Gu Jing let go of the doork.n.o.b. ‘I’ll request for a female doctor. If there are no female doctors here then I’ll go somewhere else.’
Zhen Lang opened the curtains and Gu Jing shielded her eyes from the bright sunlight.
‘A female doctor will still need to touch your body. You don’t like strangers touching you. Will you feel comfortable having a stranger’s hands touching your body, even if the stranger is a doctor?’ Zhen Lang said.
Gu Jing didn’t want to admit Zhen Lang was right. She needed to trust someone before they could invade her personal s.p.a.ce.
Gu Jing didn’t know why but she didn’t like strangers being too close to her, if they were too close then she would push them away. She preferred Zhen Lang drive her to places than taking public transport. She kept her tiny haphephobia a secret, but unexpectedly Zhen Lang knew her secret.
‘I… can endure it,’ Gu Jing denied.
‘Is that a compromise you can make? If it is then I want to explain in detail the risks of b.r.e.a.s.t.s enhancement, because we live together I won’t be sugar coating the risks,’ Zhen Lang said.
Gu Jing sat in front of Zhen Lang’s desk. ‘Ok, explain the risks to me.’
Zhen Lang opened a drawer and he took out copies of failed plastic surgery reports. He gave them to Gu Jing.
‘Despite most breast enhancements are considered minor surgeries, there are still risks and accidents can happen after a surgery. Like a car accident-’ Zhen Lang said.
‘What can happen?’ Gu Jing asked.
‘One breast implant can stay intact and the other breast implant can rupture. You can end up with an A cup and a D cup-’ Zhen Lang said.
‘Then how will I walk? Don’t tell me I’ll be waddling,’ Gu Jing said.
Zhen Lang shrugged his shoulders. ‘Perhaps.’
‘But you can take the breast implants out,’ Gu Jing said.
‘Perhaps. But you’ll need to have both breast implants taken out and put in two new breast implants. Think about it, if your skin needs to be stretched and st.i.tched many times… you can picture what your chest will look like,’ Zhen Lang said.
‘Like a deflated balloon,’ Gu Jing said.
Zhen Lang nodded his head like he praised her for her intelligence.
‘And…’ Zhen Lang said.
Zhen Lang pinched Gu Jing’s cheeks for a while. She pushed his hands away from her face, but their faces were still close together enough for her to feel his breath on her face.
‘Each patient’s skin is different. Some patients’ skin will heal after a surgery but others will need a second surgery because of allergic reactions. With your tender skin you’ll likely have permanent scars after a surgery and you’ll be wearing thick clothes,’ Zhen Lang said.
Gu Jing frowned, she hated humidity and heat so if she had to wear thick clothes it would be a nightmare for her.
‘I recommend you have a rethink about having breast enhancements. Sometimes patients want to take breast implants out after a surgery. But if the patient’s body didn’t heal sufficiently after their first surgery then it’s unlikely the patient can have a second surgery,’ Zhen Lang said.
Zhen Lang took out photos from a drawer. ‘These are photocopies of failed breast enhancement surgeries. You can take them home and look over them carefully.’
Gu Jing glanced once at the gruesome photos. She saw bruises, blood and scars like the patients were in a car accident. It made her nauseous.
‘All these photos are of real patients. Plastic surgeons can make the physical scars fade a little, but they can’t heal the emotional scars patients have after a failed surgery,’ Zhen Lang said.
Gu Jing coughed. Her mind split into two camps, one for breast implants and the other for no breast implants. Her eyes stared at the paper on Zhen Lang’s desk and she felt like the paper spun and turned into a paper aeroplane.
Gu Jing’s gloomy eyes brightened. She lifted her head and she looked into Zhen Lang’s eyes. ‘Are you doing this on purpose?’
Zhen Lang tidied his desk but Gu Jing’s question startled him. ‘What?’
‘It’s nothing. I made a decision. I want breast implants. Beautiful Rose plastic surgeons performed more than a thousand surgeries, of course there will be some failed surgeries. But I don’t believe I’ll be one of the some failed surgeries. I’m certain I want breast implants. If you don’t want to perform my surgery then I’ll find a different doctor,’ Gu Jing said.
Gu Jing stood. ‘Do you need me to take off my shirt?’ She lifted her shirt hem above her stomach. ‘Come here and examine my body.’
Zhen Lang stood in front of Gu Jing. He held her hands and he pulled her shirt down. ‘Wait.’
‘What is it?’ Gu Jing asked.
Gu Jing looked down and she saw Zhen Lang’s hands gripped her waist. She felt his hot long fingers through her thin shirt.
‘Tell me what size you want your breast implants to be?’ Zhen Lang asked.
Zhen Lang pulled Gu Jing down onto her chair and she understood he agreed to be her surgeon.
Gu Jing put her hands a small distance in front of her b.r.e.a.s.t.s. ‘I want them this big.’
