Happy to Learn He Was His Wife’s First Kiss

The clamor of voices drifted in from the distance. Chen Ju lay in the hospital bed, his eyelashes fluttering before he slowly opened his eyes. A white ceiling, white sheets, and white curtains came into view. A suffocating sense of oppression settled over him.

This was a hospital. How had he ended up here? He remembered now. He’d been patrolling the mall when he started feeling very unwell. Then a little boy had run into him, and he’d lost consciousness.

That older man and the others must have brought him here. No, he had to leave.

Chen Ju immediately sat up in bed. The sudden movement made his vision blur, and he gripped the sheets until it gradually cleared. The pain in his body, however, remained.

When he raised his hand, he saw the IV needle on its back. His heart sank. How much would a bottle of this medicine cost? And there was no one else in the hospital room, which meant it had to be even more expensive.

If he left now, they probably wouldn’t charge him much.

Chen Ju gritted his teeth and pulled the IV needle from the back of his hand. He threw off the covers and tried to get out of bed, but after only one step, the movement tugged at the injury on his leg. The pain forced him to sit back down.

He rolled up his pant leg, revealing a large purple bruise. He must have hit it when he fainted. His leg wasn’t the only thing that hurt—his waist and his most private parts ached too.

Suddenly, Chen Ju spotted the backpack on the table beside him. He hurriedly grabbed it, unzipped a small pocket, and took out his medicine. He’d been taking two pills every day these past few days just to keep going to work. There were only two pills left in the blister pack. He’d have to buy another box at a pharmacy when he went out later.

Chen Ju popped out the two pills and had just raised them to his mouth when the door clicked open. Jiang Zhou, dressed in a sharp suit, appeared in the doorway...