"Xiaomeng!" she yelled

"What!" she yelled back

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Yu Yan took in a deep breath and looked her in the eye with a threatening gaze, she can tolerate anything but she cannot withhold herself when it comes to Chen Kai.

"I wasn't flirting with anyone, I don't know if you are talking about the same person but we are only friends, he is not even that close to me to be called my friend, he is an acquaintance, what you see might not always be the truth so please be careful," Yu Yan warned with her eyes widely opened, then the both of them suddenly entered a staring contest, until they heard a knock on the door but they still didn't end the contest.

"Come in," Yu Yan answered with their eyes still locked together, the nurse who had just entered was now confused, she didn't know if she entered the office at the right time nor could she tell if this was just a friendly contest or they are really arguing.

"ehhmnnn....surgeon Yu Yan," the nurse called

"What is it?"

"The teenage patient who was stabbed by the maniac has shown improvements in his condition so I wanted to ask if you would like to check up on him," the nurse answered

"Okay, I will be on my way right now," Yu Yan responded then she moved her eyes away from Xioameng and walked out with the nurse.

"Did you bring his last two charts?" Yu Yan asked

"Yes, I knew you were going to ask for it so I brought it with me,"

"Okay," Yu Yan replied, still with a frown on her face.

They haven't even entered the ward when they heard the sound of laughter resounding across the hallway, she turned to look at the nurse with a quizzical look but the nurse shrugged her shoulder to show that she doesn't know what is going on.

She opened the door and slowly walked inside, with her head peeping inside the ward to see what was happening first, she wasn't surprised when she saw Li Hua tickling the poor boy who has recently just recovered.

"Li Hua, what are you doing?" Yu Yan questioned with her hand stretched out to collect Guo Yan's chart from the nurse, she opened it as she walked towards Guo Yan's bed while Li Hua quickly returned to hers.

"You shouldn't be laughing too hard, what if your stitches break open?" Yu Yan questioned with a scolding look.

"I am sorry but it was Li Hua who kept tickling me, I told her to stop but she wouldn't," Guo Yan answered shifting all the blame to her.

"eh, weren't you the one who started it first, I only did that to take revenge on you," she snapped immediately.

"But..."

"Alright, alright, let it end here, if you both start arguing, I won't transfer the other to another ward so you had better live in this ward in peace,"

She looked into the heart monitors and recorded the readings with a positive nod, then she handed the chart to the nurse and collected the previous ones to compare his progress, she looked at him with a smile and closed the chart before handing it back to the nurse.

"What of the orthopaedic examination result, has it come out yet?" she asked, turning to look at the nurse.

"Yes, this is it," the nurse answered and handed the results to her, she glanced through it as she swiped through the pages and nodded positively, then a naughty thought entered her head, she smiled mischievously and closed the result before handing it over to the nurse with a sigh, which disturbed Guo Yan who had been hoping to hear a positive comment from her.

"Doctor, is anything the matter?" Guo Yan asked, seeing the worried look on Yu Yan's face while the nurse seemed confused, she has read the result before but there was nothing bad or out of the ordinary to be concerned about so she didn't understand why Yu Yan was looking as if something bad has happened.

"Your result...the result says that..." she hesitated and turned her back on him.

"Doctor, is there anything wrong with me?" Guo Yan asked with fear written on his face, while her back is turned at him, she is facing Li Hua who noticed the smile trying to break out on her lips, she nodded her head at Yu Yan who signalled her not to say anything so she just hid her smile and turned back to face the boy.

"I originally thought you have recovered but...but the orthopaedic examination says..."

"Says what?" his heart was literally beating fast that even the heart monitor has already started showing signs that his heart rate is rising.

"The results say that there is a problem with your knee and you might not be able to play football again but this injury might be something you sustained before the stab," Yu Yan announced, they all looked upon his reaction but his face went blank, she couldn't understand what that means but she hoped it wasn't anything serious.

"Are you okay, Guo Yan?" Yu Yan asked, looking concerned but then, his look changed as though he was going to cry at any minute.

