Yan Xiao lay slumped over his desk, his eyes closed.
It was the lunch break, and taking a nap was perfectly normal. But when Yan Xiao did it, all three nurses in the clinic found it strange.
"Dr. Yan has been sleeping so much lately..."
One nurse said.
"I think so too. He never used to nap at lunchtime, but at some point, he started... Could Dr. Yan have a girlfriend?" another nurse said, her eyes wide with disbelief.
"No way! Dr. Yan is mine!" the youngest nurse retorted, lifting her chin.
"Hee-hee, I knew there was something different about the way you looked at Dr. Yan. Got a crush?"
"Dr. Yan is so talented, so rich, and so handsome... Of course I have a crush!" Rather than deny it, the young nurse declared confidently, "Just you wait. I'm going to win him over!"
The two slightly older nurses smiled and shook their heads without saying anything.
They had been through it themselves. Doctors and nurses might seem like a common pairing, but very few actually stayed together in the end.
Ultimately, the gap in their social standing was too great. To make a somewhat inappropriate comparison, it was like chefs and servers, or pilots and flight attendants. On the surface, they worked together, but in reality, they were worlds apart.
"But have you noticed... Dr. Yan hasn't just started taking naps at noon lately. He also gets drowsy at other times during the day, like he's always sleeping..."
"Speaking of that, a few days ago, I hid by the window to sneak a little time on my phone. I never expected Dr. Yan to be standing right there by the window, dozing. He scared me to death! He was standing right there, but I didn't sense him at all,