When Li Caiyi recovered from the shock after hearing an astronomical amount of debt, she realized she was still holding Dai Zhiqiang's hand. Feeling embarrassed, she slowly retracted her hand. She scratched his cheek awkwardly.
"Thanks for telling that. Shall we go now? Shenqiang must have been waiting for us."
Dai Zhiqiang felt sothing was missing as soon as their hand separated. It was a sha it ended so fast, but he did not show it on his face. "You're right. Let's go."
In case they bumped into those loan sharks again, Li Caiyi stopped a cab for them. Dai Zhiqiang refused initially, but he relented after Li Caiyi adamantly insisted on the na of safety.
When they arrived at the hospital, Dai Shenqiang was waiting for them while sitting on the edge of the bed. When he saw the two of them, he pouted. "What takes you so long? I have been waiting for hours here!"
"We are already here, aren't we? I will do the discharge procedure. You wait here." Dai Zhiqiang said before he went out of the room.
Dai Shenqiang squinted his eyes suspiciously. "Caiyi, did sothing happen? My brother was more impatient than usual today."
Li Caiyi could not tell what the difference was at all. She felt like Dai Zhiqiang was behaving like usual. However, if Dai Shenqiang said that, it must have been valid to so extent. They were brothers, after all.
She felt like it did not seem good to tell Dai Shenqiang about those loan sharks, considering what they had done to him. Besides, Dai Zhiqiang also had not ntioned anything about it to him just now, so she should not run her mouth carelessly, either.
"There was so kind of student assembly after school, so the school finished later. We rushed here as soon as we could after it finished, though."
"Really? What kind of assembly?"
"I forgot. It was not interesting, so I did not pay attention."
"Hmm," Dai Shenqiang let out a suspicious hum but fortunately did not pursue the matter further. "Well, never mind. Do you have so ti after this? Why don't you co to our house? I have plenty of other drawings in my house. You can even take so if you like it!"
Li Caiyi perked up at the idea of visiting the space where Dai Shenqiang grew up. Excitent rushed through her body. "Can I really? I'd love to go, but what if your brother disagrees?"
Dai Shenqiang giggled. "There's no way he will disagree if it's you."
"Huh?"
Dai Shenqiang laughed at her reaction, which made Li Caiyi more confused. "You want so candy? I have so here."
"Sure."
Dai Shenqiang put so candies in Li Caiyi's hand, and she sohow was not surprised they were all mint-flavored. He sure liked his mint.
This brand was very familiar. She also got so from a young man not so long ago, if she was not mistaken.
A flash of mory ran through her mind for a second, and it got her frozen in her place. Wait a minute.
"Hey, Shenqiang, did you always have these candies in your possession?"
"I guess so? I liked them quite a lot, so I always bought them if I had a chance."
"Really? Then, are you perhaps—"
Then, the door was opened, and the sound cut Li Caiyi's words in the middle. Dai Zhiqiang ca in with a paper in his hand. "I had finished the procedure. We can go now."
"Oh, Brother! Do you mind if we invite Caiyi to our house after this?" Dai Shenqiang asked him imdiately.
Dai Zhiqiang frowned when he heard that. He could not believe his little brother had just asked her to co to their shabby house. Not to ntion, Dai Zhiqiang had been busy these days studying, working, and taking care of his father and brother in the hospital simultaneously, so he did not have the ti to clean the house.
Li Caiyi ca from a wealthy family, so Dai Zhiqiang was reluctant to let her see their poor lifestyle. Although he knew Li Caiyi was not the kind of person to mind such a thing, he minded it! He could not possibly let her co to his ssy house, at least not until he cleaned around the house first.
"Let's not do that today," Dai Zhiqiang said, and Li Caiyi's hopeful expression dimd at once.
"Don't say that, Brother. She had saved my life! Shouldn't we at least treat her to a al at our house?"
"I didn't say she can't co, and I was just saying today is not a good day."
"What's wrong with today?" Dai Shenqiang asked confusedly.
"I did not have much ti to clean our house these days, so it's very dirty and ssy right now. Do you intend to invite a guest to such an unkempt place?"
"Ugh… Not really," Dai Shenqiang grinned sheepishly.
Li Caiyi, who heard their conversation, chid in. "It's not a problem at all! In fact, I can help you clean your house as well. Isn't it good to have an extra hand to help you?"
"What? How can we let the guest—"
"It's okay! I will co as a friend and not a guest, so you don't have to be mindful of . Besides, Shenqiang's hand is still hurting, and it will be so much work for you to do everything alone. Don't worry, I'm confident about my cleaning skills. I assure you I can be a help."
Dai Zhiqiang did not understand why Li Caiyi was so enthusiastic about cleaning other people's houses. He wanted to invite her to thank her for all her help these tis, not cleaning the house.
"Just let her co, Brother! I promised her I would let her take a look at my drawings. Please?"
Dai Zhiqiang sighed in exasperation. "Fine, then. Don't co crying to later."
"Yay!" Li Caiyi and Dai Shenqiang made a high-five while grinning widely.
Soon, she would see the environnt where her beloved grew up. She was looking forward to it!
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