The elevator door opened just as Eva was a little shocked by Pearl's words.
"I'll go back to work now, Dr. Yonng."
"Okay." Pearl took out her vibrating phone from her pocket and pressed the answer button: "Hi, how's it going there?"
It was Ethan. He was with the policemen right now.
"We're taking notes now. Ken drank a lot, and he just vomited all over the place. We haven't got many information from him, and will take him back to the station."
"Do you need to go with them as well?"
"Yes, so I need you to cover my shift at the ER."
Hearing this, Pearl looked at the time subconsciously.
As if Ethan could see what she was doing through the phone, he simply said, "I've called my mom and told her that the children would stay with her tonight. The driver will send them straight to school tomorrow."
They both needed to work overtime that night, but Pearl could have left before half-past eight. Pearl was supposed to pick up her children, but it seemed that she couldn't make it now.
"Okay, got it." Pearl said.
"Okay, see you later then."
Pearl returned to the ER after hanging up.
Most of the patients who came here at midnight were either injured by accident or had acute problems like gastroenteritis. There were no very serious cases.
Just as Pearl sat down in her office, the door was knocked.
"Knock, knock!"
"Please come in."
When the door was opened, a young girl with braided hair came in. It was Elaine.
"Dr. Yonng, can I come in?" Elaine blinked at her.
"You haven't left yet?" Pearl was stunned for a moment.
"It's yours." Elaine waved the white coat in her hand.
When she was dealing with Ken, Pearl casually took off her coat and threw it away. She didn't expect Elaine to have picked it up.
"Thanks." Pearl stood up and took the white coat. Seeing the gauze on Elaine's neck, she asked with concern, "Is your neck okay? Who bandaged it for you?"
"I'm okay. Dr. Louise bandaged it for me."
Hearing this, Pearl laughed, "Now you don't think he is a prevert anymore?"
Elaine felt a little embarrassed at Pearl's words, "I didn't mean that. My friend is timid and has a strict family rule... I already apologised to Dr. Louise."
"He didn't scold you?" asked Pearl.
Hearing this, Elaine was stunned a bit.
Pearl smiled again and said, "Well, Dr. Louise is not a petty man. You should go home now. Where is your friend?"
"Her driver had already took her home."
"Then what about you? No one went to pick you up?"
Elaine shook her head. She was very different compared to how arrogant she was before.
It was almost 9 pm, so Pearl said, "How about this? I'll call a car to send you home. Where do you live?"
However, Elaine asked, "Dr. Yonng, when will you get off work?"
"Umm, roughly in more than an hour."
It would take Ethan more than an hour to come back from the police station.
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