Chapter Seventeen: Moved by the Situation

  At this moment, Linxi and Wansheng couldn't calm down. What kind of person is this? The one who invited them, the one who said they would gather together, was Liu Xiaojie Liu Mengying. Now that they had just sat down in their chairs, she suddenly announced her early departure?

  The two of them struggled to suppress the bulging veins on their foreheads, calming down the turbulent universe in their hearts. S173 forced out a smile, heh heh.

  Look, she's indeed a lady, tsk tsk.

  "Well then... Wenfeng, let's just eat and drink on our own. It's been so long since we've been back, we can take a stroll later. But it seems like you'll only be able to go on a date with me." Seeing this, Linxi helplessly shrugged her shoulders and teased.

  "But... is it okay for us to be like this? Xīn Mèng's brother is still lying in bed, and Mèng Yíng has run off who-knows-where. We're not taking care of anything, just playing on our own. Is that really alright?" Wén Fēng was very uneasy, very tense. From the way her hands were clasped together, her thumbs twirling back and forth, you could tell.

  "Hmm, things can only go with the flow, and what's more, we can't control everything anyway. Alright, let's not talk about it anymore, hurry up and drink your coffee before it gets cold." After saying that, Lin Xi just quietly drank her coffee, lost in thought, wondering who-knows-what.

  "Let's just wait and see then." Wenfeng nodded in agreement, sipping her coffee slowly, gazing out the window at the last remnants of sunset, lost in thought.

  As it turned out, when Xin Meng rushed out of the door at that time, a moment later, Meng Ying also followed closely behind. Of course, Xin Meng was completely unaware, after all, Meng Ying was so proud and arrogant, how could he possibly let Xin Meng discover? He just quietly followed behind Xin Meng, planning to investigate what was going on, thinking this way, he had already followed Xin Meng to his older brother's hospital room.

  When Xīn Mèng stepped into the hospital room, Mèng Yíng suddenly wanted to stop her and say something, but in the end, reason overcame impulse.

  Her footsteps came to a halt, her eyes seemed to have lost their usual luster, and she appeared less focused. She gazed at the hospital room door, but it was unclear what was on her mind. At that moment, she stopped moving. Standing at the doorway, she perked up her ears to listen quietly to the sounds inside the room, her head bowed in silence. As she listened intently, her empty eyes made it impossible for anyone to guess what she was thinking.

  Due to Yan Yinchen's severe injury, after receiving emergency treatment in the school infirmary, he was sent to the hospital for rest. Although the school's medical facilities are advanced and well-equipped, can't they just carelessly stuff a new student who has just arrived at school into the infirmary like this?

  Let's not mention that this person is back from the UK, hmm, okay, maybe he's a high-achieving student. Not to mention what his background is, but somehow he got someone from the military side to vouch for him? Hmm, okay, maybe he's an official second-generation or rich second-generation? Furthermore, not only that, this guy has a face that can stir up trouble, if we really put him in the infirmary, okay, within two days, his doorframe will definitely be trampled flat!

  So, to sum it up, he, Yan Yincheng, cannot stay in this broken temple, ah, no, I mean, causing trouble for people's minds at school. In order to avoid wasting human resources, material resources, and financial resources, he might as well let this kid stay in the hospital instead. At least, that's what Principal Ouyang Han has in mind.

  He still remembers the previous news that someone spread, about a brave and handsome young man who single-footedly stopped a bus with ease. According to reliable rumors, it was this guy who was lying in bed, but apart from the injury on his right foot, all the other wounds on his body seemed to be inflicted by others. At that time, he was already puzzled, wondering if this guy was so handsome that people wanted to chop him up?

  Cough, cough. However, upon seeing the shape of the wound, he immediately dismissed this idea. He was certain, definite and very calm that the one who beat him up must be his hyperactive niece Liu Mengying! Because apart from her, nobody else dared to wield a wolf-toothed club in school and brazenly beat people...

