Rebirth on the Doors to the Civil Affairs Bureau - Chapter 46
Chapter 46 Love Can’t be Calculated Based on Time
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Yu Dong’s cold eyes made Xia Feng’s heart tighten. With An An’s sudden appearance and the awkward atmosphere, Xia Feng suddenly felt like being a little impulsive.
“Dong Dong, come over.” Xia Feng lifted a hand towards her.
Yu Dong paused, then slowly walked towards Xia Feng.
“Let me introduce you, this is-”
Xia Feng hadn’t even finished his sentence when An An took the initiative to stretch out a hand towards Yu Dong. Interrupting Xia Feng’s introduction, she said: “Hello, I’m An An, Xia Feng’s-”
“Ex-girlfriend?” Yu Dong smiled as she cut An An off, taking her outstretched hand for a shake.
An An was surprised at Yu Dong’s actions and smiled awkwardly: “It seems that Xia Feng mentioned me to you.”
“Of course.” Looking back to Xia Feng, Yu Dong continued, “I knew about you on the day we met.”
An An’s face turned stiff at this. Glancing at Xia Feng, she reluctantly said back, “Pediatrics still need me for some things, I’ll be going first.”
“Alright.” Xia Feng nodded.
An An swept her gaze towards the two people holding each other’s hands. With one last smile, she turned and started to walk away.
Just when Yu Dong thought she had won the round, An An suddenly turned back and looked at Xia Feng, saying: “Right, my colleagues wanted to hold a welcoming party for me. Now that you’re back, you should be free so come enjoy the night with us.”
“I…”
“I checked beforehand, you don’t have any scheduled surgeries. I’ll see you tonight.” An An said before turning a corner, disappearing from their sight.
Yu Dong listened to her parting words and lifted an eyebrow as she looked at Xia Feng, waiting for his response.
Before Xia Feng could open his mouth, the doors of the operating room opened again. Yu Dong abandoned Xia Feng and rushed to the door with Xiang Xiaoyue.
“Xinxin, Xinxin.” The two each took a side and looked down to their friend.
“Don’t worry, the mother’s condition has stabilized and when the anesthetic wears off, she’ll wake up. Let us move her to a room first.” The doctor explained as he pushed the bed.
The crowd thanked the doctor and followed the bed through the ward.
Xia Feng saw that Yu Dong was leaving. He rubbed his forehead: He didn’t know if he just got lucky or not.
At this time, a sneaky figure peeked behind a corner before rushing towards Xia Feng: “Did you see?”
Xia Feng lacked any mercy as he raised a hand to hit the man running towards him: “So you knew, why didn’t you tell me in advance.”
Shao Yifan dodged the hit and quickly explained: “I only found out about it two days ago! I wanted to tell you but since you were facing against Yu Dong’s parents, I didn’t want to burden you. I was going to tell you the moment you came back to the hospital, but I had surgery earlier in the morning. Look at me, I’m still wearing my scrubs.”
Xia Feng gave him a look, ah it was useless to stay and chat, he needed to find Yu Dong.
“where are you going?” Shao Yifan followed Xia Feng, sniffing for gossip. “You haven’t told me what happened when they met. Did they fight? Man, when I saw I didn’t dare come out.”
“Shao Yifan, you just live for this type of excitement don’t you?” Xia Feng raged.
“Yes, I do.” Shao Yifan readily admitted this with a straight face.
“I’m breaking it off with you!”
“Hey, Hey, don’t joke.” Shao Yifan quickly stopped Xia Feng and apologized, “I wasn’t worried about you, you have your new love at one hand and your old love on the other.”
“What new love, old love, Yu Dong is the only one in my heart.” Xia Feng frowned.
“But An An was someone you’ve asked to marry you three times. I thought…” Shao Yifan wisely didn’t finish his sentence when he saw Xia Feng’s expression.
“I didn’t say anything, don’t look at me like that. Nevermind, I’m going ahead.” Shao Yifan decided to retreat.
Xia Feng was never the type to bask in the limelight, so Shao Yifan wondered why he even doubted his friend in the first place.
When Xia Feng arrived at the Gynecology ward, Xiang Xiaoyue and Lu Xuan were in the middle of a confrontation.
“You’re not allowed to enter.” Xiang Xiaoyue was blocking the door.
“I’m just going to see how she’s doing.” Lu Xuan said.
