Chapter 49 Little Heartless
"Then let's go..."
After the assistant's back disappeared, Xie Tinglan turned around and said to Xia Linxing, who was standing there like a fool.
"Ah?" Xia Linxing came back to his senses and stammered, "No, that's not necessary..."
He looked at Xie Tinglan hesitantly: "I, I can actually go by myself, no need to trouble Teacher Xie——"
"But aren't you... so uncomfortable that you have to hold on to the wall to walk?" Xie Tinglan's gaze slowly fell on Xia Linxing's hand that was holding on to the wall. "On the way to the infirmary, there's a distance where there's no wall for you to hold on to..."
"I...I..." Xia Linxing stammered, not knowing what to do.
If I had known... I wouldn't have pretended to be so serious!
Xia Linxing felt extremely regretful in his heart.
He originally wanted to pretend to be seriously ill so that he could go to the infirmary more smoothly; but he never expected that he would actually shoot himself in the foot.
But he couldn't immediately perform a medical miracle and heal without medication. After all, the official performance was about to begin, and he had squeezed out time to go to the infirmary today. If he didn't get the medicine today, he would have no chance later.
Therefore, Xia Linxing had no choice but to continue acting.
"Ahem..." He immediately lowered his voice and coughed twice, his voice a little weaker than before: "I, I'm just worried that Teacher Xie is busy... Ahem..."
"Yeah?"
Xie Tinglan looked at Xia Linxing and raised his eyebrows slightly: "But..."
"Don't you have a stomachache?"
"Why are you coughing?"
"Cough--" Xia Linxing, who was still pretending to cough, was suddenly choked by saliva after hearing this. He immediately bent down and started coughing violently.
This time he even coughed up tears.
Xie Tinglan sighed and took a step forward to pat Xia Linxing on the back. However, he reached out his hand, but found nothing.
Being avoided again?
Xie Tinglan didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a little unhappy.
In the past, when Xia Linxing chased him, he just felt annoyed; but now that Xia Linxing changed her attitude to avoid him, he began to feel unhappy.
——Maybe it’s because he can see that Xia Linxing in front of him is not playing hard to get.
Xia Linxing felt a little embarrassed after dodging.
He dodged subconsciously before, and only after dodging did he realize that he had overreacted.
To be honest, Xia Linxing himself didn't know why. Whether it was other trainees or even the protagonist Shen Sibai, when these people had physical contact with him, Xia Linxing had no intention of avoiding them at all. Only Xie Tinglan -
Xia Linxing even suspected that he had some kind of "Xie Tinglan radar" installed on his body. Every time the other party approached, his body would automatically sound the alarm.
He could only cough twice to cover up his embarrassment. After coughing, he remembered what Xie Tinglan had said before, and suddenly felt even more embarrassed.
Xie Tinglan looked at Xia Linxing, who had her head lowered tightly, as if the pattern on the floor was something that attracted a lot of attention. She didn't dare to look up at him, but she didn't know that the back of her neck, which was slightly red due to embarrassment, was completely exposed to his eyes. The displeasure she had felt because of Xia Linxing's subconscious avoidance also dissipated a little.
"Let's go..." He extended his hand in an unquestionable tone, "I promised someone to take you there, so I must keep my word."
"Or... you don't want to go?"
Xia Linxing looked at the bony hand stretched out in front of her and bit her lower lip lightly: If he refuses again, wouldn't it be too suspicious?
So, after thinking for a few seconds, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and put his hand on it carefully.
Seeing that Xia Linxing was not so "stubborn", Xie Tinglan's last bit of unhappiness disappeared. He pulled Xia Linxing over, put his hands on Xia Linxing's back, and steadily supported Xia Linxing's "weak" body.
Feeling that Xia Linxing seemed to have tensed up, he couldn't help but say: "You can put all your weight on me."
Xia Linxing originally wanted to politely refuse, but Xie Tinglan's words stopped him: "Just treat me as a wall, no need to be polite."
He had decided to pretend to be sick, and the way he pretended to be sick was also Xia Linxing's own choice... So, he could only soften his body with tears in his eyes and put all his weight on Xie Tinglan's arms.
