"What do you feel like eating?" Not long after they walked out, Lu Han turned to ask Tang Su.
"Huh? I've already eaten, Doctor Lu, you can just eat by yourself," Tang Su certainly hadn't forgotten the lie she'd told about having eaten already.
"Sitting together while only one person eats, don't you think that's too strange? Just keep me company," Lu Han said, looking at her firmly, both in his gaze and tone.
Tang Su's eyes rolled about, and she nodded, "Alright then, Doctor Lu, you choose whatever you love to eat."
"Okay, there's a restaurant over there. It looks like it has a nice atmosphere. Shall we give it a try?"
"Yeah, sure."
The two walked side by side for five minutes before entering the lively Qimeng Restaurant.
The server, seeing there were two of them, found them a four-seater table by the window.
Tang Su had wanted a private room originally, but unfortunately, it was Sunday and right at mealtime. There were many citizens out on Culture Street, taking a stroll, and everywhere was crowded. The number of customers at the restaurant was also higher than from Monday to Friday.
Lu Han, on the other hand, didn't mind sitting in the main dining area.
They ordered three dishes and one soup, two meat and one vegetarian.
Both were proponents of not wasting food, sharing the same values.
After ordering, Tang Su got two cups of hot tea and also a plate of snacks and a plate of fruit, all complimentary from the restaurant.
After sitting down, there was thirty seconds of silence before Tang Su suddenly thought of the short video.
"Doctor Lu, can I show you something?"
"Mhm," Lu Han nodded.
Tang Su opened the short video Sun Qing sent her and then handed the phone to Lu Han.
The short video Tang Su showed him was actually something he'd come across that day as well. Just after he finished work, he went specifically to pediatrics to find Jiang Shanshan, only to learn that Jiang Shanshan had the day off.
Lu Han thought for a moment before driving to Culture Street from the hospital, under the pretext of getting a library card, intending to apologize to Tang Su.
Regardless, her personal affairs were shared online. Even if it did not become a trending search, it was seen by many, and moreover, there were quite a few people frustrated with their lives venting their spite in the comments section of the video.
Their words were extremely nasty, their language very impolite.
Although many comments targeted Shen Tian, some specifically targeted Tang Su and Sun Qing.
He even suspected that someone had deliberately bought traffic to push the short video to a wider audience.
"When I woke up this morning, I came across it too," Lu Han said as he handed the phone back to Tang Su.
In fact, Lu Han was first tagged in the hospital staff group chat, along with Jiang Shanshan, and the restaurant backdrop was the familiar Qimeng Restaurant.
It was Friday, and that day, Jiang Shanshan was celebrating her birthday and had invited everyone to her birthday party at that place. So, some people asked the two of them what was actually happening in the video since they were there that day.
The video was edited to omit the context, and everyone's attention was just guesses and doubts, with suspicions that the male lead in the video was two-timing, was caught by either two exes or current girlfriends while dining with his new love.
"So Doctor Lu knew about it already. Could you, Doctor Lu, do me a favor?" Tang Su decided to get straight to the point.
"What favor?"
"Could you tell me your colleague's name, in which department she works, those details? I'd like to speak with her directly about some things."
Tang Su asked because she thought since Lu Han knew the person, she might as well ask him. If he was willing to tell her, it would save her the time of finding out by herself.
Whether Lu Han told her or not, she was determined to find Lu Han's colleague and have a proper chat.