Chapter 24: The Girls' Dormitory

  If the darkness is just behind the light, then Xun Yanqiu must have understood this truth at this moment. When he walked into the girls' dormitory with a wounded body, he suddenly felt that all the pain was worth it.

  Bai Ruiya led Shen Yanqiu, Ji Ningning and Liu Kai back to her small rental house. The living room was very small, only enough for a table and four chairs, no kitchen, the dining utensils were in the corner of the living room.

  "Sit here for a while, I'll go get the medicine box!" Bai Qiuya said, and then walked towards her own room.

  Ji Ningning furrowed her brow, glanced at the two boys beside her, but said nothing and simply walked to the living room to sit down.

  Before long, Bai Liya walked out. The medicine box in her hand was only the size of a lunchbox. Looking at the three people sitting silently, she suddenly felt extremely guilty. After a pause, Bai Liya walked forward and put the medicine box on the table. She looked at Ji Ningning again and said in a calm tone: "Ningning, help him apply some medicine, otherwise he won't even be able to go to school tomorrow."

  "Uh-huh." Ji Ningning originally wanted to scold Cen Yanqiu for being reckless, but it wasn't suitable to say anything in front of Bai Liuya. Letting her help Cen Yanqiu apply medicine was really a bit uncomfortable, or rather, too embarrassing for her. She turned her head to watch Bai Liuya apply ointment to Liu Kai, then glanced at Cen Yanqiu, only to discover that he was looking at her with a tilted gaze, his expression shameless.

  "Come yourself!" Ji Ningning said, picking up a bottle of pain-relieving medicine from the table and tossing it to Cen Yanqiu, then turned her head away with a twist, ignoring him.

  Cen Yan looked at Ji Ningning with disdain, he knew she wasn't that kind-hearted, how could she possibly help him apply medicine? Looking at Bai Liya beside her, so gently applying medicine to Liu Kai, no matter how he looked at Ji Ningning, he felt she couldn't compare to Bai Liya.

  "Hey, Ji Ningning, I'm injured in several places on my back. You don't have to help me apply medicine, but can you at least help me take off my clothes? My hands can't move..." It was indeed the case, as Yan Qiu had been trampled by those Desheng students and now his hands were finally feeling the pain, probably unable to write for a while.

  "Cen Yanqiu, can you not be so..." Ji Ningning said, also discovering that Cen Yanqiu couldn't hold onto the bottle of medicine, and didn't continue speaking. Instead, she picked up a cotton swab from the nearby table with an extremely unwilling expression and walked to Cen Yanqiu's side.

  "Not everyone has the chance to eat my tofu!" Xun Yanqiu smiled gloomily, leaning against his chair and staring at the ceiling, ignoring Ji Ningning.

  Ji Ningning didn't hesitate, using a cotton swab to apply the medicinal liquid, roughly dabbing at the red and swollen area on Shen Yanqiu's face.

  "Oh no, Ji Ningning, you're taking advantage of me!" Cen Yanqiu actually didn't feel any pain, he just wanted to tease Ji Ningning.

  Ji Ningning furrowed her brow again, heaven knows it was her first time applying medicine to someone, she had no idea about the right amount of pressure, but she was certain she only lightly touched the wound, not using any force at all, although it looked very rough.

  "If it hurts, come yourself!" Ji Ningning really didn't want to see Cen Yanqiu's deadpan expression.

  After hearing this, Cen Yanqiu finally didn't dare speak again, closed his eyes and let Ji Ningning apply the medicine for him.

  Ji Ningning turned her head again, looked at Bai Yaya on the other side, and only then discovered that Bai Yaya was particularly serious, and had even taken off Liu Kai's clothes. She steeled herself, turned her head again, looked at Chen Yanqiu's closed eyes, and reached out to undo his buttons.

  For some reason, she felt a little embarrassed, her heart racing along with it. Her hand stopped in mid-air, but couldn't bring herself to touch him. Just as Ji Ningning's hand was about to touch the first button on Cen Yanqiu's shirt, suddenly, a pleasant ringing sound came from somewhere, startling her into hastily withdrawing her hand.

