The bell signaling the end of lunch break rang, and students who had returned to their dorms for a midday rest ca out of the dormitory building and headed towards their classrooms.
Zhou Baowei and Bai Bufan happened to run into Lin Li, who was fetching water, in the corridor.
On the way back together, Lin Li patted Zhou Baowei on the shoulder, wiping so water on him as he asked with concern, "Bao Wei, is your ’Chu Yuqun’ still uncomfortable?"
"My ’Chu Yu’..." Zhou Baowei repeated before realizing, then said helplessly, "Just say stomach if you an stomach! What’s with ’Chu Yuqun’?"
"It’s not called stomach, it’s called Chu Yuqun." Bai Bufan chid in with a laugh.
Zhou Baowei: "..."
"Well, stomach it is, but how is it? Feeling any better?" Lin Li didn’t mind.
"Feeling better... maybe? A nap helped a bit, but only a little. It still hurts quite a bit now, probably will take another day or two." Zhou Baowei sighed, shaking his head then nodding.
"The dicine I left in your drawer, rember to take it later." Lin Li patted him again.
"Huh? What dicine? You an for the stomach?" Zhou Baowei asked in confusion when he heard this.
"Yeah, I bought so specially for you." Lin Li nodded indifferently.
"You went out to buy it during lunch?"
"Yeah."
"What the... You’re so considerate, how much was it? I’ll give you the money later."
Zhou Baowei raised an eyebrow, seemingly getting to know Lin Li all over again, and instead of refusing the kindness, he asked.
"My Brother Fu doesn’t care about those ager bucks in your pocket anymore, plus I bought it without asking you in the first place, so don’t worry about paying." Lin Li waved his hand.
Buying without asking and then demanding money for it would be no different from robbery.
"Then I won’t be polite, thanks." Zhou Baowei was quite moved, vowing never to drop a ’Taishan teorite’ on Lin Li again.
Actually, Zhou Baowei wasn’t poor—he had more money than Lin Li’s entire life—19.5 yuan.
Bear in mind, Lin Li was only 18, and 19.5 is greater than 18.
"Just trust it, buddy." Lin Li waved his hand.
"By the way, Lin Li, did you buy Chinese dicine or Western dicine?" Zhou Baowei suddenly thought of sothing and asked.
"Why do you ask? Haven’t you heard the saying, ’It doesn’t matter if it’s a black hackee or white hackee, as long as it can catch Chen Rui, it’s a good hackee.’"
"Mainly, I don’t really like Chinese dicine." Zhou Baowei shook his head.
"What do you an? Are you worshipping foreign stuff?" Lin Li imdiately made it a big deal.
"I think it’s because it’s bitter. I don’t like Chinese dicine either. I once drank Chinese dicine for a week to adjust my intestines, and even though it was only a week, I felt like the sll stuck with the whole month."
Bai Bufan agreed with Zhou Baowei, making a bitter face, nodding in serious agreent.
"My reason for disliking Chinese dicine is a bit different." Zhou Baowei shook his head, showing a sowhat sad expression.
"Oh, do tell?"
"I used to see Chinese dicine through rose-colored glasses, thinking it was profound. Then once, to adjust my health, my mom bought Chinese dicine, and when I opened it, there were cockroaches inside the dicine bag, but I rembered that cockroaches were dicine ingredients?"
"Yeah, I think they’re called Eupolyphaga, and they’re not just used in Chinese dicine, Western dicine uses them too. That ’Kangfuxin Liquid’ is made using extract of Arican cockroaches." Lin Li nodded, explaining.
"So that’s why you find Chinese dicine disgusting?" Bai Bufan asked.
"No, I just thought it was even more profound, so I didn’t think much of it at the ti and just drank it."
"And then?"
"Damn it, I found no cockroaches in the second pack." Zhou Baowei gritted his teeth as he said this.
"Since then, I’ve hated Chinese dicine."
His words were decisive.
Lin Li, Bai Bufan: "..."
This definitely wasn’t about preferring foreign things; this hate was reasonable, justified, and struck dead center.
The three of them returned to the classroom together.
And Zhou Baowei took out the dicine Lin Li bought for him from his drawer.
Praised Lin Li too soon, this cheapskate only bought a single pill.
No wonder he didn’t want my money.
How could anyone feel comfortable taking it?
"Lin Li, wasn’t this free from a drugstore promotion or sothing? Free from scanning a code?" Zhou Baowei therefore had reason to suspect.
"No, this dicine is expensive, forty bucks a piece. Don’t look down on it."
But Lin Li, feeling wronged, retorted sadly.
"What the heck? How much? Forty bucks a piece? That’s daylight robbery!" Zhou Baowei’s eyes widened.
Not being a rich person, he couldn’t accept this price. He picked up the pill and looked at its na on the back, reading it aloud.
"Sildenafil Citrate Tablet."
"What’s this drug? Never heard of it?" Zhou Baowei, not sensitive to drug nas, asked in confusion after reading it.
To which Bai Bufan replied: "(;☉_☉)?"
What did I just hear?
After a brief mont of shock, Bai Bufan turned his questioning eyes to Zhou Baowei, "Read that again, isn’t that the na for Viagra?"
Zhou Baowei: "(;☉_☉)?"
"What Viagra?" Zhou Baowei asked tentatively.
"It’s exactly what you’re thinking now but can’t believe—Viagra."
After getting a clearer look at the drug’s na, Bai Bufan nodded heavily at Zhou Baowei, "Yeah, that’s it."
Then two of them simultaneously turned their eyes toward Lin Li.
Faced with their deadly stares, Lin Li spread his hands innocently:
"Just take it easy, Bao Wei."
"At noon, I went to the pharmacy and told the doctor to give sothing for stomach health, and she gave this on the spot, saying one pill would be effective, and that I absolutely shouldn’t take more.
So you can just toss it in your mouth and chew it; I’m guessing it must be so impressive special-effect drug."
Bai Bufan, Zhou Baowei: "..."
"That’s for erectile dysfunction, not stomach health! How can I trust this?! Taking this is really unsettling! Sothing’s bound to go wrong!" Zhou Baowei shouted, then rubbed his stomach, "Ugh, I’m so annoyed my stomach feels even worse."
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