Chapter 499 499: 477. Rose Glasses

Liza finally couldn't help it, hearing him ask about Gloria before she ran straight towards him crying her eyes out wanting a one hug from him.

*Dodge*

Alex on the other hand swiftly dodged her hug then ignored her talking towards Xia Yan's petrified figure.

She was stunned standing still when she heard his voice, hair on her body stood up as she started to sweet anxiously.

All her authority and firm attitude vanished, replaced by the mumbling anxious mess of fool she always in front of him.

'Don't make a fool of yourself, Don't make a fool of yourself Yan, that's not lady like, You practiced this, He is man just say hi that's it, what worst can he say?"

Xia Yan's inner monologue started, her deep honey brown eyes were wide open, Her pupils dilated, her modest mounds were heaving up and down with her accelerated breaths.

She was talking to herself in her inner monologue, tightening her whole body, clenching her sweaty palm into the fists as if she was bracing for impact, not preparing herself to say hi to the man who stole her heart at first sight.

*Thump* *Thump* *Thump* *Thump*

It's just as he was walking step by step towards her, each sound of his shoe hitting on the floor reverberating in the ward, making her heart beat faster and faster like horses galloping in the open field.

It was beating so fast in her chest cavity that she thought everyone could hear it, she was terrified that it would jump out of her mouth if she opened it to speak.

'Am I having a heart attack?'

Xia Yan as a doctor couldn't help but ask herself, feeling her condition, her inner two piece dress underneath the doctor's white coat drenched in her sweat, She started hyperventilating, taking fast and swallowing breaths.

Her vision become tunnel focused before whole room feel like starting to tilt, sudden drop in her stomach feeling of sudden sense of intending doom filling her system with adrenaline making her whole body shake uncontrollably, her fight and flight response triggered, She wanted to run away hide, avoid anything to not face him as right now.

Yet she turned out to be a freeze type, go figure.

She wanted to move, run anything but her legs felt like they were filled with lead refusing to move, not just her legs her whole body just froze not following her intention to move.

All she could do was just stand still, stare in the void waiting till her brain processed what was happening.

The hospital sounds, the beep of monitors, the distant chatter ceased to exist, leaving her only with constant high pitched ringing in her ears and sound of shoe hitting on floor approaching her.

"How is she doc?"

Alex, seeing the state of Xia Yan, did not dare to approach her directly, afraid that she would pass out or actually have a heart attack because of his approach.

So he walked past trembling Xia Yan, maintaining enough distance not to accidentally have physical contact with her body.

He simply stands beside Gloria's bed gently rubbing her head, then looks at Liza, making sure to not look at Xia Yan, as that may cause her to spiral out.

'.....Why?'

Xia Yan seeing him walking past her at first breathed sigh in relief, her heart also slowed down before it felt cold all over again, a lump stuck in her throat making her hard to swallow.

She was dreading how to speak to him, there was a panic attack. Just imagine him touching and speaking to her, making her body brace for impact.

But when he walked past her, for a moment she felt relief before her mind panicked and started questioning why he did not talk and touch her.

Isn't he always teasing and messing around with her?

Did she make him angry or disappointed by her actions before that he no longer wanted to have any contact with her?

Questions like these kept ringing in her head making her once again just stand there misty reddish eyes looking at him like a kicked puppy.

"That….Her vitals are fine but her core temperature and heart rate is…."

Liza didn't see the reaction of Xia Yan nor did she see the complicated reaction of hers.

All she cared about Alex asked her for something and she answered it guilty.

"Vitals are fine, Core temperature and heart rate? Just ignore that thing."

He looked at Liza then picked up Gloria's reports nodding in satisfaction.

As expected, she was recovering at a faster rate than he expected.

'This SSS-Ran Phoenix bloodline really lives up to its legend.'

He couldn't help but say in his mind, He used Holy Blessing on Gloria before to avoid sleepless nights to curse her with everything she might be expressing, completely healing her and even putting her whole body at her theoretical peak.

