After the Divorce, My Wife and I Were Both Reborn

Chapter 29: Chapter 29: It’s Hard to End This Without Marriage

Shen Ying leaned on the second-floor railing, watching the two people below. The guy was acting like a domineering CEO, pulling her best friend along, and yet Lin Yanwan wasn’t resisting in the slightest.

’They’re already holding hands, and now you’re telling me they’re just ordinary friends?’

’Please, she wasn’t blind.’

"So, they really are dating, right?" Shen Ying glanced at the boy beside her.

"Isn’t that obvious?" Wang Ming looked astonished. "You couldn’t tell? They’re so lovey-dovey, their relationship is better than any of the other couples in my class. It would be a crime if they don’t get married, you know?"

"Agreed."

Shen Ying deeply agreed.

"Right, you’re Yanwan’s boyfriend’s friend, aren’t you? You must know a lot about them, then?"

"Oh, it’s nothing, really. I just happen to know a billion little things more than everyone else." freewebnøvel.com

Shen Ying’s eyes lit up, the gossip-loving flame in her heart already ignited. "I don’t know anything yet, quick, tell me everything."

"Ahem..."

Wang Ming glanced at her. The thirst for knowledge in the girl’s eyes was intense, so he put on a profound air and cleared his throat.

"Their love story begins with last night’s power outage..."

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"Here, drink some hot water first. It will warm your uterus and help ease the pain."

Lin Yanwan sat resting on a bench in the nurse’s office. She took the disposable cup from the doctor and said a polite, "Thank you."

Menstrual cramps aren’t considered an illness, so even in the nurse’s office, the doctor wouldn’t randomly prescribe painkillers unless the pain was unbearable, to the point of fainting.

"Girls on their period should drink more hot water, stay warm, and avoid all raw and cold foods. Logically speaking, girls your age shouldn’t have very painful periods. Is your constitution a bit weak?"

"Yes."

Lin Yanwan answered in a low voice. Her constitution had indeed never been good. She was the type who nearly went into shock just from running 800 meters.

’Later, after marrying Jiang Xia, they would jog a few kilometers every day. With his meticulous care every month, her health had slowly started to improve.’

"High school is an endurance race. Before you successfully reach the finish line of the college entrance exams, the better your health, the bigger your advantage in the later stages."

The doctor smiled and continued, "I often advise high school students like you to exercise more in your spare time away from your intense studies. A moderate amount of exercise is good for both body and mind."

"I understand, Doctor."

Lin Yanwan cupped the cup in her hands and took a small sip of hot water, her gaze unconsciously drifting to the window.

"Was that boy who brought you here your boyfriend? Hmm, a handsome young man." The doctor tidied her desk, her personality surprisingly gossipy.

"No... just an ordinary friend." She shook her head gently.

The doctor was a little surprised. She had been a school nurse for many years and had encountered all sorts of emergencies. In her experience, when a boy brought a girl to the nurse’s office, they were most likely a couple. Otherwise, the girl would have come with her best friend or a teacher.

"Haha, no need to be so guarded. I’m not a teacher. Although the school forbids students from dating, who doesn’t have a crush when they’re young?"

The doctor smiled, watching the students on the field outside unleashing their youthful energy. She couldn’t help but sigh with emotion, "It’s great to be young."

After a pause, she turned to look at Lin Yanwan, a smile in her eyes. "Look, your boyfriend is back."

A light blush crept onto Lin Yanwan’s face.

Jiang Xia ran into the nurse’s office, panting slightly. He pulled a black bag from his school uniform pocket and handed it over.

"I couldn’t find the brand you usually use, but this is probably Sophie’s equivalent."

Lin Yanwan froze for a moment. Looking at the Sofei pads and heat packs in the bag, she finally realized. ’That guy... did he leave just now to buy me period supplies?’

’I can’t believe he still remembers.’

"Why did you buy the extra-long overnight ones too?" she asked, a bit exasperated. There was no way she could use them during the day.

"Uh... short ones for the day, long ones for the night, isn’t that what you taught me? This is how I’ve always bought them for you, right?"

"This isn’t ’before’ anymore, you idiot." Lin Yanwan couldn’t help but want to laugh. ’He remembers these things so clearly. Does he still think it’s the past?’

Jiang Xia’s eye twitched. He understood instantly.

"Whatever, I already bought them. Just keep them for when you sleep, saves you a trip to buy them again."

"Check for me, is there blood on my pants?" Lin Yanwan whispered, her face flushing.

She stood up and turned her back to him, her butt sticking out slightly. The thought of their current relationship made her face turn an even deeper shade of red.

’It can’t be helped. Right now, Jiang Xia was the only one in the nurse’s office she could trust.’

His expression, however, remained unchanged. Or perhaps it was better to say that these actions, which would seem incredibly intimate to outsiders, were already second nature to him. This was how they had been in their past life, after all.

"No leaks. Go change quickly. Oh, and remember to use the heat packs. Stick one on the front and one on the back. Don’t put them directly on your skin, or you’ll burn yourself to death in a bit."

"I know~ Geez, I’m not a child."

She mumbled softly, then turned to the doctor. "Doctor, may I borrow your restroom?"

"Go ahead, it’s right inside. No one’s in there right now. Oh, and the right handle on the sink is for hot water, don’t get it mixed up."

After speaking, the doctor teased in a low voice, "Just ’ordinary friends,’ huh?"

The blush on her face instantly spread to the tips of her ears.

Jiang Xia sat quietly on the bench and waited. The doctor observed him from the corner of her eye, her gaze full of approval.

’What a gentle and thoughtful boy.’

’He’s handsome, too. He must be very popular with the girls, right?’

A short while later, the sound of a toilet flushing came from the restroom. Lin Yanwan came out, having sorted herself out. The blush on her face had faded.

"Feeling any better now?"

"Mhm, it doesn’t hurt much anymore. Thank you, Doctor."

"I didn’t do anything. If you’re going to thank someone, you should thank him," the doctor chuckled.

Lin Yanwan felt utterly helpless. She knew her relationship with Jiang Xia had been misunderstood yet again.

So, she shot Jiang Xia a glare.

’Then again, I guess I can’t really blame him for this,’ she thought. ’Although Jiang Xia and I say we’ll go our separate ways, whenever something actually happens, we subconsciously think of each other. That behavior pattern is ingrained in our very souls; it’s not something we can change in a short time.’

To outsiders, they just looked like a couple.

But she had to admit, Jiang Xia’s usual caring behavior today made her just a billion bits happy inside.

’If he had completely ignored me when we met on the path just now, or if I thought about how the gentle him from today might be this good to another girl in the future... my heart feels just a billion bits jealous.’

’As expected, humans are selfish creatures at heart. Even if it’s something that belongs to you that you don’t like anymore, you still won’t share it with others.’

"What are you spacing out for? Let’s go, class is about to start," Jiang Xia urged from the doorway.

She gave the doctor a slight bow. "Thank you for your trouble."

"Go on, go on."

Watching the two of them banter and bicker as they walked away, the doctor slowly retracted her gaze, an unconscious smile spreading across her face.

’Oh, young lady, if you don’t treasure such a good boy, you’ll come to regret it, you know.’