"Humph, now you say I'm a good person? Where do you live? If it's too far, I can't take you home."
Li Jingsheng glanced at her right foot slightly lifted from the ground, ultimately couldn't bear to leave her here to feed the 'wolves'.
The woman smiled again upon hearing this.
"Not far, not far, just a few intersections away."
She could also see that this clinic owner had a cold demeanor but a kind heart, ensuring her safety with his escort.
"Should I support you while walking or what?"
Li Jingsheng dared not touch her casually, that bottle of defensive spray was still tightly clenched in her hand.
She evidently hadn't completely let down her guard against Li Jingsheng.
If there's a misjudgment, aiming at Li Jingsheng just once, he'd be done by this woman on the spot.
"Hmm!"
She shyly agreed in a low voice.
Under the dim streetlight, her exquisite face flushed a little. This effect couldn't be achieved with blush powder, any blush product that creates such a beautiful effect would surely sell out.
Natural beauty and makeup-presented beauty are still vastly different.
Li Jingsheng walked to her right, stood parallel, and extended his left hand.
She hesitated for a moment, finally transferring the tightly held bottle of defensive spray to her left hand, firmly grasping Li Jingsheng's left hand with her right.
Their hands held together, Li Jingsheng felt that her hand, soft yet strong.
It indicates that she either regularly exercises or her job involves physical work.
But her palms were smooth and delicate; what kind of work does she do?
Human body sensory nerves are spread throughout every corner.
The most enriched sensory nerves are on the tongue; every newborn perceives the world initially with their tongue.
Few people know a little secret about sensory nerves.
Research shows that intimate contact between the tongue and palm greatly enhances closeness.
If observed carefully, lovers often start successfully from holding hands.
When it progresses to tongue contact, it reaches a very intimate stage.
At this moment, Li Jingsheng's left hand tightly held her right, both feeling a slight peculiarity. Her face appeared even redder.
She even seemed afraid to look at him.
Interestingly, despite her left hand being injured, she still tightly held that bottle of defensive spray.
It's the desire to receive Li Jingsheng's help, yet treating him like a wolf defensively!
Li Jingsheng didn't expose her careful thoughts, supporting her all the way forward.
With each step forward, most of her body weight pressed on Li Jingsheng's hand. There's no choice, Li Jingsheng had to support her with both hands.
She seemed like she had never been so intimately in contact with another man before, appearing particularly nervous.
To ease the awkward atmosphere between them.
Li Jingsheng asked, "What kind of job do you do?"
"Hey, what's that look in your eyes! I'm not doing the sort of job you're thinking of. I'm working at Second Hospital, on a short night shift today, so I finish late."
Short night shifts usually run from 4 PM to 12 AM.
This depends on the department's regulations and isn't fixed.
"So you're also a healthcare worker! We're colleagues then. Of course, I know your hospital's medical staff look down on clinic operators, just like internal medicine looks down on surgery."
Li Jingsheng suddenly realized she was a medical staff, no wonder her grip was strong.
Whether nurse or doctor, as long as it's clinical, it's essentially laborious work. Medical technical departments are better, with less physical work, mostly occasionally lifting patients.
"Haha, I never look down on anyone."
This was her second genuine smile.
Spending less than half an hour with this stranger, she'd felt immense joy twice, this was truly a great start.
If she didn't have a boyfriend.
Even in such a dangerous situation earlier, she didn't call a boyfriend, indicating a likely single status.
But being such a pretty woman, working as a nurse or doctor at Second Hospital, her education level certainly wouldn't be low.
Nowadays, recruiting nurses in tertiary hospitals starts at least from a bachelor's degree.
The days when nurses equal technical school graduates are long gone.
"Admitting it doesn't matter, I've long been accustomed to being looked down upon. Have you just started at Second Hospital?"
"Not long at all, less than three months."
"Doctor or nurse?"
"Guess!"
"Based on my feeling, you should be a doctor."
"Why do you think so?"
"Because doctors understand doctors!"
"Haha, you're quite good at holding conversations! Earlier when you told those three thugs you had over ten lives in your hands, your tone and expression seemed true, yet you don't resemble a real villain. I was purely curious, it's okay if you don't want to share."
She looked intently at Li Jingsheng when asking this.
The defensive spray held in her left hand was ready to spray at any time.
"There's nothing unspeakable, hasn't every doctor sent off a few patients? During my emergency internship, at peak, I sent off three patients in one day. An accident injury, a fall, and an acute asthma attack. The most tragic was the little girl who died from the fall, just over four years old, her mouth, nose, and ears were full of blood, and the blood had begun to coagulate and turn black. Her mother fainted from crying at least four times; sadly, no matter her remorse or cries, she couldn't recover her daughter's life."
Even after several years, speaking of this still pained Li Jingsheng deeply.
"I suspected it back then, and it turned out to be so. You were quite clever, you scared off three thugs using this."
She complimented Li Jingsheng after hearing this.
Her previously tense body significantly relaxed.
Had the man supporting her truly been a murderer responsible for ten lives, her situation would be far worse.
"Our orthopedic department is better; we rarely receive severely injured patients. Even if there are, we have joint consultations with thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, etc., to perform surgery together."
To everyone's surprise, she's an orthopedic doctor.
One really can't judge a book by its cover.
"Orthopedics involves lots of heavy work; how come a delicate girl like you chose orthopedics?"
"Competitive pressure! Orthopedics is relatively easier to enter."
"I've only heard that orthopedics earns good money!"
"I really don't know about that; anyway, now every month my family supports me financially, my salary is pitifully low."
"As an orthopedic doctor yourself, can't you use manipulation techniques or something?"
"I can cast a plaster and read scans, but honestly, I'm not skilled in manipulation techniques. Maybe our department head knows a bit."
She couldn't help but show a bitter smile.
Not every orthopedic doctor understands manipulation; orthopedics actually comprises multiple fields, like trauma, hand surgery, spine surgery, joint surgery, etc.
"Hey, shouldn't operating a clinic make good money? I heard from a classmate, his family clinic earns at least 1 million annually."
This truly hit a sore spot for Li Jingsheng.
"Sigh… miserable truths… I'm currently in deficit each month, can't even pay the nurses. Talking more just leads to tears."
Li Jingsheng shook his head, sighing repeatedly.
Boss Zhao could possibly earn two million a year, while he was making ends meet, truly miserable.
Women like finding wealthy boyfriends.
Most women avoid men with debts.
Once Li Jingsheng got her home, likely there'd be no further contact.