That upgraded her bloodline from SS to SSS rank directly, starting to break its restrictions archiving her powers far beyond her original peak.

Talent and such of hers also upgraded with it which is standard procedure using his Holy Blessing skill but he was still taken aback how fast her body is recovering.

S-Rank.

That is the current combat power of Gloria, in this short time frame not only she completely recovered her original powers but truly stepped into the rank that others can only dream off.

What is more bizarre is that unlike last time when she stepped into the S-Rank, creating the vortex absorbing spiritual energy in her surroundings, even putting newborn Grace's life in danger, here nothing such happened.

No fanfare, No absorbing surrounding Qi to step into S-Rank realm, She just quietly stepped into it without anyone even realizing what had happened, all due to her SSS-Rank Phoenix bloodline supplementing needed Qi directly.

Which is why Liza couldn't help and figure out the issue.

After all, no matter how great, unfathomable medical skills she has, she still knows how to treat mortals.

Yeah mortals, below S-Rank all are ants, Even when Liza can cure and treat A-Rank individuals, She couldn't do anything to S-Rank issue, at least right at this newbie stage.

Right now Liza trying to figure out what is wrong with Gloria is like a typewriter trying to talk to the supercomputer.

A goddess among women, S-Rank earned that title.

"What? No!!....I mean Alex, listen, I know you mean well but her condition is not normal. We need to keep an eye on her core temperature, we might also need to give her more immune suppressing drugs."

Liza immediately refutes strongly, no matter how her personality is normally, she still has her work ethics. She is not going to cause harm to patients.

She even skipped her dinner date with Alex to keep an eye on Gloria due to her condition, there was after all, a few code blues that same day.

From this can be seen, at least when it's come to her job she has her own moral code.

"Liza that is not what I me-"

Alex wanted to explain himself but Liza, worried about him being angry, spoke faster.

"Well if she dies, I can let you in when I cut her open to see what was wrong with her, I promise you that but till then, Just let us do our job."

Liza realising how harsh her words might have sounded quickly tried to soften the blow giving him something she thought is an offer he can't refuse with a wide excited smile.

*Shiver*

A chill ran through Alex's spine looking at Liza as he suddenly remembered her perk.

Medical Manic.

'How could I forget how fucked up she is in her head?'

Alex's rose tinted glasses shattered as he once again saw real Liza, or rather heroines.

He can even say he got lazy, taking heroines as granted seeing how favorability of theirs is to him, treating him so nicely, He was focusing on dealing with the protagonists.

But now Liza once again reminded him why he was so dreaded to go and face Alia, these heroines do not follow the normal routine nor common sense.

See? Liza had a wide smile on her face, wanting to cut Gloria open later to see what is wrong with her, right in front of the patient, her visitor (Alex) and Xia Yan, Head of the department.

"Liza here take this, eat and go to sleep."

Alex closed his eyes, took a deep breath before exhaling it, Then open them looking at Liza, taking out two food container of fried rice he cooked and packed for them.

One is obviously for Liza, another one is for petrified Xia Yan standing middle of ward looking down at his feet not even daring to look directly at him.

"Really? Thanks but this doesn't mean you can skip our dinner date."

Liza didn't see anything wrong here, quickly yanked two containers from his hand with a cheerful voice before turning around ready to run away fearing he would snatch back up saying he was just messing around with her.

She is not paranoid, He used to do that to her before, needing him to cry and beg before bribing him to get what she wanted from him always.

"Hey you glutinous pig, Both are not for you to eat, shear with the beautiful head doctor here."

He quickly shouted behind her back, halting her escape. Liza too stopped puffed up her cheeks ready to argue being called pig but rejected that idea quickly, food was in her hand if she argued he would steal away again.

"Call me."

As stunned Xia Yan being dragged by Liza, He mouthed to her gesturing with a phone gesture before the door closed, as he turned and then pinched Gloria's soft cheeks.

"Stop pretending, They are all gone."

(A/N: Like always thank you for reading and have a good day 😁.)