"I’ll tell you more when we have dinner later; I’m so tired now, let me lie down for a bit."
Han Xi leaned on the sofa, closing her eyes for a short nap.
Not knowing how much time passed, Li Manman received a WeChat message from Chu Ci, saying he was already waiting at the hospital entrance and telling them to hurry down.
"Xiao Xi, Chu Ci’s already here, let’s hurry down."
Han Xi stood up from the sofa, tiredly pushed the stray hairs behind her ear, walked to the coat rack, took off her white lab coat, put on a coat, and then left the office with Li Manman.
The two of them chatted and laughed as they took the elevator, walking out the hospital door and immediately spotting Chu Ci’s car parked on the roadside.
Han Xi and Li Manman opened the car door and sat in the back seat. Chu Ci turned around from the driver’s seat, lifting a hand to take off his sunglasses: "Xiao Xi, your display of affection caught me off guard."
"Exactly, she must treat us this meal," Li Manman laughed heartily, echoing.
"Yes, I’m treating; hurry up and decide what you want to eat?"
"Of course we’ll eat something expensive; whatever’s pricey, let’s eat that." With that, Chu Ci turned the steering wheel and got onto the main road.
Twenty minutes later, the car stopped at a restaurant that looked very upscale, and the three of them got out and went into the restaurant together.
After ordering, the waiter quickly brought the food over, and Li Manman suddenly seemed to remember something, looking at Han Xi: "Just now at the hospital, what did you mean by your brother?"
Chu Ci took a sip of the juice on his left: "Since when do you have a brother?"
"So many things have happened these days; I do indeed have a biological brother, and Han Guanghong is not my father."
Li Manman had a stunned expression, as if struck by lightning, her dark pupils expanding to the maximum: "Oh my God, even TV dramas aren’t as surreal as this."
"What’s going on? Hurry up and tell us." Chu Ci propped his chin in one hand, his expression not as unsettled as Li Manman’s.
Han Xi straightforwardly recounted everything that happened over these days.
"Goodness, we need to raise our glasses to celebrate for Xiao Xi; thank goodness that heartless Han Guanghong isn’t your father."
Li Manman raised her glass of juice on the table and drank it all in one go.
Han Xi and Chu Ci also raised their glasses and took a sip: "By the way, Xiao Xi, when you get married, Manman and I must be bridesmaids."
"Yes, I’m going to take wedding photos tomorrow; would you guys like to come along?"
"As long as your Lu Jinghan doesn’t mind, we’ll definitely come as decorative lamps." Chu Ci slightly raised an eyebrow with a smirk.
Han Xi put a bite of food in her mouth, paused, and then said: "Both Manman and I have found partners; when are you going to find a boyfriend?"
"I’m planning to go to the United States for a test-tube baby; the child can keep me company in the future, as for a man, I don’t plan to find one."
Chu Ci spoke lightly but didn’t sound like she was joking at all.
"Can you still handle it? You’re backing down just after being hurt once by a scumbag."
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Han Xi put down the juice she was holding, looked sideways at Chu Ci beside her: "If you can’t let go, then take your time to let go, don’t push yourself too hard; some things, the more you deliberately try to forget, the more rooted they become."
Chu Ci suddenly gave a bitter smile: "We used to think we’d die without love, but actually, love doesn’t kill; it just sticks a needle in the spot where it hurts the most, leaving you heart-aching without tears. That’s where I am now, afraid that I might slip up and run into another scumbag."