Chapter Twenty-Two Injured

  Yan Nan saw Lin Xiaoyu lying on the ground, with a painful expression. Yan Nan felt extremely anxious seeing Lin Xiaoyu like this, but he didn't know what to do to help her. In his anxiety, Yan Nan's tears flowed out uncontrollably.

  Lin Xiaoyu saw Yan Nan crying for herself, so she comforted her with a relaxed tone: "Xiao Min, I'm fine, just scratched a bit, and I didn't even cry, why are you crying?" Lin Xiaoyu wanted to smile at Yan Nan, but the pain from the wound made her smile replaced by a painful expression.

  Yan Nan felt even more distressed seeing Lin Xiaoyu's painful expression. Yan Nan wanted to say something to comfort Lin Xiaoyu, but for a moment didn't know what to say.

  At this time, the doctor in a white coat came over with a medicine box, carefully examined Lin Xiaoyu's bleeding leg, asked about her feelings, and after simple emergency hemostasis, he had someone set up a stretcher to carry Lin Xiaoyu away.

  When Lin Xiaoyu was carried off the court on a stretcher, she said to Yang Tianshuo: "Tianshuo, the game is not over yet, go back on the court and keep playing, come on." Lin Xiaoyu's slightly weak voice still thundered into Yang Tianshuo's ears.

  Yang Tianxiao clenched his fists and said firmly to Lin Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, don't worry, we will definitely win."

  The morning sunlight lazily spreads over the emerald green grass, and the dew on the grass slowly disappears in the morning haze, as if the air is covered with a thin layer of gauze.

  It's not a weekend now, there are no people in this park, only a few sparse figures of old men exercising in the morning.

  A boy wearing a gray T-shirt is holding a tennis ball and teasing a small, pale yellow dog with droopy ears the size of a basketball. The little dog is very smart and obedient, and as soon as the boy in gray throws the tennis ball far away, the little dog will run over to pick it up with its mouth and bring it back to the boy's hand. Then, wagging its short tail, it barks happily "Woof woof" a few times.

  Next to the bench where the young man was sitting, there was also a crutch. The owner of the crutch should be this young man. Because the left calf of the young man wearing shorts was wrapped with thick bandages.

  Lin Xiaoyu was pushed down by No. 9 in that game and crashed into the billboard, with a very deep wound on the outside of her left calf. Lin Xiaoyu was sent to the hospital for eight stitches. Later, when Yang Tianxiao visited Lin Xiaoyu in the hospital, he let Lin Xiaoyu know that because of No. 9's foul against Lin Xiaoyu being judged as a malicious foul and being directly ejected from the court, Feicui Middle School's junior high school basketball team also won the victory after No. 9's departure from the game.

  That bald Principal Qiu was extremely delighted that his school had defeated their arch-rival Experimental Middle School. Principal Qiu took a few teachers to buy a bunch of nutritional supplements and visited Lin Xiaoyu in the hospital, also granting Lin Xiaoyu half a month's leave at home for recuperation, and gave him an award as "School Vanguard Element".

  Although the team lost to the First Middle School in the final due to Lin Xiaoyu's absence, the second-place finish still made everyone feel satisfied.

  Lin Xiaoyu, who had been recuperating at home for a week, felt that her calf was almost recovered. After her family members went to work every day, Lin Xiaoyu, feeling bored, would take "Bei Bei", the little dog, to the park for a stroll. When walking, she still felt pain when exerting force on her left leg, so Lin Xiaoyu had to use crutches to walk.

  Lin Xiaoyu felt that she didn't realize how important her legs were to her life until they got injured, and now even simple things in daily life are very difficult for Lin Xiaoyu to do.

  Lin Xiaoyu also felt for the first time that those ordinary and inconspicuous things in life are actually playing an indispensable role. Some things, once lost their original appearance, the whole life will become different.

  Lin Xiaoyu thought about her injured leg recovering quickly, it had been a week since she last touched a basketball, this made Lin Xiaoyu, who was increasingly fascinated with basketball, feel very anxious.

