Chapter 1512: Throw Away What’s Dirty

Tingting quietly changed the navigation to Xu Shu’s apartment, pinching his sleeve with two fingers and gently shaking it, “I really don’t, really don’t, I’m just too lazy to go home. Brother Shu, can you take me in for one night?”

Xu Shu squinted at her as her hands released, holding a serious expression, “I promise I’ll behave, you work, I won’t cause any trouble!”

Xu Shu laughed, “What did you tell Mom before coming out, does she know you’re here with me?”

“She knows, she’s very relieved.”

Xu Shu lightly tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, staring at the red light counting down the seconds, the black eyes beneath his glasses inscrutable.

When the car started, he murmured a word: “Really?”

He has an apartment near the hospital, convenient for work. He often works overtime, and whenever he finishes late at night, he doesn’t return to the Xu Family but comes here. Tingting also has a room at his place. Previously, he bought another apartment close to the hospital, which Tingting stayed at a few times, but she always felt it was eerie at night. The living room’s floor-to-ceiling windows face the hospital’s surgery building, and many windows remain lit until dawn. She inexplicably felt uneasy even with the lights on, and carefully mentioned it to him once.

Just once.

So Xu Shu sold the apartment and bought another one, a 15-minute drive from the hospital.

After that, Tingting often came over.

Since she started dating, she came less often.

Her slippers are still here, but they are furry ones, and in this weather, they should have been changed to sandals. Tingting took them out and put them on the ground, trying twice to fit her feet inside. She glanced at Xu Shu’s sandals.

In a soft voice, she asked, “Brother Shu, where’s mine?”

“Your what?” he turned back to ask.

Tingting’s eyes wandered down, and naturally, he looked at her feet, helplessly returning to get a pair of new pink sandals from the shoe cabinet, still in packaging. Using a nail clipper on his keychain, he cut the tags off and bent down to place the shoes beside her feet.

“I bought them for you a while ago, put them inside, you didn’t find them.”

Tingting put on the shoes, satisfactorily glancing them over, “How would I know, what happened to my previous ones?”

Xu Shu glanced up at her, pressing his palm on her head, gently pushing down, “I threw them away.”

“Threw them away!”

Tingting jumped up and followed him, “Why? Why did you throw them away? Why did you throw them away! I really liked those little bunny slippers, why did you throw them!”

Xu Shu suddenly turned around, Tingting crashed into his chest, bumping her forehead painfully.

Xu Shu steadied her, “I once used iodine, the cap wasn’t tightened, it fell and happened to land on your slippers, couldn’t wash it clean, they got dirty.”

“Oh, I see.”

Tingting pouted, feeling a little pity, but not too much, just a pair of shoes after all.

“Then, Brother, where did you get hurt?”

Xu Shu flexed his hand, “It healed a long time ago.”

He poured two glasses of water, handing one to her, but Tingting didn’t notice it. She wandered around the living room, opened the snack cupboard, finding lots of new snacks inside, all with fresh dates. Seems like the last time she came was about three or four months ago, the snacks bought then probably expired, and since he doesn’t like them, likely thrown away.

Tingting took a pack of donuts, unwrapped them to eat on the sofa, found the remote control, just about to ask Xu Shu if he wanted to watch TV with her when she heard him say: “I have some medical cases to review, might be busy till late, you play on your own, there’s not much to eat at home, order takeout if you’re hungry.”