Buying Medicine, Making Medicine (Revised)

Bai Hui took off her white, Butterfly- tie Lolita-style high heels and gently patted the orange cat's soft belly with her toes.

The orange cat lay lazily, its tail twitching back and forth, its four paws tucked in as Bai Hui played with it.

Bai Hui turned to the side and just happened to see An Nuan and her group.

An Nuan was slightly flustered because just now, Professor Liu had taken off his mask because he found it uncomfortable to breathe while wearing it.

Seeing Bai Hui stand up to greet her, An Nuan quickly pretended not to see Bai Hui and lowered her voice, "Don't let Bai Hui find out!"

Liu Chang'an then released Professor Ling, and An Nuan pulled Professor Ling forward, gesturing for Liu Chang'an to deal with Bai Hui.

So Liu Chang'an stood there calmly and waved goodbye to An Nuan.

Bai Hui walked over, leading the orange cat, glancing in the direction Liu Chang'an was waving with some confusion, but could only see the backs of the three girls.

It was a group of people who had affairs with Liu Chang'an. Bai Hui pursed her lips and secretly thought badly about Liu Chang'an. Anyway, he had no idea what she was thinking.

"What are you thinking about?" Liu Chang'an asked, looking at Bai Hui's eyes that were darting back and forth in their sockets.

"I was thinking about you guys..." Bai Hui blurted out, startled, and almost blurted it out. She quickly tugged at the leash, causing the fat cat to twist its body, but it didn't get up.

"Miss us?"

"No... it's nothing..." Bai Hui quickly denied.

"Oh, then I'll be going." Seeing that Bai Hui didn't seem to be focusing on finding the suspicious points about An Nuan and Liu Yuewang anymore, Liu Chang'an felt that his task was completed and prepared to leave.

"Etc..."

Liu Chang'an stopped and turned to look at Bai Hui, his eyes showing little questioning or doubt.

"I... I want to choose a gift for An Nuan." After saying that, Bai Hui thought for a moment and felt that this was a very suitable and justifiable reason to call him back.

"Another one?" Liu Chang'an was puzzled by this reason.

Didn't she just give An Nuan a thermos yesterday?

"Yes." Bai Hui reached out and hooked her earlobe with her finger. Is it not allowed? Why bother with so many questions?

"Are you going to pursue An Nuan?" Liu Chang'an's expression turned wary. "That won't do. We're all acquaintances now. If you try to steal my girlfriend like this, it won't look good if we meet again in the decades to come."

Bai Hui's cheeks flushed red; she didn't know if he was simply joking or if he was reminding her of something.

"Come on, let me help you pick out a gift, right?" Liu Chang'an laughed again; teasing a little girl was always a fun thing.

He stopped thinking about the etiquette of gift-giving between girls. The things they did, the meaning of their "good friends," weren't even in the Xinhua Dictionary, and he didn't try to figure them out.

"How can you be so annoying!" Bai Hui, holding the cat, raised her fist and punched Liu Chang'an twice. Perhaps influenced by the orange cat, her voice had a hint of whining.

The orange cat wasn't very willing to move, but there was nothing they could do. Bai Hui refused to sit there with it anymore. Pulled hard by Bai Hui, it finally rolled over and turned over, then lazily stomped its feet and walked into the mall.

"Why is your cat allowed in the mall?" Liu Chang'an asked. A hallmark of high-end malls is the presence of doormen in suits at every entrance. He remembered that Zhou Dongdong had never brought Lu Si'en to the mall because pets were not allowed. Every time they came here, Zhou Dongdong would send Lu Si'en back by himself.

The orange cat was not stopped.

"Because it's not my cat, it's Zhu Juntang's cat," Zhu Juntang explained, adding that the cat was taking advantage of its owner's power.

"I see." These people only recognize Zhu Juntang, and only recognize Zhu Juntang's cat. As a result, Zhou Dongdong, a powerful figure in the Nine Provinces Wind and Thunder Sword Sect, is treated worse than his Immortal Sheep Protector.

However, there's a saying that an ex is worse than a dog. Lu Si'en can be considered Zhu Juntang's ex-dog. Since "dog" is considered an "ex," Lu Si'en, as Zhu Juntang's ex-dog, doesn't receive any special treatment. So, it's likely that when Zhu Juntang breaks up with her boyfriend and he becomes her ex, he won't be able to enter any shopping malls under the Baojun Group anymore.

That's really interesting.

Lost in thought, Liu Chang'an and Bai Hui walked into the mall.

"Last night I ran into An Nuan who came to see you, and she gave me a Takashi Murakami phone case... When I searched for the same one, I found that it's quite expensive. I think I should give her a gift in return." Bai Hui said carefully, indicating that she hadn't suddenly stopped him to go shopping, but that she really had something to do.

"Oh, then just give her something cute, anything that makes her feel cute, she'll like it," Liu Chang'an said after thinking for a moment.

Bai Hui agreed with Liu Chang'an's statement. An Nuan liked to act cute. It was fine in high school, but after she and Liu Chang'an established a relationship, she really thought she was a baby.

If I were to fall in love, I definitely wouldn't be like An Nuan; I'd probably be pretty much the same as I am now.

I wonder if, if I were in a relationship and couldn't act cute and coquettish like An Nuan, would any boy like me?

Bai Hui glanced at Liu Chang'an. With such superficial aesthetics and taste, Liu Chang'an probably only liked girls who could act cute and coquettish, like saying things like, "Bunny is so cute, why eat bunny?"

"Could you help me check this out...? You seem to have class this morning, right?" Bai Hui asked uncertainly, wondering if he had time to go shopping with her.

"Third and fourth quarters."

