"You see, with current technology, even someone can live for three months or less without getting surgery. Of course, the patient will be in a coma and..."
The doctor continued, trying to ensure the girl. "3 months is the maximum before the patient loses his life. He will get weaker each day."
"B-but the girlfriend thing…" Lai Jiayi asked again in doubt.
"You see, my parents pressure me to get a girlfriend, so I need you to be my fake girlfriend. How is it?" The doctor casually replied.
Hearing the offer, Lai Jiayi hastily nodded without thinking for long.
"A-alright, I accept."
'As long as my dad can be saved!'
Feeling satisfied that the girl agreed on this very quick, the doctor pointed his finger to the necklace Lai Jiayi worn.
"For now, give me that necklace you wear as a guarantee. You can come back again tomorrow, and I'll tell you further information about our agreement."
The doctor had a feeling that the thing was something precious for the girl.
Lai Jiayi saw the doctor pointed at her necklace and couldn't help but frown a bit.
'This is my father's only memento, something incredibly precious for me. Handing it to a stranger…'
Lai Jiayi wanted to refuse but recalling how the doctor could help her stalled time for his father...
"S-sure." Lai Jiayi reluctantly smiled as she took off the necklace she's wearing.
'As long as my father can live for three months...I can find a way to get the money at that time. Even if I have to exchange my pride for those three months...it is okay.'
The girl immediately handed the necklace and bowed politely before asking the doctor to help her father to live longer quickly.
Having achieved what he wanted, the doctor didn't wait long before leaving. Only Lai Jiayi was left in the corridor now.
The deal is over, but...I don't feel good.
Lai Jiayi went silent for a few seconds before deciding to go home.
'It's better to go home and think of a way to get money as fast as I can.'
Thinking like this, the girl turned around and was about to leave when she heard a nurse's voice next to her.
"Mr. Zhao, please come in." A nurse approached a certain young man with a little boy next to him.
'Zhao? Sounds familiar…'
The girl couldn't help but raised her eyebrows.
'Ah. Not my business anyway.'
Thinking like this, Lai Jiayi decided to keep walking, passing by the two people sitting on a bench in front of a room.
"Yun Yun, time for your check-up." The young man stood up and grabbed the young boy's wrist.
"Uh…" The boy pouted, looking reluctantly, but he immediately followed. "Let's go, uncle."
As the two people entered a room, Lai Jiayi left the corridor heading to the front hall.
She went past the receptionist and nodded briefly before going out of the hospital, not knowing that fate would bring her together with those two patients.
Right after Lai Jiayi stepped foot outside, the wind blew strongly.
Lai Jiayi couldn't help but look up only to see the initially clear sky became cloudy. The sky wasn't blue anymore. It became dark.
"Damn…" Lai Jiayi cursed softly as she got on her bike.
'I have to go home quickly before it starts to rain.'
Lai Jiayi hurriedly went home, and when she arrived, the sky had already turned dark.
The sound of thunderstorms could be heard somewhere far away.
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'Ah, that's the girl! She's back!'
The yellow duck-like thing beamed at the sight of the girl. It hovered in the air, waiting to see when would be the right time to send the game invitation.
He had been fully charged and had just turned on the system again when he coincidentally met this girl for the second time.
The rubber duck thing then looked down, only to see the girl patted her chest.
"Huftt…" Lai Jiayi sighed in relief.
'It will start to rain any minute, thank God I arrive on time.'
The girl then took out her house key and was just about to open the door when she noticed two huge white metal boxes being placed next to the door, outside her house.
Her hand, which was inserting the key to the keyhole, paused for a moment.
'Boxes?' Lai Jiayi thought to herself.
'I don't remember ordering anything from the online shop. How the heck there are two big boxes as tall as my waist, waiting outside my house?'
Lai Jiayi stared at the boxes for a second before ignoring it.
'Maybe someone left the boxes outside and forgot to take it.'
Lai Jiayi resumed opening the door, but to her surprise, the door won't open.
'Hm?? Is this the wrong key? But there's only one key!'
Lai Jiayi tried a few times to spin the key, but unfortunately, the door won't budge. She even realized that the key didn't match the keyhole on the door.
"What's going on??" Lai Jiayi couldn't help but mutter.
'I'm sure this is the right key to my house. There's no mistaking it, so why...the key won't match?'
'Did someone change the keyhole? So fast? I'm only gone for an hour or so!'
Just as Lai Jiayi was trying to open the door forcefully, the voice of a middle-aged woman suddenly sounded behind her.
"What are you doing?? This isn't your house anymore!"
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