Jefferson shut his mouth obediently. He watched Adrienne inject the anesthetic into him quickly, and then he heard her saying, "The anesthetic will take a while to take effect. Hold on a little longer. Soon, the bullet will be taken out and you will be fine."
She looked so pitiful as if he had bullied her...
It was such a scene to cherish. Suddenly, Jefferson lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead. "Why don't you kiss me? I think kissing me will be more effective than anesthetics."
She rolled his eyes at him and scolded, "Jefferson, what is on your mind? Do you think I'm a magical being that can take away your pain with my lips?"
"Little Specky, have you ever seen that famous spy movie?" Jefferson asked as he licked his lips.
Adrienne was taken aback. "What?"
He pinched her face and continued, "It's that movie where the male lead is a spy. He gets shot, and the female lead takes the bullet out for him. She doesn't use any anesthetic, but
she uses something else instead. I'll give you three guesses as to what she used. If you guess it right, I'll let you order me around."
"Movies are a form of art. Art is often exaggerated. Don't take things that happened in a movie and apply them to real life." Upon hearing Jefferson's tone, Adrienne could tell that it was going to be a cheeky answer. She didn't want to waste time guessing. She pressed down on his shoulder and instructed him, "Don't move, lie down obediently."
"Give me a kiss and I'll lie down. I won't move if you ask me not to," teased Jefferson as he pointed at his lips. When he saw Adrienne roll her eyes at him, he pointed at his face again and pouted, "If you don't kiss my lips, you can just kiss me on the face instead."
"Jefferson, can you be more serious?" Adrienne was so close to stabbing Jefferson with a needle until he cried out in pain. As always, it was just a thought as she couldn't bear to do it. "Do you still want to walk with your legs in the future?"
Even so, Jefferson still looked indifferent and argued, "I mean it. If you kiss me, it won't hurt anymore."
Adrienne shouted furiously, "Jefferson!"
"Why are you being so fierce? I'm an injured patient. Can't you be gentler to me?"
Jefferson became more well- behaved after Adrienne's outburst. He lay down on the tiny single bed and whispered, "Little Specky, can you use your brain more next time?"
"What did I do this time?"
"Don't make such a huge fuss about my injury. Those good-for-nothings were there just now. I scold them for being good- for-nothings all the time. If they know that I can't even withstand such a tiny injury, how will I keep control over them in the future?"
"You acted like this out of ego? You dumb*ss." So that was why he had not uttered a single sound of pain in front of the others but he sulked like a child in front of her. Jefferson was in his twenties, but he acted just like a child.
When would he grow up? Adrienne wondered.
"Little Specky..." Jefferson suddenly cupped Adrienne's face and asked, "Does it still hurt?"
"I am not in pain," Adrienne shook her head. Compared with Jefferson, the injuries on her body were nothing. She really didn't feel any pain. She was more distressed because of Jefferson's injury.
"I'm sorry!" he apologized again.
"Why are you saying sorry?" From what she could recall, this was probably the first time
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