But he had been waiting for two hours and still the siblings hadn’t shown up.
Pei Yicheng furrowed his brows.
"Yicheng, it’s your day for a follow-up check-up at the hospital," Ling Dong reminded him carefully, aware that what Pei Yicheng disliked the most was precisely these hospital follow-ups.
Pei Yicheng rejected the suggestion without a second thought.
"Yicheng, Doctor Du will worry," Ling Dong pleaded, "When Doctor Du left for the medical hall, he made me promise a thousand times over that I’d take you to the hospital for your check-up. If he doesn’t see the results, he will definitely punish me. Yicheng, please have pity on me..."
Ling Dong looked at Pei Yicheng with a pitiful face. Being punished by Doctor Du meant having to take some bitter medicine, those kinds meant to fortify the body without causing harm. Although they were beneficial, he didn’t want to take them at all!
They were just too bitter!
Bitter enough to make one question the meaning of life.
"Little sister, you absolutely must not go off by yourself," Xu Nianji once again cautioned her, "Back in the county, I didn’t think too much of it, but this time, I’m really too worried with so many people around."
Who knew if the Yue Family would harbor resentment?
"Big brother, I will stick by your side without straying an inch," Xu Nianhua said to her elder brother with both warmth and a touch of helplessness, as if she were being treated like a three-year-old child.
"Little sister, you stay here and look after big brother. I’ll go get in line."
Xu Nian’an thought that big brother’s arrangement was very good, so he went to line up at the doctor’s office. Xu Nianji’s wound needed another look from the doctor to confirm there was no pus or anything before they could continue changing the dressing.
"Big brother, how are you feeling? Does the wound still hurt?"
While waiting, Xu Nianhua wasn’t idle either, asking Xu Nianji about his foot pain. Since Xu Nianji had difficulty walking, they had still come by the hand-pushed cart, leaving the mung bean jelly entrusted to Grandma Cai’s care, and the three siblings headed for the hospital.
Xu Nian’an carried Xu Nianji to the hospital all the way on his back.
"I’m fine, it’s just a minor injury, nothing serious," Xu Nianji said nonchalantly, his curiosity piqued about their mung bean jelly vending, "Are we all going to sell mung bean jelly afterwards? Grandma Cai seemed like a very pleasant person."
"Yeah, thank goodness we met Grandma Cai. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have had a place to store the jelly."
"You can keep the jelly in the well water, so by the afternoon, it will be icy cold and especially refreshing," Xu Nianhua said with a beaming smile.
"Yicheng, isn’t that the girl who sells mung bean jelly?" Ling Dong, who had accompanied Pei Yicheng through all the check-ups, pointed out Xu Nianhua sitting in the hall as they walked out.
Even in the same ordinary clothes, they seemed prettier on Xu Nianhua.
Especially with Xu Nianhua’s sweet smile, her eyes as if they could talk. Although Ling Dong had only seen her a few times, he recognized her immediately in the crowd.
Pei Yicheng followed the gaze and saw Xu Nianhua sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with an injured man, her face adorned with a sweet smile, laughter even shining through her eyes.
Xu Nianhua was also diligently offering water to the man; this scene inexplicably furrowed Pei Yicheng’s brows.
Was this the first time he saw the girl who wasn’t afraid of pain?
So, she could also smile so genuinely, so beautifully.
When Xu Nianji looked up, he saw Pei Yicheng, who despite being on a wheelchair, looked handsome and spirited in a spotless white shirt, compelling attention from others.
Only, why was he frowning at him?
Could it be an enemy?
Xu Nianji tried hard to remember; he didn’t know him at all, yet he felt he would never forget his face had he seen it just once.