Chapter 8 Doctor Lu

Shen Heyu drove to the hospital, her movements restrained because moving caused her drenched clothes to pull at her back painfully.

Shen Heyu went to the dermatology department, where getting a temporary appointment with a specialist was proving difficult. She was waiting outside when she suddenly saw a man in a white lab coat approaching from a distance.

The man was tall and was followed by a group of young men and women who looked like hospital interns—after all, it was graduation season.

He wore golden thread-rimmed glasses and a pen was tucked into his lab coat pocket. Sensing Shen Heyu's gaze, he suddenly looked up and directed his eyes toward her.

Despite the bustle in the corridor, his eyes conveyed an unmistakable joy.

He quickly walked towards Shen Heyu.

Shen Heyu was also surprised and only when he got closer did she recognize him as her college roommate's brother, who studied medicine, a born elite. He had already published various academic papers during his university days and later, she heard from her roommate, he had been sent abroad for further studies.

She had seen him occasionally at dormitory gatherings and vaguely remembered that his name was Lu Yi.

Lost in thought, Lu Yi had already arrived in front of her, quite delighted, he said, "Heyu? Is it really you?"

Shen Heyu nodded, "It's me, you are Lu..."

She wasn't sure if his name was indeed Lu Yi.

He said, "Yes, it's me, Lu Yi. What brings you here? Are you injured?" He looked at the registration slip in her hand—dermatology—but couldn't see any visible skin injuries. He said, "Come to my office, I'll take a look. There are too many specialist appointments today, hard to wait. I happen to be free now."

Shen Heyu, in severe pain, followed Lu Yi to his office without a fuss.

His office was on a higher floor, it was very quiet, few people around, mostly hospital staff in the corridors.

Shen Heyu immediately noticed that Pei Yansi was also there in the hallway outside.

Even though they were already here, he was still holding Bai Sheng'er, standing outside a door.

Shen Heyu glanced at the name on the door—it belonged to Lu Yi, it was his office.

Approaching, Lu Yi looked at Pei Yansi, "Sir, are you Mr. Pei who booked an appointment half an hour ago?"

Pei Yansi turned around at the sound of his voice and saw Shen Heyu following behind the man. Her face was somewhat pale, a thin layer of sweat covering her delicate forehead.

He unconsciously frowned, and said to Lu Yi, "Yes, that's me. She got a burn."

During the conversation, his gaze unintentionally swept over Shen Heyu.

Shen Heyu seemed entirely oblivious.

Lu Yi led the three of them into the office, set Pei Yansi at ease with a detached, formal tone, but distinctly softened when speaking to Shen Heyu, "Heyu, take my office chair, it's softer."

Shen Heyu did not refuse and sat down.

Pei Yansi slightly frowned.

Lu Yi intended to check on Shen Heyu first, but Pei Yansi was not pleased and said coldly, "If I recall correctly, I had the first appointment. Shouldn't Doctor Lu honor first come, first served?"

Shen Heyu paused, noticing the sinister look in Pei Yansi's eyes. Not wanting Lu Yi to offend him on her account, she said, "Doctor Lu, please see to them first, I was a last-minute arrival anyway."

Lu Yi looked at Pei Yansi, recognizing his importance and the influence he must have had to secure an appointment through Lu Yi's superiors.

He nodded, pulled open the blue curtain, and asked Pei Yansi to place Bai Sheng'er on the examination table behind it.

Then he drew the curtain closed, the small partition separating the office space, leaving only Shen Heyu and Pei Yansi on the outside.

Pei Yansi sized up her pale face, thinking that this woman always played the victim, yet she wasn't talking to him and seemed to have some connection with the doctor.

He was about to ask when the curtain was already pulled back, and Lu Yi came out and said, "Miss Bai didn't get burned on her leg, it looks like it's just an old wound that has split open, a simple change of dressing will do."

"Heyu, come in."

Shen Heyu stood up and walked inside.

Pei Yansi actively lifted Bai Sheng'er off the examination table and placed her in a chair nearby.

Not long after, Shen Heyu and Lu Yi came out from behind the curtain. Lu Yi said to Shen Heyu, "I'll take you to get some medicine, your wound needs to be treated with care."

Upon hearing this, Pei Yansi spoke before Shen Heyu, "What does this mean?"

Why was he so caring towards Shen Heyu, even personally taking her to get medicine, but for Bai Sheng'er it was just a simple change of dressing?

Shen Heyu didn't understand why he was picking a fight at this time and said, "What did Mr. Pei say?"

Pei Yansi sneered, "What's your relationship with Doctor Lu, that he's so concerned about you?"

Shen Heyu also smiled, but it was a weak one, "Then what's your relationship with Bai Sheng'er that you're so concerned about her?"

Pei Yansi tensed, not knowing what to say for a moment. Only a hostile look appeared in his eyes as he said coldly, "You'd better remember your place at all times."

A wife in name only, it wasn't fitting for her to interfere so much.

Shen Heyu remained silent.

Lu Yi sensed that the relationship between these two was somewhat delicate, and his expression wasn't very good either. He said, "Heyu has a severe burn on her back, if not treated properly it will leave indelible scars. Miss Bai only has superficial wounds; although they bleed, they aren't serious. There are many blood vessels in the back of the lower leg, and it seems it was already treated last night."

"Can you really compare a superficial wound rupture to a severe burn?"

Saying this, Lu Yi headed outside. Shen Heyu didn't look back at Pei Yansi, silently following behind him.

Pei Yansi watched their retreating figures, his handsome brows slightly furrowed.

She got burned?

When did that happen and how did he not know?

Remembering her pale face and the sweat on her forehead, Pei Yansi vaguely understood something and saw her leaving with Lu Yi without looking back.

Feeling inexplicably unhappy, he wondered if that Doctor Lu was going to apply medicine on her back.

Bai Sheng'er noticed that he kept staring in the direction they had left, blinked her eyes, tears clinging to the corners, about to fall but not falling, looking pitifully delicate, "President Pei, I'm sorry, my minor injury has delayed you, but it really hurts..."

Pei Yansi came back to his senses, turned around, and tenderly touched her cheek, saying, "You wait here for me, I'll be right back."

"Where are you going, President Pei?" Bai Sheng'er's voice was soft, filled with endless grievance, "I'll be..."

"I'll have Ji Tai come and stay with you first."

Bai Sheng'er bit her lip, holding back, not saying more. With Ji Tai, his assistant, watching over her, he would certainly be attentive and responsible.

After Pei Yansi left, he headed straight in the direction Shen Heyu had gone.

Within a few minutes, he saw Shen Heyu waiting outside the pharmacy. Through the transparent window, Pei Yansi saw Lu Yi inside selecting medicine.

Someone of Lu Yi's caliber could choose any medicine he wanted, then just leave a record afterward.

But also, for someone of this caliber to personally select medicine for Shen Heyu, Pei Yansi thought of something and a profound smile curled up at the corner of his lips.