  Cen Yanqiu opened his eyes, hastily took out his phone from his backpack, and upon seeing the note on the screen, his face suddenly changed. His injured hand struggled to swipe across the screen, "Hello..."

  "...%##&&......" But that one was all nagging and scolding voices.

  Cen Yan Qiu couldn't help but move his phone away from his ear and put it on the other end.

  "Heh——" Ji Ningning couldn't help but stifle a laugh, it seemed that Cen Yanqiu would be getting a good scolding from his parents tonight.

  Cen Yanqiu looked at Ji Ningning's gloating expression, felt annoyed in his heart, glared at her, and put the phone back to his ear. He paused for a moment and said, "Mom, I'm on duty! I'll be late getting home, that's all!" As soon as he finished speaking, he hung up the phone again, now worried about what would happen when he got home.

  "If you feel that you can't explain to your parents, I can go and talk to them." At this time, Bai Yaya had already helped Liu Kai apply the medicine and was standing up, looking at Cen Yanqiu with a worried face.

  "Haha……" Cen Yanqiu felt a bit embarrassed, if such a beauty were to go home and explain to his parents, it would be unbearable. His father would skin him alive for being beaten up by someone over a girl, how humiliating!

  "No... never mind..." Cen Yanqiu glanced at Ji Ningning beside him, and suddenly felt a bit embarrassed. "My parents are very open-minded, I told them, they all understand..."

  “Pfft……” Ji Ningning couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand, today Xun Yanqiu had scared two people, one was his mom and the other was Bai Yaya. Actually, in the end, he was still deceiving himself. Still didn't know what would happen tonight when he went back, how his dad and mom would scold him.

  Bai Liya heard Xun Yanqiu say this and also put her mind at ease, smiling gently: "That's good..."

  "I think it's about time, I'll head back first." Xun Yanqiu said, and then stood up, taking the backpack that was placed aside.

  Bai Liya only then discovered that he hadn't applied the medicine yet and hastily stopped him, saying: "Ball, you should let Ningning apply the medicine for you before going back!"

  "It doesn't matter, whether I wipe the medicine or not, the result is the same... Either way, I'll get scolded, might as well go home quickly. Cen Yanqiu didn't dare to linger and hastily slung his backpack to leave again."

  Bai Liya glanced at Ji Ningning and smiled faintly, "Ningning, you send him back!"

  "Alright, I'm going back." Ji Ningning also gave Bai Yaya a slight smile, then nodded at Liu Kai who was sitting beside her in silence. She hastily grabbed her school bag and ran to catch up with Cen Yanqiu.

  The sunset stretched the shadows of two people very long, on the road, occasionally a few cars flashed by, Cen Yanqiu and Ji Ningning were like a pair of young lovers, walking on the way back from school in the evening, with leisurely footsteps, but no voices could be heard.

  Suddenly, Cen Yanqiu seemed to remember something and hastily turned his head, looked at Ji Ningning, and asked with a puzzled face: "Ji Ningning, shouldn't your home be turning at the intersection ahead?"

  "Hmm, what's up?" Ji Ningning raised her head and playfully winked at Cen Yanqiu.

  Cen Yan Qiu was astonished, it was the first time he saw such a lovely and cute Ji Ningning, and he didn't know what she was up to. He asked in puzzlement: "Then you, why haven't you gone back yet?"

  "It's okay, I like walking, and my dad and mom won't manage me so strictly." Ji Ningning proudly raised her chin, took big strides forward, and walked ahead of Cen Yanqiu.

  "You're not thinking of taking this opportunity to have me take you to meet my parents, are you? Let me tell you, my dad and mom will never acknowledge you as their daughter-in-law! Having a child won't work either... Ji Ningning, I've broken up with you, did you hear that?"

  Cen Yanqiu's words fell behind, seemingly very far away, each word and sentence particularly clear. Ji Ningning ignored them, smiling as she walked ahead. However, they attracted countless passersby casting contemptuous glances their way.

  What's wrong with kids these days?