Chapter 34: Chapter 35: Ha Er’s Request
What should I do?
With you here, do I still need to go to the hospital?
Li Yang put on the air of a master. "No need. If you trust me, I can force out the congealed blood. You won’t have to go to the hospital."
"Really?" The proprietress was already convinced. She said very seriously, "Please, little brother, help me. Price is no object."
"That makes things simple. Proprietress, find a place to lie down, and I’ll clear out that congealed blood for you!"
"Okay!"
They went to a small, dark room behind the shop. The proprietress lay down and rolled up her shirt.
On her abdomen were stretch marks and a scar.
"Is it ugly?" the proprietress asked in a low voice after a moment of silence.
"No..." Li Yang shook his head and said seriously, "It’s beautiful."
The proprietress gave a somewhat bitter smile.
This is what happens to a woman’s body after having a child, especially with a C-section. Not only are there stretch marks, but there’s also a surgical scar.
Her husband, who had once been so intimate with her, wouldn’t even touch her once a month anymore.
"Close your eyes. It might hurt a little, but it’ll be quick!" Li Yang’s hand pressed down on her abdomen. "Don’t move!"
As he spoke, he began to press on her acupressure points.
The proprietress only felt a warmth in her abdomen, and it was getting hotter and hotter.
Before long, she felt a strong urge to use the restroom.
"I..." The proprietress’s face flushed with embarrassment.
Just then, Li Yang removed his hands. "Go on, hurry," he said seriously. "It should be coming out now."
The proprietress immediately went to use the restroom.
A few minutes later, the proprietress reemerged, looking at Li Yang with a shocked expression.
"Everything okay now?" Li Yang asked with a smile.
The proprietress clicked her tongue in amazement and gave Li Yang a thumbs-up. "I never would’ve thought you were so incredible. Are you a doctor?"
"That’s right. I’m our village doctor," Li Yang said, deadpan.
’Even village doctors are this skilled?’
The proprietress breathed a sigh of relief. She stepped forward with a smile and said, "Thank you so much for this. I’ll give you this baby formula at cost—one hundred yuan a can."
One hundred a can!
Seeing the original price listed at over three hundred, Li Yang’s hands trembled.
"Proprietress, is this what you meant earlier by ’no profit’?"
The proprietress chuckled. "Little bro, running a small business isn’t easy, you know. Oh, right, I’ll throw in a couple more cans for free!"
The proprietress was quite generous.
Li Yang didn’t refuse. ’After all, I didn’t charge her for the treatment.’
He bought five cans, and with the seven she gave him for free, it would be enough for two months if they were used sparingly.
"Thanks so much, Proprietress. If I come back to buy more formula in the future, can I still get this price?" Li Yang asked with a grin.
"Of course! I won’t make a profit off you!" the proprietress said with a serious expression. "If it weren’t for you, I might have died without even knowing it. By the way, would you like a drink...?"
The proprietress was finding Li Yang more and more to her liking.
Li Yang rubbed his hands together and glanced reluctantly at her full chest. With a sly chuckle, he refused. "Better not. It’s not right to steal food from a baby. That wouldn’t be very mature of me."
The proprietress’s eyes lit up. ’Could he still be a virgin?’
"We could do something else, too..." the proprietress invited again.
"Can’t. It’s getting late, and I have other things to do. Getting held up here for two hours would really mess up my schedule," Li Yang refused again.
"You..." The proprietress didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. ’He’s not that old, but he sure talks big. Two hours, really?’
"Oh, right, Proprietress..." Li Yang said seriously. "Have you heard about the Yunrong Cosmetics Company that opened in the city? Keep an eye on their product releases. When they come out with something, you should buy it and give it a try. Their cosmetics can get rid of stretch marks and heal scars. They can make your stomach look like it did when you were eighteen."
The proprietress’s eyes lit up.
If anyone else had said that, she would have dismissed it as an advertisement, but Li Yang was different.
"I will. Thank you so much!" the proprietress said, her gratitude sincere.
Grabbing the baby formula, Li Yang said goodbye to the beautiful young proprietress with a twinge of regret and started driving, planning to head straight back to the village.
But just a short while after he started driving, he got a call from Ha Er.
"Li Yang, why’d you leave last night without saying anything?" Ha Er said from the other end.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you guys!" Li Yang gave a dry laugh. "Hope you enjoyed the meal."
"Of course we enjoyed it! The food was amazing. By the way, are you pretty close with their manager?" Ha Er asked, also laughing dryly.
"I guess so," Li Yang nodded. "Why?"
"Could you introduce me? I want to be a chef there."
Huh?
Li Yang thought for a moment. Ha Er, just like him, had never gone to college.
’At least I got accepted, I just didn’t have the money to attend.’
Ha Er’s case was simpler. He was just a slacker, the kind of student whose performance on exams was completely up to luck.
"You want to learn to be a chef?"
"Yeah. I don’t have any skills, so if I learn to cook, I’ll have a trade to make a living with," Ha Er said, a little embarrassed.
"Alright. Where are you? I’ll come pick you up."
"Great! I’m at Yunrong Cosmetics Company. You can pick me up here," Ha Er said, overjoyed.
Just as he parked, Li Yang saw Ha Er in the lobby, talking with Liu Qian.
"I already told you, no means no! Seriously, Ha Er, you’ve got some nerve. I made it crystal clear at dinner yesterday. You don’t have any academic qualifications. What makes you think you can work for our company? If people here found out I have a classmate like you, I’d be a laughingstock. Now get lost!"
Liu Qian’s face was filled with disgust.
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