Initially, Shi Lin thought he had dialed the wrong number and hung up. However, the phone call came through again. Despite hanging up multiple times, she kept calling. Annoyed, Shi Lin finally picked up the phone, only to hear a soft voice on the other end: "Sir, I am 20 years old, healthy, young and clean, studying at North City University A. Please consider me."
Shi Lin paused, his brows furrowing deeper. He bluntly said into the phone, "Are you okay?"
There was silence on the other end, as if his words had caught the caller off guard. Only faint breathing could be heard, indicating a mixture of nervousness and hesitation.
Without waiting for a response, Shi Lin decisively ended the call.
Exiting the operating room, he discarded his isolation gown into the trash can. Having completed several appendectomy surgeries, he had a severe headache. Due to the hospital's urgent need for manpower, even a specialist like him was assigned to several operations, keeping him busy all day long.
Passing by other departments, Lu Zhibai had just finished his shift, and he reached out to Shi Lin, greeting him with a raised eyebrow. "Dr. Shi, what a coincidence! Finally caught you. Let's go, accompany me for a drink after work."
Shi Lin glanced at him and replied indifferently, "Your dark circles make you look like you've been cursed. Be careful not to drop dead if you keep drinking."
"Don't mention it. I'm just venting," Lu Zhibai retorted as they walked awayAre all college students naive and lacking in experience? Just now, a girl came to seek treatment with her ovaries necrotic and uterus ulcerated, rendering her infertile. She cried incessantly in the ward, and now I have a pounding headache." Shi Lin paused, inexplicably reminded of the phone call from earlier. The girl's voice was soft and tender, tinged with a hint of inexperience and nervousness. At twenty years old, she was still quite young and naive. If she had responded to some advertisement, there was indeed a possibility of being deceived. His eyes dimmed, he shook his car keys and entered the elevator. He was no saint, and he couldn't be bothered by such troublesome matters. People who brought trouble upon themselves like this were beyond a doctor's help. Upon reaching the underground parking lot, Shi Lin got into his car and started the engine. Outside, Lu Zhibai was still knocking on the car window, urging him to go for drinks. "I'm not going," Shi Lin said, stepping on the gas pedal. The Land Rover mercilessly sped away. At ten o'clock that night, the phone rang again. Shi Lin was in the shower, and his phone vibrated on the sink. He glanced at it, swiped his finger, and answered the call. "Sir, I am sincerely earnest. Please give me a chance, okay?" The familiar female voice spoke again, this time tinged with a sob, as if she was in a rush or distress. Shi Lin often heard this desperate and anxious tone outside the hospital's intensive care unit. It was about encountering difficulties but having no money, feeling helpless and unable to do anything.Shi Lin leaned out and glanced at the familiar number, his expression impatient. He wondered which idiot had mistakenly put his number on a flyer, or if the girl had dialed the wrong digit. In any case, it was a stroke of bad luck that the call had reached him. He did not want to meddle in other people's affairs. He raised his hand to hang up and block the number when a sudden thought crossed his mind— Lu Zhibai's words from earlier: "All college students nowadays are naive." "Ovaries necrotic, uterus ulcerated, can never conceive again..." Shi Lin's tone turned cold as he spoke, "Are you a nun?" The voice on the other end clearly paused in confusion, "Wha-what?" "You said you're clean, right? If you're a nun, we can talk. If not, no need to continue." Shi Lin deliberately tried to scare her. Lin Mian was speechless for a good half-minute over the phone, her face flushed. Eventually, in a soft and timid voice, she replied, "Yes." Shi Lin's movement halted. The water from above continued to flow, gradually cooling as it cascaded from his head to his feet. An uneasy feeling washed over Shi Lin, unable to be extinguished even by the cool water. He took a deep breath, coldly uttered a few words, "Check the goods."