Lu Shi'en was stunned by the impact and before he could react, Shen Yanxing helped him up.
This person seemed quite meticulous, helping him to his feet and even dusting off the fine dust from the back of his clothes.
Feeling the person's gentle touch, Lu Shi'en said absentmindedly, "...Thank you."
She hadn't yet recovered from the emotional turmoil she had just experienced, and her words of thanks were tinged with a hint of tears.
Shen Yanxing also noticed Lu Shien's slightly red eyes and thought that her family member was sick, so she comforted her, "It's okay, everything will be alright."
The corridor lights fell softly and quietly between the two of them, and Lu Shien was somewhat dazed.
She watched Shen Yanxing's movements, looked at the hand holding her arm, and then raised her head with a dazed expression.
Seeing the little girl's pitiful state, Shen Yanxing couldn't help but comfort her, saying, "Your family wouldn't want to see you like this either. He will definitely get better."
Family members.
What kind of family member is Xu Shiyue to her?
Xu Shiyue will never become her family!
Upon hearing those three words, Lu Shi'en's expression immediately changed. He said to Shen Yanxing, whom he didn't know, in an unfriendly tone, "She's not my family!" Then, he angrily shook off her hand and ran away without looking back.
Lu Shi'en was very forceful, and Shen Yanxing's shoulder was jolted by the impact.
She looked at the young girl, whose emotions had suddenly become very volatile, with a puzzled expression. A fragrance that was hard to describe overpowered the smell of disinfectant in the corridor and landed on her shoulder.
It's flamboyant, yet not offensive.
Lu Shi'en's footsteps still echoed in the corridor as Shen Yanxing bent down to pick up the flowers she had brought.
But as she finished arranging the flowers and was about to leave, she suddenly stopped, her calm gaze fixed on Lu Shi'en's receding figure.
The sun rose to the very top of the sky, and the corridor, bathed in sunlight, echoed with the faint sound of electricity passing through it, which was eventually swallowed up by the standby sounds of the medical equipment in the ward.
Xu Shiyue remained seated in her chair, her fingers resting on the back of her silver-white knife, slowly and deliberately carving a rabbit.
However, her slightly drooping eyelashes were not as calm as usual; her expression was slightly composed, as if she was thinking about something.
Xu Shiyue belatedly realized what she had just said to Lu Shien.
Yes, why did Lu Shizhen leave herself at home?
Why did he come looking for her again after she ran away, getting involved in the mess between her and Xu Shouxian?
You know, if it weren't for me, she wouldn't have almost drowned yesterday.
The heavy stone door was finally slowly pushed open, but what awaited behind it were more disordered question marks and moss covered with the marks of time.
Xu Shiyue couldn't quite figure out these questions, but she wasn't in a hurry.
The sharp blade pressed against the front of the apple slice, slowly and methodically carving out a beautiful, round rabbit eye.
"Ta-da!"
Two knocks sounded in the quiet ward, but Xu Shiyue and Lu Shien would never knock on the door when they returned, unless it was someone else.
Sure enough, she then heard a voice that didn't belong to either of the previous people push open the door and ask, "Excuse me, is this Lu Shizhen's hospital room?"
Xu Shiyue was somewhat surprised: "Shen Yanxing?"
“It’s me.” Shen Yanxing walked into the ward holding flowers. “The news about yesterday has spread to all the bands that came to participate in the competition. Our teacher said that our two schools are also sister schools, so he asked me to come and see Lu Shizhen.”
But as soon as she stood in the ward, she asked in a puzzled voice, "But why are you the only one here?"
“Lu Shizhen just went for a check-up with the doctor, so it’s not convenient for me to go with her,” Xu Shiyue replied.
"Oh." Shen Yanxing understood, and was a little embarrassed: "I bumped into someone when I came in, and the flowers don't look so good anymore. Could you please apologize to Lu Shizhen for me?"
"Okay." Xu Shiyue nodded, showing no intention of saying anything more.
This is a stark contrast to when Lu Shizhen first woke up from her coma.
This time, however, the atmosphere in the ward didn't turn as cold as it had been in the hotel room the day before. Shen Yanxing put away the flowers he had given to Lu Shizhen and smiled, "You're still the same as when you were little, not very talkative."
Xu Shiyue was taken aback.
She immediately recognized the name Shen Yanxing, as if something was pushing her and reminding her of something: "Do you live in the villa area of Beicheng Street?"
“Yes.” Shen Yanxing nodded, her voice filled with the emotion of a long-awaited reunion. “I thought your name sounded familiar before. When I mentioned it to my mother, I remembered that our two families used to be neighbors, but you moved away later.”
Xu Shiyue nodded: "Yes. After I recovered from my illness, my family moved away from there."
“I remember you were always sickly when you were little, but you look much better now,” Shen Yanxing said. “My mother still remembers the hawthorn jelly that Auntie taught her to make. My father is also very sorry that our cooperation in the past six months has not been as pleasant as it used to be.”
Because of an illness she had as a child, Xu Shiyue's memories of many childhood events were not very clear. Listening to Shen Yanxing's words, it was as if someone had artificially cleaned the windows of her memories for her.
