Chapter 3092 - 3093: Childhood Friend Hang Shen

Chapter 3092: Chapter 3093: Childhood Friend Hang Shen

Bai Ruozhu finished her salute and then began to appraise the prince. A doctor emphasizes the importance of diagnosis by inspection, listening, questioning, and feeling the pulse. Even without feeling the pulse, by observing the prince’s complexion, she might discover some clues.

Yet, at this glance, she was stunned. How could the prince...

Previously outside the door, she had seen the prince’s profile from afar, but it was mostly obscured by shadow and not clearly visible. Now she could see him clearly.

He... why does he resemble Hong Shen so much?

"What’s wrong?" Jiang Yichun noticed her abnormal behavior and gently tugged on her sleeve, softly asking.

Bai Ruozhu came to her senses after a long while, hurriedly retracting her thoughts, striving to calm her emotions somewhat.

Hong Shen, she hadn’t seen him for more than ten years.

He was her childhood neighbor, similar in age, yet an idol in her heart.

She had studied medicine with her grandpa for a few years, then returned to the city to study. But by then, her father had developed a gambling addiction, frequently shouting at and beating her and her mother, making the days at home increasingly difficult.

She couldn’t integrate into her new school, compounded by her shabby clothing, she was often mocked by her classmates, growing more and more self-abased.

Back then, she was still very timid and withdrawn. Once after school, a few naughty kids chased after her, teasing her as a "country bumpkin." She could only run home crying aggrievedly, only to face the beating of her gambler father at home.

Until one time, after school, it started raining. She didn’t bring an umbrella, and her mother was at work and couldn’t possibly send her one, so she could only run home drenched in the rain.

Unexpectedly, those naughty kids caught up with her again, not only mocking her but also pushing her into a ditch.

That day she cried aloud, because no one could distinguish between the sound of the rain and her crying.

"Hey, what are you doing!" a childish voice sounded, a small boy ran over, pushing aside the leading brat.

Bai Ruozhu forgot to cry; she didn’t know this boy. Was he helping her?

"Hong Shen, don’t meddle, what’s there to sympathize with about a country bumpkin?" shouted the leading kid.

"Don’t bully her, or I’ll never let you off!" The boy puffed out his chest, the umbrella had already been tossed aside, and the rain soaked his hair.

"Are we scared of you?"

Then the boy fought with them. Although he was young, he was very stubborn, didn’t utter a sound when beaten, and managed to chase those bad kids away.

As for Bai Ruozhu at that time, she only knew to cry out for them to stop fighting, until the boy picked up the umbrella, shielded it over her head.

"It’s over now. If they bully you again, just tell me. I’m Hong Shen, what’s your name?" The boy smiled friendly, but it pulled the bruise on his face, causing his mouth corner to twitch.

The young Bai Ruozhu dazedly looked at him, feeling that this boy seemed so tall.

Later she found out they lived in the same community. After that, they often went home together after school. Gradually, she became cheerful, and under his encouragement, she dared not to resign to being bullied, even later teamed up with him to chase away the bad kids. Since then, she was never bullied again.

Every time she recalled Hong Shen, she felt that boy was a beam of light in her bleak childhood, illuminating her path and changed her life.

Indeed, if it weren’t for him, she’d be a cowardly and easily bullied person, hiding alone to cry secretly.

But later, after entering middle school, Hong Shen suddenly moved away; Bai Ruozhu hadn’t seen him since, not until she finished university and planned to go abroad did she hear news about Hong Shen again.