‘Two pears?’ Zhen Lang asked.
Gu Jing extended her hands a little further away from her b.r.e.a.s.t.s. ‘This big.’
‘Two cantaloupes?’ Zhen Lang asked and he smiled.
Gu Jing thought his smile mocked her. She extended her hands a lot further away from her b.r.e.a.s.t.s. ‘This big!’
Zhen Lang nodded his head. ‘Two watermelons.’
‘Um,’ Gu Jing said.
‘Ok,’ Zhen Lang said. He held Gu Jing’s hand and he led her outside. ‘Let’s go.’
‘Huh? What?’ Gu Jing asked.
Zhen Lang stopped walking, he turned around and Gu Jing almost collided into his chest.
Zhen Lang lifted Gu Jing’s chin and he smiled. ‘I’m taking you somewhere to help you adjust to your future body.’
Gu Jing didn’t know what Zhen Lang meant, but he dragged her to his car. He drove her to the supermarkets and he dragged her to the fruit section.
‘What do you want to do?’ Gu Jing asked.
Zhen Lang bought four watermelons and he bought four large calico bags. He wrapped an arm around Gu Jing’s shoulder and he held the bags of watermelons in his other hand.
‘Let’s go home,’ Zhen Lang said.
Outside the supermarkets Zhen Lang tied two calico bag straps together. He put a watermelon in each bag. He waved a finger and Gu Jing stepped closer to him.
‘What is it?’ Gu Jing asked.
Zhen Lang spread Gu Jing’s arms horizontally and he put each of her arm through an untied calico strap. He moved the straps onto her shoulders and close to her neck.
‘Ow!’ Gu Jing cried out.
Gu Jing put her arms down and she saw a calico bag of watermelon suspended in front of each of her b.r.e.a.s.t.s.
Zhen Lang wrapped an arm around Gu Jing and he whispered in her ear. ‘Didn’t you want breast implants this big? You need to adjust to your new body first otherwise after the surgery you’ll feel uncomfortable. If you request me to give back your old body after the surgery, it’ll be impossible for me to give back your old body.’
Gu Jing didn’t want to admit that watermelon b.r.e.a.s.t.s were uncomfortable. She straightened her back and she ignored Zhen Lang’s smile.
Gu Jing waddled a short distance toward Zhen Lang’s car, but she felt breathless.
‘Hey Mr Vet, wait for me,’ Gu Jing said.
Zhen Lang stopped ten steps in front of Gu Jing. In the past she never had trouble keeping up with his pace, but with watermelon b.r.e.a.s.t.s his steps were a lot wider than her steps.
Gu Jing waddled another two steps and she stopped to regain her breath, because the watermelon b.r.e.a.s.t.s. .h.i.t hard against her chest.
Gu Jing straightened her back and she took two deep breaths. She saw Zhen Lang arrived at his car with a smile on his face.
Gu Jing waddled to Zhen Lang’s car. She braced her hands against his car and she breathed heavily.
‘Lift your head and straighten your back. Women with big b.r.e.a.s.t.s don’t hunch their backs to look like a turtle sh.e.l.l,’ Zhen Lang said.
On the way home Gu Jing’s watermelon b.r.e.a.s.t.s. .h.i.t against her chest nonstop and she had trouble breathing.
Gu Jing held her watermelon b.r.e.a.s.t.s and she felt more comfortable.
‘In the future are you going to carry your b.r.e.a.s.t.s while you walk?’ Zhen Lang asked.
Gu Jing reluctantly let go of her watermelon b.r.e.a.s.t.s and they fell onto her lap. Her neck and back ached.
Zhen Lang parked his car. ‘Let’s go upstairs.’
Gu Jing’s legs trembled but she walked outside Zhen Lang’s car toward the elevator.
The short distance toward the elevator felt like torture for Gu Jing. Near the elevator she rested her sore back against a wall and she couldn’t wait to get home.
The elevator doors opened.
‘Your shoe slipped off your feet,’ Zhen Lang said.
Gu Jing looked down but her watermelon b.r.e.a.s.t.s obstructed her vision of her feet.
Gu Jing looked down in vain for a while and the elevator doors were closing. Zhen Lang stood inside the elevator.
‘Wait!’ Gu Jing cried out. She waddled fast enough to stop the elevator doors from closing, but her left foot tripped over her right foot.
Gu Jing used all her energy left to leap into the elevator, she braced her hands on the back wall and she didn’t fall on her face. She mumbled to herself. ‘At least I didn’t embarra.s.s myself by falling on my face.’
Gu Jing heard crack sounds and she felt something wet against her chest. She looked down and red watermelon juice leaked through the calico bags.
Gu Jing turned around. ‘Mr Vet, have you ever taken out watermelon b.r.e.a.s.t.s in this way?’
End of Chapter Twenty-Four