Chapter 288 - Connection
Beauty and the Bodyguard
There wasnât much Lin Yi could do about Pinliangâs drama queen tendences, though. Mengyaoâs wish had been fulfilled anyway- Pinliang wouldnât be writing any blood letters anytime soon.
âBoss, whatâs up with Zhong Pinliang? Is he performing or something? Look at that finger, itâs like heâs shooting a blood sword out of it!â Xiaobo looked at Pinliang pitifully, wondering why the guy was so unlucky- all he wanted was to write a letter of blood.
âAh, who knows. I heard that blood circulation speeds up when you get excited, so thatâs probably what happened.â Lin Yi shrugged innocently.
Pinliangâs little letter of blood incident soon became known as a comedy, and everyone found the blood shooting out of Pinliangâs finger much more entertaining than the letter he was supposed to write.
âWhat kind of shitty idea is this?! Iâm gonna die from blood loss before I write any fucking letter!â Pinliang was getting dizzy at that point.
âLiang Bro, it was just a small cut! It was on the finger, too! This shouldnât be happening at all!â Xiaofu was feeling quite wronged. âLiang Bro, itâs not like we never bled before in fights, right? Weâve had more serious injuries, blood never spurt out like this!â
âThatâs⦠true?â Pinliang thought about it after Xiaofu explained it to him- it was true, he did experience much more serious injuries before⦠Blood never came out like this⦠Yet now it was shooting out like a fountain!!
âLiang Bro, didnât that Lin Yi come by just now? Dâyou think he had something to do with it?â Xiaofu asked suspiciously.
âLin Yi â¦â¦ Heâs strong but he canât just control my blood flow, right?â Pinliang shook his head in disbelief, not quite convinced that Lin Yi would be able to control blood. Would he still be human then?
âThatâs trueâ¦â¦â Xiaofu shook his head as well, finding his statement ridiculous. Was it his fear of Lin Yi that caused him to pin everything scary on him?
âWhatever, we need to get to the hospital! Iâm gonna die if this keeps up!!â Pinliang shook his head as he tried to forget about Lin Yi- the guy was just here to fuck his life up, heâd always get unlucky whenever Lin Yi was around!
Pinlaing wouldnât go as far as to think that Lin Yi had the ability to manipulate his blood, but he did think that Lin Yi coming over to look at him was the direct cause of this misfortune! He was just bad luck to him!!
âEh? Liang Bro, the bleedingâs stoppedâ¦â¦â Xiaofu said, surprised as he looked at Pinliangâs finger.
âEh??â Pinliang paused to look at his dry finger as well. âIt stopped?â
âI think soâ¦â¦â Xiaofu nodded.
âSeriously?â Pinliang raised his hand for a better look at hte finger, doubtful. It didnât look like there was anything wrong with it anymore, and he just shook his head helplessly. âIt really did stop. I donât know what happened, maybe Iâve had too much protein, so my bodyâs just trying to get rid of all that excess blood?â
Pinliang couldnât see any other possible explanation.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âDo we still go to the hospital then, Liang Bro?â Xiaofu asked.
âWhat the hell for? So that weâd get laughed at?â Pinliang shook his head. âLetâs go- weâre going back!â
Pinliang had recovered, but he news had spread throughout the school already- as humiliating as it was, Pinliang found that it didnât matter when he stacked it up with all the other humiliations heâd experienced already.
Lin Yi and Xiaobo walked out the classroom during lunch break. âBoss, Iâm going to the hospital with Xinwen to see Fen- we agreed that weâd do this every lunch to look after her. You wanna come?â
âNah.â Lin Yi remembered his date with Tang Yin- it was the first time the girl had asked him out for lunch! Naturally, that meal at Mrs. Tangâs house didnât really count.
âOhâ¦. Eh? Boss, Tang Yinâs going too??â Xiaobo asked after seeing Xinwen standing with Tang Yin at their meeting spot.
Lin Yi wasnât expecting that as well. âTang Yin, arenât we having lunch together? Are you going to the hospital too?â
âIâ¦â¦ I made some red braised chicken wings for you guys to tryâ¦â¦ Letâs eat them at the hospital togetherâ¦â¦â Tang Yinâs face was a little red as she spoke- sheâd actually made the chicken wings specifically for Lin Yi, but thought that she shouldnât hog good food for herself when Fen was hospitalized. She decided that sheâd share the food with everyone else.
âWoah, for real? Boss brought some shark meat too!â Xiaobo blinked as he raised the container Lin Yi gave him.
âShark meat?â Xinwen and Tang Yin wasnât expecting that. âWhereâd you get shark meat?â
âOh, bought it yesterday. Thereâs shark fin too.â Lin Yi explained. âIt was supposed to be in two portions, one for Xiaobo to bring to the hospital and the other for Tang Yin, but letâs just eat them together since weâre all going to the hospital.â
âJust this one is plenty.â Xiaobo waved the container in front of him. âBoss, why donât you give your container to sis-in-law to bring home? The five of us canât finish that much!â
âSounds good. Here, Tang Yin- bring this home for uncle and aunty to try.â Lin Yi handed the container to Tang Yin casually.
Tang Yin was feeling a bit shy from what Xiaobo was calling her, but took over the container regardless, a little happy at the same time. She didnât expect things to turn out like this, it was so coincidental that both Lin Yi and her had thought of preparing food for each other! Did this count as their hearts connecting..?
Young girls just falling into love usually liked fantasizing about stuff like this- Lin Yiâs casual gesture was plenty reason for Tang Yin to get happy and excited over. There was shark fin in there too⦠It was probably pretty expensive, and her parents most likely never had any before⦠Itâd be nice to have them try someâ¦â¦
The four then stopped a taxi- Tang Yin and Xinwen, naturally, wouldnât be willing to spend the money on a taxi, but Lin Yiâs insistence and explanation convinced them.
After all, it was two kuai per person for a ticket from the school to the hospital- taking a taxi would just cost ten kuai, and itâd just be a two kuai difference. Why take the bus, then?
Tang Yin and Xinwen blushed a little at that thought- it seemed that both of them had completely accustomed themselves to the life of the poor, failing to see even simple logic like that...