"Oh, yeah, it's you, Joan! I can finally see properly. Hey old friend!" The two were especially friendly with her.
Nearly everyone in the hospital knew who Renee was, as she had been frequenting the place with Jovan for his medical treatments and checkups. Hence, all of them were familiar with each other by now.
The woman then continued to talk to them for a bit. With that, not only did she find out where Seraphina's surgery was ongoing, she even found out which hotel they were currently staying at in the town.
"I'm going to check up on Van now. Bye, guys!" Renee nodded softly at the nurses and left the stairway once she was done smoking.
Initially, she was going to head back to Jovan's ward, but her body walked toward the operating rooms unconsciously.
She hid around the corner, peeking out of the wall carefully. She quickly noticed Stefan, who was standing by the doors.
He was still wearing the casual white dress shirt she had seen in the morning. However, it was now drenched in blood, as were his hands. It was obvious that he had been standing guard the entire time, sparing no time to clean himself up.
She could tell that he was quite concerned about Seraphina, seeing how he was pacing back and forth with a tense expression.
It had likely been six hours since he brought Seraphina to the hospital. This meant he hadn't rested or consumed anything for the past few hours…
'This guy! He only recovered six months ago, and now he's endangering his health again! Damn it, I'm worried for him!'
Renee pondered as she bit down on her lip and headed downstairs to a nearby restaurant she frequented. She then decided to buy a serving of seafood dumplings.
From what she remembered, despite not liking Aeos cuisine, Stefan was rather fond of dumplings, especially seafood ones. She believed he would gain an appetite as soon as he smelt those.
Stefan was still panicking in front of the operating rooms. Time crawled by, and until midnight, there was still no news on Seraphina's condition.
Despite Stefan's cold nature, he couldn't possibly maintain his hostility when faced with such kindness.
"Uhm…" The nurse looked rather uneasy, replying. "Our hospital provides these for… our Aeos patients, and it's our hope that you can taste something from home and relax a little."
"Thanks." Stefan took the dumplings and opened the lid without hesitation. He then quickly scarfed them down, as he was indeed feeling rather famished at the time.
"It tastes great." The man nodded, a lump forming in his throat.
This bowl of dumplings had truly hit him right where he was weak. As he remembered, he had never told anyone that the only Aeos dish he liked were dumplings, specifically seafood dumplings.
Yet the hospital here was providing him with his very favorite. 'I guess… This world is very kind…'
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