CHAPTER 30: CHAPTER 30: IT’S DECIDED, THEN

Jin Jumo noticed the concern in his eyes, although he tried hard to hide it, pursing his lips tight and suppressing a smile, "Brother Ying is not old. He’s just busy saving lives every day and doesn’t have much time to focus on other things."

What she said was true.

Because of her grandfather, she often went in and out of the hospital for a while.

During that time, she would accidentally overhear a group of young nurses gossiping, and the subject of their gossip was their flawless, handsome and elegant idol, Ying Jingyao.

From their conversations, she learned that Ying Jingyao was twenty-nine by nominal age, which is the age when a man is most charming. How is that old?

Ying Jingyao smiled, gazing deeply at Jin Jumo, "Are you comforting me?"

In fact, he wanted to say: Do you care about my feelings?

Jin Jumo, however, didn’t catch the deeper meaning in his words and kept a serious face, "Absolutely not. Everything I said is the truth."

Ying Jingyao’s eyes flickered slightly. He picked up the teacup on the table with his slender fingers and took a sip, speaking in a seemingly casual tone, "Next weekend, it’s Teacher Zhou Xueyi’s forty-fifth birthday. Her family is preparing a small birthday party for her and invited me to go."

Jin Jumo gasped sharply, her hands unconsciously clenched into little fists against her lips, eyes sparkling as she stared directly at Ying Jingyao.

At this moment, Jin Jumo no longer portrayed her usual calm and collected self, releasing her lively and playful nature.

Ying Jingyao looked at Jin Jumo’s rosy and delicate face, clenching the teacup tightly to stop too much emotion from showing in his eyes.

His voice rumbled low in his throat, "Would you like to go with me?"

This was the question she had been waiting for!

Without a second thought, Jin Jumo nodded vigorously, "Next weekend, it’s happily decided."

Jin Jumo acted as if she feared Ying Jingyao would regret it, which amused Ying Jingyao, deepening the emotions in his eyes.

Generally, girls aren’t fond of eating fish, but Jin Jumo had a particular fondness for it. Yet today, faced with a large plate of aromatic and spicy braised fish, she couldn’t bring herself to eat.

Ying Jingyao noticed Jin Jumo timidly reaching out with her chopsticks several times, only to silently withdraw them, and he was puzzled, "Why aren’t you eating?"

"..." Jin Jumo opened her mouth but ended up abandoning her favorite braised fish and instead helped herself to a plate of light vegetarian dishes, even she couldn’t quite understand it.

Ying Jingyao was slightly stunned.

In the end, from a table full of dishes, it was the two plates of vegetarian dishes and the bean curd soup that were eaten clean, while the rest remained untouched.

As a doctor, Ying Jingyao always had high standards for his diet and never ate spicy or strongly flavored food, so it wasn’t surprising that he didn’t eat the fish.

But Jin Jumo, who typically had a taste for stronger flavors, surprisingly chose vegetarian...

"I occasionally hear from the young nurses at the hospital that you like fish, and whenever you visit the hospital cafeteria, you love to order it. Braised fish is also a specialty of this restaurant. Don’t you want to try it?" Ying Jingyao said.

Hearing it from the young nurses at the hospital?

Jin Jumo blinked, "It must have been Xiao Yao who said that."

Xiao Yao was the special care nurse looking after her grandfather, a young girl who had just graduated from health school. Her family had connections that got her into Linx Hospital.

Jin Jumo was around the same age as her and got along well with her, often hanging out with her in the hospital’s staff cafeteria for meals.

Ying Jingyao smiled without saying a word, which was as good as admitting it.

Jin Jumo felt somewhat bitter, realizing that the hospital work was still too idle, as they even gossiped about her.

She glimpsed at the plate of untouched fish and suddenly felt a tightness in her throat, quickly looking away and casually making up an excuse, "I just had fish yesterday, and I’m a bit tired of it, so I don’t want any today."

"..."

