Did That Doctor Successfully Remarry Today?
Chapter 95 - 94 The Braised Pork in the Cafeteria is Delicious

Chapter 95: Chapter 94 The Braised Pork in the Cafeteria is Delicious

Chapter 94: The Braised Pork in the Canteen is Delicious

Around half past twelve, Jiang An and Ren Lin followed Dr. Li, who was incessantly recommending some delicious dishes from the hospital canteen. The two of them passed by a row of plates that Dr. Li had enthusiastically recommended they heap up.

Dr. Li was a genuine Dongbei native, and his accent would occasionally show when he spoke. He led them to sit down and strongly recommended the canteen’s Guo Bao Rou, claiming it was authentically Dongbei in flavor.

It was lunchtime, and the canteen was bustling with people coming and going. When acquaintances passed by, they would say hello to Dr. Li, "Oh, here comes some newbies."

Dr. Li nodded to acknowledge them, then turned back to ponder in front of the two, and struck up a conversation, "Hey, how does it feel to start working fresh out of school?"

Jiang An and Ren Lin briefly paused their eating, looked at each other, and Ren Lin was the first to laughingly answer, "Feeling pretty excited about it."

Jiang An nodded in agreement. Medical students spent several more years in study compared to other majors, and after years of hard work at Medical College, most were eager to start their clinical internships.

Dr. Li picked up a piece of braised eggplant from his plate and took a bite, listening to the young men’s answers and laughing softly, "You guys are still so young. For us who’ve worked longer, what we wish for the most is to go back to our college days. It was so great back then. Seeing you reminds me of when I first started at Medical College..."

The man at the table kept talking about his younger days in a tone filled with nostalgia. Jiang An and Ren Lin listened attentively. Dr. Li was hearty and humorous, occasionally making the two burst into laughter.

As the trio was enjoying their time at the table, a young male doctor in a white coat stopped by their table and, seeing their smiling faces, couldn’t help but teasingly say, "Look at you, Old Li, flirting with the interns again."

Jiang An vaguely remembered the doctor’s surname was Bai, from the same office as Dr. Liu this morning.

"What’s with you, eating alone?" Dr. Li squinted and teased the man who was by himself with a plate.

Dr. Bai’s lips curled up at the jest, usually he and Dr. Li ate together, and now Dr. Li’s ’entourage’ meant Dr. Bai was flying solo. But he wasn’t one to give in to such teasing, showing a look of disdain, "I’m off to find Lao Gao."

After saying this, he started walking towards the other side of the canteen. Jiang An turned his head to look, and saw Gao Chuan sitting a few tables behind them, head down, eating lunch at a leisurely pace, unaware of the group’s gaze on him.

Dr. Bai strolled over and took a seat opposite Gao Chuan. The latter lifted his head, his handsome face coming into the spreading view of the girl, and seemed to notice Jiang An. His gaze moved towards them, expression steady and unchanged.

Jiang An noticed the man had seen him and quickly turned his head back, only to hear Dr. Li "tsk" in dissatisfaction, "That playboy, falling for someone new so quickly."

Jiang An and Ren Lin couldn’t help but laugh together, followed by Dr. Li introducing to them, "The Dr. Bai you just met is the youngest male doctor in our department. You can also chat with him when you’re free."

"Sitting opposite him is Dr. Gao. You must’ve read his papers during your studies. He’s the deputy director of our department," the man methodically continued his introduction, then suddenly turned to ask the two, "What do you think, who’s more handsome, me or Dr. Gao?"

The two who were engrossed in eating nearly choked on their food, thinking to themselves, is midlife male appearance anxiety this serious?

Under Dr. Li’s pressing interrogation, Jiang An still uttered a reluctance, weakly letting out the phrase: "You’re handsome."

The simple two words fell into the ears of Dr. Li sitting opposite them, and the man laughed heartily, excitedly patted the table, and loudly said, "I knew it; I am indeed the one responsible for our department’s good looks."

The noise made by the three people immediately attracted the sidelong glances of many in the cafeteria, Gao Chuan also turned towards the commotion but could only see Jiang An’s back. Dr. Bai, sitting opposite, also glanced at the proudly smiling Dr. Li and, turning back with a "tsk tsk tsk" sound, said to Gao Chuan, "Look how smug he gets just by mentoring an intern."

Jiang An had also not expected such a big reaction from the man to her comment, and she too was startled by Dr. Li’s laughter, turning her head to exchange puzzled looks with the equally stunned Ren Lin.

"As expected of my pupil, great taste." Dr. Li finally calmed down and gave the two a thumbs up.

"Are you two dating?" Dr. Li didn’t scoop a few bites of his food before starting to gossip.

The two youngsters, already scared stiff by Dr. Li’s devilish laughter just now, fell into silence upon hearing his unexpected question.

Ren Lin glanced at Jiang An beside him, who was blushing slightly, and answered, "No."

"What about you, Jiang?" Dr. Li looked at Jiang An, who was looking down, and pressed on with his questioning.

Jiang An tapped her chopsticks in her hand and whispered, "Not... yet."

As a married person, telling such fibs made her heart tremble in guilt.

The next second, the marriage-push expert Dr. Li logged on, advising as someone who had been through it, "You’d better hurry up. Right now, you’re relatively free, but once you get busy, there will be no time."

Jiang An kept nodding, and couldn’t help but guiltily look back at Gao Chuan sitting behind her. Whether intentionally or accidentally, just as the girl turned her head, she locked eyes with Gao Chuan, who seemed to have finished his meal and was about to get up and leave. The girl’s blushing face unexpectedly broke into his view, and before the image could even settle, she shyly turned away.

"Lao Gao, let’s go, what are you spacing out for!" Dr. Bai, who had already left the table, saw the man standing still and reminded him.

Gao Chuan then came to his senses and followed the man out with his tray.

After turning her face away, Jiang An felt her cheeks suddenly heat up; today, she had already unintentionally exchanged glances with Dr. Gao three times, and her heartbeat thudded violently in her chest.

Having finished her lunch and returned to the department, Jiang An received her uniform and name badge. The girl changed into a clean white coat, adjusted her collar, and scrutinized herself in the mirror, hanging the name-engraved badge on her left chest. Once everything was ready, she revealed a slight smile to her reflection in the mirror.

During the lunch break, a few off-duty doctors and nurses were resting in the break room, lying on the tables. Jiang An tiptoed out, finally finding time to pull out her phone from her pocket and check the messages she had missed.

Opening WeChat, she discovered a message from Dr. Gao at the very top of the conversation list sent not long ago. The girl stretched out her finger to click it open; a few simple words came into view, making her light brown pupils instantly twinkle with intense amusement.

Gao Chuan: The braised pork in the canteen is really good.