Chapter 56: Do We Still Have to Walk the Road Here?

At this moment, Xin Chanxi understood why her father felt comfortable letting her come alone to take the exam and learn to drive at the Driving School.

If she had known earlier that the Driving School's Boss was her Third Uncle, naturally, upon seeing her, Third Uncle would have arranged everything properly.

After exchanging pleasantries with Third Uncle, the Driving School refunded six hundred yuan of the registration fee to each of the four people, including Wang Chuan.

"Since they are all Xiao's friends, give them a twenty percent discount," Xin Yisheng said with a smile.

He then invited everyone to lunch, but Xin Chanxi refused.

However, before leaving, she told Xin Yisheng that she would invite Third Uncle to her university entrance celebration banquet.

The group reached the roadside, and everyone sighed, "Six hundred yuan extra, six hundred yuan!" Read novels at TTKS. tw, super worry-free.

Among the four-person driving study group, Wang Chuan was the poorest; the money he earned from part-time jobs, after paying the 4800 yuan annual tuition fee, was left for his monthly living expenses, and under Pei Nanli's request, he had also spent money to learn to play the guitar.

A pair of hands trained for surgery were very suitable for playing the guitar.

In his past life, Wang Chuan saved over two thousand yuan to buy Pei Nanli a Sony Ericsson Phone T618.

He did not want to be unable to give Pei Nanli, who was in the prime of her youth, the things she wanted during his own years of extreme poverty.

As for Li Wei, needless to say, although his living expenses had dropped from twenty thousand to two thousand after the bar fight in his freshman year, his father gave him extra money specifically for the driving lessons.

Luo De was a Brahmin from a certain city in Southwest Province and could afford the driving lesson fees.

In Wang Chuan's memory, Wang Jia was a local of Mingzhou with an average family background, and he did not know where the three thousand yuan tuition fee came from.

In the past life, there was simply no such thing as the four of them starting to learn to drive in June 2004, so naturally, they did not know Xin Chanxi.

"Let's treat Xiao to lunch today," Li Wei said. "Xiao, where do you live?"

"Donghu Manor."

Upon hearing "Donghu Manor," the expressions of Wang Jia and Luo De changed; that was Mingzhou's most famous villa district.

Wang Chuan spoke in a gentle voice: "Xiao, thank your uncle. We will pay for a taxi to go eat, and after eating, we will take a taxi to send you home."

"Yes, yes, you paid for the taxi fare both times just now; we feel a bit embarrassed," Luo De chimed in.

Wang Chuan remained silent and did not speak. At this moment, Xin Chanxi lowered her baseball cap, then raised her head slightly and said, "Brother Wang Chuan and I have something to say; why don't you guys go ahead first, is that okay?"

Li Wei and Luo De were stunned; 'Damn, are we going to lose our bet?'

Wang Jia, standing nearby, quickly said, "Sure, we'll go first."

The roadside was left with just Wang Chuan and Xin Chanxi again, but unlike last time, when each stood on one side of the road.

Xin Chanxi was organizing her words while walking, raising her eyebrows slightly, looking as if she wanted to speak but held back.

Wang Chuan extended his index finger and lightly tapped Xin Chanxi's baseball cap.

"It's almost noon, the Sun is at its most poisonous; do we still have to walk the road here?"

Xin Chanxi took off her hat and handed it to Wang Chuan: "You wear it; I applied Sun Protection cream."

Wang Chuan was silent for a moment, then replied: "No need, what do boys have to fear from the sun? I guessed what you wanted to say to me!"

Xin Chanxi stopped her hand from taking back the baseball cap, her gaze also fixing on Wang Chuan's face. "Tell me."

Just now in the Driving School, when Wang Chuan learned that Xin Yisheng was Xin Chanxi's uncle, a look of surprise flashed across his face, which Xin Chanxi must have seen.

"Are you going to tell me about your family and your uncle?"

Xin Chanxi briefly explained, the main point being that Xin Yisheng's actions had nothing to do with their family. "My father is a legal businessman who builds houses."

"Xin Chanxi, you actually don't need to tell me about your family matters; that belongs to your personal privacy."

"I was afraid you wouldn't see me again in the future." Xin Chanxi mustered the courage she had accumulated for half an hour, spoke in a voice like a mosquito, and did not dare to lift her eyes.

This was completely unlike her usual personality.

