Chapter 345 Anti-cold Drug


    Rachel had to admit that she felt sorry for him after Jack exined that he had a cold. Before she could


    consider how to properly react to it, she found her hand had already reached out to pull him closer. And


    now, she was stuck trying to figure out a way to properly exin what just happened. She looked up at


    the screen of the elevator and found that it was only at the twenty-eighth floor. She felt anxious and


    irritated with her eyes wide open in disbelief. When her eyes met his smiling eyes, she felt like she was


    quickly losing control. She turned to him with a reddish face and said in an agitated voice, "Go to the


    hospital to have your cold or cough checked. Do you really believe that you can avoid infecting me if


    you take a couple of steps back? There are only two of us here, and we breathe the same air. It was


    really unnecessary to step away from me." After a brief moment of silence, Jack smiled and turned to


    her. "Well, aren''t you a doctor? I don''t really need to go to the hospital anymore since you''re here."


    Rachel was rendered speechless. It was fortunate for her that the elevator finally stopped at their


    destination. Or her uncanny silence would''ve made the elevator scene even more awkward for her.


    "Come in quickly," she said to Jack as she opened the door. They put down the things that Lea had


    brought inside the house. Rachel then prepared to leave with Jack once more to help him bring back


    some of the remaining things. But before she could leave, he pressed down her shoulders and had her


    sit on the sofa to rest. "I''ll move the rest of them. Sweating can help relieve my cold," he said. He went


    back and forth a total of five times before he finally had everything into the house. Henry eventually


    arrived. He got into the house in a hurry while Jack was drinking a ss of water and was slightly


    panting. "Where are the things that Lea has bought? I''ll go get them," he announced as he entered the


    door. "Your timing is impable as always. I already brought them all in," Jack teased with a mocking


    look. Henry happily tapped Jack on the shoulder and said, "That''s my ever-reliable buddy!" Jack and


    Rachel stayed for dinner. Henry drank wine alone during dinner and felt bored drinking alone. He tried


    to persuade Jack to drink with him a few times, but Jack refused him each time. Jack reasoned that he


    still needed to bring Rachel home so he couldn''t drink. Only Rachel, who sat next to Jack, knew


    whenever he had to turn his head to cough. He made sure that his coughing wasn''t loud and no one


    else noticed. And he coughed quite a number of times during dinner alone. She watched him each time


    he coughed in secret. After dinner, the four sat in the living room and chatted. Jack yawned and stood


    up from the sofa. "We have to go back home. I''m a little tired," he dered. During their drive home,


    Rachel noticed that Jack kept coughing into his balled hand. She frowned as she turned to him. "Jack,


    that seems like a bad cold. I think you should go and see a doctor tomorrow," she suggested in a soft


    voice. "Well, like I said, you are a doctor. You can check me if you want to," Jack said as he slightly


    gasped for breath. "But I don''t know that much about coughs and colds," Rachel argued. "Well,


    whatever, then. I won''t go to the hospital anyway," Jack replied. Rachel furrowed her eyebrows when


    she heard Jack''s words. She felt annoyed because he was being stubborn about going to the hospital.


    She helplessly turned to look out of the window. "Well, suit yourself. It''s totally up to you whether to go


    to a doctor or not," she said and tried to ignore Jack. Jack smiled broadly when he saw her angry face.


    Only those who truly cared about his health would be angry with his refusal to go to the hospital


    and see a doctor. The next morning, Rachel wanted to leave Jack to his cough and cold, but she still


    couldn''t just let it pass. She felt very worried. During her shift, she always remembered how Jack


    coughed into a balled hand as he drove the car. She then sighed to herself, shook her head and


    walked out of the office. Rachel waved Celia over. "Are you free?" she asked.


    Celia nced at her watch uncertainly. "Well, it''s almost time for me to get off work, so I guess there''s


    nothing else for me to do."


    "I have something to deal with today. Do you mind taking over for me. If there''s an emergency, just call


    me." After saying that, she quickly left for the outpatient building and registered a number on the


    reception desk. There weren''t many people in the queue, so it didn''t take long till it was her turn.


    Standing up from her seat, she headed over to one of the consultation rooms. "Hello, Dr. Zhang."


