Chapter 30
The person who came was Ryoma Echizen's tennis teammate.
I looked closely and saw some familiar faces, as if they were the ones who had eaten ramen with me before.
Senior Kikumaru Eiji with a band-aid on his face, Senior Oishi with an egg-shaped haircut, and Senior Fuji... In addition to those three, there seemed to be a few more people.
At first glance, there is a guy with glasses who is obviously a tech geek, a guy with glasses but a wooden face who looks abstinent, a middle-aged guy with a flowery headscarf and a frivolous face, a simple-looking and honest guy, and a normal-looking teenager with a buzz cut.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, including Echizen Ryoma, there are nine of them.
In other words, nine stinky boys saw me crying and shouting about a breakup!
Echizen Ryoma, I really hate you!
Here's what happened: Today was Saturday, and they were supposed to have training. When he saw my text, Echizen Ryoma had just changed and was getting ready for today's training. He immediately called back, and upon learning I was in the hospital, he immediately asked for leave from his manager to come visit me.
As a result, teammates who came here to smell the gossip also followed Echizen Ryoma.
At first, Kikumaru Eiji was the leader, who enthusiastically expressed his desire to come and visit me, then Senior Fuji also began to echo this statement, and in the end, almost half of the people said they wanted to come and join in the fun.
It just so happened that the captain of the tennis club of a certain school that was on good terms with the Qingxue Tennis Club had recently been hospitalized due to some minor accidents. Coincidentally, he was also hospitalized in this hospital. After a group of us discussed it, we decided to come to the hospital to visit me and also to visit the captain who was on good terms with us.
You guys really made me cry...
Perhaps because I looked so disheveled, a group of hot-blooded teenagers couldn't bear to see me, especially those who had once had a meal with me, who started to talk at once.
"A girl as cute and pretty as your junior doesn't need to worry about no one liking her! So don't feel sad because of these insignificant people!"
Senior Kikumaru Ying came up to me, half-crouched in front of my bed like a big cat, blinked his eyes and said,
"Or you can consider me as your senior! I will never make you feel bad~"
"Hey, hey, hey, Eiji, I'm already very sad because my boyfriend dumped me, so don't say such things now!"
This is Senior Oishi.
"Senior, madamadadane!"
This is Echizen Ryoma.
As if that weren't enough, the black-haired senior with a buzz cut started to join in the fun, "Junior girl is also a cute type that I really like! Why don't you give me your contact information?! By the way, my name is Taocheng Wu, and junior girl, you can call me Ah Wu, too!"
Kikumaru Eiji rolled his eyes at him and said, "Hey, schoolmate, don't believe him. He already has a girlfriend!"
"Where can I get it?"
"That Fudomine junior... Momoshiro was clearly dating her before!"
"Hey, hey, hey, isn't that just a misunderstanding? Besides, she and I are just ordinary friends..."
The two of them started arguing among themselves right in front of me. Finally, the smiling Fuji-senpai grabbed each of them with one hand like pinching the back of a kitten's neck, and kicked Kikumaru-senpai and Momoshiro-senpai away from me.
While mentioning it, he said: "I'm sorry, I made you laugh..."
Senior Fuji's smile was clearly as warm as spring breeze, but for no reason I felt a cool, unknown wind blowing across the back of my neck, and I couldn't help but shrink.
It was as if I had become a kitten with the scruff of the neck being pinched in his hand.
Also, is your arm strength real?!
However, I feel I need to clarify one thing -
“Um, seniors, I think you misunderstood one thing…I was the one who proposed the breakup…” ???
No, you were the one who broke up with me, and you're crying like this?!
Even Echizen Ryoma looked at me with a rather speechless expression.
It was only when the minister, Kunimitsu Tezuka, spoke up that the farce was finally stopped. With the exception of Ryoma Echizen, everyone else temporarily left to visit the minister in other wards.
Only Ryoma Echizen and I were left in the ward, and it suddenly became quiet.
Seeing that I didn't speak for a long time, he couldn't help but ask me: "Aren't you going to explain? How did you get yourself into this state? Did you participate in the after-school fight?"
I thought he was going to ask me about my breakup, but it turned out to be my injuries. I felt relieved and pretended to be mysterious. "To be honest, Aunt Huimei is Interpol. Last month, she uncovered important intelligence about a large international terrorist organization, but they launched a frenzied counterattack, and even I was caught up in it... But luckily, I'm smart and capable. I skillfully outwitted the terrorists, eventually escaping and helping Aunt Huimei capture all the terrorists. The price I paid was a few minor injuries... Hey, hey, hey, Echizen Ryoma, what's with that expression on your face!?"
He looked at me as if to say, "How can you brag so well?" and I immediately felt deeply insulted.
No one believes the truth these days...
