Lai Jiayi lowered her head naturally as if looking polite when, in fact, she's avoiding the doctor's gaze.
The girl even made sure her distance was at least more than a meter away from the doctor.
"I thought you wouldn't come, hahaha." The doctor laughed sheepishly as he scratched his head.
'I thought she was busy yesterday. Who knows that she comes today.'
"I-i was told that I c-can't visit my father yesterday, s-so I only come today." Lai Jiayi smiled politely as an answer to the doctor's slight sarcasm.
Her voice was shaking, and she stuttered a lot, making Yaya couldn't help but worry.
[You okay, quack?] Yaya asked through telepathy.
[I'm ok. Don't worry, ] Lai Jiayi quickly answered so that Yaya wouldn't be anxious.
'This duck is pretty attentive. He becomes even more and more overprotective.'
Hearing the girl's answer, Yaya didn't say anything anymore and just stayed there inside Lai Jiayi's jacket. He didn't dare to show himself to this young doctor.
"Alright, so should we talk about the offer?" The doctor seemed a bit impatient that he immediately spoke straight to the point,
"I already brought the contract we needed. I can send it to your email." With a smile on his face, he raised his left arm and swiped the small screen of his watch.
Immediately, there's a hologram coming out from his watch, forming a piece of paper. The paper was filled with a typed sentence looking precisely like a formal contract.
'Oh, this guy is well-prepared. He even prepared a contract. Not bad.'
The girl put a poker face and said, "Mn...let me read it first."
Lai Jiayi also wanted to finish this matter fast. Thus, the girl hurriedly read the contract shown through the hologram.
The touch screen area on the doctor's watch wasn't big, but it could project quite a large hologram allowing her to read comfortably.
The girl seriously read each sentence in the contract to find out which one she shouldn't breach, and which one would benefit her.
Waiting, the doctor couldn't help but stole a glance over Lai Jiayi's face and smiled faintly.
'She looks pretty today too,' He thought while on the other hand, Lai Jiayi was thinking about the contract.
The two of them seemed to be absorbed in their own world, leaving the clueless Yaya behind.
[Contract? What contract, quack? Is it a job, quack? But you already have one…] Yaya suddenly asked as he couldn't pop out to see the contract itself.
'Something isn't right here.'
[It's a contract to be his girlfriend for three months.]
….
[What??] Yaya shouted in shock. He was in disbelief. He couldn't believe his ears.
[Seriously, quack?!]
[Yes. In exchange, he will make sure my father lives for three months even without surgery so I can collect the surgery money first.] Lai Jiayi casually told Yaya as she touched the hologram to flip the contract paper.
She had read the first page, and it's mostly about what she should and shouldn't do.
Don't tell others about the contract.
Should act as his girlfriend in front of his parents and friends.
Both parties still can get into a relationship with others as long as other people don't know.
'Not bad. It's quite a good deal, actually.'
Lai Jiayi had a flat expression as she continued to read, but Yaya, on the other hand, almost got his system error and exploded on the spot.
His body trembled, and steam rose from his head.
'What is this girl saying? A contract to be this doctor's girlfriend? But she's currently in a mission to pursue another man!!'
[Why didn't you tell me about this first, ah, quack?!] Yaya protested.
[I thought you know?] Lai Jiayi leisurely answered.
[No, I don't! I'm not that omnipotent, quack!]
[Then–]
[Ahhh! How can you make a contract to be this person's girlfriend, quack??]
[Eh, why not?] Lai Jiayi raised her eyebrows.
[It might affect your performance in the game, quack!] Yaya suddenly shouted in Lai Jiayi's mind, stopping the girl's finger from touching the hologram screen again.
[How is that possible– ]
[What if Zhao Yang knows that you have a boyfriend, quack? He won't ever like you then, quack! You don't think about that, quack?!]
The girl paused for a bit before resuming her act as she said, [Don't worry. The target won't know about this. I'll make sure he won't know.]
[But– ]
[Hey, I can't let this offer go. The game will help me, but only after I win.]
[W-well…]
[My father will die before that happens. So I need this doctor's help to prolong my father's life. That's the truth, right?]
[....] Yaya didn't say anything anymore. [Okay, I admit what you said is right, quack.] The duck pouted.
[Don't worry, I'll be super careful. It's not like that guy will be so bored until he investigates my love life, right?]
Lai Jiayi reassured Yaya again right after she read through all the contracts. The girl then squinted.
'There's one problem with this contract.'
"D-doctor, I'm not good around men, so...c-can I not do hold a hand or hug?" Lai Jiayi immediately issued her problem.
'I don't want to do any physical contact with men. Just no!'
The doctor didn't know about Lai Jiayi's phobia. Thus, he furrowed his eyebrows slightly.
"No holding hands or hugging? Can we even be called a couple, then?"
'Why does this girl doesn't want to do something as simple as this?'
"If you can't do this...we can't seal the deal," the doctor spoke in a stern voice.
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