Chapter 8 Chapter 8 “People usually pay me for things they ask me to do…
They said they would sit down and they really sat down, and neither of them spoke after that.
Ji Ci's eyes fell level with the shimmering lake. When the time came, the sky not far away bloomed with brilliant colors.
"Ah," she raised her eyes, "fireworks."
Jin Sen hummed, and leaned back slightly.
If you look a little higher, you can see Ji Ci's profile.
Her long black hair was loose and she was not wearing a scarf today, revealing her pointed chin.
I'm too thin. I feel dizzy when I squat.
"Don't you have to go to work?" Ji Ci suddenly reacted.
She felt that Boss Jin listened to Sister Xu a little too much. Sister Xu had returned to take care of the things she had asked him to do before the New Year.
Jin Sen glanced at the time: "I got off work an hour ago."
Ji Ci thought for a moment and asked again, "Just sitting here? Isn't it boring?"
"And you?"
Ji Ci lowered her head and kicked the hem of her skirt, thinking: "Maybe I was bored before."
She has been a person who can't sit still since she was a child. She wants to touch everything. She is like someone with ADHD and has a lot of energy.
She was ignorant and didn't have that many worries at that time. Although her grandmother was strict with her, she didn't overly restrict her nature. Before she became an adult, Ji Ci was quite carefree.
"Is it different now than before?" Jin Sen asked. Ji Ci didn't answer.
During the silence, there was a sudden commotion behind me, with many tourists gathering in one place.
Ji Ci turned her head to look: "What's wrong?"
"I don't know," Boss Jin stood up first, "I'll go take a look."
Ji Ci followed a few steps and heard the tourists saying things like "the person is dying", "it happened suddenly", "it's scary", etc. Alarm bells rang in her ears, and she quickly picked up her skirt and chased after them.
As I got closer, I heard someone crying for help.
Jin Sen pushed the crowd away with one hand and dialed the emergency number of the scenic area with the other.
The signal was bad and the voices were intermittent. He reported the location and was about to check on the injured person lying on the ground when someone next to him squatted down first. The white lantern sleeves came into view. Ji Ci had already leaned down and pressed two fingers on the side of the other person's neck.
"Sir! Sir! Can you hear me?"
Jin Sen also squatted down: "How is he?"
Ji Ci didn't have time to answer. She simply unbuttoned the man's collar, spread his limbs, and laid him on his back on the ground. Then she looked up and asked the family member who was crying beside her: "Does the patient have a heart disease?"
The next second after she asked the question, she felt a string from the other person's neck. She took it out and saw that it was first aid medicine.
"I'm asking you," Jin Sen held the bewildered family member's shoulder, "Do you have a heart disease?"
"There should be." Ji Ci stuffed the first aid medicine into the patient's mouth and immediately started chest compressions.
Jin Sen stood up and evacuated the crowd. After a while, they switched tasks. Ji Ci had just used too much force and was now squatting on the side, pressing his hands on the ground, and did not get up immediately.
Soon, the ambulance arrived. Jin Sen continued to perform chest compressions and was lifted into the ambulance.
When the sound of the car horn gradually faded away, Ji Ci slowly stood up.
A kind passerby asked her if she was okay, and she smiled and said she was fine, explaining that she just had a little low blood sugar.
The crowd dispersed, and Ji Ci returned to the lakeside where she had been sitting before.
The light was dim, but one could still see a lot of dust stuck to the white cuffs, and Ji Ci couldn't get it off even after patting it several times.
She carefully replayed the first aid experience in her mind. It was a typical heart attack, with the same symptoms. This type of first aid had been simulated many times in school, so there shouldn't be any problem.
There should be... no problem.
She lowered her head and grabbed her sleeves in a daze for a while. When she came to her senses, she felt her hands were empty. She suddenly remembered her half-peeled candied haws. It seemed that she had casually put it on the bench when she stood up before. But now, when she looked around, there was no trace of it.
Just when I was feeling depressed, the next second, Boss Jin came back holding a candied haws.
It was wrapped in brown paper and handed to Ji Ci. She paused for two seconds before taking it and asked how the patient was doing.
"She's out of danger now," Jin Sen sat down next to her again. "The doctor who took over said the first aid was done in a timely manner."
"Your movements are indeed standard." Ji Ci commented.
Boss Jin smiled and said, "It wasn't all for nothing before."
When talking about the past, he casually asked, "You seem to be very professional in first aid. Why don't you find a medical-related job after graduation?"
Ji Ci lowered her head and tore open the rice paper wrapping the candied haws. This was the second time Boss Jin asked her about the past.
I don’t really want to say it.
They sat for a while, and Xiao Zhou called Ji Ci.
Someone was just taken away by an ambulance, and she was afraid that person was Ji Ci.
"I'm fine," Ji Ci hastened to comfort him. "Am I so fragile in your eyes?"
The two girls chatted about some random things, and Xiao Zhou asked where Ji Ci was and said he would come to find her.
"Next to a lake..." Ji Ci looked around but didn't see any signposts.
Jin Sen reminded from the side: "Perfume Lake."
"Oh my!" Xiao Zhou exclaimed, "Is that Boss Jin speaking?"
Ji Ci's eyes drifted to the side guiltily: "...Hmm."
