The old doctor hesitated, his gaze constantly shifting between Bai Jingjing, Lin Teng, and Gu Ping as if he didn't know what would be appropriate to say.
After a long moment, he finally made up his mind, his weathered eyes filled with reproach as they settled on Lin Teng.
He pondered for a moment, then gestured for Bai Jingjing to follow him into his office.
Lin Teng felt that inexplicable look and grew uneasy, sensing something was amiss; he shamelessly followed suit. Gu Ping, as an outsider, felt he had no place there, and there was no point in wedging himself between the two, looking like a third wheel.
So after some deliberation, he resigned himself back to the hallway, sitting down again. What did it matter if he didn't get an answer?
After all...
He shamelessly thought, after all, there's Changan!
