Chapter 7: Remember

After leaving Bafang City sadly, Lily took the subway back to the dormitory alone. Her roommates were not there due to class schedules, so she hid in the bathroom alone, letting the warm water wash over her tired body. Everywhere she looked, there were traces left by last night, red and purple, interweaving into a shocking picture.

The man last night did not give her too much tenderness, but was a bit indifferent and rude. She took a lot of effort to clean herself inside and out, then put on comfortable pajamas, walked out of the bathroom, lay on the bed, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

The familiar environment and smell around her gradually calmed her mood. Lily picked up her phone and subconsciously checked her account, and found that Leo's money had not yet arrived. She stared at the empty dialog box, her heart was tangled, and she wanted to enter text several times, but deleted it because of shyness.

Wait a little longer, she told herself. This kind of account matter always made her feel a little embarrassed to talk about it.

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Leo was busy with an emergency operation all morning, and it was three o'clock in the afternoon when he remembered Lily . He walked out of the operating room, glanced at the slight marks on his arm, and suddenly understood.

He tapped his fingertips, opened WeChat, and easily found Lily 's account. Her avatar was a dark cartoon picture of a black girl wearing a hat, simple and mysterious. The name consisted of only two letters: LM .

The dialog boxes of the two people were empty, as if they had never met before. Leo raised his lips slightly, tapped with his fingertips, and entered a string of numbers, but when entering the password, he hesitated for a moment and finally chose to delete it.

He wanted to see how long she could endure.

Back at the clinic, Leo worked almost non-stop, filling in for the gastroenterologist who had taken leave. When it was almost time to get off work, there were only a few patients left in the clinic.

"Knock knock." There was a polite knock on the door.

" Come in." Leo answered.

The door of the clinic was gently pushed open, accompanied by the sound of light footsteps. Leo lowered his head and flipped through the medical records. Without raising his head, he asked, "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

"Doctor, my lower abdomen hurts." The voice was soft and familiar.

Leo looked up and met Lily's slightly surprised face. At the same time, Lily also saw him, her round cheeks slightly flushed, and the tips of her ears quickly turned red.

Is it him? He's a doctor! Lily was startled and quickly lowered her head, a little at a loss. Leo looked at her coldly, speaking in a flat tone, as if he had never met her before: "What's the pain?"

Lily sat on the chair, buried her head and stammered: "It hurts in waves, it hurts when I walk, it hurts when I sit down."

"Go lie down on the bed and take off your clothes." Leo typed a few lines on the computer and ordered without looking up.

Lily swallowed, stood up, walked to the bed, and lay down on the narrow examination bed. The only thing she could see was the ceiling above her head.

Not long after, Leo came over wearing medical rubber gloves. From Lily 's perspective, she could only see his white coat and the name on his left badge: "Gastroenterology, Leo ."

So his name was Leo . Lily silently memorized the name in her heart. He exuded a faint smell of disinfectant, which was somewhat similar to the smell last night, and her thoughts began to drift.

The next second, Leo's strong and precise hands pressed on her belly and asked, "Does it hurt here?"

Lily blushed and replied, "Further down."

Leo moved down another two inches: "Here?"

Lily nodded awkwardly: "Yeah."

His fingers were almost under her belly. Although he was wearing gloves, the warmth of his fingers still came through the rubber and invaded her skin. Lily felt a little breathless.

Leo pressed a few more places, determined the location, and finally let go after getting her response. He understood that this was not a problem with the belly, but uterine pain. His demands last night were too fierce, and it was her first experience, so it was inevitable that she would feel uncomfortable afterwards. But he didn't expect her physique to be so delicate, and the pain didn't get better after a day.

Leo sat at the table, his bony hands tapping rhythmically on the keyboard: "I'll prescribe some medicine for you, take it three times a day after meals."

Lily blushed and got off the bed. She quickly pulled up the hem of her clothes, then sat obediently on the chair opposite Leo , waiting for him to write out the prescription.

After Leo printed out the prescription, he handed it to her with his slender hands. He thought about it, and suddenly added, "Remember, no sex within a week."

Lily's face instantly turned red like an apple. She nodded with a buzzing sound and took the prescription and medical insurance card from him.

"Have you remembered?" the man asked again, holding her card.

Lily nodded: "I remember."

"Repeat that," Leo demanded.

" Three meals a day, eat after meals, and no sex within a week." Lily repeated with a flushed face, wishing she could find a hole to crawl into. She became like this, wasn't it because of his "contribution" last night? Apart from having physical contact with him, how could she have sex?

" Let's go." The man leaned back and let go of the medical insurance card and the prescription.

Lily took the bill and fled. When she reached the door, she paused, turned around and said to him, "You haven't transferred the money to me yet."