Chapter 38

Edited by genesis & Erin

The procedure of seeing a doctor was the same in every hospital.

The waiting room was jam-packed with people. Not only were the seats full, but there was almost no place to stand. Dr. Lin, who Chu Xun came to see, was very famous. The patients who came here to see this reputable person were from all over the country. They had to come a week early in order to get a number in queue for this expert. If Chu Xun hadn’t found a connection, then he wouldn’t have had a way to enter the queue .

No one in the world liked to see the doctor. Everyone’s heads were clouded with worry. Chu Xun couldn’t help waiting impatiently. He clasped his cell phone to kill time. His face was covered with blue light.

They arrived at 10 o’clock, and still had to wait. They were added into the queue and were twenty-first in line.

There were no seats, so they stood to wait; after a while, his Dad called to him: “Jun Jun, here is a seat. Come here, you sit and wait.”

Chu Xun looked at his parents whose hair was turning white. He couldn’t just sit by himself and have his parents stand. He said, “Dad, you sit down. You’ve been driving for so long. You must be quite tired. Sit down and have a rest. I’m fine. I’m not feeling ill today. I’m not that weak.”

They pushed back and forth and Chu Xun caught a glimpse of an old grandfather with a head of white hair leaning on a cane. He turned to support him and said, “Grandpa, you should sit down.”

The old grandfather didn’t refuse. After thanking him, he sat down.

Father Chu was quite unhappy. “You even have to be stubborn when it’s about sitting in a seat, wanting to show off so much.”

Mother Chu smoothed things over: “You father and son pair must have been sulfur and saltpeter in your past incarnation. You just need to bump into each other and you’d explode. Teacher Chu, don’t you have that stool you use when fishing, in the car? You can take it out to use ah. “

Every patient wanted the doctor to see them for at least half an hour, so that it would be worth the battle of coming to the hospital and waiting for a long time in line.

Chu Xun waited until nearly 12 o’clock before it was his turn. He took his medical records, examination reports, and other documents from the two previous hospitals he’d visited. Finally, he saw Dr. Lin. He was 40 to 50 years old and wore hawksbill shell patterned glasses, his facial features a bit fierce.

Director Lin looked at the information he had brought, frowned, and asked him, “It was discovered more than a month ago? The doctor didn’t have you hospitalized as soon as possible? Did he prescribe you any medicine? “

Chu Xun said guiltily, “Yes, but I… I didn’t want to be treated. I have only been taking painkillers. “

Dr. Lin sighed and asked him all kinds of questions. He set up an electronic medical record and opened up many examination forms, having him do all kinds of tests again.

Chu Xun was coerced by his parents and ran to each station for blood tests, x-rays, B-ultrasound, MRI, and so on as if he were conducting a military campaign.

Their examination checklist was very arduous. He didn’t know why, but each time he had to wait, it was until there were only a few people left in the waiting room. He was also called in by the doctor several times for new imaging.

It took two days’ time before he went back to see Dr. Lin.

Director Lin’s brows were wrinkled deeply, and he repeatedly looked at the examination results, imaging and every other kind of report. His expression was grave and he said that he could not give him exact results for the time being.

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Chu Xun was once again worried about the new situation, but thinking again, the worst outcome was still death. There was nothing to be afraid of.

As soon as he left the hospital, Chu Xun was scolded by his father.

Father Chu said: “What ‘even if it’s incurable, I can accept that’? What did you promise me? Have you forgotten?”

He very fiercely threatened: “You’d better not be thinking about trying to save our pension money. We don’t need you to help us save it.”

Chu Xun was very dispirited: “Dad, that’s what I said… some things can’t be changed even if you have enough willpower. How can there be so many miracles? I think it’s better to plan for the worst. If it’s a little better than expected, then wouldn’t it be a good thing?”

But in general, just when you think you’ve met the worst thing in your life, fate will tell you that she actually hadn’t revealed the worst of it: you could go even further down into the abyss.

The next morning, the new doctor under Director Lin called to inform Chu Xun to come to the hospital.

Chu Xun didn’t delay. They had stayed in the hotel next to the hospital so they arrived at the hospital ten minutes later.

Today, Director Lin wasn’t doing any examinations. He was at the office of the inpatient department.

There was an unfamiliar female doctor beside Director Lin. Seeing Chu Xun had arrived, he said to the female doctor, “Here, it’s him.”

Then he introduced to Chu Xun, “This is Dr. Chen.”

Chu Xun gave his greetings politely, but he remembered that there was no doctor named Chen in this department when he registered. Which department was Dr. Chen from?

Director Lin and Doctor Chen both had solemn faces, which made Chu Xun feel downcast. It was probably a bad result.

Dr. Chen didn’t exchange greetings with him. Immediately she said to him, “Let’s do another ultrasound scan. I’ll do it for you; I’ll take you there right now.”

