After she had returned to the ward, she noticed that there was no one there.
‘Did he leave?’
“The doctor was making his rounds just now. He might have gone to the doctor’s office,” the patient who was staying beside Boyce said.
Jasmine nodded, turned around and walked out of the ward. Then, she walked towards the doctor’s office.
When she was near the office, she heard the doctor’s voice.
“You have injured your head. We have examined you, and as it stands now, your injuries are superficial. However, we cannot rule out the possibility of a concussion. You will need to go to a hospital that has good medical equipment for a check-up. Do you feel uncomfortable?”
Boyce answered, “No.”
“If you insist on being discharged, that is fine. You can go through the discharge process. If you have headaches, dizziness and nausea, you should go to a hospital for a check-up,” the doctor instructed. Boyce said, “Sure.”
“Then, you can go through the discharge process now,” the doctor said. After he had thanked the doctor, Boyce exited the office.
Coincidentally, he saw Jasmine standing at the door. He froze for a moment, “Jasmine.”
With a smile on her face, Jasmine pretended to be calm and said, “We know each other, and you are still injured. If I leave you here unattended, I will have a guilty conscience. Since you want to be discharged, I will help you to go through the discharge process. You can sit here and wait. I will be back soon.”
After she had finished talking, she turned around and walked towards the department that handled the discharge process.
Boyce gazed at her back as if he was in a trance. Keith walked up to him and blocked his view, “Hi, how should I address you?”
Keith’s words made Boyce recollect himself. He said calmly, “Boyce.”
“Mr. Shawn, can I ask you something?” Keith said.
Boyce frowned. He didn’t like the way Keith had addressed him because it made him seem old. However, he didn’t say anything about it, “Go ahead and ask.”
Keith deliberated on his words and asked, “What kind of relationship do you have with Jasmine? Do the two of you know each other well? You seem to know a lot about her past. Can you tell me things about her past? Why are her relatives gone?”
Boyce was surprised and narrowed his eyes, “Don’t you know?”
‘Is it possible that I was overthinking things? This young man is not her boyfriend?”
Keith didn’t hide his feelings and said graciously, “I like her.”
Keith sat on a row of chairs that was against the wall, rested his elbows on his knees and intertwined his fingers. He said very seriously, “I have liked her since I first met her. Later, I have known that she has come to the school in the village to become a teacher. She does not receive salary, but she buys books for the children. From then on, I know that she is a kind and good girl. After interacting with her, I am sure that she is a very kind and caring girl.”
After he had mentioned that, he paused for a while, “She is unwilling to mention a lot of things about her past. I really want to understand her. In the future, I want to become her relative, her dependence and a person who can take care of her.”
After hearing so much, Boyce was concerned about something, “The two of you…are in a relationship?”
“To be precise, I am currently courting her. You are her friend. You hope that she will be blissful, don’t you?” Keith stared at Boyce’s facial expression.
Although Keith was already very smart, he was not capable enough of getting information out of Boyce’s facial expression.
For some reason, Boyce’s mind was inexplicably at ease when he heard that Keith was still courting Jasmine and they were not in a relationship.
Boyce was in good spirits, but his words showed no mercy towards Keith, “Of course I want her to be blissful. But you are still a university student. Can you support yourself? How are you going to take care of her?”
“I will graduate from my university a year from now. I will then have a job…”
“You should talk about this when you have graduated and have a job,” Boyce interrupted him mercilessly.
“As a friend, you should not say this. You should wish her well and approve of her finding happiness…”
At that moment, Jasmine had gone through the discharge process and walked towards them, “What are the two of you talking about?”
The corners of Boyce’s mouth quirked up. He said, “Nothing much. Can we go now?”
“Of course,” Jasmine said with a smile on her face.
Keith stood up and walked to the position beside Jasmine. He smiled and looked at Boyce, “You are our guest. We should entertain you. Let’s go.” After he had finished speaking, he held Jasmine’s hand and walked in front of Boyce to lead the way.
Jasmine looked at him incredulously, “You…”
“Shh.” Keith leaned towards Jasmine and whispered, “You already held my hand just now, so I will hold your hand now.”
Jasmine was very uneasy, “I did it out of desperation…”
“No matter what situation you were in, you held my hand anyway. You must return the favor now.” Keith smiled.
Boyce stared at Keith’s hand that was holding Jasmine’s hand and felt vexed. He kept on thinking, ‘Why didn’t Jasmine push him away?’
‘Is it possible that Jasmine has a crush on him?’
‘What is so good about that young man?’
‘What kind of gaze is she having?’
The more he thought about it, the unhappier he became. He was getting more and more annoyed.
He quickly walked forward and yanked Jasmine’s hand away. Jasmine was surprised and looked at him, “You…”
Boyce pretended to be calm and said, “If the two of you want to walk, the two of you should walk properly. The two of you are occupying a lot of space in the hallway if the two of you are holding hands. That way, how can others walk?”
After he had finished talking, he strode in front of them.
Keith clasped his hands. When Boyce didn’t approve of him courting Jasmine, he suspected that Boyce had a crush on Jasmine. Boyce’s actions at that moment indicated that he clearly had feelings for Jasmine.
‘He is much older than Jasmine. If I am unsuitable for Jasmine, he will be even more unsuitable for Jasmine. How can he lack so much self-awareness?’
“Let’s go.” Boyce noticed that they didn’t follow him. He turned around and said to them.
As Jasmine blinked her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttered. She lowered her gaze, walked up to him and walked beside him.
Keith was unwilling to be outdone and walked beside Jasmine. The hallway was originally not wide. Since they walked side by side, they occupied all the space in the hallway.
After they had walked out of the hospital, Jasmine walked forward and wanted to hail a taxi. Since there were many taxis in front of the hospital, it was easy to stop a taxi. Keith wanted to perform well in front of Jasmine, pulled her aside and said, “I will go and hail a taxi.”
Jasmine replied, “There is no need for that.”
She didn’t want to cause trouble for others.
“You are a girl. Don’t always be dominant. Don’t always be so courteous to me. We are already so familiar with each other.” Keith grinned playfully.
She thought that she would seem pretentious if she declined again. She nodded, “Sorry for the trouble.”
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.