hapter 101
At first, he was complaining about his playboy dad, who had
recently gotten involved with a pretty older woman and was out
painting the town red.
Then he started talking about the weird patients at the hospital.
“Last week, I had just finished a pituitary tumor surgery. When
the old guy woke up, he told me his wife thought his snoring had gotten quieter and asked if he could get a refund!”
“And yesterday, a young guy with a head injury was afraid of
needles. He was on the verge of death, but he was running all
over the place clutching a hospital blanket, and we couldn’t find
him.”
“What the hell is with all these weirdos…”
Madeleine listened with great interest, while Roderick beside
her listened with a calm expression, as if he was used to it.
He saw that Bradley was already on his third bottle of beer and
leaned close to Madeleine’s ear.
“One more bottle, and we’re done talking about the hospital.”
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Madeleine heard that and knew the real gossip was about to
start, her eyes fixed on the beer bottle without blinking.
Finally, after the fourth bottle, Bradley started slurring his words,
and his eyes began to lose focus.
“Roderick, you… you know what I found out recently?”
“What.”
He grinned, and his eyes seemed to be red.
“I found out the other day, my sister… hiccup, my sister, she has
a boyfriend.”
The fork in Roderick’s hand suddenly paused. He looked up at
Bradley but didn’t say anything.
Madeleine didn’t quite get this piece of gossip. Does Bradley
have a sister?
She didn’t remember anything about it.
Oh, maybe he did. They weren’t that close before, anyway.
Wait, that’s not right. His sister has a boyfriend, so why is he reacting so strongly?
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Bradley kept rambling, his voice already choking up.
“She’s probably been seeing him for a while. She’s always had
me blocked on her moments. Maybe she forgot to block me
yesterday?”
Bradley laughed again. “I only got one look, then I couldn’t see anything anymore. Roderick, do you think she did it on
purpose?”
Roderick didn’t say anything, just quietly put the two unfinished
beers next to him back into the case.
The guy’s tolerance for alcohol was only a little better than Madeleine’s. If he kept drinking, he’d probably make a scene at
the Spicy Numbing Hot Pot restaurant.
Madeleine could only piece together one serious piece of
information from his fragmented words.
Bradley is in love with his sister
In an instant, the Spicy Numbing Hot Pot didn’t seem so appealing anymore. Madeleine pushed her bowl away, sat up
straight, and continued to listen.
But the kid just kept mumbling the same few words over and
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over.
“No, what on earth did your sister post?”
“She… she posted a picture with that guy, and they were
standing…”
Bradley was dazed, pointing at the two people sitting across
from him.
“They were as close as you two!”
Madeleine touched her nose.
Oh, really? That is a little close.
Bradley was still complaining.
“She said she was just going for further studies, how could she
start dating… Roderick, tell me, is she a female player?”
“Yeah.”
Roderick nodded in agreement.
But then Bradley slammed the table in a rage.
“Who said you could call my sister a female player!”
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The slam on the table almost made Madeleine jump. She
flinched and asked Roderick, “How are you not angry?”
“Why get angry at a drunk? It’s better to let him vent.”
Madeleine nodded, thinking that made some sense.
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