However, the blood was flowing a bit too fast, staining and soaking one cotton ball after another, and yet it still didn’t stop.
Chiang Xiao bit her lip and turned to run out again; she quickly returned with a small glass bottle containing half a bottle of green grass paste. It was unclear what it was, but it was definitely fresh.
Meng Xinian gave her a look.
"This, this is the hemostatic medicine that Grandpa always carried with him, it’s very effective," Chiang Xiao said without raising her head, as she applied a small lump of the grass paste onto his wound.
But the bleeding stopped abruptly.
Chiang Xiao hurriedly pressed a piece of gauze down and then carefully bandaged him.
She held his hand with one hand and wrapped the gauze with the other, her movements extremely gentle.
"Chiang Xiaoxiao, I’m asking you and you better take it seriously," Meng Xinian had been watching her and suddenly asked in a hoarse voice, "why did you suddenly stop writing letters?"
He really couldn’t understand; everything had been fine before.
And he definitely didn’t believe the reasons she had given.
Chiang Xiao didn’t raise her head, and said in a low voice, "Brother Hu was on the phone with Zhao Xin, and just when the performance team of the Female Supervisor Guard was visiting your camp, Zhao Xin said that you fought a duel with a childhood friend of a Female Supervisor Guard named Du Jinruo, saying whoever won would get to be Du Jinruo’s suitor. I got angry. I clearly told you before that if you found a suitable girl you liked, you must tell me before you make it official, but you never mentioned it."
Meng Xinian was already baffled at her first sentence, and by the end, he completely didn’t know what to say.
No matter how much he thought about it, he never expected Chiang Xiao to know about the incident that night. Moreover, the knowledge was so one-sided and it was precisely the kind that struck a nerve!
Having tied the knot, Chiang Xiao saw he hadn’t said anything, bit her lower lip, stood up, and sat down at the edge of the bed. By now, she wasn’t feeling so awkward anymore.
"Actually, I already told you, really, if you find a girl you truly like, just tell me clearly. I really won’t be mad, and I would cooperate well with you to handle our relationship. I definitely won’t hold you back..."
"Chiang Xiaoxiao, hold me back," Meng Huanian suddenly interrupted her, "I like it when you hold me back."
Chiang Xiao was stunned.
Meng Xinian didn’t know what it meant either, but knowing now that it had all been a misunderstanding from the start, the pent-up frustration choking his chest seemed to find an outlet, dispersing all at once! Moreover, he even felt a subdued sense of joy.
However, hearing her repeatedly say to find a girl he liked and sort out their relationship, speaking so generously and nonchalantly, it sounded discordant to him.
So, he blurted out, following her words.
Then he himself was a bit dumbfounded.
The two confused people stared at each other stupidly, not knowing how to react for quite some time.
After waiting a moment, Meng Xinian coughed and cleared his throat, saying, "Next time, I’ll bring Zhao Erleng right before you, and you can beat him as hard as you want. No matter how you hit him, it’s fine. If he dares to have an opinion, dares to make a peep, I’ll send him to the special training camp, and make sure he can’t leave for three years."
In any case, this time if he doesn’t severely deal with Zhao Erleng, he might as well not bear the Meng surname!
"What do you mean? Are you angry that he leaked secrets?" Chiang Xiao still couldn’t quite catch up.