Nancy, puzzled, took a bite of steamed bun and a few slices of beef, thought and thought, and still replied a text message, "Did you send it to the wrong person?" !"

Eric saw the text box that popped up on his phone and didn't reply.

After waiting for a long time without a reply, Nancy went through the book list carefully and found it was all medical books. She wondered if it was some colleague and called.

Hearing a cautious "hello" from the voice on the phone, Eric said straightforwardly, "It's not wrong. Bring me the books and I'll pay."

The delicate voice of the pine wood seemed to seep into the air along the sound waves. Nancy choked on a steamed bun and began to cough violently. "It's you! Why didn't you leave your name? I thought someone had dialed the wrong number and sent the wrong text message."

After a pause, Nancy added, "I looked at the names of the books you wanted. Many of them are very professional. It won't be easy to get them all. How about I buy them for you after I get off work?" !"

"Bring one or two books first," Eric said in a steady tone, without any emotion.

"All right," Nancy didn't refuse. "By the way, what do you want these for? !"

'Look.' Eric said no more and Nancy didn't want to ask any more, so she hung up the phone and got off the bus halfway to the bookstore.

There were more than a dozen books listed on the book list, and Nancy checked on the self-service inquiry machine. There were only six of them in the bookstore's library.

One by one, they were found on the shelves, and Nancy went to the checkout counter to check them out as she flipped through them.

"Hello, it's a total of two hundred and twenty-four yuan." The girl behind the cash register had a ponytail and was so young that it was enviable.

Nancy nodded, but was stunned when she took out her purse. The long blue leather purse was clean, and the more than two thousand dollars in cash inside had vanished without a trace, not even a dollar left.

Looking at the girl awkwardly, Nancy tentatively asked her, "That... Can I use the card? !"

"Sorry, the POS machine has been sent for an upgrade. It won't be back until around 3 p.m." The girl gave her an apologetic smile.

"What about online payments? Aren't most of them now using Quickly pay? !" Nancy asked, not giving up.

The girl frowned slightly. "Well, we're going to add this payment method, but it hasn't been officially promoted yet."

Feeling the more than 130 dollars in her pocket, Nancy awkwardly took the six books back and looked at the prices. "Then I'll take these three first. I'm sorry."

She picked three of them and handed them over, and Nancy blushed.

The girl smiled without saying a word and settled the bill for her, "One hundred and eighteen."

Taking the books in the bag and the two dollars given to her, Nancy quickly walked out of the bookstore, stood in the sun and took a deep breath. If she walked a step slower, she would shed tears at the cash register.

Thinking of the gold stud earrings May had on her ears, Nancy felt a bit depressed.

"Here, the book you want." Nancy walked into 302 dejectedly and placed the bag beside Eric's bed.

"How much? !" Eric asked so straightforwardly, as if he didn't want to owe her a favor.

"No need," Nancy said, rubbing her nose in a muffled voice. "It's just that I lent it to you. I just want to read these books too."

Eric remained silent, his sharp gaze fixed on her red circles.

"Have you had lunch yet? ! Where's the medicine? Have you taken it? !" Nancy asked him as if she had come to her senses, and when she saw Eric frowning and the cold food on the table, she couldn't help but ask, "What? You haven't eaten yet?" !"

It was just that he didn't eat, and the candy-colored pills in the medicine box beside him were lying there quietly...

Nancy's brows furrowed quickly when she saw the pill.

Eric ignored her and took out his book to read. Before he could finish a line, Nancy's voice slowly drifted over beside him, "How can you get better quickly without eating or taking medicine? Well, I'll go and bring you a hot meal."

"No need." Eric coldly refused.

"How could that be," Nancy was about to preach when she saw Eric raise his eyebrows, his sharp gaze fixed straight on her, a bit chilly. "Is my leg ruined? !"

A magnetic voice with a hint of hoarseness, good sounding Nancy got goosebumps and felt a tingle in her heart.

But she quickly came to her senses and got to the point. "First, you have to believe in the development of modern medicine. Second, your surgery was very successful. As long as you cooperate with the treatment, the results will naturally be seen, rather than being so confused and self-denying."

Nancy was racking her brains as she spoke, thinking to herself, is Eric reading these medical books to study whether his injury will affect his ability to take care of himself in the future? !

A chill ran through her heart, and Nancy nervously avoided Eric's probing gaze. In fact, she couldn't be sure.

His injury is too serious.

"Ok, I see." Eric withdrew his gaze, apparently in a perfunctory manner.

"You don't believe me? !" Nancy was a little speechless, wanting to say something and feeling embarrassed, but fortunately the sudden knock on the door gave her some relief.

Eric didn't reply to her, and his straight gaze went over her head. "Come in."

The person who came was about the same age as Ben, whom Nancy had seen before, the other guy who had carried her into 302 with Ben last time.

"Colonel," after entering the door, the man looked at her as if he recognized her and greeted her again, saying, "Dr. Nancy is here too."

Nancy smiled at him and said, "you two talk."

Looking up slightly, Eric saw Nancy out with her cold meal, but he didn't speak or stop her.

"Sam."

As she went out, Nancy heard Eric call the guy and silently noted it down.

When she came back with a plate, Eric was the only one left in the ward again, reading a book. His quiet, handsome profile was firm, and his back, slightly against the head of the bed, looked like a straight pine wood.

'Where's Sam? !" Nancy raised her eyebrows and set up the small table for him.

Giving her a straight look, Eric lowered his head and continued reading. "Take it."

Nancy knew he was referring to the meal she had placed in front of him, so she shook her head. "No, I have to watch you finish, and half an hour later I have to watch you finish the medicine."

With a snap, he closed the book, and Eric picked up the simple medicine box on the table containing the pills, raised his hand and threw it precisely into the trash can.

The silent resistance made Nancy frown. "Are you going to take it yourself or let me feed you? !"

Saying that, Nancy held a bowl in one hand and a spoon in the other, pretending to feed him.

The eagle's eyes cast a hint of coldness, but Eric was not threatened at all. Instead, he quipped and said, "OK, then feed me."

“……”