Rong Lan nervously tugged at the corner of the quilt. "I didn't mean to not call you, brother. It's just that there was no signal where I went. Otherwise, I would definitely call you every day to report my safety."
Hearing the nervous tone of the little girl, Chu Hengyuan shook his head helplessly. "Then when will Lanlan be able to come home? I miss you so much."
"Soon!" Rong Lan said with full conviction because she would be able to go back soon.
But she didn't tell him directly and planned to give him a little surprise.
Chu Hengyuan thought that the "soon" the little girl said was just to amuse him. He glanced at the time displayed in the lower right corner of the computer screen and finally opened another document. Hearing her voice, he really wanted to go home quickly and hug the little fox at home. But there were still a full twenty minutes until off - work time. He couldn't skip work, so he could only suppress the longing in his heart.
"Is the 'soon' you said really soon, or are you just saying it to make me feel at ease?"
"Of course it's really soon!" Rong Lan was extremely certain.
Chu Hengyuan couldn't help laughing and changed the topic. "Lanlan, have you taken good care of yourself while you were out alone? Have you eaten well? Have you lost weight from hunger?"
He knew that the little fox would definitely not lose weight under his care. But in the little girl's perception, she thought she was outside in his eyes, so he always had to ask these basic questions to prevent her from thinking that he didn't care about her.
Rong Lan was stumped by this question. She turned her head and looked around but couldn't find a single mirror.
Theoretically, this body had been in a coma for more than a week, so it must have lost a little weight. But she didn't know how much weight she had lost. She was afraid that she had lost too much weight and her brother would be worried when he saw her when she got home.
She lowered her head and poked the flesh on her stomach. "I should have... only lost a little weight... right."
The flesh on her stomach was still soft. Since her stomach wasn't bony, she shouldn't have lost too much weight overall... right?
Chu Hengyuan thought her hesitation was because it was hard to tell whether a fox was fat or thin. He didn't know that the little girl had already transformed back into a human form. "It's okay if you only lost a little weight. Lanlan, remember to come home early. I'll make your favorite roast chicken for you."
Even though she had already eaten a roast chicken in her fox form today, Rong Lan's eyes still lit up with greed at the words "roast chicken". "Okay! I'll come back early!"
"By the way, brother, do you think the fox I asked you to take care of is good - looking?" She was curious whether her original form was considered good - looking in his eyes. After all, he had never praised her fox appearance.
Chu Hengyuan pretended to think seriously for a while before answering the little girl's question. "It's good - looking. It's the most beautiful fox I've ever seen." Because she was Rong Lan, even when she was covered in injuries, he still thought she was good - looking. Moreover, the little fox was really beautiful after her injuries healed.
Rong Lan was coaxed into a beaming smile. "Right? I also think it's good - looking. Its fox face is well - proportioned and its eyes are beautiful too."
Bai Rongran returned to Rong Lan's ward with the receipt for the discharge formalities. Rong Lan's call hadn't ended yet. She exchanged a glance with Rong Lan. Just as she took a step back and planned to wait outside, Rong Lan waved her hand, signaling her not to leave.
Bai Rongran glared at Rong Lan with a dark face, thinking that Rong Lan wanted to shove dog food in her face. However, Rong Lan said goodbye to the person on the other end and then hung up the phone without hesitation.
"Why don't you keep chatting?" Bai Rongran asked casually.
Rong Lan smiled like a blooming flower. "It's not urgent. Anyway, I'll be able to go home soon."
Bai Rongran could clearly see the shadow of dog food in Rong Lan's smile. The person who had looked pale and dazed just now had rosy cheeks after just a phone call, looking a bit more colorful.
She put the receipt into her pocket. "You can really go home soon. I've already handled the discharge formalities for you. Come on, I'll see you off." She had asked the doctor, and Rong Lan's body was fine. As long as she woke up, she could be discharged. She knew that this person would be eager to be discharged and go home, so she took the opportunity to handle the discharge formalities while she was on the phone.
Rong Lan's eyes lit up. She threw off the quilt, got out of bed, and immediately wrapped her arm around Bai Rongran's. "My dear sister Rongran is really the best to me."
"Hehe—" Bai Rongran rolled her eyes. "I don't know how many people you've said this to." Her tone was full of undisguised disgust. But when Rong Lan wrapped her arm around hers, instead of dodging, she even looked down at Rong Lan's legs, afraid that Rong Lan might lose her balance after lying in bed for so long and suddenly getting out of bed.
Rong Lan didn't take Bai Rongran's disgust to heart. This was just the way they got along, but they still cared about each other after all.
She was just about to tell Bai Rongran how many people she had said this to when she caught a glimpse of the ghost Bai Ronglan floating in through the window with a can of coke in her hand.
Rong Lan was stunned and felt a bit embarrassed as if she had been caught in the act. She almost let go of Bai Rongran's arm.
She hadn't had the chance to ask the ghost Bai Ronglan if she had forgiven Bai Rongran. Now that she was using the ghost Bai Ronglan's body and being so close to Bai Rongran, the ghost Bai Ronglan probably felt quite awkward seeing this.
The ghost Bai Ronglan really couldn't help but take another look at their intertwined arms.
But she didn't say anything. She just shook her head at the stunned little fox.
Bai Rongran didn't notice Rong Lan's embarrassed mood for that moment. She pulled Rong Lan around and walked away, eager to take Rong Lan away from this place filled with the strong smell of disinfectant.
Rong Lan turned around and walked out following Bai Rongran's pull, but she still couldn't help looking back at the ghost Bai Ronglan.
The ghost Bai Ronglan took a sip of her coke. She didn't meet the little fox's eyes but looked at their intimate backs with a mixture of envy and complexity.
She had come to see if the little fox had really returned to this body. Now that she saw the little fox bouncing around, she could finally feel at ease.
As for the little fox becoming friends with Bai Rongran... that was the little fox's business and none of her concern.
It would be nice if the little fox and Bai Rongran could always be that good. After all, she had once... also thought about how wonderful it would be to have a younger sister.
In her previous life, she and Bai Rongran couldn't become sisters. In this life, the little fox and Bai Rongran could be seen as making up for her regret...
"Rongran, let's go to the supermarket!" Rong Lan suddenly said excitedly after getting into the back seat of the car.
Bai Rongran stared at Rong Lan in confusion. "Why go to the supermarket? Don't you want to go home?"
"It's still early. It's not completely dark yet. I want to go to the supermarket to buy something." Anyway, from her experience, her brother wouldn't go home so early. After work, he would still be left by his father in the company for a small meeting between the two of them. Her brother had complained to her more than once about how difficult it was to be left for a meeting after work.
She wanted to go to the supermarket to buy some drinks and some delicious snacks that could be stored for a long time. Although she couldn't afford emperor crabs and star - spotted groupers for now, she could buy other snacks.
The ghost Bai Ronglan had held a can of coke for an entire afternoon. Maybe it wasn't because she didn't like coke, but because she only had that one can.