Chapter 639: You Really Dare to Think

She still clutched a string in her hand.

It wasn’t any precious gem, just the kind they played with as children, originally white stones that Xu Tingting had colored.

She had fallen asleep against the wall.

Perhaps because the sideways sitting position was uncomfortable, she suddenly woke up, dazed for a few seconds, then shook her head to clear it.

She tossed the string in her hand, gathered all that were scattered on the folder into her hand, and threw them down again.

She picked the furthest one planning to pick them up one by one, but as she tossed the string upwards, a hand suddenly reached out in mid-air and intercepted it.

Xu Tingting looked up and saw Xu Shu in a blue protective suit, and her drowsiness vanished instantly.

“Brother, have you finished with the surgery table?”

Xu Shu sat down next to her.

“Do you know what time it is now?”

“Hmm?”

Xu Tingting grabbed his wrist to check the time.

Before entering the operating room, all personal adornments had to be removed, but once out, Xu Shu would first put on his watch—a habit of always being mindful of time.

“It’s already eleven o’clock?”

Xu Tingting took out a thermal jar from behind her and complained.

“I came at seven, Mom said you might have to work overtime again; she made soup and asked me to bring it to you.”

She opened the lid, expecting steam to rise, but instead, a layer of oil had congealed on the surface.

Her little face immediately fell, “It’s cold now, not tasty anymore.”

Xu Shu watched her sequence of small actions, his eyes and brows always slightly curved.

There was a microwave in his rest area; he could just heat it up there.

Without speaking, he heard Xu Tingting’s stomach growl twice.

He smiled and asked, “Hungry?”

Xu Tingting licked her lips.

“Ah, yes, I had dinner just after six.”

“Don’t eat this; let’s go out for a meal,” Shu took the Thermal jar from her, closed the lid, and casually asked, “What would you like to eat?”

“Barbecue!”

He paused in his actions.

“You really dare to dream.”

“Midnight snack without barbecue is soulless,” Xu Tingting clung to his arm, shaking it, “Just this once, after this, I won’t eat barbecue for the rest of the month.”

Xu Shu was skeptical.

“You’ve been telling the same lie since you were little; you could at least change your story.”

“No matter what I say, you’ll see through it anyway, so why bother putting so much effort into lying to you.”

Her reasoning was somewhat valid.

“I’ll go back to the office to change clothes first, are you coming with me?”

Xu Shu stood up, taking off the blue cap on his head, and Xu Tingting casually took it from him, “Sure.”

He glanced at her, not holding her hand, but his arm was still embraced by her, and she practically dragged him as they walked.

Xu Shu had sweated a bit, and his hair was flattened by the cap.

He raised his hand to fluff his hair a bit more, his long fingers sweeping from his hairline backwards, revealing his angular forehead, his nose prominent, with traces left by his glasses between his brows.

Xu Tingting had seen him at work many times, or wearing glasses while writing medical cases at home—his appearance was simply the epitome of restrained elegance.

She gazed at him, her hands still holding his arm, rising and falling with his movements, and she even got addicted to playing this after a few times.

Xu Shu glanced at her, “Playing swing on me?”

“Yes,” Xu Tingting tilted up her little face, her round cheeks filled with a smile that made every feature glow with happiness.

Xu Shu shook his head, amused, and pulled her hands down, pushing forward, “Walk properly.”

As he changed clothes, the door to the rest area was closed, and Xu Tingting waited outside.