Chapter 11
Chapter 11
"Aunt Su, I'll be going now! Brother Yang, I'll come over after I finish eating!"
The door creaked open again, indicating that Xiao Chao's assistant had left.
Ye Chuyang rolled his wheelchair from the entrance hall into the living room and met today's guests.
Both of them were stunned.
It turned out that Ye Chuyang was the one who went for the follow-up appointment with the orthopedic doctor. Shen Qingyuan should have realized that Chenyang was actually quite young.
Ye Chuyang looked quite surprised, but since he was at home, his expression quickly returned to normal.
"Mom, is this the doctor you found for me?"
He didn't immediately reveal his old classmate's identity.
Su Qin smiled and said, "Yes, I've been chatting with Dr. Shen for quite a while now. She's very professional, and a top student who graduated from the Medical School of Jicheng University! I think we should ask Dr. Shen to come work with you; your father and I will feel more at ease..."
Ye Chuyang smiled and turned to look at Shen Qingyuan. "Really? You're so satisfied with Dr. Shen!"
An inauspicious start. Shen Qingyuan was torn between her inner turmoil and the thought of following in her assistant's footsteps. She immediately opened the door and left. "Aunt Su, um... I'm sorry, I just remembered I have something to do later, so I have to go."
The moment Ye Chuyang appeared, she immediately felt that she might as well quit this job.
Shen Qingyuan bent down, grabbed her bag from the sofa, and fled towards the door without waiting for Su Qin's reply.
Su Qin was surprised. "Dr. Shen... then we can talk on the phone after you're done with your work?"
"Mom, I'll go see Dr. Shen off." Ye Chuyang said, starting his wheelchair and following Shen Qingyuan out the door.
The two left one after the other. Su Qin was left behind, muttering to herself, "Weren't they just chatting happily? Why did they suddenly leave? That Dr. Shen..."
The apartments in Ziyun Villa are mainly designed with two units per floor, and the elevator is just a short walk away. Shen Qingyuan pressed the down button, and coincidentally, the elevator had just gone up.
"Why is Dr. Shen leaving so soon?" Ye Chuyang caught up from behind.
Shen Qingyuan turned around, relieved. She felt more relaxed since she wasn't in front of Aunt Su Qin. "...I didn't expect this to be your house. I'm sorry...you should go back now, I know the way out."
Ye Chuyang laughed, "What's there to be embarrassed about? It's a small world, and I ran into an old classmate again."
Shen Qingyuan laughed, touched her hair, and then checked if the elevator had come down: "Of course, what a small world." She paused, then seemed to remember something, "Actually, given your situation, it would be better to find a professional rehabilitation therapist. With your network, finding a suitable therapist shouldn't be difficult..."
Ye Chuyang made a disappointed expression. "Old classmate, can't you come and help me? My mom believes in you, and I believe in you too. I'm leaving in the next couple of days, and it might be difficult to find a suitable therapist in a short time. Besides... you know, my identity is quite special, and the company is very cautious in finding a therapist for me. It won't be settled for at least a month or two."
The words "I believe you too" echoed in Shen Qingyuan's mind, and she inexplicably felt a little soft-hearted. However, their relationship wasn't just that of old classmates; Ye Chuyang had been pursuing her openly and secretly for a year back then, so working together now would be somewhat awkward.
Although Song Ting asked her if she regretted not accepting Ye Chuyang's pursuit, Shen Qingyuan gave her a perfunctory answer, saying, "Who can remember clearly what happened ten years ago?" But how could she possibly forget something like that?
In adolescence, besides excelling in school, one of the things to be proud of is being pursued by boys, especially if they are good-looking. Shen Qingyuan was no exception.
Would Ye Chuyang forget? She's busy with important matters; perhaps she's forgotten. In any case, he doesn't seem embarrassed at all right now.
With a "ding," the elevator arrived.
Shen Qingyuan stepped into the elevator. "Then I'll think about it some more. Ye Chuyang, I'll be going now. Goodbye!"
She neither directly accepted nor explicitly refused the short-term job. However, to avoid future trouble and embarrassment, she was inclined to refuse. Thinking that a face-to-face refusal might make the other party lose face, she decided to politely decline via WeChat or phone.
