At that moment, Zhou Jiajia placed the frail Lin Yifan on the stretcher trolley; then she and several nurses pushed it together; heading toward the emergency room.
While pushing, and looking more closely, Li Xiangmei became increasingly puzzled; the facial features of this elderly man bore an uncanny resemblance to her boyfriend; yet in her mind, the two simply didn't match up, making her hesitate to be certain.
After pondering for a while, she finally spoke up and asked, "Miss! Who is this old man?"
"He's my boyfriend," Zhou Jiajia blurted out without any hesitation.
"Your boyfriend? Miss, you sure have a strong taste, fancying an old bull like him!" Xiaoqing was extremely surprised.
As a nurse, she shouldn't have been gossiping; but this piece of news was just too bizarre, something she had never heard or seen before! Therefore, she couldn't help but gossip.
The other nurses also wore expressions of astonishment, not understanding why a young and beautiful girl would fancy an old man who didn't seem long for this world.
"No! Just a few dozen minutes ago he was fine; then he suddenly turned from a young man into an elder." Zhou Jiajia hurried to explain, trying to dispel the nurses' misunderstanding.
However, her explanation sounded too fantastical, and no one believed her. So, the group of nurses chuckled behind their hands.
"Pfft! Miss, are you trying to fool us? We may be unwise and inexperienced, but after all, we're a bunch of well-educated young people, aren't you insulting our intelligence?" Xiaoqing scoffed repeatedly, utterly disbelieving Zhou Jiajia's words.
The other nurses felt the same way.
Only Li Xiangmei was frowning; because she knew that among those close to An Qi, there was definitely her boyfriend. Now that An Qi was seriously injured and admitted to the hospital, and this old man followed closely after, plus hearing what Zhou Jiajia had said, she was becoming increasingly convinced that the elderly man lying on the stretcher was her boyfriend.
But when she heard this woman claim he was her boyfriend, she became uncertain again; because Lin Yifan had told her that he didn't have any other girlfriends.
"Believe it or not!" Zhou Jiajia couldn't be bothered to argue with this bunch of nurses; what she was most worried about now were the safety of Lin Yifan and An Qi.
Xiaoqing wouldn't believe it; because there had been too many such news stories lately, of young girls who like men decades older than themselves; they claim it's for love, but in reality, most are after a carefree life or money.
However, these older men are usually around fifty years old, an old man that appears to be in his eighties or nineties one was unheard of for her.
But, if she knew that the old man lying on the stretcher was the handsome Lin Yifan, whom just a few months ago she had tried so hard to matchmake with her good friend to become boyfriend and girlfriend, what would she think?
Looking at the elderly person on the stretcher, Li Xiangmei grew increasingly worried and finally couldn't hold back. She asked, "Miss, what's your boyfriend's name?"
"Why do you ask?" Zhou Jiajia questioned, puzzled.
"We will need it to arrange a bed after the surgery," Li Xiangmei replied.
In the hospital, every bed had to have the patient's basic information filled out; so her answer was beyond Zhou Jiajia's reason to doubt. However, the true purpose of her response was to coax the name of the old man on the stretcher out of Zhou Jiajia.
After thinking it over, Zhou Jiajia found it made sense and responded, "Lin Yifan!"
For a moment, Li Xiangmei and Xiao Qing were both surprised; then the two of them stood still, dumbstruck, without moving an inch.
At that moment, the female nurse walking with them urged, "Xiangmei, Xiao Qing! What are you dazing for? Hurry up and go!"
In the hospital, transporting a patient to the emergency room is a race against time, not allowing for even a second's delay; because this involves a patient's safety.
The calls of her colleagues snapped Li Xiangmei and Xiao Qing out of their surprise; as they walked, they asked Zhou Jiajia, "Did you say that Lin Yifan is the personal bodyguard of the general manager of Antian Group?"
"Yeah! How did you know?" Zhou Jiajia was surprised, not expecting these two young female nurses to actually know her boyfriend's identity.
"Of course, we knew. He's my best friend, and her boyfriend," Xiao Qing replied, pointing at Li Xiangmei across from her.
At this, the female nurses accompanying them were all astonished and dumbfounded; Li Xiangmei's boyfriend turned out to be an old man; and to have a mistress too, it was truly unimaginable, absolutely bewildering.
How could an old man be so popular? You should know that Li Xiangmei is the "Flower Protector" of Guiyuan City People's Hospital! So many young and promising male doctors want to pursue her but can't; and this mature, dignified, and elegant woman opposite her is also a beauty, it's unclear why they would stoop to an old man.
However, if they had seen what Lin Yifan looked like when he was young, they probably would have gone mad with love for him as well.
"Boyfriend? You mean, Lin Yifan is that lady's boyfriend?" Zhou Jiajia was dumbfounded.
Today, she had received blow after blow, and she really couldn't take it anymore; if another third person popped up, she truly wanted to die.
"Of course!" Xiao Qing replied noncommittally.
"That's impossible! I am Lin Yifan's girlfriend!" Zhou Jiajia broke down completely, unable to move forward.
She didn't know how many other women this man, who claimed to be devoted only to her, had outside; she was really tired of being deceived.
"I think you're the mistress! Sister Xiangmei is Mr. Lin's true girlfriend," Xiao Qing retorted.
She had known before that Lin Yifan had a girlfriend; but after so long, she thought Lin Yifan must have abandoned his previous girlfriend by now; after all, she often saw Li Xiangmei posting lovey-dovey photos in her moments. With so much affection, maybe Lin Yifan really did abandon his past love.
However, what she didn't expect was that Lin Yifan hadn't abandoned his original girlfriend at all. Now, she had really caused a big disaster.
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She would not allow anyone to slander her reputation.
"First girlfriend? Could it be he hasn't abandoned his old love?" Xiao Qing suddenly panicked, her mind in total disarray.
Then she abruptly thought of something—the possibility that this was just a line Lin Yifan used to deceive young and beautiful women, so she responded, "That's just a lie Mr. Lin told you to deceive you, and you believe it; how naive!"
"Then do you dare to have your best friend confront me face to face? Let's see who really is Lin Yifan's true girlfriend," Zhou Jiajia challenged publicly.
"Bring it on! Who's afraid!" Xiao Qing pouted and said to Li Xiangmei, "Sister Xiangmei! Confront her. I refuse to believe she is Mr. Lin's first girlfriend."