When Only Love Remains

Chapter 3

"Would you like to help me?" While taking his phone back, Wang Yibo enquired.

"Sure, why not? But I can't help you right now. I have some of the surgeries pending." The Surgeon agrees, but a doctor in him still has surgeries to look after.

"Nah. You didn't get me. My communication in English is not perfect. So I'm afraid due to lack of communication, my investigation might be affected."  Wang Yibo lied bluntly. He definitely knows enough English words and defensive moves to save his ass in foreign country. But, taking advantage of the lack of these things, he wants to stay in touch with this Surgeon to actually get to the bottom of him being his Zhan or not.

"Ohh you can approach me if you need any help. Give me your phone." Raising his palm, Dr. Sean demands for the agent's phone.

Without any hesitation, Wang Yibo places his cell phone on other's palm. Dr Sean opened Wang Yibo's inbox, texted a message and sent it to a new unknown number.

"Here, since we can't call in the plane, I have texted myself from your number. I'll receive it after landing in New York." Saying so, Dr. Xiao gives his phone back.

"Smart indeed!"  Wang Yibo compliments with a smile, and something of that smile deepens the already present void in Dr Sean's life.

However, concealing his inner thoughts, Dr Sean pulls over the masquerade of nothing's wrong with him before replying, "Not as yours. You people have to solve so many mysteries while we doctors can only solve complications in one's body." Dr. Sean shook his head as he said that.

"Since when you moved to New York?" Wang Yibo initiated, not anticipating any response.

"I'm US's citizen by birth."

"Ohh, I can say your Chinese is really good then." Wang Yibo praised.

"Ohh I can only barely speak Chinese mandarin. I cannot understand dialects. When I was around 16-17 years of age, I heard my mom speaking in Chinese with her relatives. And from there I started learning Chinese from her. Though I don't know how to read Chinese characters. She taught me with Pinyin. So I can only understand spoken Mandarin, about writing, I don't understand a thing!" explains Dr. Xiao nonchalantly.

"So, Dr Sean, which language your family  speaks at home if it's not Chinese?"

"English!! My dad being a citizen of New York, he doesn't understand Chinese. My mom really tried a lot to teach him, but he just couldn't. hahaha.. You should hear him stuttering while pronouncing even a simple character. I swear, he would even surpass a stand up comedian!!" Reminiscing the funny memories of his family, Dr. Sean couldn't stop himself from laughing  at the end. If he had to write and convey about how good his family is, he would probably write a novel with 1000 parts.

"Ohh. It's good to learn many languages." Wang Yibo states absent mindedly as his mind takes a trip down the memory lane of 13 years back. Although it was kind of a borrowed one, he too had a family. Since they accepted and loved him like their own child, he too loved them like his own.

"Will you mind if I take some rest? I didn't get time to rest for the past 26 hours." Dr. Sean yawned. It wasn't like he was tired. He has gone through such situations before. Yet today, for who knows how, there was a kind of tranquility in his being that was ushering him to rest for a while in its ambience.