Just then, Zheng Xincheng suddenly grabbed Gu Chi's sleeve. "Wait, I'm not finished. I agree to the surgery, but you have to do it."
Gu Chi raised an eyebrow. "Sure, I can do it. Just sign one more form stating that if you die during surgery, the doctor bears no responsibility."
Zheng Xincheng sucked in a breath. Fear of death was exactly why he had kept putting off the surgery.
But who would have thought...
Now they wanted him to sign something like that.
"Don't scare me." Zheng Xincheng tightened his grip on Gu Chi's clothes.
Gu Chi glanced down. "I'm not scaring you. I'm a surgeon, not an internal medicine specialist. If you insist on having me do it, I can only start snipping at random and see where I end up."
Zheng Xincheng: ...
Was that something a human being should say?
"Let go." Gu Chi frowned, finding it unseemly for two grown men to be tugging at each other.
"No. I'm sticking with you. Wherever you go next, I'm going too," Zheng Xincheng declared shamelessly.
Gu Chi had no choice but to pry him off.
But to someone watching...
"Holy shit, they're holding hands! Holding hands already! Oh my god, city people really know how to have fun." Gu Luosheng was so excited she nearly jumped up and down.
As she spoke, she pulled her phone out of her pocket.
The shutter clicked.
Then a very, very bright flash went off.
Gu Luosheng: ...
"Uh, looks like I've been busted."
At that moment, Gu Chi and Zheng Xincheng both looked toward Gu Luosheng.
"So, soooorry. I didn't mean to. My phone has a mind of its own and took the picture by itself. Did I interrupt you? It's fine, carry on." Gu Luosheng looked utterly sincere. She