"Sure, I love it," Pei Yining didn’t refuse at all. After all, no matter how much she drank, she never gained weight, and Aunt Jin’s chicken soup was exceptionally delicious.
Her gaze fell on Pei Yining’s delicate and well-proportioned figure. She felt that she might as well worry about herself.
As the days passed, the wound on Xu Nianhua’s head had also healed. After the stitches were removed and her hair let down, one couldn’t tell she had been injured on the back of her head at all, though unfortunately, she still couldn’t wash her hair.
On this matter, Xu Nianhua was full of complaints. She braided her long hair into one braid so she could go a few more days without washing it.
"Second brother, don’t come to the hospital anymore. After selling the goods, just go back to school. I’m much better now," Xu Nianhua felt sorry for Xu Nian’an’s exhaustion during this time, spending every morning with her in the hospital getting IV drips, doing homework, and after lunch, wheeling Xu Nianhua downstairs for a walk; by mid-afternoon, he would begin to set up his stall to sell things and wouldn’t return until late at night.
"I’m not tired, my school has given me a few days off, my teacher made an exception for me," Xu Nian’an said with a grinned smile. Recently, the thing that brought him the most joy each night was counting money with Xu Nianhua.
From an initial fifty yuan to sometimes later reaching eighty or ninety, despite his throat being hoarse from talking and the exhaustion, Xu Nian’an was happy!
At this rate, he was sure to make a thousand yuan by the time he went home for the New Year.
"Oh right, the doctor said I could be discharged the day after tomorrow." Xu Nianhua suddenly spoke up, her face full of anticipation: "I’ve been in the hospital for half a month; I’m practically molding."
Although she went out in a wheelchair during the day, upon returning to the hospital, Xu Nianhua could smell the disinfectant.
"Your leg still hasn’t healed," Xu Nian’an examined her leg, which still couldn’t bear any weight.
These sorts of muscle and bone injuries take a hundred days to heal!
"I just need to come in periodically to change the dressing on my leg; it doesn’t affect me getting discharged, right?" Xu Nianhua wished she could be discharged immediately.
"But how will you get back to school after you’re discharged?" Xu Nian’an’s eyebrows nearly furrowed together, regretting that if he had chosen Beining University, perhaps his little sister wouldn’t have had to suffer this time!
After she was discharged, he wouldn’t be able to take care of her either.
"I’ll go to my place," Pei Yining came in with freshly baked egg cakes, saying happily, "Nianhua got hurt trying to save me, so I should take care of her until her leg is healed. My place is close to school; I can push Nianhua to school every day."
"And you don’t have to worry about Nianhua’s classroom. Her roommates have already said that the few of them can help carry Nianhua to class," Pei Yining actually wanted her brother to carry her, so that in the school, nobody could lay a finger on Nianhua. It would be like announcing to the whole school that Xu Nianhua was taken.
But, Nianhua didn’t agree. No sooner had she spoken than Xu Nianhua rejected the idea.
"Right, with five of them, plus Yining, that makes six. They can support me all the way to the classroom, and besides, I still have one leg that can move," Xu Nianhua tried to convince Xu Nian’an, talking until she was out of breath.
"Nian’an, don’t worry, we’ll take good care of Nianhua. You can call my place every day," Pei Yicheng, who had been silent all this while, spoke up with a meaningful tone: "Nian’an, don’t you trust me?"
"Of course not," Xu Nian’an denied. After the accident with his little sister, Pei Yicheng’s actions had moved Xu Nian’an. If he were to compare Pei Yicheng to others, he felt that it would be hard to find many at their school suitable for his little sister, not to mention Pei Yicheng’s genuine feelings for her.