  The autumn wind always carries a hint of nostalgia, and the gentle breeze that brings a touch of coolness always seems to knock down the withered leaves that have reached the end of their lives from the branches. It makes people see the helplessness of the passing years.

  Autumn wind is also a kind of magic that makes all things mature, autumn wind will make the fruits on the treetops mouthwatering, and it will also make the young men and women's innocent hearts slowly fall in love.

  Li Jingru rode a light yellow women's bicycle back home from school after class was dismissed.

  Li Jing rode slowly through the bustling street at the school gate, along a small slope and across a small road. When the red light came on at the intersection of ten roads, Li Jing pushed her bike across a road called Happiness Road. Li Jing got back on her bike and continued along Happiness Road, passing over the Perpetual Bridge.

  Crossing the Eternal Bridge, Li Jingru would choose to ride her bicycle along a small path on the right side of the Yu Dai River, which always flowed slowly.

  This is a small path along the river embankment. On the right side of the path is the embankment of the Jade Belt River, and there is a pedestrian path between the embankment and the path that is neither wide nor narrow. On the left side is the outer wall of a park, on which there are many beautiful reliefs on the stone wall built with gray granite. The stone wall also has a pedestrian path paved with stone slabs along the road.

  Li Jingru liked this quiet little road very much, where there were few vehicles passing by, and it seemed that people did not want to let the noise of those cars destroy the tranquility of this small path in the city. There were not many pedestrians on the little road, but the pedestrians who passed through here were rarely in a hurry, and people walking on this quiet little road would unconsciously slow down their pace, looking at the peaceful scenery on both sides of the road while feeling the serenity of this small path.

  When Li Jingru comes to this small path, she will also slow down her speed. Although she doesn't know how many times she has walked through this small path, Li Jingru still likes this small road very much.

  Li Jingru liked the French plane trees growing neatly on both sides of the road, these plane trees with tall and sturdy trunks would always cast a green shade over the small path in the sunlight. Li Jingru liked to look up at the sunlight shining down through the gaps between the high leaves, when those leaves were slowly swayed by the clear wind, that sunlight seemed to jump around, leaving many moving bright spots on the ground. Accompanied by the rustling sound of "shasha", it was as if the sunlight and leaves were holding a joyful music dance party. The occasional insect chirping and bird singing were the best musicians at that music dance party.

  In a southern small town like Feicui City, it's hard to see the change of seasons in daily life, but on this little road, Li Jingru can clearly feel what season she is in.

  Spring is the tender green buds bursting with vigorous life on the Chinese parasol trees along the small road; Summer is the cool shade on the road and the cicadas chirping in waves; Autumn is the fluttering broad leaves of the Chinese parasol trees and the golden chrysanthemums blooming in the flower beds on both sides; Winter is the comfortable warm sunshine, and those somewhat desolate bare branches of the Chinese parasol trees.

  Now, Li Jingru was passing through this small path belonging to autumn. The fluttering golden phoenix tree leaves would occasionally fall into Li Jingru's bicycle basket, and these fallen leaves in Li Jingru's bicycle basket would become the small bookmarks pressed between books in the following days.

  Li Jingru is a girl who believes in fate, she thinks every fallen leaf that falls into her bicycle basket has an inexplicable connection with herself. So almost every book on Li Jingru's bookshelf has a bookmark made of paulownia leaves, and on these leaves, Li Jingru writes the date with elegant handwriting.

  Li Jing rode her bike slowly, but in her mind she was thinking about what happened at school today...

  During the break between classes in the second period, a classmate told Li Jing that someone was looking for her outside the classroom door.

  Li Jingru walked out of the classroom and saw a pretty girl standing in the corridor at the door. Li Jingru had seen this princess-like girl before, she was a classmate of Lin Xiaoyu's, sitting in front of Lin Xiaoyu.

  The girl saw Li Jingru come out and walked up to her, saying softly: "Hello, are you Li Jingru? My name is Murong Huimin, I'm a classmate of Lin Xiaoyu."

  Li Jingru didn't know what this pretty girl wanted from him, but he still politely replied: "Yes, I am. May I ask if you have something to do with me?"

