Chapter 2977: line with translation of chapter title

"Yi Ren!" Zheng Ren waved happily to greet Yi Ren.

Heizi was happily about to run toward Zheng Ren, but Xie Yiren held its leash, and it was very obedient, not using too much force.

"Yi Ren, what are you saying to Heizi?" Zheng Ren threw all his unhappiness to the back of his mind; before him only Yi Ren's smiling face like flowers.

"The couple on the first floor were arguing; Heizi heard it and started barking; I was telling her not to meddle." Xie Yiren, holding Heizi's leash, walked to Zheng Ren's side and said.

"Arguing isn't really abnormal, is it?" Su Yun said to Heizi, "What's there to see? Look at your clueless appearance."

Heizi let out two whimpers from its throat, as if saying it understood, yet also as if arguing.

"It seems like a cohabiting couple, making a fuss about breaking up." Xie Yiren handed the leash to Zheng Ren and, taking the opportunity, held his hand.

Zheng Ren occasionally saw the two young people living on the first floor; the young man sometimes smoked outside, and on the few occasions Zheng Ren took Heizi for a walk, he also saw him greet Heizi.

Therefore, the young man's mosaic in Zheng Ren's eyes wasn't heavy, but Zheng Ren had never seen the girl, or if he had, he didn't remember.

The outdoor temperature had dropped to around zero degrees; Yi Ren's hand was a bit cold, so Zheng Ren placed her hand near his mouth and blew two breaths.

"Not cold." Yi Ren felt itchy, laughing as she tucked her hand and Zheng Ren's hand into his coat pocket, "How is the barbecue restaurant boss's mother?"

"The diagnosis is a tracheal foreign body; the orally taken Bai Xin Tong went into the trachea." Zheng Ren's voice became gentle and soft, "The drug's scaffold has already been removed via bronchoscope, no need to worry. I estimate observation for one or two days, then we can transfer out of the ICU."

"You definitely won't have to worry; there's nothing you can't handle." Xie Yiren leaned against Zheng Ren's arm.

"Hey, Yi Ren is right!" Zheng Ren hehe-laughed and said.

"Boss, do you have to be so obsequious!" Su Yun took Heizi's leash, rubbed its dog head, "Let's go, head home for drinks."

Heizi understood Su Yun's words, suddenly stood up on its hind legs, placed itself on Su Yun's shoulder, and tried hard to rub its face against hers.

"Hahaha." Su Yun was especially happy, whistling as she swayed home.

Amid the whistling, faintly came the sound of the upstairs couple arguing; mixed in were sharp noises from things breaking.

Zheng Ren furrowed his brows; this argument was really fierce.

"Many people like arguing; it's quite normal." Yi Ren leaned against Zheng Ren, walking slowly, ignoring the cold wind, and didn't notice Su Yun had already entered the building entrance, softly saying, "Let me tell you a secret."

"Mm-hmm." Zheng Ren nodded repeatedly.

"Do you think Sister Yue is angry?" Xie Yiren made a funny face.

"She must be angry." Zheng Ren recalled Chang Yue's expression at that time, saying with some worry.

"No." Xie Yiren said, "Yue Sister said she was a little angry at first, but later she got used to it; however, she feels she still needs to show anger, as the sense of ritual is important, like declaring this is her territory."

"……" Zheng Ren didn't know what kind of feeling that was, but he vaguely felt a sense of empathy.

It seems this feeling is the biggest point of disagreement between him and Ning Shu; both want to declare that the other is their own little cabbage.

When in Nanyang, once threatened by someone from the Chu Nu Ang Sai Men sect, Zheng Ren tore off all masks, revealing his most ferocious side. But this side absolutely cannot be exposed in front of Ning Shu, for he is his father-in-law!

Xie Yiren didn't know Zheng Ren's thoughts had drifted to Xie Ning; she said with a smile, "Don't worry, many people like arguing. It's a way of communicating feelings; otherwise life would be boring."

"Uh…… is that so?" Zheng Ren didn't agree with that viewpoint, but he didn't dare to refute.

"Right, I don't know either." Xie Yiren laughed, "We can try; after many years, whatever the seven-year itch, by then you'll be a world-renowned expert, bringing a few little doctoral students. Teacher-student romance is quite powerful……"

Zheng Ren suddenly felt the winter night's cold wind had become much colder.

He unconsciously scratched his head, hehe-laughed, "Don't fuss; with that time I'd rather do two surgeries."

"I think it's fine to just walk and see together; later we can open a difficult and miscellaneous diseases clinic, I'll sit in clinic every day, you help me write medical records. When surgery is needed we go on stage; isn't that pretty good?"

Xie Yiren tilted her little head and looked seriously at Zheng Ren.

"As long as we have a common language, many people get together over a game, some over a book. The content covered by those is limited, whereas our shared interest is complex medicine, with many unresolved fields, so there won't be such a moment."

Zheng Ren desperately searched his mind for reasons; what's wrong with Yi Ren today? Surely it's because Chang Yue led her astray.

"How could arguing improve feelings? That's fundamentally impossible." Zheng Ren couldn't be bothered to ponder this reasoning; can't we just live our good days peacefully?

But upon thinking of that sentence, it seems Su Yun really is that kind of person; she never speaks kindly even when she should, and that sharp, sarcastic tone is hard to accept.

As long as they like it, that's fine, Zheng Ren thought.

"How is Xiao Shitou?" Xie Yiren reached out to touch Zheng Ren's graying hair; her brow furrowed a little.

"Not bad." Zheng Ren said, "Over the past two days of re-examination, the tumor markers have been continuously decreasing; no new lesions have appeared temporarily, and the existing lesions have stabilized. Diet has improved a lot; he gained 162 grams in three days."

"I knew you could do it!" Xie Yiren said with a smiling, narrowed eyes.

"It's still early. The current problem is that the drug urgently developed by Bota hasn't undergone animal testing, let alone Phase 1, 2, 3 clinical trials, nor double-blind testing. Preliminary results look decent, but there is pulmonary fibrosis. Hopefully the speed of pulmonary fibrosis won't be too fast, so it can stop at a certain stage."

"And what else…"

As soon as Xiao Shitou's condition was mentioned, Zheng Ren had more to say; he lightly spoke out the disease assessment still in the sketching stage in his mind, and the future treatment.

Many ideas gradually turned from a thought into something concrete and clear.

Xie Yiren listened quietly; no matter what Zheng Ren said, it made her feel a hint of happiness.

Today the sky is very clear; the stars Sirius A, Nanhai Three, and Shenxiu Four are emitting a faint glow. Some people sit at home watching TV; some return under the night sky, dusty and weary; some leisurely sit by the window playing games; some argue at home.

Occasionally there are a few dog barks and cat meows; the night in Di Du is somewhat quiet, and Zheng Ren's heart feels a bit warm.