Zhen Yan seemed to sense the ’heavy burden’ his sister was passing onto him, and said in a deep voice, "Don’t worry! I’m your brother! I know what to do!"
Zhen Yu nodded strongly, "Yeah! As long as you know."
Mrs. Zhen sat on the side, watching the two kids as if they were playing house!
She felt a mix of emotion and a struggle not to laugh, so she quickly suppressed it and turned her head, coughing twice to cover it up.
While Mrs. Zhen was coughing, Zhen Yu suddenly cried out, "Mom!"
"What’s wrong?" Mrs. Zhen jumped up from her chair in fright and leaned in to her daughter, asking, "What’s wrong? What’s wrong?"
Zhen Yan also asked, "What’s wrong, little sister?"
"Mom! I, I got my period!" Zhen Yu said, and winked at her mother.
"Ah? Hurry upstairs!" Mrs. Zhen immediately scooped up her daughter, and after a few steps, turned back to shout at her son, "Xiao Yan, clean up the table!"
"Oh! Got it." Zhen Yan replied somewhat embarrassingly.
He was in High School after all, so he naturally understood what his sister’s ’that’ meant, and obediently agreed to the task his mother had given him.
While ascending the stairs, Mrs. Zhen began to calculate, "Xiao Yu, last time, it was... mid-July when you got it, right?!"
"Yeah, July 16th." Zhen Yu remembered clearly.
"July, August, September, that’s only about sixty or seventy days! Didn’t the old Chinese medicine doctor say it would be a hundred days? Right?" Mrs. Zhen was extremely excited, it seemed her daughter’s symptoms weren’t too serious!
"It was a hundred days!" Zhen Yu confirmed.
Mrs. Zhen clapped her hands vigorously, "That’s perfect! The day after tomorrow is the National Day holiday! I’ll take you to see the doctor again!"
Mrs. Zhen and Zhen Yu had everything well planned, but on the thirtieth, the class monitor suddenly informed all the students that the school would organize a screening of a patriotic education film on National Day.
So the doctor’s visit had to be postponed, and Zhen Yu had to watch the movie ’ill’.
The auditorium was very high inside, spacious and chilly.
When Class 1 of Fourth Grade entered, it was already crowded.
Teacher Liu, the class teacher, led the students to their designated seats, while Zhen Yu followed the group absentmindedly, her gaze drifting around restlessly.
Lu Huai, after holding back for a while, still couldn’t resist asking, "What are you actually looking for?"
"...Restroom." It was Zhen Yu’s first time in this building, and she had no idea where anything was.
"Oh! The restroom is right there in that corner! Just keep walking inside!" Lu Huai raised his hand and pointed in a direction.
While talking, Class 1 of Fourth Grade also started to take their seats, sitting in pairs just like they were arranged in the classroom.
When Zhen Yu looked, damn! The distance to the restroom was like two diagonal corners of the auditorium! Southeast and northwest!
For those who run slowly, they might not make it in time to use...
Luckily, she changed to a new pad before coming! The only question was whether the film would only be one or would they show a whole morning of films...
Anyways, she was prepared for anything! No worries!
But as soon as her butt touched the seat, Zhen Yu’s eyebrows furrowed.
She muttered, "Yikes! This is too cold!"
She followed her mom’s advice and even put on thermal leggings! But as soon as she sat down, the cold still made her jolt!
No choice, she could only sit and shuffle a little, occupying just the edge of the seat!
Lu Huai glanced at her but said nothing. Just grumbled in his mind, "What’s with the weird fuss, not sitting properly on a perfect good chair!"
Endured for less than half an hour, Zhen Yu really couldn’t take it anymore.
It wasn’t that the chair was still cold, but sitting on the edge of just one chair was too exhausting! She felt like her back was about to break...
Zhen Yu looked down at the chair under her butt, straightened her back, but there was no way out!
No way out...Aha! "Lu Huai!" Zhen Yu turned her head and saw the person beside her, immediately whispering his name.
"Huh?" Lu Huai responded in a low voice, questioningly.
Zhen Yu pulled him a bit, signaling him to get up, "Let’s switch seats!"
"Why?" Lu Huai was puzzled but still obligingly ducked and stood up, giving his seat to Zhen Yu.
"Who needs a reason!" Of course, Zhen Yu couldn’t tell the truth, but to thank Lu Huai, Zhen Yu still made a promise to him, "As a reward! I’ll play King of Fighters with you tomorrow!"
"Really?!" Lu Huai got excited, his voice a bit louder, and Teacher Liu immediately glared daggers at him.
He quickly ducked his head in fright but still couldn’t help asking in a quiet voice, "Zhen Yu! Are you serious?"
"Of course!" Zhen Yu replied instantly, "Why would I lie to you!"
Lu Huai carefully clasped his hands, following up with, "Morning or afternoon?"
"Uh... Afternoon! I might be busy in the morning!"
Zhen Yu thought that with her mom’s impatience, she would definitely be taken to see the old Chinese medicine doctor tomorrow morning!
"Pinky swear!" Lu Huai held out his hand.
Zhen Yu slapped his hand away, "Cut it out! How old are you?!"
"Fifteen!" Lu Huai pretended not to understand and joked around with Zhen Yu.
"Doctor! Look, we’ve come again! We need to trouble you to check on my daughter!"
After more than two months, the old Chinese medicine doctor still remembered mother and daughter. "Oh! What’s bothering the young lady again?"
"It’s the menstrual pain again!" Mrs. Zhen, fearing her daughter would be shy, quickly took over the conversation: "Just look, her period is here again! But she said, it’s not as painful as the first time."
"Oh! That’s good news! Let me calculate the time..." The doctor counted the days with his fingers.
Mrs. Zhen knew exactly how many days had passed, but didn’t interrupt him.
"Almost two months and a week! Much better than I expected." The old Chinese medicine doctor stroked his beard, "Are you still taking the medicine I prescribed last time?"
"We are! We never missed a day!" Mrs. Zhen quickly answered.
"The most important part of treating illness is to take medicine on time! You did well on this! Come here, young lady! Let me take your pulse again!"
"Alright, alright! Oh... Continue drinking the original medicine, drink it until this period is over, then switch to the new one!"
"And, how long should the new medicine be taken?"
"Take the new medicine for a month, and regardless of whether the period comes next month, come back on this day for another checkup!"
"Alright! We will follow your instructions!" Mrs. Zhen now had blind faith in the old Chinese medicine doctor, she would listen to whatever he said, not deviating an inch!
Zhen Yu hadn’t studied medicine, so she had no choice but to let them be.
But in her heart, she still secretly hoped that her period would come normally next month, so she could get rid of the bitter medicine sooner!
A week later in the evening, just after Zhen Yu pinched her nose and gulped down a bowl of newly-prescribed herbal medicine, a long-missed voice suddenly rang in her ear.[Ding! Physically damaged constitution has largely recovered, data has returned to normal! Current constitution value is: sixty!]
Zhen Yu was so thrilled that her hands trembled, almost dropping the medicine bowl!
She simply threw the bowl onto the stove, took a stride, and ran upstairs.