  "Yes, that's right. You're Lin Xiaoyu's neighbor, aren't you? I heard he got injured during the basketball game and hasn't been to class for a few days. Is his injury serious?"

  "He's fine now, just a bit inconvenient to walk around, so he didn't come to class. You don't have to worry." For some reason, when Li Jingru saw this beautiful girl being so concerned about Lin Xiaoyu, she felt an inexplicable sour feeling in her heart. Li Jingru didn't know why she had such a feeling.

  When Mu Rong Hui Min heard Li Jing Ru say that Lin Xiao Yu was fine, it seemed like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders, and the tense expression on her face relaxed.

  "Then can you help me give this to Xiaoyu?" Murong Huimin handed over a small square box from behind her back, her pretty face flushing with a faint red glow.

  Li Jingru and Murong Huimin, the two girls who were secretly chosen as school flowers by many boys in the school, stood together in this corridor where people came and went during class breaks, forming a beautiful scenery that made all the boys in the corridor secretly cast their eyes on these two girls like fresh flowers.

  "Alright, I'll help you give it to Xiaoyu." Li Jingru said calmly as she took the thing from Murong Huimin's hand.

  "Then thank you, I'll go back to class, thank you, goodbye." Mu Rong Hui said gratefully.

  "You're welcome." Li Jingru watched as Murong Hui's slow and gentle figure walked away, feeling a little indescribable in her heart.

  In the next class, Li Jingru, who was usually focused on teaching, couldn't help but think about what was in the box that Murong Huimin had handed over to her to give to Xiaoyu. This question filled Li Jingru's mind, making her a bit distracted during the lesson.

  During the third class break, Lin Xiaoyu's good friend Yang Tianxiao also came to Li Jingru's classroom to find Li Jingru.

  Yang Tianxiao looked a bit unnatural when he saw Li Jingru. Yang Tianxiao always felt a little uneasy in front of this excellent and beautiful girl. After asking about Xiaoyu's situation, Yang Tianxiao handed a gift box to Li Jingru and left in a hurry. When Yang Tianxiao handed the gift box to Li Jingru, he said that it was given by a girl named Yan Nan for Lin Xiaoyu.

  Li Jingru had never heard of a girl named Yan Nan mentioned by Xiao Yu, and seeing such a girl entrust Yang Tianxiao to give gifts to Lin Xiaoyu, Li Jingru's already confused heart became even more chaotic.

  Li Jingru had never been so distracted in class before. The two gift boxes in the drawer seemed to be like two lively little rabbits, constantly jumping around in Li Jingru's heart, making her unable to hear what the teacher was saying on the podium at all.

  After returning home, Li Jingru put down her school bag and handed these two gifts over to Lin Xiaoyu.

  As Lin Xiaoyu tore open the packaging of the gift, Li Jingru, who was watching from the side, felt her tense heart almost jumping to her throat.

  When Lin Xiaoyu finished unwrapping all the gifts, Li Jingru saw that Mu Rong Hui Min had given her a ceramic doll, while Yan Nan, the girl who had called earlier, gave Lin Xiaoyu a red sports wristband.

  When she saw those opened gifts, she felt relieved. Li Jingru didn't know why she was so nervous when watching Lin Xiaoyu open the gifts.

  Lin Xiaoyu excitedly looked at the two small gifts she had received. The doll was a "White Chocolate" Jason Williams, which Lin Xiaoyu had been wanting for a long time but couldn't find anywhere. She wondered where Murong Huimin, who didn't understand basketball, had found it.

  Yan Nan gave Lin Xiaoyu a red wristband which was something Lin Xiaoyu had always wanted.

  Watching Lin Xiaoyu's excited expression after receiving the gift, Li Jingru felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. She found it strange that she wasn't usually like this in class, and normally when she saw Lin Xiaoyu happy, Li Jingru would also feel joyful. But now, Li Jingru couldn't feel even a hint of happiness.

  Lin Xiaoyu called Murong Hui Min to thank her for giving herself such a gift.

  "Hello, is Murong Hui Min in?"

  "Wait a minute." The one answering the phone was a woman's voice, likely in her early twenties. Then Lin Xiaoyu heard this woman call out to Mu Rong Hui Min to come and answer the phone.