However, for those beautiful moments that seemed to be leading her to something, Xu Shiyue noticed the subtle hints hidden in the details.
She slowly raised her eyes and asked Shen Yanxing, "How have you been lately, Uncle and Aunt?"
The notification screen on the wall of the waiting room was updating the information about CT scans waiting to be collected. Cheng Meiyan crossed her legs and stared at the screen with boredom.
As if some kind of control had been released, she turned to look at Lu Shizhen sitting to the side: "Zhenzhen, what are you still doing sitting here? Go back."
Lu Shizhen looked at Cheng Meiyan, who had just been asking her to stay and keep her company, and asked, quite puzzled, "Huh?"
"What 'ah'?" Cheng Meiyan nudged her and urged, "Xiao En is with Shi Yue, are you sure you don't mind? I'll wait here, you should go back now."
"good."
Lu Shizhen was puzzled by Cheng Meiyan's drastically different reaction, but she still got up and left the waiting room without slowing down.
She had been worried ever since she left that Lu Shien wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for Xu Shiyue, and now she was eager to go home.
But when she walked through the corridor and pushed open the door to the ward, the person standing in front of Xu Shiyue was not Lu Shi'en.
It was Shen Yanxing.
She seemed to be having a good chat with Xu Shiyue. As she opened the door, Xu Shiyue's conciliatory compliment reached Lu Shizhen's ears: "You seem to know quite a lot."
Lu Shizhen was somewhat surprised by this person's arrival, and her grip on the doorknob tightened involuntarily.
The sound of her pushing the door open caught the attention of the two people who were chatting, and both pairs of eyes turned to look at her.
They had a somewhat unfortunate unspoken understanding.
Yes, it's terrible.
Whether it was the glaring sunlight or the uncanny synchronization of their movements, Lu Shizhen suddenly felt uneasy.
She looked at Shen Yanxing, who was leaning against the foot of the bed, and asked casually, "Shen Yanxing, what brings you here?"
“I’m here to see you on behalf of our school,” Shen Yanxing said.
Then, as if remembering her mission here, she asked Lu Shizhen with concern, "Lu, how are you feeling? I just heard from Xu Shiyue that you went for a check-up."
"There's nothing wrong. The test results are all pretty good. There's just one more X-ray coming out. If all goes well, I can be discharged after the IV drip is finished." Lu Shizhen answered in a relaxed tone, though the relaxation seemed somewhat forced.
She suddenly realized that her question was somewhat funny.
Although Shen Yanxing said she came to see her, why would someone like Shen Yanxing, who had virtually no connection with her, be arranged to visit her? As someone belonging to the system, didn't she understand?
The system was creating opportunities for Shen Yanxing and Xu Shiyue to make contact.
The clouds obscured a small portion of the sun, dimming the bright ward.
She didn't know how to describe it, but Lu Shizhen felt an indescribable sense of loneliness.
"That was a close call," Shen Yanxing said, glancing at the time before adding, "It's getting late, so I won't disturb your rest any longer. I'll be going now."
"Okay, take care." Lu Shizhen nodded and took the initiative to see Shen Yanxing out of her ward.
The moment Shen Yanxing stepped over the threshold, she closed the door in her hand.
Some of them are blatantly willful.
The smell of disinfectant lingered in the room, a smell that Lu Shizhen had never enjoyed so much before.
She watched Xu Shiyue, who seemed to be carving a rabbit and an apple, and asked casually, "Shen Yanxing has been here for quite a while now."
"Hmm." Xu Shiyue didn't look up, continuing to carve her rabbit apple at a leisurely pace. "I arrived half an hour ago."
“Oh…” Lu Shizhen nodded upon hearing this.
Perhaps recalling the anticipation she felt during her conversation with Lu Shien, Lu Shizhen looked at Xu Shiyue, who had been chatting quite well with Shen Yanxing when the door opened, and asked, "You two seemed to be having a good time chatting, right?"
"It's alright," Xu Shiyue replied, placing the rabbit she had just carved onto a plate beside her.
A considerable number of little rabbits have already huddled together, some looking adorably cozy and warm.
After the person who created them arranged them, he looked up at the person standing not far away and said to the girl whose entire blurry figure seemed awkward, "She told me about last night's awards ceremony."
"Oh." Lu Shizhen nodded upon hearing this.
Before she could even fill in the blanks based on the original plot, Xu Shiyue's words reminded her of something, and she hurriedly exclaimed, "I remember our school has already secured the gold medal, so you're sure you'll win Best Principal? Does that mean you missed your awards ceremony last night?!"
Xu Shiyue, however, did not seem to have any regrets, and even seemed to have a hint of satisfaction in her voice: "Yes, you finally remembered."
The apple made a crisp sound as it was pierced by the fork, and the rabbit-shaped apple, which had just been arranged on the plate, was picked up by slender, pale fingers.
Xu Shiyue took a bite of the apple she had peeled. Her cherry-pink lips were slightly pressed down by the bright red apple, which shone with a crystal-clear softness in the light.
With a slight upturn at the corner of her eye, she looked at Lu Shizhen and asked, "Shouldn't you give me some compensation?"
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