Finally, I succumbed to his gaze, sighed, and spoke again: "Okay, I was just kidding. Actually, I'm a superhero. I accidentally got injured while protecting the earth, and I'm currently recuperating."
He gave me a 'you are sick' look, frowning.
Me: "...Okay, the truth is I was accidentally hit by a car when I went out. Are you satisfied?"
His brows were furrowed tighter and tighter, and finally he couldn't help but pat my head lightly, "Are you stupid? You don't even look at the cars when you go out!"
No, why did you believe me immediately when I said I was hit by a car?!
Do you think I'm some careless person who doesn't even look at the cars when he goes out? Am I some stupid person?
Echizen Ryoma, I really hate you.
He ignored my angry look and instead focused his gaze on my legs and continued to ask, "What did the doctor say?"
"I'm almost healed, but the fracture is a bit troublesome. I won't be able to walk directly for the next two months and will need the use of a wheelchair."
Hearing this, his frown finally relaxed a lot. Seeing that he looked very nervous, I couldn't help but tease him, "Ryoma, you're so nervous about me, are you really secretly in love with me?"
He glanced at me suspiciously and muttered quietly, "...Did he damage his brain too?"
“…”
I was speechless for a moment, and you hit your brain.
However, there is one thing I have always been curious about.
"Ryoma, you've always cared about me so much, is it because of that incident?"
He asked in confusion: "What?"
I lowered my eyelids, avoiding meeting Echizen Ryoma's gaze. My fingers twisted together involuntarily, and I whispered, "...It's about Anna. Are you feeling guilty because you didn't stop me in time, which led to Anna and the others locking me in... that cubicle? So..."
I didn't continue, or rather, I didn't dare to continue.
In fact, my relationship with Echizen Ryoma was not that good in the early years. When we met, we just nodded in agreement for the sake of face of the two adults. But since that incident happened, Echizen Ryoma often took the initiative to come to me to go to and from school, just like a flower protector.
This has been the case from the past to the present, and even today.
I've always had a vague suspicion, but I've never dared to ask. I'm afraid of becoming someone else's "responsibility," but I'm also afraid that if I ask, I'll lose my friend Echizen Ryoma. After all, the truth is often not pleasant...
Just as I was lost in thought, Echizen Ryoma reached out and touched my forehead with a very serious expression.
I:?
Me: “What are you doing?”
"See if you have a fever, that's why you keep talking nonsense..."
He withdrew his hand and sat on the chair beside my bed. My wavering expression was reflected in his amber eyes, and he spoke seriously, word by word:
"I care about you only because you are a very important friend to me, Nana."
For a moment, I was both moved and shocked by him.
However, I pretended to cough and said, "Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect that I am such an important friend in your heart. Then I can only reluctantly admit that you are also an important friend of mine..."
Echizen Ryoma: "...Tsk, woman."
Just at this moment, Senior Fuji appeared at the door. He knocked on the door gently, instantly attracting our attention.
He said, "Excuse me, I'm here to borrow Echizen's..."
Echizen Ryoma: "Fuji-senpai, what's wrong?"
"I ran into the Rikkai University players arguing, and then they said they wanted to play tennis to decide the winner. They specifically asked to play against you..."
As soon as he mentioned that they were going to decide the winner with tennis, Echizen Ryoma became visibly excited, and he took out his signature hat from somewhere behind him and put it on his head.
I clearly heard him sneer, confident and arrogant.
"Okay, I'll go now. Nana, you stay here for a while."
Okay, it turns out tennis is more important than my friend...
The next second I realized—no, this is a hospital! It’s a hospital!
A hospital or something actually has a tennis court. Don't you think there's something a little weird?!
But I didn't stop Ryoma Echizen. I thought I could lie down on the bed and take a nap after he left, but I didn't expect that Senior Fuji didn't leave, but walked in instead.
"It must be quite boring staying in the ward all day, right? Why don't I push you out for a walk? The weather is great today, the breeze feels so comfortable... and the sun is shining, so lazy..."
"Eh? Fuji-senpai isn't going to play basketball?"
The corners of his lips curled up a little, "There's only one field, they can just play."
Actually, I was a little hesitant. After all, I wasn’t very familiar with Senior Fuji. The only interaction we had was having a meal together and chatting for a few minutes that day.
But maybe it was because he had a beautiful smile on his face, and when he was describing the wind outside, a breeze blew in through the window, giving me a refreshing and pleasant feeling.
With the right time, place and people, I nodded and agreed with him.
"Okay, I'll trouble you, Senior Fuji..."
The wheelchair was placed next to my bed. I raised my upper body from the bed and was about to put my hands on the armrests of the wheelchair to help myself move up, but the next second I felt my body lighten.
Senior Fuji...actually picked me up!!!
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