Chapter 8 - II
Xie Qi injured his back.
Rubbing his waist for a long time didn’t alleviate the pain. Though he had plasters at home, it was already late after the school done, so Xie Qi didn’t go home.
Carrying his schoolbag, he spotted a small yellow car and rushed to the hospital.
Xie Qi gave Li Siwen’s mother a thousand yuan and asked her to deliver lunch and dinner for ten days, ensuring Jiang Sining’s meals were taken care of.
Jiang Sining asked him where the money came from, but he didn’t say anything. He just got distracted and thought that, in a way, the mother and son were somewhat fortunate.
Jiang Sining managed to marry a rich second-generation at a young age, and now he encountered a wealthy second-generation “husband” at the age of 18.
The plot was surprisingly similar, but he was only 18 years old, so marriage was not a concern. Even if he were old enough, he wouldn’t be able to obtain the certificate.
Therefore, Xie Qi was clear about his positioning and didn’t dwell too much on it.
Xie Qi rushed to the hospital, this time not in a hurry. He didn’t find a remote place to hide the shared bicycle he rode but parked it directly in the designated area outside the hospital.
Not going to see Jiang Sining first, he prioritized discussing Teacher Hou’s surgery schedule with the doctor, finally securing a slot for tomorrow afternoon.
After the discussion, he went to find Qin Yizhi.
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Despite feeling comfortable collecting the money, when it came time to interact, Xie Qi felt awkward. He didn’t know Qin Yizhi and naturally had no emotional connection. What could he say to him?
Xie Qi sat on a chair and noticed fresh fruits always beside the cabinet. Even if Qin Yizhi couldn’t eat them, they changed them every day. Of course, the fruit ended up in the nurse’s stomach.
Unapologetically, Xie Qi picked up a banana, ate it, cleared his throat, and began talking to Qin Yizhi. If he had anything to say, it would be about his own affairs.
He started, “I didn’t expect my market to be quite good. This morning, a male classmate said he would support me and give me 30,000 yuan a month. I didn’t agree. He also said he would let me sleep with him and give me 10,000 yuan. No matter what, it’s not worth the price. I gave him a kick directly, but my waist was also injured, and it hurts. I’ll have to put a plaster on it later when I go back.”
Feeling a bit concerned, Xie Qi looked around, scanned the ward with his phone camera to ensure there were no hidden cameras, and then continued, “I didn’t mean to ‘marry’ you, but your mom gave me too much, and I was short of money, so I agreed. If you wake up in the future… well, don’t blame me.”
Xie Qi’s voice was melodious, clear, and unhurried. He continued, “I believe you are so handsome, and you must have a big person.” His eyes were filled with liquid, and he applied eye drops.
When he done it, his eyes were still full of pain but he could also see the fingers of the person on the bed moving.
After wiping his tears, he looked at Qin Yizhi. His hand was at his side again, very calm.
Xie Qi asked with suspicion, “You’re not awake, are you?”
The repeated movements made him suspect that Qin Yizhi might be pretending to be in a vegetative state.
Deliberately reaching out, he gently scratched the back of Qin Yizhi’s hand, carefully watching his reaction. Still, Qin Yizhi was stunned and didn’t move.
Xie Qi stood up, turned to the direction of Qin Yizhi’s feet, took a pen, and used the end of the pen cover to scratch Qin Yizhi’s soles.
The result, of course, was no response.
“Well, it’s probably not pretending,” Xie Qi concluded, sitting back. “I wrongly blamed you. It turns out that you are really in a vegetative state.”
Reflecting on it, he questioned, “Who would pretend to be in a vegetative state? That’s too much.” Xie Qi looked at the man on the bed, softening his tone a little.
Suddenly, his phone rang. Xie Qi picked it up, finding it was a call from Qin Yizhi’s mother, Yao Wenzhu.
Answering the phone, Yao Wenzhu’s voice immediately came through, “Xiao Qi, have you arrived at the hospital?”
Xie Qi replied, “Yes.”
Yao Wenzhu asked, “Did Yizhi react at all?”
Xie Qi told the truth, “There was no reaction… I think yesterday was an accident.”
Yao Wenzhu exclaimed, “No way! How could it be an accident? How could it be such a coincidence!? Xiao Qi, why don’t you kiss him? It’s like Sleeping Beauty needs a kiss of true love to wake her up. You try to kiss him!”
Xie Qi: “??”
No, this was too much. I couldn’t do it!
Seeing his silence, Yao Wenzhu insisted, “Don’t you want to? Don’t be afraid. I ask the nurse to brush his teeth every day!”
Xie Qi: “…”
Xie Qi: “No, I’m not worried about this…. I don’t know. Kissing him, isn’t that a little too much?”
“What’s too much? Don’t you two have skin-to-skin contact? Now you are my son’s wife. It’s legal for you to kiss him! Kiss him quickly! What if he wakes up after just one kiss?”
Xie Qi: “…”
Even though he felt Yao Wenzhu was out of touch with reality but this was too out of bounds.
Sleeping Beauty was a fairy tale; how could it be replicated in reality?
Yao Wenzhu urged him: “Hurry up, kiss quickly! Kiss on the mouth; it’s like this in cartoons. You’ll wake up after just one kiss!”
Xie Qi asked hesitantly, “What if he doesn’t wake up?”
Yao Wenzhu said, “Then kiss him a few more times!”
Xie Qi replied, “No, this is too…”
The lips shape was very beautiful, a little thin, but also very graceful and restrained. But no matter how beautiful the lips were, he was still a man. Xie Qi felt he was really in a dilemma.
Yao Wenzhu said, “Did you kiss him? Kiss him quickly; this is the kiss of true love!”
Xie Qi thought, ‘Okay, 200,000 a month. Just kiss me; anyway, you won’t lose a piece of flesh.’
He leaned down, closed his eyes, kissed Qin Yizhi’s lips heavily, and made a “pop” sound, but it was loud. After Xie Qi finished the kiss, he said to Yao Wenzhu on the other end of the phone, “I kissed him, but-”
Without being able to utter the last two words, Xie Qi saw with his own eyes that Qin Yizhi’s five fingers curled up. He opened his eyes wide and murmured, “…it seems…is it really useful?”
Yao Wenzhu asked, “Is he awake?”
Xie Qi calmed down and said, “No, he moved his fingers.”
Yao Wenzhu immediately became excited, “Looking at how excited he was, it was a big stimulus for him, right? This trick works; it is indeed the kiss of true love! Kiss him a few more times, quickly, quickly!”
Thinking of something else, she became shy and hesitantly said to Xie Qi, “Can you do that tongue kiss? Just stretch it out. Hey… Oops, you have to make me teach you how to kiss; it’s so embarrassing.”
Xie Qi: ‘He doesn’t know how; he really doesn’t know how!!!’