Rebirth on the Doors to the Civil Affairs Bureau

C26 Kiss

"Shao Yifan told me." Xia Feng laughed. "He's a fan of yours!"

"Oh." Yu Dong's mood still hasn't recovered.

"You...are you mad at me?" Xia Feng saw that Yu Dong still hasn't perked up, so he straightforwardly asked her.

Yu Dong shook her head and said, "Am I coldhearted?"

"No, today was my fault."

"I'm actually really scared right now. What if something did happen to that old man? Would I be a murderer?" Yu Dong's eyes started watering, "The things I said on the radio tonight are just excuses. Something like this happened but my first reaction wasn't to save that person, instead I tried to save myself! I talked about getting scammed, about touching porcelain, but why should I be doubting people in the first place?"

"Yu Dong...." Xia Feng didn't know what to say.

"You're right. I'm an indifferent person, always thinking of myself..."

"Stop that!" Xia Feng couldn't help but hug Yu Dong. Full of self-loathing, he continued: "It was my fault, my fault!"

"Xia Feng, I'm really scared, I'm scared of what could've happened to the old man, scared that you'll hate me..."

"No, I would never hate you!"

"I've always thought that as long as I don't purposely try to hurt people I would be a good person. I..." Yu Dong started sobbing, struggling to get the words out.

Xia Feng was very distressed. At this moment he really wanted to hit himself several times. But he could only hug Yu Dong tightly and say it was his fault over and over again,

When Yu Dong eventually calmed down, Xia Feng held her red and swollen face between his hands and seriously said: "Don't cry, or my heart will break!"

Yu Dong blinked.

"You're not selfish, nor coldhearted. You just feel a little vulnerable, so you're guarded." Xia Feng rubbed the tears away from the corner of Yu Dong's eyes and continued, "But from now on I'll be with you. No matter what you do, I'll be beside you. If you fall victim to touching porcelain, it doesn't matter if I lose money, I'll help you. So long as you can be a kind and optimistic girl, one that doesn't feel vulnerable and afraid. Someone that believes that the world is beautiful."

"When I became a doctor I pledged to follow the Hippocratic Oath, and my profession requires me to have medical ethics. Because of this I tend to be too strict when human life is involved. Can you forgive my shortcomings and accommodate me?"

Yu Dong, who hadn't cried this hard in years, felt particularly humiliated at this moment. Looking at Xia Feng's serious and earnest gaze, she was somewhat uncomfortable and said: "You sound like someone reading their wedding vows in front of a priest."

"Oh ..."

They couldn't help but smile at each other.

They both felt that at this moment, they've become a little closer.

Maybe it was the atmosphere, or maybe it was the fact that they were sitting too close to each other. Xia Feng slowly tilted his head and covered Yu Dong's tender lips with his own, lingering.

It was still snowing outside and during this short time, everything had been dyed white.

..............The next day.

Shao Yifan who always forgot to get breakfast, was given breakfast, coffee, and an invitation to lunch by Xia Feng.