"So, you're allergic to pineapple?" The doctor clad in his white coat asked her professionally.
"I am. But usually, the reaction is not this bad. After eating pineapple, I only have a minor rash and that's about it. This time it's a bit excessive with all the swelling up." Xu Mey explained in detail with a frown on her face.
"Are you allergic to something else?" The short doctor asked again.
"Yeah, I have an allergy to peanuts as well." Xu Mey replied honestly.
Her blood test results came back and the doctor narrowed his eyes at the report in his hand. "Is everything okay, doctor?" Ye Jie who was quiet all this while asked impatiently.
The doctor looked at him and replied, "It's good that you brought her to the hospital. Otherwise, there were chances of anaphylaxis." Ye Jie furrowed his brows at the medical jargon. "In simple words, she could have gone into shock." Ye Jie's eyes widened. "We found traces of peanuts in her blood along with pineapple. She's lucky that the reaction is mild otherwise it could have been life-threatening."
Ye Jie's heart took a blow. And his anxiety slowly turned into fury. 'I'm definitely going to make you pay for this Mrs. Fu Lan.' He thought to himself. Xu Mey's reaction was a lot calmer than him. Saying that she expected it would not be wrong.
The doctor administered an IV and gave some anti-allergy meds to her. She was advised to stay for a few hours for observation. Ye Jie sat right beside her bed as he held her hand in his own. Looking at her bright red face, his heart was breaking. His eyes never left her face and hers couldn't look away from his face.
The nurse who asked for her name before came to clean up her wound on the side of her neck. Xu Mey closed her eyes when the nurse applied the disinfectant. She didn't wince in pain but Ye Jie could feel her body stiffen up. He drew circles at the back of her hand with his thumb to soothe her.
The nurse had short hair with small eyes. Even after cleaning up her wound, she was constantly looking at them. "They seem to be madly in love." The nurse beside her commented with a sigh.
"They match each other perfectly. Both have the features of a top star." She added.
"Don't compare them with stars. They have an air of nobility and supremacy. Stars can't have that." The short-haired nurse commented. The others around her nodded as they watched how Ye Jie's eyes held tenderness while Xu Mey's were blank.
"You should go home. Don't tire yourself. I'll be fine here." Xu Mey told Ye Jie as she saw how worn out he looked.
"No... I don't want to leave you here alone." Ye Jie replied without thinking.
"I can just call Li Qiao." Ye Jie scowled at her suggestion.
"I can't leave my wife's care up to others. You're my responsibility and I still have enough exuberance to take care of my wife." Ye Jie replied controlling his emotions. Xu Mey chose to stay quiet.
Xu Mey quietened up after that. Ye Jie stayed beside her in silence but in silence, there was an assurance that he was there for her. Silence speaks louder than words. It was exactly that silent assurance that let Xu Mey put her guard down. She never liked the smell of disinfectants and medicine in the hospitals but today, she didn't feel that repulsive.
Ye Jie's phone broke that peaceful silence. Seeing the caller id, Ye Jie frowned and rejected the call. The call came again after a minute. "You should pick the call up. It could be important." Xu Mey urged him. Ye Jie stood up and walked out of the E.R. to take the call.
When Ye Jie left the Xu Residence in fury, Fu Lan was seething in wrath. She glared at Xu Liqing. "Why are you so dumb? Why did you do that? I wanted Ye Jie to have a good impression of you. Look what you did."
"Mom... I didn't do anything. It was all that sl*t Xu Mey's doing." Liqing refuted meekly as the tears fell down her face in a stream.
"You want me to believe that the girl I turned into a retard suddenly turned into a cunning witch? Talk with sensibility, Liqing." After chiding her own daughter Fu Lan left Xu Liqing alone.
'I'll turn you into a liar' Xu Mey's words rang in her mind making her dig her nails in her palms.
So what if mom doesn't believe me? Do you think Ye Jie will have a psychotic person like you? Let me show you what I can do. Xu Liqing was smoldered with indignation. She turned her laptop on and drafted an email with a video along with a few photos.
Then she called Ye Jie. Ye Jie wasn't attending the call because it was Xu Liqing's but then he decided to talk to her.
-In the corridor-
Before Ye Jie could say anything, Xu Liqing's voice rang out from the other end. "Before cursing me, Mr. Ye Jie. I realized you don't want to believe my words when I say that my sister is not good enough for you. But you just need proof. Why don't you check your emails? I believe you'll find it very interesting." She disconnected the call after saying her piece.
Ye Jie had no intention of listening to Xu Liqing's words but the title of the email sent a few minutes ago broke his resolve. It read: 'Are you still proud of your psychotic wife?'
Ye Jie scowled and clicked to open the email. The moment he played the video, his mind went blank. Then the photos of some old reports and documents made his whole world shatter in front of his own eyes. He felt like the ground under his feet was slipping away slowly. And he had nothing to hold onto.
