On his rare day off, Kube Rokuro bought a bouquet of flowers at the hospital entrance, tidied himself up, and ca to visit Qingdai, who was still hospitalized.
Perhaps it was Qingdai's intention, but during this ti, her relationship with Kube Rokuro had rapidly drawn closer, so Rokuro made a point to visit her on his day off.
Carrying the bouquet, Rokuro was walking towards Qingdai's ward, but unexpectedly saw Chen Yu in the hallway talking with a patient's family mber.
"Professor Chen Yu, if it weren't for you and Doctor Jounouchi's help, our family really wouldn't know what to do! This is a small token of our gratitude, please be sure to accept it!" A very well-dressed woman was handing a paper bag to Chen Yu, her face brimming with gratitude.
Rokuro was no stranger to this scene; throughout his life, whether it was his grandfather, father, or two older brothers, they had all received gifts of thanks from patients. Such a practice was all too common in Japanese hospitals.
Although in recent years there were regulations stating that doctors were no longer allowed to accept cash gifts from patients, a small gift was another matter, so hiding cash gifts in things like Hot Spring Bun boxes had beco a very common practice.
Yet would Chen Yu also accept such things? Rokuro didn't wish to judge the rightness or wrongness of this behavior; after all, these cash gifts represented a significant gray inco for doctors. However, he hoped Chen Yu was not that type of person.
"Please put this away, rather than give sothing, you should buy sothing for your husband and Keiko to eat. It was our duty as doctors to help you and Hiromi. We did not need your gratitude to do so, and Hiromi even helped you with the dical expenses," Chen Yu said as he declined Keiko's mother's token of appreciation. He knew very well what it might be, but he genuinely had no habit of accepting gifts from regular patients.
As for those wealthy VIP patients, well, it's a missed opportunity if you don't accept their gifts.
"But..." Keiko's mother wanted to explain sothing else; for her, owing such a big favor to Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi without showing any token of thanks seed very rude.
However, Chen Yu interrupted her, "Let Keiko do her best to get into the University of Tokyo and beco an outstanding doctor who helps nurous patients in need. That would be the best thanks to us. As for this, you should take it back. Isn't your family financially strapped right now?"
Chen Yu's words imdiately made Keiko's mother feel very embarrassed. If their family situation had been better, it wouldn't have been an issue to offer a sum of money to thank the doctors, but indeed they were stretched thin at the mont.
Seeing Keiko's mother's embarrassnt, Chen Yu smiled and said, "So please take it back. Besides, the hospital has regulations against us doctors accepting gifts. I have other patients to attend to, so I'll excuse myself."
After speaking, Chen Yu turned to leave, but it so happened that the direction he was heading was right towards Rokuro.
"Brother Yu!" Seeing Chen Yu approaching, Rokuro, who couldn't dodge in ti, could only greet him sheepishly, instinctively not wanting Chen Yu to know he was visiting the hospital.
"Rokuro? What brings you to the hospital?" Chen Yu looked at Rokuro with so surprise, but upon seeing the flowers in his hand, he imdiately understood what he was there for. Still, he chose not to probe and rely asked, "Are you here to visit a friend?"
"Yes, a friend of mine is hospitalized, so I ca to visit," Rokuro answered honestly when Chen Yu asked, because why else would he buy flowers if not to visit a friend?
"Oh? What kind of illness does your friend have, and in which ward? Do you need to take a look? If you can't discuss it with Professor Kube, you can tell ," Chen Yu said, deliberately asking Rokuro who he was there to see.
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"No, no need, my friend's issue is not a big deal, don't worry about it," Kube Rokuro hastily refused, and at the sa ti said to Chen Yu, "Brother Yu, you must be busy with other things, right? Why don't you go ahead and take care of your affairs?"
"Well, I'm actually not too busy right now, so why don't I go with you to see your friend? Even if it's not a surgical case, I can still look after them for you," Chen Yu, of course, saw through Kube Rokuro's intentions, but he still put on an enthusiastic front.
"No, really, there's no need, Brother Yu! It's just a small issue with my friend, there's no need for you to go out of your way! I'm going to take off first!" Hearing Chen Yu say this, Kube Rokuro, afraid that he would really follow him to the ward and see Qingdai, once again declined Chen Yu's kind offer and quickly fled as if running for his life.
Watching the flustered escape of Kube Rokuro, Chen Yu let out a sigh of resignation but then furrowed his brow.
It was clear that Kube Rokuro had already fallen deeply for Qingdai.
Should he be direct with Kube Rokuro and persuade him not to sink any deeper? Chen Yu hesitated.
He had actually considered from the beginning to be frank with Kube Rokuro and prevent him from continuing his association with Qingdai, but seeing Rokuro so earnest, he didn't have the heart to let him know such a cruel truth, for this might be the most beautiful first love of his life.
Forget it, let him enjoy it a bit longer, maybe Qingdai's intentions are not to harm him?
Chen Yu thought this, and while he wasn't sure what Qingdai could do, he was confident enough to ensure that whatever she planned, he could thwart it and protect Kube Rokuro from harm.
Thinking this way, Chen Yu's mind cleared considerably.
Perhaps in the end, Kube Rokuro would get hurt a bit, but after the experience, he might mature a bit. The current Rokuro seed too timid and naive, like a college student.
Through Qingdai, if he could beco a bit more mature, maybe that would be a good thing. After all, with that woman's cunning, she wouldn't let a man she fancied be too diocre.
Having made up his mind, Chen Yu then turned and walked toward his own office.
But as he passed through the corridor, his gaze happened to catch a couple passing by his side, and he suddenly paused.
Was that the daughter of the small shop owner? And the man beside her, her husband? Chen Yu stopped, turned his head for a second look, and confird that it indeed was the daughter of the shop owner he had t before.
Yet the feeling of dissonance from her body still concerned Chen Yu, confirming that what he had felt last ti was not an illusion.
"That is... how can it be like this? The soul and the body mismatched?" Chen Yu's eyes turned purple after seeing the shop owner's daughter clearly, and he found himself in shock.
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