Chapter 6: Zheng Xiuyan's allergy to melons (collected with peace of mind)

  (Some people in the book review section say I'm a zero-point party, 3K party, but I'm not! Everyone can rest assured to collect and fatten up, although it's shameful, collecting and opening a pit is not easy!)

  The spring rain has no concept of time, it drifts when it wants to and stops when it wants to. It's lingering and sometimes annoying, but also very endearing. Even when it makes people happy, they don't even realize it. That's the spring rain, especially the early spring rain that still carries a hint of chilliness. Today's rain is particularly special, starting from noon, drifting gently, so fine that it can be seen on the hair tips of Mu Zi Qiu and Zheng Xiu Yan, with threads as thin as silver lines.

  "What a beautiful rain!" The soft rain threads had no strength at all, like willow catkins, lightly floating, as if one's breath could blow this fine rain away.

  "It's not the rain that's beautiful, it's you who are too excited."

  "Maybe! Oh, I didn't bring any money, can you treat me to dinner?" As soon as they left the school gate, Zheng Xiuyan's stomach suddenly growled. She patted her small purse and found that she hadn't brought a single cent! The joyful mood from successfully skipping class also instantly dampened.

  "What's for dinner?"

  "Stir-fried rice cake? Mixed noodles? Dumplings?" Maybe she was too hungry, but a plethora of edible things immediately popped into Zheng Xiuyan's mind.

  "Go to the roadside stall!"

  In Korea, street stalls are indeed very popular. In Seoul, almost every subway station, market, park, and main street has them, wherever there are people, you can see their traces. Korea is a high-latitude country, winters are cold, but the business of street stalls in winter is getting better and better, maybe because people need more calories to fight against the cold. As soon as they walked out of the school gate, Mu Ziqiu and Zheng Xiuyan found a row of street stalls opposite the roadside store, with over a dozen stalls connected together. Because it was still early spring, all the stalls were set up with windproof and rainproof tents, looking like a row of neat tile houses from afar. Zheng Xiuyan didn't think twice before entering one, staring at the sizzling meat and stir-fried rice cakes on the grill, swallowing her saliva.

  "Here's your money!" Muzi Chuu handed 5,000 won to Jung Soo-yeon.

  "Aren't you going to eat?" Zheng Xiuyan picked up a string of fish balls, breathing out hot air as she ate, and didn't take the money from Mu Ziqiu's hand, instead asking back.

  "Not used to it."

  Jing saw Zheng Xiuyan not extending her hand to receive it, so Mu Ziqiu thought of directly putting the money into her jacket pocket. Before he could put the money in, his chin was held by Zheng Xiuyan's one hand, "Eat!" Without giving Mu Ziqiu a chance to react, Zheng Xiuyan directly brought the string of fish balls on her hand to his mouth and stuffed it in.

  The fish ball, still slightly scalding from the hot broth, was stuffed into Muzi Qiu's mouth by Zheng Xiuyan. Instantly, the unique aroma of the fish ball filled his mouth, and the subtle sweetness and smooth texture made Muzi Qiu unable to resist chewing the fish ball in his mouth before swallowing it down.

  "Is it delicious?"

  "Hmm." Muzi Qiu had just thought of leaving, because he wasn't used to eating with people other than his sister, and it was also the first time he had eaten with a female other than his sister...

  "Eat some more!"

  "Help me get that big string of roasted meat over here!" Zheng Xiuyan pointed to a string of roasted meat beside Mu Zi Qiu, her mouth chewing on a meatball as she spoke vaguely.

  Muzi Autumn had just withdrawn the hand that was stuffing money, stood in front of the stove, and also started eating all kinds of delicious food. To the words of the girl next to him who intended to instruct himself, it seemed as if he hadn't heard them at all.

