The next day, the scorching sun shone on Qinghe Village.
Zhao Xiaotong nervously invited Zhu Fengru to her home. A strong smell of medicine wafted through the room, lingering in the air.
"Fengru, I'm sorry. It was my fault the other day. Can you forgive me?" Zhao Xiaotong tugged at the corner of Zhu Fengru's coarse cloth clothes, like a child who had made a mistake. At this time, her foot had actually healed long ago, but in order to make Zhu Fengru believe her, she was still lying quietly on the bed.
He even deliberately rubbed his bandaged ankle outwards, making a sound.
Zhu Fengru gazed at her humble appearance, her foot still wrapped in bandages. Though she had a thousand words in her heart, she couldn't say anything harsh. She simply said softly, "Xiaotong, I didn't mean to blame you."
"Really? Fengru." Zhao Xiaotong suddenly raised her head, tears streaming down her face like broken pearls.
Zhu Fengru opened her mouth, the question on the tip of her tongue lingering there, but she finally nodded.
After all, the two of them have known each other for quite a while, and it's not like they can just break up like that. They see each other every day.
"I asked Aunt Zhang to buy a chicken from the supply and marketing cooperative. It's stewing in the pot right now. Fengru, you can eat here later. I'll also get a thermos to bring some chicken soup for Lin Yuxi. I was wrong a while ago, and I want to apologize to her." Zhao Xiaotong lowered her head and spoke in a very low voice.
“Xiaotong, you’re already injured. You can keep the chicken soup for yourself. Lin Yuxi isn’t the type to hold grudges. Just apologize to her another day,” Zhu Fengru said slowly, sitting on the edge of the bed.
Zhao Xiaotong lowered her head, tears streaming down her face. "Fengru, I feel bad if I don't give her the chicken soup. Please take it to her for me."
Zhu Fengru remained silent for a moment, looked at her like this, and finally nodded, "Alright then."
"Then I'll go cook for you."
Zhao Xiaotong nodded, watched her leave the room, and then reached under her pillow to pull out a packet of medicine powder.
A few days ago, after she fell, she called home, and her brother reluctantly sent her five yuan.
The powder was taken from Zhang Shufang's house. She had lived there for over a year, so she knew exactly where the medicine was.
'Lin Yuxi, if you lose your innocence, let's see if Gu Chen still wants you.' Zhao Xiaotong snorted coldly and put away the packet of powder.
Zhu Fengru can cook, and during her hard-earned rest time, she ended up spending most of the day at Zhao Xiaotong's house.
Seeing Zhao Xiaotong's messy room, he tidied it up for her. "Xiaotong, you need to open this window to let in some fresh air, otherwise the room will smell like medicine."
"Hmm," Zhao Xiaotong replied absentmindedly.
Zhu Fengru helped Zhao Xiaotong downstairs for dinner. The sweet potatoes were already steamed, and a little chicken oil was used to stir-fry the vegetables, so they were at least a little oily.
However, during the meal, she only drank half a bowl of chicken soup at most, and didn't pick up a single piece of chicken.
"Xiaotong, I'm going to wash the dishes. You can sit here for a while."
While she was away, Zhao Xiaotong took out the thermos and the packet of medicine powder and poured them all in.
In the afternoon, Zhu Fengru carried a thermos out of Zhao Xiaotong's house and headed straight for the adobe house.
When she reached the bamboo pole courtyard, she stopped, picked up the thermos, and said, "Lin Yuxi, can you come out for a moment?"
Lin Yuxi was trying to make an electric spray irrigation device when she heard the sound and looked up.
"Xiaotong did something wrong a while ago. She bought a chicken and made soup, and asked me to bring you some." Zhu Fengru hesitated outside the courtyard gate.
Lin Yuxi put down the tools in her hand and said in a cold tone, "Take them back, I don't need them."
Why would Zhao Xiaotong be so kind as to send her chicken soup?
Hearing Lin Yuxi's unhesitating refusal, Zhu Fengru remembered Zhao Xiaotong's instructions and still tried to persuade her, "She sincerely wanted to apologize to you, but she broke her foot a few days ago and couldn't come over, so she asked me to bring it to you."
Lin Yuxi smiled and said, "Then I'll take a bowl to put it in, and you can take the thermos back to her."
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