Jiang Baizhou helped her register, went to the observation room to get the medication changed, and while the nurse was bandaging her, the doctor went to issue the payment slip. Jiang Baizhou instructed her to wait in the corridor after the bandaging. Cen Jin nodded in agreement.
"Your girlfriend’s wound has healed a lot. After this medication change, it should be fine in three or four more times, but you still need to be careful not to let it get wet. The scabbed part is most prone to infection. I’ll prescribe you some ointment, which can also be used for other abrasions." The doctor said while writing the slip and looking for the ointment name on the computer to print it out, then handed the slip to him.
"Girlfriend?" Jiang Baizhou’s hand, reaching to take the slip, paused slightly, and his cool lips let out a slightly puzzled sound.
"What? Could it be that she’s not your girlfriend?" The doctor, seeing his reaction, thought he had misunderstood and quickly smiled: "Sorry, I saw you guys seemed close, so I thought she was your girlfriend!"
Jiang Baizhou took the slip, his mouth unusually curved into a distant arc, long eyes slightly narrowing, speaking meaningfully: "Yes, she’s my girlfriend."
"Oh, I thought I misunderstood!"
"Thanks." Jiang Baizhou lightly shook the slip in his hand with a rare expression of joy, turned to leave, and was met with a pretty, world-weary face and a mischievous smile.
Jiang Baizhou was stunned, somewhat unexpectedly: "Why are you here?"
Lu Shishu, wearing a white shirt and a long black skirt, leaned against the door frame, holding a slip in her hands crossed, looking at him, her red lips slightly curved: "I’m here to get some medicine for my mom." After speaking, she went inside and handed the slip to the doctor: "Doctor Wang, please have a look."
The doctor looked over the slip, then printed two more for her and nodded: "I’ll prescribe some medicine for you to take back, just pay the slip and get the medicine from the pharmacy."
"Okay, thank you." Lu Shishu responded with a cool and gentle smile, turned to Jiang Baizhou, glanced at the slip in his hand: "Are you also getting medicine? Together?"
"Hmm." Jiang Baizhou replied indifferently, walking out of the doctor’s office with her: "What’s wrong with your mom?"
"Her chronic headache." Lu Shishu answered wearily, tilting her head slightly, suddenly recalling his words and squinting her eyes: "By the way, your girlfriend? Since when did you have a girlfriend? Does Cen Jin know?"
Jiang Baizhou stopped, met her eyes, but didn’t answer her question.
Lu Shishu, seeing his demeanor, suddenly had an epiphany and her expression turned serious: "Could it be you’re at the hospital because of Cen Jin? What happened to Cen Jin?"
"It’s nothing, she was knocked over by an electric scooter a few days ago and hurt her leg."
"What? Knocked over by a scooter? Was it serious? Why didn’t she tell me?"
"It’s nothing major now, came today to change the dressing."
Hearing this, Lu Shishu was relieved but still a bit upset that Cen Jin hadn’t told her about it—they’d been chatting a lot on WeChat these days, yet she never mentioned it.
As they reached the payment window, Lu Shishu suddenly realized, chuckled lightly, turned her head, and made a sound: "Hey, now I’m curious, when did Cen Jin become your girlfriend? When did you two start dating? Does Cen Jin know?"
Jiang Baizhou maintained a calm demeanor, looked at her nonchalantly, casually smirked: "Sooner or later."