Chapter 109 Opportunity

Chapter 109 Opportunity

"I found them. They're talking in the ward now. I stepped out to give them privacy and came to find you," Su He replied.

Seeing the light sweat on her brow, Fu Tinghua went to his desk, picked up his handkerchief, and came back to gently dab her forehead.

Su He flushed slightly, smiling at him. "Let me do it myself," she said.

Fu Tinghua didn’t refuse, letting her take the handkerchief.

"Sit down and rest a bit," he said, his heart aching seeing how much she’d been running around.

Su He hesitated. "But you’re still working. Is this okay?"

"It’s not a regular thing. No problem. Let’s grab dinner later."

Her considerateness left him both touched and exasperated.

She was always so formal with him, as if afraid of troubling him.

"Alright," Su He gave in, not wanting to push back.

Not long after she sat down, an intern came in with a medical question for Fu Tinghua.

The intern froze in the doorway—there was a beautiful woman and two adorable children in the deputy director’s office?

Word was the deputy director had married young, but no one expected his wife to be this gorgeous!

"What is it?" Fu Tinghua frowned when he noticed the intern staring at Su He.

Snapping out of it, the intern stepped forward with a report. "Director Chen wanted to know if this report passes muster or if the patient needs another round of tests."

Fu Tinghua skimmed it. "No need. This is fine. Advise the patient to take better care going forward. He..."

While they talked shop, Su He stole glances at Fu Tinghua.

Honestly, how could a man look so attractive while working? That lab coat made him look like he was modeling on a catwalk.

No wonder—even though he was married, so many doctors, nurses, and even patients at the hospital had crushes on him.

When working, Fu Tinghua’s charm dialed up to eleven!

Even without his looks, his medical expertise alone was enough to make people admire him.

Once the intern left, Su He quickly averted her gaze, hiding how long she had been staring.

Unbeknownst to her, Fu Tinghua seldom blushed, but embarrassment always gave him away with red ears.

Though he pretended not to notice her staring, his ears turned pink.

Now he finally understood why many workplaces forbade office romances.

If Su He hung around his office daily, he’d never get any work done.

After about half an hour, a nurse arrived, saying Wen Yuru needed to see Su He.

Su He guessed she must have borrowed money from Shi Jin by now and wanted to repay her.

"I'll go see her. Keep Zai Zai and Niu Niu in your office for now," Su He said to Fu Tinghua.

"Do you want me to come with you?"

"No need, I can go by myself." After giving Zai Zai and Niu Niu a few reminders, Su He left.

When she arrived at Wen Yuru's ward, she knocked before entering. Inside, Wen Yuru was half-lying on the bed while Shi Jin stood by the window, gazing outside.

The atmosphere...

Did they have a fight?

"Su He, you're here!" Wen Yuru's face brightened as soon as she saw Su He.

"Yes, how are you feeling? Any better?" Su He asked.

"A little better. Ah Jin, it was Su He who saved me. If not for her, it could've been me and the baby both gone," Wen Yuru said gratefully, looking at Su He.

Su He flushed slightly. "Not at all. You'll always be safe and sound."

To Su He's surprise, Shi Jin snapped. "You had it coming! Who told you to sneak out alone? With such a big belly, you still dared to go out by yourself. Do you know how many people want you dead? Wouldn't your death be just what certain people want?"

Su He: "..."

Why'd she have to walk into this drama? She didn’t want to know—knowing too much gets you killed.

Yet, Wen Yuru didn’t seem angered by Shi Jin’s words. Instead, she smiled and replied, "If I die, good riddance. At least I’d be free. Maybe this baby's just another poor soul doomed to suffer."

Su He: "..."

The depth of sorrow in Wen Yuru's expression gave her chills.

This Wen Yuru... was showing classic signs of depression.

In this era, few paid attention to depression, writing it off as weakness. But in Su He’s time, it had already become an epidemic in many big cities.

"Yu Ru, after cheating death like that, it means your baby really wants to come into this world. For their sake, you shouldn’t be so pessimistic," Su He couldn’t help but advise.

She'd phrased it perfectly. Even Shi Jin glanced at her, seeing she was someone special.

Hearing Su He’s words, Wen Yuru’s eyes finally showed some life.

"You... you’re right. Su He, thank you." For the first time, Wen Yuru's constant smile finally cracked as her eyes reddened.

This was good. After enduring such a huge life upheaval, crying was far healthier than forcing a smile.

A good cry might actually help more than suppressing her emotions behind a smile.

Once Wen Yuru had calmed down, she said to Su He, "Sorry you had to see that."

"It’s fine, Yu Ru. Nothing in life is more important than yourself. You've got to put yourself first before caring about anything else."

Having barely pulled Wen Yuru back from death’s door, Su He didn’t want her to suffer again, so she slid into therapist mode.

This was familiar territory for her. Back in her corporate days, she often pumped them full of pep talks—well, with some psychological nudging mixed in—to her overworked employees.

Of course, the company Su He worked for offered far better benefits than most, but the insane workplace culture meant nonstop stress.

Hearing Su He’s words, Wen Yuru’s eyes finally showed some life.

"Su He... could we be friends?" Wen Yuru couldn't help but ask.

She'd always kept to herself before, and with her pride, she wouldn't have taken the initiative to make friends. But Su He was someone she really liked.

"Of course," Su He replied firmly.

"May I ask what Miss Su does? You look like someone with a solid career," Shi Jin said, also admiring Su He.

This was her chance.

Wen Yuru wasn't an ordinary person, and Shi Jin was even less so. He had the means to drive his own car—wasn't this the wealthy crowd she'd been trying to get into?