After her dramatic cousin stopped acting up, the aloof doctor got anxious.

Qi Wenshen's lips curved slightly. He didn't speak, but his gaze moved down from her face and landed on her shoulder, where it stopped.

She's wearing a pink off-the-shoulder dress today.

A white ice ribbon was tied around her neck, hanging down to her chest.

As Qi Wenshen stared at the ribbon of ice, images from last night flashed uncontrollably through his mind.

He put down his coffee cup, his eyes darkening slightly. "Wearing a dress like that to work isn't appropriate, is it? Change into something else."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ruo looked up at him and blinked.

Not suitable?

She looked down at the dress she was wearing.

She had seen hospital nurses wear short skirts, tank tops, and all sorts of clothes that she wouldn't dare to wear to work, and none of them were told it was inappropriate.

Shen Ruo pretended to be naive, "Cousin, I'll be wearing a nurse's uniform when I go to work."

"It's inappropriate to wear this out."

"At my age, pink is the most suitable color for me."

What she didn't say was, "The most important thing is to attract your attention."

The objective was indeed achieved.

Qi Wenshen's gaze lingered on her, from her shoulders to her waist.

Inch by inch, as if trying to peel off her skirt.

Qi Wenshen did not repeat it a second time.

He picked up his car keys, stood up, and said, "Let's go."

Shen Ruo succeeded and followed with a smile.

Shen Ruo felt that the gaze beside her would fall on her from time to time.

She chuckled to herself, then deliberately reached out to adjust the ice ribbon. Her movements were slow; her fingers slid from her collarbone to her chest, the ice ribbon circling her fingertips.

The gaze from the other side grew even more intense.

Qi Wenshen's fingers tightened slightly around the steering wheel.

The car stopped in the hospital's underground parking garage.

Qi Wenshen turned off the engine and unbuckled his seatbelt. Shen Ruo also reached out to unbuckle her own seatbelt, her fingers just touching the buckle button.

"Wait a moment."

Shen Ruo's hand froze in mid-air. She turned her head, but before she could see his expression clearly, his lips covered hers.

He held the back of her head with his hand, his fingers running through her hair, pulling her towards him.

His tongue pried open her lips.

His hand slid inside the shoulder strap.

"Well……"

Shen Ruo felt as if a long time had passed.

Qi Wenshen finally released her, and both of them were panting.

"What...what are you doing?"

Shen Ruo took a while to catch her breath before she could speak.

"Nothing."

Shen Ruo was both angry and annoyed to see him acting as if nothing had happened.

unfair.

Shen Ruo unbuckled her seatbelt, turned around, stepped over the center armrest, and sat down.

Qi Wenshen frowned slightly. "Shen Ruo."

Shen Ruo didn't give him a chance to speak and lowered her head.

His teeth gripped his lower lip.

Are you born in the Year of the Dog?

Qi Wenshen hissed.

"It belongs to you."

Shen Ruo mumbled something indistinctly.

Qi Wenshen leaned back in the driver's seat, one hand supporting her waist.

His lips parted slightly as he responded to her.

Shen Ruo kissed his lips, and they were covered in her lipstick color.

Qi Wenshen reached out, grabbed the back of her neck, and pulled her away a little.

"Have you kissed enough?"

Qi Wenshen's voice was faint.

"no."

"If you keep kissing, I won't have to go to work."

Qi Wenshen gently stroked the back of her neck with his thumb, his gaze moving from her eyes to her lips, his Adam's apple bobbing.

"Let's go straight to a hotel."

Shen Ruo froze.

Book a hotel room.

Her face flushed red, but she refused to admit defeat, "Who, who wants to go to a hotel with you?"

"Then get off my lap."

"I don't."

Shen Ruo did not move.

Moreover, she was actually somewhat reluctant to leave, unwilling to part with his presence.

"Shen Ruo, we're going to be late."

"Being late is fine."

To punish him, she deliberately rubbed against him.

Qi Wenshen's breathing suddenly stopped.

Shen Ruo was not surprised to sense the changes in his body.

She smiled contentedly, like a cat that had stolen a fish.

Qi Wenshen pressed his forehead against her shoulder.

"Bad woman."

He muttered under his breath, a helpless yet indulgent smile playing on his lips.

Shen Ruo's eyes sparkled, and she nuzzled him again.

Qi Wenshen clenched his palm.

"Shen Ruo."

"Um?"

"You just wait."

Shen Ruo raised an eyebrow, leaned close to his ear, and breathed softly.

"I'll wait."

The last two words were pronounced very heavily.

Qi Wenshen's eyes suddenly darkened.

Hold her waist.

"ah…"

Shen Ruo exclaimed in surprise.

……

Even after changing into her nurse's uniform, Shen Ruo's legs were still weak.

She cursed herself inwardly, "I brought this on myself."

You were so brave just now, why did you chicken out later?

I composed myself and went out the door.

At the nurses' station, Xiao Chen, who was on the night shift, was yawning as she sorted through medical records. When she saw Shen Ruo coming over, she handed her the handover book.

"Chen Lele, bed number three, five years old, has mycoplasma pneumonia and a recurring high fever. Last night, her fever reached 39.8 degrees Celsius, which came down after using a fever-reducing suppository, but it rebounded a bit in the middle of the night. Today, we'll switch her antibiotics to azithromycin. Please keep a close eye on her for any gastrointestinal reactions. Her mother is taking care of her, and she looks quite tired. Please keep a close eye on her."

As Shen Ruo listened, she took notes in her teaching notebook and nodded, "Okay, I understand."

After Xiao Chen finished handing over the medical record, Shen Ruo closed it, glanced at the time, and realized it was time for the child to take his medication; she had to go and remind him.

Shen Ruo walked towards the children's ward.

As she turned the corner, she saw a woman making a phone call with her back to her.

"Sis, could you lend me two thousand yuan? Lele has pneumonia and a fever, and she's been hospitalized. I don't have enough money..."

The voice on the other end of the phone was very loud.

Shen Ruo vaguely heard it.

"Borrowing money again?"

"You haven't paid back what you borrowed last time. How long are you going to keep struggling with the child all by yourself?"

"I don't have any money. You should ask someone else for help."

Then it hung up.

Shen Ruo paused for a moment.

She saw the woman crouching in the corner of the corridor, her shoulders trembling slightly, her phone slowly sliding down from her ear, her head lowered, and her other hand covering her face.

Shen Ruo stood there, hesitated for a moment, and did not walk over.

It would probably be even more embarrassing for a grown woman to be seen squatting there crying by a stranger.

She turned slightly and took another route.

An adult can't even come up with two thousand yuan.

Shen Ruo felt a pang of sadness in her heart.

She remembered the woman's hunched back as she squatted on the ground, like a bow that had been pressed down for too long, ready to snap at any moment.

Shen Ruo pushed open the door to the children's ward.

There were three beds, but only the one by the window was occupied.

A little girl sat half-upright on the bed, the blanket pulled up to her chest. Her hair was a bit messy, tied into two crooked little braids, probably done by her mother, whose skills weren't very good.

Her face was round and flushed from the fever. Her big, bright eyes stared at Shen Ruo without any shyness.

Chen Lele's voice was clear and bright, "Nurse, Chen, have you seen my mom?"

Shen Ru bent down, smiled, and shook her head. "I don't know your mother. Even if I saw her, I wouldn't recognize her."

Chen Lele tilted her head and thought about it for a moment, then nodded, agreeing with what the nurse said. "That's true."