  "Hey, help me out, would you die for it?!" Seeing Mu Ziqiu had no intention of helping himself, Zheng Xiuyan immediately poked Mu Ziqiu's arm with the wooden skewer a few times, but Mu Ziqiu didn't feel anything due to his thick winter clothing. At noon, Mu Ziqiu only ate bread, which was clearly not on the same level as the hot food they had now. Even with the bread filling his stomach, he still ate a lot, and compared to Zheng Xiuyan who was wolfing down her food beside him, he looked much more refined! But with delicious food in front of him, since they had already started eating, he couldn't be bothered to care about Zheng Xiuyan anymore.

  "How petty!" Zheng Xiuyan and Mu Ziqiu, although they were in the same class for a year, but she herself didn't often come to school for classes, and Mu Ziqiu also frequently played truant. Adding to that, both of them had an air of not caring about each other. For over a year, despite sitting next to each other, they barely exchanged more than a few words. If it weren't for Han Shanmei warning her at the beginning of school and throwing her into Mu Ziqiu's seat, becoming deskmates, she believed that the two wouldn't have ended up skipping class together today, let alone eating street food together. But even so, she was a girl, after all! Did Mu Ziqiu not have any gentlemanly awareness at all? He was really too rustic!

  "You're such a petty ghost!"

  "You have your own hands, why do you need me to help?"

  "I'm a girl!"

  "In today's society, aren't men and women equal?"

  "You and I don't have a common language! I really don't know what you're proud of, except for your grades, you're useless in every other way! You're so rustic it's embarrassing, yet you put on this cool act. This type of guy isn't popular anymore! Now the popular ones are those who can make girls' hearts flutter with just one glance... Sigh..."

  "Zheng Xiuyan, you talk too much!" Mu Zi Qiu casually picked up a piece of pumpkin cake from the plate and stuffed it into Zheng Xiuyan's mouth, which was still chattering away, blocking her mouth that was eating and talking at the same time.

  “Gua? Gua! Gua! Ou......” Zheng Xiuyan was stuffed with a pumpkin pie by Mu Zi Qiu. At first, she didn't think much of it, but the moment her teeth broke through the pumpkin pie, the overflowing pumpkin flavor in her mouth made her entire body tremble. Her stomach, which had just been filled, began to churn, and her skin started to break out in goosebumps. A red rash slowly appeared on her neck! Zheng Xiuyan quickly spat out the pumpkin pie in her mouth, grabbed a cup of warm water beside her, and squatted down to rinse her mouth repeatedly. The churning sensation in her stomach made her involuntarily retch, and soon, hives covered her neck like countless red droplets on a smooth mirror. Gradually, Zheng Xiuyan felt her brain becoming dizzy......

  "Hey, are you okay? Jang Soo-yeon?" Muja-chul was startled by Jang Soo-yeon's sudden reaction and saw her faint on the ground. He quickly picked her up and asked "Allergic reaction?" As soon as he picked her up, he noticed that her neck, which was like jade, had broken out in small red rashes growing at a rapid rate, almost covering her entire skin. After throwing down 5,000 won, under the anxious gaze of the street vendor, Muja-chul carried Jang Soo-yeon out of the tent and looked for a taxi to rush her to the hospital.

  Food allergies can be very dangerous and even fatal in severe cases! Logically speaking, food allergies shouldn't show symptoms so quickly, but Zheng Xiuyan had only tasted it and hadn't even swallowed yet, and already showed such severe symptoms, which made Mu Ziqiu anxious. Although Mu Ziqiu didn't have much knowledge of medicine, he still understood some basic household knowledge. He didn't know how deep Zheng Xiuyan's allergy was, but since they were classmates and had just started sitting together, and her allergy was because of him, that's why he was so urgent.

  As soon as he got out of the taxi, Mu Zi Qiu rushed to the emergency room with Zheng Xiuyan on his back. As soon as he entered the hospital, he saw an acquaintance he hadn't seen for a long time.

  "Brother Mu Ziqiu!" A pale-faced, haggard-looking girl stood up from her chair as soon as she saw Mu Ziqiu enter the hospital and shouted.