Lin Chaoxi subconsciously shrank his neck, but did not feel scared. Instead, he slightly raised his head and looked at Pei Zhi.

Gao Lin Chaoxi is a new her who has grown up based on the experience of Zhong Lin Chaoxi and that girl. She has excellent grades and harmonious relationships with classmates. The only person who makes her feel alienated is Pei Zhi, whom she used to be most familiar with and liked the most.

Perhaps the desire to study hard prevailed, or perhaps Pei Zhi hid something from her that hurt her.

Gao Lin began to like going to and from school alone every day, dealing with many problems on his own. He even encountered campus bullying and was beaten up, but he never thought of telling Pei Zhi.

There were not many people outside the school gate at night. The street lights were dim. The boy did not have a schoolbag and must have just rushed back from home. He looked pale and cold.

A faint kitten meow came from somewhere, and Lin Chaoxi knew that Pei Zhi was probably worried about her.

"What are you going to treat me to?" Pei Zhi asked.

"Ah, Chen Taiyan BBQ..." Lin Chaoxi just came back to his senses from his thoughts and said subconsciously.

"You have a knife wound on your body. Is it appropriate for you to go to a barbecue?"

"No, it's not appropriate." Lin Zhaoxi raised his head slightly. The boy's face looked even more handsome under the street light. "Then let's go eat something light, some nourishing porridge?"

Pei Zhi still lowered his head slightly and looked at her with a serious look.

Lin Chaoxi didn't understand his thoughts. She pursed her lips and said cautiously: "I'm...I'm sorry?"

"My temporary position is over, but I still have something to say, is that okay?"

"You said..."

Pei Zhi turned around and walked in another direction, saying, "You didn't do anything wrong to me. It's noble to be brave and righteous. You didn't know the other person was holding a knife, so you were injured accidentally, which is not to blame. But you wanted to go for a barbecue afterwards, which means you didn't take it to heart at all. This is not right."

The boy was serious and solemn, a completely qualified parent. Lin Chaoxi followed him and took a few quick steps: "Yeah."

"First, you should feel a little scared so that you can be calmer when facing the same problem next time and reduce the harm to yourself and others."

"Even after a fight, you still have to reflect on how you can fight better in the future."

"That's about right."

"Oh." Lin Zhaoxi nodded seriously. "Then secondly, after the fight, the aftermath is also very important. You should avoid spicy food, maintain your strength, and rest well, so that you can fight better in the future."

"No." Pei Zhi stopped and Lin Chaoxi almost bumped into him.

"ah?"

"Second, have you had your tetanus shot?"

Lin Zhaoxi shuddered, and she finally understood why Pei Zhi was so serious.

He probably thought it was okay for her to fight, and it wasn't her fault that she was cut by a knife, but she started talking about going for a barbecue, so it was very likely that she had never been to the hospital. After all, doctors would definitely take care of a certain diet after an injection.

She is indeed very irresponsible to herself.

Pei Zhi's eyes were filled with concern, and there was a cyanosis under his eyes, which showed that he had not slept well recently. But he still stood straight, looking at her very seriously and carefully.

The light from the street lamps was like a dim mist. Lin Zhaoxi didn't know what she was thinking at that time, but she slightly raised her feet, stretched out her arms, put her left hand over Pei Zhi's shoulder blade, and held his back with her right hand, hugging him.

"I'll be fine, don't worry." She said seriously.

Pei Zhi's body stiffened.

Lin Chaoxi let go of her hands, landed on his heels, and ended the dragonfly-like embrace.

She observed Pei Zhi's expression cautiously. His expression was still indifferent, but he looked at her seriously for a while.

Lin Chaoxi's hands could still feel the hard, pricking feel of his thin shoulder blades; she felt that the boy was a little strange today.

But suddenly hugging someone seems to be the weirder one.

Thinking of this, Pei Zhi turned around and continued walking towards the hospital.

She trotted two steps and caught up.

——

It was already completely dark, but there were still quite a few people in the hospital.

She had been in good health since she was a child and had rarely been to the hospital. Pei Zhi, on the other hand, was familiar with the place and took him in through the back door and turned a corner to the emergency room.

Pei Zhi was very organized in queuing, registering, and seeing the doctor. Lin Chaoxi followed her and soon the doctor called her.

"What's going on?"

"I fell down."

"Where's the injury?"

"arm……"

"Take off your clothes and let me see them."

It would have been fine if he hadn't said it, but once the doctor said it, Lin Chaoxi didn't know if it was because the school uniform was not breathable, but he was sweaty and the wounds were itchy.

She took off her school uniform and didn't know where to put it for a moment, so Pei Zhi took it.

"What's the temperature today?"

"Three...thirty?"

"Won't your wound get infected when you wear such a thick school uniform in a 30-degree weather?"

Lin Zhaoxi looked at the large scratches on his body and said, "I... just want to get a tetanus shot."

"You don't have to break a streak by wrestling."

"I was beaten and stabbed." Lin Chaoxi said ashamedly.

The doctor showed a clear look and looked at the abrasions and stitches on her skin that were festering and bleeding. "Where did you get it treated?"

"School hospital."

"My skills are not that good." The doctor quickly wrote out a prescription and said, "Go pay first, and I'll do it for you later."

Lin Chaoxi felt as if he had been pardoned. He grabbed the list and tried to run away.

Pei Zhi took the list from her, looked at the bench outside the clinic, and said, "Wait here."

The boy left after saying that.