“You think you can still see her with me here? Lu Xuan, you’re being delusional.” Xiang Xiaoyue laughed right at his face.
Seeing her domineering attitude, Qin Yue thought about how different she looked compared to her chubby past. But he found her current stance very similar to how she blocked his way to confess when they were children. With this thought, Qin Yue couldn’t help but find Xiaoyue extremely cute at this moment.
Xia Feng approached the door, also wanting to go in. However, he was also blocked by Xiang Xiaoyue.
Xia Feng was stunned and asked: “Is Dong Dong inside?”
“Yep.”
“I need to talk to her.”
“Tell me, what happened to you and that female doctor just now?” Xiang Xiaoyue had been pursued by countless boys since she was a child and could sniff out ambiguous relationships a mile away.
With the scum Lu Xuan and the now untrustworthy Xia Feng both in front of her, Xiang Xiaoyue felt that she was seconds away from hitting someone.
“Or you can just call Dong Dong for me, I won’t go in.” Xia Feng didn’t argue with Xiaoyue, instead thinking of a compromise.
Xiang Xiaoyue wanted to disagree, but Qin Yue finally stepped in and dragged her to his side: “What are you doing, butting in other people’s relationships. You look like an old hen squatting on the doorway. Are the people inside your chicks?”
“Whatever!” Xiang Xiaoyue shook off Qin Yue’s hand with growl.
Meanwhile, Lu Xuan and Xia Feng slipped into the room. Inside, Yu Dong was wiping Ren Xinxin’s sweaty face with a cloth.
When Yu Dong saw Xia Feng enter, she smiled. This lightened Xia Feng’s heart, and he quietly calmed down.
“Xiaoyue, come in and take care of Xinxin.” Yu Dong saw Xiaoyue come in with her fists raised and stopped her.
“Fine.” Xiaoyue glared at Lu Xuan as she passed the two men and firmly planted her butt on the bed, determined to keep Lu Xuan far away.
Qin Yue looked at her aggresive stance and felt a little pity for Lu Xuan.
Xia Feng took Yu Dong out into a nearby hospital garden. Holding her hand, he thought about how to explain, but in the end he could only say: “Just trust me.”
“Are you saying that I should trust you, or is it that you did something that would lose my trust.” Yu Dong asked with a raised eyebrow.
“No, its not like that.” Xia Feng quickly denied, “I didn’t know that she had returned to China. By all accounts, she should still be studying in America for another four months.”
“You seem to remember that piece of information quite clearly.” Yu Dong drew back her hand from Xia Feng’s grip, her expression blank.
“I…Its not…” Xia Feng became frustrated, “Ah, how do I explain this…”
“Pfft…” Yu Dong couldn’t help but be amused by the expression on Xia Feng’s face.
Xia Feng knew that Yu Dong wasn’t actually angry, so feeling helpless and somewhat depressed, he lifted a hand to rub her head.
“Hey, you’re going to mess up my hair.” Yu Dong dodged the troublesome hand and tidied her hair. “It was OK for me to look a little messy before, but now I have a rival nearby.”
“What nonsense are you spouting?” Xia Feng knocked Yu Dong on the top of her head.
“Do you still like her?” Yu dong finally asked Xia Feng this question.
“…” In fact, Xia Feng had never thought of this issue deeply. An An was the first woman he ever fell in love with. After four years of dating, it would be strange if he never felt something for her. But if there was one thing he was absolutely certain of, it’s that he will be spending the rest of his life with Yu Dong.
“Dong Dong,” Xia Feng looked at her and seriously said, “I like you.”
“But you liked her before. What’s more, you’ve liked her for a long time.” Yu Dong said, a little uneasy. “You’ve just started to like me not too long ago.”
“Dong Dong, I can’t tell you that An An is just some ordinary friend in my eyes.” Xia Feng continued as he held Yu Dong’s hands, “But I can assure you that there’s absolutely no possibility of us getting back together. Furthermore, a person’s feelings can’t be calculated based on time.”
How Yu Dong wished that at this moment, Xia Feng would say that An An was just some familiar stranger in his eyes, or that he’ll never see her again, or talk to her again.
But if he did, Xia Feng would be lying to her.
Women are so contradictory, sometimes they want someone to lie to them, even if they knew it was fake. Like that emperor with his clothes, wearing them and going out while pretending that what he was wearing was beautiful.