    Sitting behind hisputer desk, the man adjusted his sses and squinted at the woman in front of


    him. "Dr. Shen, what brings you here? Are you sick?"


    "Someone gets a cold and keeps on coughing all day." Rachel briefly described Jack''s condition.


    "Someone?


    Who is it?"


    he asked in confusion. He had never seen anyonee in behalf of the actual patient to see the


    doctor.


    In a moment of anxiety, she motioned to the door. "It''s Celia, a nurse in our department. I just saw her


    cough badly, so I came over to get a prescription for cough drops."


    He nodded. "I''ll prescribe some right away. Let her take it for two days, and if she has any other


    reaction, she needs toe to me,"


    he lectured. "You''re a doctor yourself. You should know how hard it is to diagnose a patient when he


    isn''t here."


    Smiling awkwardly, she bowed her head. "I understand. Thank you."


    Rachel took the prescription, paid the bill, and took the medicine. Without another thought, she took out


    her phone and typed, "Do you have time tonight? I have something to tell you."


    The phone on the conference table vibrated for two seconds. Out of the corner of his eye, Jack nced


    at the screen. Initially, he had nned to ignore it, but after seeing that it was from Rachel, he leaned


    forward and read the message. "I''ll pick you up after work," he replied.


    He nced at the supervisor, who was still reporting the marketing details of their firm, and raised his


    hand. "I have to go," he said lightly. "If you still haven''t reported yet, hand over your documents to


    Austin."


    For a moment, the boisterous meeting room instantly quieted down from the unexpected dismissal. The


    shareholders shared a look, wondering what was going on.


    "Give me the file if you haven''t reported yet," Austin cut off, snapping all of them out of their reverie.


    As soon as it was time to get off work, Celia knocked on Rachel''s door. Seeing that she was already


    packing up, she asked, "What are you nning to do now?"


    "I''m going home. I still need to deal with something." Rachel stopped what she was doing and looked


    up. "Don''t you want to go home? What exactly did Marcus tell you when you were at the coffee shop?"


    Immediately, Celia turned bright red from the implication. She waved her hands exasperatedly and


    sputtered out, "Nothing. We have absolutely nothing to talk about."


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    Sheughed sheepishly, sping her hands together. "Well, I''ll go back first."


    ncing at the now closed door, Rachel snorted. She might be oblivious, but even she could sense the


    ambiguity in the atmosphere whenever the two were around.


    Celia honestly didn''t want to go home, but she had nowhere else to go. She decided to stay in the


    nurse station and browse herputer. She sighed from time to time as she stared at her screen.


    After changing her clothes, another nurse walked out of the locker room and patted Celia''s shoulder


    from behind. When she jumped up , she burst intoughter. "Celia, when did you be so timid?"


    "Let''s see you try it next time," she murmured in response. Although she was usually good natured,


    she wasn''t in the mood for jokes today.


    She simply bent over her chair and sighed once again.


    "Come on, I want to see what web page you''re browsing." The nurse leaned over her shoulder and


    clicked the mouse casually. Suddenly, she pped her hand against the woman''s shoulder. "Hey! I just


    saw this advertisement about a new ice-cream vor. It looks very delicious. Do you want to try it?"


    "Why don''t you go and buy it?"


    "How can I?"


    The nurse motioned to her uniform. "I''m still on duty. How can I go out? Could you buy it for me? I''ll pay


    you afterwards!"


    "All right."


    Seeing as she had nothing else to do, Celia decided to head off to the supermarket located on the first


    floor. She took two pints from the freezer. Just as she was waiting in line to pay the bill, she felt


    someone tap her shoulder.


    ''Is everyone here trying to piss me off?'' she thought.


    Celia was about to turn around and re at the person who did it, but when she saw who it was, she


    swallowed back her anger. "Dr. Zhang, are you here to buy something?"


    "Yes." The man furrowed his eyebrows as he nced at the two ice cream pints she was holding.


    "You''re not a child anymore, Celia. You shouldn''t eat ice cream when you have a cough."


    "What? A cough?" She pursed her lips.


    Celia was healthy. She didn''t catch a cold, let alone a cough.


    "Why would you say such a thing, Dr. Zhang?"


    "In the afternoon, Dr. Shen came to me to prescribe you some medicine. She said that you have a


    cough."