Chapter 395: Chapter 392: The Gold Necklace
After seeing off the old lady, Zhang Hao returned to the department and saw that the young nurse hadn’t left yet, so he went over to urge her a bit more.
"Alright, alright, we can deal with these things tomorrow. It’s time to get off work. If you don’t leave now, the hospital will be closing soon."
The young nurse looked at the time and saw that an hour had already passed.
"I know, Mr. Zhang, I’ll pack up my things and go."
Zhang Hao also finished packing up, and left the department together with the young nurse.
As they walked toward the hospital entrance together, the young nurse hurried her pace from time to time, seemingly trying to catch up with Zhang Hao.
Noticing this, Zhang Hao intentionally slowed down his steps.
"You’ve been busy in my department all day, how do you feel? Can you adapt?"
The young nurse nodded vigorously: "No problem at all, since the head nurse asked me to come over, it must be because she trusts in my abilities."
"She also believes that I’m up to the task, so I can’t let her down. Don’t worry, Doctor Zhang, I will definitely complete the tasks you’ve assigned to me very well."
Zhang Hao was also very reassured that the young nurse could think this way.
"Good, then go home early tonight and get some rest. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself."
"Then I’ll go over there to catch the bus, though I’m not sure if there are any buses left at this time."
Zhang Hao checked the time and saw that it would take about five or six minutes to walk to the bus stop, but the last bus was arriving in one minute.
"How about this, I’ll give you a ride home. Where do you live?"
After saying this, Zhang Hao suddenly had a feeling as if it were from another lifetime—as if he had said similar words to someone else before.
"I live quite far from here, Mr. Zhang."
"No problem."
The two of them got into the car, with the young nurse sitting in the passenger seat, and Zhang Hao sent a message to He Qianhui in advance.
He told her that he would be coming home a bit late, and He Qianhui, of course, didn’t ask why he was going to be late.
Instead, she sent him a voice message, which he played aloud.
"Then can you come to pick me up from the company in an hour? I have to work overtime tonight. You don’t need to bring me anything to eat; I don’t want to have dinner at the company."
The young nurse had just buckled her seatbelt when a soft voice came from the phone.
At the same time, Zhang Hao replied, "Okay, got it."
After responding to the message, Zhang Hao opened the navigation app on his phone and entered the address given by the young nurse.
He started driving according to the navigation route, and the young nurse didn’t say anything inappropriate during the drive.
But Zhang Hao could tell from her words and actions that she was very nervous.
"Are you this nervous just riding in the same car with me? I won’t bite."
"No, it’s just that you’re the chief, and I’m just a nurse, so of course I’m nervous."
"Then relax, after some time you won’t be nervous anymore. Our department has a good atmosphere."
The car fell silent again, but soon the young nurse mustered up her courage.
"Mr. Zhang, I heard from the head nurse that you have a girlfriend. When do you plan to get married? Will your colleagues in the department have to give you red envelopes then?"
"There’s no need for red envelopes. I’ll invite you all for wedding drinks and wedding candies. But about getting married, it might not happen for another year or two. Let’s wait and see."
The young nurse thought it strange: "Mr. Zhang, I heard in school that the longer you date, the less likely you are to get married."
"If you really want to get married, it’s a decision made in the heat of the moment. How long have you been with your girlfriend?"
Zhang Hao couldn’t respond immediately but counted in his mind.
Less than a year in total.
With that thought, the matter of getting married had to be postponed a bit longer.
As they chatted, they reached the destination, and the young nurse hurriedly jumped out of the car.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang; drive safely on your way back."
Zhang Hao nodded in response, turning his car around at the intersection ahead, heading directly towards He Qianhui’s company.
Once he arrived at his company, it was still very noisy inside, but this time, it wasn’t due to colleagues arguing, but rather the hustle and bustle of busyness.
"The document, give me the document!"
"Where’s the material? Isn’t the photocopy ready yet? I need it by tomorrow."
Watching others bustling about, He Qianhui sat at her desk like an outsider, occasionally lifting her water cup for a drink.
Not a trace of urgency could be seen on her face.
Seeing Zhang Hao come in and wave to her, she waved back, but this time, both chairs next to He Qianhui were taken, so Zhang Hao could only stand by her side.
"What’s up?"
"Nothing much, just give me another five minutes and I’ll be off work."
Zhang Hao looked at the time and didn’t rush her; indeed, he could see that He Qianhui had already shut down her computer and had her bag packed up.
She had unplugged her phone charger and everything, clearly ready to leave work.
As for the others, they were still busy,
"How come you’re the only one so free and easy?"
"Is it bad that I’m a bit more relaxed? Oh by the way, we got paid today. I’ll take you out for a nice meal in a bit."
"Great, I’ve also prepared a gift for you."
The mention of a gift made He Qianhui ecstatic, "What kind of great thing is it?"
"You’ll find out once we head downstairs."
Their conversation naturally reached the ears of other colleagues.
"Xiaohui, you’re too lucky, Doctor Zhang is always preparing gifts for you, unlike my boyfriend."
"For our second anniversary the other day, he only sent me a two hundred yuan red packet."
"Saying I should treat myself to something good, what can I get with two hundred yuan here?"
Facing her colleague’s envy, He Qianhui actually wanted to keep a low profile, but her status didn’t allow it.
"Two hundred yuan is not bad, I remember your boyfriend just changed to a new job, didn’t he?"
"Changing jobs means he needs to adjust, maybe that two hundred yuan is his meal budget for a week."
As soon as the time came, He Qianhui pulled Zhang Hao and hurriedly left the company, fearful that if they stayed a second longer, the manager would come out of his office.
Coming down to the ground floor of the company, the sky had already darkened, and Zhang Hao took a big bouquet of flowers and a jewelry box from the back seat of his car.
"When I was leaving work today, I gave a colleague a ride home, and she asked me when the two of us are getting married."
"Guess how I answered," said Zhang Hao as he opened the jewelry box.
He took out a gold necklace from inside, the necklace was a dull gold color, and the style didn’t seem particularly attractive either.
"Everyone else is gifting platinum, and you’re giving me gold, isn’t that old-fashioned?"
"What’s old-fashioned about it? Do you know how much this necklace costs?"
He Qianhui naturally knew. Zhang Hao was a very pragmatic person, and he never spared an extra thought on impractical things.
So it wasn’t hard to understand why he bought a pure gold necklace.
"Is this solid gold? How many grams is it? I hope I don’t float in the water when I go for a bath."
Seeing He Qianhui say this, Zhang Hao gave her a light knock on the forehead.
"Am I that kind of person? If I buy, I buy the real stuff; if I were to get you a fake one, I’d get you one as thick as your wrist."
He Qianhui laughed at his words, and although the gold jewelry seemed a bit tacky, after putting it on her neck, she suddenly found the necklace quite pretty.
"I got the necklace, what about the two gold bracelets and the gold ring? When will you buy those for me?" He Qianhui asked.
"That’s going to have to wait until we’re married. Let me save up some more money; as you know, the price of gold isn’t cheap these days."
