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.

as he said, “Listen, Oz… The blood clot in Amelia’s brain is exerting pressure on her optic nerves, so there’s a possibility that

he heard that, and his expression turned

cause damage to her optic nerves, it could very well lead to blindness. Of

kept his head low and continued to

his own and said, “Hey… Don’t be like

she to go blind if the blood clot isn’t removed?” Oscar asked as he took

“Eighty percent.”

another few chugs from his

didn’t

you were to carry out that surgery, what would you say your chances

“Thirty percent.”

heart sunk when he heard

“What about your mentor?”

“Forty percent.”

I recall correctly, you’ve performed this sort of surgery before.

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

it a secret from

has to find out sooner or later. Oz, I suggest you tell her about this when she wakes up.

and said, “She won’t go

kept quiet after

up feeling a lot more sober than before. The owner of the diner began to worry when she saw them ordering their third round

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

James chuckled.

worried about his sick wife, so he got me to drink with him. Don’t let his handsome face fool you, though.

“It’s great to see a man this handsome being so loyal! Still, you really shouldn’t drink so much.

the end, the two of them left with the owner

you okay?” James asked while holding

said in his

to drink one’s sorrows away would only lead

the hospital! What if Amelia wakes up and thinks you’ve left her

“I want to go to the beach and

going to be spending

as he said, “Get in the car.

the car, and James took the wheel as he was the more sober one of the

influence of alcohol here,