True Love Waits

"Sounds good. Why not? You might get an acute renal failure, and then you won't be able to mess around with women anymore," Evelyn mocked.

Sheffield stared at her, his interest piqued. "Oh, I didn't expect you to know about acute renal failures."

"I have a customer with that disease."

"I see. ARF is curable, as long as he receives the right treatment in time. But if it's chronic, there's no radical cure for it according to the current medical situation. Ask your customer to come and see me whenever he's free. I'll see if there's anything I can do. I specialize in nephrology." This wasn't a joke. He did work in the nephrology department.

"Why did you choose to study nephrology? Is it because..." Seizing the chance to taunt him, Evelyn sized him up and asked, "You've had issues with your kidneys?"

Sheffield didn't mind such scorns.

He faked a half-serious look and said casually, "Yes, you're right. I've indulged myself in so much carnal pleasures, my kidneys couldn't take it anymore. I chose to be a renal physician and had both of my kidneys replaced."

He made it seem like he had slept with many women.

Evelyn felt a pang in her heart. "Wow, Dr. Tang, you're amazing. You even operate on yourself. Quite a talent," she said with sarcasm.

Instead of replying to her taunt right away, he turned around to face her. While walking backwards, he asked with a mischievous smile, "Why are you so concerned about my kidneys? Do you want to find out in person if they are working fine?"

Realizing what he meant, Evelyn blushed. She picked up her pace to catch up with him, in an attempt to punch him in the face.

Sheffield knew what she was thinking. He picked up his pace too, always staying one step ahead of her.

Frustrated, Evelyn began to run. It was then that Sheffield turned around to run too.

"Sheffield Tang, you are such a jerk!" No one had dared to flirt with her like this.

Sheffield turned his head to smile at her as he ran. "Hey! You started it!"

Evelyn ran as fast as

spread his arms. Caught off guard,

her nose. Her heart

You might trip." Afraid that she would get angry again, Sheffield let go of

moved away from him. In no time, she returned to her usual aloof self. She asked, "Dr. Tang, you are

'Crap!'

face. This was a tough question for him. He explained awkwardly, "Um...it's just a game. I wasn't serious about any

distance. A brook was sparkling under the sunlight. She mocked calmly, "I bet there are a

"I just play around with them, but I've never..." Sheffield knew he was

words caught Evelyn's attention. She stopped walking

being over concerned about his private life. They were strangers, after all. Why did

the sky, sighing heavily. "I have a friend named

of Y City. "Okay... You...like him?" That was too much to take in. She thought that he only loved fooling

eyes at her. "For your information, I'm straight." He cleared his throat and continued, "My friend, Joshua, always says this one thing about a

understand where he was

the bush and admitted it honestly. "I am that

date Evelyn; that was why he had decided to open up to her

her lips lifted upwards. "Didn't you just say that your carnal pleasures were too much for your kidneys to take? And now you are telling me that you are a virgin boy.

earlier. My kidneys are very much healthy. You will know it if you give it a try."

her eyes away from him. "We better drop this topic. We are in the Elephant Valley now. Is it the right place to

He looked her in the eye. "But Evelina,

ever-calm girl choked on

her heart through the years. She had heard all kinds of romantic words in her life, but this was the weirdest

teenage girl who adored her idol while telling him, "I'm all yours. I want to give

wondered how this guy had written all those medical papers and how he had managed to become the deputy director of his

Sheffield felt humiliated.

with a sad pout. "I only said that because I really