MTMIO Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Amorous Feelings

The chubby kid happily ran into the hospital first.

So on this stretch of road, only the two of them were left. The streetlights spilled down like orange juice, drenching the outstretched flower branches, causing the leaves to tremble slightly. Yue Yunxi tilted her head to avoid them, suddenly feeling the warm breath of the person behind her kiss her ear.

“Give me some face, let me down, please.” Lu You rested her chin on her shoulder, softly pleading, “I’m thin-skinned, I can’t handle the stares of strangers, it’s too embarrassing.”

Perhaps it was the unfamiliar body temperature that made her restless, or perhaps the mingling of light and shadow was too ambiguous. She suddenly blurted out, “Weren’t you pretty thick-skinned back then?”

“Back then?” Lu You asked, puzzled, “When was that?”

By this time, they had reached the entrance of the hospital. Yue Yunxi put her down, lowered her eyes, and panted for a moment, her voice low and hoarse, “When you told everyone about your relationship.”

So brave, so radiant.

So radiant… that she didn’t dare look at her too much.

Lu You was hopping forward on one foot when she heard this. Startled, she hopped around to face her, momentarily losing her balance. She instinctively grabbed Yue Yunxi’s arm, leaning against her.

Her heart beat fast and erratically.

She couldn’t tell if it was because she hadn’t stood still or because she was too close to Yue Yunxi.

“Slow down.” Yue Yunxi supported her, lightly furrowing her brow, afraid she would fall again.

After a moment, Lu You hobbled to Yue Yunxi’s side on tiptoe, “That’s different. Falling is embarrassing, being in love isn’t.”

After a while, Yue Yunxi hummed in agreement, saying nothing more.

Entering the hospital lobby, there were two self-service machines on the left, both with people operating them. The chubby kid was standing behind the outer machine, waving at them, calling out in a loud voice, “Sister Henpecked, register here!”

Lu You: “…”

After walking over, Lu You pinched the chubby kid’s fleshy face, a little annoyed, correcting him, “Don’t use words randomly, ‘henpecked’ can only be used between husband and wife, understand?”

“Understood, understood.” The chubby kid’s face was being rubbed, changing his tone as he asked, “What do you call your relationship then?”

“Emm… just call it obedient.” Lu You let go of his face, putting her hand on his shoulder, using him as a little chubby crutch as she said, “Just like you listen to your sister.”

“But she’s not your sister, you’re not related by blood, why do you still listen to her?”

“Not being related by blood doesn’t mean she can’t be a sister. Don’t you call us sisters too? You should listen when your sister makes sense.”

“Oh, I get it, she’s older than you.” The chubby kid asked, his thoughts jumping, “Does she like you calling her ‘sister’?”

Lu You was stunned.

It was a term she had used since she was little, out of respect and habit. She had never thought about whether Yue Yunxi liked being called that.

But… would she dislike it?

What reason would she have to dislike it?

She didn’t know why, but it was a very simple question that she didn’t answer. Instead, she subconsciously glanced at the person beside her.

Yue Yunxi was clutching her phone, staring at the screen, as if she hadn’t noticed their conversation.

Through the screen, the words “What department to register for a sprained ankle” could be vaguely seen.

The person in front left, Yue Yunxi moved to the machine, pressed the screen a few times, and held out her hand to her, saying, “Give me your ID card.”

“Oh, okay.” Lu You came back to her senses, took out her ID card from her bag, and handed it over.

Realizing that she could ask the person directly, the chubby kid turned his head and asked Yue Yunxi, “Do you like her calling you ‘sister’?”

Yue Yunxi’s fingers paused, her lowered gaze fixed on the photo on the ID card.

It was a photo of Lu You at twenty years old, her skin very fair, her eyes deep black and bright, her nose high and straight, supporting a sense of aloofness and stubbornness, her red lips pursed into a hint of delicacy.

Compared to now, the heroic air was slightly weaker, making her look more innocent.

“It depends on the situation.” Yue Yunxi took the ID card, her fingertip brushing against Lu You’s knuckle.

Lu You curled her fingers, letting them drop behind her, unconsciously starting to twist her left pinky ring.

She glanced at the chubby kid.

This time, the little brat didn’t continue to be innocently blunt or dig to the bottom of things. His attention had shifted to the self-service machine.

He stood on tiptoe to watch Yue Yunxi select the department, reminding her, “First register for the orthopedics department, and then also register for a sports medicine department. I sprained my ankle last time, my bone was fine, but that something was broken.”

“Is it the ligament?” Yue Yunxi confirmed.

The chubby kid nodded, “Yes, yes, my sister saw that.”

Yue Yunxi gently replied, “Thank you, otherwise I really wouldn’t have known to check that too.”

The chubby kid puffed out his little belly, proudly saying, “You’re welcome!”

Taking the registration slip, Yue Yunxi put her ID card into her bag, saying, “I’ll keep your ID card for now, so I don’t have to ask you for it later.”

For a moment, Lu You almost asked “How does it depend?” As if out of a subconscious avoidance, the words hovered on her lips, but she couldn’t bring herself to say them.

And inadvertently seeing the screen displaying the department search, corresponding to Yue Yunxi’s gentle coaxing of the child, made her feel that there were only two possible answers.

One, leaning towards ambiguity.

Two, perfunctorily coaxing her.

After a moment of silence, Lu You released the hand twisting her pinky ring, moved her lips, and ultimately just replied, “Oh, okay.”

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With Yue Yunxi’s company, Lu You entered the clinic. The doctor, like Yue Yunxi before, held her ankle and examined it.

The same scene fell into her eyes, but Lu You no longer felt anything subtle.

Afterward, not only did they check her ankle, but they also took a look at her suffering buttocks.