"Then I'll go back first. Have a nice date!"
Xiao Zhou spoke very quickly and hung up the phone with a "click".
Ji Ci's cell phone was still pressed against her ear, and she listened blankly to the drawn-out busy tone in the receiver.
"Huh?" Boss Jin didn't hear the movement on the other end of the phone and tilted his head to express his confusion.
Ji Ci put down her phone awkwardly: "I'm going back."
"Okay," Jin Sen stood up, "I'll take you there."
There was still some distance to the exit of the scenic area, and Ji Ci was led by Boss Jin along a smaller path with fewer people.
The road was narrow, and the two of them were only a fist's distance apart. Their thick winter clothes stuck together unconsciously. Ji Ci carefully gathered her shoulders, lowered her head, and pretended to adjust the hem of her skirt.
Jin Sen took half a step faster and walked in front of her, and the distance between them widened instantly.
Ji Ci's index finger circled the ends of her hair.
Everything was peaceful at first, but suddenly a group of late elderly tour groups appeared from nowhere. They were probably going to the fireworks display. They were walking in a hurry, as if they wanted to knock down any obstacles on the road.
Jin Sen turned sideways and subconsciously looked at Ji Ci behind him.
Ji Ci was staring at Boss Jin's heels in a daze. Before he could react, several people ran past him quickly.
She was stunned and wanted to dodge to the side, but the tourists coming towards her had the same idea as her and they bumped into each other.
The other person screamed "Ouch!" louder than Ji Ci.
There was grass between the stone paths. Ji Ci stepped on the edge and lost her balance. She stumbled and fell to the side. Jin Sen grabbed her wrist and was also pulled half a step over. His other hand went straight over her shoulders, but he didn't cover her completely and felt a piece of soft hair on the back of her neck.
I didn't fall, but I sprained my ankle.
Ji Ci jumped twice on one leg, trying to hold on, but couldn't.
Jin Sen helped her to a bench by the roadside, squatted down, and touched the ground with one knee. He wanted to lift up the hem of her skirt to check the injury - the hem of the horse-faced skirt was too thick and heavy, and it seemed that it would not matter at all to lift it up.
But his hand stopped halfway and he retracted it, pressing his palm on his knee. He raised his head and a strand of black hair brushed against his nose. He was slightly stunned and smelled a faint fragrance.
Ji Ci hurriedly tucked her hair behind her ears.
"Does it hurt?" Jin Sen's voice was a little deep.
"Not bad." Ji Ci felt her ears inexplicably hot.
The initial pain passed, but it became bearable after that. She tried pressing around and found that there should be no broken bones.
"Do you want to call Xiao Zhou over?" Jin Sen put his arms across his knees and looked at her like this.
For such a tall person, it's a bit strange that he squatted like that.
Ji Ci pursed her lips and nodded.
Jin Sen was helpless: "Even if we have to wait until the fireworks are over."
"Long?"
"An hour or two?"
Ji Ci frowned: "Liar."
Jin Sen tilted his head and smiled.
He seemed to smile more, his eyes curved, and he no longer looked as fierce as when we first met. He even looked very well behaved.
Ji Ci remembered a German Shepherd that she had fostered in a pet shop before. Although it was strong and big, it had a surprisingly good temper and would smile and wag its tail at everyone it saw.
A bit like that.
Ji Ci looked away uncomfortably and looked back at the shimmering lake.
She rested for a while and was able to move. She held Boss Jin's arm and walked on tiptoe, limping.
"The question you just asked me," Ji Ci's voice rose and fell like her footsteps, "why I don't pursue a career in medicine."
She paused, and Jin Sen said "Hmm?", waiting for her answer.
"Because I ran away from home," Ji Ci whispered, "I was afraid my dad would find me."
Jin Sen raised his eyebrows slightly, as if a little surprised.
"Did you have a fight with your family?"
"I guess so."
"What will happen if we are found?"
"Change place," Ji Ci said with drooping eyelashes, "anytime."
Jin Sen was silent for a moment: "Is this also the reason why you came to Yuncheng?"
Ji Ci nodded: "Yeah."
“…”
I took a taxi and it drove downstairs.
Ji Ci insisted on walking back by herself, limping and trying not to get close to Boss Jin.
Jin Sen stood by, not knowing whether to help or not. He could only watch as the other person struggled forward like a magnet with a strong will but a disabled body, while trying to distance himself from him.
With a "click", the combination lock opened.
Jin Sen held onto the door panel and reassured, "You really don't need help? You might as well go to the clinic."
"No need," Ji Ci refused again, "I can handle this minor injury myself."
After a few seconds of stalemate, the voice-controlled lights in the corridor suddenly went out.
There is moonlight, but the first two seconds are still dark.
Jin Sen moved his fingertips slightly and slowly retracted his arm.
Ji Ci stepped over the threshold and grasped the door handle.
After hesitating for a moment, he turned around before closing the door and looked at the person outside with a complicated expression: "Boss Jin, you have a really good relationship with Sister Xu."
Jin Sen: “?”
"She told you something before the New Year, and you still remember it after the New Year."
Jin Sen: “…”
He thought about what Boss Xu had told him years ago.
"Thank you very much," Ji Ci pursed her lips, "but I am an adult after all. I don't need you to take care of me like this."
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