(T/N She’s talking about the story ‘Emperor’s New Clothes.’ The people made him believe that he’s wearing new clothes when he’s just actually naked. He goes out showing off the ‘clothes’ to his people but no one dares say anything.)
“Then promise me something.” Yu Dong didn’t want to lie to herself.
“Sure.” Xia Feng didn’t hesitate and immediately nodded.
“Don’t meet with her alone. And tell me if you do actually meet with her, I don’t want to hear about it later through someone else.” Yu Dong said this, then pursed her mouth, obviously unhappy.
Xia Feng looked at her pouting lips and chuckled as he nodded: “If I do what you say, will you still get jealous?”
“Yeah.” Yu Dong nodded.
“Then won’t you be unhappy if I report this kind of things to you?” Xia Feng thought about this with a frown.
“It’s not like you’re going to deliberately provoke me right? Why are you asking so many questions?” Yu Dong became irritated.
“Oh…” Xia Feng was thoroughly amused by Yu Dong. Pulling her into his arms, he said: “Then promise me, no matter what, you have to tell me all your thoughts and feelings when I do.”
“Fine!”
“If you have any questions, you have to ask me, don’t bottle it all in.”
“Un.”
“Not just about An An, but about anything that troubles you.” Xia Feng continued, “Because we’re going to be together for a long, long time.”
“…Then don’t go to her welcoming party tonight.” Yu Dong said after a moment of silence.
“Ha ha…” Xia Feng felt that Yu Dong always casts a magic spell on him, whenever he’s with her he becomes happy. “I didn’t plan on going, I’m planning on heading to the laboratory in the evening.”
“I’m staying to take care of Xinxin all afternoon, so we can have dinner together later.” Yu Dong said, her head tilted.
“Great!” Xia Feng couldn’t resist laughing.
On the second floor balcony of the inpatient ward, An An looked past the glass window to the two people standing on the garden, her face pale.
“See, I didn’t lie to you.” Shao Yifan was next to her, feeling like he was literally breaking up with her for Xia Feng.
“That doesn’t mean anything.” An An looked away.
“An An, to tell you the truth, I’ve never understood why you refused Xia Feng’s proposal three times and left for the States. Now that Xia Feng’s with someone else, why are you still stubbornly refusing to let go of him?” Shao Yifan totally didn’t understand An An’s thought process.
“You can be rest assured. If Xia Feng’s heart no longer holds me dear, I won’t insist and do anything more.” An An said.
“An An,” Shao Yifan continued, “I know we’ve been friends for a long time, Yu Dong really is a good girl. Xia Feng is really happy with her, you…”
“Xia Feng’s character is something the both of us understand better than anyone.” An An interrupted, “Do you really believe that he’d find a random girl in front of the doors to the Civil Affairs Bureau just to make auntie feel better? Do you actually believe he’d be that irresponsible? Just for a marriage certificate?”
Even Shao Yifan had some doubts, mainly because Xia Feng and Yu Dong were only together for a very short time. When they got married, it was only for Mother Xia. Later, they weren’t even together because Xia Feng had to go to America for three months. Even after returning, Xia Feng spent most of his time in the hospital or in the labs.
To say their feelings were deep, it might be as An An said.
“Why did you come back to China earlier?” Shao Yifan asked An An.
“My tutor invited me back to China for an exchange program, ” An An answered calmly, “And because of Xia Feng.”
Shao Yifan couldn’t tell how genuine An An’s words were. He felt that he was a little too tangled in their situation, sigh, women are really too troublesome.
“I’m not getting involved anymore.” Shao Yifan directly said.
“Alright…” An An smiled, “But you’re still invited to my welcoming party tonight.”
At this moment, Shao Yifan suddenly felt that being a single dog wasn’t too bad. At least he didn’t need to deal with so many troublesome things.
The author has something to say: I see a lot of little angels say that Xia Feng shouldn’t even acknowledge An An, but don’t you think that’s a little unrealistic compared to the actions an actual person would make?
Besides, with Fish Jelly’s explosive fighting power, there isn’t anything to worry about, ah!
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It hurts my rose-tinted fantasy filled heart, but this portrayal is nice because it’s still fluffy, but firmly realistic.
Good for Xia Feng, good for Yu Dong.
Xiaoyue is like a bird fluffing her feathers to make herself bigger and more threatening, I love it.
Also haha Shao Yifan why are you still involved with this.
