Reborn as the Mayor's Girlfriend

Ryzen POV

Juli really kept her promise because right after I settled the bills for the woman and child, she texted me and hung out with me while waiting for them to be conscious. However, after a while, she left because she had prior commitments to go to.

Suddenly remembering that I have a schedule to volunteer at La Coron City today, I briefly texted one of heads in the medical mission department to alert them that I wouldn't be able to go today.

My conscience wouldn't be able to take it if I were to leave today since my heart hurts for the woman and child who met such an unfortunate accident. I feel like it's my responsibility to make sure that they've recovered well after the accident. I guess, I'm also doing it out of guilt since I am part of the most privileged people in the country who can only do so much to help these common people.

Having a glimpse at Lennox can wait another day.

While ruminating, a doctor suddenly came out and informed me that the boy woke up already while the woman was still unconscious. I quickly got up from the waiting hall and went right away to the boy.

I saw the little boy laying down with hospital gown. There were visible, small bandages over his arms and legs but other than that, he didn't seem to have any other injuries. After all, he was protected by his mother.

"Are you feeling okay? I'm Millen, I was one of the people who saw what happened earlier and brought you here in this hospital." I said.

He looked at me with an indifferent expression before he closed his eyes and crooked his eyebrows.

"Where's my mom? Mommy..." he suddenly quipped before tearing up.

My expression became complicated as I tried to coax him by softly patting his shoulder.

"Shh... It's okay... your mom is fine." I said softly.

The little boy seemed to be mature for his age and he looks only about 7 or 8 years old. Analysing the situation, it seems like he won't calm down unless he sees it for himself that his mom is fine. But I don't know if he can handle the state his mom is right now...

"You wanna see your mom?" I asked in a soft tone after he slowed down his tears for a bit.

He immediately nodded and so, I asked a nurse to assist us to visit his mom's room.

Earlier, while I payed the bills for them, there was only one ID found from the woman and she seems to live in La Coron City and a single mother as well.

When the little kid saw his mother, he immediately cried out again upon noticing her lost limb and the huge gauze it had over it. Not only that, there were also a lot more bandages all over her body and even a small one on her left cheek. No matter who sees it, one would feel pity for the woman.

"Mommy, I'm sorry. I won't play with the ball anymore. I'm sorry, mommy. I'm sorry." he cried over and over again.

I sighed as my heart warmed a bit at the scene before getting out of the room to get some fresh air.

As I got out, I checked my phone for the time and was surprised because it seems like I stayed with the litte boy for at least 2 hours. But, what surprised me even more was the messages and missed calls I got from various people.

I checked each message and missed calls and they were all mixed. Some of them were unknown numbers, from Millen Yu's friends, and wait... parents? Just what happened for all these people to suddenly contact me?

I held my suspicions for a while before opening a message from Juli.

Juli: Girl!! Someone took a video of you earlier providing first aid to those people and it instantly got viral. They already know your name and all because you have a lot of followers on Instagram. Good job, Millen!!

Wait... wait? It was just a simple basic aid procedure and anyone who has basic empathy would be able to do that. It wasn't even a grave life or death situation. But then again, with our era today, even more trivial matters get 'viral' within a few hours. I guess compared to other trivial stuff, what I did was slightly a bit better. I just don't know what to feel about it though... should I feel happy for this sudden 5 minute fame?

Before I could even reply to Juli, a certain name suddenly popped up in the screen. The head of our medical mission in La Coron City, Dr. Ging, was calling.

I instantly answered the phone and decided to just reply to the others later, especially to Millen Yu's parents.

"Hi Millen! We saw what you did because it's already viral and local news outlets have also already published it. Are you still at St. Luke's Hospital right now?" she asked.

Not thinking much of it, I absentmindedly answered, "Yes. I'm really sorry that I couldn't go today to help."

I heard a small laughter from Dr. Ging, "Don't worry about it. What you did today was even more important. Anyway, I just wanted to confirm that you were still there that's why I gave you a call. Our mayor will be coming there."

Lennox? Lennox is coming here?

My eyes widened for a bit then after a while, I smirked at myself. Looks like being a good samaritan isn't so bad after all. Unlike the original Millen Yu, I don't normally covet for the spotlight. But it seems like with this, I have made a good impression on Lennox.

"Oh? Why is he coming here for?" I said in an alerted tone.

"He's going to check the victims since they're residents of the city. Please stay there and wait for him." Dr. Ging said softly.

After talking a bit more with Dr. Ging, she finally ended the call.

I bit my lips and unknowingly smirked again, looking forward for the arrival of the unexpected guest.