Ni Jiu (Intoxicated) - Chap 18

The city hospital does not distinguish between working days and rest days, especially in outpatient departments such as obstetrics and gynecology. No matter when you come to the waiting hall, it is basically overcrowded.
The people who went in and out of the consultation room were rubbing shoulders. Shen Tingwei slammed at the door for a long time and finally waited for a temporarily vacated space to squeeze in.
The elderly female doctor pushed her glasses, glanced up, saw him alone and asked, “What about the pregnant woman herself? How long has she been pregnant?”
Shen Tingwei was wearing a mask and his face was tightly covered but he couldn’t stop his red ears. He said in a muffled voice, “It should be a month. She went for an examination…”
The men who come here are either with their wives or girlfriends. It is inconvenient for pregnant women to move around that’s why it is common for men to run around to go through the formalities and ask for the results.
“That, doctor,” Shen Tingwei stood still looking up at her, “…I would like to ask, can she use medicine for abortion after more than one month of pregnancy?”
The female doctor was prescribing medicine for another patient in the room, without raising her head: “Don’t plan to ask for it?”
Shen Tingwei avoided the prying eyes of the pregnant woman on the doctor’s desk.
“The medical abortion needs to be carried out within 9 days of the confirmed pregnancy. The sooner the pregnancy is confirmed, the safer it is.” Seeing that he was young, the doctor could understand the feeling of not wanting to have a child prematurely. She couldn’t help but explain a few more words, “But It should be noted that drug abortion is less traumatic but compared with human abortion, the harm of medical abortion to the human body is still much greater and individual physiques are different. In addition to the possible side effects such as nausea and vomiting after medication, there is still a certain chance that it will cause the fetus to remain in the uterus. A second cleaning will be required at that time, which is still very dangerous.”
The doctor said it calmly but Shen Tingwei couldn’t help but tremble. He pinched his trembling palm and then insisted on continuing to ask: “…will it hurt?”
“The pain is definitely painful but the pain of the drug flow will definitely be lighter than that of the operation.” The doctor put down her pen and raised her head to look at him, “So you still have to discuss it with your wife. From a medical point of view, it is still recommended that you do artificial abortion, which consumes a relatively small amount of harm toward women’s body.”
“What do I need to prepare for a medical abortion?”
Seeing what the doctor said, Shen Tingwei still insisted on giving his wife a medical abortion. The pregnant woman beside him probably felt sympathetic, picked up the medicine list and stood up on the table. “Just because you are young and selfish, you don’t know how uncomfortable it could be and don’t care about the lives of others.”

Shen Tingwei’s face was reddened and embarrassed. He turned sideways without saying a word and let people pass by.
Although the female doctor was not surprised by such situation, her tone could not help but become cold: “I will look at the test results first. First of all, I must confirm that it is an intrauterine pregnancy.”
Shen Tingwei was stunned: “Pregnancy in the?”
“Well, let’s see if she’s pregnant in the womb first.”
“Ah? Ah…” Shen Tingwei panicked but he didn’t knew that his next question is a silly one to ask, “Then…what if there is no uterus?”

“Ah what, your girlfriend can get pregnant without using a uterus?”
The doctor frowned. She looked at him inexplicably and suddenly asked, “Oh, you mean ectopic pregnancy? Have you checked it? If she is pregnant with an ectopic pregnancy, she can’t have a medical abortion. Improper use of the drug will cause heavy bleeding in the pregnant woman and must have an operation.”
“Surgery…” Shen Tingwei repeated in a low voice.
The air was filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant. The corridor was soon crowded with people again. Before the people inside came out, those outside were about to enter.
…
Lian Jue opened the door of the consultation room and stood outside the door frowning. The figure outside was seen by few people to be a little pitiful. Lian Jue thought that the frequency of seeing him recently was a bit outrageous.

The black strings on both sides of the mask drew a red mark behind his ears. There were too many people in the consultation room. The chattering voice quickly overwhelmed Shen Tingwei’s gnat-like voice, so he had no choice but to close his mouth and stood alone for a while, looking like he was about to leave.
It was probably too stuffy in the room, so when he turned around, he took off the mask. His fingers tugged at the broken hair covering the tips of his ears revealing the pink and transparent auricles reflected by the bright lights of the consulting room.
When he came over, Lian Jue still kept his original posture and planned to dodge but Shen Tingwei looked up, his long lashes covered most of his foggy eyes and his expression was obviously haggard.
When he passed by Lian Jue, his thin shoulders rubbed against Lian Jue’s chest unintentionally. The familiar scent of sweet wine swept across the tip of Lian Jue’s nose and quickly disappeared into the stronger disinfectant water.

When people walked away in despair, Lian Jue realized the reason for his unhappiness–

When he slept with him, he cried and asked him to wear a condom. Otherwise he would lose his temper, when he slept with others, he forgot about it.