Since I was late today, I decided to compensate with an extra chapter.
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I read a comment a few hours ago. One of you said I use facts excessively in my chapters but I should use dialogues instead.
I have a bad habit of relating everything to something else. If you guys find it not relatable or you don't think, it's worth your read. I can stop using it. It'll ease my mind as well. After all, I won't have to spend hours to think about relatable things.
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Moving on, Hope you liked the chapter.
In the E.R, Xu Mey was waiting patiently for Ye Jie oblivious to Ye Jie's feelings which were in a turmoil.
"Ms. Xu Mey?" She heard a familiar but unassertive voice. She looked at the middle-aged man heading towards her bed. The only thing giving away his age was the grey hair on his head. Other then that. he had a lanky frame and radiant face.
A crease appeared between her brows. "Dr. Zhu? What are you doing here?" It was the doctor whom she met earlier this week for consultation. When Dr. Zhu gave her a knowing look, she realized how absurd her question sounded. She smiled sheepishly. "It's the hospital. Obviously, you'd be here." She answered her own question.
"Do you love hospitals that much?" He asked her while beckoning the nurse to bring Xu Mey's chart to him.
"I don't. I actually hate hospitals." Xu Mey replied honestly. Dr. Zhu skimmed through her chart with a frown.
"Were you aware of your allergies?" He asked turning to her. Xu Mey nodded. "Then you must have been impatient to walk through the doors of death." Xu Mey could feel the sarcasm in his voice but didn't mind.
"Maybe I am impatient." Xu Mey's voice was extremely low. She was contemplating with her mind whether she was really impatient or not. Death gave the impression of being a lot easy at times like it did all those years ago.
"A little impatience will spoil great plans." Dr. Zhu quoted a proverb. "This time you almost knocked at the door of death." He informed her with a bit of anger in his tone.
"Doc, you have a great memory. Do you still remember me? I thought doctors can't possibly remember all their patients." Xu Mey diverted the course of conversation in the other direction.
"I don't remember all. But you... You're unforgettable." His voice was deep, strong and pleasant to hear. His charming brown eyes which struck to be familiar to Xu Mey for an unknown reason held tenderness in them. A fatherly affection that she always saw in her best friends' parents but never on her own father.
Xu Mey smiled broadly. "Even if that was sarcasm, I'll take it as a compliment." She replied happily.
He shook his head. "You're here alone at this time of the night?" Dr. Zhu asked with concern as he noticed the time. It was almost midnight.
"No... My husband is here. He just went out to take a call. I told him to go home but he insisted on staying like a stubborn person. It was him being headstrong that I came to the hospital. I wasn't planning on coming." Even though she was scowling unhappily but her voice didn't contain even the hint of anger.
"He seems like a loving husband." Dr. Zhu commented affirmatively.
Xu Mey looked into his familiar brown eyes asking, "Doc, what is a loving husband?" Dr. Zhu was taken aback by her question but he composed himself instantly.
"A loving husband is the one who knows you better than he knows himself. Love you more than he loves himself. Cares for you more than his money. And protects you like he protects his ego. Most of all, who trusts you more than he trusts his eyes." Dr. Zhu appeared to be in deep thought as if living a distant memory all over again.
"Doc?" Xu Mey's voice broke his reverie and he looked at her with a polite smile. "You talk exactly like my sensei." She never expected to meet a person who shared her sensei's views in life. He gave her a surreal feeling.
Dr. Zhu chuckled softly like a sophisticated person exuding novelty. "Your sensei is a smart person."
"You're right." Xu Mey nodded in agreement. "Huh? Did you praised my sensei or your own self?"
Dr. Zhu touched the space between her brows with his fingertip lightly. "What do you think?" Xu Mey pouted at his reply making him feel even more amused. "Take better care of yourself. If not for yourself, do it for the people who love you." Dr. Zhu turned to leave but stopped after a few steps saying, "Like your husband." Then he walked away without looking back at all.
Meeting Xu Mey felt like a serendipitous encounter to Dr. Zhu. She reminded him of a proverb; 'A fall into a ditch makes you wiser.' In just two meetings, he was able to figure out that she was not fond of life or love. Ostensibly, both were like that branded product that an ascetic person like her didn't want to pay attention to.
For Xu Mey, Dr. Zhu's existence was dubious. He gave her a homey feeling. A self-assurance that allowed her to open up with him. She became aware of the fact that she wasn't a reserved person whenever she talked to him. Despite the fact that he was generally assumed to be a stranger to her. But his deep voice filled with tenderness allowed her to open herself a bit. His voice had the same effect on her as Ye Jie's; both made her feel relaxed.
It's raining outside and I'm quite loving it. Rain might be a representation of sadness but the rain leaves behind a bright day filled with the beauty of nature and that awesome and calming scent of earth that I love so much.
SO, isn't it a reminder that sadness will leave only happiness behind?
You guys enjoy the chapter and I should enjoy my hot coffee. ?
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