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."


    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!"


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    "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." Author''s note


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