  My mind is filled with thoughts, thinking and thinking, I lift my head to gaze out the window at that patch of sky. The starlight gradually weakens, the dusk has already become blurred, and the sky full of evening clouds also gradually becomes dull, losing its usual colors. Suddenly, my mood also gradually takes on a hint of sadness and resentment.

  Yes. The person standing by the window is indeed Meng Yin's uncle, Principal Ouyang Han. At this moment, his hands are behind his back, and his face, which used to be full of spirit, now shows a worried look. His eyebrows are slightly furrowed, and suddenly, as if thinking of something, his eyes glance at the watch on his left hand. Oh dear, it's time for dinner, I have to go home and eat!

  At this moment, what's the point of being injured by Yan Yinchen and beaten up by Liu Mengying? Ou Yanghan just wants to rush back home and eat his wife's delicious food! Time waits for no man. Without another word, he immediately sets off.

  However, Liu Mengying, who was still eavesdropping outside the ward, continued to listen in. Let's take a look inside the ward——

  A loud shout erupted in the room, "Idiot! Big brother, your leg injury hasn't healed yet, don't remove the bandage! And those plasters, don't touch them, moron, what's the point of hitting them with a hammer for no reason?"

  At this time, Xin Meng was about to explode with anger. Alright, she could definitely confirm that the guy lying on the hospital bed and lazily unwrapping his bandage was absolutely her older brother! How ridiculous, she had been expecting something earlier? Hoping he would change his ways after coming back? Alright, she was wrong, she shouldn't have held any expectations for her older brother at all!

  However, this wave of verbal shock seemed to have shaken Meng Yan, who was eavesdropping from outside. Suddenly, a strong sense of guilt surged up in her, making her already low mood even more irritable and unpleasant.

  Yin Chen, still lying on the hospital bed, was leisurely unwrapping his bandages, seemingly not taking Xuan Meng's furious outburst at this moment seriously, and continued to unwrap his bandages and knock off the plaster.

  Seeing the scene in front of her, Xin Meng's blue veins on her forehead gradually bulged. Unable to hold back, she raised her voice and said: "Idiot, big brother, stop it quickly!" After finishing speaking, she hurried forward to stop her older brother's crazy behavior.

  "Xiao Meng, what are you doing?" Yan Yincheng furrowed his brow and looked at his own little sister with displeasure, seeing that she had re-bandaged the bandage he had just managed to remove. He was furious.

  But looking at Xin Meng's serious expression, his heart suddenly trembled. How long had it been? He had never seen Xiao Meng so close before, and it had been five years since they parted ways. Originally, he thought Xiao Meng was still the immature kid from back then, but now it seemed that he didn't understand her well enough. Just look at the rare serious and determined expression on her still somewhat childish face.

  Although his careless personality has never changed, he still occasionally gets a bit muddled, but this is what makes him uniquely lovable. Thinking of this, Yan Yincheng's mouth curved upwards slightly, and the way he looked at Xinmeng was still filled with the usual doting, yet he awkwardly said: "Xiaomeng, it's just that these bandages are too eye-catching."

  Rumble! Xīn Mèng's inner world responded with a muffled thunderclap. Annoying? Alright, she was wrong, she shouldn't have looked at her brother with the eyes of an ordinary person. Seeing her brother's hesitant expression, Xīn Mèng hastily waved her hand to stop him: "Hold on! Brother, let's first acknowledge one fact, you're currently a patient. Got it? As a patient, you should be good, quiet, and obediently recuperating. OK?"

  "No!" Yin Chen raised her index finger and waved her hand. Those robust and powerful palms were now wrapped in thick bandages, looking very clumsy and comical. Just like a bear's paw, paired with her brother's arrogant expression, it was really laughable.

  "Haha!" Xin Meng was amused by her older brother's silly appearance. The gloom that had been accumulating all day also dissipated.