Inside the hospital, the two soldiers who met Gu Yao at the entrance earlier pushed open Shangguan Yu’s hospital room door.
After greeting Shangguan Yu, the two casually sat by the bed.
One of them even directly took an apple from a fruit basket given by someone who came to visit Shangguan Yu and started eating it.
This way of interacting was quite casual, not at all like superior-subordinate relations, more like brothers and friends.
"How are those three guys, Aming, Daqing, and Liu Xiaoyang?" Shangguan Yu asked about the three who were also injured in the simulation exercise.
"Don’t worry, they can all walk now and are clamoring to come to the hospital to see you."
"Boss, how are you? How much longer do you have to stay here?"
"Probably another half month," Shangguan Yu replied.
"Isn’t it really uncomfortable? Boss, you seem depressed." One of them leaned in closer to Shangguan Yu’s face to look.
"Get lost, don’t bother me. If there’s nothing wrong, go back to the camp. Don’t always come here to slack off, or I’ll put it on your record," Shangguan Yu said irritably.
"Something’s up, how could there be nothing."
"Spit it out if you’ve got something to say. If not, let it out fast."
"Boss, there’s something odd about that guy Lin Hao." The one who was joking around suddenly became serious.
Lin Hao was the soldier who caused the mishap during the military exercise, saved by Shangguan Yu, and also the one who got Shangguan Yu injured.
"What’s odd?" Shangguan Yu frowned slightly.
"I can’t really say, it just feels strange. Boss, has Lin Hao asked for leave to visit you since you’ve been in the hospital?"