Chapter 197
"Oh, General Zhu, what brings you here?"
Song Ren, dressed in a white lab coat, had just come out of the hospital building when he ran into Zhu Yucheng climbing the steps.
"Hey, Song Ren, you're here!" Zhu Yucheng grinned as he sidled up and raised an arm to sling it over Song Ren's shoulder.
Stepping aside, Song Ren dodged the arm Zhu Yucheng had thrown over, glanced behind his friend, folded his arms over his chest, and asked, "Where's Teacher Jiang? Why are you alone?"
"Teacher Jiang's been busy rehearsing for a concert lately. I came to ask around for some news." Zhu Yucheng tossed Song Ren a flirtatious look and leaned closer, shamelessly fawning. "Brother Song, give me some inside information."
Song Ren looked baffled. "What inside information?"
"I heard His Majesty has been coming to the hospital every day lately." Zhu Yucheng's gaze drifted toward the hospital as he lowered his voice. "Who's staying here that has our Brother Yan so smitten?"
With a slight curl of his lips, Song Ren said, "Couldn't His Majesty simply be visiting a patient?"
Zhu Yucheng narrowed his eyes, indignantly poking his own chest. "When His Majesty and I went to war together, I was seriously injured. He visited me exactly three times."
Holding up three fingers, Zhu Yucheng said, "The first time was when I was nearly dead and rushed into emergency treatment. The second was after I'd recovered a little. The third was when I was discharged, and he came with all of you to pick me up."
"Three times!" Zhu Yucheng waved his three fingers forcefully, stressing each word. "With the relationship he and I have, he only visited me three times!"
Song Ren's tone was mild. "What's there to compare? Didn't Teacher Jiang stay by