Bai Tao turned her head away.
“How am I crazy?”
‘Can’t this Jing Wang say a single nice thing?’
‘Look at the Zuo Family brothers.
They’re such sweet-talkers, so pleasant to listen to.’
Jing Wang chewed on the white stick of a lollipop, flattening one end.
“You chose those two shameless scoundrels to be your boyfriends.
If that’s not crazy, what is?”
Bai Tao muttered under her breath, “I’m already surrounded by your fans and treated like a thorn in their side.
What else could I do?”
Jing Wang mulled over her words, and the frown that had settled on his face finally smoothed out.
‘Oh.’
‘So she was just forced into it.’
He tilted his chin up slightly.
“You little bean sprout, weren’t you pretty good at being shameless with me before?”
“And now you don’t know what to do?
You should look for…”
He suddenly fell silent.
‘No, that’s not right.
It sounded like I wanted to protect her.’
“Hmm—” Bai Tao savored his words, letting out a meaningful hum as she strode toward Jing Wang.
She took a step forward, and Jing Wang took a step back.
Until Jing Wang had nowhere left to retreat, cornered against the windowsill.
Bai Tao stepped into his dark shadow, leaning in slightly to get even closer.
“So, what Wang means is…
you were hoping I’d look for you?”
As she spoke, she tilted her head up slightly, her height only reaching a little past his shoulder.
The hair clip on her head was already a little crooked, and a few strands of hair had slipped out, perfectly framing the edge of her hairline.
Her long eyelashes were curled up, and the gloss on her lips shimmered.
He could also smell a faint, sweet fragrance.
Very sweet.
Jing Wang covered her head with his hand, his palm blocking most of her vision as he pushed her back.
“Cut it out.
Don’t misunderstand me.”
The two stood in a standoff for half a minute.
“Oh, fine.” Bai Tao took two steps back.
“So, how are we leaving later?”
Jing Wang put his hands back in his pockets.
“Leaving?”
‘Is she saying she wants to go to my place?’
‘Has she finally figured it out?’
‘Finally realized who she should really be relying on?’
Bai Tao said with a matter-of-fact look, “Didn’t you say we had to go to Lingzhou Hospital for a follow-up on the contact lenses?”
More silence.
Bai Tao had a sudden realization.
“Ah, I get it now.
Don’t tell me Wang was just using that as an excuse, and actually…”
Before she could finish her sentence, Jing Wang had once again hoisted her over his shoulder—a repeat offense. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
She nearly bit her tongue.
“Who’s using it as an excuse?
I just blanked for a second, that’s all.”
Jing Wang turned his head, his hair covering his slightly flushed ears, and jumped directly onto the windowsill.
“Let’s go, bean sprout.”
Arriving at Lingzhou Hospital once again, Bai Tao was now a seasoned veteran.
She and Jing Wang walked toward the ophthalmology department, running into Doctor Fang, the one who had fitted her for glasses last time.
“She’s here for a routine check-up, as required by the R&D department.”
Doctor Fang hesitated.
“Young Master Lingzhou, since when did the R&D department…”
Jing Wang’s eyes narrowed, his cold gaze sweeping over him.
His entire face darkened as if it had been dunked in ink, looking terrifyingly grim.
“Oh, right, right, right, I remember now.
There is such a thing.”
Doctor Fang forced a smile and quickly pointed to an empty examination room nearby.
“Miss Bai, this way, please.”
Bai Tao went through a condensed version of her previous exam and filled out a feedback questionnaire.
Doctor Fang took it.
“Miss Bai, you can rest here for a bit.
We’re going to submit the documents.”
As soon as they left the examination room, the assistant beside him couldn’t help but mutter, “Young Master Lingzhou really treasures his girlfriend.”
“It hasn’t even been a week since she got those contacts, right?”
Doctor Fang snickered.
“Keep it down.
Young Master Lingzhou is thin-skinned.”
The two walked around a corner and looked up to see Doctor Jin approaching them.
“Ah, Doctor Jin, what brings you to the ophthalmology department?”
Doctor Jin was holding a medicine bag.
“I was planning to deliver some medicine to Young Master Lingzhou.”
“But I heard from the front desk that Young Master Lingzhou came over to ophthalmology?”
“Yes, but he went to the break room.” Doctor Fang sighed.
“Is Young Master Lingzhou still not taking his medicine?”
Doctor Jin shook his head.
“It’s understandable, though.
His condition hasn’t improved much over so many years, so naturally, he doesn’t believe in this stuff anymore.”
“But no matter what, these medicines are being updated.
We have to try them to know if they’re effective.”
“If the Young Master won’t take them, the chances of improvement are even smaller.”
Doctor Fang seemed to suddenly remember something.
“Hey, Doctor Jin, why don’t you try giving the medicine to the Young Master’s girlfriend?”
Doctor Jin was stunned.
“Girlfriend?
Since when did Young Master Lingzhou have a girlfriend?”
He suddenly recalled the girl in the Young Master’s arms the last time he’d run into him at the hospital.
“Oh!
I think I know who you’re talking about!”
Doctor Fang winked suggestively.
Totally lovesick!”
“You should just give the medicine to his girlfriend later.
Maybe she can help you make sure he takes it.”
“That makes sense.” Doctor Jin nodded.
“So where is his girlfriend now?”
“Miss Bai is in the examination room at the end of the hall.
She just finished her check-up,” Doctor Fang said, pointing.
Doctor Jin glanced at his watch.
“Thanks, Doctor Fang.
I’ll go right now!”
After they parted ways, Doctor Jin quickened his pace toward the examination room at the far end.
Pushing the door open, he saw the same young woman from last time sitting there.
Bai Tao looked up at the sound and saw a vaguely familiar face.
“Excuse me, are you…?”
Doctor Jin placed the medicine bag on the small table in front of Bai Tao.
“Hello, Miss Bai.
I am Young Master Lingzhou’s attending physician.
My surname is Jin.”
Bai Tao replied, “Hello, Doctor Jin.”
“Hello, Miss Bai.
Here’s the thing, I have to go out on a call in a little while.”
He picked up the ballpoint pen clipped to his chest pocket and emptied all the medicine from the bag.
“Miss Bai, could I ask you to do us a favor?”
“It’s a favor only you can help us with.”
Bai Tao looked at the pile of medicine.
Besides some for skin conditions, there were also drugs related to anxiety and treating psychiatric disorders.
“Why don’t you tell me about it first, Doctor Jin.”
Doctor Jin wrote the dosage frequency on each medicine container.
“You’ve probably noticed that Young Master Lingzhou has a lot of bandages wrapped around his hands.”
Bai Tao nodded, signaling for Doctor Jin to continue.
“The Young Master has a very serious illness.
It started when he was six years old…”
He paused, considering.
Professional ethics stopped him from saying any more.
“I’m sorry, Miss Bai.
As his attending physician, I have to protect Young Master Lingzhou’s privacy, so I can’t tell you the specifics.”
“In any case, starting last year, he has absolutely refused to take these medications.
It’s very difficult for us to watch him every time he has an episode.”
“These are newly developed medicines.
Their effects are different from the previous ones.”
He looked at Bai Tao with pleading eyes.
“Could you help us supervise him a little and give us some feedback?”
“By…
any means necessary!”
‘Oh?’
The corners of Bai Tao’s mouth slowly curved up.
‘Mischievous ideas are now loading.’
“Doctor Jin, are you sure *any* means are acceptable?”