Translated by newbienoona
Edited by anks
“Master Qilu's vital signs are stable, but he hasn't woken up yet. His doctors from the United States are about to arrive. Don't worry. Let us take a look at your feet first,” the doctor says as he starts examining her injury. He has given her anti-inflammatory drugs, and overnight, the swelling has subsided, but he has to take all precautions.
After careful examination, the doctor hangs his head. Master and Mrs. Han instructed him to cure her feet with the best treatment. If her foot injury doesn't get better, he might as well kiss his career goodbye.
“The swelling hasn't completely subsided. It's best for you to stay in bed and rest.” The doctor checks on her prescription before telling the nurse to give her medication.
“Then can I go see him?” An Chuxia knows he's next door and she's anxious to see him.
The female doctor with gla.s.ses says with a smile, “Of course you can see Master Qilu once you're finished with your medication. Rest first. We'll see ourselves out.”
The group of doctors leave. The only one who stays is the nurse finis.h.i.+ng her treatment.
An Chuxia looks at the big medicine bottle drip but it's taking forever. If only she can drink the medicine instead. Not wanting to wait, she takes her bottle in her hand and walks toward the door.
She sticks her head out of the door and doesn't see a doctor or nurse around. They're probably doing their rounds, and this is probably a good time to sneak out!
Trying to stand the pain, Chuxia heads to Qilu's room.
“Xiaonainai… .” Steward Han wakes up from his nap. He was expecting the bodyguards to bring in food. He didn't expect An Chuxia to walk in.
“Steward Han,” An Chuxia shoots him an embarra.s.sed look. Then, her eyes land on Han's motionless body.
Steward Han quickly walks over to Chuxia and takes the IV bottle from her. He asks with concern, “Why are you here? Shouldn't you be resting and taking care of your injury?”
“I'm fine. It's a small injury. You don't have to worry about it.” She came to the room barefooted, and the ground is cold under her feet.
She walks to Han Qilu and holds his hand. The infusion makes his hand cool [to the touch].
“Qilu, why aren't you awake yet?” She chants.
After hanging An Chuxia's IV on a pole, he says angrily, “Those kidnappers are daring! The master and the wife are dealing with this and they definitely have to be treated with severe punishment!”
An Chuxia doesn't respond. What would happen to those kidnappers? She cannot care about it. She just wants Qilu to wake up soon. She doesn't care if he doesn't remember her, or that he loves Xiang Mankuai. She will be satisfied.
It turns out that loving someone isn't enough. Watching them move can also be one's happiness.
* * *
On the other side of the hospital gate, Meng Xiaonan cranes her neck over the reporters and bystanders. There's a lot of anxiety in their eyes.
These people are stuck in place, and they're making it difficult to visit An Chuxia!
“I don't know what's happening with An Chuxia!” Meng Xiaonan sighs when she hears her phone ring. “Hey!”
“You're a dead girl! Your teacher said you aren't in cla.s.s. Where are you? How dare you skip cla.s.s!” Jiangnan's mother's voice screeches at the other end of the phone. Xiaonan can foresee herself being punished as soon as she returns back home.
Fortunately, her parents aren't aware about last night's events. Otherwise, she'd be strangled to death!
She shakes off her thoughts before quickly responding, “There's traffic on the way to school. I shouldn't call you just for that.” Then, she quickly ends the conversation and powers down her phone. She then flags a cab and heads to school. She just has to wait until the end of school before seeing her friend.
Meng Xiaonan doesn't notice a bright red car parked around the corner of the hospital. The car window was rolled halfway down. Inside was a woman wearing sungla.s.ses.
Exhaling loudly, Mankuai says, “So many people… .”
* * *
Stein College is as calm as ever. The legions fly toward the blue sky, and the big school clock rings. The first cla.s.s of the day is underway. Naturally, Meng Xiaonan is heavily criticized for arriving late, and her punishment is to stand at the back of the cla.s.s the whole time.
At the end of the period, Meng Xiaonan just wants to rest at her desk. However, a large group surrounds her.
“What happened, Jiangnan, do you know?”
“How did you and An Chuxia get kidnapped?”
“You and An Chuxia are good friends. You must know something!”
“Yeah, say something, Jiangnan!”