Humph, I'll kill you!
Xia Linxing didn't dare to resist outwardly and could only vent his anger by muttering in his heart.
However, Xie Tinglan was wearing a shirt today; he should have worn a jacket, but since it wasn't time for the photoshoot yet, he just wore it casually. So, at this moment, Xia Linxing, deliberately putting his full weight on him, was practically leaning against Xie Tinglan.
The warmth from Xie Tinglan's body penetrated through the thin fabric of his shirt; and because he had to support Xia Linxing's weight, his arm muscles were tense. Xia Linxing could even feel the contraction of his muscles with every step he took.
After just a few steps, Xia Linxing made his face hot.
The good thing is - he looks like he is really sick now.
Xie Tinglan also noticed the change in Xia Linxing. Looking at Xia Linxing, whose face was flushed as she curled up in his arms, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"
"Uh..." Xia Linxing said in a low voice: "My stomach, my stomach hurts..." After he said that, he subconsciously laughed twice as if to ease the embarrassment. After laughing, he felt something was wrong, so he quickly said "ouch" and "ouch" twice as if to make up for it.
"Did something go bad?"
Xie Tinglan pretended not to notice Xia Linxing secretly observing his expression out of the corner of his eye, and walked towards the infirmary with his people very naturally.
Xia Linxing thought about the medicine he was going to prepare and answered very cautiously, "I ate too much."
Xie Tinglan looked at Xia Linxing, who he could hold with one hand, and said "hmm" in an ambiguous tone, "Where exactly does it hurt? How does it hurt?"
His tone was as professional as a doctor's.
"Ah?" Xia Linxing was stunned for a moment, then as if remembering something, he randomly pointed to the right side of his lower abdomen, "It hurts here..."
"It's just... the pain comes in waves..." He was very cautious and left himself some wiggle room. If he forgot to pretend that his stomach hurt, he could say that he didn't have an attack at that time.
Wow, Xia Linxing thought a little proudly: He is really a little genius!
"So this is where you feel the pain..." Xie Tinglan glanced at the spot Xia Linxing pointed at and laughed with an ambiguous meaning, "Then it looks like you have appendicitis..."
"That might require surgery..."
"What?!" Xia Linxing almost jumped up when he heard it. When he met Xie Tinglan's gaze, he quickly bent down and pretended to be in pain, "No, it's not that serious... Ouch..."
"I, I'll just prescribe some medicine..."
Because he was restless, Xia Linxing didn't notice the threshold in front of him when he walked. When he realized it, his toes had already tripped on the protruding threshold and he almost fell out.
Xie Tinglan was quick to grab his collar and pull him back. However, when he pulled him back, he didn't control the strength well, and Xia Linxing spun in the air like a doll, and then with a "dong" sound -
He bumped into Xie Tinglan's taut arm.
Xia Linxing raised his head dizzily, feeling like he was seeing little stars. When he dazedly supported himself on Xie Tinglan's arm and stood up again, he felt as if he had been healthy, but this blow had made him sick.
Woo woo woo... He was crying in his heart.
People really can't do bad things...
See, retribution comes so quickly...
When Xia Linxing saw the sign for the infirmary, he was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes. He swore that this was the longest journey he had ever walked!
So, he couldn't wait to push Xie Tinglan's arm away, couldn't wait to push open the door of the infirmary, and when Xie Tinglan wanted to follow in, he couldn't wait to close the door on the grounds of "protecting the patient's (his own) privacy."
"Thank you, Teacher Xie." Out of courtesy, before closing the door, Xia Linxing still looked up through the crack of the door and thanked Xie Tinglan for his help, "I can treat the disease myself here..."
"Teacher Xie, please go and get busy first..."
He said earnestly, "I'll go back by myself later..."
——It looks very "disposable".
"You little heartless one..."
Xie Tinglan looked at the door that closed in front of him without any reluctance and shook his head slightly.
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly discovered that there was a light yellow mark on the white sleeve of the arm that he had just supported Xia Linxing with.
...Hmm? What is this?
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