When the Side Character Gets a System and Travels through Difference Worlds-Chapter 140: Yi Ru 24

Walking around Yi Ru, Ji Wang refrained from patting her head again. Her words just now had stunned him. But to reach out again would be inappropriate. After all, they weren’t officially boyfriend and girlfriend yet.

After Ji Wang left, Tian Shuang was the first to sidle up to Yi Ru. "So, about you and the professor... you’ve really met the parents?"

"Mhm, in the most literal sense." Yi Ru didn’t keep her in suspense. "I met Uncle Ji, Ji Wang’s father, first. It was only later that I met his mother and his grandmother."

"Come to think of it, Ji Wang was the last person in his family I met."

Tian Shuang blinked. "So you really *have* met the parents?"

She was a little disappointed, but then her spirits lifted again. "The art of language... it’s a terrifying power."

Yi Ru lowered her gaze and smiled. "I’m not just making this up. Yesterday, your Doctor Ji told me to come over and stake my claim. And I’m good at taking advice."

Tian Shuang cupped her face in her hands. "I think you and the professor are both masters at this."

"Not at all..." The two chatted for a while, and everyone gradually understood that Yi Ru and Ji Wang weren’t actually boyfriend and girlfriend yet. But it was precisely because they weren’t official that this ambiguous push-and-pull was all the more intoxicating.

The neurosurgery ward wasn’t small, but Ji Wang was its star attraction. News that he had a girlfriend quickly spread to the patients and their families. As Ji Wang made his rounds, he was met with a constant stream of congratulations.

What could Ji Wang do? He could only offer his thanks with a pained smile.

This continued until he reached bed 27, home to the patient who had just delivered his meal. Seeing Ji Wang enter, the patient looked a little awkward but still smiled. "Doctor Ji, did you just get out of surgery?"

"Mhm. How are you feeling today?" Ji Wang picked up the chart at the foot of the bed and flipped through a couple of pages. Seeing the patient’s vitals were stable, he relaxed a bit.

"Pretty good, Doctor Ji. How soon can I be discharged?"

Ji Wang assessed the chart. "About two more days. I’ll handle your discharge paperwork the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you, Doctor Ji." The patient tried to remain calm but still held onto a sliver of hope. "Doctor Ji, do you really have a girlfriend? How come we’ve never heard you mention it before?"

"There’s no need to broadcast my private life," Ji Wang said, his brow furrowing slightly, but he answered anyway. "My parents both like her very much."

Well, that one sentence sealed it, confirming what Yi Ru had said about meeting the parents.

Tan You relayed the news from the hospital room to Yi Ru in real time, and Yi Ru suddenly burst out laughing. ’See? Ji Wang might look cold and aloof, but he’s actually quite the smooth operator.’

And the best part was, they were both speaking literally. On this point, Ji Wang was completely on her wavelength. If other people let their imaginations run wild, that wasn’t their problem.

The girl who had just called him a scumbag stared at Ji Wang. "Your parents like her, but you don’t?"

Everyone inside and outside the room perked up their ears. The tedious hours of a hospital stay could only be enlivened by listening to gossip.

"Of course I like her," Ji Wang said, a hint of a smile flashing in his eyes as he thought of Yi Ru’s mischievousness. "I don’t have any surgeries the morning after next. If you want to be discharged, try to do it in the morning. Otherwise, you’ll have to wait."

Hearing Ji Wang say he liked her, Yi Ru fiddled with her earlobe. Tan You teased, "Getting shy?"

Yi Ru sighed. "Why couldn’t he say that to my face? What a shame."

Tan You replied, "I don’t know why I even bothered asking you."

’She never knew Yi Ru could be so thick-skinned. Had she undergone a complete personality change?’

Yi Ru’s expression grew serious. "I’ve always been this way. When it comes to my feelings, I’m very proactive. Even if my past experiences weren’t good, I’ll still take the initiative."

"If I like someone, I’ll do whatever it takes to win them over. Wasn’t I just like that with Zhao Zhao? Even though I got a reputation for being the one who always chased him. But if I truly decide to give up, I won’t look back."

"Even if Zhao Zhao tried to win me back now, I wouldn’t give him a second glance."

Tan You fell silent as well. After a long moment, she asked, "Don’t you miss the child you once had?"

"It would be a lie to say I don’t miss them at all," Yi Ru admitted frankly. "But even if Zhao Zhao and I were still together, who could guarantee they would be the same? No one can."

"The moment you accepted the commission, my life had already changed. And I’m very glad that Zhao Zhao and I no longer have any connection."

"I’ll have children in the future. As for them..." Yi Ru’s voice held a touch of sorrow. "I’ll just pretend I once had a very, very long dream."

Tan You didn’t press the issue. Thinking too much about such things just gave you a headache. In the end, it was just self-torture. It was easier not to think about it at all.

Before Ji Wang returned, Yi Ru had already composed herself. She would never let anyone know about her experience of starting over. It was the biggest secret of her life.

"Thank God you’re here," Yi Ru said, her expression relieved. "I’m so glad I have someone to be my sounding board. You understand everything on my mind."

"It’s nothing. I can’t give you advice, but I can listen." After a client ’returned’, Tan You rarely offered advice. In her eyes, it was their own life now.

Whatever decisions she made were her own business, and she should be the one to bear the consequences.

"That’s more than enough." Yi Ru wasn’t disappointed. She knew Tan You was someone with a strong sense of boundaries, and Yi Ru actually really liked that about her.

A sense of boundaries meant not meddling in other people’s affairs. Even if you were very close to someone, you shouldn’t cross the line. Of course, if someone actively asked her for help, Tan You wouldn’t just stand by and do nothing, but she usually wouldn’t take action on her own. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Tan You glanced at the circle of doctors. "Suddenly, I feel like being a doctor in the future wouldn’t be so bad."

’Too bad being a doctor isn’t that easy,’ Tan You sighed. Right now, her only goal was to upgrade the Beauty System to the advanced level as quickly as possible and work to get that eye drop formula.

Yi Ru said, "No matter what career you choose, you’ll be outstanding. Seriously, you’re the most persistent girl I’ve ever met."

More than "outstanding," Yi Ru felt the word "persistent" suited Tan You better. Tan You would charge full-steam ahead toward her goals, never stopping until she achieved them. She had ambition and was willing to give her all to fulfill it.

Tan You smiled. "I like that word. A lot of the time, I’m not striving for a goal because I’m passionate about it, but simply because the goal is there. To be honest, I don’t have anything I particularly love, nor anything I particularly hate."

Yi Ru sighed. "You really are stone-hearted."

"Maybe so," Tan You said, unfazed. "I quite like the term ’heart of iron and stone’."

Yi Ru couldn’t win an argument with Tan You, and she didn’t try to change her mind. Just as Tan You had her boundaries, so did Yi Ru.