Chapter 350 — The Hospital Room and the Surgery

Quite a few girls told their boyfriends that if their boyfriends could do what Wei Zhao had done and confess to them in front of Wang Zhifeng, they would be willing to do anything for them...

Those male classmates with less than honorable intentions wished they could transform into Wei Zhao on the spot, but when they thought of the consequences such a confession would bring, none of them dared actually do it!

Once Wei Zhao said his piece, he was done for; once he finished, it would be a wonder if he escaped a demerit or even expulsion!

Before, Tang Zhi had still found it rather embarrassing, but after hearing the gossip circulating among the students these past few days, she actually felt quite happy. At least many people envied her!

Even Zou Ruoming, who used to make lewd remarks at the sight of her, now walked around her in a wide detour. All of this had been brought about by Wei Zhao!

Of course, if Zou Ruoming counted for little, what everyone envied most was that even Wang Zhifeng would smile and nod at Tang Zhi whenever he saw her. It was hard for Tang Zhi to imagine that this was the same dean of academic affairs who had berated her so fiercely that time she splashed water all over him!

In truth, Wang Zhifeng's suffering was one he could not voice aloud. Tang Zhi was Wei Zhao's woman, and who knew how far the two of them had gone, whether they had already been to a hotel? If, while at a hotel, Wei Zhao happened to recall that scene from that morning and mentioned it offhandedly to Tang Zhi, would his own affairs not become known to Tang Zhi as well?

So Wang Zhifeng did not dare offend Tang Zhi, and he feared even more that Tang Zhi might hold a grudge against him over that incident—which was why he was so amiable and kind to her.

The phone in Tang Zhi's pocket began to vibrate. She was slightly taken aback. Apart from Wei Zhao, Kang Xiaofeng, Liu Xinlan, and Xiaofen, only her parents knew her number. Since she was with Wei Zhao at that moment, who could be calling?

"Hold on, I need to take this..." Tang Zhi withdrew her hand from Wei Zhao's large one and fished her phone from her pocket. The screen displayed Mom's number!

Mom should know she was at school, so why call at this hour? Tang Zhi found it a little odd, but she answered anyway. "Hello... Mom?"

"Yun'er, are you at school?" Mother Tang's voice carried a note of urgency.

"Yes, I'm at school, just about to head to the cafeteria for lunch. Is something the matter?" Hearing her mother's tone, Tang Zhi immediately grew puzzled.

"Are you with Wei Zhao?" Mother Tang asked instead.

"..." Tang Zhi was even more taken aback. Mom called just to ask this? To ask whether she was with Wei Zhao? Though she found it rather absurd, Tang Zhi still answered sheepishly, "Mm... I am."

"That's good then..." Mother Tang let out a breath of relief. "Here's the thing—go talk to Wei Zhao. Doesn't he know people at the hospital? Ask him to put in a word for us..."

"Ah..." The moment Tang Zhi heard her mother's request, she felt a twinge of displeasure. We've already lent you the money, so just go to the hospital and have the surgery done—why drag anyone else into it? Isn't there enough trouble already?

"Yun'er, you don't understand. Hospital rooms are terribly scarce right now, and without connections you have to stay out in the corridor. You wouldn't want your father sleeping in the corridor at night, would you?" Mother Tang had heard about how Wei Zhao had secured a room for Xiaofen. "Also, for your father's surgery, I'd like the head physician of orthopedics to perform it, but his schedule is packed—he only does two surgeries a week, and they're already booked through the second half of the year. See if you can ask Wei Zhao to put in a word and squeeze your father in early?"

"..." Tang Zhi sighed inwardly. Though she was very reluctant to trouble Wei Zhao again, what her mother said was indeed true, and getting a skilled doctor to perform her father's surgery would set her own mind at ease as well.

Wei Zhao was standing very close to Tang Zhi. While she was on the phone, he breathed in the fragrance at her fair nape, which made Tang Zhi a little uncomfortable. She was just about to push him away and tell him to stop fooling around when her mother's words distracted her, and she forgot to scold him.

However, Wei Zhao had heard Mother Tang's words perfectly clearly. Before Tang Zhi could say anything, he reached for her phone. "Let me talk to your auntie..."

Tang Zhi knew Wei Zhao had already heard everything. The fact that he would take the phone meant he was willing to help, and she could not help casting him a grateful glance.

"Auntie, this is Wei Zhao. I heard everything you said—I was right beside Tang Zhi," Wei Zhao said with a smile. "It's all a small matter, no problem at all."

Tang Zhi blushed a little. She had been talking with her mother on the phone, and Wei Zhao had overheard their conversation—what did that say about how close she had been standing to him? Mom wouldn't read too much into it, would she...

As a matter of fact, Mother Tang did read a great deal into it. She assumed her daughter and Wei Zhao were cuddled up together at that very moment, but she had no intention of scolding her daughter—if anything, she was all the happier. Mother Tang's satisfaction with Wei Zhao had reached its peak, and hearing him agree, she brightened at once. "That would be wonderful! Xiao Lin, I'll wait for your good news then!"

"Yes, I'll make the call right now. Tell me the name of the chief physician," Wei Zhao said with a smile. The matter of the hospital room was no problem at all—Xiaofen was being discharged today, so they could simply give her room to Tang Jucheng.

"The chief physician's name is Xu Tiande," Tang's mother said. "If it really can't be done, then finding the deputy chief physician would work too..."

"All right, I'll give it a try." Wei Zhao hung up on Tang's mother and immediately called Guan Xuewen. He wasted no time on pleasantries and went straight to the matter. Guan Xuewen noted down the name Xu Tiande and agreed without hesitation.

"There, it's settled," Wei Zhao said to Tang Zhi. "You can call your mother and tell her."

"Yes... thank you," Tang Zhi said. She did not know what else to say—what could she say, besides thank you?

"Don't thank me anymore after this. It feels rather distant between us. How about Sunday? I'll introduce you to Grandpa Guan... Oh, right, Guan Xin's grandfather," Wei Zhao said.

"Ah... Guan Xin's grandfather?" Tang Zhi did not know why, but she suddenly felt a small pang of disappointment. Thinking of the relationship between Guan Xin and Wei Zhao, she felt a twinge of jealousy... Was this what it meant to be jealous?

Tang Zhi shook her head. She had never imagined that one day she too would feel jealousy.

Before Tang Zhi could call her mother, the phone rang again. She picked up and heard her mother's voice, excited and agitated: "Yun'er, it's settled! You won't believe it—Director Qin arranged it personally. Director Xu said they'll schedule an extra surgery for next Monday!"

"Is that so... that's wonderful..." Tang Zhi glanced at Wei Zhao, feeling even more disheartened. Perhaps Guan Xin was his ideal match? Guan Xin came from a good family, and her grandfather was a leading authority in the medical world... Yet her own family's troubles had required begging Guan Xin's grandfather for help...

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