Because of the rain, the mountain road was even more difficult to drive on. What should have been a two or three-hour journey now took a full hour. After reaching the national highway, we immediately used the navigation to find a large hospital.

Upon arriving at this large hospital, they immediately registered Xiaoxin's grandmother and began her examination.

While waiting for the results, Liu Xiaoyuan asked Xiaoxin to stay there and take care of her grandmother, while he and Su Yu went out of the hospital to buy food and clothes.

My clothes weren't dry yet, and they were extremely uncomfortable to wear. Besides, I hadn't eaten anything since morning, and I was starving.

Liu Xiaoyuan was in charge of buying food, while Su Yu was in charge of buying clothes for herself and Xiao Xin. As for Liu Xiaoyuan's own clothes, he was responsible for that himself.

Liu Xiaoyuan first went to a restaurant to cook a few dishes, paid the money, and said he would come back to pick them up later. Then he went to a clothing store not far away to buy clothes and change into them.

Wearing the new clothes, I no longer felt damp; the feeling was so comfortable it was indescribable.

After packing the food, Liu Xiaoyuan was about to call Su Yu to ask if she had bought the clothes when he saw her coming over with the bags.

Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu immediately returned to the hospital. Xiao Xin was still sitting on a chair in the corridor. Xiao Xin's grandmother should have already been taken into the operating room.

"Grandma was wheeled into the operating room. The doctor told us to hurry up and call for payment. After we pay, they will start the surgery."

Liu Xiaoyuan immediately went to ask for money. This was the hospital's rule: no money, no work. In some places, even if your life was in danger, there was no point in talking if you didn't have money.

Knowing this perfectly well, Liu Xiaoyuan didn't waste any words and immediately swiped his card to pay for the surgery.

After the money was paid, Xiaoxin's grandmother immediately began the surgery. Su Yu handed the clothes to Xiaoxin and said, "Xiaoxin, go and change your clothes first."

"Thank you, thank you both!" Xiao Xin said gratefully to Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu as soon as she received the clothes.

Xiao Xin, dressed in her new clothes, looked exceptionally radiant, walking over like a princess.

As the saying goes, clothes make the man. Xiao Xin looks beautiful in anything she wears, but she looks especially stunning in the dress Su Yu bought for her.

After dinner, Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu still had some things to do, as they couldn't stay there with Xiaoxin forever.

"Xiaoxin, we have some things to take care of, so we'll be leaving now. There are tens of thousands of yuan in this card, and the password is... You can take it. After your grandma's surgery, she'll definitely need to be hospitalized for observation, so you can use this to pay the hospital fees." Su Yu took out a bank card from her pocket and handed it to Xiaoxin.

Xiao Xin looked at the bank card in Su Yu's hand, shook her head and said, "No need, you've already helped me enough, I can't take your money anymore."

Liu Xiaoyuan persuaded, "Xiaoxin, just accept it. If you want your grandma to recover soon, then accept this money."

Upon hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, Xiaoxin accepted the bank card from Su Yu's hand.

The rain had stopped by then, and Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu drove quickly on the road, but when the car entered the mountain road, they couldn't go fast even if they wanted to.

When they arrived at Xiaoxin's village, it was already past 5 p.m., so they knew they couldn't leave that day. Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu had no choice but to stay at Xiaoxin's house again.

With their owner away, Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu went to bed early, but because they went to bed so early, they weren't sleepy at all.

Liu Xiaoyuan turned over, facing Su Yu's back, and said, "Su Yu, if your sister found out that we're two lonely men and women in the same bed, what do you think she would think?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu said irritably, "What nonsense are you talking about? Go to sleep."

Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "This long night is so sleepless, what do you suggest we do?"

Hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's glib words, Su Yu knew that he had no good intentions and said, "How should I know? I'm going to sleep, don't bother me."

Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "Su Yu, I'll give you half an hour. If you're not asleep by then, we can chat."

Su Yu snorted coldly and didn't say anything, but Liu Xiaoyuan took out his phone and looked at it, saying, "It's 8:30 in the evening now. I'll call you again at 9 o'clock."

Su Yu found Liu Xiaoyuan to be really boring. She used to think of Liu Xiaoyuan as a shy boy, but she didn't expect him to be so shameless.

Lying in bed, Su Yu couldn't fall asleep. The thought that Liu Xiaoyuan was plotting against her tonight made her even more uneasy.

Lost in thought, half an hour passed quickly. Liu Xiaoyuan took out his phone right on time and said with a smile, "Su Yu, time's up."

Su Yu pretended to be asleep and ignored Liu Xiaoyuan.

"Stop pretending. The breathing sounds of someone asleep and someone who isn't asleep are different. Stop fooling yourself. If you keep pretending to be asleep, don't blame me for being impolite." Liu Xiaoyuan said, slowly reaching his small hand towards Su Yu's body.

Just as Liu Xiaoyuan's small hand touched Su Yu's body, Su Yu sat up abruptly from the bed as if she had been electrocuted.

"Liu Xiaoyuan, what are you trying to do?" Su Yu asked irritably.

Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "I didn't do anything, I just wanted to see if you were really asleep or just pretending."

Hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, Su Yu glared at him angrily, but in the darkness, Liu Xiaoyuan pretended not to see her.

"I don't want to do anything, I just want to chat with you, talk about life," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.

"Who wants to talk to you about life?" Su Yu wasn't as naive as Su Xue; she naturally knew what "talking about life" meant.

"Su Yu, please don't get the wrong idea. When I said 'talk about life,' I meant talking about the future and our insights into life," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.

As he spoke, Liu Xiaoyuan leaned closer to Su Yu, inhaling the fragrance of her hair, and asked, "Hmm, Su Yu, what brand of shampoo do you use? Why does it smell so good?"

Su Yu turned around in an annoyed manner, facing Liu Xiaoyuan face to face, their faces less than ten centimeters apart.

"Liu Xiaoyuan, are you ever going to stop?" Su Yu said irritably. This guy was so annoying.

Liu Xiaoyuan said, "Let's talk about life and then we'll go to sleep together, okay?"

"No good!" Su Yu said irritably.

"Why not? Su Yu, you need to understand that only after deeply understanding life can we truly appreciate its preciousness. For example, for a woman to conceive, a man has to try countless times before he succeeds. And even after success, it's a fierce battle, with only one sperm ultimately making it. It's truly a case of thousands of soldiers crossing a single-plank bridge..."

Su Yu knew all about these things perfectly well, and when she heard Liu Xiaoyuan, that scoundrel, say them to her face, her whole face turned bright red.

(End of this chapter)