Did That Doctor Successfully Remarry Today?
Chapter 176 - 172: She embarrassed him

Chapter 176: Chapter 172: She embarrassed him

Chapter 172 She Embarrassed Him

Sunday.

Due to Song Xin’s invitation in the evening, Jiang An had to switch shifts with her colleague in advance, working continuously from Saturday to Sunday. Although her shift had ended, she had to stay back to observe a patient who suddenly developed an emergency condition.

When she left the hospital, it was around seven o’clock, and outside, unbeknownst to her, a heavy rain had started. The girl stood at the hospital entrance and ordered a DiDi ride with her mobile phone. Right after getting into the car, she received a WeChat message from Song Xin.

It said that she had ordered a cake from Black Swan and asked Jiang An to help pick it up.

Jiang An turned her head to look at the quickly darkening sky outside the window and instructed the taxi driver to first head to the cake shop located in another direction.

By the time she arrived at the location Song Xin had sent her, it was almost an hour and a half later. The rain had been intermittently heavy, and when Jiang An paid and got out of the car, raindrops were still falling.

In the dim light, the girl hugged the cake and rushed into the clubhouse in front of her, realizing it was the same one Dr. Gao had drunkenly called her to last time. Jiang An’s face was dotted with a few droplets of water. Luckily, her clothes weren’t very wet. She walked to the reception desk and called a waiter to lead her to the reserved private room.

Unlike last time, Song Li had reserved a classy private room, and there were far fewer people than before.

Inside the dimly lit room, some people were still drinking and singing, but this time, Gao Chuan was the center of attention, seated in the middle, surrounded by everyone.

The man sat silently on the sofa in the weak light, dressed in a black striped shirt, his face was handsome and cold, his exquisite facial contours highlighted by the beautiful lines, he was swirling a glass of Whisky in his hand, his deep eyes twinkling with faint lights.

Song Xin, dressed in a deep blue dress, was sitting next to him. On the surface, she was laughing and talking with the people beside her, but her gaze never left the man.

Perhaps, today Gao Chuan needed to get drunk to vent the emotions bottled up inside him.

As soon as Jiang An entered, she attracted everyone’s attention. Song Li, who was singing, saw the girl standing at the door and slowly walked up to her, surprised. He didn’t remember inviting Jiang An. Seeing her standing there, holding something and looking lost, he could only start with a polite, "Sister-in-law is here!"

Sitting at the other end of the room, Gao Chuan and the others heard Song Li’s voice and looked over. Indeed, they saw Jiang An, who seemed vulnerable, standing at the door. The man with a gloomy face slightly lifted his head but did not make a sound.

Jiang An almost immediately spotted Gao Chuan sitting on the sofa and Song Xin next to him when she walked in. The woman appeared to have dressed up meticulously today, her beautiful long hair gently styled up, exuding a mature feminine aura. Meanwhile, Jiang An, having worked for two consecutive days and hurried over in the rain, looked messy.

Song Xin, upon seeing Jiang An, also almost immediately stood up, pulling Jiang An enthusiastically towards the sofa where Gao Chuan was sitting, warmly saying, "Anan is here."

Jiang An was momentarily stunned, for Song Xin had never called her so affectionately before.

The girl walked past everyone to Gao Chuan’s side, saw the man burying his head drinking, placed the cake on the table, and said with an embarrassed face to the man in front of her, "Happy Birthday."

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone in the room fell silent, their expressions turned solemn, seemingly unable to believe what Jiang An had just said.

She was wishing Gao Chuan a happy birthday?

Did she know that Gao Chuan hated celebrating his own birthday the most?

Gao Chuan, still fiddling with the glass in his hand, was startled by her words and looked up with a sharp look in his eyes, coldly questioning, "What did you say?"

Jiang An, not realizing the strangeness of the people around her, thought Gao Chuan had not heard her initial greeting and repeated, "Happy Birthday."

The girl’s words were sincere, but in the eyes of others, they were like stabbing knives into Gao Chuan’s heart.

Only Song Xin seemed unsurprised by the scene, as she watched Jiang An’s increasingly nervous expression and curling her lips into a cold smirk without a sound.

She had guessed right.

It was finally Song Li who stood up to break the awkward silence, noticing the cake Jiang An brought to the table and seemingly understanding the situation, he started making peace: "Ah, sister-in-law is here, that’s good, come, please have a seat."

By this time, Jiang An had sensed Gao Chuan’s gloomy mood, his face grew even darker after hearing her blessings, and she sat down beside Gao Chuan, pulled by Song Li, tremblingly turning her head to look at the man’s tightly furrowed brows, she couldn’t help but wonder where she had gone wrong just now.

After this brief interlude, everyone in the room began to feel uneasy, not knowing what the couple was up to.

Song Li invited everyone to continue, and the private room resumed its noisy atmosphere. Jiang An sat rigidly beside the man, watching Gao Chuan tilt his head back and gulp down a glass of wine just as she was about to speak out, Song Xin interrupted her, asking with an insinuating expression if Jiang An’s finger had healed.

Thinking of how she had cut her finger at grandma’s house a few days ago, Jiang An answered restrainedly, "It’s healed, completely healed."

Song Xin ordered a fruit plate for Jiang An and began asking about the past romance between Jiang An and Gao Chuan.

Jiang An glanced at Gao Chuan, who remained silent beside her, and repeated the same story they had made up long ago to deceive Shen Mei to Song Xin.

Song Xin pretended to be surprised and exclaimed, "Wow, I never thought that Gao Chuan would have a shotgun wedding one day. Anan, you wouldn’t know, back in school, really a lot of people chased after him..."

Jiang An could only respond repeatedly, listening to Song Xin’s endless chatter and secretly pinching the corner of her own clothing.

The man beside her continued to drink, listening to the two of them discussing his past, his thick eyebrows furrowed tightly.

It wasn’t long before Gao Chuan left the private room alone.

Jiang An noticed that Gao Chuan hadn’t spoken a single word to her all day and was pondering what could have gone wrong when she turned her head to see him walking out alone, a trace of loss flashing in her eyes.

Could it be because she came without greeting him that he was displeased?

Or because she had embarrassed him in front of Dr. Gao’s friends with her disheveled appearance today?

Jiang An slowly pondered, and soon Song Li came over saying that Gao Chuan had asked him to take her home.

Jiang An had no choice but to follow Song Li out of the room, wondering if she was being rushed out since she had been there for less than an hour.

"Did Dr. Gao leave?" Jiang An asked Song Li as she followed him.

Song Li had already taken out his car keys, turned back to look at Jiang An, and said with a smile, "Don’t worry about him for now, sister-in-law, go home and change your clothes first, don’t catch a cold."

Jiang An looked down at her slightly damp clothes, showing a face of loss, it seemed she had indeed embarrassed him.

"Sister-in-law, don’t overthink it, we’re about to wrap up here too, I’ll take you home first." Seeing the girl’s sad expression, Song Li, worried that Jiang An might overthink, quickly added.