Page 150 of He Is My Bride

Hanjun gave Li Ying a kiss before he needed to ask, and Li Ying headed into the clinic.

It was a small, dinghy clinic. There was a reception booth opposite the entrance, and seats were lined along the long corridor. Some people were sitting there, waiting, and the cold overhead lighting made them all look tired. There were doors on either side of the corridor, leading to doctors’ offices and utility rooms. A palm tree struggled for its life in the corner, and there were dated magazines on a rack.

Li Ying walked to the receptionist and gave her his name.

“Yes, I found you in the system. Please sit down, you will be called by name.”

Li Ying sat down and was oddly nostalgic for when he was waiting to go to the nurse’s office at school; the purgatory vibe was similar. He had been an accident-prone child, so he was there often.

Li Ying didn’t have to wait for long.

“Li Ying?” called a young female doctor from one door. Li Ying got up and briskly walked to the office. Inside, the doctor had already withdrawn to her computer when Li Ying came and closed the door.

“Please sit.” She was not smiling, her tone minimally polite.

Li Ying thought she was too young and pretty to be such a prickly doctoress. The doctor regarded Li Ying after he had sat.

“I’m doctor Wang Yan.”

Li Ying’s smile didn’t waver. He took her offered hand in a firm shake.

There were many Wangs across the country, so it was a long-shot to assume she would be related the the Wang cousins, but still, the coincidence didn’t sit well with Li Ying.

I don’t recognize her face nor her first name, but then again, there are members of the Wang family I haven’t met. I think both Wang Guosheng and Grandfather Wang had daughters as well, all married off, so they wouldn’t necessarily have come to the reunion.Li Ying’s thoughts were scalpel-sharp, quick.Perhaps a granddaughter who’s inherited her mother’s name?

“Are you by chance related to the Wangs of Wang Guosheng?” Li Ying asked conversationally. He tried to peer at her ID card to see what character the family name was written in: it was the same ‘Wang.’

“Distantly,” the doctor said.

“I see.”Should I leave? I doubt Hanjun would have gotten a Wang for the job, or at least he would havewarnedme if he did.

“Can I see a photo identification?” Doctor Wang asked.

Li Ying handed over his new passport with his changed gender marker, and Wang Yan checked his identity before handing it back.

“I’m just going to ask you a few questions, take a few basic measurements, and urine and blood samples.” Wang Yan said and read from a check-list of questions, “Do you have a family history of any of the following diseases…”

She didn’t say anything about a pelvic examination… Could it be that she’s really going to do just as Hanjun has ordered?

Li Ying answered all of her questions, none of them unexpected. She then took his blood pressure.

“It’s rather elevated. Are you nervous, Miss Li?”

Li Ying chuckled, nervously indeed. “I guess I am a little, haha…”

“It’s perfectly normal.” Wang Yan said matter-of-factly and removed the cuff from Li Ying’s arm. “Please remove your shoes and step on the scale.”

Li Ying’s weight and height were measured, and then Wang Yan held out a white little plastic cup for him.

“Next, I would ask you to go to that toilet,” she pointed across the room to a small restroom, “and fill this cup with your urine.”

“Alright.” Li Ying took the cup.

He went into the loo, locked the door, and lowered his skirt and his double layer of underpants. He had known to prepare to give such a sample and had only tucked lightly without any tape, and had opted for a skirt with a loose, flowing hem that would better cover anything that might show as a result.

He filled the sample cup sitting down and put the lid on when done, finished his business, and made sure his ‘small little brother’ was firmly tucked back between his legs, and that his tight underpants kept it there nice and snug before pulling on his skirt. He then washed his hands and re-entered the examination room.

Wang Yan took the cup from him with gloved hands, gave it a quick wipe with a disinfecting wipe and placed it on a tray. Next she asked Li Ying to roll up his sleeve for bloodwork. Li Ying complied, still keeping his head cool—if she didn’t try to get handsy with him,acting jumpy would just be suspicious. Even if she was one ofthoseWangs, she had nothing on him at the moment.