  "Hello?" came the soft and melodious voice of Murong Hui Min from the other end of the phone.

  "How are you? I'm Xiaoyu."

  "Ah, it's you, Xiao Yu. I heard you were injured. Are you okay?" The sound of Lin Xiaoyu's voice, which he hadn't heard in several days, made Mu Rong Hui Min's tone a bit excited and surprised.

  "Ah, much better now. I'll be able to attend classes soon. Thanks a lot, Huimin. I really like that plush toy you gave me."

  "Really? You're welcome, I'm glad you like it." Mu Rong Hui Min's heart was sweeter than honey when he heard Lin Xiao Yu liked the gift he had picked out for him.

  Murong Hui Min saw her sister standing beside her, not leaving, and her little face immediately turned red, causing Murong Hui Min's sister to smile with pursed lips.

  Murong Hui Min turned her back to her sister, deliberately not looking at the playful eyes of her sister. At this time, Lin Xiaoyu's voice continued to come from the other end of the phone: "Where did you buy this doll? I've been searching for a long time and can't find it?"

  "Oh, that... I saw it on the street by chance, and since I know you like it, I bought it for you." Murong Hui Min casually made up a reason. In fact, the doll she gave to Lin Xiao Yu was actually bought by her father who had gone on a business trip to America for herself.

  "Oh." Lin Xiaoyu uttered an "oh" and suddenly found herself unable to find a topic of conversation with Murong Huimin. Normally, she could chat with Murong Huimin for an entire morning during class and still have more to say, but now Lin Xiaoyu was at a loss for words.

  When she heard no sound on the other end of the phone, Mu Rong Hui Min was also a little anxious. Mu Rong Hui Min had many words in her heart that she wanted to say to Lin Xiao Yu, but she couldn't say a single sentence. Moreover, with her sister standing beside her, looking at her with ill intentions, this made Mu Rong Hui Min feel even more uncomfortable.

  After a dozen seconds of silence, Murong Hui Min decided to speak up first, but just as she made a sound, Lin Xiao Yu on the other end of the phone also started talking. The two heard that the other wanted to say something and simultaneously stopped speaking, and there was another period of silence between them...

  Lin Xiaoyu spoke up first: "You go ahead and say it."

  Murong Hui heard Lin Xiaoyu let herself speak first, and for a moment she didn't know what to say, so she casually asked: "When are you coming to class, Xiaoyu?"

  "It'll probably take about two weeks, I'm still having trouble walking and it's inconvenient for me to attend classes."

  "Wishing you an early recovery."

  "Thank you."

  "Is there anything I can help you with at school? Do you want me to copy the teacher's notes for you?"

  "Oh, never mind, I'll just read it myself at home."

  "Oh, okay then."

  Lin Xiaoyu really couldn't think of anything else to say to Murong Hui Min, so she bid her farewell and hung up the phone.

  "Goodbye." After bidding farewell to Lin Xiaoyu, the "beep beep beep" sound came from the other end of the phone before Murong Hui Min slowly hung up.

  At this time, the sister who was still standing beside her looked at Murong Hui with a mischievous smile and said: "Who called you? Hehe, I heard that it's a boy's voice on the phone."

  Facing her lively sister, Mu Rong Hui Min's small face immediately turned red like a sunset. Mu Rong Hui Min said in a spoiled tone: "Hate you, sis! How can you eavesdrop on someone else's phone call?"

  "Hehe, I didn't eavesdrop, did you let Dad bring back that doll from America for this boy? Haha, Mianmian, you have a boyfriend?" The sister continued to tease Murong Huimin.

  "Not a boyfriend... Ah, she's ignoring me now..." Mu Rong Hui Min's face turned red in front of her sister, and she had no way to deal with it.

  "Hehe, still not admitting it, your face is already red like that. Minmin, is your boyfriend a classmate of yours? Is he handsome or not......" Sister continued to tease Murong Hui Min relentlessly.

  Facing such a sister, Murong Huimin had no way to defend herself and could only run back to her own room in a hurry. Her sister laughed and chased after Murong Huimin, also running into Murong Huimin's room.