"Are we still going to the hospital you ntioned?" Xu He was desperately trying to stall, "This is the train station, isn’t it a bit far from that hospital?"
"It’s not that far by car, and other hospitals might not be any nearer," Zhou Yuni said, glancing at Xu He with suspicion, "Xu He, with all this evasiveness, are you hiding sothing from ?"
Feeling guilty, Xu He was startled by Zhou Yuni’s words and instinctively replied, "What could I possibly hide from you? Fine, let’s go. I’ll just wash my face and brush my teeth, and we can head to the hospital."
After speaking, Xu He deliberately dallied, taking almost half an hour just to brush her teeth and wash her face, thinking about how she could avoid the examination at all costs. The best scenario would be to drag it out until they had to catch the train and wouldn’t have ti to go to the hospital.
Finally, Zhou Yuni completely lost her patience and dragged Xu He out of the door, carrying her belongings.
Zhou Yuni was indeed clever. She was actually not familiar with the provincial city at all, and she had no clue which direction the hospital was in. However, she had earlier asked the staff at the guesthouse, and they told her to take the bus, involving a few transfers which she found confusing. So, she just hailed one of those tricycle motorcycles and quickly reached the hospital.
Upon arriving at the hospital, while Zhou Yuni went to register, Xu He excused herself, saying she felt unwell and needed to rest for a bit.
Xu He’s face was sowhat pale due to her overwhelming anxiety about the imminent check-up. Zhou Yuni, seeing her genuinely appearing unwell, nodded and let her go, saying she would co to find her later.
But Xu He was not in the mood to rest at all. As soon as Zhou Yuni wasn’t paying attention, Xu He went to ask where the gynecology departnt was, planning to see if she could bribe a doctor or sothing.
However, when Xu He approached a doctor to explain her intention, they imdiately had a nurse escort her out.
This kind of matter, if exposed, would make the doctor liable for misconduct, and of course, they wouldn’t help her out without reason. It didn’t matter that Xu He hadn’t actually offered any money to secretly bribe the doctor; even if she had, the doctor didn’t know her and would definitely not assist her.
But as it happened, Xu He was in luck. While she was talking to the doctors about her request, Bai Jing just so happened to be in a room inside undergoing an examination.
Bai Jing was a nurse at this hospital and naturally knew all the doctors there. Furthermore, her aunt, Doctor Zhou, was the chief physician of this departnt, so Bai Jing was familiar with all the doctors in the gynecology departnt.
Bai Jing’s due date was next month, and she had co for a prenatal check-up today. When she heard Xu He speaking to the doctors outside, she instantly found it odd that soone would make such a request.
But after her examination was completed and she ca out to see Xu He, there was a flash in her eyes.
Bai Jing hadn’t had any interaction with Xu He, but she had seen her before because she knew Luo Zhiming. She had seen Luo Zhiming with Xu He, yet she also knew that Luo Zhiming’s previous wife was Fang Xiu. It seed that Xu He had co into the picture mid-way, probably akin to a howrecker, so Bai Jing imdiately judged Xu He as not a good person.
Furthermore, Xu He sneaking around, making such illicit requests to doctors, only solidified the impression that Xu He was definitely not a good person.
However, anyone not good for the Luo Family was good for Bai Jing.
She had always harbored resentnt toward Fang Pingying, had mixed feelings of love and hate for Luo Zhiyong, and was lividly jealous about Fang Xiu being with Zhou Guangsheng. Bai Jing blad everything on Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying, so she wouldn’t miss any opportunity to stir trouble for the Luo Family and bring problems to Luo Zhiyong and his clan.
She glanced at Xu He standing by the door, then called in a doctor she was on good terms with and whispered a few words, expressing that Xu He was her friend and asking the doctor to do her a favor and proceed as Xu He had requested.
Moreover, she added that Xu He was a country girl and would definitely not co here to give birth, so if the doctor made a mistake about a month of the due date it wouldn’t be a big deal and wouldn’t be sothing they’d be held accountable for.
Bai Jing said this and also slipped so money to the doctor.
Back then, the estimated due dates of pregnancies weren’t as precise as in later tis. Being off by a month wasn’t sothing anyone would fuss about; it was quite normal for babies to be born prematurely or a bit late.
Having accepted Bai Jing’s favor, the doctor naturally didn’t mind playing the good Samaritan.
After making arrangents with the doctor, Bai Jing walked to the door, called Xu He over to a more secluded spot, and smilingly said to Xu He, "I can help you with your problem."
Xu He didn’t know Bai Jing at first and wouldn’t have followed her, but when she saw Bai Jing chatting and laughing familiarly with the doctor inside, she harbored a glimr of hope that perhaps Bai Jing could help her.
Even though she felt that such thinking was illogical, she was desperate for any help she could find. She was ready to do anything if soone offered assistance.
Thus, she followed Bai Jing quite easily.
However, she was still sowhat cautious at heart. Upon hearing Bai Jing’s words, she asked with a wary face, "Who are you?"
Bai Jing replied indifferently, "Because of Luo Zhiyong, I’ve co to know Luo Zhiming. I’m aware you’re Luo Zhiming’s wife."
"Do you really want to help ?" Xu He, hearing her ntion the nas of the Luo Brothers, was convinced that Bai Jing knew them, but she still found it hard to believe that she could be so lucky to have stumbled upon such a good Samaritan.
Bai Jing smiled at her and said softly, "Don’t worry. I’m a nurse at this hospital. Your issue isn’t a big deal. Just one word from , and I can solve it for you."
Hearing this, Xu He was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.
But Xu He still had so wits about her. She knew there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Bai Jing couldn’t possibly help her for no reason. After her initial joy, she voiced her suspicion, "So, what do you want from ?"
"What do you think you could give ?" retorted Bai Jing with a mocking smile upon hearing the question. "I just feel sympathy since we’re both won and maintaining a household isn’t easy, so I thought I’d help you out."
Of course, Bai Jing wouldn’t help Xu He for nothing, but at the mont she couldn’t think of what Xu He could do for her. She rely knew that having Xu He owe her a favor might co in handy in the future.
Her dealings with Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong were far from over; Xu He could be useful sooner or later.
Xu He felt sowhat embarrassed by Bai Jing’s sarcastic words, her face imdiately blushed, "I..."
After all, having spent so ti in the city, Xu He could tell soone’s status, and it was clear that Bai Jing, even though pregnant, was ticulously dressed and carried herself with grace, obviously not on the sa social level. Why would soone like Bai Jing covet anything from her?
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