"Oh, I'm also on the third or fourth period. Let me hurry up and finish shopping so we can go back to school together, it's on the way," Bai Hui said casually.

"Yeah, it's on my way."

Bai Hui and Liu Chang'an passed by an underwear store.

Liu Chang'an and An Nuan had shopped at this lingerie store together, and they even ran into Bai Hui there. Bai Hui and An Nuan had a friendly chat about their experiences buying lingerie.

Sometimes girls like to torture themselves a little.

"How about I buy An Nuan a set of underwear? Consider it a treat for you," Bai Hui suggested calmly to Liu Chang'an.

Liu Chang'an shook his head.

Bai Hui was secretly pleased but puzzled. Had Liu Chang'an and An Nuan been dating for so long without reaching this point?

"Everyone has their strengths. Why don't you pick out a pair of pretty stockings for her?" Liu Chang'an suggested.

Bai Hui was a little happy. It seemed that Liu Chang'an wasn't very satisfied with An Nuan's bra size; he just liked that An Nuan had long legs.

Everyone has their strengths. Does that mean he thinks An Nuan has long legs, and her strengths... are obviously obvious?

It seems he's not so blind after all.

Bai Hui glanced at Liu Chang'an shyly, snorted, and nodded, "I'll listen to you."

Bai Hui went to pick out stockings for An Nuan. To make it seem like her decision was well-thought-out rather than impulsive, Bai Hui carefully selected a pair. In the end, she found that the pattern of the pair she chose was particularly beautiful, so she bought a pair for herself as well.

Bai Hui didn't ask Liu Chang'an to help deliver the gift; that would be too insincere. Good friends should give gifts in person, of course.

After buying the socks, Bai Hui didn't keep Liu Chang'an waiting long. She handed the orange cat over to the security personnel at Baolong Center and asked him to return it.

That's the good thing about cats; they don't easily get close to people. They were quite familiar with Bai Hui, but they didn't seem to want to stick close to her. When Bai Hui left, they wagged their tails and lay down on the spot without moving.

Liu Chang'an and Bai Hui took the subway to River West again today.

From Baolong Center to Xiangnan University, separated only by a river, the distance is actually not that short.

Liu Chang'an was used to walking, but taking the subway occasionally was fine. People always change. Bai Hui, who was accompanying Liu Chang'an on the subway at this moment, passing under the river to go to university, seemed to be the same Bai Hui who, in her senior year of high school, encouraged Liu Chang'an to confess his feelings to her in a KTV with inexplicable emotions. She didn't seem to have changed much, yet she seemed completely different.

Liu Chang'an's schedule was the same as Zhu Juntang still came to class today. After finishing her morning classes, Zhu Juntang went to Bai Hui to complain about some usual things. This time, Liu Chang'an actually used duct tape, making Zhu Juntang experience unprecedented humiliation. Moreover, she did not understand what she had done to offend this devil.

Liu Chang'an went to the pharmacy at noon.

After browsing around the pharmacy, Liu Chang'an sighed with emotion. There were many kinds of medicines, but those medicines that used to cost only a few cents or dimes were nowhere to be found.

In fact, these inexpensive medicines have not completely disappeared; it's just that pharmacies generally don't offer them or proactively introduce them unless customers ask.

These medicines are actually quite effective, especially some daily medications, which are incredibly effective. Many medicines with the same effects are ten or even a hundred times more expensive, but their effects may not be as good.

Healthcare reform should also align with core socialist values.

"Young man, what medicine do you need?" an older woman in a white coat asked as she approached.

"I'll buy some suppositories, any kind will do," Liu Chang'an said.

"You can't just say any kind will do. You have to tell me what symptoms you need treatment for so I can get you the medicine," the woman said, puzzled.

"No symptoms, it's fine."

The middle-aged woman looked at Liu Chang'an with a puzzled expression, then smiled knowingly and pointed at Liu Chang'an, "Got hemorrhoids? What's there to be ashamed of?"

As she spoke, the woman took out a box of "Yinglong Musk Hemorrhoid Suppositories" and handed it to Liu Chang'an.

"Nine out of ten men have hemorrhoids, it's normal. This is an old brand, it relieves the symptoms quickly, but the key is to sit less and exercise more, and eat less spicy food in the future." The older woman sighed when she saw Liu Chang'an didn't take the product. "More and more male college students are buying this now, it's a common phenomenon."

"I really don't mean it... Give me a box of Daktarin Suppository, or terbinafine suppositories, anything will do." Liu Chang'an refused, these hemorrhoid suppositories were still not suitable.

"Oh, you bought it for your girlfriend. She needs to be careful about hygiene and take good care of her." The older woman shook her head and sighed, "Try using some topical wash too. Are there any other symptoms? Trichomonas... do you need to regulate her gut flora?"

"Thank you, but no need." Liu Chang'an shook his head. "I only need Daktarin Suppository."

The woman handed two boxes of Daktarin Suppository to the cashier.

Yan Qingcheng walked in and saw Liu Chang'an and the Daktarin Suppository he had bought.

As a girl, I certainly know what Daktarin Suppository are for. They're usually something that older women and older women need to use; normal, innocent young girls without boyfriends don't need them.

Yan Qingcheng's expression was slightly strange, but thinking about Liu Chang'an's promiscuous private life and the unspeakable scene in the suite of the mountaintop hotel... this was Yan Qingcheng's imagination, she had never seen it with her own eyes.

That explains why he came to buy these things.

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I recommend a book called <A Million Possibilities>. It's incredibly imaginative. Cheng Lin presses a button, and all life on Earth is destroyed, then re-evolves, and humans reappear. You think this is the history of the birth of civilization? No, no, no, this is just one of a million possibilities!