When Bai Xiaoruo opened her eyes, all she could see was a white blur, the familiar pungent smell of disinfectant, and she had no strength left in her body.
My stomach still hurts a little, but at least it doesn't hurt as much as before.
Ji Shushu was sitting by her bed playing on her phone when she saw Bai Xiaoruo wake up, and she was very excited.
"Little White, you're awake!"
"Um... Shushu, you..."
Just as she was about to get up, Ji Shushu quickly helped her lie down again. "Don't move, don't move. You're not fully recovered yet. Lie down first."
"Shushu, why did I end up at the hospital? Didn't I tell you I wasn't going to come to the hospital?" Still feeling a bit dizzy, Bai Xiaoruo simply lay down.
"How could I not come to the hospital! Your stomach problem is so serious, you even fainted from the pain! I was so worried about you!" Ji Shushu scolded playfully.
When she arrived at Bai Xiaoruo's ward, panting, only Bai Xiaoruo was there; Xuan Mingyu had left sometime earlier.
Later, Ji Shushu went to see a doctor to inquire about Bai Xiaoruo's health condition and learned how to take care of her.
Yes...it might really be serious.
This is the first time I've ever fainted from the pain.
"Shushu, how did I get to the hospital? It was him..."
"You must be half asleep. What do you mean 'him'? Of course, I'm the one who brought you here. When I saw you faint, I immediately called an ambulance." Ji Shushu casually brushed it off.
To be honest, she couldn't tell Bai Xiaoruo. Anyway, it was pretty much the same. It was better not to mention Xian Mingyu to Xiaobai. Otherwise, if she still had feelings for him and wanted to go back to him, then her brother would be too pitiful.
Is that right? It was Shushu who took me to the hospital...
But why does it feel different from the dream?
Bai Xiaoruo still clearly remembers seeing Xian Mingyu's face in her hazy state of pain.
He held her in his arms, his expression anxious, the familiar scent of his own body...
It felt so real, so real, like a dream.
No... She clearly saw him leave with Lu Xinyao, so how could he possibly come back to carry her to the hospital?
"Little White? Little White?"
"Huh? What's wrong?" Bai Xiaoruo's wandering thoughts were repeatedly pulled back by Ji Shushu.
"What are you spacing out for? Is your stomach still hurting? Are you hungry? I'll go buy you something to eat. The doctor said that after you wake up, you should eat something light first, and then take your medicine."
"Oh... well, go ahead and buy it, I'll wait for you here."
"Okay, I'll go first then. Don't wander off, and whatever you do, don't get out of bed." Ji Shushu gave Bai Xiaoru a lot of instructions before going out to buy her some food.
"good."
After Ji Shushu left the ward, Bai Xiaoruo lay alone on the bed, thinking about it repeatedly for a long time.
She struggled to slowly get out of bed, grabbed her bag, took out her phone, and checked her call history.
There were more than a dozen missed calls from Ji Shushu, but one of them had been answered half an hour earlier.
That's so strange.
I haven't called Shushu at all today, so how come there's a call record? It was half an hour ago, and she still hasn't woken up.
Did I sleepwalk and call Shushu back?
Who touched her phone? Could it really be him?
***
After eating congee and taking her medicine, Bai Xiaoruo asked Ji Shushu to help her with the discharge procedures and left the hospital.
She doesn't like staying in the hospital.
My stomach doesn't hurt anymore, so there's no need to waste any more money.
When they got back, it was already past six in the evening. Dinner was just being served at home. Bai Xiaoruo forbade Ji Shushu from mentioning to her grandfather that she had fainted from stomach pain and been hospitalized that day.
He acted as if nothing had happened, finished his meal, and told Feng Zhiyuan that he was going back to his room to rest.
Feng Zhiyuan didn't think much of it. Seeing that Bai Xiaoruo's mood was much better than yesterday, he was relieved.
After a day off, Bai Xiaoruo went to school as usual the next day.
When she got out of school in the evening, she didn't see Uncle Li who came to pick her up; instead, it was Ji Ziqian.
Bai Xiaoruo was still standing there dumbfounded, waiting for her driver to come over, when Ji Ziqian walked towards her. "Xiaoruo, I've already told your grandfather that you're coming to my house for dinner tonight. I came here specifically to pick you up from school."
"Go to your house? But..." Ji Shushu had just left the school gate. Didn't Brother Ziqian pick her up and go with her?
"Xiao Ruo, let's get in the car first and then talk."
"Oh well."
Bai Xiaoruo got into Ji Ziqian's car together.
Ji Ziqian, who had just fastened his seatbelt and was gripping the steering wheel tightly, did not start the car and leave immediately. He seemed to have hesitated for a long time before speaking to Bai Xiaoruo beside him, "Xiaoruo, we've been together for a while now... My parents just came back from out of town today, and I haven't had a chance to tell them that we're together yet."
"It's okay, it doesn't matter when you say it." Bai Xiaoruo's expression was calm; she didn't care about any of that.
"Xiao Ruo, I...we...let's get engaged. Just like you and Xian Mingyu said at the seaside villa. A real engagement."
Ji Ziqian's sudden announcement of "engagement" startled Bai Xiaoruo.
Engaged? This...
She hadn't thought about that step yet; the story she told Ji Ziqian in front of Xian Mingyu that night was just a made-up lie.
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