"Mm-hmm." Xu Nianhua nodded vigorously, her eyes filled with expectation.
As they left the amusement park, Xu Nianhua was planning to return to the store, but suddenly, an accident occurred.
"Be careful." Pei Yicheng quickly moved to protect Xu Nianhua, but he was still a step too late.
The back of Xu Nianhua’s hand was cut by a blade, and Pei Yicheng’s protection had delayed her injury slightly, but he himself had received a long cut.
"I’m sorry, it’s all my fault. How are you?" The man pushing the bicycle was an elderly gentleman, a carpenter by trade. His bicycle was loaded with newly purchased blades, and unexpectedly, he had overturned the bike. The blades broke, and the shattered pieces flew toward them.
"Nianhua, does it hurt?" Pei Yicheng was fully focused on the wound on the back of Xu Nianhua’s hand, which was bleeding profusely.
He blamed himself if he had reacted faster, she would not have been hurt.
"I’m not in pain, but your injury is more severe than mine." Xu Nianhua looked at the bloody mess on his hand. She hadn’t realized what was happening at the instant it occurred because Pei Yicheng had shielded her in his arms.
While there was just a small cut on her hand, the wound on Pei Yicheng’s hand was several times more severe.
"Let’s go to the hospital now." Pei Yicheng urged, pulling her toward the hospital with a pained expression.
"Right, to the hospital, I’ll pay for it," said the old man promptly as he set his bicycle upright and continuously apologized.
"First to the hospital."
Pei Yicheng saw that there was a hospital not far from them, and the three of them headed straight there.
"Doctor, please clean and bandage her wound first," Pei Yicheng said worriedly to the nurse.
The nurse glanced at both of their wounds and said, "Your injury is more serious."
Pei Yicheng’s wound was severely lacerated, but Xu Nianhua’s hand merely had a simple cut that needed some antiseptic.
"Mine is nothing; clean hers first," Pei Yicheng insisted. The nurse looked at him and said nothing more.
"Yicheng, your wound..."
Xu Nianhua disagreed, but Pei Yicheng was very insistent. Finally, the nurse meticulously cleaned and bandaged Xu Nianhua’s wound at his insistence.
"Yicheng, such a small injury on me didn’t need bandaging!"
Xu Nianhua spoke weakly, just disinfecting and applying some antiseptic would suffice. The bandaging made uninformed onlookers think it was a severe injury.
Xu Nianhua looked at the bandaged wound and felt utterly speechless.
Once Pei Yicheng’s wounds were bandaged, the two turned their attention to the old man, who kept apologizing and offering to pay them.
But Pei Yicheng refused, only saying, "Old man, it wasn’t intentional; only, blades like these are very dangerous, you must be extremely careful."
"Yes, I was in a hurry today, it was my fault," the elderly man continued to apologize profusely.
Xu Nianhua added, "Grandpa, just be more careful next time. We are okay, no need for the money."
After the old man left, Pei Yicheng went to purchase a bottle of antiseptic, preparing to use it when they got back.
"Your boyfriend is really good to you," whispered the nurse to Xu Nianhua, her eyes filled with a bit of envy. In the hospital, they had seen many cases, but Pei Yicheng’s actions were rare—despite his own severe injury, he insisted on getting treatment for Xu Nianhua’s minor wounds first.
Xu Nianhua’s lips curled up and her eyes sparkled with sweetness. Because she had hurt her hand, Xu Nianhua didn’t go to the store and told Pei Yicheng that she was going back to school first. Otherwise, if her brother found out she was injured, he would definitely be angry.