Chapter 2: Physical Health Checkup

And this scene was taken in entirely by Yu Youwei, who had been observing him.

Originally, seeing Shen Yan's expression shift between sunny and overcast, happy one moment and worried the next, as if he were mentally unstable, she had assumed it was caused by the blow of being rejected after his confession.

Now it seems his mind is perfectly clear.

To be honest, Yu Youwei was also extremely ashamed and annoyed; that shocking visual effect... was like a lump of sludge, staining her pure and beautiful soul.

To avoid embarrassment, Yu Youwei hurriedly changed the subject: "Shen Yan, why did you suddenly faint? Is there anywhere you feel uncomfortable?"

Shen Yan shook his head, indicating that he didn't really know either, and currently felt fine.

After speaking, he got up and walked into the hospital room's bathroom.

Once his pants were off, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Damn! How did this thing get a size bigger? Could there be something wrong with it?

He hurriedly checked back and forth, and what was mind-boggling was that he couldn't find the location of any wound at all.

He looked in the mirror again; it was a fair face with sharp lines like a sculpture, prominent brow bones connecting to an exquisite and high-bridged nose, and beneath thick eyelashes were a pair of deep, pitch-black eyes.

Handsome is just one word!

They say a buzz cut is the only standard for testing a handsome man, and it was true, not a lie at all.

Just at this moment, the kind voice of Shen Nainai came from outside the door.

"Xiaoyan! Are you inside? How are you feeling?"

"Click!"

Shen Yan hurriedly opened the door, only to see an old woman with graying hair, about sixty years old, standing there, her eyes filled with worry.

That kind face made Shen Yan's nose ache; he hurriedly bent down to hug her and said, "Grandma, I'm fine, don't worry."

This feeling of recovering something lost is truly wonderful!

Shen Yan is one meter eighty-five tall, and Shen Nainai is one meter sixty; there is a difference of more than a head, but hugging her didn't look awkward at all.

Hearing this, Shen Nainai felt slightly relieved and told Yu Youwei to hurry and call the doctor.

Before long, Yu Youwei brought a middle-aged bald doctor into the ward.

After a simple physical examination, the bald doctor said, "Judging from the brain CT and blood test reports, everything is normal. Did any abnormal situation occur before you fainted?"

Uh... Shen Yan glanced at Yu Youwei and Grandma, his cheeks slightly flushed; how could he be embarrassed to say such a thing out loud? He had to call the bald doctor into the bathroom and awkwardly explain the situation.

The world is vast, and there is nothing that doesn't exist.

Uh... The bald doctor was stunned for a moment, then had Shen Yan take off his pants, and immediately, a flash of envy passed through his eyes.

Damn it! If he had this scale, the old hag at home wouldn't look down her nose at him every day.

After all, he wasn't an expert in this field, so after the examination yielded no results, the bald doctor had to seek help from a reproductive specialist.

After tossing about until eight in the evening, the final result showed that all of Shen Yan's data was normal, his male functions were fine, and he could go home with peace of mind.

The various examinations, plus miscellaneous expenses, added up to over seven hundred.

In this era where the average salary is two or three thousand, the cost was not exactly low.

In the taxi, Shen Nainai was still muttering about heaven's blessing, how fortunate her good grandson's body didn't have any mishaps, and about ending the family line.

Yu Youwei, listening from the side, turned red with embarrassment; she never imagined that Shen Yan had just been using the toilet at home when his critical part was bitten—no wonder it was so swollen at the time.

No, she must do a thorough deep cleaning when she gets home.

As for Shen Yan, he felt he had never been so embarrassed in his life, so he simply played deaf and dumb, turning his head to look out the window.

At this time, the taxi passed a barbershop by the side of the road, and a familiar melody came from the speaker at the entrance.

I once truly thought life would just be like this~

A calm heart refusing to have waves again~

The threads of emotion cut a thousand times but still cannot be broken~

Turning and twisting a thousand times, it surrounds me~

Someone asked me what exactly is good about you~

After so many years, I still cannot forget~

The song title seems to be "Guimi Xinxiao".

