Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 406 - 403: The Missing Boyfriend

No matter how male-female love is evaluated ethically, purely from the physiological differences between men and women, it’s always the women who suffer.

If by bad luck a pregnancy happens, having surgery is no small matter, is it?

Even a miscarriage and a cleaning surgery can greatly drain one’s vitality, let alone an emergency gynecological abdominal surgery.

Men might only dig into their pockets for their irresponsibility, but women have to pay with their health, and might even lose the chance of becoming mothers.

If luck is bad, one could even lose their life.

Han Qingxue is lucky to be born in the modern era; a common woman in the Great Tang might not even encounter a good doctor who could timely stop bleeding and terminate a pregnancy.

In such cases, all one could do is lose their life.

In the Great Tang, most doctors who treated women were female Daoists or female doctors; legendary doctors like Old Sun, who treated patients without regard to gender or wealth and treated all equally, were extremely rare.

And since female doctors had limited medical books to learn from and limited training resources, their medical skills were far inferior to male traditional Chinese doctors.

This was true even for the palace nobles; they were mostly treated casually by female doctors.

In the Great Tang, gender inequality existed in many aspects, including basic healthcare and education, which were vastly different.

Lin Wanwan sighed as she quickly washed up.

Seeing her own skin in good condition in the mirror, she didn’t even use a base makeup. After all, she was going to the hospital to visit someone, and a delicate look would be inappropriate, so she decided to go barefaced.

Taking the car keys, she headed to the yard to drive, headed straight for Lu Xinghua Eastern Hospital.

Once arriving at the hospital, Lin Wanwan went directly to Han Qingxue’s ward.

A doctor had already done rounds earlier, the surgery was successful, and her situation was stable with no post-surgery complications observed.

Lin Wanwan asked the nanny a few questions, which were answered one by one.

Being a postpartum nanny is actually more exhausting, caring for newborns and mothers!

For the same amount of money, caring for a sleeping patient is obviously much more comfortable; she could even nap on the companion bed.

Lin Wanwan didn’t make her leave after arriving; even if the shift needed to change to a general nurse, there was no hurry, as it counted for a full day’s pay until five o’clock.

A general nurse costs 190 yuan a day, while a postpartum nanny costs 330 yuan a day, nearly double.

The money was already spent; no need to waste it, having one more person to run errands could help until Han Qingxue’s mom arrived at the hospital.

At half-past seven, Han Qingxue slowly woke up, the first thing she saw was Lin Wanwan typing a novel on her phone.

"Boss, where am I now?"

Lin Wanwan sat on a stool by her bed, turned her head and said, "Do you remember what happened last night?"

"I don’t remember, I think I fainted from period pain, didn’t I?"

"It wasn’t period pain, it was an ectopic pregnancy breaking with heavy bleeding. Last night, there was an emergency ectopic pregnancy surgery at Lu Xinghua Eastern Hospital, now you’re in a ward."

"Ah, I... I had an ectopic pregnancy? How could it be?" Han Qingxue was extremely surprised, "I had clearly calculated my safe period."

Lin Wanwan sighed and explained, "There’s no such thing as a safe period in this world. Everyone’s ovulation varies each month due to their bodily conditions, calculating a safe period by menstruation is inherently inaccurate and particularly easy to slip up. Remember, the safest way is to let your boyfriend wear protection."

Han Qingxue sighed too after hearing this: "Ah! No wonder!"

Then she exclaimed: "Oh my God, the surgery! Did it leave a scar on my stomach?"

The focus of her concern was rather skewed, indeed typical of the fashion-conscious Han Qingxue, caring first about such things without breaking character!

She immediately lifted the quilt and checked inside her underwear, exclaiming joyfully: "Oh, the scar isn’t big, the doctor is quite skilled."

Lin Wanwan admired her optimistic spirit; Northeastern girls talked with the humor of stand-up comedy, but she had to remind her: "Once you recover, you’ll need a fallopian tube scan to check things out. By the way, it’s best to carefully analyze the cause of the ectopic pregnancy. If untreated, the probability of another ectopic pregnancy is high, so please don’t be careless."

"Oh, got it, thanks boss!" Han Qingxue hadn’t realized the seriousness, without a detailed check, she wouldn’t have a clear concept.

"Boss, where’s my phone and bag? I’ll call my boyfriend."

"Here." Lin Wanwan handed her the bag from the bedside cabinet, "Your mom should be arriving soon, I contacted her yesterday."

"Ah! You contacted my family?" Han Qingxue’s expression changed for the first time, "Damn, damn, I’m going to get scolded."

She hadn’t told her family about living with her boyfriend, now having an ectopic pregnancy surgery, the family would definitely know, no doubt she’d get scolded.

Her family was from a small town, her parents weren’t that open-minded.

But since she attended an art school, studied design, and being born in the mid-90s, her classmates and friends around her were very open, those dating usually cohabited with their boyfriends.

Besides, she had already graduated; even back at school during junior and senior years, many classmates rented houses to cohabit.

Lin Wanwan saw her expression and shook her head quietly.

Though they were peers, Han Qingxue’s mindset was evidently much more immature than Lin Wanwan’s.

Lin Wanwan was very strong in self-protection. She wasn’t against premarital cohabitation; it has pros and cons, kind of like a trial marriage, breaking up was simpler than divorcing, but always taking measures to protect oneself is crucial.

Someone as carefree and clueless as Han Qingxue, only learning through hardship. Oh no, she’d already suffered greatly, yet seemed unaffected once the pain subsided, showing no remorse.

That’s someone who won’t change until they hit a major barrier.

Han Qingxue took her phone, unlocked it with her fingerprint, then dialed her boyfriend.

From the phone’s sounds, Lin Wanwan heard it was turned off.

"Eh! Why’s it turned off? Did he go out drinking yesterday too, draining the battery?" Han Qingxue still hadn’t thought much, her calmness was indeed remarkable.

Lin Wanwan had to interrupt her fantasy: "No, your boyfriend called yesterday, I told him about your situation, he said he’d come immediately, but after a whole night, he hasn’t arrived."

"Huh?" Han Qingxue got anxious, "Did something happen to him on the way?"

Lin Wanwan: "..."

Love really makes one blind, doesn’t it!

How would an incident be related to turning the phone off?! What kind of logic is that?

It’s obvious it’s more probable the man doesn’t want to take responsibility, rather than something happening on his way to the hospital causing his phone to malfunction.

Lin Wanwan even felt a generational gap with Han Qingxue. Probably due to family background, since losing parental protection young, she treasured herself, always considering her interests first.

Unlike those who grew up with loving, complete families.