Jiang Xu tightened his grip, and Liu Mingtang let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Gu Li said, "Your hands must be dirty. Throw this away quickly, and I'll wipe your hands for you." He took out a pack of tissues from his pocket. "Don't drag around trash."

Jiang Xu shoved Liu Mingtang aside and stared at the man with dark eyes, "Get lost."

Liu Mingtang yelled, "You, you all just wait!" as he ran outside, his earlier air of mystery completely gone.

Jiang Xu took the paper that Gu Li had just taken out, and then gently pulled Gu Li's hand. "Why should I wipe it? I'm not injured. Let your brother Xu wipe it for you." He moved gently, only using the edge of the paper to wipe Gu Li's blood-stained index finger.

He was very careful, making sure not to touch Gu Li's wound at all.

Gu Li said, "Jiang Xu, you've made me feel even more pain now than before."

This is how it is when you're injured: when no one cares, you can get through it, but once someone cares about the wound, it suddenly becomes burning hot and unbearable.

Gu Li felt this way when Jiang Xu stood up for her, and now the other party's gentle movements were the same.

Jiang Xu said, "How could it not hurt? Look how much blood it's bleeding; I feel pain for it." He carefully wiped away the blood, "But I have a way to make it hurt less. Want to try?"

Gu Li: "Okay."

Jiang Xu pulled his finger closer and gently blew on it. "Blow on it, and the pain will fly away," he said in a gentle voice, as if coaxing someone.

Gu Li, "Are you treating me like a child?" But he felt that it didn't hurt as much anymore, but it was a little itchy, making him want to touch it. As for what to touch, Gu Li was a little unsure.

Jiang Xu said, "Hmm, a 21-year-old big kid." He looked at the wound and, still in this position, looked at Gu Li. "Is the child feeling better?"

Gu Li looked at Jiang Xu looking up at her. Jiang Xu's eyelashes were exceptionally clear from this angle, fluttering like butterfly wings, incredibly beautiful. "Completely healed, healed enough to have a match with you."

Jiang Xu withdrew his hand. "No, I need to go to the hospital to get it treated. This is the second time I've been injured."

Gu Li: "It's really okay. Let's try it here. Last time at home, it was a bit lacking, wasn't it?"

Jiang Xu shook his head, "It's no trouble at all."

Just as Gu Li was about to reach out, Jiang Xu hooked his arm around her waist and pulled her to his side. He then wrapped his other arm around Gu Li's chest, locking her restless hands in place. Without saying a word, he led her toward the alley entrance.

Gu Li instinctively tried to struggle, but Jiang Xu, in that position, whispered in his ear, "If you move, I'll get angry, Gu Li."

Gu Li recalled Jiang Xu's attitude towards Liu Mingtang earlier; he had just gotten angry. Gu Li thought to himself, "Don't be angry. Do you want me to coax you again? You're only 20 years old." He smiled and said, "I'd be happy to."

Jiang Xu said, "You should just stay put. You got hurt while cutting vegetables and you still come out to cause trouble."

Gu Li said, "Yesterday's incident delayed my important business tonight. It would have been even more of a loss if I hadn't come."

Jiang Xu didn't stop walking, but he knew that Gu Li was explaining why she stood him up last night and telling him not to mind what happened today.

Is this person trying to comfort himself indirectly? From his angle, he can see Gu Li's flowing hair and half of her profile, but he can't see her expression.

He was curious about the other person's expression when they said that.

Jiang Xu, "So you can play by yourself without your good neighbor?"

Gu Li said, "We can't bring him. A real man should do his own thing."

The two happened to reach the alley entrance, and Jiang Xu released his grip on Gu Li, saying, "What kind of man is he? He doesn't even dare to go to the hospital?"

Jiang Xu knew that Gu Li had her own things to do, and since the other party was still unwilling to talk about it, he would not ask anymore. From now on, he would only listen to what the other party took the initiative to tell him.

Gu Li: "There's really no need to go."

Jiang Xu looked over, practically saying "coward" in his eyes.

Gu Li pointed in a direction, "Go find Ji Hai. He's from medical school, so he probably knows everything."

Jiang Xu, "From medical school?"

Gu Li spoke as if she knew what Jiang Xu was confused about, "It was arranged by his family. The whole family is studying medicine. But Ji Hai's rebellious phase is different from others. He started rebelling late." Gu Li tugged at Jiang Xu's sleeve, "He only realized it after he finished studying. He's still looking for his dream now."

Jiang Xu, "Do you want me to go with you?"

Gu Li, "Huh?" He withdrew his hand, somewhat surprised. "You have something to do, right? Then I'll go by myself."

Jiang Xu said, "I have something to do. I'll go with you, and then you can come with me."

Gu Li, "Is it a big deal or a small deal?"

Jiang Xu: "It can be big or small."

Gu Li said, "Ah, this," he looked at Jiang Xu with a conflicted expression, "Are you sure we shouldn't have brought this up at night and then gone by ourselves? Brother Li isn't going."

Jiang Xu, “…” He looked at Gu Li with a complicated expression, “Clean up the memory in your brain, don’t fill it with junk.”

Gu Li, "You're angry because you're embarrassed, aren't you?" He nodded at Jiang Xu, "I understand, I understand."

Jiang Xu: "What do you know? I was talking about buying things. What are you thinking about?"

Gu Li said, "Pretty much. I'm thinking of making something," he paused for a moment, then continued, "like making Sun Wukong's golden cudgel or something, that would be so cool." He looked at Jiang Xu with clear eyes.

Jiang Xu said, "You're just being sarcastic. You should drink some bleach; you've turned yellow."

Gu Li said, "I'm fair-skinned, I agree." He dropped his joking demeanor. "From now on, you don't need to ask. Just take it as my consent. What did I think I was doing spending time with you if I was serious?"

Jiang Xu, "What do you think I'm planning to do?"

Gu Li was completely at a loss. "I don't know, I don't know, I can't guess. Just assume I thought you went to do some crafts."

Jiang Xu, "Is it possible to do handicrafts?"

Gu Li, "Huh?"

Jiang Xu said, "Take care of your injury first, we'll talk about it later."

Gu Li looked at her fingers. "We need to hurry, otherwise, once they've healed, Ji Hai will think I'm just looking for trouble."

Jiang Xu: "How could that be? You're his brother Li."

Gu Li said, "What if he suddenly betrays us? I can't let Lü Chao benefit from that."

He pushed open the door of the barbershop as he was talking, coming face to face with Ji Hai. "Brother Li, are you looking for Chao Zi?"

Gu Li shook his head. "No, you're the one I'm looking for." He held up his blood-stained fingers for the other person to see.

Ji Hai: "My God! What happened? Gu Li, you've finally been punished?"

Gu Li: "Hai, I think you want to be punished by me."

Jiang Xu and Gu Li sat on the sofa. Jiang Xu watched Ji Hai treat Gu Li's wounds. His technique was skillful, but he kept talking, saying things like, "Gu Li, what happened to you?" and "This is a secondary injury. Why didn't you come to me the first time, Gu Li?"

Ji Hai kept muttering to himself, never once calling Gu Li "Brother Li," while Gu Li, in a good-natured manner, nodded after each sentence. "Aunt Ji, if you keep talking, I'm going to get trauma three times over."

At that moment, Lü Chao's smug voice rang out from upstairs, "Is there really such a good thing?"