When the person who entered just now came out of the consultation room, Lian Jue collected his thoughts and entered the door: “Hello, I’m here to get Yu Man’s pregnancy test report.”
After Lian Jue got the pregnancy test results and got in the car, the driver started the car: “Will you go back to Mr. Chen?”
“Yes.”
Lian Jue put the pregnancy test report that he brought in on the seat next to him. Chen Ningxue sent a message a few minutes ago asking for the result. After Lian Jue replied, she didn’t reply.
The road section of the hospital was somewhat congested. The car could only move slowly through the traffic. While waiting for the traffic light, Lian Jue casually glanced at the side of the road and landed on the thin man again.
Shen Tingwei had just come out of the hospital. He walked slowly along the sidewalk, looking a little absent-minded. He was nearly hit by a student riding a bicycle next to him. The handlebars of the mountain bike seemed to rub against his arm causing him to stumble slightly. If it was someone else, he should have stopped him at this time. At any rate, he should apologize to him but he was better, raising his hand to cover himself. He rubbed his red elbows and leaned to the side.
Lian Jue had no reason to think that before this person was hurt by himself, he wouldn’t shout but only blush and shed tears. He really seemed like a weak character who wouldn’t refute when he suffered a loss.
Thinking about it, he was slow to notice the strangeness.

It’s strange that Shen Tingwei is this person.
Shen Tingwei had been away from him for nearly a month. Later, Lin Chen called and said that he never confiscated the money prepared for him. Lian Jue was puzzled. When asked if he wanted to send someone to watch, Lian Jue thought about it. He ended up concluding that he is sure that Shen Tingwei will find an excuse to come back and he is really curious about Shen Tingwei’s real purpose.

Strangely, Shen Tingwei never reappeared, just as he expected but completely disappeared from his sight.
If it weren’t for the fact that they met again last night, Lian Jue would have almost forgotten the existence of this person.
Only then did he start to re-examine Shen Tingwei’s motives for finding him in the first place, maybe it was really just being drugged. It’s not impossible to see his dazed appearance.
Maybe it was the guilt that he realized later or maybe it was Shen Tingwei’s embarrassment that he couldn’t stand anymore. Even the small changes in his eyebrows affected him and his thoughts moved slightly. Words suddenly came out.
“Did your daughter work in the playground before?”
Lian Jue spoke suddenly which caused the driver to be startled and quickly replied: “Yes, she did summer work for two months last year. What’s wrong with Mr. Lian?”
“If you apply for a membership card at the amusement park, will the staff get a commission?”
“Probably.”
After waiting for a long time, the driver raised his head and looked at Lian Jue in the rearview mirror. Lian Jue was still looking out the window, not knowing what he was looking at.
The traffic light in front of him changed, the car behind honked its horn and the driver said hesitantly, “Mr. Lian, are you done?”
Lian Jue moved his eyes and responded with a hum.
It was still early for Shen Tingwei to come back from the hospital but he didn’t go to work, he went back to his room and fell asleep.
The soundproofing of the dormitory was poor. He woke up with the sound of the door opening, chatting and laughter when his roommates came back together.
His eyes stared at the dimness in front of him without focus. Someone tapped the ceiling light in the living room and the yellow light came in through the crack of the door. Shen Tingwei pulled up the quilt to cover his eyes but the light still penetrated through his thin quilt.
Although he didn’t want to, his consciousness quickly turned from blurred to clear. The laughter mixed with footsteps got closer and closer then there was a knock on his door.
“Brother Shen, are you in the house?”
Shen Ting pulled the quilt down and replied, “Yes.”
The people outside probably heard tiredness in his hoarse voice, paused and said apologetically, “Ah, are you sleeping? If you’re not feeling well, rest first…”
Shen Tingwei had already sat up, cleared his throat while getting out of bed and said, “It’s okay.”
The door opened. The light that poured in instantly made Shen Tingwei open his eyes with difficulty. He asked, “What’s wrong?”
“You just woke up?” The colleague outside the door couldn’t help urging him when he saw that he looked disheveled, “Xiao Wang, tell Brother Shen to refresh himself.”
Shen Tingwei was confused by their mindless excitement: “…What?”
“The customer you received yesterday was called Tongtong, right?”
Shen Tingwei thought for a while and said, “It seems so, what’s wrong?”
“Today, someone specially charged a membership card saying that you have a good service attitude and charged it for you.”
“What?”
The roommate smiled at him mysteriously: “Guess how much you charged?”
Shen Tingwei saw his expression. He paused and said uncertainly: “…a thousand?”
The roommate shook his head, stretched out a five and shook it in front of him: “This number.”
“Five thousand?”
Shen Tingwei frowned. The ticket for the trampoline park was 0 yuan. If he became a member, he could only get 0 yuan discount for a single purchase. If it was for that necklace…but after all, it was his duty because customers spent money. He felt a little bit sorry in his heart.
The roommate shook his head again and said word by word in his surprised eyes: “Five…ten…ten thousand!”
Shen Tingwei’s expression froze: “What…?”
“Mother, this is going to be a family heirloom!” The roommate recalled the scene in the afternoon with an unbelievable expression but after looking at Shen Tingwei for a long time, he said half-jokingly and half-seriously, “Brother… You don’t want to… but it will result to twenty years less of struggle for you, right?”