Ye Chuyang wheeled himself into the elevator and said, "I'll see you off."
Shen Qingyuan felt a little guilty; she was being so courteous to a patient.
Ye Chuyang swiped his elevator card and pressed the button for the first floor. Only then did Shen Qingyuan remember that the elevators here required a card—she had happened to be on the elevator with someone else when she went upstairs, so she had shared the elevator with them. No wonder Ye Chuyang had come out to see her off.
The community has excellent facilities and is very wheelchair-friendly. Although Ye Chuyang was in an electric wheelchair, he had no trouble getting around.
As they approached the entrance to the residential area, Shen Qingyuan hurriedly said, "Ye Chuyang, you should go back now! I'm sorry to have taken up so much of your time. It's best not to sit for long periods of time if you have a back injury."
Upon hearing this, Ye Chuyang slowed down his wheelchair and stopped.
"Okay, old classmate, then I won't see you off any further. Be careful on the road!" Ye Chuyang spoke in a very soft voice, the last part of which was light and slightly muffled.
Shen Qingyuan noticed and looked down at him, only to find that Ye Chuyang's face had turned deathly pale, his brows were tightly furrowed, and veins were faintly bulging on his temples. He was gritting his teeth, seemingly trying his best to suppress his physical discomfort.
"Ye Chuyang, what's wrong?" Shen Qingyuan hurriedly walked up to him, squatted down and asked.
He supported his lower back with one hand, closed his eyes, and paused for a moment. "It's okay... I'm fine, you can go now!"
Shen Qingyuan hesitated. Leaving a patient here was not something she could do. Especially since she was a doctor, a former doctor.
Ye Chuyang exhaled through his teeth, a breath that sounded like a sigh, or perhaps a suppressed cry of pain.
Shen Qingyuan frowned and said, "The injured area hurts again, doesn't it? I'll take you back first!" After saying that, she went to push the wheelchair and returned the way she came.
Ye Chuyang, in his current state, couldn't refuse outright. Being in a wheelchair, he was essentially at the mercy of others. His voice grew increasingly pitiful as he spoke, "I'm fine... Ah, old classmate, I'm sorry you had to see this."
"Don't speak." Shen Qingyuan knew that when a person is in pain, all the nerves in their body are tense, fighting against the pain, and they don't actually want to talk.
Ye Chuyang fell silent.
Ten years later, he noticed that Shen Qingyuan still possessed a subtle air of authority that had lingered from their student days. Coupled with her background as a doctor, she was accustomed to issuing commands to her patients. Strangely, her aura seemed to possess a magical quality; those she commanded unconsciously compelled themselves to do as she said.
Ye Chuyang felt a familiar and reassuring feeling. The midday sun was lovely, warming her heart.
Su Qin was stunned when she opened the door. Just moments before, her son had said he was going to see someone off, but before they could leave, the two of them came back together.
"Yangyang? Dr. Shen..."
As Shen Qingyuan pushed the wheelchair through the door, she said directly, "Aunt Su, where is the bedroom? I'd like to give Ye Chuyang a massage to relieve his back pain."
Su Qin quickly led the way and opened the door to Ye Chuyang's bedroom.
Shen Qingyuan and Su Qin helped Ye Chuyang to the bed and asked him to lie down on his side.
Shen Qingyuan said, "Aunt Su, do you have a heat therapy device? If not, a hot water bottle will do!"
Seeing that her son seemed to be in pain, Su Qin hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, Dr. Chen, I'll go get it right away!"
There were only two people left in the room, and it was very quiet. Shen Qingyuan could hear that Ye Chuyang's breathing was slightly heavy. He lay quietly on the bed, not complaining of pain.
Acute disc herniation can cause pain so severe that even a strong adult man will scream in agony; Shen Qingyuan has seen it all before. Sometimes, patients will deliberately scream even louder, seemingly thinking that this will relieve the pain or attract the doctor's attention.
There was a slight rustling sound as the central air conditioning system blew out cold air.
Shen Qingyuan glanced at the remote control on the bedside table, picked it up, and turned up the temperature.