When first hearing it, one doesn't understand the meaning in the song; when hearing it again, one is already the person in the song.

Reborn for a lifetime, perhaps he shouldn't continue to obsess over it.

Ten minutes passed, and the taxi pulled up at the location of the Shen Family, in Wencheng, Cangnan County, at a row of six-story residential buildings called Zhongxinyuan.

On a July night, a bright moon hung in the sky, with countless stars dotted in between, like shattered light, like feathered rays, emitting a warm and brilliant glow, twinkling in little specks, beautiful beyond compare.

The environment was as stuffy as a steamer; there wasn't a breath of wind, and the air seemed to have solidified.

Every time this season arrived, a group of men and women would always gather in the open space in front of Zhongxinyuan, either chatting about household affairs or telling each other gossip. They waved their cattail fans constantly, driving away mosquitoes while dispelling the heat.

From the row of plane trees planted nearby came bursts of cicada chirps and insect sounds, weaving together as if performing a natural concert.

As soon as the three of them got out of the taxi, a "helpful" neighbor, Li Shen, asked, "Xiaoyan, is your health alright? What did the hospital say?"

In his past life, Grandma had passed away because of the idle gossip of neighbors; Shen Yan had no fondness for these gossiping busybodies and responded indifferently, "It's nothing, just some low blood pressure."

Yu Youwei looked at Shen Yan in surprise; this guy usually stumbled when telling a lie and would turn as red as a monkey's butt—was he possessed or what today?

Lies came right out of his mouth without even a blink of his eyelids.

"That's good!" Li Shen said with a face full of relief, though the disappointment in her eyes was hard to hide.

As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.

Her own son was the same age as Shen Yan, both having gone through nine years of compulsory education, yet they were worlds apart in every aspect; he only knew how to play games, not to mention whether he could even get into a vocational college.

And Shen Yan's grades were good enough to get into a first-tier university without a doubt; honestly, Li Shen wished he would have some problems, preferably not being able to get into university.

That way, when the acceptance letters came down, she wouldn't be dragged out by the neighbors to be "flogged" again.

The neighbors then all reminded him that for low blood pressure, he should eat more meat to nourish himself, and told Shen Nainai not to be stingy with money; Shen Nainai naturally agreed to everything.

Zhongxinyuan is divided into seven units; the Shen Family is located in Unit 3, Room 301, and the Yu Family is right next door in Room 302.

Approaching their front doors, Shen Yan called out to Yu Youwei. Looking at her pure and lovely face, he gathered his thoughts and said, "Um... Youwei, don't take what I said this afternoon to heart. I've thought it through; from now on, let's just continue getting along like brother and sister."

After considering it for a long time, Shen Yan finally made up his mind. Since Yu Youwei had always treated him like a brother and had no intention of dating, why should he hang himself from a dead tree?

A good man should be able to pick things up and put them down.

There are millions of good girls in the world; one day, he would surely meet someone more suitable.

Hearing this, Yu Youwei felt a sense of relief. She had been worried that Shen Yan would remain obsessed with this, and with feelings involved, she had always felt uncomfortable whenever they were together. This outcome could be described as a happy ending for everyone.

After all, they were good friends who had grown up together, and if it wasn't necessary, she didn't want to discard this relationship.

"It's a deal then; you have to continue taking care of me like a brother from now on."

As she spoke, Yu Youwei held out her little finger, signaling for a pinky swear to seal the promise.

"Of course!" Shen Yan smiled with relief and extended his finger to hook hers.

Yu Youwei came from a well-off family and was an only child, showered with love from everyone, so it was inevitable that she had picked up some spoiled-young-lady temperament. Shen Yan, due to his family circumstances, had been insecure and not good with words since he was a child, yet he was also much more mature than his peers, always tolerating and accommodating Yu Youwei.

Honestly, the way the two of them got along was almost no different from actual siblings.