This Neighbor Is Pretty Cool
She is an adorably earnest young practitioner of traditional medicine, wholly devoted to her studies; he is the handsome owner of a noodle shop, harboring wounds in his heart. Fate makes them neighbors in an ancient alleyway. She teases, “You even pour a glass of water at the perfect temperature—aren’t you worried I’ll start orbiting around you?” He retorts, “You’ve already called me handsome; if something really does happen between us, who would be taking advantage of whom?” But how can she make this charming man see past the many admirers around him and notice her? Let us watch as this lovelorn little doctor schemes to lure her dashing neighbor into her world, one bowl of medicine at a time.
This Neighbor Is Pretty Cool
Tang Yiyi dragged her suitcase, rushing out from amid a crowd of taxi drivers vying for passengers. She took a deep breath and followed the flow of disembarking travelers toward the entrance of the bus station.
Turning left out of the station, ten meters ahead, a white Jetta waited. Xu Bin, wearing headphones, leaned against the car, nodding his head as he played on his phone. As Tang Yiyi approached, she could vaguely hear Xu Bin humming a tuneless melody. She took out her phone and dialed a number, prompting a musical ringtone from Xu Bin’s device.
Xu Bin straightened up, about to answer, when Tang Yiyi reached out and gently poked his arm with a finger. He turned and saw Tang Yiyi in a powder-blue T-shirt, and was momentarily stunned. She wasn’t the type of beauty favored by popular standards, but her fair petite face was adorned with a pair of unusually round, single-lidded eyes, bright and striking. He had never imagined single-lidded eyes could be so round.
He watched as she pouted her soft lips and said, “I’m Tang Yiyi.”
Xu Bin immediately broke into a smile. “I’m Xu Bin. You’re running late.”
Tang Yiyi nodded. “Yeah, there was a car accident on the way. A truck carrying pigs overturned, and the whole highway was full of them.”
Xu Bin took her suitcase and placed it in the car, laughing. “If I’d been nearby, I’d have gotten out and caught one.”
Tang Yiyi shot him a sidelong glance, suppressing a laugh. “Your little car couldn’t fit all that pig fat.”
Xu Bin opened the passenger door. “As long as it fits you, that’s a
