There are multiple restaurants in the Second Hospital, concentrated on the underground level.
There's only one employee restaurant, with access control at both the entrance and exit; you must swipe a card to enter. Clearly, only internal personnel can go in to buy food.
Doctor Xu swiped his card and went inside.
Li Jingsheng was blocked outside by the access control.
This person is even more indifferent than Ou Qinglan described.
"How about just eating at the regular restaurant next door and waiting for him to come out?"
Worried that he'd leave after work, Li had rushed here without having time to eat and was now starving!
Originally, he was planning to bum a meal off Doctor Xu, but upon meeting him, hit a dead end.
Seriously speaking, arriving hungry, he intended to invite Doctor Xu for a simple meal. At the table, he could seize the moment to build a relationship, but he didn't expect Doctor Xu to be as impenetrable as a stone.
