I Have 10 Trillion Dollars only Usable For Simping
Chapter 358 - 334 Norwegian Wood

Chapter 358: 334 Norwegian Wood

Most top-tier universities are equipped with affiliated medical facilities.

The same is true for East Sea University.

At the East Sea University-affiliated hospital, Jiang Chen rushed in, sweating profusely despite the early spring weather—evidence that he had run all the way there.

"How is Shu Rui doing?"

"Don’t panic, she’s still undergoing tests inside."

Waiting outside the emergency department, Xu Siyi, Zheng Jingjing, and Guo Ran were also there. Having received the call, Jiang Chen arrived shortly after them, so he wasn’t much later than they were.

Seeing how quickly he had arrived, Zheng Jingjing’s resentment eased a bit as she observed this young man, who had seemingly transformed from a "frog" into a "prince."

Whether it was his past reputation as a notorious bootlicker or his current status as a campus idol without rival, one trait had remained unchanged throughout.

That was his thick skin.

Of course.

If put more nicely, it could also be called maturity and steadiness.

Sometimes she would wonder how he could keep his cool so well, and at this moment, he finally showed an appearance normal for someone his age—nervous, anxious, and staring blankly at the door to the emergency room.

"What’s the use of being anxious now? What were you doing earlier? If she really is pregnant, hmm, I’ll see what you’re going to do."

At this point, he had no time to argue with Zheng Jingjing. Jiang Chen, who considered himself to have better emotional control than most, realized he might have overestimated his capabilities.

Right now, his mind was a mess, utterly unable to think clearly.

"Alright, stop talking."

Guo Ran pulled Zheng Jingjing back.

No one knew how much time had passed.

Finally, the door to the emergency room opened.

Li Shuru came out slowly.

Jiang Chen, who had been waiting at the door, went up to her immediately, his lips moved, but no sound came out.

Seeing him, Li Shuru’s face showed a mix of three parts shyness and seven parts awkwardness.

"Shu Rui, what did the doctor say?"

It was Xu Siyi who spoke.

All eyes were fixed on Li Shuru.

"The doctor said, I just have food poisoning..."

The hallway fell silent.

Jiang Chen was in a daze, unsure whether to feel relieved or disappointed.

"Really just food poisoning, not pregnant?"

Zheng Jingjing wanted confirmation.

"As if the doctor would make a mistake."

Li Shuru’s voice inadvertently rose slightly,

She had said not to call Jiang Chen in such a rush, and now, a huge misunderstanding had occurred.

The girls all felt a bit awkward.

"How do you feel now? Did the doctor suggest you be hospitalized or something?"

Luckily, Jiang Chen really was a model boyfriend—he didn’t dwell on the pregnancy issue and immediately started worrying about Li Shuru’s well-being.

"The doctor said I need to get an injection, and they want me to stay overnight for observation."

A warm current flowed through Li Shuru’s heart, and the discomfort in her body seemed to fade significantly.

"Okay."

Jiang Chen nodded, then took the medical record from Li Shuru’s hand to handle the hospitalization procedures.

"Just look at him, so reliable, much stronger than the average guy."

Guo Ran couldn’t help but say.

"Why are you blaming me? It wasn’t me who said Shu Rui was pregnant." Zheng Jingjing felt somewhat wronged.

Indeed, it wasn’t her who had said it; it was Xu Siyi who did.

"Shu Rui, I’m sorry..."

Xu Siyi awkwardly apologized.

Li Shuru shook her head, "You guys go back first."

"No way, aren’t you going to stay here overnight? You can’t be alone, we’ll stay with you."

Zheng Jingjing immediately said.

"There’s no need for you to cause trouble here; Shu Rui isn’t alone. Shu Rui, we’ll be off then."

Guo Ran dragged Zheng Jingjing away.

Xu Siyi, certainly not wanting to be a third wheel, left with them.

A vacant sickroom.

Li Shuru lay in bed, an IV needle in the back of her hand; she needed two bottles of fluid.

"There is a call button over there; if you need anything, just press it."

After giving instructions, the nurse left.

Jiang Chen moved a chair over to the side of the bed,

"I’m sorry."

Li Shuru bit her lip, her complexion no longer as pale, indicating she must have felt somewhat better.

"Why apologize?"

Li Shuru started to say something but stopped.

"Do you think you should’ve kept it a secret from me? Whatever it is, we should face it together."

Jiang Chen spoke gently.

"You’ve been vomiting so much, do you want to eat something? I can go buy it for you."

"No need."

Li Shuru frowned slightly, "Just thinking about food makes me feel nauseous now."

Jiang Chen tucked her in a bit more.

"Since you’re so precious, you shouldn’t eat just anything from now on."

"I rarely get sick,"

Li Shuru hurriedly said, worried that he might think of her as someone frail.

"Don’t think you’re invincible just because you rarely get sick."

Seeing that Li Shuru indeed seemed to be getting better, Jiang Chen gradually relaxed. After hesitating for a moment, he couldn’t resist asking with a laugh, "Why would they think you were pregnant?"

Li Shuru’s pale face suddenly flushed with color.

Even though she and Jiang Chen were already inseparable, being at the center of such an embarrassing misunderstanding was still quite mortifying.

"They said that retching is a normal reaction for women when they’re pregnant..."

"Just because of this?"

Li Shuru’s face turned awkward.

