Chapter 337: She Was Not Coming Back Anymore (4)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Thus, Lu Yichen was indeed wavering to the suggestion that Han Qiqing had brought up.
Watching his expression as he kept silent, Han Qiqing should have guessed his intentions.
Was he just too embarrassed to accept her help?
Imagining his cute little pride, Han Qiqing laughed inwardly and simply said, “Okay, okay, we’ll do that then! You are friends with Xiaoxiao. Xiaoxiao and I are the best sisters. So that makes you my friend, right? Friends helping each other is normal, isn’t it?”
“Come on. We’ll go right now. It’s still not too late. The Chinese doctor should still be working.”
Han Qiqing then grabbed Lu Yichen’s arm, pulling him as they walked toward the car.
When he saw the luxury car parked in front, Lu Yichen could not help but knit his brows slightly as he scanned left and right, worried that his neighbors would see him getting into such a luxurious car.
Luckily, it was already dark, and the aunties and uncles had already gone back home. There was not even a cat walking on the street.
Lu Yichen then felt at ease, and he got into the car.
He looked toward Han Qiqing and said tepidly, “Thank you.”
Han Qiqing had a sweet smile as she said, “You don’t have to thank me. We’re friends, right? Oh yeah, it won’t be good for you to go to the hospital tomorrow. Why don’t I help you take care of Auntie, alright?”
Without giving him the chance to reply, she continued saying, “Auntie had already met me anyways. She knows that Xiaoxiao and I are your friends. Then, I can tell her that you have some important exams in school, making it so that you can’t come to the hospital, and that you have sent me to help her. From my experience, after getting treatment by the Chinese doctor, it would take you about two days at best for the bruising to go away, and you would be able to go to the hospital on the third day. Even if there is still some bruising then, it should not be too obvious. Otherwise, you could put something on your face to conceal it, and it will be fine.”
It was hard to deny that her arrangement was very reasonable and well-thought out. Even Lu Yichen had trouble refusing her.
Though he didn’t really want to accept her suggestion…
However…
Considering his mother’s condition, Lu Yichen let go of his obstinance, and he nodded and said to her, “Then, I’ll have to trouble you then.”
Han Qiqing still thought that she had to continue convincing him, and she did not expect him to agree so suddenly.
She was surprised by the turn of events.
“Y-you agree? You’re really agreeing?”
Seeing the look of her, Lu Yichen smiled a little and said, “Yes, your suggestion is good. I can’t seem to refuse it. In any case, thank you. I owe you one.”
At this moment, Lu Yichen suddenly realized that accepting help from friends did not seem like such a difficult thing to do.
Staring out the car window at the street, the traffic was heavy and crowds were restless along the walkways.
It reminded him of Mu Xiaoxiao, who should be on a plane toward America right now.
The world was such a big place to have let him meet her and to have allowed him to be influenced by her imperceptibly.
Perhaps, it was all fate?
He had not believed in fate in the past, but now, he was starting to believe it.
Han Qiqing was ecstatic. Her nervous little face seemed to be beaming as she hurriedly shook her head and said, “No need to talk about owing favors. We’re friends. We ought to help each other. Moreover, it’s only a slight effort for me.”
Though that was what she said, Lu Yichen did not agree. He would not take other people’s kindness toward him for granted.
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Chapter 338: She Was Not Coming Back Anymore (5)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“I will remember your kindness. Thank you, Qiqing,” he said.
Qiqing was staring blankly, dumbfounded.
“You…”
He called my name?
He called my name!
If she was not sitting in the car, Han Qiqing would have jumped for joy.
No, no. I’m a girl. I gotta act ladylike. Even if I’m happy, I can’t behave wildly.
Though she had calmed her inner excitement, she could not help as the corner of her mouth went up uncontrollably.
If Lu Yichen wasn’t in front of her, she would have clasped her mouth and chuckled secretly.
Wonderful!
She felt that they were now closer than before. In the past, even when he stood right before her, it felt like he was so far away that she couldn’t even reach him.
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After taking Lu Yichen to see the Chinese doctor, Han Qiqing also sent him back home and discussed what kind of excuse she should say to Auntie Lu when she visited her the following day.
Lu Yichen also warned her not to tell his mother that Xiaoxiao had gone back to the States and to make up a random excuse that Xiaoxiao had gone to visit her relatives or that Xiaoxiao was too busy with her school work to come visit.
Han Qiqing nodded her head in agreement, looking like an exemplary student in a class carefully taking note of everything he said.
He said to her, “Good night then. You should head back. Goodbye.”
With all smiles, Han Qiqing said, “Good night, you should head back too.”
Lu Yichen nodded his head slightly at her, and he turned into the building.
As he disappeared from her sight, Han Qiqing then finally looked away reluctantly. However, she was in a very good mood as she almost skipped her way back to the car.
The chauffeur asked, “Miss, are you we back home now?”
“Yeah, let’s go back home!”
With that said, Han Qiqing pulled out her phone, and she thought for a while before giving Mu Xiaoxiao a call. However, it indicated that her phone was off.
“Her phone is switched off? Is Xiaoxiao really on a plane back to the States?” Han Qiqing was startled as she thought about the possibility.
As to the matter of Lu Yichen fighting Yin Shaojie, she did not even speak a word about it when he was with Lu Yichen earlier, nor did she dare to ask if he had seen Xiaoxiao earlier.
She thought that there were some things that were better for her not to know.
She liked Lu Yichen, and she wanted to get close to him and treat him well. She wanted to feel satisfied just thinking about these things.
She had always felt that Lu Yichen might have feelings for Xiaoxiao. Otherwise, why would he get into a fight with Yin Shaojie over Xiaoxiao? However, it was very clear that Xiaoxiao and Yin Shaojie had special feelings for each other, and Xiaoxiao had also said that Lu Yichen was just a friend to her.
Han Qiqing had believed in Xiaoxiao. So what if Lu Yichen really liked Xiaoxiao? It was impossible for them to be together, and that gave her hope.
As long as there was hope, she wanted to hold on to it…
… because she did not want to miss the opportunity to be with the person she liked.
Since Mu Xiaoxiao’s phone could not be reached and Han Qiqing did not dare to call Yin Shaojie, she could only call Song Shijun.
“Hello.” Song Shijun sounded anxious as he answered the phone, and it was as if he was busy with something.
Han Qiqing quickly asked, “How is it? Is Xiaoxiao back at her condo? Have we found her?”
Song Shijun exclaimed, “No! Xiaoxiao wasn’t at the condo. We have no idea where she went. Shaojie called my father for help. From the looks of things, he seems intent on searching in every corner of City A.”
So Song Shijun was currently also busy finding ways to locate Mu Xiaoxiao.
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