Confirming that there were no fractures or ligament damage, the chubby kid’s doctor sister prescribed internal anti-inflammatory and blood stasis pain relievers, and also dispensed a topical anti-swelling ointment, saying while printing the prescription, “This can also be applied to the buttocks, haha.”

“…”

Lu You touched the back of her neck, burying her head down a bit. Because of the heat, her long hair was pinned into a bun, and the exposed section of her neck flushed a layer of pink.

Her back of the hand was pale, making it even more noticeable.

The doctor glanced at her, amused, “You’re already embarrassed by this, what are you going to do when your sister applies the medicine for you tonight?”

It was fine if she didn’t say it, but once she did, Lu You lowered her head even further, the blush becoming more intense, mumbling, “I can apply it myself.”

“You can apply it to your ankle yourself, but you can’t see behind you. You’re both girls, what’s there to be embarrassed about, right?”

Turning her head, the doctor realized that the other one was just as shy, looking calm on the surface, but her ears were bright red!

The doctor clicked her tongue, was this a common trait of beauties?

Lu You thought, no wonder this doctor sister and the chubby kid were family.

Taking the prescription, she quickly hopped out, afraid that if she stayed for another second, the other party would utter some more toe-curling jokes.

Coming out of the clinic, Yue Yunxi helped her to sit in the resting area on the first floor, took the prescription from her hand, and said, “Sit here and wait for me.”

So Lu You sat on the blue plastic chair, squeezing her left pinky finger now and then, watching Yue Yunxi first pay the fee at the self-service machine on the left, then take the receipt and get the medicine on the right, and then detour to the small supermarket in front.

“Here, this is my sister’s WeChat.” The chubby kid didn’t know when he had come over, climbing onto the seat next to her, handing over a piece of paper with a WeChat ID written on it, “I just honestly told my sister, she said she would reimburse you for the medical expenses.”

Lu You took the slip of paper, planning to add her as a friend to explain, not intending to take the medical expenses, “It’s not really related to you, I fell because I was distracted.”

“Then you have to tell my sister, it’s not really related to me.”

Lu You smiled and agreed.

The chubby kid asked, “Why were you distracted?”

Lu You pursed her lips, “Forgot.”

“Okay, you adults really have bad memories.” The chubby kid’s gaze fell on the hand folding the paper, fixed on the slightly upturned pinky finger, pointing at the red mark faintly visible under the pinky ring, “What’s wrong here?”

Lu You followed his gaze, her eyelashes fluttering lightly, whispering, “Injured.”

The chubby kid carefully poked it, as if feeling a huge pain, shrinking his neck and making a painful expression, “Hiss.”

Lu You curled her lips and smiled.

The smell of disinfectant filled the hospital air. Glancing at Yue Yunxi coming out of the small supermarket with a shopping bag, she suddenly froze.

She vaguely remembered that year when she broke her finger and was hospitalized, it was a similar scene, Tao Xin was by her side, trying her best to make her happy.

And Yue Yunxi, was busy helping her register, pay fees, prepare things for hospitalization, arrange for a caregiver aunt, report to the police to take statements, help her ask the teacher for leave… hardly stopping at all.

So, in that memory, the number of times Yue Yunxi’s figure appeared was very small.

So small that she almost forgot.

Her memory really is bad…

Seeing Yue Yunxi walk over, the chubby kid waved and left.

Yue Yunxi said to her, “I bought an ice pack and bandages. After we get back, apply ice and then wrap it with a bandage, the swelling will be reduced a bit. I looked at the medicine, the two boxes of anti-inflammatory medicine are twice a day, one pill each time, the three boxes of blood stasis medicine are three times a day, three tablets each time, and the topical ointment is applied once in the morning and once at night.”

A kind of astringent feeling surged in her heart for no reason, unable to suppress it, constantly spreading upward, blocking her throat.

After a moment, Lu You squeezed out, “Thank you.”

Yue Yunxi opened her mouth.

“I know, you don’t need to be so polite with me.” Lu You interrupted her in advance, hooking her arm and standing up, “I just wanted to say it.”

After a long while, Yue Yunxi said, “Then free up the first day of those two days of free activity for me.”

Lu You was taken aback.

She wasn’t really going to stay in the house and sleep, was she?

“Have you thought about how to arrange it?” she asked.

Yue Yunxi hummed, “I can’t tell you yet, just come with me when the time comes.”

Grasping the key word “come,” Lu You breathed a sigh of relief and agreed readily.

As long as she didn’t have to lie on the same bed and sleep, she thought.

Twenty minutes later, the two slowly strolled back to the small courtyard.

Entering the house, Lu You was seated by Yue Yunxi on the chair at the dressing table, dragging a stool for her to prop up her foot, handing her an ice pack wrapped in a towel for icing, and then taking out the bandages and medicine from the bag one by one.

During this time, Lu You’s gaze was always fixed on the large bed in front of her.

It was called a large bed, but it wasn’t large at all, only wide enough for three people to sleep, with both sides against the wall. You could only climb onto the bed from the end of the bed.

At least you wouldn’t have to worry about rolling off the bed if you slept badly.

The bath towels were folded into the shape of intertwined swans and placed on the white duvet cover, sprinkled with red rose petals.

Lu You stared at the pile of rose petals, as if seeing her innocent idea from twenty minutes ago shattered into petal after petal.

She silently muttered, “How amorous.”

Immediately after, she heard Yue Yunxi ask, “Do you want to wash first or should I?”

Hearing this, she looked around, turning her head to look behind her, her gaze passing through the transparent glass door, quickly scanning the mat, shower, shelves, and the bathtub directly facing the glass… Her eyes widened, the clearer the sight.

No, how is there something even more amorous?!