She knows everything that happened, but what is she supposed to say? Should she say that An Chuxia being kidnapped was just a happenstance?
Meng Xiaonan lifts her head and says, “Should I get a bullhorn? How many times do I have to tell you not to call me Jiangnan? It's Xiaonan. Why can't you remember that?”
She lifts her leg in an attempt to leave but she is stopped before she is able to move.
“Don't change the subject. Tell us!” Everyone looks at her expectantly.
Meng Xiaonan spreads her hands and deliberately pretends to look pitiful. “I'm sorry, everyone. I really don't know anything. I was late today because I attempted to go see An Chuxia. But there were so many people and reporters at the hospital, I couldn't make it to the entrance and squeeze in. I'm sorry, I'll have to make up for it.”
Since she convinced them, they had no other choice but to let her out.
Making up for her rest is proving to be difficult. As soon as Meng Xiaonan rests her head on the table to nap, she hears a loud bang on the surface of her desk.
“Wow, new male G.o.d!”
“Why is Liu Dongyu here? He looks so handsome!”
“… oh my G.o.d, I'm so lucky I'm part of this cla.s.s!”
Meng Xiaonan impatiently raises her head only to see Liu Dongyu approach her. “You finally made it to cla.s.s, Meng Xiaonan.” He remembers her moniker without being reminded.
“It's you… .” Meng Xiaonan suddenly remembers he's steward Han's son. She immediately sobers up and pulls Dongyu out of cla.s.s.
Walking over to the end of the stairs where no one stood, Meng Xiaonan asks, “How is An Chuxia? Is Han Qilu awake yet?”
Liu Dongyu's eyes flash for a moment. He thought she was going to ask something about him. He didn't expect that she'd ask him about other people.
Dongyu let's out an uncomfortable cough to hide his complex emotions.
“I don't know much. My father stayed in the hospital all night without returning. Someone else saw me to school this morning. But from my understanding, there shouldn't be any major problems,” he truthfully answers.
He isn't aware Xiaonan was involved in last night's big event.
“That's it, huh? Well, next period is supposed to start soon. I'll head back to cla.s.s first.” Meng Xiaonan turns and leaves before she hears Dongyu say, “I'm glad to see you're okay. I didn't see you yesterday afternoon, so I wanted to check up on you. Go back to cla.s.s.”
After his statement, he turns around and takes the steps.
“This man is a little weird,” Meng Xiaonan says as she shakes her head in dismay. But as she turns, she sees Xu Niannian walking with a friend, laughing.
This is definitely a narrow road for so-called enemies!
“Look who it is!” Xu Niannian poses like she's a rooster ready for a c.o.c.kfight.
Last night's ordeal was so long, Xiaonan hasn't rested at all. After the interview at the police station, she fell asleep for an hour before going straight to the hospital. She has little energy to quarrel with Xu Niannian.
Not to mention that she fought with Xiao Mingluo at the police station, and because of that, she definitely doesn't want to deal with her.
Of course, they fought about her. Upon mentioning her name, Xiao Mingluo's face darkened. He left, and she stayed at the station.
“Let me go!” Meng Xiaonan's face is dark with anger. Her tone is unpleasant too. All she wants to do is to return to her desk.
But it was obvious Xu Niannian didn't want to let go, asking her friends to detain her.
“Such bad disposition! An Chuxia is lying in the hospital, and you dare to be arrogant? Isn't she your s.h.i.+eld? Do you think Master Xiao will protect you? You're so stupid,” Niannian says in a low voice.
Her logic is flawed! Xiaonan rolls her eyes and pushes one of the girls. “G.o.d, you dogs don't stop!”
“You!” Niannian tries to stop her when one of her friends say, “Niannian, it's Mo Xinwei. Worry about Xiaonan next time!”
The girl points to an area not too far away. Xu Niannian is still jealous of Xinwei so she has to suppress her anger and stomp away.
“Hey, Xiaonan!” Mo Xinwei and Ying Taoqiu know nothing about what happened. “Do you know what happened last night?”
Last night again?! “Please let me go. I can't do this anymore. I have to get some sleep quickly!” After that, Xiaonan pulls away.
“Huh. Guess she knows nothing.” Mo Xinwei keeps her hands on her hips and leans over the stair rail.
