The Veterinarian (1v1) (H) - 19
Chapter 19 - Can we do something else?
It was already ten o'clock when Shen An got home.
He moved the flowerpot to the
balcony, watered the flowers, then took off his clothes and went to the
bathroom to take a shower.
He didn't drink much wine, but he
didn't eat much food, and his stomach felt uncomfortable. He took a pill,
leaned on the sofa, and took out his phone to check the messages.
It's dense red again.
He raised his eyelids and looked
only at the top column, but the top column was empty, with nothing in it.
He touched the tip of his tongue
to the edge of his teeth, pressed his thumb, and dialed the video call.
After waiting for a while, a
reminder came: The other party declined the call.
Shen An: "..."
He put his hand to his eyebrows
and chuckled.
He made a voice call instead and
waited for more than ten seconds before Bai Li answered, but she breathed
lightly.
"Aren't you asleep
yet?" His deep voice was particularly hoarse due to drinking, "Or
were you woken up by me?"
"No, no." Bai Li's voice
seemed to be scalded, and her voice trembled obviously.
Shen An laughed, the laughter in
his throat was so hoarse, which made Bai Li’s back go numb. Her face turned
red, she held the phone in her hand and asked, "You, what are you laughing
at?"
"I want to laugh when I hear
your voice." Shen An's voice was extremely vague and hoarse, "Isn't
it allowed?"
Bai Li: "..."
"Are you okay?" she
asked softly.
Shen An smiled again,
"No."
"..."
Shen An hasn't drank for several
years. During festivals and parties, when others try to persuade him to drink,
he always says he has a bad stomach and can't drink. It's not a lie. He really
can't drink and his stomach is really bad.
Every time he drinks, his mood
will fall into a low ebb.
But this was the first time that
his mood suddenly improved when he heard Bai Li's voice.
"Let's chat." His voice
was low and hoarse, accompanied by a bit of sultry drunkenness, and he looked
extremely bewitching. "I am twenty-nine this year, and I will be thirty
after the New Year. What about you?"
Bai Li hesitated for a long time
before saying: "I’m... twenty-four."
"Twenty-four? You look like
you’re eighteen." Shen An had already seen her ID card and knew her age.
He just wanted to tease her.
Bai Li was silent as expected,
and her face was probably red.
"You know my job, what do
you do?" Shen An asked again.
"...Planning." Her
voice was small, and she seemed a little embarrassed and nervous.
"I've never been exposed to
it, so I don't quite understand it. Can you teach me someday?" he asked
with a smile.
She didn't know how to answer at
all, so she hesitated for a long time before saying, "...Okay."
"You always like to reject
me when we meet, but you are so easy to talk to on the phone, huh?" His
voice was very low, and his voice seemed to vibrate from his chest, which made
Bai Li’s ears numb.
She was breathing unsteadily,
holding the phone, and her voice was trembling, "No, no."
"No? Then tomorrow..."
He breathed closer, his voice was obviously low and sultry, "Can we do
something else?"
Bai Li's whole face became hot,
her tongue was tied, and she stuttered when she spoke, "No, it can't be
done."
She was extremely shy and hung up
the phone in a panic after saying no.
Shen An looked at the disconnected phone screen, raised his hand to press his eyebrows, and couldn't help but
raise the corners of his lips, feeling extremely happy.
The helmet purchased online
finally arrived, and Shen An went to pick up the package from the courier early
in the morning.
He was one of the many people who
shopped online. When the delivery girl saw him coming, she blushed and asked
him for the pick-up code. The box she brought over was a bit heavy, so she
asked, "What’s in this? It seems a bit heavy."
"Helmet." Shen An took
the utility kn*fe on the table and opened it directly. The pink helmet had a
line of words printed on it: [Exclusive to Bai Li]
He curled his lips in
satisfaction, took the helmet and left, leaving the box behind. "Thank
you."
The courier girl stared blankly
at the pink helmet in his hand that was incompatible with him, and then at the
cardboard box beside her, her shoulders slumped slightly.
Turns out he bought it for his
girlfriend.
"You’re a bit late
today." The proprietress of the bun shop saw Shen An coming over. After
taking a look, she quickly raised her head and looked again. Shen An had a pink
helmet hanging on the front of the car, which was very conspicuous.
The landlady laughed happily,
"You really found a girlfriend? Oh, where are you going? Isn't today the
Mid-Autumn Festival?"
"Well, I’ll take her out for
a walk." Shen An didn't ask for the buns, got out of the car and handed
her a box of mooncakes, smiled at her and said, "Happy Mid-Autumn
Festival."
The landlady was not polite to
him. She took the moon cake and greeted him warmly, "You can come to my
house for a reunion dinner tonight and bring your girlfriend."
Shen An smiled lightly: "No,
she's afraid of strangers, wait until next time."
He waved to the proprietress and
left on his motorcycle.
When he got up in the morning, he
sent a message to Bai Li, saying that he would be downstairs at her house at
about 8:30.
He arrived at 8:25, waited
downstairs for a while, and called her, but she didn't answer. She picked up
after the third time.
"Not getting up?" he
asked.
"No, I...I...don't want
to...go out." Bai Li refused in a low voice, and then apologized uneasily,
"...I'm sorry, Doctor Shen."
"Did what I said last night
scare you?" Shen An asked.
Bai Li’s ears felt hot when she
thought of those words, "...No, no."
"Then why?"
"I..." She couldn't
explain, and hesitated for a long time before whispering, "You... just
don't look for me anymore."
Shen An had already stopped at
the door of her room. His fingers lightly tapped on the door, and his voice was
magnetic, "I'm here, open the door."
"..."
Ugggh. I really hate the ML but I'm just gonna try to stick till the end so I'll know how this story ends. (Thank you T/L and all the team who made it possible to read this. My opinion is solely based on the plot alone and never in regards to your hardwork)
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ReplyDeleteI'm really curious about how their relationship will get better
I like the male lead. He’s helping her, she’s helping him in their own ways
ReplyDeleteI also like the male lead. He might seem pushy but it'll never work out if he's not. Between them he has to take the initiative all the time. It might seem as if she's living fine but she's actually so anxious and scared and jittery of outside world. She needs someone who can push her to see and do things that makes life fulfilling and she can actually be happy and in turn she makes him happy too.i think it's a win win situation saving them both from loneliness.
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