Chapter 1533: Asking for Trouble

Xu Shu was silent for a while before speaking, “We’re here.”

Xu Tingting looked out the window. It wasn’t a street she was familiar with. In fact, she had only stayed at Xu Shu’s place a few times, hadn’t remembered the building or floor, let alone the surrounding neighborhood.

Xu Shu got out of the car first and didn’t leave her in the car. He waited for her to get out before walking ahead.

He entered a dry cleaning store, and Xu Tingting followed him in, just in time to see him take two paper bags. After taking them, he led her out.

Xu Shu placed the paper bags in the back seat and asked her, “Are you hungry? Do you want to have a late-night snack?”

Xu Tingting pointed at her eyes, “I’ve been crying so much they’re swollen. I’m afraid people will stare.”

“Then should we go home and order takeout?”

“After being in a box, it’ll fog up and won’t taste good.”

Xu Shu laughed, seemingly helpless, “What do you want to do then?”

Xu Tingting hesitated for a moment, “Forget it, let people laugh if they want. Let’s just eat outside and fill up before going back.”

“Alright, get in the car, I’ll find a place to park.”

She nodded, walked around the front of the car to get in. They hadn’t gone far before they found a roadside parking spot. Xu Shu parked the car. He originally planned to take her to eat rice noodles. He knew a place that was very clean and sometimes went there after his night shifts for a bowl.

But when Xu Tingting saw a barbecue stall nearby, she insisted on going there. Xu Shu let her have her way. She picked the food, and he handled the plates, waiting for her to finish choosing before handing them to the owner.

The roadside stall’s tables were very low. Xu Shu sat down, his long legs had to stretch to one side, one leg bent, and his arm could easily rest on his knee.

He picked up a napkin that had wiped the table, glanced at it; it was pitch black with a layer of grease.

Never mind.

“You just picked quite a bit of offal. Do you know how they process those? And the duck intestines, just a few days ago, I had an emergency patient who needed surgery for a stomach perforation. The scalpel was so close to the intestines…”

“Brother Shu!”

Xu Tingting didn’t notice and almost let him continue, “We’re eating, don’t say such scary things, okay? You don’t even eat those offals, they’re all mine. If you gross me out and I can’t finish, then who’s wasting it?”

Xu Shu chuckled softly, threw away the napkin, pulled out some wet wipes, and unfolded them. He stacked the wipes together and wiped down her side of the table first before doing his own side.

“In fact, with these roadside stalls, the ingredients aren’t sold out each day. What’s left, they don’t preserve very carefully. Do you know why the food looked fresh when you picked it?”

“I’m not listening!”

Xu Tingting covered her ears.

She covered them so tightly that her ear lobes were pressed into her palms, masking their shape.

Xu Shu did it deliberately, teased her a bit, then couldn’t hold back his laughter, “Alright, I won’t tease you anymore. Eating once or twice occasionally is fine. At worst, when your stomach hurts, I’ll give you some medicine.”

“Brother Shu…”

Xu Tingting was almost begging, “Have mercy, would you? You scare people all the time, and even at a late-night snack you can’t drop those work habits.”

Xu Shu looked at her, “Weren’t you not listening?”

Xu Tingting quickly covered her ears tighter.

He laughed, “Alright, I won’t tease you, take your hands down.”

She refused.

So he coaxed, “Really, I’m not teasing anymore. Take them down, if you press for too long, the blood won’t circulate well.”

Xu Tingting: “…”

Always goes back to his profession in three sentences.

And she was really persistent, arguing with a doctor. Isn’t it just asking for trouble?