Chapter 10
Shi Ye found a place to sit down and began to organize the information.
Based on his usual efficiency, he could compile all the information into a data table in an hour at most, but for some reason today, he just couldn't concentrate.
"Why are you so lazy here, kid? You don't know how busy I am." Zheng Chengfei, Shi Ye's roommate at university, walked in, took a fancy to the pen in his hand, and reached out to grab it.
"I was wondering why my pen is missing. It's right here." He happily put it in his pocket. "The surgery for yesterday's patient has to be postponed. There were some issues with the ultrasound results when he was admitted to the hospital. Later..."
B-ultrasound...
Shi Ye suddenly thought of something, stood up and walked towards the door. When he passed by Zheng Chengfei, he did not forget to take the pen from his jacket pocket. "In my hand, it is my pen."
After two hits, Zheng Chengfei yelled on the spot, "Fuck! I've never seen such a shameless person!"
*
Jiang Zhinian sat on the sofa, staring at the pill in front of him with a fearless attitude.
Eat or not eat.
As time passed, she still couldn't make up her mind.
“Boom boom boom—”
There was a knock on the door, it must be the takeaway.
Jiang Zhinian breathed a sigh of relief, temporarily bid farewell to the difficult choice, and ran to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, she knew it was over—it was Shi Ye.
"You, why are you here? I, I'm resting, it's not very convenient."
She wanted to close the door, but Shi Ye had long arms and legs, and he pushed it open and walked in.
Jiang Zhinian thought of the medicine on the coffee table and suddenly felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, Shi Ye picked up the pill, looked at it, and asked her.
"Didn't you say you'd eat it?"
Jiang Zhinian wanted to struggle and lie to him that it was vitamins, but when she thought that the other party was a doctor, she felt that all struggles were meaningless.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you. I...I just think this is my own business. If you were here, I would feel very stressed."
"Got it. Change your clothes and let's go to the hospital." Shi Ye threw the medicine back on the coffee table. There was no anger of being deceived in his tone. His emotions were always stable.
Or maybe, it doesn't matter because I don't care.
Jiang Zhinian grabbed the hem of his clothes, feeling a little lost: "Why, why did I go to the hospital, I..."
"When you got the medicine, didn't the doctor tell you that you had to do an ultrasound before taking it?"
Medical abortion can only be used after appropriate examinations have been performed to confirm that the gestational sac is in the uterus and not a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy.
Jiang Zhinian thought about it carefully. The doctor seemed to have written her a prescription and asked her to pay the bill, but she was in a daze at the time and forgot about it after hearing it.
She clenched her fingers and said in a panic, "Speak, I spoke, I forgot, please come specially."
She felt a little guilty when she said these words, and she felt that she couldn't even tell a lie.
"It's not a problem." Shi Ye looked down at her fingers. "I'm glad you haven't taken the medicine yet."
Jiang Zhinian's heart tightened.
So... Shi Ye came here specially because he was afraid that he would take the medicine without having an ultrasound?
Can she think like this?
…
Because B-ultrasound requires an appointment in advance, Shi Ye took advantage of the lunch break, greeted her senior brother, and took her directly to the B-ultrasound room.
"Lie down."
Jiang Zhinian was a little nervous: "Will you help me do it?"
"Um."
When he was an undergraduate, he specifically learned how to use B-ultrasound. He has always believed that surgeons cannot just rely on the conclusions of B-ultrasound doctors, but must also learn to see and do things themselves.
Jiang Zhinian was lying on an examination bed covered with a disposable sheet, and suddenly her heart started beating very fast.
Shi Ye noticed his nervousness and asked her to take a few deep breaths to calm down: "Don't worry, it's just a simple check. Lift up your clothes."
"Is this okay?"
"Pull your pants down a bit, the fetus is still a gestational sac and is in a relatively low position."
Jiang Zhinian wore a pair of very loose pants as he requested when he went out, and now it is very convenient to adjust them to the right position.
A cool coupling agent is applied to the abdomen and the probe is gently pressed.
Jiang Zhinian was like a prisoner waiting to be sentenced to death. His whole body became stiff and sweat broke out on his forehead.
"take it easy."
"Okay, I'm not nervous." Jiang Zhinian felt the probe moving back and forth. "Did you see it?"
"Um."
Shi Ye's eyes were fixed on the screen, his fingers moving back and forth.
Jiang Zhinian trembled slightly.
"Child, are you healthy?" She seemed to ask a silly question.
Shi Ye's fingers moved quickly.
"The gestational sac is in the uterus, and its current size is consistent with the gestational age." He turned his head to look at Jiang Zhinian, "The baby already has a heartbeat."
Jiang Zhinian breathed a sigh of relief and tremblingly propped up his upper body.
"Can I take a look?"
Shi Ye pointed at the blurry peanut-sized image on the gray-white screen and said, "That's it."
"So small." The tone was filled with amazement and disbelief.
"It's actually smaller, probably only... the size of a peanut."
Jiang Zhinian couldn't help but laugh when she thought of peanuts.
“So cute.”
Shi Ye turned his head to look at Jiang Zhinian and asked her, "Do you want a photo?"
Jiang Zhinian wanted to say yes, but when she thought about the possibility of taking medicine, she felt that it was unnecessary.
"Actually, you don't have to feel any psychological burden." Shi Ye began to clean and put away the used tools slowly and orderly.
Jiang Zhinian glanced at her belly reluctantly.
"I just saw its heartbeat."
Shi Ye turned his back and said calmly, "There are many stages in life. Children should be a gift for a certain stage, not a burden to you. If you choose not to have one this time, you will have another chance in the future."
Jiang Zhinian looked at him, and through the dim light of the screen in the ultrasound room, she saw the man's back.
But those won’t be our children, she thought.
It can't be this child.
Not knowing where she got the courage from, she impulsively grabbed Shi Ye's wrist and said, "I want a photo. Please print one for me."
…
After leaving the hospital, the sky began to turn gray, and it must be snowing heavily.
The two walked towards Jiang Zhinian's house, one in front and the other behind, and no one spoke along the way.
Jiang Zhinian walked behind, following in Shi Ye's footsteps, and gradually began to have the fantasy that this road would have no end.
That way they can keep going without having to face that difficult choice.
When he was almost at the intersection, Shi Ye stopped.
"I'm going to buy some groceries, you go up first."
Jiang Zhinian suddenly looked up and grabbed Shi Ye's arm.
"Shi Ye, that morning..." She paused, lowered her head in shame, and continued, "I went to the pharmacy to get an inhibitor, and later took emergency contraceptive pills. Plus, we were drugged that night. Will all this be bad for the child?"
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