Chapter 18: The Heart Has Its Own Belonging

  This was actually something Xia Yan had thought of a long time ago and had spent a lot of time deliberating over.

  Xīn yuè gē gē de xiào le qǐ lái，cāi dào shì bà ba guì yì ràng tā liú xià de bā，yě méi yǒu jiù zhè ge wèn tí duō shuō.

  Suddenly felt a severe abdominal pain, Xinyue curled up in agony, actually just been woken up by the pain, but now it's getting worse and worse.

  "What's wrong, sister?" Xia Yan asked with concern, stroking Xiang Yue's forehead.

  "My stomach hurts." Xinyue bit her lip tightly, and her headache seemed to ease a little.

  "Is it from eating something off the ground and ending up with a bad stomach?" Xia Yan had an experienced look, guessing that he had gone through this before.

  “。。。。。。”

  "Sister, what's wrong? Are you in a lot of pain?" Xiaoyan was anxious beside her, but didn't know what to do.

  Suddenly I have a strange feeling...

  "Xia Yan, can you go out for a bit?"

  "What?" Xia Yan thought he had misheard.

  "You, go out for a moment, sister wants... wants to change clothes." Xinyue's face turned red all the way to the base of her neck, and it was unclear whether she was flushed or embarrassed.

  "Oh, I see." Xia Yan didn't ask any more questions either, lowering his head and walking towards the door. With a shout, Tank stood up and followed him out.

  Only Xiangyue was left in the room.

  Gently lift up the quilt, it is...

  "Ahhh!!!!!!" A scream came, Xiaoyan was startled, Tank barked excitedly (his muzzle had been removed).

  Rushing into the room, I saw my sister leaning against the pillow, her face deathly pale, staring at the bed in terror, like a trembling little white rabbit.

  The quilt was turned over to one side, and on the bed were scattered snow-like spots, some large, some small, dark red and bright red, like ink dripping onto rice paper, in a spreading pattern.

  A brief silence...

  "Sister, hold on! I'll go call the doctor!" Xiaoyan's eyes were fixed intently on Xiangyue, a rare resolute look appearing on her tender face as she turned and ran out.

  The room is empty.

  Xin Yue was wearing thin pajamas, leaning against the wall, hugging her arms, staring blankly at the shocking bloodstains on the bed, a pair of snow-white small feet tightly pressed together, like two gentle little sheep.

  It hurts so much!

  Is the bleeding still going on? Am I going to die? Why is this happening?

  Xin Yue buried her head between her knees, her long hair covering her face, but unable to hide the infinite sorrow in her heart.

  "Bang!" The door was suddenly opened, Xiangyue was startled, looked up and saw Qingchi! He still had Xiaoyan in his arms, like a small dog that had just been tamed.

  Four eyes meet...

  I thought I had fallen into an irredeemable predicament, but looking at the person in front of me, who was actually the real Xia Xinyue, I felt a strange sense of joy. The savior has finally arrived!

  The tears that were still swirling in her eyes suddenly gushed out like a fountain, flowing uncontrollably, while her mouth stubbornly said: "I'm going to die anyway, what are you doing here!"

  Qing Chi looked at the bloodstains on the bed and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  "You! You can still laugh! Laugh your way out!" Xinyue was furious, turning her face to look out the window. Qingchi had gone too far, she herself was already in such a state, yet he still had a cheeky smile on his face.

  "Xia Yan, take the tank out." Qing Chi put Xia Yan on the ground and casually pointed to the outside of the door, with an air that didn't allow for any refutation.

  "Yes, brother..." Xia Yan hung his head and walked out the door, while Tank also seemed to have done something wrong, tucking in his tail and slinking away.

  "Bang!" The door closed.

  Wait, why should I listen to him? Why is he still called... called "Brother"? Xiaoyan only now felt something was off, just as she was about to push the door open, but then heard that "Brother" speak again, "Guard the door well, Xiaoyan, don't let anyone in."

  "Yes!" Xia Yan reflexively replied.

  。。。。。。

  Qingchi looked at the bed, shrugged his shoulders, walked up to Xiangyue and said with a smile: "So that's what it is. I felt something was off when I got up this morning, now it really has come true! Men are indeed animals with precognitive abilities."

  "Qing Chi," said Xiang Yue softly, "you... never cared about me, did you? I had a premonition when you stuffed leaves into my mouth. In your eyes, I've always been a silly little fool, haven't I? It was the same in the past and still is now, only our positions have reversed."

  "Why would you think that?" Qing Chi asked with a hint of a smile.

  "Because... because you never considered me, but I always did... Yesterday I saw you with that girl, didn't think you'd adapt to your new identity so quickly? Didn't you ever think of switching back?"

  "Yeah, didn't think so." Qingchi said nonchalantly and sat down casually at the edge of the bed, leisurely digging his ear with his pinky.

  Another wave of pain came from the abdomen, and suddenly remembered that his life was hanging by a thread at this moment. Based on his medical knowledge, would it be acute appendicitis, accompanied by gastric bleeding, or something more serious?

  "By the clear pond, I...". Still can't say it out loud, why is it so hard to speak from the heart!

  Xīn Yuè looked out of the window, her eyes were moist and swollen like two small sponges that were stuffed full.

  "If I die, scatter my ashes in the ocean, don't tell my dad and mom... Dad and Mom... Waaah~" Just as he said that, his words were interrupted by a burst of loud laughter.

  "Hahaha... Oh my god... I'm dying! " Qingchi's reaction was beyond expectation, Xinyue looked at her in confusion, "I remember you told me before that you wanted to study medicine, how can you not even have this basic knowledge? You're a girl now, okay, once a month is normal! I didn't tell you before, it was my mistake, I apologize!"

  Girl? Once a month... Oh my god...

  Xīn yuè xiū dé miàn hóng ěr chì, qíng bù zì jìn de wǔ zhù liǎn.

  English Translation:

  Blushing with a red face and ears, she couldn't help but cover her face.

  "Hey, hey! I'm embarrassed, okay? And you know about this silly thing," Qingchi said, casually stroking Xiangyue's chin and lifting up her delicate little face. "Hmmm, it turns out that Miss is indeed a beautiful girl, even when she cries, she looks so good!"

  Xīn yuè de xīn er pū pū zhí tiào, liǎn jiá hóng, xiōng bù jí sù de qǐ fú zhe, wèi shén me yǎn qián de qīng chí, jí shì yǐ qián zì jǐ de yàng zi nà me hǎo kàn, shuài qì ér yáng guāng, hái yǒu zhǒng kù kù de gǎn jiào... tiān na, wǒ bú shì ài shàng zì jǐ le ba...

  However, the face in front of Qingchi's eyes always gives him an illusion, that is clearly Xia Xinyue, the girl he has been thinking about day and night. No matter what she becomes or what he becomes, these are not important, only the thoughts deeply hidden in his heart, etched into his mind, remain unchanged.