Chapter 45: Laugh and pout often (1/2)
”What you reading?”
Wang Shi raised the book up, ”Internal medicine. I have got a very mysterious case in hand and the person with whom I was handling it, stood me up,” He resumed reading, registering the subtle shift in her expressions she thought he didn't notice.
”Their words were harsh,”
His action of marking stopped as he smiled in a cold and distant way, realizing she was talking about Gu Feng's parents. ”Isn't that normal? Doctors can be both God and slayers; it depends on the outcome. These words will change once I cure their son but would become harsher if….” Trailing the sentence he lifted his phone kept on the side as if to check something but put it back with unhindered disappointment.
Zz was still offline!
”Looks like you are waiting for someone's call,” Suyin gaze slide over the cabinet near the bathroom where she left her handbag, and she instantly left the warmth of the blanket to fetch her phone. Barefoot.
”The friend who stood me up…. Tsk… SLIPPERS….The floor's cold,” He reminded.
”Just one minute….” She checked her phone. Blank screen! Opened the back flap. Wet! There's no way for her to become Zz without it. Though there was Wang Shi's desktop, the risk of being exposed was too high. ”Damn! It's not working,” she deflated back on the couch.
”Use landline. If you want to access the internet, use the desktop. There's already a guest account on it, Honey uses it to play games. Password is 'HONEY'”
”No it's fine,” She breathed, finding herself in a painful situation. She wanted to help him yet she cannot, despite being stuck in the same room with him. How ironic! Either she can help him or save herself from getting exposed….. but not both! Nevertheless, human life was at stake! She might have left the profession years back, but cannot let someone die on her.
Wuxiaworld for visiting.
”Ahem,” She pointed at the file with Gu Feng written over it, ”You mind if I take a look? Actually I've studied medicine a little, how about I give my inputs on the case?” Initiating this conversation made her feel miserable but she could only hope things would go smoothly.
That's it! That was what Wang Shi wanted to hear. Thank God she asked herself!
He came out of the momentary shock of the usage of the word 'Little'. Her resume was anything but little! However, it raised Wang Shi's curiosity, as no cheater would dare to volunteer in front of him. The chances of getting caught are…. um…. within a minute!
”Sure,” He nodded, maintaining his calm composure. ”Coffee?”
”Black. No sugar.” Without a delay, she picked the file. Though she was aware of everything written in it word by word, she has to put on a facade.
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”Hmm… Adolescent Mosaicism, with pelvic pain and unconsciousness,” She mumbled, ”He had no history of these symptoms but everything started suddenly and got worse with treatment. Maybe he did something that night which triggered the initial symptoms,”
”Alcohol, sex, infected food… His girlfriend shared everything, but she's fine.” He countered.
”Yeah… but she's not a case of mosaicism and compromised immune system.” She bites the pen between her lips, ”What type of alcohol did he took? Did you spoke to his girlfriend?”
”It was a college party. They mixed their drinks… variety of alcohol, in short.” He answered, trying to look into her eyes instead of the damn pen between her lips. ”His girlfriend told me they left the party early and later had more drinks and ordered beef from five star at his apartment. Later he suddenly collapsed after…. Cough…. ejaculation.”
She ignored how Wang Shi felt awkward and continued, ”What about their history? Did she notice any problems before....i mean while having sex? Or if he takes any drug or medicine to increase stamina?”
One of the side-effects of testosterone was impotence, ejaculation and erection issues, decreased amounts of semen, and testicle size. To cope up with that desperate people take medicines.
”Blood tests came clear. But she mentioned that he often felt sad and unsatisfied with his body. He even raised this issue to his father, but the latter brushed him off with the usual words…. It will be fine once you grow up.”
She sighed, but his parents are the least of her concerns. She flipped the page and mumbled, ”It can't be ZE, there's no tumor. Whatever it is, its systemic.” She raised her brows, ”Scleroderma? It fits the symptoms,”