Chapter 62

  Liao Shi is very busy, taking care of the medical hall while also receiving invitations from municipal hospitals to do TCM expert clinics, often going for several days at a time.

  At this time, the hospital becomes exceptionally quiet, and even the number of people picking up medicine is greatly reduced.

  Yao Yao was bored and leaned on the counter, "It's still better when Dr. Liao is here, time flies by quickly even if it's busy."

  He Shuang sat on a small stool sunbathing, pinching the cotton ball, and now she has started to pinch two of them. This also indirectly indicates that her left hand has recovered a bit, for which she was particularly happy these two days.

  "Dr. Liao will be back this evening, and you'll have a busy day tomorrow."

  Liao Shi is always busiest on the day before he leaves and returns, many times so busy that he doesn't even have time to eat lunch.

  Yao Yao raised an eyebrow and looked at He Song curiously: "Aren't you two dating? Why are you still calling him Dr. Liao?"

  "What's it called then?"

  "It's so simple!" She raised a few fingers, "Liao Shi, A Shi, Xiao Shi, can't they all be called?"

  He Sheng felt his scalp numb, "Forget it, Dr. Liao is still better to listen to."

  "You're silly!" Yao Yao couldn't help but squat in front of her, "If you two get married in the future, are you going to call each other 'Dr. Liao' and 'Dr. Liao'? How awkward is that?"

  "But those titles you mentioned also sound awkward."

  "You don't believe me when I say you're silly, this is a term of endearment, do you understand?" Yoyo repeated the previous few names again, bumping into her, "Hey, hurry up and choose one, then call Dr. Liao to see it, he'll definitely be happy."

  He Sheng looked at her uncertainly, "Impossible!"

  "Give it a try!" She elbowed He Song again, smiling slyly, "Hurry up."

  He Sheng thought for a moment and finally said with a twisted expression: "Well, let's just say it's better this way!"

  "Great!" Yao Yao patted her shoulder excitedly, "Go for it, wish you success, although you've added a surname, but still the best doctor."

  Liao Shi returned near the end of work, looking exhausted, and called He Song into his office. His first words were: "Have you been eating well these past two days? Has the cotton ball been slacking off?"

  "Ah, how could I possibly slack off!" He Song was quite annoyed by these two questions, "I still worked this afternoon."

  "Really?" Liao Shi smiled, "It's rare for you to be so obedient!"

  "I've never been lazy." He Song muttered under his breath.

  Liao Shi put down his briefcase and rubbed the back of his neck, then placed his hand on the desk, with slender and beautiful fingers.

  "Come and squeeze my hand."

  He Xiang sat down opposite him, put his left hand on his palm and pinched it hard.

  "Put in some more effort."

  He Song gritted his teeth and pinched again, saying: "Is that all your strength?"

  "Hmm!"

  Still need to keep working hard.

  "Good."

  Liao Shi grabbed her arm and turned around, "Let's go, back home. We need to buy more things today, we have guests coming."

  "What? Are you his parents?"

  "Not him, a junior from before."

  The two returned home at their usual pace, the only difference being that Liao Shi had a few more plastic bags of dishes in his hand.

  He Sheng crouched on the ground in the kitchen, picking celery leaves, and from time to time looked at Liao Shi's back, which was as handsome as ever. After a long while, she hesitated and called out: "Doctor Liao."

  "Huh?"

  "Will you call me Dr. Liao from now on?"

  Liao Shi washed the pot and re-heated the oil to stir-fry the vegetables. "Why ask this suddenly?"

  "Somebody told me today that I shouldn't keep calling you Dr. Liao."

  "Hmm, and then?"

  "That's it."

  Liao smiled and said with his back still turned to her, "Then try using a different title. To be honest, I've always felt that being called Dr. Liao is also inappropriate, it's too formal."

  "Ah!" He Sheng didn't expect him to say that, "Then... I'll call you Liao Shi?"

  "It's not good to mention either his first name or surname!" Liao Shi sighed and said.

  "He Shuang immediately retorted, 'You've always called me by my full name too!'"

  Liao Shi turned off the stove and turned around, wiping his hands, his eyes fixed tightly on the person huddled across from him. "Asheng!" he called out. Then, under He Song's astonished gaze, he slightly raised an eyebrow. "I'll be calling you that from now on, how about it?"

  A Shuang, A Shuang, it's just a surname issue, but the distance seems to have shortened a lot. He Xiang swallowed his saliva and rubbed his arm, saying honestly: "It feels a bit unfamiliar!"

  Liao Shi lightly smiled and said, "People always have an adaptation process, right? You also call me for a look."

  What's going on? He Sheng was seen by him and couldn't help but feel embarrassed, raising his hand to touch his face, softly saying: "A... A Shi, is it okay?"

  "Go!" Liao Shi turned off the fire and didn't even bother to put the dishes on a plate, he walked over and squatted down in front of He Sheng, gathered up the celery leaves on the ground, and then stared straight into He Sheng's eyes, "Call me again."

  The other party's straightforward gaze made He Song feel a bit oppressed, and he couldn't help but want to retreat backwards, but was held back by Liao Shi's hand. With an almost seductive tone, he repeated: "Good boy, call me again."

  He Shuang stumbled and called out again: "A Shi!"

  The next second she saw something spreading in Liao Shi's eyes, with a warm and shallow warmth, like the fireworks blooming at the horizon, so beautiful that it was unbelievable.

  "I like it when you call me that." He said in a low voice.

  He Sheng smiled awkwardly, "Then I'll call you more often in the future."

  "Good!" He released He Sheng's waist, turned to stroke her face, and then almost involuntarily leaned in, lightly kissing her smooth forehead.

