"He’s my bodyguard and also my good friend since childhood!" Ning Xixi felt that Ji Yebai was being unreasonable, "Helping a friend is the right thing to do!"
Should she just watch idly as Qiaoqiao gets expelled for fighting? Or gets jailed for it?
Ji Yebai stared into her clear eyes, which were filled with worry, but not affection.
Fine, let’s help that idiot Qiaoqiao.
He waved his hand, signaling Xiao Xichen to break it up.
Xiao Xichen got the ssage, and with a few others, hurriedly charged over.
Ning Xixi was about to go over, when Ji Yebai blocked her. With a face as handso as the Heavenly God and in a tone that brooked no argunt, he said, "Don’t run around, you’re going with to the hospital for a check-up!"
"It’s just a minor injury... I’ll just go to the school clinic..."
"No arguing, to the hospital!"
His attitude was stern; Ning Xixi could only pout and reluctantly followed him to the hospital.
...
Hospital.
The examination results ca back quickly; Ning Xixi had been hit hard by the ball, and the doctor diagnosed her with a mild concussion.
"Make sure to rest, avoid over-exertion, and contact a doctor imdiately if you feel unwell. By the way, where are your parents? I need to tell them so precautions."
Ning Xixi bit her lip, her face showing hesitation.
Ji Yebai had gone to handle the paperwork, and now she was alone here.
"Aren’t they coming? Call them!"
Ning Xixi hesitated, then took out her phone, found her father’s number, and dialed it.
Beep, beep, beep...
After a long wait, the call was finally answered.
"Xixi, Dad is busy. Can we talk about it later?"
Ning Xixi said in a muffled voice, "I’m injured and at the hospital. Can you co, Dad? Just... for a little while!"
She didn’t ask for much, rely hoping that when she was sick, she could have family to rely on, to act spoiled with.
Her father was silent for a few seconds, seeming troubled. Ning Xixi’s lips curled into a bitter smile—indeed, she was asking for too much.
Being too greedy makes one unhappy.
That’s what her mother had taught her, and she never forgot.
From the other end of the phone, she vaguely heard her father talking to his assistant about his schedule.
After a mont, her father sighed, "Sorry, I can’t make it... Which hospital are you at? I’ll arrange for soone to take care of you."
Ning Xixi said weakly, "Chenghe Hospital..."
"Chenghe? Hold on a second, your brother seems to be there too..."
Ning Xixi felt a sharp tremor in her heart, her voice turning hoarse, "What brother..."
Her father coughed twice, "Xixi, you have to understand your father. He is your stepmother’s child, and you need to learn to accept him. You’re a grown girl now, don’t be willful like when you were little, okay?"
Ning Xixi questioned angrily, "Are you saying that I shouldn’t be like when I was a child, to have caused mom’s death?"
Was it her intention for her mother to die? She would rather it have been herself!
Her father’s voice grew colder, "Xixi, I’m very busy, I need to hang up now. Whether you accept it or not, he is your brother."
The call ended abruptly.
The doctor looked at Ning Xixi with sympathy, "Sigh... Never mind, I’ll tell your boyfriend the precautions in a bit."
Ning Xixi sat on the chair, expressionless.
Maybe she was numb because it... didn’t really hurt that much.
After an unknown amount of ti, the door to the treatnt room was pushed open. Ning Xixi thought it was Ji Yebai, but when she turned her head, she was t with a familiar face—
"You... why are you here..."
"Hello, little sister." His enchanting, magnetic voice was as exquisite as a lody played on a fine violin, yet it turned Ning Xixi’s face deathly pale in an instant!
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