“He’s quite beautiful… It’s a pity he’s a man.”
Lin Jianqing lay quietly in Shen Huaixue’s arms. Shen Huaixue felt his calm breathing and looked at the cold, jade-like young man before her. His skin was as smooth as mutton fat, with nearly invisible pores.
She swallowed again. Shen Huaixue swore she had never felt this way about a man.
The reason she wanted to get close to Lin Jianqing was simply because his face was extremely similar to her white moonlight.
She definitely hadn’t overthought it.
In fact, to make Lin Jianqing completely become the image of her “white moonlight,” Shen Huaixue had even specially ordered many women’s clothes.
And… she had used some measures on Lin Jianqing.
“Alright, then I’ll trouble President Shen.”
Shen Huaixue hugged Lin Jianqing tightly. The young man, originally fair and jade-like, felt as smooth and delicate as silk in her arms, with an exceptionally pleasant texture. This sensation made Shen Huaixue reluctant to let go.
Forget it, she’d take him back first. Tomorrow was Saturday, and there was still plenty of time.
Holding Lin Jianqing, Shen Huaixue thought to herself. Then she tossed him into the back seat of the car and started searching for hotels near the school on her phone.
Although there was an unbearable heat inside her, Shen Huaixue was not in a hurry. She chose a gradual plan.
Besides… for now, Shen Huaixue really wasn’t interested in men.
When Lin Jianqing woke up, it was already noon the next day.
His head was dizzy and there was a dull pain.
It felt like a firecracker had exploded inside his brain, scrambling his brains, almost breaking them.
“Cell phone… where’s my cell phone?”
Lin Jianqing had almost forgotten what happened last night, and for a moment he didn’t even realize where he was.
After picking up his phone, Lin Jianqing saw a string of missed calls and text messages.
His originally groggy mind and nearly dead nerves jolted awake when he saw the content on the screen. He frantically swiped the screen, as if startled by something.
At the same time, he dialed a number.
Once his mind cleared, Lin Jianqing finally realized.
The surroundings didn’t seem like his familiar dormitory. It looked… like a hotel suite.
“I… where am I? A… hotel?”
The long sleep had left Lin Jianqing’s voice a little hoarse, but before he could figure out the situation, the call connected.
“Hello, is this the family member of Lin Anping? Please come to the hospital as soon as possible. The patient’s condition has worsened.”
An urgent voice came from the other end. After hearing it, Lin Jianqing didn’t have time to figure out what had happened to him. He quickly found his clothes, changed, and rushed to the hospital in a panic.
This was a relatively upscale hotel in Linzhou City. Lin Jianqing knew of it but had never been inside.
Looking at the room card in his hand, he initially wanted to ask the front desk who had brought him here last night, but in his current anxious state, he had no mood to inquire.
He didn’t even have time to check if he had lost his virginity last night. Like a fugitive fleeing without looking back, he ran toward the hospital.
“Sir, this… this was left for you by the guest who booked the room. She said you would need it.”
Urgent.
Just as Lin Jianqing left the hotel, a front desk clerk pulled him aside and handed him a note.
Lin Jianqing didn’t even glance at it; he just casually stuffed the note into his pocket.
When he arrived at the hospital, the doctor originally in charge of his mother wasn’t in the office. Instead, there was a unfamiliar face.
“Um… Doctor, my mother… no, Lin Anping’s condition had stabilized, hadn’t it?”
Arriving at the hospital, Lin Jianqing was panting as he leaned against the wall. Looking at the unfamiliar doctor, his confusion grew, and so did his anxiety.
Seeing Lin Jianqing out of breath, the doctor’s face showed reluctance. He sighed secretly.
“You still owe the hospital medical fees. The hospital intends to stop the most expensive medication. If the fees aren’t paid by tomorrow, you’ll have to prepare to discharge the patient early.”
The doctor didn’t want to tell Lin Jianqing this harsh news, seeing his flushed face.
“My mother… how is my mother?”
After hearing the doctor’s words, Lin Jianqing’s expression stiffened slightly. But remembering the call saying his mother’s condition had worsened, he had to put the medical fee issue aside for now.
“The patient just attempted self-harm or showed suicidal thoughts. The nurse found her in time. She only suffered minor skin injuries, plus some scabbed wounds reopened. That’s why we kept calling you.”
Hearing that his mother was temporarily out of danger, Lin Jianqing breathed a sigh of relief. His greatest fear now was his mother’s unstable emotions. She kept trying to commit suicide, which was why he dared not take her home.
But thinking about the medical fees, he felt puzzled.
He closed his eyes and opened them again.
“Um, Doctor, about the medical fees… wasn’t it said they could be extended to the end of the month?”
Meeting Lin Jianqing’s clear eyes, the doctor felt guilty and avoided eye contact, shifting his gaze.
“This matter… we can’t do anything about it. It came from higher up. Lin, first find a way to raise the money.” After saying this, the doctor stood up and left.
Before leaving, he shook his head helplessly, as if wanting to say something else, but ultimately remained silent.
Watching the doctor’s receding figure, Lin Jianqing wanted to call him back but didn’t know what he could do.
Taking a deep breath, he tried to compose himself, then came to the door of Lin Anping’s ward.
Pushing open the door, Lin Anping, lying on the hospital bed, had grown thinner. Besides a few more bandages on her body, her eyes had lost much of their spark.
But when she saw Lin Jianqing enter, she waved him over, a hint of guilt and embarrassment on her face.
She knew all too well about the issue of her medical fees.
“Xiaoqing, I don’t want to continue this treatment…”
Lin Anping’s physical injuries couldn’t be healed. Her bodily functions were severely damaged, and she would likely need to stay bedridden for years.
But the most serious part was her mental state. She had suffered a huge mental shock. She could only stay rational for short periods each day; most of the time, she would wail for no reason and desperately try to end her life.
So the hospital’s initial treatment plan was psychological and counseling therapy. When that failed, they switched to sedatives with less harm to the human body.
But even so, Lin Jianqing could barely afford these expenses.
“If I had died back then too, maybe you wouldn’t have to suffer so much.”
Looking at Lin Jianqing’s pale little face and thin figure, Lin Anping said this with great pain.
At the same time, her withered hand tightly grasped Lin Jianqing’s. A very forced smile appeared on her face.
Forced cheerfulness… helpless and bitter, a textbook example of forced cheerfulness.