The operation lasts more than four hours in total, so Yaffe watches intensively for more than four hours.
After the operation, she and the dean’s assistant doctor are responsible for reorganizing and cleaning the operating room.
After returning to her office and taking out her phone, she sees a bunch of missed calls.
Yaffe remembers that she was too rushed before and forgot to call her mother and Quinn.
Yaffe calls her mother and calls Quinn.
“Rich Man, I received a call from the director when I was off work and went to observe an operation that came up. I just headed out.”
“Haven’t had dinner yet?”
“Well, no one ate. I will go back to my mom’s house tonight. I will clean the house tomorrow morning to welcome my dad, so I won’t be going back.”
“Do you want me to pick you up?”
“No. I’ll drive back.”
“Text me when you get home.”
“Yeah.” Yaffe unlocks the car while speaking and gets into the car.
When she starts the car, the car in the corner of the parking lot also starts quietly and follows behind Yaffe.
Yaffe glances at the car in the rear-view mirror, not paying attention.
Maybe it is a doctor involved in the operation just now.
**
When Yaffe returns home, Monismith stands in the living room with her hands on her hips. “I knew you were unreliable, but I didn’t expect you to be this unreliable! You said you are coming back to clean with me, but I had to do it myself!”
“Dear God, slow down. I’m starving to death. Is there anything to eat?”
“No!”
“Are you even my mother?”
Monismith snorts and brings hot soup and food out of the kitchen. She curses, “Can you guys take care of yourself first and then heal the wounded! What if you guys starve to death during an operation and a medical error happens?”
“What kind of patient will wait for you to eat and drink enough before getting sick? There are special circumstances.”
“Pack some snacks in your bag in the future, okay?”
“Okay, I will. By the way, mom, let me tell you something. Don’t tell anyone else.”
“What’s up?”
“Your idol was injured and hospitalized today.”
“Huh? Is it serious?”
“Very serious. He’s probably going to break for a while. His face was hurt. If it weren’t the dean performing the operation, his might be disfigured. What scene has he been filming recently? Why was he so badly injured?”
“Based on the news, he’s filming a historical fantasy drama. Doesn’t the kind of drama need frequent jumping up and down?” Monismith looks distressed. “Yaffe, I’m going to give you an important task today.”
Before Monismith speaks, Yaffe replies quickly, “No autograph, no photo.”
“Are you even my daughter?”
“No. His ward now is an intensive care ward. Everyone who participated in the operation signed a confidentiality agreement. Telling you what happened wouldn’t be a violation, but getting autographs and photos during his discharge for you would be.”
“Stubborn just like your father,” Monismith says with dissatisfaction.
Yaffe pretends not to hear her mother as she eats dinner. She then tidies up the dishes and goes upstairs to shower and rest.
**
As soon as Yaffe wakes up the next day, she hears Yannick’s voice from downstairs. She quickly gets up and heads downstairs after washing her face quickly.
Yannick sits on the sofa and looks haggard.
“Dad, you are back.”
Yannick stretches out his hands towards Yaffe and Monismith. Yaffe and Monismith sit by his side. “Sorry for making you guys worried.”
“Mom is so worried that she couldn’t eat or sleep every day.”
“Yaffe, who are you talking about?!” Monismith snorts with dissatisfaction.
“I’m talking about whoever is speaking.”
“Humph!”
Yannick smiles and pats the backs of their hands. “Okay, you two will be queens at home today. I’m going to cook. What do you want to eat?”
“Ms. Lo, please order.”
“Grouper braised in soy sauce, stewed tilapia, mapo tofu, stir-fried pork with celery, frozen eight-ingredient soup, chicken with bamboo shoots…”
Yaffe walks away silently. If her dad cooks based on what her mom orders, then there isn’t anything left that she needs to do.
After Yaffe returns to her room to wash her face and rinse her mouth, her parents are no longer at home by the time she is downstairs.
They are probably out to buy groceries.
Yaffe thinks about calling Rowie to go out shopping.
**
Inside the supermarket, Yannick pushes the trolley and follows Monismith.
Monismith throws the vegetables into the trolley and says, “This is good for your complexion. Look at your face. It’s as dark as a pan. I’m so worried.”
Yannick doesn’t say anything and lets her complain.
Monismith walks for a while then turns to look at Yannick. “If you have anything to say, hurry up and say it. Don’t get hurt from holding it in.”
Yannick doesn’t hide it from her. “Don’t tell Yaffe about the details, especially who framed me.”
“Huh? Isn’t it the company you worked with?”
“No, there are people behind it, and they are coming for Yaffe.”
“Fuck, who dare bully my baby girl?!” Monismith exclaims.
“Quaneisha.”
“What the heck is Quaneisha?!”
“Zeow’s current girlfriend.”
Monismith pauses, quickly putting together the different pieces of information in her mind. Her expression changes immediately. “You mean Quaneisha started planning this incident a few years ago? Ever since you took on that project?”
“Yeah. We don’t know how powerful they are, and we can’t afford to offend them. I’m telling you now, just so you have an idea. This isn’t a joke. They started planned a few years ago, and they will definitely follow up with something. If Quinn didn’t intervene this time, I would probably end up in jail.”
“Since we have our son-in-law, what are we afraid of them for? People like them don’t stop until they face consequences, otherwise, they’ll continue to find ways to disgust my baby.”
“We’ve already troubled him enough. We will resolve the rest by ourselves.”
“Dear, you don’t like Quinn very much.”
“No. In the early days of marriage, we should trouble them with our family affairs as little as possible. We can talk about it when their relationship is better, and they become a real family. If we talked about it now, Yaffe will be embarrassed, and the He family will look down on our daughter.”
“Understood.”
…
Yaffe and Monismith decide to meet at Wanda Plaza, where things are relatively cheap and the shopping environment is good.
Rowie seems to be in a much better mood, no longer sluggishness like before.
Yaffe raises her chin towards the mall. “Tell me what you want, and sis will buy it for you.”
Rowie leans on Yaffe’s body cooperatively. “I will pay it with my body at night.”
The two of them start shopping happily.
Rowie takes a fancy to a cashmere coat and goes into the store to try it on.
Yaffe reads a magazine on the small sofa in the store.
Suddenly, the magazine in her hand is blocked by a shadow.
Yaffe looks up and sees Quaneisha’s face along with Zeow, who is a few steps away.
Quaneisha looks at the interior design of the shop contemptuously. She speaks and sounds prickly, “It seems that you didn’t have a good time with the He family, so you could only shop at a place like this.”
“Miss Quaneisha can only afford shopping at a place like this as well, am I right?” Yaffe smiles lightly, closes the magazine, and stands up.
Quaneisha is only 5’18”. Yaffe is a few centimeters taller than her even if she is only wearing flats.
Yaffe stands up and overpowers Quaneisha with her height.