"Go get it. I'm so thirsty and hungry, Xin Xin."
"Alright, alright, I'm here."
Shi Xin hung up the phone and lingered for a while before carrying a cup of hot water into He Qinqin's room.
He Qinqin took the cup and quickly put the water in her mouth, only to be scalded by the boiling water.
"ah--"
He Qinqin's hand trembled, spilling water on the blanket. She couldn't help but roll her eyes, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Why is the water boiling hot?!"
"How can freshly boiled water cool down so quickly?"
"Xin Xin, I've already given you such an expensive bag, is it so hard for you to make me a warm cup of water?"
Shi Xin looked at He Qinqin impatiently: "Alright, alright, I know."
In short, it's a worthwhile business to earn a bag by pouring a glass of water. Shi Xin went into the kitchen, poured out half of the hot water in the glass, and mixed it with tap water.
She handed the water glass to He Qinqin again, but after taking a sip, He Qinqin suddenly realized something was wrong: "Xinxin, did you mix tap water into this? It tastes weird."
"How could you do this? Tap water isn't disinfected; what if I drink it and get parasites in my body?"
Shi Xin grew increasingly impatient, letting out a cold snort: "I've given you the water, drink it or don't, didn't you say you were dying of thirst?"
"Didn't you say you were sick and feeling terrible? You seem perfectly normal now, and you even have the energy to pick a fight with me."
“I—” He Qinqin had always been well taken care of when she was sick, but this was the first time she had been treated like this.
He Qinqin said in a wronged tone, "I'm a patient. Shouldn't patients be the top priority at home?"
Anyway, growing up at home, whenever she got sick, her status as the family's darling became even more obvious. Everyone would pamper her, and Si Jiuyin wouldn't force her to go to school anymore. The entire Si family revolved around her.
Shi Xin sneered: "That was when you were in the Si family. Now you're independent, and you're already 23 years old."
"You can't keep relying on your parents and family to take care of you, can you? You should go and take care of your elders."
"What's the big deal about getting sick? It's just that you haven't taken good care of your body."
"Stop your spoiled princess attitude, I'm not your servant."
"They're so hard to please."
As Shi Xin spoke, she noticed He Qinqin's eyes were red and realized she had been a bit too harsh. After all, He Qinqin still wanted to give her a bag and clothes, so she added, "Don't you love my brother? You can't even endure this little bit of hardship, yet you have so many demands. You still want to be a daughter-in-law of the Shi family?"
"I actually really want you to be my sister-in-law, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten out of bed in the dead of winter to pour you water."
Shi Xin changed the subject: "But now I doubt whether your love for my brother is real, or if you are just like other girls, valuing my brother's appearance."
Upon hearing this, He Qinqin quickly replied, "Of course it's true!"
She took a few gulps of water from her glass and then said, "I'm sorry, Xin Xin, I made so many demands just now."
“Even my brother, with whom I’ve lived for 18 years, abandoned me and refused to answer my calls. Only you answered my calls and poured me water.”
I shouldn't have treated you like that.
Shi Xin was surprised to see He Qinqin's "self-reflection" was so thorough. She didn't know whether to say that he was really stupid or naive. He was so easy to tame with just a slap and a sweet date.
"Alright, the fact that you have this kind of awareness shows that you're not bad."
Shi Xin took out a few tissues to help He Qinqin wipe up the water that had spilled, and then she took a takeout box from her room.
"I ordered too much takeout today, so I set some aside to have for breakfast tomorrow. But you look so hungry your lips are turning white, so I'll give you my breakfast for tomorrow."
He Qinqin excitedly opened the takeout box, only to find leftover noodles inside: "This..."
"Thank you, Xin Xin."
After Shi Xin left, He Qinqin immediately threw the takeout box into the trash can.
Even if she's starving, she can't stand noodles that's been eaten with someone else's saliva on them.
That night, He Qinqin didn't know whether she fell asleep or passed out.
She kept having the same dream: when she was 10 years old, she broke her right leg, and Si Jiuyin dropped everything to be with her.
She kept crying and complaining of pain, and Si Jiuyin was so anxious that her nose started bleeding. She cried along with her, wishing she could switch places with her.
At that time, Jin Che and Si Jin were with her, along with five caregivers on shifts. The nutritionist and rehabilitation therapist were also specially brought in from abroad.
She was pampered and cared for like a little princess.
The recovery period for a fracture is relatively long. Bored, He Qinqin watched TV and saw a group on TV who were good-looking and sang well. She watched their performance several times over.
The next day, Si Jiuyin chartered a plane to bring the group to the Si family's mansion so they could sing for He Qinqin...
As He Qinqin was dreaming, tears streamed down her face, soaking her pillow.
"I want to go home..."
"I really want to live in a big house..."
*
The morning meeting at 9 a.m. on Monday is the routine morning meeting for mentors of "City of Light".
"The data from the reports released by journalists and guests last week is now available."
Cheng Man, director of the news department of Xinxing TV, looked pleased: "Last week, the top-ranked story in the comprehensive data was the black-hearted nursing home reported by Gao Huanrong, which garnered over 20 million views across the internet and earned 100 star points."
"Ranked second is the Princess Staircase reported by Li Han, which used legal means to help the parties involved protect their rights and has won praise from many netizens."
"The second place winner will receive 70 star points."
Xu Senyu, director of the news department of Rongguang TV, looked at Li Han affirmatively: "Moreover, it has great educational significance. Viewers of the program have all given feedback that they should be rational and cautious when speaking online in the future, and should not be hasty and arbitrary."
The third place went to Lin Ce, whose report on a case of academic fraud by a university professor was less than ideal because collecting evidence and organizing victims to seek redress required effort and time, and there was constant obstruction from others.
The school has not yet given a direct response to the incident, and many people are taking a wait-and-see approach.
Xu Sen comforted Lin Ce: "You have already brought this matter to the public's attention."
"The evidence you have presented is substantial and is not a false report."
Lin Ce nodded gratefully: "I didn't report this for the sake of rankings. I just hope that those students who dared to stand up and expose their mentors can have a good outcome."
Li Han noticed that although he was saying positive and uplifting things, his face looked particularly unpleasant.
She was about to lean over and ask Lin Ce if something had happened, but then she noticed that Lin Ce had written many repeated words in his notebook in a crooked and messy manner—
Shanjiang Group.
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