【14.】

  After the new semester started, our major has a ton of classes, no exaggeration, it's almost as much as high school. Many people just got used to the relaxed pace of college last semester and now they can't handle it this semester. I also regret choosing a major that I'm not good at. The exhausting coursework makes me completely uninterested in dealing with Jin Tongtong's childishness, we're all adults now, a few sentences can't clearly explain the issue, but if I say more, forgive my laziness, I think communicating with such a stubborn person is less practical than sleeping for a bit longer.

  So although the relationship in our dormitory is not very harmonious now, it's still passable. Originally, I didn't talk much with Jintongtong anyway. For me, having Tao Hao in the dormitory was enough. Generally speaking, Jintongtong is more miserable, and now only Huguoer, this good person, can attend classes and eat with her. I think people are probably like this, although they have a big temper at the time, but most of the time they hold an attitude of letting things go. Besides, after all, we are in the same dormitory, and Tao Hao and I won't make ourselves uncomfortable even if we're stupid. So, her ignoring us, and our ignoring her, although it's not a comfortable life, at least it's within our acceptable range.

  Because of the irregular schedule during the holidays, it was basically upside down, so after school started, the biological clock couldn't adjust for a while. At first, I didn't take this as a big deal, but later when it came to the end of the month, I suddenly realized that I had actually stopped menstruating for a whole month.

  When I said something nice to Tao, she suddenly changed her expression, pulled me into a corner and anxiously asked in a low voice: "What's going on?!"

  "I don't know. It was already like this when I found it."

  She stamped her foot in anger, tears almost bursting out: "You silly child!"

  Isn't it just menopause...

  Looking at my blind expression, she gnashed her teeth in frustration and asked in a low voice after half a day: "Does he know?"

  "Who?"

  "Alright, Liu Jia! At this time, you're still pretending with me? You love to talk, but I'll see how you handle it yourself. You're only a freshman! Can this child be born?"

  My god...

  I looked at her with a silly expression: "I'm not pregnant."

  "Huh?" Now it's her turn to be confused "How...?"

  I looked at her with disdain: "You're not pure."

  "It's you who said something full of sexual innuendos!"

  Still... still blaming me.

  "Alright, I won't argue with her, so I asked: 'I want to go to the hospital this afternoon, will you accompany me?'"

  "Today?" She glanced at the ceiling and then looked back at me. "Can't it be tomorrow? I have to go home this afternoon, the old lady has summoned me."

  "Alright, I'll go myself then. It's not a big deal anyway. The sooner I get it over with, the sooner I can rest easy. Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

  "Hey, stop bragging. Even if knives were falling from the sky, you heartless and ruthless person would still be able to sleep."

  I pouted and decided not to argue with her... adults have a lot of nonsense anyway.

  It wasn't until I arrived at the hospital that I realized how embarrassing it was for a young girl to see a gynecologist alone. Everyone's eyes were staring at me, and suddenly I felt like they were all as despicable as Tao Hao.

  Although I've been hinting to myself that I'm one of them, and although I've been secretly despising these people. But when it's out in the open, ordinary people really can't do it with ease. I didn't even have the courage to sit outside the gynecology clinic anymore, so I quickly escaped.

  Liu Jia?

  I turned around to see Shen Zong, who was wearing a black outfit. His complexion looked a bit pale, and his hair wasn't as smooth as it usually was when I saw him; instead, it was slightly tousled, which made him look even more handsome at his age. Just as he was about to speak, he couldn't help but let out a fit of coughing.

  He politely turned his head away. Shen Zong's pale face flushed red due to the intense coughing, and I was a bit stunned. In my mind, those handsome men on the big screen kept flashing by, and I always felt that no one was as stunningly beautiful as him, yet not as young; like him so young, yet not as elegant; and someone with the same elegance... I still haven't met.

  So-called top-grade stuff...

  He coughed and turned around, saying "Sorry" to me first.

  He asked again before I could speak: "What's wrong with you?"

  "My problem is a bit hard to mention, so I just made an excuse: 'Nothing, just that my body doesn't feel quite right, came to do a check.'"

  Shen Duan listened very seriously, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. Every time he made this gesture, I felt that he was no longer a child. He stretched out his hand and touched my forehead. For a moment, I didn't react and stood there motionless. His hand only touched me for a moment before he withdrew it. I saw him let out a sigh of relief: "No fever."

  Of course I'm not having a fever... This is a gynecological disease.

  "Where does it hurt?"

  I really don't know how to satisfy this child's desire for knowledge, so I can only laugh and say: "I've already finished reading it, the doctor said it's fine. I probably have a lot of classes this semester and feel pressured."

  He pursed his lips and looked at me with a skeptical gaze.

  He suddenly reached out and pulled the medical record book out of my hand.

  A minute later, he still maintained the posture of looking at the medical record without changing, with a suspicious flush on his face. I awkwardly took back the medical record and smiled embarrassingly: "This... you see... nothing's wrong."

  "What's wrong with him?"

  "Huh?" I stood there with my mouth agape, unable to understand why this little kid was so curious about gynecology.

  "There are many gynecological diseases..." His cheeks were still red and getting redder, but he stubbornly asked me "What aspect are you from?"

  This is also manageable...

  Let me think... what did this ad say again...

  "Menstrual disorder."

  This is easier to understand, right?

  He took my hand: "I'll go with you."

  "Huh?" I've completely lost my original rhythm and just followed him, but still managed to pretend to be concerned "Isn't that bad?"

  Shen Duan looked at me: "It would be better if someone accompanied you."

  I really wanted to tell him it would be much better, thank you so much. But I didn't say it in the end.

  The people in the gynecological corridor saw me coming back, and they cast their eyes on me again, then glanced at Shen Zhong beside me... Their gaze suddenly became even more lecherous.

  He pulled me to a relatively quiet place, took off his coat and put it on the chair, looked at me and said, "Sit for a while."

  To be honest, when I'm wearing Shen Dong's GUCCI coat, I feel an unprecedented sense of excitement. Even the way others look at me has become softer. I don't know if they're really looking at me with normal eyes or because of my mood.

  After a while, Shen Dang walked over and said to me: "It's your turn, let's go."

  He had one arm around my shoulders. I leaned quietly against him, feeling like we were an old married couple.

  Suddenly this thought emerged in my mind and couldn't be dispelled. If it were really like that, how happy I would be?

  The doctor said almost the same thing I was thinking, he suggested that I do more exercise and not take any medicine for the first month after my period stops. First try to adjust myself through diet therapy, most importantly, relax my mind. If it's been three months since my period stopped, then come back to the hospital for an injection to induce menstruation. Shen Duan sat beside me, listening even more carefully than I was. His hands were clenched into fists due to tension, and I smiled and patted his hand: "Why are you being so serious?"

  He also smiled at me without saying anything.

  At the hospital entrance, he offered to send me back and I refused in a single breath. He nodded in agreement, which was quite rare for him to be so cooperative. I looked at him with some surprise, and Shen Zhong reached out his hand to tidy up my stray hairs by my ear.

  "Yao Jia... I'm really worried something might happen to you..."

  I forced a smile: "What's up."

  He also smiled: "Yes, I jinxed it."

  "I'm leaving first. Thanks for today, goodbye."

  His hands were thrust into his pockets, and he was leaning against the hospital gate, with the wind blowing his hair forward. I turned my head to look back, and for the first time, I felt cruel.