Shen Qingyuan said, "Ye Chuyang, let me massage you first. If it hurts, just yell out."
Ye Chuyang nodded slowly without saying a word.
Shen Qingyuan lifted up the hem of his short-sleeved shirt, revealing a white undershirt underneath, and lifted that up as well.
He had a very slender waist, but not the kind that's skin and bones. Perhaps because of the pain, Ye Chuyang's muscles were involuntarily tense. His abdominal muscles were clearly defined, and his back muscles were well-proportioned, showing that he had a physique that he worked out regularly.
Shen Qingyuan was stunned for a few seconds before quickly regaining her senses.
"Wrap your arms around your elbows," she instructed him.
Ye Chuyang did as she said.
Shen Qingyuan hadn't used this set of spinal correction techniques for half a year, but after immersing herself in the medical field for ten years, some of her memories were so ingrained that she didn't need to recall them and could operate them directly from her subconscious.
The images from several MR films were imprinted in Shen Qingyuan's mind. Following the clues, she quickly located the injured part of her spine, placed the heel of her palm close to the spinous process, bent down, and exerted force.
"ah……"
Ye Chuyang let out a low groan.
But surprisingly, in just that one moment, he clearly felt that his lower back pain had lessened.
"How are you feeling? Any better?" Shen Qingyuan leaned over, observing Ye Chuyang's expression, her brows furrowing slightly.
Ye Chuyang felt that the voice was right next to his ear, and he could even feel the warm breath Shen Qingyuan was exhaling.
My ears are itchy and feel a little hot.
It must be because the indoor temperature is too high!
Ye Chuyang let out a "hmm" that was somewhere between a lazy moan and a groan, squinted his eyes, and said slowly, "It seems a little better, Dr. Chen, could you please do it again?"
Seeing that his expression had relaxed a lot, Shen Qingyuan said, "Too much of a good thing is bad. If you do it again, you might feel pain again."
At this moment, Su Qin opened the door and came in with a heat therapy device. "Dr. Chen, here's the heat therapy device for you!"
Shen Qingyuan took it, plugged it in, and placed the heat therapy device on Ye Chuyang's waist.
Su Qin stared intently at Shen Qingyuan's every move. "Dr. Shen, it's a good thing you're here. Otherwise, we wouldn't know what to do, and we might have had to call 120 for emergency help."
After doing all this, Shen Qingyuan turned to Su Qin and said, "Aunt Su, don't worry, he should be fine now. But he should still try not to sit for too long."
"Oh, how can I let him go back to work like this?" Su Qin's eyes immediately welled up with tears as she spoke. "Everyone says being a celebrity is a high-paying job, but they also get injured a lot. They really risk their lives for money..."
In front of outsiders, Su Qin generally doesn't reveal her true feelings, but the feelings of patients' families towards doctors are different, and they naturally develop a psychological dependence on them.
"Mom," Ye Chuyang felt bad upon hearing this, and slowly turned around to comfort his mother, "Dr. Chen is so professional, what are you worried about with her taking care of me?"
"Is that right, Dr. Shen?" Ye Chuyang looked up at her, her eyes sparkling like two stars, unblinking.
This is an exceptionally beautiful face, with proportions that possess aesthetic value; one could stare at it for a long time without growing tired of it. Especially now, with Ye Chuyang afflicted by illness, her brows furrowed, and a few strands of damp hair scattered across her forehead, she possesses a poignant beauty born of illness.
Good lad, this is acting first and asking for permission later, making her agree in front of her whining mother.
"Dr. Shen?"
Was he begging her? Yet his tone held no hint of pleading, even carrying a slightly frivolous air. It was as if he was certain she would agree, showing no sign of urgency.
Shen Qingyuan inexplicably felt like she'd been tricked, but given the situation, refusing again would be somewhat difficult. Besides, the salary was decent, and her savings were almost gone. She really didn't have many other options besides this job.
Alas. Birds die for food, and people die for wealth.
Shen Qingyuan turned her face away, avoiding those wet eyes.
“Aunt Su, I will take care of him, don’t worry!” Shen Qingyuan heard herself say.
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