Dr. Chen took Chu Xun to the ultrasound room herself.

Chu Xun found that there were still many people waiting outside. It turned out that he was cutting the line. He felt quite sorry for inconveniencing others. There were several pregnant women with large stomachs sitting in the corridor waiting.

He was actually going before other family’s pregnant women, which made Chu Xun feel even more ashamed.

When the doctor on duty saw Dr. Chen, they called her Director. Chu Xun felt it strange. Was Dr. Chen also a director? Which department’s director?

They entered the ultrasound room, closed the door, and pulled down the curtain.

Dr. Chen stood beside the machine and instructed Chu Xun, “Lie on your back, lift up your clothes, expose your stomach, and pull your pants down a little.”

Chu Xun obediently did as she said. He secretly glanced at Doctor Chen’s expression. Doctor Chen’s brow was becoming more and more wrinkled.

After half an hour’s examination, Dr. Chen said, “OK, it’s done. Don’t leave yet. I need to discuss it with Director Lin again.”

Then they waited another hour.

Director Lin and Director Chen called Chu Xun in.

Director Lin said something that Chu Xun didn’t quite understand, something about differentiated cells and undifferentiated cells, and what it was like, and then their conclusion: “…It indeed was really easy to misjudge your previous circumstance, and it is also the first time I have seen a case like yours.”

Chu Xun asked, “What misjudgement? Can you explain it a little more clearly, Director?”

“In short, you were misdiagnosed in your previous examinations. You don’t have a terminal illness,” Lin replied.

——You don’t have a terminal illness.

Chu Xun’s mind suddenly blanked and he was stunned for a long time. He asked, “Doctor, what did you say?”

“You don’t have a terminal illness,” Director Lin assured him.

Huh??? Chu Xun thought that that was so absurd and preposterous that he was left speechless for a while.

Misdiagnosis? This was a fucking misdiagnosis?! Because of those results, he quit his job and spent all his savings. Now he was told that he was misdiagnosed? He had also only bowed his head to his father because of this.

Chu Xun’s parents were by his side. They were much happier than Chu Xun.

Father Chu was so happy that he wept with joy. He wiped his tears and said, “I told you to go to other hospitals, yet you didn’t want to…”

Mother Chu was happy but then began to get angry: “What was going on at the hospital where you went to before? Human life is beyond value and they still made a mistake!”

Director Lin’s face did not become the least bit relaxed: “But…”

The whole family was on edge again.

Chu Xun asked, “But what? Did you find from my examinations that it’s another illness?”

Director Lin said: “Not that. You are quite healthy, but your body is a little special, and it’s also because of this that you were misdiagnosed.”

Chu Xun asked further, “What’s the matter?”

Director Lin glanced at Director Chen. Director Chen took out some photos of the recent ultrasound and put them in front of Chu Xun. Chu Xun saw that the photos were black and white. He couldn’t understand them at all. Director Chen opened her mouth and said, “You don’t have a terminal illness, but you are pregnant.”

What?

Chu Xun couldn’t believe his ears.

What did Director Chen say? Did she say “pregnant”? It was probably just a homonym for the word pregnant…

He is a man, ah!

Wasn’t it more reasonable to say that he had a terminal illness rather than that he was pregnant?

Director Chen said very seriously, “You’ve been pregnant for about five weeks. Look at this dot. It’s the fetus. It is still very small.”

Chu Xun blanked, staring at the image for a long time before saying, “This… Isn’t this some kind of joke? “

Director Chen shook her head and said, “How could we joke with you about this?”

Chu Xun asked, “B-but I’m a man ah. How could I have gotten pregnant?”

Director Chen said: “In medicine, the human body has not been fully explored… It’s true that a man can’t be pregnant according to common sense, but you’re pregnant now. It’s also because you are a man who can get pregnant that I reckon you were misdiagnosed.”

Chu Xun continued to ask, “Ah? I… I, I didn’t feel my body was any different from when I was growing up to now. Why wasn’t it discovered before?”

“If your circumstances weren’t examined carefully, then it wouldn’t be discovered, and it’s easy to misdiagnose,” Director Chen said. “My personal conjecture is that the change of hormones in your body also changes with a cycle. The cycle may be rather long. Usually it’s normal, and only during a certain period of time would it be abnormal. It’s just that you ran into an abnormal cycle during the examination you had around two months ago. “

Chu Xun: “…”

Director Lin said, “So, Mr. Chu, you can’t handle this situation with my specialization. I must hand this over to Director Chen.”

Chu Xun was silent for a moment, calmed down a little and asked, “What is Director Chen’s specialization?”

Director Chen herself replied, “Obstetrics and gynecology.”

Chu Xun: “…”

Notes:

The grand reveal XD