Though Jin Jumo was supposed to treat him to dinner, Ying Jingyao ended up paying the bill.

"Brother Ying, would you say it was still my treat or yours?"

As they left the restaurant, Jin Jumo said with a wry smile.

Ying Jingyao raised an eyebrow, "Of course, it was my treat."

"..." Jin Jumo was stunned.

Seeing Jin Jumo’s reluctant expression, Ying Jingyao gave a refined smile and tapped his finger on her white and delicate nose, "It’s yours, repay it next time."

Although his finger lightly brushed her nose and quickly retracted, his heart suddenly tightened. Jin Jumo’s eyes flickered as she forced a slight smile and said nothing.

The sleek, low-key black Buick parked at the West Gate of G University.

Jin Jumo got out of the car and looked at Ying Jingyao inside, "Brother Ying, drive safely."

Leaning against the seat, Ying Jingyao’s gaze was somewhat deep as it lingered on Jin Jumo.

He didn’t say a word, but Jin Jumo felt unexplainably nervous.

Taking a deep breath, Jin Jumo pointed towards the school gate, "I’m heading in."

Ying Jingyao still didn’t speak, just pressing his lips tighter together.

Jin Jumo squeezed her fingers, smiled at him, then turned to walk towards the school gate.

After taking a few steps, the sound of a car door suddenly closing loudly came from behind.

Startled, Jin Jumo was about to turn back to look, but before she could react, her waist tightened, and she was pulled into a warm and broad chest.

Jin Jumo was genuinely frightened, her body tensing up like a rock.

The heart beating rapidly in the chest behind her pounded like a drum against her eardrum, and it seemed every reaction she had was shaken away by that pounding heartbeat.

Suddenly, her vision was blocked as a large hand with defined knuckles gently covered her eyes from behind.

Jin Jumo blinked her eyes, her breath restrained, "Brother Ying..."

"Shh..."

"Don’t move, Momo, Brother Ying has something to say." Ying Jingyao’s voice was low and hoarse, seeming slightly nervous.

Jin Jumo’s nerves tightened.

"Before I met you, Brother Ying never thought there would come a day when he would say something like this to a woman..."

"Brother Ying..." Jin Jumo suddenly had a bad premonition and hurriedly interrupted, but Ying Jingyao didn’t give her a chance to escape.

"Momo, I like you."

"..." Jin Jumo’s throat stopped.

"Don’t be nervous, Momo, Brother Ying just wants to express his feelings to you..."

Pausing, Ying Jingyao’s voice suddenly had an added seriousness and determination, "But from today on, Momo, you need to be prepared. I’m going to officially pursue you."

"..."

A sudden feeling of powerlessness rose in Jin Jumo, not knowing how to respond.

She had been confessed to by guys before, but she can always handle it calmly, smiling it off.

But Ying Jingyao is... her grandfather’s attending doctor.

And she couldn’t deny that Ying Jingyao was very outstanding, handsome with good medical skills, and his family background, at a glance, wasn’t ordinary...

Facing such a "perfect" man, Jin Jumo genuinely didn’t know how to respond?

Feeling a gentle warmth landing on the top of her head, Jin Jumo’s brow furrowed deeply. She tried to break free from the hold around her waist.

Just as Jin Jumo broke free from Ying Jingyao, a strong light suddenly shot over from the right, making Jin Jumo squint as she looked in surprise.

But the light was too bright. Besides a field of white light, Jin Jumo couldn’t see anything else.

Clumsily retreating a few steps from the light, Jin Jumo adjusted, allowing her eyes to fully open.

And at that moment, the white light suddenly disappeared.

Jin Jumo almost suspected that the light was purposely trying to annoy her!

Frowning, Jin Jumo looked over again.

However, with that glance, Jin Jumo immediately felt a chill down her spine—a paranormal sensation!

She actually saw... Rong Mochen!

The man sat mischievously in the car, different from before. He wore a textured black shirt, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing two powerful bronze forearms.