"I'm fine. I just accidentally cut my arm and it hurts a bit, so I bought some extra medicine to keep at home just in case," Lin Xihe said softly, her eyes slightly lowered, a faint blush creeping onto her cheeks as if she were a little shy.
After Xihe finished speaking, she gently lifted her sleeve, revealing a small section of her arm, and showed the wound that had been treated.
Although the wound wasn't deep, there was still some redness and swelling around it.
"I apologize for the inconvenience," Ye Yunfan said softly.
After saying that, he put down the medicine box and the items in his hand, and then gently took Lin Xihe's hand. He carefully examined the not-so-deep wound.
After observing for a while, he said, "It's really nothing serious, but the medicine you bought yesterday will cause some pain when you use it."
As he spoke, he took out a delicate little medicine bottle from his sleeve.
"Use this, this medicine won't hurt."
Lin Xihe quickly took the medicine bottle and said, "Thank you. How much is this medicine? I'll pay you."
"No need, Miss Lin. It's not easy for you to live alone out there, and you have many expenses. Consider this medicine a gift from me," Ye Yunfan said with a smile, his eyes full of sincerity.
Actually, yesterday Ye Yunfan's father told him about Lin Xihe going to the clinic to buy medicine. He said that Lin Xihe thought about it for a long time before gritting her teeth and deciding to buy a large bottle of hemostatic medicine. She didn't want anything expensive, just the most affordable and effective one.
When she took out the money, she clutched the three taels of silver in her hand tightly, hesitating for a long time.
Dr. Ye thought that this woman must have had a difficult life.
"Thank you so much," Lin Xihe said gratefully.
"Oh, by the way, I saw some really fresh oranges on the way here. I didn't know if you liked them, so I bought some. And these honey-glazed fried dough sticks too. You're a bit thin, so eat more of these in the autumn; they're good for your health." Ye Yunfan said, bending down to pick up a paper package from the medicine box and handing it to Lin Xihe.
There was a hint of nervousness in his eyes, as if he was very concerned about whether she would like these things.
Lin Xihe was genuinely surprised. In her memory, Ye Yunfan had always taken good care of her, but never with such devotion as he did today.
Her heart skipped a beat. Thinking about his actions today, could it be... that he had feelings for her?
Thinking about it this way, a faint joy welled up in my heart, and my cheeks became even redder.
After handing the items to Lin Xihe, Ye Yunfan seemed to realize that his actions were a bit too thoughtful, his face flushed slightly, and he immediately prepared to take his leave.
"Miss Lin, you should rest well. I still need to go check on Aunt Li and the others."
Lin Xihe felt bad about accepting gifts from others, so she quickly called out, "Dr. Ye, wait a moment."
After calling out, she turned and walked quickly to the stove, took two freshly boiled eggs from the pot, the eggs were still steaming hot, she put them in cold water for a moment, and then took them to Ye Yunfan with a sweet smile on her face.
"I just boiled some eggs, you can eat them on the way."
Ye Yunfan noticed the egg in Lin Xihe's hand, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, and asked, "For me?"
"Okay. Here, have some. Thank you for the medicine. I also like oranges." Lin Xihe said, stuffing the egg into Ye Yunfan's hand. Her fingers accidentally brushed against his hand, and it felt like an electric current ran through her, making her heart tremble and her face turn even redder.
Ye Yunfan's face instantly lit up with joy, and he smiled brightly: "I'll eat well. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, she turned and left with light steps, her back view seemingly exuding a joyful aura.
Lin Xihe stood there, gazing at that retreating figure, the budding feeling of excitement still lingering in her heart.
Only after his figure disappeared from sight did he return to the house and lock the door from the inside.
Lin Xihe had never before considered getting involved in any emotional entanglements with anyone from this dynasty, but today, she found Ye Yunfan to be a truly nice person. He gave off a very warm feeling.
Lin Xihe scooped out the two remaining eggs from the pot, filled two bowls with the water used to boil the eggs, and carried them into the house.
"Ah Jian, dinner's ready!" Lin Xihe called out to Ji Zhuo, who was sitting on the ground.
But Ji Zhuo remained motionless, like a stone statue.
"What's wrong, you living father?" Lin Xihe picked up an egg, cracked it in her hand, peeled off the shell, walked to the haystack, and handed it to Ji Zhuo. Her eyes were full of urging, as if to say, "If you keep being so pretentious, don't blame me for being impolite."
Seeing that Ji Zhuo did not accept it, Lin Xihe squatted down.
"What's wrong with you now? What's wrong with you? You were the one who said you were hungry, and now that it's cooked, you're not going to eat it?"
Seeing that Lin Xihe was already furious, Ji Zhuo slowly raised his eyes, a hint of displeasure flashing in them, and asked leisurely, "Who is he?"
"What's it to you? Are you going to eat or not?" Lin Xihe frowned even deeper and retorted without backing down, her eyes showing impatience. In her mind, Ji Zhuo's unwarranted meddling in other people's affairs was nothing but meddling. Filling her stomach was the most important thing right now, and she had no time to argue with him about these things.
"Why does he have two eggs, but I can only eat one?" Ji Zhuo's tone was full of displeasure, like a wronged child.
Lin Xihe felt a sudden darkness before her eyes. Was this guy angry because he stole her food?
"They gave us oranges and candied fruit, what's wrong with eating two eggs?"
"Didn't I still pay for this egg?" Ji Zhuo muttered.
"You're still arguing with me about this? Didn't you insist on staying? If you're not full, I'll give you this too. I'm not eating anymore; I can get full from oranges. Here you go." With that, Lin Xihe shoved the egg into Ji Zhuo's hand.
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