Book 4: The Return of the King


    Chapter 1


    Two months later.


    Ai Qing sat in the emergency room of the otolaryngology clinic.  She


    gestured to Dt who stood at the door. “You go out. Go out.”  Although


    she had never been in a hospital to extract a fish bone, but she definitely


    had to open her mouth wide and there was no doubt about it.


    In front of him like this…...it would look too ugly.


    Unfortunately, the doctor didn’t give her an opportunity to keep her


    image. “Open your mouth.”


    Ai Qing had no choice except to open her mouth obediently.


    Doctor stood up silently three seconds later.  He opened the cabinet


    behind him and took out a green bag.  He put it on the counter and


    opened it to pick out the tools he needed.


    Dt slightly frowned.  “Are you certain it was a fish bone?  Or was it


    something else that’s making you uncomfortable?”


    “Really.”  Ai Qing pointed to her throat.  “Right here-- --”


    “I already saw it.”  Doctor interrupted their conversation very efficiently.


    The tweezer went in and the fish bone was taken out.


    It hadn’t even been three minutes since they had walked in the emergency


    room when their problem was solved.


    On their way back, Ai Qing still kept recollecting the fish bone extraction.


    “It was really long. If he hadn’t taken it out, would I die because it got stuck


    in my throat?”  The man who was driving did not speak, only glanced at


    her silently.


    All right…...forget about it.


    Originally, they planned to go to a movie.  But her throat felt uncomfortable


    when they were buying tickets.  She specifically bought a big bucket of


    popcorn and coke and tried to wash the little fish bone down.  But it got


    worse and worse to the point that the movie theater became the emergency


    room.


    “Let’s go see the midnight show then?”  Ai Qing suggested.


    So they were in the theater half an hour later.


    Dt looked at all the movies that they were showing, then lowered his head


    His dark eyes stared at her face for a little while.  It was already the fourth


    time he had done this.


    Ai Qing was bewildered by being watched by him like this.  She thought


    that maybe she said something wrong and silently recalled all the words


    she had said…...He didn’t say anything and moved his eyes away.


    Her lips looked so pretty tonight, so moist and soft.