The next day, He Juan was discharged from the clinic under Doctor Jia's vexed glower. He Juan pretended not to notice, of course. If Jia Molei had an infamous reputation as a foul-mouthed doctor, then He Juan must be the disobedient patient who was always discharged overnight.
Jia Molei could not stop him the first time it happened, and he would not be able to do it this time either.
(He pretended not to see the dark hickeys peeking out from the doctor's collar, not interested in the kind of thing he was doing behind closed doors with the Manipulator.)
He Juan had no idea how long he had been standing in front of Ma Ping's observation room, staring at the monitor that dutifully recorded the pulse and throb of his heart, until he sensed another presence approaching him from behind. "You said that the chance he would live until today is less than 20%," he suddenly said without looking back.
