When Love Turns the Tables: The Mysterious Husband's Chase-Chapter 718: Is This What Love Feels Like? (8)
Xue Lu quickly ordered the meal, all spicy dishes, the spicier the better.
Jiayu has always liked spicy food; as the dishes were brought to the table one by one, her eyes began to sparkle.
In fact, the reason Jiayu and Xue Lu became such good friends was largely because both of them loved Sichuan cuisine.
At first, this was quite unexpected for Xue Lu, as in her view, someone like Jiayu, a rich young lady, should prefer the kind of extremely high-end food – the kind that has only a tiny bit of each dish and looks beautifully arranged, but becomes cloying after eating too much.
But as she got to know her better, Xue Lu realized that Jiayu wasn’t actually as unattainable as her outward appearance might suggest. She could gracefully and proudly navigate through various high-society events, yet she could also roll up her sleeves and sit by the roadside enjoying street-food hot pot.
This is why Xue Lu and Jiayu have maintained their friendship until now.
Jiayu picked up a slice of twice-cooked pork and stuffed it into her mouth; the spicy flavor filled her mouth, and with a bite of rice, she felt completely satisfied.
When they finished eating and stepped outside, it was already close to eight o’clock. Xue Lu went home to look after her kids, while Jiayu took a slight detour to buy Xu Qingru a cake she liked.
The road was a bit congested, and it took Jiayu over half an hour to get there, just in time to buy the cake before the shop closed.
After walking for a while longer, she felt her stomach was a bit uncomfortable.
In fact, she had already felt uncomfortable just earlier but hadn’t paid attention; now it started to hurt more intensely. She gritted her teeth and walked a bit further, but the pain grew severe, making her sweat. She couldn’t drive anymore.
She parked the car by the roadside, using one hand to clutch the steering wheel for support, while pressing firmly on her stomach with the other.
The pain was intensifying, a twisting pain.
Jiayu finally couldn’t bear it; in a panic, she took out her phone from her bag and dialed a number.
The call was quickly answered, and before the person on the other end could say anything, Jiayu had already spoken: "Mu Ke, it hurts..."
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In the bright hospital corridor, Mu Ke just came out of the operating room; the surgery went well, and his expression was quite relaxed. Seeing Jiayu’s incoming call displayed, a slight smile appeared on his calm face.
However, this smile quickly disappeared: "Where are you?"
The assistants and nurses following Mu Ke hadn’t reacted yet when Mu Ke’s green silhouette had already vanished at the end of the corridor.
"Doctor Mu..."
Someone shouted behind him, but there was no response.
He Xin stomped her foot in frustration; she was the assistant surgeon for Mu Ke during this surgery. Since they entered the operating room together, she knew Mu Ke hadn’t had dinner yet. It was such a good opportunity, but before she could speak, he was already gone.
"What is Doctor Mu up to? Rushed off like that, does he have a girlfriend?" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
A young man who had come out with Mu Ke spoke, and no sooner had he finished his sentence than he received a sharp glare from the woman who had just tried to call Mu Ke back: "What nonsense are you spouting, Doctor Mu doesn’t have a girlfriend."
The young man was taken aback by her shout, and after she walked away, someone patted his shoulder: "Brother Zhang, don’t talk recklessly in front of Miss He."
"Hmm?"
"Miss He likes Doctor Mu; everyone knows it."
The person called "Brother Zhang" paused for a moment, then realized; he had merely spoken casually and didn’t expect to say it in front of the wrong person.