Lin Chaoxi sat and waited for Pei Zhi for a while, then felt that she shouldn't let Pei Zhi pay the money. So she stood up and went to the emergency room.

It was getting a little later, and there were even more people in the hall.

Lin Chaoxi didn't find Pei Zhi in the long line at the payment window. When she was about to touch her phone, she found the boy standing in front of the self-service vending machine outside the lobby, talking to someone.

In one hand he held two bottles of water, and in the other hand he held a stack of invoices from paying his bills.

The lights outside the hospital were still on, and Lin Chaoxi suddenly remembered that in another world, Pei Zhi, who had grown up, seemed to have accompanied her to the debridement room.

He walked her to the clinic, told the little boy not to look, and bought her a bottle of drink after she finished cleaning the wound.

It is the same VC water as the one he is holding in his hand now.

Lin Chaoxi suddenly had an inexplicable feeling, as if her heart was gently held by a soft hand. She felt it was incredible, but also felt that it was normal for someone like Pei Zhi, whether familiar or unfamiliar, to have the same gentlemanly behavior.

She took two steps forward, wanting to go over and say hello. When the angle changed, she saw the person standing opposite Pei Zhi.

He was a doctor in a white coat, very graceful. It looked like Pei Zhi was buying water when he was suddenly stopped by the doctor.

In the darkness of the night, Lin Chaoxi could only see the boy's back, but she could see that the doctor looked concerned and he held Pei Zhi and talked for a long time.

From confusion to understanding, Lin Chaoxi roughly guessed the doctor's identity.

They chatted a little longer than she thought, and Lin Chaoxi returned to the lobby and walked back. People were passing by and the hospital's electronic display was flashing red.

When passing a bulletin wall, Lin Chaoxi raised his head subconsciously and saw the introduction wall of the hospital doctors.

In the oncologist's introduction, Lin Chaoxi discovered the name and position of the doctor who was chatting with Pei Zhi.

Chief Physician of Oncology Department——Zhou Ming.

It is indeed so.

During this period, Pei's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, and that doctor should be her mother's doctor.

——

After a while, Pei Zhicai returned to the incision room with the receipt.

Lin Chaoxi sat on the chair and took the drink from the boy. Pei Zhi had already opened the bottle cap for her, and the originally icy VC water was covered with a layer of wet mist.

Lin Chaoxi didn't know how to ask about his mother's condition, so she decided to act cheerful. She took a sip of the drink and joked with Pei Zhi: "Why buy VC water? Is it healthy?"

"Because I like to drink this." Pei Zhi replied.

Lin Chaoxi was stunned again and couldn't continue. She had never thought of this answer.

She could only try to drink a few sips of VC water and said it tasted good.

"Lin Chaoxi!" The doctor called her name in the debridement room.

Lin Zhaoxi ran in quickly.

"Lin Zhaoxi, right?"

"right."

"The one who got beaten?"

Lin Zhaoxi: “…It’s me.”

"Are you afraid of pain?"

"Afraid."

"There's no point being afraid. You won't be given anesthesia. Come and sit down. I'll disinfect you again." The doctor said, pointing to the debridement table.

Lin Chaoxi walked over with her head held high. Perhaps because her expression was too resolute, the doctor turned to look at Pei Zhi and said, "You're here to chat with your girlfriend. How scared are you?"

Pei Zhi walked over helplessly, they looked at each other, and suddenly they didn't know what to say.

"Uh..." Lin Zhaoxi thought for a moment and said, "You don't seem to be going to Comrade Lao Lin's training class recently?"

"The teacher said that his current group class is not suitable for me and asked me to visit him individually at another time."

After Lin Zhaoxi finished speaking, she realized the problem with this conversation. When did the relationship between her and Pei Zhi become so estranged?

But she couldn't blame Gao Lin Chaoxi because it was due to her previous misunderstanding.

Pei Zhi explained: "It's just a plan. I haven't been there yet."

The reason for “not having been there” is obviously not that simple, but Lin Chaoxi could only smile and smooth things over: “It’s mainly because he’s really busy right now, and he just tricked me into teaching him a lesson!”

"Just now?"

"Yes, actually after the fight I went to find my dad crying..."

"I see you don't have the slightest intention of crying." The doctor who had been cleaning her wound spoke up and cleaned it again with saline.

Lin Zhaoxi grimaced in pain, tears welling up in her eyes: "I really cried."

"Why did you suddenly go to see Master?" Pei Zhi was very sensitive.

"It wasn't sudden." Lin Chaoxi thought for a moment and said, "In fact, I recently discovered that Comrade Lao Lin has been working on things related to graph isomorphism. When I was stabbed, I suddenly felt scared. If someone suddenly died, wouldn't there be a lot of things that couldn't be completed? So I rushed over to find him."

Pei Zhi was silent for a while.

Lin Zhaoxi looked up at her.

"Yes." the boy said to her.

At that moment, Lin Chaoxi felt indescribable bitterness in her heart. But just like with Old Lin, she often felt at a loss as to what to do with Pei Zhi.

"That sounds strange." Fortunately, the doctor's comment came through.

In fact, Lin Chaoxi knew that every time the doctor teased her, he was just distracting her.

Sure enough, the needle pierced into the skin. Lin Chaoxi gasped and tears came out again.

At this time, Pei Zhi's hand moved and reached the top of her head.

"Why? A tetanus shot doesn't hurt." The doctor said disdainfully.

The needle tip is withdrawn.

The boy's hand finally pressed down.