[5:00pm, City life hospital]
As Ning had expected, she received a call from Yichan as soon as she arrived at the hospital.
"Babe, what are you doing?" Yichan asked.
"You know where I am, don't you?" When he did not say anything, Ning added, "Your n are subtle but not invisible."
"It's not like I don't trust you or I am spying on you—" he tried to explain his actions. With everything going on, he didn't dare to lose the end from his side and with him not around, he had doubled the security around her. When his n told him Ning was at the hospital, he was worried thinking she might be unwell.
"You don't have to explain, I know you trust . I am here to visit mom."
"She is still at the hospital?" he inquired. "I thought she got discharged a couple of days ago."
"Umm yeah she was supposed to but she had to stay back for a few more days. The doctor wanted to take a few tests so—"
"Okay then, tell mom that I was asking about her and call when you reach ho, okay?"
"Sure."
After hanging up the call, Ning helplessly shook her head and sighed. She didn't tell Yichan about her unexpected doctor's visit because she didn't want him to add to his worries but lying to him made her feel miserable and it definitely sucked.
Promising to make it up to him for all the lying after he was back, she made her way to the doctors cabin for her scheduled appointnt.
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[Doctors cabin]
"Are you here all by yourself?"
Nodding, Ning answered, "Yes, my husband is out of town right now so—"
"Okay, that's alright." Taking her file from the nurse, the doctor asked, "Last ti you ca here with Dr. Yue. Are you related to him?"
"He is my husband's close friend."
"When we couldn't get in touch with you, I wanted to ask Dr. Yue about you but we couldn't get him to touch him either. Later I found out he is busy attending a dical conference on behalf of our hospital," the doctor remarked while examining the reports.
"Is sothing wrong with my reports?" Ning anxiously asked.
"Nothing so severe but it's also not sothing we should neglect or ignore." Keeping the file on the table, the doctor added, "Your blood reports show so variations. Your hemoglobin level is quite low, you are anaemic."
"As far as I rember, my hemoglobin level has always been low. But when I started taking so oral dications, it got better."
"Did you stop taking them?" When she shook her head, the doctor added, "Apart from that, your white blood cell count also shows an elevation. The WBC level usually increases when our body is fighting with any kind of infection. Did you fall sick recently?"
"No I didn't."
"I want to replace your current dication with another supplent. But apart from dications, you also have to change your diet. You have to add more iron rich food to your diet." Writing the prescription, the doctor asked, "What is the average difference between your two cycles?"
"My period is very irregular," she answered.
"Have you consulted any doctor for that?"
She nodded. "Yes."
"Well, one of the top gynecologists' in the US, Dr. Lee is here at our hospital right now. I can get you an appointnt if you want." The doctor then instructed the nurse to check if Dr. Lee was still at the hospital.
Looking at Ning's anxious face, the doctor cald her down. "Mrs. Yang, there is nothing to worry about. I know the hospital environnt can increase the tension but trust , you are in safe hands. I am just trying to cover all the bases and treat the potential cause which may later turn into sothing serious."
After so ti the nurse ca back and inford that Dr. Lee had agreed to see Ning.
"You are lucky." Giving Ning the file, the doctor added, "People from far and near co to see her everyday and It's very hard to get her appointnt."
After thanking the nurse and doctor, Ning went to the 4th floor for her next appointnt.
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[4th floor]
While she was waiting outside the doctors cabin for her turn, Roger called her.
"Why did you lie to Yichan?"
"What?"
"I had called him to discuss sothing and he told you are at the hospital to see your mother. But I distinctly rember when I was talking to Chen yesterday, he told aunt Ziyi has already been discharged." Roger sighed, "Ning, what are you up to?"
"You didn't tell him, did you?" Ning asked.
"Not yet but I am gonna—" When Yichan had told him to take care of Ning in his absence because he was one of the people he trusted the most, Roger had felt very touched. After everything their friendship had been through, he had thought their bond and friendship would never be the sa. But he was wrong. Yichan had trusted him the person he treasured the most and Roger would never let him down.
When he found out Ning was definitely lying, he didn't tell Yichan imdiately. Instead, he called Ning to hear her out first. She was his sister after all, he had to listen to her as well. But that didn't an he would help her in keeping it away from Yichan.
"You can't tell him—" Ning frowned. "I swear if you tell him, I will kill you."
"How can I keep this away from him? Forget that, first tell what the hell are you doing at the hospital? Are you unwell?"
"I am fine, it was just a regular checkup."
"If it's just a regular checkup? Why did you lie to your husband?" he asked.
"Because you know how he is." Pinching the space between her brows, she sighed. "Though he is not telling , I know things are not going well there and he is having a tough ti. I don't want to add to his worries."
Keeping quiet for soti, Roger said, "Alright, let accompany you then. Which hospital are you in?"
"City hospital. I am almost done though."
"Then let co and pick you up."
"Okay, I will take another 30 minutes."
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