Love You Enough to Leave You

Chapter 184 Drinking The Sorrows Away

“Why move to Chanaea all of a sudden?” Oscar asked while drinking straight from the bottle.

“I’ve actually been thinking of doing so for a few years now, but I had to postpone those plans because I haven’t been able to hand my work there to someone else. Now that we have an exchange program with Chanaea, I applied to be an exchange doctor here in Chanaea,” James replied while chugging away at his drink.

“Don’t they have better employee benefits over there?”

“They do, but working there isn’t challenging at all. I heard Chanaean medicine is famous for acupuncture, so I decided to move here and learn it. I could just move back after mastering it, anyway. Who knows? I might even stay here if I end up marrying a Chanaean woman! While I may not seem like it, I’m actually in my thirties now. It’s about time I settle down and start a family.”

“James… We’re friends, right?” Oscar asked when he noticed that James seemed to have something on his chest.

“Yeah, why? Do you doubt our friendship?”

“Then tell me, did something happen to you?”

James paused for a moment before bursting into laughter. “Oh, it’s nothing, really! I just thought I’d have a change of scenery, you know? Chanaea is a huge country filled with lots of amazing people and good food, after all! Food in Erihal is really greasy and could easily lead to cancer.”

“Pfft, that’s no problem at all! Just let me know if you need anything!” Oscar said.

James gave him a thumbs-up. “My man!”

The owner of the restaurant came over with two bowls of soup and said, “Hey, handsome! I thought I’d make you two some soup since you’ll be having a lot to drink. It’s on the house, and only handsome people get this special treatment! Feel free to come again if you like it!”

“Thank you for being so kind, beautiful. I wish you all the best in life!” James said with a smile.

The owner chuckled in amusement. “Your Chanaean is really fluent, handsome! Had it not been for your foreign appearance, I would’ve mistaken you for a local!”

“I may look foreign, but I’m a Chanaean at heart, so you can just treat me like one!”

“All right, you two carry on! I’ll get back to work now!”

“See you around, beautiful!”

Oscar waited until she left before carrying on eating.

“Hey, Oz, I remember you complaining about how dirty this place was when I got you to eat here with me back then. Heck, you even refused to take a single bite and just glared at me the whole time! So, what’s changed you, huh?” James asked.

“She likes the food here,” Oscar replied, obviously referring to Amelia.

said, “Listen, Oz… The blood clot in Amelia’s brain is

heard that, and his

to the brain. The blood clot in her brain is too close to her nerves, so we can’t remove it just yet. If it does cause damage to her optic nerves, it could very well lead to blindness. Of course, I’m just assuming the worst-case scenario here. There is a chance that we can remove it surgically after her recovery without

his head low and continued to

own and said, “Hey… Don’t be like

if the blood clot isn’t removed?” Oscar asked as

“Eighty percent.”

took another few chugs from his

find a suitable donor for a corneal transplant…” James didn’t have to finish his sentence for Oscar to understand what he

surgeon, James. If you were to carry out that

“Thirty percent.”

sunk when he

“What about your mentor?”

“Forty percent.”

correctly, you’ve performed this sort of surgery before. Why the

located in a spot where most of her nerves are concentrated, and the slightest error could result in her death due to a rupture of the surrounding blood vessels. On top of that, her current physical condition is too weak for such a surgery, so we have no choice but to go with a more conservative form of treatment. For now, we’ll just keep her situation under control through medication and decide our next course of action

it a secret

but she has to find out sooner or later. Oz, I suggest you tell her about this when she wakes up. That way, she can be mentally prepared for anything. It’d be a lot better than to have her find out

and said,

kept quiet

after bottle that night in hopes of getting himself drunk, but ended up feeling a lot more sober than before. The owner of the diner

so I’m sure you’ll find better ones out there! Given how handsome you both are, I’m sure a wink is all it takes for women to throw themselves at you! Please go easy on the booze or you’ll be in for a world of pain

James chuckled.

but my friend here is already married. He’s worried about his sick wife, so he got me to drink with him. Don’t let his handsome face fool you, though. He’s actually really

really shouldn’t drink so much.

left with the owner sending them

you okay?” James asked

head and said in his most confident voice, “I can still

drink one’s sorrows away would only lead

you trying to drink yourself to death or what? Come on, we’re going back to the hospital! What if Amelia wakes up and thinks you’ve left her because you weren’t there by her side,

want to go to the beach and feel the

to be spending the night with

said, “Get in the car. I’ll keep you company for

took the wheel as he was

influence of alcohol here, so you’d better back me up if we get pulled