After the ambulance arrived, Jiang Yuan was carried onto it on a stretcher. Chi Xu, Lin Suye, and the girl who accidentally kicked Jiang Yuan all got on the ambulance together.
After arriving at the hospital, they got the forms, registered, and went to the imaging center for a CT scan. It was more than an hour later when the doctor finally got the scan report.
Finally, it was diagnosed as a minor fracture. To be on the safe side, she was put in a cast and had to stay in the hospital for a few days for observation.
"Yuanyuan, should we tell your parents?" Lin Suye peeled an apple beside her and handed it to her.
Jiang Yuan took it and took a big bite. Hearing this, she quickly shook her head. "Definitely not. I should get better soon. I don't want them to worry."
They had been busy all afternoon, and now it was evening. Lin Suye asked for leave from the counselor and stayed here to accompany Jiang Yuan.
The girl who caused Jiang Yuan's injury used the school's medical insurance to settle the expenses. Since she had a class in the evening, she went back to school first.
Chi Xu went to buy dinner.
Lin Suye sighed. "You're really unlucky. You were just trying to avoid Chi Xu and have lunch, but this still happened."
"Don't mention it. Maybe I'm just born unlucky." Jiang Yuan took another big bite of the apple, making her cheeks bulge.
There was a knock on the door of the ward. Jiang Yuan said, "Come in."
With a "click", Lu Zhen rushed in in a hurry. Standing beside her hospital bed, he asked, "Jiang Yuan, are you okay? How's your leg? You're already in a cast."
"It's a minor problem, just a minor fracture. I'll be fine after drinking some pork rib soup a few times." Jiang Yuan smiled. She bent down, trying to pat Lu Zhen on the shoulder like a buddy.
As soon as she moved, the pain suddenly hit her. Jiang Yuan gasped. Lin Suye and Lu Zhen were startled and quickly told her to sit still and not move around.
"What exactly happened? How did you fall for no reason?" Lu Zhen pulled over a stool and sat beside her bed, asking.
The two people present knew about their plan. Chi Xu had been gone for a short time and wouldn't be back for a while.
Jiang Yuan recounted what had happened.
"That's it. I've been avoiding Chi Xu. I had lunch with Yezi in the cafeteria at noon. When I was going downstairs, I saw Chi Xu. Maybe I felt guilty and wanted to avoid him, so I got my just deserts."
"You mean you fell accidentally because you saw Chi Xu?"
Lu Zhen's raised voice passed through the ward door and reached Chi Xu, who was just about to turn the doorknob.
Chi Xu paused and didn't open the door.
He heard Lu Zhen's voice.
Lu Zhen was here so soon? And he already knew that Jiang Yuan was injured?
"Yeah, if I hadn't seen Chi Xu, I definitely wouldn't have turned around suddenly. That girl wouldn't have failed to brake in time and kicked me."
Chi Xu stood outside the door, his hand hovering over the doorknob. He seemed to be frozen and didn't move for a long time.
His eyes were as deep as a secluded pool, bottomless, floating with some unknown emotions.
If it weren't for avoiding him, Yuanyuan wouldn't have gotten injured and suffered this undeserved disaster.
Those unspeakable emotions were growing wildly in his heart, like a huge net, densely surrounding him tightly.
He could hardly breathe.
Chi Xu closed his eyes. He put down his hand that was hovering over the doorknob and clenched it tightly. The knuckles of his slightly bent fingers had turned white.
Faint words drifted over from afar. Chi Xu slowly opened his eyes and concealed his emotions well.
He tightened his grip and turned the doorknob to one side.
Hearing the noise in the room, everyone immediately fell silent.
Jiang Yuan gave them a look. "There's nothing wrong with what we just said, right? Especially the plan to seduce Chi Xu."
Lin Suye blinked and shook her head. "No, definitely not."
Lu Zhen said, "There really isn't."
Only then did Jiang Yuan feel relieved. She turned her head and put on a bright smile. She waved at Chi Xu. "You're back."
She was as bright as a little sun, dispelling a bit of the haze in his heart.
Chi Xu tugged at the corner of his mouth and nodded. He put the dinner he bought on the bedside table.
"There are food stalls at the hospital entrance. I didn't know Lu Zhen would come, so I didn't buy his share."
Looking as normal as ever, Jiang Yuan scratched her head and reached for her lunch box. Chi Xu stopped her and took out a bowl of pork rib soup for her first.
"Eat what you need to supplement. Drink the soup first."
He even bought this? So quickly?
Jiang Yuan looked at Chi Xu suspiciously and took it.
Although their way of getting along was the same as usual, Jiang Yuan vaguely felt that something was different.
She couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Maybe she was just overthinking. Chi Xu probably didn't hear those words about seducing him.
Otherwise, how could he look so calm?
He should be furious.
After dinner, Lin Suye asked her how she planned to arrange things in the next few days. Should she ask for leave from school?
"I basically have four big classes a day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon. If I ask for leave, what should I do about these classes?" Jiang Yuan counted the class hours she might miss and immediately frowned.
What about the final exam? She still wanted to get the scholarship.
"Then you'd better ask for leave. Your leg is more important. Even if it's a minor fracture, it's still a fracture. You need to rest quietly." Lu Zhen suggested worriedly.
"Yeah, Yuanyuan. It's inconvenient for you to go back and forth between the school and the apartment alone. Sometimes our classes are from the northernmost part of the school to the southernmost part. It's too tiring." Lin Suye also agreed that she should ask for leave.
"But, but... Usually, asking for leave will deduct the usual score, and the usual score will be counted in the final grade." Jiang Yuan said reluctantly.
She still really wanted to go to class and didn't want to miss the usual score.
"You can still go to class. I'll take you there then." Chi Xu already had an idea in mind.
He would buy an electric scooter and take her to and from class directly.
As for going up and down the stairs, he would just carry her on his back.
Three pairs of eyes all looked at Chi Xu. Lu Zhen frowned and looked at Chi Xu. He already didn't have a good impression of him.
After Jiang Yuan's fall, his impression of Chi Xu got even worse.
He started to speak sarcastically. "Well, it's not your own leg that's broken. You don't know how difficult it is to walk normally."
Jiang Yuan quickly grabbed Lu Zhen and gave him a look to stop him. Lu Zhen snorted and reluctantly shut up.
"Chi Xu, you said you'll take Yuanyuan to class. How are you going to do it? And what about going up and down the stairs?" Lin Suye took the opportunity to ask in detail. "You also have your own classes. You can't be by Yuanyuan's side all the time."
Facing the suspicious looks of the three people, Chi Xu raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Yuan. His expression was complicated, and his voice was slow.
It was his fault that Jiang Yuan fell and got injured. He couldn't just leave her alone.
Even if it weren't his fault, Jiang Yuan was his childhood friend. He definitely couldn't just sit back and do nothing.
"Half of the semester has passed. Many of my classes have already ended. I've also looked at Jiang Yuan's class schedule. Our schedules basically match, so I can stay by her side."
"If I have a class, I can send her to the classroom first and then go to my own classroom."