Bai Xiaoruo was already severely nearsighted, and with Xuan Mingyu taking her glasses away just now, it made it even more inconvenient for her to move around.
Without her glasses, everything around Bai Xiaoruo was a pixelated image; she could only guess and touch to perceive what she was touching.
Bai Xiaoruo hadn't taken more than a few steps when her thigh slammed heavily against the corner of the coffee table. Losing her balance, she almost fell forward in a sorry state. Fortunately, Xuan Mingyu was quick enough to reach out and catch her just before she was about to fall flat on her face, as well as the lunchbox in her arms.
That's his lunch for today. It's bad enough that the girl fell, but he's still hungry.
"How could you be so stupid? You can even trip while walking!"
"Yes, I'm sorry... Could you give me back my glasses? Without them, I can't see anything." Bai Xiaoru pouted. She was also innocent; without her glasses, seeing anything was really painful.
"Are you really nearsighted?" If Bai Xiaoruo hadn't been wearing glasses all these days and he hadn't recognized her, the Bai Xiaoruo that Xuan Mingyu had seen before always had big, round eyes and didn't need to wear glasses. He would have thought that she was deliberately using these non-prescription glasses as a prop to fool him.
"Why would I lie to you?" Bai Xiaoruo also wished she wasn't nearsighted, but unfortunately, there was no going back now.
As a child, she didn't take care of her eyes and always liked to read while lying down or hunched over. These bad habits made it difficult for her to ever be without glasses again in her life.
My prescription has increased year by year, and it's now over 800 degrees. I can't even distinguish between humans and animals anymore, let alone see what's in front of me.
Although I don't like this little girl, I saw that she was really struggling without her glasses and had just hurt her foot, so I decided to help her out.
"Can you still walk by yourself?"
"Okay... Ah! It hurts!" Bai Xiaoruo had just lifted her foot and hadn't even put it firmly on the ground when the burning pain in her thigh made her instantly collapse. She didn't know what she had just touched, or why it hurt so much.
"That's incredibly stupid."
She didn't seem to be faking it, so Xuan Mingyu snatched the lunchbox from her hand and put it on the table to save his lunch from being jostled around with this idiot. Then he picked her up and carried her straight to the sofa.
Suddenly, her feet left the ground and she was held firmly around the waist. Bai Xiaoru instinctively wrapped her arms around Xian Mingyu's neck. This was the first time he had held her like this. She was nervous, but also secretly delighted.
For the first time in her life, Bai Xiaoruo wished she weren't so nearsighted.
This way, you can clearly see what his facial expression looks like at this moment.
His embrace was so warm, and I felt safer than ever before.
The short distance from the floor to the sofa made Bai Xiaoru wish that Xuan Mingyu would hold her forever and never put her down.
After placing her on the sofa, Xuan Mingyu remembered to return the glasses he had accidentally tossed into the sofa cushions to her.
Because Bai Xiaoruo was wearing a skirt today, Xuan Mingyu easily lifted the hem of her skirt and saw the wound on her knee from when she hit the coffee table.
The corner of the coffee table was already sharp, and after the sudden impact, her skin, which was extremely delicate, had swollen up into a large, purplish-blue mass with some bruising.
With her glasses back on, Bai Xiaoruo was finally able to see the world clearly, and her helplessness and fear immediately subsided.
Seeing that her skirt was half-lifted and that Xian Mingyu's gaze was still fixed on her thighs, Bai Xiaoruo quickly covered herself up shyly. Just as she was about to stand up, Xian Mingyu swiftly pressed her down to sit.
"Don't move!"
"What's wrong?" Bai Xiaoruo asked, looking completely bewildered.
Xian Mingyu didn't answer her. He got up and walked to his desk, pressed a button on the phone, and said, "Gu Yao, go and buy me some ointment to reduce swelling and bruising, as well as cotton swabs and gauze."
[Ointment? Gauze? What happened to you? Where are you hurt?] Gu Yao, who had just returned from running errands for Xuan Mingyu, was about to take the elevator to Xuan Mingyu's office to report to him when he received the call. He was still a little confused. He had only been gone for a short while, so what had happened?
“It wasn’t me, it was…” Xuan Mingyu turned around and glanced at Bai Xiaoruo, who was sitting obediently on the sofa, and hesitated before continuing, “Anyway, please buy it for me as soon as possible.”
Okay, I understand.
When Xian Mingyu turned around, Bai Xiaoruo had already opened the lunchbox on the table and taken out the soup, rice, and dishes.
This idiot, I told her not to move, but she just wouldn't stop for a second.
"The food isn't cold yet, come and eat."
There's just no way to deal with this little girl.
Xuan Mingyu actually obeyed and went over to sit on the sofa next to Bai Xiaoruo, even taking the small soup spoon from her hand, which was completely unlike his personality.
"Have some soup first, it tastes better when it's hot."
It's almost 3 p.m. now, so this lunch is basically dinner too.
Today, Aunt Qin stewed crucian carp soup. Bai Xiaoruo didn't even know when she had helped him remove the fish bones from the small crucian carp. When drinking the soup, he could easily scoop out large chunks of fresh and tender fish meat with a small soup spoon.
Xian Mingyu was taken aback; he hadn't expected this little girl to be so thoughtful.
After finishing lunch, Gu Yao also bought the ointment and cotton swabs.
Gu Yao had just pushed open the door when he saw Xuan Mingyu and Bai Xiaoruo sitting on the sofa both looking at him.
At first, Gu Yao didn't recognize Bai Xiaoruo. He wondered when Xuan Mingyu's taste had changed. Even if he still had feelings for Su Yuluo, it was one thing to reject the beautiful Lu Xinyao, but to actually like a little girl so much older than him? She even looked like a student.
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