The Young Urban Doctor
Chapter 1165 - Chapter 1165 Chapter 1165 Did I Misunderstand Her

Chapter 1165: Chapter 1165: Did I Misunderstand Her? Chapter 1165: Chapter 1165: Did I Misunderstand Her? The next morning, Luo Ziling still woke up early to do his morning exercises.

As expected, he ran into Luo Yuqing on the sports field.

Luo Yuqing appeared after he had run around the track twice.

But today, Luo Yuqing looked visibly tired, with noticeable dark circles under her eyes.

“Senior, didn’t sleep well last night?” Luo Ziling joked. “Were you thinking about some handsome guy?”

“Not just one handsome guy, but several, all with the surname Luo,” Luo Yuqing said a bit irritated. “I didn’t intend to come for morning exercises today, but I woke up when the time came, so I got up. Luckily, you didn’t oversleep today.”

“I also went to bed very late yesterday!”

“Couldn’t sleep either?” Luo Yuqing looked at Luo Ziling, puzzled. “Then why didn’t you reply to my messages?”

“My phone was out of battery,” Luo Ziling said, embarrassed, “I realized only before going to bed, so I charged it and then went to sleep. It’s still off now!”

“Did you go out last night?”

“Yeah,” Luo Ziling admitted. “A friend from outside called me out to pick up something very important. After that, I was looking at some documents until very late and didn’t notice my phone.”

Yesterday when he went out, his phone battery was already low, and when he returned, it had shut off.

Luo Ziling had not thought about turning on his phone to see if anyone had messaged him.

After looking at the documents Lin Lan gave him, he didn’t even think about tinkering with his phone anymore.

Hearing Luo Ziling explain this way, Luo Yuqing didn’t pursue the matter further.

The two of them continued talking while running, mostly Luo Yuqing speaking with Luo Ziling occasionally interjecting.

After finishing their run, Luo Yuqing seemed to have relaxed a bit.

When they were about to go back for breakfast, Luo Yuqing made a request, “Junior, running and chatting with you makes me feel so much better. Run with me again tomorrow, and accompany me for morning exercises every day until the winter break starts!”

Naturally, Luo Ziling agreed.

After breakfast, Luo Ziling didn’t go to class but instead went to the site of the annual conference on integrative medicine.

Today’s conference was still hosted by Wu Mingyun.

Just as he entered the venue, Luo Ziling spotted the very elegantly dressed Huang Menglan seated there.

Huang Menglan was sitting in a back row near the aisle, presumably not wanting to draw too much attention.

When she saw Luo Ziling come in and was fiddling with her phone, Huang Menglan immediately noticed him and waved him over.

Luo Ziling felt embarrassed.

As Huang Menglan waved to him, he could feel several envious and resentful stares directed their way.

But in the end, he braced himself and went over to sit by Huang Menglan.

“Why didn’t you reply to my message last night?” As soon as Luo Ziling sat down, Huang Menglan complained.

“I had something on and my phone was out of battery, so I didn’t check WeChat messages,” Luo Ziling answered awkwardly. “I don’t use WeChat very often.”

Actually, after the morning exercise, Luo Ziling returned to his dorm, turned on his fully charged phone, and found a heap of unread WeChat messages. He only checked the messages from Yang Qingyin, Luo Yuqing, and Ouyang Feifei, deleting all the others without reading.

Hearing Luo Ziling say this, Huang Menglan was a bit disappointed, but still said with a smile, “I was bored after dinner yesterday and wanted you to take me for a walk on the streets. I waited half the day, but when you didn’t reply, I thought you must be busy and didn’t call you.”

“Did you go out alone later?”

“No,” Huang Menglan shook her head, “It was too cold outside and I didn’t feel like going out alone, so I went to bed early.”

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy!”

“Can you take me out to dinner and then for a walk this evening?” Huang Menglan looked at Luo Ziling pitifully, “You really disappointed me last night. You should at least extend me some hospitality!”

“I might not be free today,” Luo Ziling said, scratching his head awkwardly, “I promised my mom to accompany her for dinner and also to help a few people with treatment.”

Last night, Ling Ruonan had messaged him that they were going together to the Ling Family Old Mansion today to treat Ling Jinhua again.

The old master seemed to have caught a chill and had a bit of a cough.

Luo Ziling had agreed to Ling Ruonan’s request, so he used this reason to turn down Huang Menglan.

Huang Menglan did not expect Luo Ziling to refuse under these circumstances and was very surprised.

“Well, okay,” she didn’t press Luo Ziling further. After smiling, she said, “The conference still has two days left. I hope you’ll be free one of those days!”

Then she added, “As a girl, asking you to treat me to a meal and accompany me shopping, if you don’t extend this courtesy, I’ll be really heartbroken! Yesterday, a few people attending the conference wanted to take me to dinner or out singing, and I didn’t agree.”

Implied meaning was that she was giving Luo Ziling special consideration and hoped he would do the same.

“We’ll see, if I have time, I’ll certainly treat you.”

“Don’t break your promise!” Huang Menglan held out her pinky finger.

Luo Ziling reluctantly linked pinkies with her.

Huang Menglan also took the opportunity to tickle his palm with her pinky, then chuckled coyly, putting on quite a seductive air.

Today’s Huang Menglan was dressed differently from yesterday as well.

Today she wore a red sweater, no coat, her long hair left down without being tied or braided. She wore no makeup, and her plain complexion appeared uniquely pure.

Her giggling was truly lethal to men; watching her, Luo Ziling actually got briefly lost in thought.

Fortunately, the session was starting soon, and Huang Menglan stopped flirting, sitting upright to listen to the lecture.

Huang Menglan was the most beautiful woman in the whole venue, overshadowing all other women, even the attendants. She was the center of attention, and Luo Ziling, sitting next to her, became the object of many jealous stares.

Luo Ziling felt this clearly and sensed the pressure from the male attendees.

This made him want to distance himself from Huang Menglan.

During lunch, he purposefully sat with Wu Mingyun.

Unexpectedly, Huang Menglan took the initiative to join them, causing Luo Ziling to feel something was unusual.

This woman, was she being too forward?

Perhaps sensing Luo Ziling’s slight coolness, Huang Menglan didn’t seek him out for a conversation after lunch but went to chat with other men who came up to her.

She was a cheerful and enthusiastic person, always smiling beautifully when chatting with Luo Ziling and laughing happily with others.

“Maybe, was I misunderstanding?” Seeing Huang Menglan getting along well with others, Luo Ziling felt a bit perplexed.

But he didn’t dwell on it much because, after lunch, Yang Qingyin called him, mentioning she was coming to attend her lecture in the afternoon.

With such a beauty offering her support, Luo Ziling certainly wouldn’t refuse.