Jiang Chen couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

"At the very least, you should have calculated your menstrual cycle, right? You both are twenty already, don’t tell me you don’t even know this basic common sense?"

Under those circumstances, when Xu Siyi said she was pregnant, she was instantly bewildered and had no mind to consider these things.

"So you’re still blaming me, aren’t you?"

Li Shuru spoke in a low voice.

"Why would I blame you?"

Jiang Chen shook his head with a smile.

Although it was a "false alarm," a thought kept growing unstoppable in Li Shuru’s mind.

She lay on the bed, gazing at Jiang Chen, and spoke gently, "If I really was pregnant, what would you do?"

Jiang Chen was taken aback.

This was something he had indeed not considered.

For any young man of their age encountering such a question, they would probably be at a loss.

But his response came quickly, seeing Li Shuru staring intently at him, he knew this answer was very important to a girl.

"If you don’t mind becoming a mother, of course we’d keep it. Graduate and then hold our son, tsk, wouldn’t that just be the envy of everyone?"

He wasn’t evasive, and his playful tone managed to make Li Shuru laugh.

"How do you know it’d be a son?"

"My mom taught me before, a girl with your figure is bound to have a son."

Li Shuru’s cheeks reddened even more. She wanted to chide him, but she was worried about touching on the subject of her now-deceased "mother-in-law."

"I don’t want to give birth at all; giving birth is so painful, I could hardly stand it just from throwing up a while ago."

Jiang Chen was no fool and could tell the girl was being coquettish.

If she truly didn’t want to have children, she wouldn’t have asked the question she did before.

"If you don’t want to have them, then we won’t have them. After all, children have to be raised and taught, and if not taught well, who knows if they might even pull out our oxygen tubes when we’re old? Too much trouble."

Li Shuru never expected such words from him, and her previous moved feeling dissipated, she turned her head away.

"You can go back, I’ll be fine resting here alone."

"Am I not just worrying about you? Giving birth is so painful, and you even got angry?"

Li Shuru turned her head away, still refusing to look at him.

Jiang Chen began to laugh.

"Right now, the nation’s birth rate is dropping severely. The country has cultivated us, so naturally, we should contribute to the nation. And someone as beautiful as you would have good-looking kids. Such excellent genes can’t go to waste. No need for too many, having eleven or twelve should do, enough for a soccer team."

"I’m not a pig!"

Li Shuru couldn’t hold her temper anymore.

"Then how many do you say?"

"In any case, I definitely won’t give birth to that many."

Li Shuru was completely unaware she’d taken the bait. Seeing Jiang Chen smile at her, she finally realized it.

Her face flushed with embarrassment, she turned her head away again.

Being sick really had made her soft.

"Ringing the bell, he crumpled the empty box of Seven Star cigarettes and threw it away, taking out a fresh pack from his bag, peeling off the seal, and sticking a cigarette between his lips—but he didn’t light it. ’I have become a thing of the past. What exists in front of your eyes is nothing but fragments of memories from my earlier days. The most precious thing in my heart died a long time ago. I’m just living according to memories of the past...’"

The ward was filled with a clear, steady voice as he read.

The nurse, coming to remove the IV, heard it and said it was "Norwegian Wood."

When other guys’ girlfriends were sick, they usually cooed sweet nothings and fussed over them, but Jiang Chen was probably the only one who would hold a phone and read a book.

Li Shuru didn’t find it boring at all; instead, she listened attentively and with great enjoyment.

Just when Jiang Chen felt thirsty and wanted to get up for a glass of water, he heard Li Shuru say, "Everyone has their own forest, perhaps we have never been there, but it has always been there—always will be. Those who are lost will stay lost, and those who meet will meet again..."

Jiang Chen was taken aback, then surprised, "You’ve read it?"

"Yeah."

Li Shuru said, "I read it several times in junior high."

Jiang Chen was speechless.

"Why didn’t you say so earlier?"

"I haven’t read it for a long time; revisiting it is nice."

Jiang Chen gave a wry smile, then jokingly said, "You were reading ’Norwegian Wood’ in junior high? Li junior, you sure were mature early."

Even now, to many people, this book is considered erotic literature.

Indeed.

The book does depict some scenes that are not suitable for children, Jiang Chen had skipped over those parts when reading earlier, but that didn’t detract from the book’s rich and profound core message.

"Vulgar people see everything as vulgar."

Li Shuru retorted.

Jiang Chen chuckled, stood up to pour water, but there was a "ding" as something fell to the floor.

Looking down,

A copper ring rolled across the floor and stopped near the wall.

Jiang Chen walked over and picked up the ring.

Li Shuru was watching him.

"This is what I gave to Ai Qian before, and she returned it to me today."

Jiang Chen candidly took the initiative to speak, without hiding it.

Li Shuru didn’t say anything until she saw Jiang Chen about to throw the ring into the trash can, then she spoke up.

"What are you doing?"

"Throwing it away; what else?"

Jiang Chen said matter-of-factly.

It wasn’t to make a show; there was indeed no more meaning in keeping the ring.

"If you don’t want it, give it to me."

Li Shuru said.

"What do you want it for?"

Jiang Chen questioned, puzzled.

"To prevent you from picking it back up secretly, I’ll throw it away for you."

Jiang Chen fell silent, but in the end, he smiled and handed her the ring.