Kyoto Night Kiss

Cheng Chongchong was really struggling with the math problems.

He sighed.

Even Vancouver's rainy season might not be as melancholic as he is now.

Lu Jinxing was still asking him if he wanted to participate in this study tour.

"I don't know either." Cheng Chongchong's face scrunched up, and she answered with drooping eyebrows, "I hate climbing mountains the most. Not only is it hard on my legs, but it also makes my milky skin tanned."

"And my mom really, really hates hiking."

As soon as she finished speaking, Cheng Chongchong stopped holding the pencil, and the long tip of the pencil accidentally broke off on the exercise book, leaving a small black mark.

He thought of his mother, who was also the mother of his deskmate.

"You mean... I should go with you?" Cheng Chongchong asked back.

Lu Jinxing nodded solemnly and took out a new, sharpened pencil from his pencil case, handing it to Cheng Chongchong.

Cheng Chongchong immediately put on a pretentious, grown-up act.

He put his hands behind his back and said indulgently, "Alright, alright, since you want me to accompany you so much, then this melancholy little prince will reluctantly sacrifice my leisure time and go up the mountain with you."

Although she looked extremely unwilling, Cheng Chongchong's lips had already uncontrollably curled upwards.

Seeing Lu Jinxing become happy, he said helplessly, "You really need to make more friends in class. As the saying goes, more friends mean more opportunities."

Cheng Chongchong paused, sensing that something was amiss.

He cleared his throat, then quickly added, "Of course, your best plane can only be mine."

"Okay, you're my best airplane."

"I misspoke! It's 'friends,' not 'big gray plane'!"

Lu Jinxing laughed so hard he almost fell over. His eyes showed faint under-eye bags, and his nose was very high.

Cheng Chongchong was stunned.

What's going on? I never expected his deskmate to be so handsome.

Upon closer inspection, the eyebrows and eyes do resemble Qu Yun's.

Cheng Chongchong thought of a new idiom he had learned in Chinese class: "Love me, love my dog."

He loves Qu Yun, so he also loves the baby Qu Yun gave birth to.

Cheng Chongchong stretched out her arm and hooked it around Lu Jinxing's neck, their bodies pressed tightly together.

He puffed out his little chest and said, "Little crow, from today onwards, I am your big brother."

Lu Jinxing quickly frowned and corrected him earnestly: "That's not right, I'm clearly a year older than you, so I should be the older brother."

"Hmm?" Cheng Chongchong refused to back down in the slightest.

Knowing he couldn't refuse him, Lu Jinxing blinked his round eyes and softly greeted, "Hello, Big Brother."

The two children smiled at each other.

We are destined to be each other's best friends for the rest of our lives.

*

Cheng Tongzhou was originally scheduled to report to the hospital at the end of the month.

However, the wife of the former head of cardiac surgery gave birth to their second child, and he hurriedly took paternity leave to go back home.

He arrived at the hospital this evening and was immediately asked to stay for the night shift.

Fortunately, he had finished seeing all his patients during the day, so he went behind the curtain to make a video call since he was free.

After the music started playing, he continued cutting potatoes on the cutting board.

She was going to cook a potato feast for Cheng Chongchong.

"Did Chongchong cause you any trouble?" Cheng Tongzhou asked, his voice overflowing with tenderness. "If he bullied you, I'll beat him up when I get back."

"The police in China won't take me away again."

Qu Yun laughed, but before she could answer, Cheng Chongchong washed her hands, moved the small stool to the edge of the island counter, and stepped onto it again.

He said in a muffled voice, "Dad, you're so mean! I'll tell Grandma on you."

Before going upstairs to do his homework, Cheng Chongchong took out the study tour form from the inner pocket of his schoolbag and said, "The teacher said that my parents need to sign this."

"And children can only participate if they are accompanied by their parents."

Qu Yun and Cheng Tongzhou both knew that when he said that, he meant he wanted to participate.

They certainly wouldn't stop a curious and good baby from exploring the world.

After glancing at the date on the form, Cheng Tongzhou spoke first: "Dad happens to be off that day, Dad will go with you."

Cheng Chongchong nodded happily.

Then he looked at Qu Yun, and his eyes were exactly the same as when the puppy was begging for food.

Qu Yun pinched her chubby son's cheeks and said, "Mommy needs to go to work that day, what should we do?"

Cheng Chongchong was immediately disappointed.

The next second, Qu Yun put her hand on his head and rubbed it. "But Mom can take a day off for us."

"Yay! Yay!"

Cheng Chongchong excitedly jumped off the small stool and shouted as he went upstairs, "My mom and dad are coming!"

"I can play with my deskmate now!"

After the little guy went upstairs, Qu Yun's eyes darkened.

Fate really knows how to play tricks on people.

Lu Jinxing also attended this school, and even the same class.

She chose to accompany Cheng Chongchong, which meant she couldn't participate as "Lu Jinxing's mother".

Even though that child is sensible, he must still be secretly sad inside, right?

On the phone screen, Cheng Tongzhou remained silent for a moment.

He guessed at Qu Yun's worries and offered, "I'll go buy the child's snacks and water."

"Buy two portions, one for Jinxing too."

Qu Yun nodded, but still didn't seem very happy.

Cheng Tongzhou paced back and forth by the window a few times, then suddenly said, "How about we think of a way to stop that guy surnamed Lu from going?"

"I'll find an opportunity to give him an anesthetic injection, and he'll fall unconscious. Then we can take Jinxing with us."

Qu Yun chuckled, picked up the potatoes from the cutting board again, and said, "Dr. Cheng, what you're doing is breaking the law!"

There seemed to be an impatient tapping sound coming from outside the curtain.

Cheng Tongzhou looked down and saw a pair of shoes.

"A patient has arrived, I'll hang up now. Be careful with your hands while chopping vegetables." Cheng Tongzhou put away his phone and went out.

Sure enough, a woman who looked elegant and dignified was sitting in the chair.

Cheng Tongzhou adjusted his glasses and apologized first, "Sorry for the delay, I'll take you to see a doctor right away."

While asking the woman in front of him where she felt unwell, he searched for her electronic medical record on his computer.

Upon clicking, the patient's name was: [Yan Suling].

Yan Suling placed the exquisitely crafted, obviously expensive leather bag on her crossed legs and replied, "Since autumn this year, I've had a tightness and discomfort in my chest. I've had several checkups, but they haven't found anything wrong."

Cheng Tongzhou took the stethoscope out of the box.

He held the metal earpiece between his fingertips, his expression calm and focused.

Yan Suling casually asked, "Is your child's school planning any events recently?"

"You're so young, and you already have two children?"

Cheng Tongzhou guessed that the woman had overheard most of his video call, which made him slightly displeased, but he still listened to the heart and lung auscultation.

"There are no obvious pathological murmurs, and your heart rate is stable. Just because you say you have chest tightness, I can't prescribe any medication to treat the symptoms." Cheng Tongzhou adhered to the medical practice guidelines.

After thinking for a moment, he started typing on the computer, "But heart problems are not minor illnesses. I'll prescribe some medicine to relieve your chest tightness first, and you can come back tomorrow during the day for two more screenings."

Yan Suling took the printed prescription and didn't say anything more.

After leaving the consultation room, she instructed her waiting assistant: "After paying and picking up the medication, have someone delete the medication record from the system."

"Don't leave any trace of my medical visits or medications."

The housekeeper nodded in agreement, carefully accepted the prescription, and then left beside Yan Suling.