564 Keep it Up

The doctors working in the Emergency Medical Center started filtering into the building at eight in the morning. 

Chief Physician Tao moved into the elevator right after Huo Congjun. He stretched and said, "I had been sleeping pretty well lately. You know, I'm not young anymore, and I can't handle working overtime well. I get super freaked out every time someone calls me early in the morning, so much so that my heart almost stops beating."

"Now that your phone's not ringing in the middle of the night anymore, did your wife allow you back into the bedroom?" Huo Congjun spoke very casually to his old colleague, and his words immediately struck him where it hurt. 

Chief Physician Tao snorted a few times and defended himself, "I was just worried that it would disturb my wife. It's not like I'm scared of her. I sleep in the bedroom whenever I want to."

"So, you're not allowed back into the bedroom yet?"