  The atmosphere was particularly ambiguous at this moment, He Song was stunned and didn't know how to react, Liao Shi's phone rang at this time.

  He took it out and glanced at it, then put it back in his pocket and stood up to say to He Song: "The guest has arrived, I'll go to the village entrance to meet him, and come back immediately."

  He Sheng grasped the celery leaves and nodded, "Good."

  They lived not far from the village entrance, and when Liao Shi went out for a walk, he soon saw a gray figure standing under the white birch tree at the end of the small road, with a backpack on his back, kicking stones on the ground with his feet, and looking carefree.

  Liao Shi walked over, smiling and calling out: "Gu Wei!"

  Gu Wei quickly turned his head to look at him, making a clicking sound with his tongue, "Dr. Liao, this speed is not good enough!" He said as he walked over and punched him on the shoulder.

  "It's your patience that's no good." He tilted his head to one side, "Let's go!"

  The rural path was unfamiliar to Gu Wei, but the scent of mud and the gentle breeze made him feel good.

  He plucked a handful of dogtail grass from the side and swung it in his hand, teasing: "No wonder you're not worldly, although the traffic is less convenient here, but the air environment is too good, compared to my days of inhaling dust every day, it's simply heaven and earth."

  Liao Shi put his hands in his pockets and smiled: "Then come and help me out, I'd be delighted."

  "No time for that, I'm busy with another meeting in a few days and it's going to be a real hassle."

  "That's proof of your ability, good job."

  As he spoke, they had already arrived at the entrance of the courtyard. Gu Wei threw away the weeds and looked around, "Is that it? The place is quite big!"

  "Come on in!"

  "Do you live alone?"

  "No."

  Gu Wei raised an eyebrow unexpectedly, "Who else? Male or female?"

  Liao Shi smiled slightly and walked into the courtyard without saying a word.

  A person crouched in the middle of the courtyard, with sleeves rolled up to their elbows, and a particularly focused expression as they washed something.

  Gu Wei followed behind him and naturally saw it too. He smiled meaningfully: "You can actually hide a beauty in the golden house?"

  A faint noise caught He Sheng's attention, she looked up and her clear gaze swept past Liao Shi before landing on Gu Wei, then suddenly froze, as if time itself had become stiff and slow.

  She hastily got up, her feet kicking over the water basin, which fell to the ground with a loud metallic scraping sound.

  Water splashed all over the floor, getting her feet wet, Liao Shi had already walked up to her and looked down at her pale face, saying softly: "What's wrong? You look terrible."

  He Sheng took a quick glance at him, with an obvious fear in his eyes, "That person... is he your friend?"

  "Hmm." Liao hesitated and nodded, "Do you know each other?"

  How is it possible not to know?

  He Sheng deeply lowered his head, his hands tightly clenched together and slightly trembling.

  Liao Shixi looked at her for a few seconds, then turned his head to look at Gu Wei, who had stopped in his tracks and was staring blankly. The calm and carefree expression on his face was gone, replaced by a shocked and puzzled gaze that he couldn't hide. For a long time, he hesitated before taking a step forward.

  Until he walked up to the two of them, looked at Liao Shi who had no expression, and then looked at He Song who was hanging his head in a evasive manner, his voice stiff as if it wasn't even his own.

  "You... have been living together all this time? You're not dead?"

  He Sheng didn't say a word, only huddled his body tightly behind Liao Shi's back, his hands trembling as he clutched at his clothes. He was terrified, afraid to touch those things that he thought had long been left far away, so far away that they seemed to have become something from a past life.

  He appeared too suddenly, without any buffer or mental preparation, and stood in front of her with a determination that refused to be rejected. She seemed to have smelled the gasoline from the car accident again, as well as the disinfectant smell of the hospital, and the despair of not being able to find Yuan Zhi.

  Liao Shi patted her comfortingly with a reversed hand, suppressing the uncontrollable turmoil in his heart. He understood that their peaceful life was about to be disrupted. Indeed, there were too many coincidences in this world. He furrowed his brow and asked, "Why did you say He Sheng is dead?"

  Gu Wei took a deep breath and shook his head, "Maybe something went wrong in between."

  Liao thought for a moment, "Forget it, let's talk later, we'll eat first."

  He Sheng had already gotten over the shock of Gu Wei's arrival during dinner, although his expression still flickered as if he was having a hard time facing him, but at least he wouldn't do something stupid like running away with his tail between his legs again.

  The table was filled with simple home-cooked dishes, but at this time no one had the appetite to really eat. He Sheng stared blankly at his rice bowl, only knowing how to pick at the plain white rice. Liao Shi glanced at her a few times, reached out and rubbed the back of her head, "Isn't your mouth tasteless? Help yourself to some dishes!"

  He Sheng obediently picked up a mushroom and threw it into his mouth, then stopped moving again. Liao Shi frowned, "If you don't eat well tomorrow, you'll be squeezing cotton balls for an hour."

  He Sheng finally lifted his head and stared at him blankly. Liao Shi was unmoved, "Eat quickly!"

  She was stunned for a few seconds, then quietly started eating really well, and even had two big bowls with a great appetite. Liao Shi couldn't help but smile, and took out a tissue to gently wipe her mouth.

  The two of them getting along harmoniously yet ignoring each other made Gu Wei's frown even more severe.

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  Today's cycle is over, does anyone have any recommendations for similar slow-paced sentimental songs?

  P.S. 111therose is great, the two will reunite in two days, and on the same day that chapter 64 is updated, chapter 65 (previously a protected chapter) will be replaced with regular content, which can also be considered as double updates!