"I didn't intentionally not mention my uncle's matter."

In Wang Chuan's heart, he indeed did not want to deal with a lawbreaker destined to be beaten by the Police Uncle in the end.

Xin Chanxi pressed her lips together, and tears were already swirling in her eyes.

Seeing this, Wang Chuan smiled gently: "Only in ancient times was there collective punishment for nine generations. Does one have to ask about a friend's eighteen generations of ancestors before making a friend in the future?"

Xin Chanxi walked into that beam of sunlight, revealing a brilliant smile.

"Brother Wang Chuan, that phrase 'eighteen generations of ancestors' you just said sounds like you're cursing someone."

"Don't add the title 'Brother'; I don't want people to say I'm old. I'm only two years older than you."

"Ah?! What's going on, how is that possible?" Xin Chanxi looked utterly shocked.

"I started elementary school at six; elementary school was a five-year system, and I skipped grades in elementary school."

"I started at seven; elementary school is a six-year system. Let me calculate... you entered university at sixteen? Which School?"

"Jiangcheng University School of Medicine, Clinical Medicine Major."

"My Gaokao scores should be enough to get into Jiangcheng University, but the score for the Clinical Medicine Major might not be enough."

Xin Chanxi looked regretful.

"As long as you get in, we will be alumni."

"Ah~ Alumni... but you graduate next year~~~ How about we go to the bus stop ahead?" After saying this, Xin Chanxi put her baseball cap back on and walked beside Wang Chuan.

She secretly swayed her left hand, making her left hand's shadow overlap with Wang Chuan's right hand's shadow.

This was like a boyfriend and girlfriend holding hands and walking the road.

All of this entered the eyes of the tall and upright Wang Chuan; his heart, usually as calm as an ancient well, rippled.

The bus arrived at the stop; the empty bus body had sunlight filtering through the glass, dyed a bright yellow.

Xin Chanxi and Wang Chuan sat in the very last row.

The atmosphere was a bit quiet, a bit strange.

Wang Chuan spoke: "At this speed, by the time we reach the city center, it will probably be two o'clock; the restaurants' lunch business will be over."

"Then let's go to the KFC at Tianyi Plaza," Xin Chanxi suggested. "This place is very close to our No. 3 Middle School; sometimes when I want to eat, I go to this one. It's also close to your Hospital."

Xin Chanxi had already decided that after finishing lunch, she would say she needed to digest, and then she could accompany Wang Chuan back to Mingzhou First Hospital.

After finishing their meal and exiting KFC, Wang Chuan and his companion walked toward Mingzhou First Hospital.

Moments later, two people were about to enter KFC when one of them halted.

"Brother Ao, isn't that Xin Chanxi up ahead?"

The man beside him looked forward. "It is her. Who is the guy next to her? Which class from Grade Three?"

His voice brimmed with resentment.

"Cai Yueming, since you and Xin Chanxi both live in Donghu, help me find out."

"This kid has real nerve. Daring to steal my, Tang Ao's, girlfriend."

Wang Chuan, walking ahead, did not hear these words.

In his mind, he was calculating: going to the Emergency Department on June 2nd, according to the Intern rotation schedule, the Emergency Department rotation lasts only two weeks, meaning he must leave on June 16th.

Following that comes sixteen weeks in Internal Medicine, sixteen weeks in Surgery Department, eight weeks in Obstetrics and Gynecology, eight weeks in Pediatrics, and two weeks in Otorhinolaryngology.

The Emergency Department rotation is kept so short because undergraduate Interns lack proficiency in procedures or lack them entirely, rendering them unable to offer any real help in the Emergency Department.

But Wang Chuan was different; yesterday he had already spoken with Director Gao Cheng of the Emergency Department, expressing his desire to stay there for a few extra weeks.

Suddenly, the sound of "Wee-woo~ Wee-woo~" grew louder as it approached from afar; an ambulance sped past Wang Chuan, heading toward Mingzhou First Hospital a few hundred meters away.

"Xin Chanxi, you go back; I have to go work in the Emergency Department again." With that, Wang Chuan broke into a run.

"Wang Chuan, aren't you off during the Day Shift?"

"I enjoy Suturing people with wounds."

"Ah~ enjoys Suturing."

Xin Chanxi's mind raced: Where can I find someone with a wound for you to practice Suturing on?