Give Me Another Smile

"So, did you ask Wen Tao to buy food for me?" Tang Yu asked as she put the peeled orange on the table and pulled a tissue to wipe her hands.

"Mhm." Yin Zhao-an nodded, an innocent look on her face as she said, "I can't be by your side to take care of you right now, so I can only ask him to help."

"But, I thought you didn't…" Tang Yu left her sentence hanging, secretly grinning when she saw Yin Zhao-an's gaze lowering. Then, she promptly corrected herself, pretending as if nothing had just happened as she said, "But I can take care of myself. You don't have to go to such trouble."

"That best be the case," Yin Zhao-an said with an affectionate smile, not bothering to bring up the mischievous trick Tang Yu had just played on her.

Suddenly, a bit of noise came from outside the ward. A moment later, several doctors in white coats entered, holding medical records in their hands and wearing stethoscopes around their necks.

The doctor walking in the lead was a slightly chubby man with an amicable face. He first greeted Yin Zhao-an before politely nodding to Tang Yu, who was sitting next to Yin Zhao-an.

When Tang Yu saw the doctors, she tactfully stepped aside to let them examine Yin Zhao-an. While observing the doctors working, she noticed a familiar face among them.

Gao Rang currently had his eyes slightly lowered, his gold-rimmed glasses sitting low on the bridge of his nose. Unlike usual, Gao Rang did not keep his hair neatly parted today. Instead, he let it droop messily in front of his forehead. There were also some light stubbles covering his chiseled chin.

Honestly, if it weren't for Gao Rang's recognizable gold-rimmed glasses, Tang Yu might not have identified him as the same person as the calm and elegant Doctor Gao.

Seeing that Gao Rang wasn't in a particularly good state, Tang Yu decided not to greet him. Instead, she silently waited for the attending physician to finish recording Yin Zhao-an's indicators before returning to Yin Zhao-an's side. Though, her eyes subconsciously looked toward the door and watched as the dispirited figure left the ward.

When Yin Zhao-an noticed Tang Yu's gaze directed at the door, she followed her gaze and was just in time to see the back of a slim and tall man leaving the ward. Through the man's profile and slightly curly bangs, she could more or less tell that he had an attractive face.

Suddenly, an inexplicable feeling of jealousy emerged in Yin Zhao-an's heart. Immediately, she waved a hand in front of Tang Yu's eyes and grumpily said, "What are you still staring at? He's left already!"

"He's…" Tang Yu wanted to explain herself and said that the person she was looking at was Gao Rang. However, when she recalled how Yin Zhao-an's mind worked, she couldn't help but twist her words a little as she said, "He's…quite good-looking."

Yin Zhao-an inhaled deeply when she heard Tang Yu's response, her right hand hidden under the quilt gradually clenching up. Then, lowering her gaze to look at the ground, she said, "...I see."

Tang Yu had expected a bigger reaction from Yin Zhao-an, so she couldn't help but grow a little upset when she got such an indifferent response. However, before she could think of more ways to stir Yin Zhao-an's emotions, she noticed the time displayed on the small alarm clock on the bedside table and suddenly recalled she still had something to do. So, she hurriedly got out of her chair and prepared to leave.

"W-What's wrong?" Yin Zhao-an asked in a panic when she saw Tang Yu looking like she was in a hurry to leave. Could it be, her Tang-Tang was going to chase after that "good-looking" doctor?!

"I need to get a pair of glasses prescribed. I've already made an appointment with the shop, so I have to go," Tang Yu quickly explained while she packed her things. Then, just as she was about to leave, she noticed that there was no one else in the ward at the moment.

An idea suddenly came to her mind, Tang Yu swiftly turned around and pecked Yin Zhao-an on the cheek. Then, she fled the ward without saying a word.

The entire process happened in just three short seconds. However, these three seconds felt like a lifetime for Yin Zhao-an.

When the realization of what just happened struck Yin Zhao-an, her heartbeat accelerated, and her face turned bright red. At the same time, an unknown emotion began to take root in her heart.

Tang-Tang... Why did she kiss me just now?

Yin Zhao-an covered her mouth in disbelief and started to fall into self-doubt.

I wasn't hallucinating just now...right? That couldn't have been a fake Tang-Tang...right? Then...Tang-Tang really did kiss me...