"How is that even possible, football is my life, If I can't play anymore then there is no...how can I?" he cupped his face in his palm and lowered his head to cry like a man would but Li Hua who had been suppressing her urge to cry couldn't hold it anymore, she cracked up, bursting into a peal of loud resounding laughter then Yu Yan followed, the nurse who was confused now realized that she was just pranking him.

Guo Yan raised his head to see why there were laughing but he still couldn't understand, she noticed the confused look on his sad face so she decided to tell him the truth.

"I was just pranking you," Yu Yan disclosed, he placed his hands on his chest and heaved a sigh of relief then he glared at Li Hua who was still laughing.

"Your results came out good, after a week of further examination, you can get discharged," Yu Yan announced with a smile on her lips while the boy balled his fist and jerked it upwards in happiness but Li Hua stopped laughing with a sad look on her face.

"What's wrong Li Hua?" the nurse asked, seeing Li Hua sulk

"Sister Yu Yan, am I going to be left alone again?"

"You are also going to be discharged this Friday," Yu Yan disclosed to cheer her up

"What! I don't want to go home,"

"Where are you supposed to go then, you can't stay in the hospital anymore, you have recovered,"

"But I don't want to live with my family," Li Hua insisted, she hated her family for not giving her the attention she deserved so she has already gotten accustomed to staying in the hospital as long as Yu Yan still works there.

"Li Hua...."

"I don't, why don't I live with you, sister Yu Yan," She asked, standing up from her bed and walking up to Yu Yan, Guo Yan who had very much been wanting to go home couldn't understand why she didn't want to go home.

{What kind of person would love to live in a hospital,}

He pondered as he watched both of them in confusion.

"Sister Yu Yan..." she drawled, holding Yu Yan's hand.

"You can't Hua, even if I let you, your parents wouldn't want that, why don't you just talk to your parents and try to tell them about how you feel or I can help you talk to them if you wish?" Yu Yan suggested, initially, she had wanted to scold her family for not caring about her during her entire stay in the hospital but she feared that it might bring her trouble if the patient's guardians complain, after all, she is the surgeon with the least connections in the hospital.

"No! I am sixteen years old so I can make my own decision, If you won't take me in then I will live in a hotel or on the streets, I am never going home," She yelled and ran out of the ward.

"Li Hua!" Yu Yan yelled after her

"Nurse, please finish up here, I will go after her," Yu Yan instructed then she ran out of the room after Li Hua with the patients and the staffs seeing them as they ran past them, the nurses were about to go after her too but Yu Yan raised her hand to stop them, within the past three months she spent in the hospital, she has observed Li Hua to be a very emotional teen who seeks love and attention especially that of her family, so if they all start going after her, she might not want to return with them.

"Li Hua," Yu Yan called after they arrived at a hallway with an old man being wheeled in a wheelchair by a nurse, she had almost collided with the old man but Yu Yan's call stopped her, she stopped and turned back to look at Yu Yan with a teary eye, after the nurse who was wheeling the man wheeled him out of the hallway, she moved closer to her and pulled her to a bench.

She watched her for a moment as the tears slowly dropped from her eyes with her head lowered.

"Sister Yu Yan, please let me just stay with you, I promise to be a good girl, I won't disturb you, please..." she pleaded while she sniffed her nose to stop her tears, Yu Yan smiled at her and patted her hair.

"Let me tell you a secret," Yu yan said then she leaned towards the girl to speak into her ear, while she leaned forward in curiosity.

"I am a daddy's girl so I am still living with my parents," Yu Yan disclosed then she moved away from her, smiling, while the girl looked surprised.

"You are living with your parents," Li Hua repeated

"Don't be too loud or others will hear,"

"Don't worry about that, I can buy a house for both of us to live in,"

"You are really silly, I have a house in my name but my parent won't let me leave the house so there is no need for you to buy me a house,"

"Then I can live with you and your parents,"

"Silly, I also have a niece and nephew living with me,"

"hmmmn...It's alright, I can still make do with it,"

"Li Hua..."

"What, if you don't want me to live with you then just let me live in the hospital then, my parents don't care about the bill anyways,"